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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 18h

Union folk at Nottingham have done so much, attended so many meetings with senior management trying to have meaningful discussions, reframing the narrative, writing detailed counterproposals. It's not been nothing but the fight goes on.

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Still from East Midlands Today featuring me with a megaphone. Yeah, I know I'm noisy enough without one 🤣

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Very long day supporting @uonucu.bsky.social strike action but great collective energy from colleagues and students and lovely UCU Vice-president @markpendleton.bsky.social (huge props too @dyfrigjones.bsky.social for fitting in busy schedule to come and speak in support).

Lisa and Mark in front of one of our Nottingham UCU banners

Lisa at home modelling UCU Education tee and #MeMadeCrochet skirt

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Some excellent #PupsOnPickets today @uonucu.bsky.social - thank you for all the lovely woofy companions who came to support us.

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UCU Edinburgh @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Scenes from the Picket Line: Day 3 of the UCU workers' strike at the University of Edinburgh, following hundreds of job losses and thousands more to come. Here are our wonderful workers, staying strong: (1) Craft-making on the picket line ...

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 30/09/2026

Sen. Hassan: "Do you think it's possible for the president to ever be wrong about something?"

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maybe *don't* assault your private chef @billsallak.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Your interlocutor seems to be operating from the “it’s great for me so it would be great for everyone” place, which is just a wordy way to describe narcissism.

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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

🐻🐻🐻

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 28/09/2026

We have something very cute to share with you today 🦉 This summer, a pair of barn owls successfully reared four owlets at Kedleston Hall, marking Kedleston's first known breeding success in over two decades.

Four young barn owls jostle onto the small wooden ledge of their nest box, fixed to a huge oak tree behind them

A young barn owl in flight, its wings stretched up above it against a blurry green background, its white heart-shaped face facing the camera

A young barn own in flight, a blurry oak tree behind it, its huge white and brown wings beating downwards as it looks at the camera

A barn owl swooping down with its wings fanned wide across a field of long purplish grass

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 26/09/2026

This week the Society launched a new programme to support research bit.ly/4iFNuF0 The RHS / Social History Archive Partnership offers free access to resources in @socialhistarchive.bsky.social, published by DC Thomson. Applications for 6-month access to Archive content invited #Skystorians 1/2

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Society launches new programme for researchers, in partnership with The Social History Archive - RHS

The Society is pleased to launch a new programme for researchers, in partnership with The Social History Archive, published by DC Thomson. The Social History Archive is a comprehensive online archive ...

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Paul Whitelaw @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Here's something: Dennis Potter's rarely seen Play for Today from 1974, Schmoedipus, will be repeated on BBC Four on Wednesday 7th October at 10pm. It's their tribute to Tim Curry, who stars alongside Anna Cropper and Bob Hoskins. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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BBC One - Play for Today, Series 4, Schmoedipus

A strange young man turns up on Elizabeth’s doorstep and makes a frightening claim.

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Feminist Greens (GPEW) @feministgreens.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A joint statement from Green Party groups in response to the recent organised far-right activity. Signed by: Black Feminist Greens @disabledgreens.bsky.social Feminist Greens @globalgreens.bsky.social @jewishgreens.bsky.social Latinx Greens @lgbtiqa.greenparty.org.uk @younggreens.bsky.social

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

UCU folks interested in equalities and casualisation issues, sign up for one of these slots TODAY!

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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

UCU's Anticasualisation Committee's webinar on Equalities and Casualisation is TODAY, running twice at 12.30pm and 5pm. Details on this page (scroll down): do register for one of the two sessions if you can make it! #UCU www.ucu.org.uk/acc

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Anti-casualisation committee

Representing all casually employed staff and fighting the exploitation of casual contracts throughout FE, HE, ACE and prisons.

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Absolutely delighted by this 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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UCU Commons @ucucommons.org · 22/09/2026

We are delighted that our member Madeleine Moore has been elected to a casual vacancy as UK-wide rep (HE) to UCU's NEC. Her term starts right now and will last until the end of Congress 2027, and her first engagement will be the HEC on 9 October. Well done Maddie! #UCU #UKHE

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History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

David Olusoga's new series Finding Britain's Slave Traders airs tonight at 9pm. In anticipation, we are resharing an article from Dr Michael Taylor on the West India Interest, the pro-slavery lobby in Parliament, where many members had a vested interest in the continuation of slavery.

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The West India Interest and the Parliamentary Defence of Slavery, 1823-33

This blog, which explores the parliamentary context of the abolition of slavery, is based on Michael’s full-length seminar paper, ‘The West India Interest and Colonial Slavery in Parliament,…

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Attitude Magazine @attitudemag.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

22 years of queer artistic excellence is about to take over Liverpool, with Homotopia returning this autumn celebrating trans model and pioneer April Ashley. www.attitude.co.uk/news/homotop...

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Homotopia 2026 honours April Ashley as it celebrates 22 years of queer excellence

22 years of queer artistic excellence is about to take over Liverpool, with Homotopia returning this autumn celebrating LGBTQ+ creativity.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

This is wild because I’m at NC Folk Fest watching, among others, The Roots for free. I have run into several people who know me. One is from junior high school and we truly do look so much better now. 😂

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🔴 Something Tom Watson won't tell you: Five police forces in the East Midlands working with Palantir on a controversial surveillance programme are ending their involvement Exclusive by Democracy for Sale and Liberty Investigates. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/revealed-f...

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Revealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance tool

Exclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot.

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's Friday night, I'm depressed by the news, take out an annual subscription by the end of the day and I'll thrown in a signed copy of 31 Inventions That Built Our World bought via @biggreenbooks.bsky.social, can't say fairer than that now can I

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Subscribe to The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything

assorted nerdery from a man who should probably be doing something else. Click to read The Newsletter of (Not Quite) Everything, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Or Nina Power’s close friendship with some of the most prominent anti-trans extremists in the UK, which includes Maya Forstater and Kathleen Stock (Stock announcing her support the day it was revealed how extreme Power was in private correspondence) bsky.app/profile/floa...

•@Nina _Compact is an original, stimulating, light-footed writer who always makes me think; I'm very happy I supported her crowdfunder a few years back; and I get a lot from @compactmag where she is editor, and the podcast she contributes to. Keep doing what you do Nina, you are great.
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The Bi of Hormuz @joshstein.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

There are lots of good resources (including the extensive evidence in the @luketurner.com lawsuit) on the relationship between the antisemitic/neo-Nazi right and right wing political funding. The information and context is there if journalists want it; many choose not to use it.

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Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Derecognising unions is an own-goal for university managers. The amount of work union committees & caseworkers do to make policies not just fair & equitable but fundamentally workable is astonishing. Without us there'll be more grievances, more long term sickness & more IA.

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Petty annoyance of today, but if you actually studied masters level at Oxford, you likely do NOT have an MA. And if you say you have an MA in a subject, you probably do not. (You likely paid the fee to amend your UG degree subject + classification to a generic MA, no subject, no classification)

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Dr Jo Edge 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hi, #UCU. UCU's Anti-casualisation committee are running an Equality & Anticas webinar on 23rd September, at 12.30pm and 5pm. Come and hear from chair Ben Pope, and speakers Suzi Toole, Andy Ward and Kevin Daws. Links to register and more info in linked post. Please share and pass to contacts!

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

"Universities are routinely expected to justify themselves through the earnings of their graduates in a way that few other public institutions are. We do not judge hospitals solely by the future tax revenues of the patients they treat..."

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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I'm feeling very burned out at the moment. Sick of my own voice trying to chaperone this book into the world, never more conscious of closed doors, keen to move on, tired from a long battle after my ex-publisher imploded & stole my earnings. But I can't pretend it's not nice to see stuff like this.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Woody Guthrie penned "This Land Is Your Land" 86 years ago in 1940, in response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." It was among the first songs to be chosen by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the National Recording Registry.

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TechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Every headline about AI this weekend is just this post from 5 years ago

A screenshot of a tweet that says:

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

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Masato Jones @masatojones.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Have you begun #shopindie this Christmas #indiechristmas #ukgiftam www.masato.co.uk

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UKGiftAM @ukgiftam.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We're coming in for a later-than-usual #SundayMorning look around the #giftideas for all occasions on offer from #shopindie creatives 🙂 Why not spend some time with us and #supportsmallbusiness? 9am-midday every weekend on Bluesky but the #UKGIftHour #UKGIftAM timelines are always open to you 🤗 🎁

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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Are you a failed celebrity from the 80s who nobody cares about? To reboot your career in 2026 why not hop aboard the ‘I’m anti-woke and nobody can say anything anymore’ train You’ll be guaranteed acres of space in British newspapers - all while claiming you’re cancelled! Call 0800-GRIFTING-PRICK

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Joel Morris @gralefrit.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Morning! Looks like Naomi Klein’s on the march again, and I’m happy to fall into step. I think “traitors to creation” is a wonderful coinage. Yeah. That’s it. The tech-wealth lot are traitors to creation. What’s the penalty for treason again?

“I don't tend to use this language, I try to be measured, but I think I've earned the right to escalate," she says. "The moment we're in, people are really mad and however mad you are, it's not enough. Because there is something so profound about no longer believing in the future, about seeing no value in our shared home, in the natural world.
They're traitors to creation."

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call634-5789 @call634-5789.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

ADDED READER CONTENT:

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𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 12/09/2026

“All of our agents are currently assisting other tormented souls. Your anguish is important to us. Press 1 to scream into the Void. Press 2 to scream louder. Press 3 to accept that life is meaningless."

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

And they've arrived! Love me a #BlackArchive delivery 🥰

Copies of Black Archive #83 The Web Planet and #84 The Invasion

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

100% this. I absolutely LOVE giving compliments (and getting them) and it boosts the soul no end, especially as a near 60 year old)

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I love this series and having grabbed the two already published volumes I hadn't yet ordered, I will be MORE than happy to pay full price for all the upcoming volumes. Support small press publishers!

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Highly recommended to #Manchester folk - Martin is a great raconteur!

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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social @nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

9 THINGS I WISH EVERY EMPLOYEE KNEW ⚖️ Knowing your rights can make a huge difference when something goes wrong at work. What do you wish you’d known sooner? 👀 #EmploymentLaw #EmploymentRights #WorkplaceRights

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

For @jonnelledge.bsky.social you can watch Connections EPs on YouTube by the mighty James Burke (whom I adored as an inquisitive young person) youtu.be/XetplHcM7aQ?...

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James Burke Connections, Ep. 1 "The Trigger Effect"

YouTube video by DRS_Education

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