Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 11hGot this playing in the background while waiting for Glastonbury tickets So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? 000
Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 11hI’ve got more likes for my last Glastonbury tweet than green bars 😩 030
Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 12hI remember the old days when the local record shop stocked Glastonbury tickets that you could still pick up a few weeks after release 😩 150
Reposted by Chris Yuill@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 30/07/20261/ What has devolution changed for race equality across Britain? Our new @nuffieldfoundation.org funded Policy Briefing we map the strategies, duties, action plans and accountability mechanisms developed since devolution. bsky.app/profile/uofg... 1108
Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 26/05/2026@lner.co.uk hi there, any idea on how long the 18:42 Haymarket to Aberdeen will be delayed? 😀 010
Reposted by Chris YuillMaggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Solidarity with Aberdeen @ucu.org.uk staff on strike! Pleased to join staff & students on today's picket line. Staff are on strike to oppose job cuts & uni restructuring - changes that could be as devastating as those in the 1980s. The uni cannot cut its way to growth! It must listen to staff! 13914
Reposted by Chris YuillMaria @stupidgirlno1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Tonight I attended a #GraniteNoir talk @robertgordonuni.bsky.social Here's my thoughts on it: stupidgirlno1.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/r... 111
Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Looking forward to reading Ben Aaronovitch’s new novel set here in the Granite City in a suitably grey dreich day! 010
Reposted by Chris YuillPhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 22/05/2025"Rayner is attacked not only because of what she is, but because she - despite her own politics - represents to them the threat of what could be."averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comExplaining Rayner DangerAngela Rayner's in the news. The Telegraph has been in receipt of documents showing that she argued for tax rises in cabinet meetings. The... 1104
Reposted by Chris YuillBritish Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Find out about the emerging ethical complexities of organ donation by booking for our Deconstructing Donation Conference, 5 June, Bangor University, Wales #sociology tinyurl.com/msxpww9h 021
Reposted by Chris YuillLuna Yihan Fu @lunayihanfu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025So many amazing PG and ECR events are upcoming! Please consider submitting and sharing these with your network! 021
Reposted by Chris YuillJason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 02/05/2025The Double Shift:Spinoza and Marx on work is up to 50% off in Verso book’s May Day sale. www.versobooks.com/products/292...versobooks.comThe Double ShiftEven as the rewards of work decline and its demands on us increase, many people double-down on their commitment to wage slavery—working harder, doing overtime, and learning to hustle. To paraphrase Sp... 0153
Reposted by Chris YuillBritish Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Congrats to Dr Billy Holzberg of Kings College London - given this year’s Philip Abrams Memorial Prize tinyurl.com/2zv23bm5 at our annual conference #britsoc25 for his book on Germany after the 2015 ‘summer of migration’ tinyurl.com/8fes47setinyurl.comBSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize 1174
Reposted by Chris YuillCllr Dr Kindy Sandhu @kindysandhu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Very engaged audience with thought provoking questions during my presentation of my research on the Windrush Scandal at British Sociological Association conference this morning. #britsoc25 @britsoci.bsky.social @covuniresearch.bsky.social 021
Reposted by Chris YuillRachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 25/04/2025Lovely few days in Manchester for @britsoci.bsky.social annual conference. #britsoc25 Enjoyed presenting prizes to Claire Alexander & Billy Holzberg 🏆 Many thanks to @unsocialtheory.bsky.social, @jkom.bsky.social & @alinecourtois.bsky.social for taking part in my symposium on the future of HE 1172
Reposted by Chris YuillPhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 05/02/2025ICYMI "Far from being an expression of working class politics, Blue Labour is based on a simulacrum of what it means to be working class. A *middle class* idea of the lower orders as blunt and bigoted."averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comBlue Labour and the Working ClassWith another group of (unnamed) Labour MPs urging Keir Starmer to " get tough " with immigration, it seems the party is on a doomist traject... 1105
Reposted by Chris YuillPhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 29/01/2025"Because this is capitalism, AI is more than a toy and a liberator of free time: it's the latest, and possibly the most complete means of capturing and imprisoning the soul."averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comAI as an Apparatus of CaptureYou must have a heart of stone not to laugh. Hundreds of billions of dollars wiped off the value of leading US tech firms on Monday's market... 0137
Reposted by Chris YuillPhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 28/01/2025"Because this is capitalism, AI is more than a toy and a liberator of free time: it's the latest, and possibly the most complete means of capturing and imprisoning the soul."averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comAI as an Apparatus of CaptureYou must have a heart of stone not to laugh. Hundreds of billions of dollars wiped off the value of leading US tech firms on Monday's market... 12012
Reposted by Chris YuillPhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 17/01/2025"She was elected on a right wing platform, nearly all of her party are committed to the rightist strategy of renewal, but that is inadvertently feeding the Reform beast."averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comThe Tories' Terrible TruthApologies for trying the patience of everyone reading, but this is another post about Kemi Badenoch. Some might have called her Thursday spe... 6267
Reposted by Chris YuillPhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 11/01/2025ICYMI "Badenoch's Tories have departed the norms of conventional conservatism for the politics of Viktor Orban, the National Rally, and AfD."averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comComfortable in the GutterPutting aside the small matter of election night, this has been the worst moment for the Conservative Party since the Liz Truss government v... 02810
Reposted by Chris YuillPhil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 03/01/2025Or, why the idea Nigel Farage might adopt a "pro-working class" politics isn't one worth taking seriously.averypublicsociologist.blogspot.comThe Class Politics of ReformYou can't move for Reform these days. Nigel Farage's mug regularly flashes up on social media feeds almost as much as he appears on Question... 2144
Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Saying hello to anyone else I know who has fled from you know where! 250
