iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Something does'nt add up. Tech bros want a world of AI and machines to evolve and augment human beings. Yet, they are repulsed by the idea of a trans person, who's minds defy the constraints of their human bodies. And they realy think they can handle what they wish to create.

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Our strike action began today. The management at our university has seemingly shackled itself to course closures and compulsory redundancies, despite neither being financially necessary. So we fight for our members, our students, and our community until they change their minds.

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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Google earth has updated its satellite images of Gaza. The destruction is almost incomprehensible.

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 28/09/2026

I was on strike or actions-short-of-strike every single year of my PhD at Edinburgh. In the snow, in the rain, in a pandemic, fighting for a better future for my colleagues and students. The cuts Edinburgh is facing right now are devastating and I urge you to care.

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

It's European Day of Languages, so here are some of our favourite untranslatable and wonderfully-specific words from across Europe that we wish we had in English ✨

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mrsdumbledore.bsky.social @mrsdumbledore.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high student loan interest rates. It's time for Andy Burnham to fix this unfair system in the upcoming Budget so balances stop growing faster than they're paid off. Add your name if you agree: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/an...

you.38degrees.org.uk

Tell Andy Burnham: Fix the broken student loans system in this Budget

Millions of graduates are being ripped off by sky-high interest rates, with balances growing faster than they can be paid off! Add your name to demand fairer student loan terms in the upcoming Budget.

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

'University students have raised concerns over the software used to submit assignments and check them for plagiarism, amid fears their work could be used to train tools which use artificial intelligence.'

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York Uni students' fears over Turnitin essay-checker AI plan

Students are "scared" about proposals which could see their work used to train AI, their union says.

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Association of German Studies in Great Britain and Ireland @ags-gbi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

As many of you will be aware, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations & Assessment (CCEA) awarding body in Northern Ireland is to discontinue GCSE and A-level German. This is a real blow to language education in Northern Ireland, depriving future generations of the opportunity to learn German.

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Motion passes by miles in the hall, and online. The motion is carried - the Lib Dems are the first major party* to explicitly reject the EWRC guidance. *The Greens oppose it but I more meant the big three in parliament

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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

"Proscribe the extreme far right groups before it's too late" via The UK Against Hate

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago.

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...

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Seher Asaf @seher-education.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“I’ve been shocked over many years with the assumption that if one has studied Russia, they can easily understand Ukraine, when Ukraine is culturally and historically very different,” said Rory Finnin, who teaches Ukrainian Studies at Cambridge www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ukraini...

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Ukrainian studies in ‘crisis’ despite rising demand in Europe

Most universities still treat Ukraine as a marginal topic even as need for specialists with deep knowledge of the country rises

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 19/09/2026

When we talk about the costs that LLMs impose on society we should not forget the fact that nothing works anymore because everyone is so scared of getting their shit scraped. I can't even use google scholar from my university or starlink because they send too much traffic.

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... but your computer or network may be sending automated queries. To protect our users, we can't process your request right now.
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👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 18/09/2026

if you EVER get called for a meeting and they say “don’t bring a union rep” bring a union rep

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Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Edinburgh, have you received the data used to determine which courses were 'not viable'? Because Nous has a track record of (a) failing to capture the full sign-up because of varying course codes for the same course in different Schools (b) only measuring fee-capture, not cost-of-delivery.

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UCU Scotland @ucuscotland.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

5 week strike at Edinburgh University at start of new academic term. Incl UCU branch co-president quote: “...UCU members are prepared to take action for our colleagues and our students – want to safeguard students’ education not just for five weeks in autumn but for the future." #StopTheCuts #SaveHE

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Katharine Hodgson @katharineh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Any chance the changes in size might relate to senior management pay? Or to the fees paid to external consultants? Or to the number of managers foisting their bright ideas on staff and students? No?

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Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

You know what gets a library perpetual access to a book??? Purchasing the physical book. I guarantee the publisher won’t come steal it back!!!

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The most fundamental question in politics is: whose support do you need to win and hold power? Is it warlords, aristocrats, empires or "the demos"? If the answer is "billionaires", you are not a democracy but a plutocracy. That's why democracies *must* erect barricades against capture by the rich

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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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John Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 09/09/2026

Also, why is this basically written up as "quirky crowd make an embarrassing mistake" and not "violent racists form mob because Asian people use hotel"?

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Dr Sarah Hudspith @sarahhudspith.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

"Legitimate concerns don’t require politicians to agree with them. They require politicians to investigate them honestly, explain what the evidence says, fix the problems that are real, and stop feeding the fears that aren’t." Great piece 👇

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

British universities are both thinner and greedier now. They’re thinner in that they’re doing less and offering less (fewer courses, fewer modules, fewer assessments, fewer staff, far less student and staff support). They’re greedier in that they demand more of both students and staff: more money…

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I don't know if it's just that this UK government missed the context of growing up in Ireland in the 90s, but they should probably be aware that gangs of lads in balaclavas don't have the best intentions for the public.

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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nick Robinson on Today is literally talking about ‘legitimate concerns’ after second night of organised men dressed in black - sorry ‘protesters’ - mobilising en masse in another littoral town. This is how street fascism is normalised

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Matthew Willis (Naval Air History) @navalairhistory.com · 06/09/2026

Contrast the police statements about the Dover blockade yesterday with the Just Stop Oil protests in 2022

No arrests made during Dover protest, Kent Police says
published at 13:34 5 September
13:34 5 September
Kent Police has issued a statement following the disruption in Dover earlier today.
It says officers "responded to a spontaneous protest" during Saturday morning, adding "no arrests were made".
"Traffic is flowing normally, and all involved had dispersed by midday," it adds

The Met Police said 35 people had been arrested in response to the disruption.
Assistant Commissioner Matt Twist said the action was "criminality", not protest, and pledged to bring those involved to justice as quickly as possible.
"This was a very significant and co-ordinated effort to cause massive disruption to the entirety of the M25," he added.

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Stevie Chick @steviechick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Because I was working a shift on the newsdesk last night and the last thing I edited before bed was a big story on Portsmouth I have woken in a foul fucking mood. What is the point of a police force if not to tackle the kind of mob violence the black-clad fash are dealing in? What is the point of a

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

While there is some relief in the threat of compulsory redundancies being removed, we are also thinking of the amazing colleagues we are losing through so-called voluntary redundancy. These colleagues are experts in their fields, they are our academic community, and they are fantastic educators

SO MANY EXPERTS, INSPIRING EDUCATORS, SUPERVISORS, TOP RESEARCHERS, COLLEAGUES LOST THROUGH TERS (THE EXETER RELEASE SCHEME). WE'LL CONTINUE TO FIGHT TO #DEFENDEXETERUNI

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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The University of Exeter has confirmed that it won’t proceed with compulsory redundancies “at this time”. This means colleagues do not need to complete the pro forma, and there will be no selection process.

photo of Nicole Kidman looking incredibly joyful and free after her divorce from Tom Cruise was finalised

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National Trust Research @ntresearch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

For the next two weeks, visitors to Nostell will have the rare opportunity to watch research in action as experts from the Hamilton Kerr Institute use macro X-ray fluorescence scanning to look beneath the surface of this treasured @nationaltrust.org.uk painting. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

theguardian.com

Public given rare access as Thomas More painting goes under microscope

Visitors to Nostell in West Yorkshire will get to see cutting-edge research into work considered the only faithful copy of Holbein masterpiece

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Iain Clark @iainjclarkart.com · 03/09/2026

The unedifying sight of a BBC journalist literally standing in the English Channel yelling at minority ethnic people on a boat: "Why are you doing it like this? Why aren't you doing it legally?"

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Reading work email today and all I can say is that it's amazing how flexible course provision can suddenly be when you've fired most of the staff and teaching starts in 2 weeks. Almost as if academic regulations, credit-counts and the Office for Students (ho ho) don't exist.

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Oleksa Drachewych @odrachewych.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

This tweet is getting some response and while it's getting some rightful criticism, it also reflects a prominent issue in the discourse that surrounds the war. There are people who want the war the end and hope it can be ended, but it's remains an idealist hope 🧵

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Gareth Thomas @profgaretht.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It appears that plagiarism only matters to The Times if it’s done by black professors

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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

Bram Stoker
1847-1912
A PENGUIN SINCE 1979

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Philip Ball @philipcball.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A lot of mainstream media struggling right now with the cognitive dissonance of realising that the values Dolly Parton held - kindness, generosity, tolerance, supporting science and literacy, an ability to laugh at yourself - are actually those to be found on one side of their "culture wars".

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Important thread with a link to a petition to sign ⬇️

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The ball is in management's court and there's plenty of time to stop this action before it happens. Compulsory redundancies at this point are not financially justified. We await their answer.

Screenshot of a BBC article with the headline "Union announces strikes over university restructure"

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Dr. Cara Berg Powers @clbergpowers.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Things you could do this week to honor the impact Dolly has had: *Donate to the Imagination Library or a local kids reading initiative *Read with a kid you care about *Support and protect LGBTQIA kids *Support a Black owned business *Schedule your vaccine appointments *Show up authentically as you

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Maevius Lynn @maeviuslynn.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

RIP Dolly Parton 🙏🕊️

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nadira 🙃 @calllmenadira.net · 25/08/2026

The original girl's girl. The girl who loved sisterhood, who FUNDED sisterhood, who recognized and acknowledged sisterhood. The girl who knew that sisterhood was not only acrylic nails but also literacy and allyship and health and accessibility and, above all, good music.

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A very good piece that gets to the heart of the challenge of AI in the humanities generativehistory.substack.com/p/no-more-mu...

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alyson “end journalism” 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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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 21/08/2026

🚨 BREAKING: Staff and PGRs at Sheffield University have voted overwhelmingly to no confidence the whole University executive board and council over their relentless attacks on jobs, pressure at work and a failing restructure project.

OVER 90% VOTE
NO CONFIDENCE
in the University of
Sheffield
Vice-Chancellor, Executive Board and Council
1,617 staff and PGRs backed the motion amid continuing restructures, job insecurity and rising workloads.

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Dr Cath Feely @cathfeely.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I agree with this but also most work should 'only be a 3 in the REF' because ... honestly, not everything needs to set a field on fire. It should make a contribution but ...

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Pah! No LGB without the T

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