Reposted by Sophia McDougall
'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.'
A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.
timeshighereducation.com
Nottingham confirms course closures with hundreds of jobs affected
Languages and music departments to close despite strikes and protests but university insists it has addressed staff concerns in revised plans
!["I'm called a paedophile and a groomer online by people like [Father Ted creator and anti-trans activist] Graham Linehan, and now people believe what they read. People believe it when they're told the Earth is flat," he says. His support for trans rights has resulted in years of death threats and
"groomer" smears, which he used to brush off. "But the online world is becoming the real world. People have worked out my address, and one person turned up at my house. If you believe a paedophile lives here, it's not the maddest thing in the world to come and get me. I've been saying for years that our rights are paper-thin, and here we are. What scares me is that I can't see an end to it. Nothing is going to unseat these tech barons - it will require some sort of revolution to stop them. So for the first time in history, hatred is being monetised by an algorithm."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bcgtpezwhu5ynanpiezkmfim/bafkreibb7jegeej5bqy4bqwzavfzack77peo3nft3kbt52cw2rhmpmjhhy)
![script of the end of Waiting for Godot which has been modified to read
ESTRAGON: Well, shall we log off?
VLADIMIR: Yes, let's log off.
[They do not log off]
CURTAIN](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:64mdicpo7sq4k5bx2z3m2jo6/bafkreia7vy7yqqyb7ytslx43odsuqsi4etojsjjntlqcrsguwncynwrfpm)
