Reposted by Hannah WrightTransActual @transactualuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Researchers from London Metropolitan University are recruiting non-binary UK-based research participants for a research study: "Thriving beyond the binary: Experiences of gender euphoria among non-binary people" Contact Jay Urquhart at giu0020@my.londonmet.ac.uk for more information 02216
Reposted by Hannah WrightJohn Stott @jpsastro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky 40414220
Reposted by Hannah WrightOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 17/09/2026the "Sheeran effect" seems like a useful shorthand to start using 1042768
Reposted by Hannah Wrightelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 15/09/202610 years ago, my visa was denied. They said I didn't demonstrate enough English language skills -- despite recently getting a Master's from SOAS University of London (with distinction too). I had to apply again and pay the fees again because this is a business designed to rip people off. 39540
Reposted by Hannah WrightDr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 15/09/2026This list of things the University of Brighton has de-recognised is insane 🤯🤯🤯 108149
Reposted by Hannah WrightDaniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes: 13597706
Reposted by Hannah WrightPuff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 14/09/2026"An AI agent went rogue" also feels like a test drive for an era when no one is responsible for the worst things these products do. Seems like a standard that could be really convenient for certain governments. 151050281
Reposted by Hannah WrightHistory Keeps Happening @historykeeper.bsky.social · 10/09/2026This book has a section near the end called "The Myths of Net Zero and Carbon Removal". Recommended. 0185
Reposted by Hannah WrightAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If you feel like donating to the RNLI, here’s a link. I just have. Their minimum donation is £2: I think it might be nice for them to receive a lot of donations this week, even if they’re mostly very modest. Just so they know a lot of people out here appreciate their work. rnli.org/support-us/g...rnli.orgDonate to the RNLI and help save lives at seaYour donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here. 4920921247
Reposted by Hannah WrightGeekOnALeash 🏳️⚧️ @geekonaleash.co.uk · 06/09/2026To *ALL* trans allies (and some trans people that us it): With all due respect, please drop the hyphen; we are women who are trans, trans women. Not some other category. 'Trans-women', 'transwomen', and their equivalents others use. ie you would not write blackwoman, so please stop. 322967
Reposted by Hannah WrightInterrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Federal enforcement & occupations are expected to expand and intensify leading up to midterm elections. Please check out our Block & Build, But Make it Abolitionist tool for analysis & strategic frameworks to guide your organizing against rising authoritarianism & fascism: bit.ly/blockbuildic 07742
Reposted by Hannah WrightIt's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 06/09/2026They mean that disability is now less a mark of shame and more of an identity signifier: a way to connect to those with similar experiences. The UK is very invested in the idea of 'benefits scroungers'. It's been a predictable way to get people riled for decades. The Telegraph wants to go back. 311330
Reposted by Hannah WrightWilhelmina Jenkins @wilhelminaj.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Friends, a major problem in the demographics of ME/CFS studies is the absence of Black participants. If you know of any Black adults with ME/CFS, please suggest that they complete this survey. I have completed it and it is relatively untaxing. Thanks! 4118112
Reposted by Hannah WrightTarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Neutral in the culture war" 112155815322
Reposted by Hannah WrightTimmy Jackpots, The $13,250 Diamond Dazzler @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 26/08/2026my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this. 109265724393
Reposted by Hannah WrightMallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · 24/08/2026www.crowdjustice.com/case/defend-... Legal defence fund for anti-fascist facing charges for resisting Britain First in Manchester. Please give generously if you can.crowdjustice.comAntifascist facing charge for resisting Britain First in ManchesterI know the defendant and am on the executive committee of Manchester TUC which supported the protest and is appealing for funds in this case. 111478
Reposted by Hannah WrightChantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 21/08/2026New analysis - 40% of affected healthcare workers had long covid, and a quarter still had symptoms after a year This is still ongoing and we have no masks in healthcare www.bmj.com/content/394/...bmj.comCovid-19: 40% of affected healthcare workers had long covid, and a quarter still had symptoms after a yearFour in ten healthcare workers worldwide who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 during the pandemic developed long covid, and a quarter still had symptoms after a year, a report has found. The report by t... 214876
Reposted by Hannah WrightDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026rare books are destroyed in the process but at least we have a technology that instructs teens how to commit suicide 2292126
Reposted by Hannah WrightM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The “Woke DEI”’Cambridge university ignored 58 complaints about Nathan Cofnas from Black students while he was there according to writer and former PhD student Jill Damatac 326591
Reposted by Hannah WrightAidan Comerford @aidancomerford.bsky.social · 18/08/2026JK Rowling calls Nathan Cofnas a racist, and Cofnas responds by saying that he is just applying the same logic to race as she does to trans people. Quite. 591766336
Reposted by Hannah WrightChris Farnell @thebrainofchris.bsky.social · 19/08/2026I think after they've done trans people and neurodivergent people they'll probably stop though, right? 10393104
Reposted by Hannah WrightProf Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 16/08/2026For the record, the proportion of professors at Cambridge who are Black is 0.4%. The number of Black people in the UK population is 4%. So the number of Black professors at Cambridge is ONE TENTH of what you would expect in a meritocracy. 221964617
Reposted by Hannah WrightResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 17/08/2026‘Wheels rapidly falling off university funding system’. “No sign of awareness” at Treasury as international recruitment decline worsens financial outlook, experts warn. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...researchprofessionalnews.com‘Wheels rapidly falling off university funding system’ - Research Professional News“No sign of awareness” at Treasury as international recruitment decline worsens financial outlook, experts warn 12720
Reposted by Hannah WrightRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 18/08/2026So often what are called “culture wars” are one set of people saying “please can we live without perpetual persecution” and another saying “no, f*** you” but the press considering the latter group have “legitimate concerns” and must be perpetually platformed 412855860
Reposted by Hannah WrightPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This will be a good conversation, @annastavrianakis.bsky.social is a mensch and really knows her stuff. 26421
Reposted by Hannah WrightCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 17/08/2026obviously Kathleen Stock is making an odious argument here but it’s also very funny to call to the eradication of autism, ADHD, dyslexia and dyspraxia from Academia, the Neurodivergence Factory 1346673
Reposted by Hannah WrightDr Jo Edge 🏴 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Terfs: poor autistics being groomed by the transes! Also terfs: 1244
Reposted by Hannah WrightTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing . 11158501559
Reposted by Hannah WrightGregory Kohn @kohngregory.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In the wake of Arday's death, Nathan Cofnas (who led the X mob against him) states his motivation. Beyond whistleblowing, he states that after a 'revolution' removes professors like Arday, it will open opportunities for him to become 'head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard'. 51434461311
Reposted by Hannah Wrightelia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The British press is by and large one of the most revolting institutions I’ve ever encountered. They hounded him to death for hate and clicks. He had two kids. F-ing monsters 6692189
Reposted by Hannah WrightNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I don’t think there’s ever been a clearer example of the British media bullying someone, who was so clearly vulnerable, to death so shamelessly in my lifetime for engagement and clicks And now we’ll have to watch the people that did it claim they’re shocked, and horrified Revolting 1093988836
Reposted by Hannah WrightMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026Cambridge University should have known better, Fleet Street should have known better, the people hungrily absorbing every bit of news about it, making newsrooms feel like they had to keep going with it as a story, should have known better, horrible horrible horrible 1564208675
Reposted by Hannah WrightM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Jason Arday is dead. The UK media won’t learn a thing from this. Because they’re racist bastards. He has two children. 1012023568
Hannah Wright @hannahwright.bsky.social · 14/08/2026So everyone in the UK just had a minor heart attack over the emergency alert warning us not to light barbecues, right? 🤦♀️ My cat just looked at me like I ruined his entire week by spoiling his nap, as if it was my fault. 170
Hannah Wright @hannahwright.bsky.social · 09/08/2026People rightly dunking on the obnoxious framing of this but I will add that as a wheelchair user the ubiquity of noise cancelling earphones makes being in public spaces way more stressful than it should be. The access needs go both ways. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe hill I will die on: Remove those earphones – you’re blocking out the music of humanity | Stefan SternBeyond the white noise lies a vibrant world of possibility, so take your headphones off and listen to your surroundings. It may even save your life, says author Stefan Stern 141
Reposted by Hannah WrightMark Faghy @profmarkfaghy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026📢 Participants needed for Long COVID research I'm helping an MSc student recruit adults living with Long COVID for an important study exploring experiences of rehabilitation and recovery. 🔗 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/lboro/long...app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.ukFactors Influencing Experiences of Rehabilitation Among Adults with Long COVID: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study - Online Surveys | Online surveysOnline surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, Online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK... 22418
Reposted by Hannah WrightDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Many in the migrants' rights sector have been warning about exactly this. AI is absolutely not suitable for being used in asylum cases. Not only because of the risk of "hallucination", but also because it is unable to deal with the nuance and complexity. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comHome Office used ‘AI hallucinated’ information to refuse asylum claim, judge suggestsUpper tribunal unable to find document cited in case and claims it is ‘analogous to relying on bogus evidence’ 4232108
Reposted by Hannah WrightLauri Donahue @lauridonahue.bsky.social · 05/07/2026futurism.com/future-socie... lol 178105252958
Reposted by Hannah WrightMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 03/07/2026'It is understood the entirety of the team who teach politics and international relations are at risk, though the university stressed it has no plans to close these subject areas entirely.' Presumably magic pixies will be available take up the baton in politics and international relations. 3/3 1161
Reposted by Hannah WrightHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 01/07/2026We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships. We provide 3 years of funding to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Apply by 30th September www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...thebritishacademy.ac.ukPostdoctoral FellowshipsThe British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships is a three year award made to an annual cohort of outstanding early career researchers in the humanities or social sciences. 27387
Reposted by Hannah WrightJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 25/06/2026This country's gender politics are truly extraordinary. 615623
Reposted by Hannah WrightWilliam Clare Roberts 🇵🇸 @marxinhell.bsky.social · 19/06/2026These four -- and this respectful attitude towards them -- made the country in which Trump could win the presidency twice. 2393
Reposted by Hannah WrightDr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Your reminder that fairy tales are full of stepmothers because women once routinely died in childbirth, from postpartum sepsis, or from other infectious diseases and left behind housefuls of motherless children. Stable nuclear families are made possible by vaccines, antibiotics, and safe abortions. 5155681767
Reposted by Hannah WrightLiv Uni Politics @livunipol.bsky.social · 12/06/2026🚨 Our Department of Politics at the University of Liverpool is currently looking to appoint up to 7(!) new colleagues. This includes 2 permanent T&R positions: lnkd.in/eVabnhrP And up to 5 fixed-term T&S positions: lnkd.in/eyYX9tN5 The deadline for applications to both tracks is 28 June! 119
Hannah Wright @hannahwright.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Academia.edu emailing me to recommend my own work to me is a new one. Flatterer. 030
Reposted by Hannah WrightDr Andrew S. Roe-Crines 🏳️🌈 @andrewcrines.bsky.social · 11/06/2026MORE JOBS! The Dept of Politics is looking to recruit up to SEVEN new lecturers, with five as T&S and two as T&R. Any field is great, but we have gaps in British Politics, Theory, Public Pol, Comparative. The ad for the T&S can be found here: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRW437/l... @livunipol.bsky.socialjobs.ac.ukLecturer in Politics and/or International Relations - Grade 7 at University of LiverpoolApply now for the Lecturer in Politics and/or International Relations - Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk - the leading job board for higher education jobs. View details. 11317
Reposted by Hannah WrightThe Sick Times @thesicktimes.org · 10/06/2026#LongCOVID disrupts struggles for justice, as activists and organizers with the disease are forced to suspend or change their tactics, facing a community that largely ignores COVID precautions. Read more from @brittashoot.com: thesicktimes.org/2026/06/09/e... 25822
Reposted by Hannah WrightJames Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 08/06/2026It's not wholly unprecedented for institutions to refuse to accept "partial performance" and withhold all pay from staff who take part in a marking boycott. But I don't think I've heard one suggest that they might also withhold pay from non-striking staff who don't take on extra work. 98153