Reposted by Ross GibsonUCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Day 1 of the strike by the workers of UCU Edinburgh against the manufactured deficit (which is not really a deficit), and against a senior management earning millions while staff disappear and education suffers. Solidarity against this parasitical form of management of our higher education. 26139
Reposted by Ross GibsonPlashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Best of luck to @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social members going on strike for over a month. Nobody does this willingly - it’s a last resort, unlike that enormously rich university’s slash and burn tactics. 211637
Reposted by Ross GibsonInequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🙄 When is the world going to wake up and kill off this malign technology? What will it take? A small nuclear war? We didn't ask for it. We don't need it. And most sensible people don't want it. #RejectAI #PitchforksAgainstDatacentres🧑🌾🧑🌾🧑🌾 www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comAlbanese says OpenAI agent hacked Australia’s Medicare and took months to disclose breachPrime minister says he told Sam Altman he was disappointed it had taken OpenAI ‘way too long’ to disclose breach 96430
Reposted by Ross GibsonDr Vanessa @hpsvanessa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cannot tell you how much I hate this & how ashamed & angry I am that @ukri.org have taken this step. We KNOW this sort of gAI is socially biased, we KNOW it favours slopAI output over human-written. Our research landscape is falling apart due to underfunding, & they do this? it's *appalling* 718690
Reposted by Ross GibsonRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Wages of unionized workers are 13% higher than their nonunion counterparts. But unions also set a higher pay standard that all workers enjoy. In high-union-density states, median household income is $12,000 higher than in low-union-density states. This is why unions are vital. 12146091464
Reposted by Ross GibsonDundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Link to The Courier article that exposed the University of Dundee being under a level 2 intervention for not complying with Freedom of Information law. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...thecourier.co.ukEXCLUSIVE: Dundee University under watchdog supervision over information failuresThe Scottish Information Commissioner has opened an intervention against the crisis-hit institution. 11715
Reposted by Ross GibsonAdam Rutherford @adamrutherford.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I had not some across this before, but if you want an example Nathan Cofnas’ scholarship, this is a doozy. Again I say, being sacked is not the problem; being recruited in the first place is what deserves scrutiny. 34650641118
Reposted by Ross GibsonProf. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"the missing middle" - how ai algorithms are erasing scholarship in "literature reviews" (I call them that because I'm gonna say AI generated literature "reviews" are not IMO a literature review! www.chronicle.com/article/ai-i...chronicle.comAI Is Ruining ScholarshipWhen we outsource literature review to algorithms, we lose entire sectors of knowledge. 051
Reposted by Ross GibsonCharlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026Heartened to see that my university is ending its contract with Turnitin before the next academic year, because Turnitin is going to use student submissions to train AI models. Institutions can and should resist this stuff! 251640391
Reposted by Ross GibsonKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet. 17455962064
Reposted by Ross GibsonBasic Income Action ↗️ @basicincomeaction.org · 14/08/2026No explanation needed. No thread required. Just say it. Let's flood the feed. BASIC INCOME NOW!! 0172
Ross Gibson @rossgibson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I am deeply, deeply shocked that UKHE SMT would lie to staff. 033
Reposted by Ross GibsonUniversity and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 04/08/2026Spending a reported £4.5m on new land while threatening to cut up to 100 jobs? Make it make sense. Glasgow Caledonian staff are on strike today to defend jobs. Show your support to colleagues! www.ucu.org.uk/article/1459...ucu.org.uk 0133
Reposted by Ross GibsonWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 04/08/2026#OtD 4 Aug 1792 radical Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley was born. His most famous poem, penned after the Peterloo massacre, ends: "Rise like Lions after slumber In unvanquishable number! Shake your chains to earth like dew... Ye are many—they are few!" workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e15-... 211541
Reposted by Ross GibsonDavid Harvey @davidharvey.org · 29/07/2026“All forms of technological innovation in the past have been used to diminish the power of labor. So whatever else happens with AI, we are absolutely certain to see the further diminution of the power of labor.” davidharvey.org/2026/07/inte...davidharvey.orgInterview: David Harvey on Marx and CapitalismDoomscroll Podcast with Joshua CitarellaWhitney Museum of American ArtJuly 28, 2026 The Story of Capital is available now from Verso Books. 05921
Reposted by Ross GibsonThe Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · 26/07/2026"More than 3/4 of us believe that sentencing...has become shorter in length, whereas the opposite is true. In other words, we’re not soft on offenders, but the public thinks we are." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/la…prospectmagazine.co.ukWe’re addicted to locking people up—but it doesn’t make us saferDoes Andy Burnham have the attention span, the will and the courage to tackle a collapsing justice system? 223
Reposted by Ross GibsonUCU Newcastle University @newcastleucu.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Many more people in universities will lose their jobs if nothing changes in the way HE is (under) funded. Even more prospective students will not be able to go to university, especially here in the Norheast. @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social @markfergusonmp.bsky.social @chionwurah.bsky.social 11617
Reposted by Ross GibsonDundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The Scottish Funding Council waved through the University of Dundee's Strategy to Recovery, even though it broke their funding conditions. The Scottish Gov need to ACT NOW and ask the SFC to reverse their decision, and stop the redundancy process TODAY. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...thecourier.co.ukEXCLUSIVE: Funding council waved through Dundee University £20m cuts plan despite own concernsThe strategy is crucial to the university unlocking another £20 million in rescue funds. 01819
Reposted by Ross GibsonSecret UCU @secretucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Sorry to rob my UCU troll of his victory dance, but I’ve gone nowhere. *Someone* got me a short timeout because they don't like me exposing how UCU is being run, including sharing “private chats” where the general secretary tells staff to prioritise her re-election. Why might she want to hide that? 111
Ross Gibson @rossgibson.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Another day, another example of why the right of the union should be ashamed of their jettisoning of a national ballot. Now that they have control of NEC/HEC they can fix it now though, yeah? 000
Ross Gibson @rossgibson.bsky.social · 19/06/2026You should read this if you work in a Univeristy, and you should also be very worried. 000
Reposted by Ross GibsonT. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @tryangregory.bsky.social · 19/06/2026No one could have foreseen this. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comIs AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not goodReliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show. 412556
Reposted by Ross GibsonThe Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot · 18/06/2026David Anderson, Chair of the Oversight Board, explores calls to better understand premature deaths of care experienced people & the important questions raised around if Scotland is gathering, linking, and using information in a way that drives change. Read the blog here: ow.ly/lHvv50Ze8Ka 022
Reposted by Ross GibsonDundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026A 5 mins proclamation from the interim Principal of the University of Dundee announcing voluntary redundancy pools. No offers of additional support for staff. No chance for questions. No engagement with staff of students @scotfundcouncil.bsky.social hope you are monitoring this continued failure 11612
Reposted by Ross GibsonDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Concern about wealth inequality is not about jealousy over some guy having a bigger house. It is more about the fact that it may be a problem that one person has more economic power than entire countries. 520359
Reposted by Ross GibsonJoss @josstified.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Proud of the trade union movement and Scotland for turning out in huge numbers to oppose the far right, to reclaim the streets, and say refugees are welcome here. Nae Pasaran 08725
Reposted by Ross GibsonHannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social · 13/06/2026A wee group of angry balaclava and mask-wearing anti-immigration guys tried to stop the good people of Glasgow showing solidarity with migrants and standing up to racism and fascism. Well, the far right are far outnumbered... #RefugeesWelcome #MigrantsWelcome #NeighboursNotStrangers #Glasgow 17471212184
Reposted by Ross GibsonWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 10/06/2026#OtD 10 Jun 1973 a strike of gravediggers at 3 cemeteries in the New York metropolitan area was expanded to include 44 others. Strikers defied a court order, the jailing of their union leader and after 27 days they won a pension scheme and pay increase stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8213... 09528
Reposted by Ross Gibsonmartinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 06/06/2026Reminder that David Sullivan, who made his fortune from pornography, put up the money for a children’s home owned by his girlfriend and OnlyFans model Ampika Pickston. The home was shut down over safeguarding concerns after its first inspection. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...bbc.co.ukDavid Sullivan steps down as West Ham co-chairman with immediate effectWest Ham United co-owner David Sullivan is stepping down from his position as joint chairman and director of the club with immediate effect "having been made aware of the impending publication of seri... 42715
Reposted by Ross GibsonCYCJ @cycjscotland.bsky.social · 04/06/2026There's still time to register for the upcoming webinars in our Summer series 👇 Next week we're hearing from CYCJ Practice Development Advisor, Ross Gibson for an overview of the Secure Care Census. Free tickets here: buff.ly/iS2jrEN? 011
Ross Gibson @rossgibson.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Solidarity to everyone at Nottingham Uni which seems to be run by some of the worst human beings on the planet. Lots of similar folk at pretty much every other uni too though. 051
Reposted by Ross GibsonRosalynd Southern @rosalynd.bsky.social · 01/06/2026A whole 10 minutes on the @uonucu.bsky.social strikes on C4 news framed (mostly!) as a systemic problem across the sector. Wonder if people in charge will start listening now the extent of the crisis becomes clearer by the day? 195
Reposted by Ross GibsonSecret UCU @secretucu.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Seems UCU’s GMB staff (steered by regional officials) threatened a Congress walk out over a motion on how their union is run. After they crossed picket lines, shut UCU meetings & threatened members wanting to talk about the GS bringing UCU into disrepute. Relevant: www.ucu.org.uk/1daycongress...ucu.org.uk 122
Reposted by Ross Gibsonmartinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Britain is waiting too long to save vulnerable children: The scandal of profit-making residential homes is just the tip of the iceberg, says Camilla Cavendish via Financial Times www.ft.com/content/c646...ft.comBritain is waiting too long to save vulnerable childrenThe scandal of profit-making residential homes is just the tip of the iceberg 084
Reposted by Ross GibsonSol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 29/05/2026People say being on strike all the time is tiring, & it is (esp. for the people organising the IA). But is it actually less tiring than living with the fear of/imminent threat of redundancy, ever expanding workloads for those individuals & uni's that survive & an emboldened boss class? 051
Reposted by Ross GibsonQuinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 27/05/2026hell freezes over, the FT opens the door to nationalization 515648
Reposted by Ross GibsonThe Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot · 28/05/2026Throughout this year, Fiona Duncan, the Independent Strategic Advisor – the promise, will visit all local authorities across Scotland, to hear from people about progress to keep the promise. In this blog, she explains why she is heading out on the road. Read more: ow.ly/NIhJ50Z51Kx 023
Reposted by Ross GibsonSol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Bemused by the idea that some members and factions within UCU think we should not have progressive subs. We moved to change this locally at Durham and have been able to re-distribute money in solidarity payments to other branches as a result. Do people think this was not worth doing? 111
Reposted by Ross GibsonQM_UCU @qmucu.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Relieved to see more coverage of the grip Nous is getting on #UKHE. Thanks @privateeyenews.bsky.social! A million pound @cardiffucu.bsky.social alone. That’s a lot of money for the very same PowerPoint… 37862
Reposted by Ross GibsonSol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Have just lined up solidarity payments from @ducu.bsky.social to @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social, @uonucu.bsky.social @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social & Heriot Watt UCU. They may be local disputes but you are not alone! Solidarity! We still have some allocated funds for unions in dispute, hmu if this is you. 084
Ross Gibson @rossgibson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Read this. Peter Mathieson is manufacturing a crisis to impose cuts. 000
Reposted by Ross Gibsonmartinbarrow.bsky.social @martinbarrow.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Why illegal children's homes are being paid up to £2m per child by councils. Outstanding reporting by Noel Titheradge. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhy illegal children's homes are being paid up to £2m per child by councilsA ban was meant to bring an end to the practice - but councils continue to fund illegal placements. 2149
Reposted by Ross GibsonThe Promise Scotland @thepromise.scot · 18/05/2026The make-up of this Parliament is different to the last, but sustained cross-party support for the promise will help move Scotland closer to ensuring it is kept by 2030. To help with this we have shared a briefing for all new and returning MSPs: ow.ly/5LOp50Z0Zb0 031
Reposted by Ross GibsonChris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 12/05/20262,700 staff at the University of Nottingham have received 'at risk' letters from the management. The same management which refused to cut their own pay, and the same management which refused to resign after losing £60 million on a disastrous attempt to build a new campus. #JoinAUnion 02321
Reposted by Ross GibsonEd Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 11/05/2026Wes Streeting just gave your address, your ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, if you are cis or trans, if you've ever had an abortion, an addiction, are disabled in anyway and a million other pieces of info about you, to a far right tech company the UK government has no control over. 40906458
Reposted by Ross GibsonDavid Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 11/05/2026If privatisation, starving the poor and transferring wealth to the rich worked then the economy would be massively Booming! We've been doing it for 40+ years and all it's done is make everything worse. Only an idiot or Nigel Farage would think more neo-liberalism is the solution. 216960
Reposted by Ross GibsonCecile Menard @cecilebm.bsky.social · 05/05/2026#StopTheFarRight #StandUpToRacism #WomenAgainstTheFarRightScotland 011