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Chris Yuill

@krs1875.bsky.social
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It was way less stressful. I think a return to physical tix sold in shops should be a central plank of government policy
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Got 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?
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I’ve got more likes for my last Glastonbury tweet than green bars 😩
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I remember the old days when the local record shop stocked Glastonbury tickets that you could still pick up a few weeks after release 😩
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Adopting ticket purchasing position now #glasto
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Hello Glastonbury people! Anything happening today?
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So how many bars do you need? #glasto #glastonbury
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Me in the Glastonbury queue
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/38/41...
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Life-Boats and Anarchy
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“Here I am last by the seaside … It’s three miles beyond New Brighton but to the north of the Mersey. I hope that the sea air will soon make me fit again for the usual drudgery”
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@nasarmeer.bsky.social @nasarmeer.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
1/ 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...
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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? 😀
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Maggie Chapman (she/her) @maggiechapman.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Solidarity 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!
Maggie in a black coat stands next to a group of university staff who are wearing pink UCU beanies and holding signs saying "on strike today"Maggie wearing a black coat is standing with students holding signs that signal solidarity with striking staff. Because staff working conditions are student learning conditionsA group of university staff holding bright pink placards that say "on strike today, UCU and proud", standing at one of the entrances to the Old Aberdeen university campus.
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thank you! I did think it odd that a book club wanted to discuss a £90 academic text.
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Thank you! Just received a similar email. Good to know it’s provenance
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
I’ve received an email from them. Fabrice is the supposed organiser. Very flattering email etc. Guessing it is a scam?
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Thank you! 😀
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Maria @stupidgirlno1.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Tonight I attended a #GraniteNoir talk @robertgordonuni.bsky.social Here's my thoughts on it: stupidgirlno1.wordpress.com/2026/02/18/r...
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
It’s been very challenging of late
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
They have been very weird of late!
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
That is a shame!
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Same here! Just managed it in the last line too!
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Prawn cocktail next?
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
They are so frustrating!
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
It was a toughie today!
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Looking forward to reading Ben Aaronovitch’s new novel set here in the Granite City in a suitably grey dreich day!
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
There should be an American spelling warning 😆
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Phil 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.com
Explaining Rayner Danger
Angela Rayner's in the news. The Telegraph has been in receipt of documents showing that she argued for tax rises in cabinet meetings. The...
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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Find 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
Find out about the emerging ethical complexities of organ donation by booking for our Deconstructing Donation Conference, 5 June, Bangor University, Wales  #sociology  https://tinyurl.com/msxpww9h
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Luna Yihan Fu @lunayihanfu.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
So many amazing PG and ECR events are upcoming! Please consider submitting and sharing these with your network!
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Jason Read @jasonread.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
The Double Shift:Spinoza and Marx on work is up to 50% off in Verso book’s May Day sale. www.versobooks.com/products/292...
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The Double Shift
Even 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...
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British Sociological Association @britsoci.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Congrats 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/8fes47se
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BSA Philip Abrams Memorial Prize
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Cllr Dr Kindy Sandhu @kindysandhu.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Very 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
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Lovely 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
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
It was tricky!
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Well done - look forward to reading it!
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Very nice!
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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
ICYMI "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.com
Blue Labour and the Working Class
With another group of (unnamed) Labour MPs urging Keir Starmer to " get tough " with immigration, it seems the party is on a doomist traject...
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
The most perfect of all trains
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Phil 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.com
AI as an Apparatus of Capture
You 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...
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Phil 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.com
AI as an Apparatus of Capture
You 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...
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
You must come to my next 80s indie disco. Many a top tune!
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Phil 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.com
The Tories' Terrible Truth
Apologies for trying the patience of everyone reading, but this is another post about Kemi Badenoch. Some might have called her Thursday spe...
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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
ICYMI "Badenoch's Tories have departed the norms of conventional conservatism for the politics of Viktor Orban, the National Rally, and AfD."
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
Comfortable in the Gutter
Putting aside the small matter of election night, this has been the worst moment for the Conservative Party since the Liz Truss government v...
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Ditto!
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Phil Burton-Cartledge @philbc3.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Or, why the idea Nigel Farage might adopt a "pro-working class" politics isn't one worth taking seriously.
averypublicsociologist.blogspot.com
The Class Politics of Reform
You 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...
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Is splitting the P on a Paulaner a thing?
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
The right one being? 😀
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
It’s only a few years so that I realised London Calling, the song, was about global warming. Uncle Joe ahead of the game way back then
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Chris Yuill @krs1875.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Thank you!
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