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Artist & practice-based PhD researcher Exeter & Bath Spa (SWW DTP) textiles/diy technology/kelp/trans studies (they/them) sarahkgodfrey.com

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Sam Godfrey @skgodfrey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Them: how's the thesis writing going? Me:
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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 26/09/2026
I AM SO FUCKING TIRED OF TRANSPHOBIC ANTIFEMINISTS IN THE BRITISH MEDIA BEING GIVEN AN INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM FOR UNINFORMED OPINIONS SOURCED DIRECTLY FROM BETWIXT THE ASS CHEEKS OF ROTTING ARISTONONCES
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Goldsmiths UCU @goldsmithsucu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
1/8 Now in our 15th week of indefinite strike action against the next phase of staff cuts, we are calling for urgent fundraising support from across UCU and all trade unions to help us through one of the longest and most difficult disputes in our branch's history. opencollective.com/goldsmithsmu...
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goldsmiths mutual aid - Open Collective
Provide hardship funds to precariously employed staff at Goldsmiths whose employment has been cut or changed as a result of Covid-19 or restructures and who may be further impacted by strike deductions during GUCU industrial action
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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Our massive strike action for the fall begins on Wednesday, but we will be facing some intense financial hardship to do so. Please consider supporting our members by donating to our solidarity fund. www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
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Help raise £10000 to support the Nottingham UCU hardship fund – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to support the Nottingham UCU hardship fund. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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Sam Godfrey @skgodfrey.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
If we could do that before I submit my thesis, that'd be great ta
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
There has been a noticeable lack of serious reaction over Turkish persecution of LGBTQIA+ community from the global community. As in many other countries, Türkiye tries to mask persecution by claiming being LGBTQIA+ isn't illegal and then using "obscenity laws". www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Turkey detains dozens in crackdown on LGBTQ+ activists and journalists
Protesters teargassed as minister claims widespread raids and arrests under obscenity laws were to ‘protect families’
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
'Staff at the University of Essex are set to strike next week over cuts to 400 full-time jobs. The union, Unison, said admissions advisors, IT technicians, admin workers and other professional services staff would walk out on Monday over the proposals.'
bbc.co.uk
Essex University staff to strike over plans to cut 400 jobs
Staff will walk out over a plan to cut 400 jobs, which the university says will protect its future
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Daniel C. Blight @danielcblight.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
***URGENT PLEASE SHARE*** University of Brighton management have announced today that they ‘give notice of termination of all collective agreements’. This is a fundamental erasure of workers' rights. Management have announced the termination of all contractual documents, which includes:
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Michael Lobel @mlobelart.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
David Wojnarowicz: "I wake up every morning in this killing machine called america & I’m carrying this rage like a blood filled egg & there’s a thin line between inside & the outside a thin line between thought & action & that line is simply made up of blood & muscle & bone..."
B&W photo of a man's face covered in rocks & dirt as if emerging from or buried within the earth
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Just a reminder as the new academic year kicks off - the UK government has deliberately, ruthlessly, throttled the recruitment of international students, solely to pander to racists, and the resultant 25%+ fall in numbers can and will only accelerate some universities into bankruptcy.
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Sam Godfrey @skgodfrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Not to suck up to my supervisor, but this is a really great book and resource
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
However much you hate British media, it is not enough www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/09...
How having a disability became cool
Young women, nicknamed ‘sickfluencers’, are turning chronic illness into a lifestyle trend and entrenching a culture of economic inactivity

Young women are also more likely to get caught up in “social contagion” – the spontaneous spread of behaviours or emotions previously observed by sociologists in “outbreaks” of bulimia, self-harm and transgender ideology. What may have otherwise been transitory feelings are seized upon and obsessed over until they form a central pillar of a person’s identity. A chronic-illness influencer won’t want to get “better” any more than a female-bodied transgender person would want to re-identify with their sex.
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HK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Are we going to get the 200 articles on James Orr then? Maybe read and interrogate the footnotes of his doctoral thesis? Is Cambridge going to have to issue out statements about its hiring standards?
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
“Academics want to promote their research outside of the university… However, in an increasingly queer- & transphobic public environment, this is becoming more difficult & more risky for researchers working on LGBTQ+ topics.” Apt report on how LGBTQ+ scholars in the UK navigate public harassment.
cssd.ac.uk
Is all publicity good publicity? Addressing Public Harassment in LGBT+ Research Impact and Engagement | The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
Is all publicity good publicity is a research project funded by the EDICaucus and a collaboration between Tig Slater, Sheffield Hallam University, Charlotte Jones, Swansea University, Rosie Ola-Marie,...
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is the most fucked up and immediately harmful policy decision I think I've ever seen in adult trans healthcare in the UK, and that's saying something. The Welsh Gender Service is one of the best in the country. It is widely praised by the patients it helps. That is why it is being targeted.
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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
My 3rd thread on the dispute at Exeter Uni. What are we fighting for? Is it just to save jobs? No. We need a workplace that is run by the expert professionals that make up the staff body. This 🧵 explains the governance reform proposals we have put to Council, Senate and the Uni Exec #DefendExeterUni
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Dr. Fim @fim.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Ansel Adams on assignment for IBM - one of my favourite shots. Not the usual landscape but the skill of a woman weaving magnetic core memory. The beat up nails captures total “woman in STEM” vibes.
A woman with extremely short painted nails weaving magnetic core memory. A series of rows and columns of wires in a grid.
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Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 22/08/2026
There’s a petition signed by more than one hundred academics (& counting!) in support of Nathan Cofnas—the racist who instigated the pile on that led to J. Arday’s death—because he lost his postdoc. Apparently there’s nothing a white man can do that deserves consequences.
forbetterscience.com
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Sam Godfrey @skgodfrey.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Imagine signing a petition in support of Nathan Cofnas. Absolute ghoul.
Black and blue font on white background that reads 'Dr. Edward Skidelsky, Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Exeter.'
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Corinne Fowler @corinnefowler.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
www.hackedoff.org/blog-posts/w...
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When media abuse of academics becomes the norm in HE
Following the death of Jason Arday, Corinne Fowler writes on the toll of media abuse on academics and what universities must do to protect their staff.
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Dr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
My uni have just withdrawn Geography, History & Geography and Politics & Geography undergrad courses run from our Penryn campus. Terrible for Cornwall. How did the staff find out? When UCAS clearing opened at 8am 😡
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Yeah well, maybe you shouldn't take an axe to its biggest university then, you stupid idiots. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The 'education gap' hiding in picture-perfect Cornwall and Devon
Behind the South West's postcard image, poverty and isolation are limiting opportunities for many young people.
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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The consequence of continuing to live our lives is explicitly the threat of legitimised confrontation by members of the public and staff and they can count on us being too disempowered to stand up most of the time. A government guidance built on sheer cruelty and shaming and bullying and prejudice
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Nahyan Fancy @fancynahyan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
An Article describing the way one education consultancy firm, Nous, is directly connected to the dismantling of multiple universities from Australia to Canada (and now UK). The Uniforum software they use for benchmarking was used @exeter.ac.uk Some gems quoted below: renthomas.ca/theres-a-nou... 1/4
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There’s a Nous in Dal’s house – Ren Thomas
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Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
So a whole lot of my talented Humanities colleagues are now unemployed as of today. A lot of understandable concern over Exeter. But for over two decades my Hums colleagues were in the top quartile for their research contribution to society. History top 10. Now gone with only a national whisper.
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jessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful
An aircraft passenger oxygen mask: a drop down passenger mask with air bag and yellow plastic mouth and nose cover, oxygen tube has been cut; Demonstration model used by flight attendant crew for passenger instruction. Has text on the side indicating that it's non-functional.
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BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Amnesty UK have apologised to JK Rowling for rightfully calling out her anti-rights rhetoric. Shame on them. A human rights organisation should not cave to pressure from billionaires, especially those who wish to make supporting human rights a terrorist offence. xoxo BASH BACK
We are disappointed to see Amnesty withdraw their report on transphobia after legal threats from JK Rowling. This is further proof we cannot rely on 'allies' to fight for US,

Our work has been so effective that Rowling has called for us to be proscribed as a terrorist group, but we're still fighting. We’ll only win trans liberation by fighting for it ourselves. 

Don't wait for 'allies' to step in and save us; take action now!
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Bodie A. Ashton @manwithoutatan.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Reichelt, Nius, Bild, and over the Channel the Sun calling this “heartbreaking” and “shocking” as if they have not been stoking hatred against queer and trans communities for years and decades.
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Raj @lordofthemoon.com · 22/07/2026
For colleagues at @glasgow.ac.uk this is worth reading, alongside the latest in this series: glasgow.web.ucu.org.uk/2026/07/22/w... TL;DR: * we have reserves of >£600m * income is growing (at a time of shrinking international numbers) * staff costs are low All implying that austerity is a choice
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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Always repost the JB Apology Form.
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nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social @nonbinarybarrister.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Government has confirmed that the EHRC’s new Code of Practice on Services will come into force on 5 August. If this results in you experiencing discrimination when accessing services, pls contact my clerks at pa@gclaw.co.uk. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️‍🔥🧑‍⚖️ #TransRights #EqualityAct #HumanRights #LGBTQ #CommunityMatters
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Lisa Stampnitzky 🤷🏻‍♀️ @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Roll of shame. The unis did this Very Quietly because they fear opposition from staff and students. demilitariseeducation.com/how-we-do-it... @sheffielducu.bsky.social
demilitariseeducation.com
Demilitarise Education | dED
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Early career researchers are the lifeblood of any discipline. Their entrance into academia is at the heart of its renewal. What happens when those arteries are blocked? That's one of the questions the British Academy's SHAPE Observatory is asking. 1/3
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Loss of academic staff and "cold spots" for humanities and social science degrees threaten strategically important skills for UK, says British Academy
A new data map released today shows a sharp and widespread decline in opportunities for university staff in the humanities, social sciences and arts subjects in 2024-25. The data shows a precarious la...
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
"This is a crisis for social mobility, young people’s careers, the skills our economy depends on and the opportunities available in communities across the UK" Our newest data covered by The Guardian this evening and dropping tomorrow morning to our SHAPE Observatory. shorturl.at/Qpa9Q
theguardian.com
Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities
Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year
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Arts Professional @artsprofessional.co.uk · 07/07/2026
Performing and creative arts university courses will no longer receive funding from a government teaching grant as part of “difficult decisions” about spending priorities, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said.
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DfE slashes creative and performing arts teaching grants for universities - Arts Professional
Performing and creative arts university courses will no longer receive funding from a government teaching grant as part of "difficult decisions" about
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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Missed the VC’s speech? Lucky you. Here’s the financial highlights! 1/ Confirmed Exeter uni is STILL IN SURPLUS for 25/26 2/ The top 16 execs at Exeter have a combined pay packet of nearly £4m 3/ The VC has a pay packet of nearly £400k a year 4/ Our cash reserves are going up, year on year [1/2]
Greg and Tom from the HBO show succession, with text saying "you can't do anything with five million"
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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Read this and weep, @uniexecec.bsky.social
theguardian.com
‘Please think again’: fury over Exeter University plan to scrap dozens of humanities posts
Rowan Williams and Mark Kermode join campaign against proposed cuts for arts and social sciences
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Lynn Abrams @lynncabrams.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
c.org/mkWHjgRnrM
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Sign the Petition
Save the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire
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Exeter UCU @exeterucu.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
We're on Bluesky now! 🦋 Follow us here for updates, we're just getting started. @ucu.org.uk @exetergreens.bsky.social @exeterlabour.bsky.social Here are our six key messages:
'EXETER UCU: OUR SIX KEY MESSAGES

1. EXETER UNI'S FINANCES ARE STRONG. WE'VE LARGE CASH RESERVES (£200M IN 24/25). NEVER HAD A BUDGET DEFICIT. THIS 'CRISIS' IS MANUFACTURED.
2. EXECUTIVE PAY AT EXETER IS OUT OF CONTROL. IF JUST THE 16 HIGHEST-PAID EXECS CAPPED THEIR SALARY AT £120K, WE'D SAVE MORE MONEY THAN ALL THE CUTS TO ARCHAEOLOGY & HISTORY!
3. NO MEANINGFUL CONSULTATION, BUT A CONFUSED MESS: FAULTY AND INSUFFICIENT DATA, NO REAL DISCUSSION, AND AN IMPOSSIBLE, INSULTING AND UNREASONABLE TIMETABLE TO PUSH THIS THROUGH OVER THE SUMMER.
4. AN ALL-STAFF MEETING OF 600 STAFF RESOUNDINGLY VOTED NO CONFIDENCE IN VICE CHANCELLOR LISA ROBERTS (WHOSE PAY IS PUSHING £400K). WE BELIEVE THIS IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE VOTE BY ANY UNI STAFF IN THE HISTORY OF UK HE.
5. REDUNDANCIES ARE A MANAGEMENT CHOICE, NOT A FINANCIAL NECESSITY. THEY EVEN HAVE ALTERNATIVE COSTED PLANS WITH NO CUTS, BUT THINK IT'S EASIER TO GO FOR JOB LOSSES.
6. EXETER IS A FANTASTIC UNI, WITH WORLD CLASS RESEARCH, CREATIVE AND INSPIRING TEACHING, THOUGHTFUL AND IMAGINATIVE COMMUNITY OF STAFF AND STUDENTS. LET'S KEEP IT THAT WAY.'

At the bottom of the poster:
#DefendExeterUni
Instagram handle @uniexeterucu
QR link to sign the petition
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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
#defendexeteruni c.org/sffZcfYxMw
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Jason Parker (he/they) @handle.invalid · 27/06/2026
@mullvadnet trying to gaslight the #Fediverse about "free speech" and fascism, and posting the same obviously PR-approved response to multiple negative posts about their co-CEO / co-founder donating money to fascists sure is a choice.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 24/06/2026
got mad and spent a bunch of money at a bookstore about it
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The Government Doesn't Want You To Read These Zines
We sold out of the first print run! Please expect a short delay for reprinting. These packets of zines are a fundraiser for the Prairieland Defendants! Each packet comes...
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Daniel Fountain @danielfountain.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Never thought I’d be doing press about my own redundancy but here we are
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Thoughtbarf @thoughtbarf.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I love when doctors say "avoid stress" like I can just unsubscribe from economy and become a decorative gargoyle
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Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
If you asked me, off the top of my head, to name a non-Oxbridge university in England synonymous with excellence in the Humanities - I would probably think of Exeter first. This feels like a very deliberate, targeted and ideological Bonfire of the Humanities
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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Colleagues at Exeter have asked me to circulate their petition as widely as possible: www.change.org/p/stop-redun...
change.org
Sign the Petition
Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
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Kay @gothwhoreofbabylon.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Green and Black Cross are offering trans-specific know your rights protest training this Friday. The link to sign up is here, and I’d appreciate it if you could share this widely.
greenandblackcross.org
Trans-Specific Know Your Rights Training – 12th June, 6.30pm-8.30pm (ONLINE) | Green and Black Cross
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