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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

wonderful E is making good progress on her fundraiser - but it's slow, and new obstacles keep cropping up. click to read the recent update - any amount, no matter how tiny, helps, and a share/repost goes a long, long way. thank you so much 🙏 www.gofundme.com/f/help-e-a-l...

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Rhys Kaminski-Jones @rhyskamjones.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

What should a university do when their guy is deliberately using his position to recruit students into the organisation for whom he seemingly does electoral crime?

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Laleh Khalili @lalehkhalili.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

On the one hand, the press hound a black scholar to death, on the other hand, on this one, where the academic fraud is front and centre and the dude is an Epstein pal... crickets... www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

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‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud

New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

has anyone ever had a cat who likes to eat cobwebs, and, most importantly, can you reassure me that this is fine, normal, admirable even

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

ok: has anyone found that clenching their teeth was the only thing stopping them from getting MASSIVE ALL-ENCOMPASSING HEADACHES WHICH PERSIST DESPITE PAINKILLERS

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alyson “october” greaves @badambulist.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

much as the murder of Brianna Ghey mysteriously stopped being about the climate of transphobia in the UK and became about teen access to social media, the death of Jason Arday is, equally mysteriously, no longer about racism and is becoming about free speech in academia

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Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Many people asked how Arday was able to become an academic at Cambridge. Not nearly enough people have asked how the hell Cofnas was able to become an academic at Cambridge. "We know that stereotypes generally have a basis in reality" is something you'd expect from a 19th century phrenologist.

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

"yes, I might hold racist beliefs, but is it fair to call me a racist"

I’m an easy scapegoat because I hold views about race that are controversial and easily misunderstood. I argue that differences between ancestral populations aren’t entirely due to environmental forces, and that some group disparities stem from natural differences for which no one is to blame. I made a widely quoted statement: “Under a colorblind system that judged applicants only by academic qualifications, blacks would make up 0.7% of Harvard students.” That sentence has been cited repeatedly as evidence that I’m a racist.

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

didn't think I had any addictions till the dentist told me to stop clenching my teeth

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to believe to

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I've been thinking about the sheer number of white men I've seen in academia, who'd published nothing or almost nothing, but their vibes of P O T E N T I A L got them prestigious fellowships & jobs. They continued to publish nothing or almost nothing. Public outrage in media: 0

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

"hmm maybe this whole Arday affair shows that we need to have a Serious Conversation about whether Woke 1.0 overreached in manner X, Y, of Z" motherfucker you are generally in Fascism 487.0, as is this particular affair you're talking about. worry about *that*. /Final

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 15/08/2026

With respect to Cofnas, why is nobody talking about this in the MSM? > We find it [improbably] that [he] was the best out of 14 candidates for this job[. His boss] repeatedly stated in the press that [he] published in highly ranked journals and had been affiliated with leading institutions. 1/n

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Priyamvada Gopal @priyamvadagopal.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I have also signed.

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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Durkheim taught us that suicide is never just a personal/individual issue, it always has social/cultural/political causes. Over the next few days journalists will try to remove or minimise the direct media/political causes of Jason Arday’s death and try to individualise it. We must not let them.

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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Imagine a guy who thinks white people are intellectually superior and another who may or may not have run marathons but it's the second guy pillioried relentlessly whilst the former gets to spearhead a witch hunt. When I've said I've had enough, I truly have had enough.

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Anthony Anaxagorou @aanaxagorou.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

RIP Jason Arday

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

While this was all happening, friends and I were literally listing off senior white men who were still in post despite not being able to work with students because they're actual sex offenders.

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Roopika Risam @roopikarisam.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Think of all the mediocre white men with their plagiarism/stealing student work/sexual harassment who kept their jobs or quietly retired but are alive. Jason Arday’s situation did NOT have to play out or end this way, no matter his errors. And the media and everyone with a hot take is responsible.

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

E is a really amazing young person who has had to swim against the current of so many things, and has shown up in solidarity again and again even when struggling so much herself - please do help if you can www.gofundme.com/f/help-e-a-l...

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Donate to Help E, a lesbian woman of colour, with UK visa costs, organized by East and Southeast Asians North East

E is in urgent need of support with visa costs so that she … East and Southeast Asians North East needs your support for Help E, a lesbian woman of colour, with UK visa costs

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

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Donate to Help E, a lesbian woman of colour, with UK visa costs, organized by East and Southeast Asians North East

E is in urgent need of support with visa costs so that she … East and Southeast Asians North East needs your support for Help E, a lesbian woman of colour, with UK visa costs

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

dark way to discover that Ann 'worst person in the world' Widdecombe's middle name was Noreen

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Just for context, Laleh is probably one of the most important academics in the country right now, given the sheer depth and quality of her knowledge and expertise in the Gulf, shipping and logistics.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3

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University of Exeter cuts an ‘existential threat to humanities’

Russell Group institution cites changing student demand as it puts 500 staff at risk of redundancy, with 150 jobs set to go

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

very excited to stop using the internet altogether

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Eline D. Tabak @elinetabak.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Today marks the start of my last month as a postdoc in Finland. As much as I would like to say I managed to secure myself another position, the (academic) job market is rough right now. I’m officially #OpenTowork. It’s not all bleak as I'm moving back to NL - and my partner and our cats (1/5)

Rather grey and dramatic view of the Golf of Bothnia from Nallikari beach in Oulu. You can see a lighthouse, grey skies, and the slow beginnings of a midnight sunset.

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Samira Shackle @samirashackle.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Excellent piece by @stephenkb.bsky.social about the Henry Nowak case and what it does/doesn't show about policing www.ft.com/content/aa94...

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Shedding 608 academic posts but creating 75 new managerial posts. No clear answers as to what those posts are, who they will go to, and why we need them.

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

guys I just learned that there are no moles in Ireland?

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Dylan Morrison @dylanthyme.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

trans people will also continue to be around your whole life. you'll be sharing bathrooms & communities w/ us your whole life; we'll be there whether you know we're trans or not. this horrific moment will eventually pass but transness will not, and our memories of how you act now will also remain

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

love how all those 10 GREAT DAYTRIPS FROM BRISTOL articles are like, this town is so nice & so accessible from Briz 😍all you need to do is take 2 buses & change in Didcot & walk for 55 minutes before Ubering the last mile 🥰

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Kevin Potter @kevinmpotter.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

So let’s review the last two days: -The Commonwealth prize winner likely used AI to compose their short story -The Nobel Prize-winner admits to using AI to come up with ideas -An author of a book about truth and AI has now admitted to using AI to concoct fake quotes. Why bother with anything at all

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Academic departments deserve to be saved, supported, resourced, allowed to grow even if they're not "best in the country," "first in the REF," "top-ranked," "at a Russell Group uni," or whatever other austerity-brained nonsense senior managers have been using to flimflam you out of solidarity

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Natalia Cecire @ncecire.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Every university should have broad subject coverage; that's what a university is

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

My Ranking Of Things Students Call Me In Order Of How Much I Like Them From Worst To Best Mrs Masud (💀) Miss Masud (🥴) Professor Masud (undeserved promotion but I'll take it) Noreen/Dr Masud (both absolutely fine&great) and best of all the rarely seen but golden DOCTOR NOREEN SUPERHERO ENERGY!!

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

prehistoric hippo bones, but also, the collapse of the AMOC

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Noreen Masud @noreenmasud.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

haven't had this much fun on the internet since 2020

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Marie Gardiner @mariegardiner.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Oh my god Lmao youraislopbores.me

A fake ai prompt where i have written draw a capybara having a relaxing bath and am waiting on a human pretending to be an ai to respond

The response to the prompt, a basic drawing (from a human) of a capybara in water with a little heart above him

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 24/02/2026

Drawing on literary studies, philosophy, social science and neuroscience, @noreenmasud.bsky.social's project at @bristoluni.bsky.social will interrogate the deep structural and aesthetic impact of face blindness on contemporary poets and novelists who identify as face blind.

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Drawing on literary studies, philosophy, social science and neuroscience, Noreen Masud’s project will interrogate the deep structural and aesthetic impact of face blindness on contemporary poets and n...

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Delighted to take part for a second year to help raise money for the charity Magic Breakfast 👇 Goths for Breakfast: Charity Teach-a-thon Date: 28 feb • 09:00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goths-for-...

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Goths for Breakfast: Charity Teach-a-thon

A full day of back to back classes and workshops on Gothic themes to raise money for the charity Magic Breakfast

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Ernesto Priego @ernestopriego.com · 19/02/2026

A consequence of this will be that if the government were to propose lockdowns in the future, universities will stay open and in person. Even if people can't travel to get to them. Even if students or staff or their loved ones get ill or die. And then truly only survivors will get degrees.

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