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Dr Nazlin Bhimani

@nazlinbhimani.bsky.social
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Research Support & Special Collections Librarian at UCL IOE. Also Canadian & a lapsed musician. Researching teachers, interwar, eugenics and imperialism. #HistEd #EduSky #LibrarianSky profiles.ucl.ac.uk/48571-naz

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Are you starting a PhD this academic year in history &/or a history-related discipline? If so, join us on 7 Oct for this fantastic Workshop for New Research Students. Learn more about the range of resources we offer to help you in your research journey. @ihrhistorylab.bsky.social shorturl.at/ymJpr
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IHR Workshop for New Research Students in History | 2026
IHR Research Training
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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From open research to meaningful impact 💡 A new Open@UCL guest blog from Tatiana Souteiro Dias looks at how open access and community engagement support each other, drawing on six years of the UCL IOE Early Career Impact Fellowship. Read the full blog: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/open-access/... #OpenScience
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Tara Brabazon @tarabrabazon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
We live in a time of a saturating self. The academic question remains - what is the role of these stories in research? Do they have a function beyond over-valuing a data set of one (ourselves)? Let's talk about the meaningful use of personal stories in scholarly life. New Post: youtu.be/hjvVhz1shw8
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Post 166 - Making personal stories professionally meaningful
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Migration Museum, London, is hiring a part-time (3 days per week) curator for a year to help build the vision of the new museum. £40k pro rata plus 5% matched pension contribution. Deadline for applications 18 October.
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We’re Hiring: Curator, Contemporary Art (Part-time)
The Migration Museum is seeking a Contemporary Art Curator to join their team on a part-time basis. Application deadline: 18 October 2026.
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 02/10/2026
The Belgian Equal Opportunities Institute, Unia is to take 'race realist' researcher Nathan Cofnas to court over remarks it believes repeatedly breached the country’s anti-racism law. www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/2341...
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Unia to take 'race realist' researcher Nathan Cofnas to court
Unia said the US philosopher was spreading ideas in Belgium that rank people in a hierarchy on the basis of supposed scientific knowledge.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
‘If you’ve got £1 million or £2 million to spend on political advertising, forget it,…. If you’ve got £8 million, you can make people believe anything you want.’ I wrote about Britain’s broken political finance system for the latest @lrb.co.uk
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Brilliant post on Black History Month by the @ioe.bsky.social's @dr-willo.bsky.social asking what happens when the #BHM in November is over and whether visibility and representation really mean belonging. blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2026/10/... #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BHM2026
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What happens in November? Black History Month and the limits of representation
Representation is not simply concerned with who is visible. It is also concerned with the production of meaning and with the histories, categories and assumptions through which we make sense of the pe...
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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How can we improve metadata training for people working with research data? Join CLOSER on Wednesday 30 September, 2pm to 3.30pm, for a free online webinar on two new metadata courses in development. Book your place: closer.ac.uk/events/metad...
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CLOSER | Metadata management in the real world webinar: help shape the development of our metadata training
Our latest ‘Metadata management in the real world’  webinar will showcase two new metadata courses under development. Informed by research on students’ understanding and use of metadata, these…
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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Citizen science can take many different forms. Muki Haklay's four modes show how differently people can take part, from contributing data to shaping the research question itself. We have mapped all four, with examples, on our new webpage. ⤵️ www.ucl.ac.uk/library/open... #CitizenScience #UCL
Diagram showing four modes of citizen science, progressing from crowdsourcing (citizens as sensors), through distributed intelligence and participatory science, to extreme citizen science (collaboration in problem definition, data collection and analysis).
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Some good news – a new library! Shakespeare’s Globe has opened a new public library and archive holding more than 6,000 books, original texts, recordings of productions and other treasures from the theatre’s history. www.thebookseller.com/news/shakesp... #Shakespeare #TheatreHistory #Renaissance
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Shakespeare library and archive containing 6,000 books opens under the Globe theatre
The theatre has opened its newly renovated research and collection centre, which features London’s only publicly accessible dedicated Shakespeare library and archive
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Center for Countering Digital Hate @counterhate.com · 23/09/2026
British Columbia is suing OpenAI over ChatGPT’s alleged role in one of Canada’s deadliest school shootings. Earlier this year, we found ChatGPT regularly willing to assist users in planning violent attacks. AI safety must be prioritized. Lawmakers must act.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Full-time, hybrid working, 6 months, £36,433-£42,891​.
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You can always count on kids to say it as it is. www.theguardian.com/society/2026... #AI
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‘That’s so AI!’ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells us
The year’s most popular slang reveals what young people think about artificial intelligence – and it’s not positive
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
'Published on 22 September in the journal Research Policy, the study explores public attitudes to AI-assisted research, based on a nationally representative survey of nearly 1,500 UK citizens. The government has made a strong push to expand the use of AI in the research process.'
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
An apocalyptic worldview – blending racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling – circulated inside the elite, founder-linked networks shaping Silicon Valley (and the AI industry) today. @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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How Epstein Channelled Race Science and 'Climate Culling' Into Silicon Valley’s AI Elite
The Epstein files expose how racial hierarchy, genetic “optimisation” and even climate-driven population culling circulated inside Big Tech circles
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
1/2 We have vastly improved data now on British slave-owners (www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/search/) and slave-traders (britishslavetraders.org). Wonderful that this research has persisted despite all the fury of the nationalist right wing backlash.
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The Register of British Slave-Traders
The Register of British Slave-traders compiles and presents information on all known slave-traders in Britain who invested in the trafficking of captive Africans from 1563 to 1807.
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A rare glimpse into Mozart’s teaching. A composition notebook of his student Marie-Louise-Philippine de Bonnières de Guînes has been discovered at the Bibliothèque nationale de France. theconversation.com/forgotten-mo.... Listen to her music here: youtu.be/wk-sIeh7BcI?... #Mozart
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Forgotten Mozart notebook reveals how a young woman learned to compose
The notebook preserves something that composer-centred histories often miss: the musical work taking place around Mozart, in this case by a young woman.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Tell us you really, really, really don't understand the history of the British empire without using the words 'history' or 'empire'.
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Pleased to see Lawrence & Wishart, a radical publisher since 1936, finding a new home with @plutopress.bsky.social L&W's current catalogue will remain in print & some ‘golden oldies’ will be republished. I hope L&W's pioneering journals will also be considered. www.thebookseller.com/news/pluto-p...
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Pluto Press acquires radical publisher Lawrence & Wishart
Pluto Press has acquired the books division of radical left-wing publisher Lawrence & Wishart (L&W). The deal, effective from 1st October, will see L&W’s book catalogue transition into an imprint unde...
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MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
"Signs of Fascism" originated in my town. (Sequim, WA) I filmed it. I remember getting a call, "hey your video got 5,000 views." By the end of the day it had 60K. Over 100K in a few days from just one platform. Then my DM blew up! Everyone wanted to replicate the signs. Nice to see the signs today.
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A sharp reflection by @drleatongray.bsky.social on how achievement is narrated. It raises a wider question about the quality of leadership: how do people acknowledge collaborative/collective labour as they move up the hierarchy? sandraleatongray.wordpress.com/2026/09/17/m... #AcademicLabour
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Main character energy in the modern university – who did the work?
I have sat on a fair number of university appointment panels over the years, and there is something about senior recruitment that increasingly bothers me. The more senior the job, the harder it can…
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
What a sad loss. She was ace.
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‘Newsnight’s kindest critic’: Bonnie Greer was always effortlessly in command
Playwright was an unusual mix of originality and authority and in high demand as a cultural critic
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
'The strike action, planned for 22 September, marks the first time staff have organised to walk out in The Lancet’s 200-year history. The Lancet Group, now owned by the Elsevier publishing conglomerate, comprises 29 monthly specialty titles, in addition to the flagship weekly medical journal'.
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Staff at prestigious medical journal set to strike over pay
For the first time in The Lancet’s 200-year history, union members plan to strike over “unacceptable” pay offer
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Polling Canada @canadianpolling.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Canadians overwhelmingly support increasing ties to the European Union, with Canadians saying we should make it easier to trade, work, travel, study, and cooperate on security
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'Singapore is paying its citizens to pick up a book for at least 15 minutes a day in an effort to fight the rise of doomscrolling. The affluent city-state hopes its gamification strategy, which launched this month, will improve concentration, critical thinking and the imagination of Singaporeans.'
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Singapore pays people to pick up a book in battle against doomscrolling
Affluent city-state hopes plan will improve critical thinking and imagination ‘in a world of extraordinary abundance of stimulation’
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Annalisa Nicholson @apuddleofmuddle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
It's just weird isn't it when the British Museum is running a sold-out exhibition, when The Odyssey reports $1billion at the box office, when the V&A has just opened the most innovative and accessible museum model in Europe....and this is what our minister for research comes out with.
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The new representation of the world endorsed by the UN resolution is a clear step toward promoting equitable representation of the world, but it remains an interpretation. theconversation.com/correcting-t... #decolonisinggeography #decolonisingmaps
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Correcting the map: How a UN resolution marks a step toward decolonizing world maps
The resolution, submitted by a group of African states, corrects 450 years of cartographic injustice by recognizing the distortions produced by the Mercator projection.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Still scarcely any mainstream coverage of this massive story, despite the new and separate scandal involving James Orr. This is not just double standards. I'm struggling to detect any standards at all.
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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Join us on 20 October for an afternoon of open science and scholarship, in memory of Paul Ayris. The event will bring together perspectives from the UK, Europe and beyond, and culminate in this year’s UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards. Find out more and register: shorturl.at/ii6MX
Books and journals on a shelf beside a graphic announcing International Open Access Week 2026, taking place October 19–25, 2026
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Lebowski Urban Achiever @lebowskiachiever.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
😃 Good news everybody❣️
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MapQuest's app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario | TechCrunch
MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 31/08/2026
We’ve been trialling a tool comparing the output of various LLMs over time to questions about false claims circulating online. Here are the results 👇
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Full Fact analysis shows AI chatbots spouting misinformation about AI-generated images, wars and royal fall outs – Full Fact
Multiple models gave us misinformation when we asked about fake content and false claims circulating online, both before and after we wrote about them.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
'In parallel with the increase in incidents of AI deception, a fast-growing ecosystem of red-teamers, “alignment” researchers and AI safety companies has been racing to detect, measure and suppress deceptive behaviour. But they still aren’t sure if what they do will work – or if it’s too late'.
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‘If you build something vastly smarter than you, it better be on your side’: can we stop AI from deceiving us?
The long read: We are used to the idea that our fellow humans might intentionally mislead or manipulate us, but the idea that machines can now do the same is deeply unsettling. Researchers are racing ...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I didn't mean to turn this into a thread, but the issue has got me properly triggered (again). Read on for how this approach has been embedded in every aspect of government, who has driven the process and how it works.
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UCL Libraries @ucllibraries.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This year's theme for East and South East Asian Heritage Month is “Evolving Threads”, honouring the ways that communities remain deeply connected across generations, borders and movements. Share your book recommendations here: ucl-global.libwizard.com/f/EastAndS…
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Our whole book is free to download from LSE Press, and always will be. press.lse.ac.uk/books/m/10.3... Ironically enough though, the wonderfully accurate and helpful review by Prof Alam is behind a paywall!
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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
📚 The Politics of Rare Books: Colonial legacies, libraries, provenances 21 September Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP bit.ly/4gcpiXM This event aims to advance conversations on how historical connections to the slave trade within library collections can be communicated to the public
The politics of rare books
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James Ker-Lindsay @jameskerlindsay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Just how should we understand the British Empire? It was brilliant talking to @alanlester.bsky.social about the history of Britain’s colonialism, and the complexities of reconciling liberalism and anti-slavery at home with a global project mired in racism and exploitation. youtu.be/0S3Ai6aTLHc
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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire | What People Get Wrong
YouTube video by Prof James Ker-Lindsay
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 27/08/2026
How have zines enabled mental health survivors to express their personal experiences? @hspandler.bsky.social explores the history of madzines and their centrality to the collective production of experiential knowledge.
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From the personal to the political and back again?
Hel Spandler explores the evolution of madzines and considers why they should be recognised as a form of activism.
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The amazing Yayoi Kusama – her life in pictures: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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Yayoi Kusama – a life in pictures
The Japanese avant-garde artist, who was known for her giant polka dot artworks and mirrored infinity room installations, has died aged 97
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Vaccine, vaccine, vaccine, vaccine..... www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjfT...
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Dolly Parton adapts her song Jolene as she receives Covid-19 vaccine she helped fund
YouTube video by Guardian News
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 26/08/2026
> From day one, everything pointed to the fact that Jason Arday, the Black neurodivergent Cambridge professor who died in August 2026, was being subjected to racist and ableist harassment — exactly the kind of targeting he himself had described. docs.google.com/document/d/1... 1/n
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The Hunt for Jason Arday
Translation of Mediapart Le Club blog post in French, by Stephanie Lamy, 24th August 2026. How an Elite Network Hunted Jason Arday Race science is a pseudoscience that feeds far-right propaganda, inc...
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Paul achieved so much, but I’ll always remember how he made people feel they belonged and that they mattered. A rare quality in a leader. I miss him a lot. #FacesOfUCL #UCL200 @uclpress.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk @ucllccos.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/about/search...
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Unlocking access to knowledge: Paul Ayris, Founder of UCL Press
Dr Paul Ayris (1957-2025) was founder and CEO of UCL Press and a champion of the ‘open science’ movement, breaking down barriers to make research, scholarship and learning freely accessible to all.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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UCL Office for Open Science and Scholarship @uclopenscience.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
UCL staff and students 📣 Submissions close in three days for this year's Open Science and Scholarship Awards 🏆 Start your application now: buff.ly/IZ46cZq
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UCL Open Science and Scholarship Awards
With these awards, we want to recognise and celebrate all UCL students and staff who embrace, advance, and promote open science.
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Network of training, funding and support for UK-based holders of PhD (or equivalent) in Arts, Humanities or Social Sciences awarded in last 10 years (excluding career breaks). No need to be in employment or employed in research. Free to join. It's cold out there: come be welcomed in.
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Michael Warburton @michaelwarburton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
One of the best job applications ever written came from the hands of Robert Pirosh in 1934. MGM loved it, took him on and in 1949 he won an Oscar for ‘Battleground’.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🔴 The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday The academic's coordinated targeting by an explicitly anti-black race science network did not come out of nowhere, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
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The Peter Thiel-Linked Race Science Network that Penetrated Cambridge University and Targeted Jason Arday
The media's coverage of the academic's life was fuelled by the campaign of an established far-right network
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Dr Nazlin Bhimani @nazlinbhimani.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Prof Victoria Showunmi, @ioe.bsky.social’s Vice-Dean (EDI), reflects on Jason Arday’s legacy and the often unseen burden Black academics carry: navigating racism and exclusion while having to explain those inequalities, defend their legitimacy and continue to excel. bit.ly/466o4bTP
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Worth reposting for the am crowd, especially for its pragmatic advice on how to support yourself or a colleague in a pile-on. So, essential reading for (among others) academic staff, deans, PVCs and VCs to have on hand.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Will Self naming those most responsible for hounding Jason Arday in the press: substack.com/@willself1/n...
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Jason Arday: J'Accuse the British Media
After the death of Jason Arday, Will Self asks what happens when the media machine mistakes what interests the public for the public interest.
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