Reposted by Josh BowsherUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Raucous, joyouse scenes at the demo of the UCU workers and students of Dundee and Edinburgh University, protesting the cuts to thousands of jobs: "Management has already pushed through hundreds of hidden redundancies, with some classes doubling in size over the past couple of years as a result." 12410
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I can only set aside my feelings about Amol Rajan for a very very short time. Hoping for good news in the next 24 hours 020
Reposted by Josh BowsherUniversity of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Strike action begins this week! Wednesday: meet on the steps outside Portland at noon to collect and then distribute flyers. Thursday: picket from 8:30-11:30 on University Park's West Entrance and then walk to a 12 PM Rally at Trent's South Entrance. See you there and solidarity. 1138
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Solidarity with everyone going on strike at Edinburgh today. All of us in UCU are with you. 030
Reposted by Josh BowsherThe Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 23/09/2026Emily Robinson from the University of Sussex and Alison Garden from Queen’s University Belfast are winner and runner up in The Conversation Prize for writers 2026.tcnv.linkEmily Robinson wins The Conversation Prize for writers 2026 for her entry on the lost medieval island of Ravenser OddEmily Robinson from the University of Sussex and Alison Garden from Queen’s University Belfast are winner and runner up in The Conversation Prize for writers 2026. 02713
Reposted by Josh BowsherKaren Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Exceptional Postdoc here in Law @uoe-sps.bsky.social Edinburgh: "how do we wish to live with and alongside algorithmic technologies?" I love the phrasing. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.comPostdoctoral Research AssociateWe are seeking to appoint a talented researcher to the role of Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) to work on The Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life (LCAL). LCAL is a major new interdisciplinar... 0108
Reposted by Josh BowsherTor Krever @torkrever.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The London Review of International Law Lecture: Climate Change and the Future of the State Professor Anne Orford Thursday 1 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pm LSE, Room MAR 1.04, Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX www.lse.ac.uk/law/events/p...lse.ac.ukClimate Change and the Future of the State 011
Reposted by Josh BowsherLe Cagle @lecagle.bsky.social · 21/09/2026you are *not* prepared for what this technology company is called, nothing can prepare youwkyt.comUK installs AI facial scanning technology at residence hallsThe University of Kentucky is installing artificial intelligence facial scanning technology on several campus buildings. 391126393
Reposted by Josh BowsherJosh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm really pleased to be able to share that my article 'The Human-as-Sensor: Instrumentality, Situatedness, and Human Rights Counter-investigations' has been accepted for publication by Theory, Culture, and Society. 193
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I'm really pleased to be able to share that my article 'The Human-as-Sensor: Instrumentality, Situatedness, and Human Rights Counter-investigations' has been accepted for publication by Theory, Culture, and Society. 193
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 16/09/2026That's right. Never give to the powers of state regulation what might be achieved by a quasi-fascist militarised software company. 000
Reposted by Josh BowsherDr Margie Cheesman @margchee.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Tomorrow - @merltech.bsky.social host the launch of AID & ID. Practitioners will discuss the future of identity governance in humanitarian aid. Join us! Book copies are £10 and all proceeds go to the asylum charity SASS. Order here: www.lulu.com/shop/margie-...lulu.comAid and ID: Making People MatterHumanitarian aid is undergoing a profound transformation. As budgets shrink, institutions retreat, and digital systems take on ever greater responsibility, identity management has quietly become one o... 021
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hmm a culture shift that looks and smells like reheated neoliberal shite, then. Great stuff. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'Culture shift' needed in how UK does business, Andy Burnham urgesBurnham has said those who take risks should be backed by government, but his government has been criticised for increasing business costs. 000
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Inspired by the von Mises Institute no doubt: mises.org/mises-daily/... Right is wrong, good is bad, let me show you with some economic analysis.mises.orgScrooge DefendedHis business benefits his employees, society, and himself. 000
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I have not said much about the Jason Arday affair (it goes without saying f**k white supremacy and whoever gives it safe harbour) but it strikes me that Stuart Hall's famous essay 'Spectacle of the Other' remains important and instructive www.scribd.com/doc/24858034...scribd.comClient Challenge 110
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Since i travelled to the ESA an interesting cultural figure has died every day. Thinking of coming home early just to end this madness. 110
Reposted by Josh BowsherSol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Some pretty telling demographic differences in those supporting ghent University's move against cofnass and those opposing it (and supporting him). ghent-letters.pages.devghent-letters.pages.devTwo letters: an academic divideThe academics behind competing open letters about Ghent University’s suspension of Nathan Cofnas. 021
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Paper done. Cherry ale in. An excellent day in Warsaw so far #ESA2026 220
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 25/08/2026If you're an American in Poland definitely don't be extolling the virtues of British colonialism and proudly exclaiming you've never read Marx but he's a piece of shit FFS 120
Reposted by Josh BowsherNiki Cheong @nikicheong.bsky.social · 25/08/2026My Dept @kingsdh.bsky.social is hiring for a 1-year fixed term role ahead of the new academic year my.corehr.com/pls/kclrecru...my.corehr.com 132
Reposted by Josh BowsherFast Capitalism @fast-capitalism.bsky.social · 20/08/2026CFP: Precarity, Debt, and Control in the Age of Artificial Intelligence 044
Reposted by Josh BowsherTim Christiaens @timchristiaens.bsky.social · 18/08/2026🚨 New paper out 🚨 “Plebeian cooperativism: Reconciling workplace democracy with the iron law of oligarchy” in @polstudies.bsky.social Grassroots democracy at work is oft criticized for creating new hierarchies, but I argue that contestation from below can arrest the tendency for democratic decline.journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 0115
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Among the many, I have discovered a new kind of academic wound: when a journal editor tells a scholar to basically ignore your review of their manuscript 😶🌫️ 110
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Great reporting by @404media.co on Amazon's involvement in buying up and shredding books for AI. The logo for the Amazon bookshredder department has a very unsubtle semiotics. It's definitely giving "are we the baddies?" www.404media.co/we-tracked-a... 021
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Looks like a brilliant addition to my module next year 000
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Me, an idiot: you know, since I became a parent I don't really get hangovers because I'm just so tired I always feel hungover. Also me: [pained and incoherent rambling] 010
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 11/08/2026The world is burning but this exists ... youtu.be/4Qpq6OWrMYs?...youtu.beSnail Mail - "Light On Our Feet" (Official Lyric Video)YouTube video by Snail Mail 000
Reposted by Josh BowsherMiriam Tedeschi @mitede.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Critical Legal Conference 2026 - Registration Details criticallegalthinking.com/2026/08/10/c...criticallegalthinking.comCritical Legal Conference 2026 - Registration DetailsConference Information Update Registration, Plenaries, and Accommodation deals are now live on the CLC2026 website. Please 011
Reposted by Josh BowsherMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026'“Black British academics – like Stuart Hall, Paul Gilroy, Hazel Carby and Isaac Julien – punch way above their weight globally. The idea that this one incident in some way reflects Black British academia in general is bonkers,” one academic said.'theguardian.com‘Old racist wine in a new bottle’: Black academics respond to Jason Arday affairFigures in higher education feel double standards are being used to delegitimise work of minority groups 311734
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 08/08/2026'Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said in a statement posted on X that Americans deserve an energy system built on common sense and not one dependent on "costly subsidies".' This is straight up agnatology but saying this while paying a BILLION dollars to subsidise a firm to switch to fossil fuels: 🤯 011
Reposted by Josh BowsherSara Salem @sarasalem.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Mai Taha and I wrote this article on sonic cartographies of internationalism, now up on @antipodeonline.bsky.social! It traces how radio broadcasting was central to liberation struggles around the world, asking how sound draws out different maps of solidarity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 0139
Reposted by Josh BowsherKen Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I don’t think AI is the future and I’m 100% basing this on how nobody likes those kitchen trash cans with the powered lids. 753191232
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Pedro Porro has had an excellent world cup. It will break my heart to see him eating cheeseburgers with Trump in the Whitehouse tomorrow. 000
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Alan Shearer, you have 82 minutes to pass the don't chat shit challenge 200
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 19/07/2026We might have hated that pre-kick off show, but I'm afraid we'll feel nostalgic for it come half time 010
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Just so cool to be cooking us alive in the name of the people like this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBurnham to announce plans for new North Sea oil and gas drillingDrilling has become a controversial topic for the Labour party after the 2024 manifesto pledged to not issue new licenses. 000
Reposted by Josh BowsherDes Fitzgerald @desfitzgerald.bsky.social · 13/07/2026A few weeks ago, @wellcometrust.bsky.social announced that scholars in the republic of Ireland would no longer be eligible to lead bids to the flagship discovery research scheme. We think this decision is badly flawed, and are asking them to rethink: www.irishhumanities.ie/assets/PDFs/...irishhumanities.ie 33228
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 12/07/2026I'm sort of continually confused by how much skin Roy Keane has in the game (England football team). Definitely not my place to say. But also have some self respect. 020
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 02/07/2026A colleague of mine looked shocked when I described this government not simply as inept but malignant 🤷 010
Reposted by Josh BowsherPhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Another reason why Starmer is so awful. 3155
Reposted by Josh BowsherBrandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Back on my bullsh 15893992131
Reposted by Josh BowsherEva Haifa Giraud @evahaifa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026I'm super happy to see this SI on Transnational Plant Studies out; I can't speak highly enough of Sushmita and Banu as editors and their introduction is such a valuable provocation - a must-read for anyone interested in the plant turn, plant studies, and/or the environmental humanities more broadly! 174
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Another day another disgusting policy, which will simply serve to reinscribe and secure the impoverishment of some of the most vulnerable people www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRefugees would be told to repay around £10,000 under new asylum billThe Home Office will be given powers to recover costs from adults who have received asylum support under new laws. 110
Reposted by Josh BowsherThom Davies @thomdavies.bsky.social · 28/05/2026The University of Nottingham is cutting over 600 academic jobs. This includes 1 in 3 #geography lecturers. "The lecturers *are* the University, and without them it's nothing" - Geography student (BBC interview): www.instagram.com/reels/DYprAN...instagram.comBBC Nottingham on Instagram: "The action would "effectively block the university from handing out graduation certificates". Students have joined lecturers on the picket line at a protest over job los...6,038 likes, 179 comments - bbceastmidlands on May 22, 2026: "The action would "effectively block the university from handing out graduation certificates". Students have joined lecturers on the picke... 03025
Reposted by Josh BowsherSonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026“Data work is a popular side gig for many Philippine football league players looking for additional income…” 23015
Josh Bowsher @jbowsher.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Further reading on Musk, Mars, and terrestrial ruin from my colleagues David and Niall, here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comAn anticipatory regime of multiplanetary life: on SpaceX, Martian colonisation and terrestrial ruinIn recent years, the aerospace engineering corporation SpaceX has been a vocal – and perhaps the foremost – contributor to the recent repopularisation of a discourse proposing the colonisation of M... 061