Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 22hFolks, you know what you have to do here. Drink up to help out! 110
Reposted by Tim WatermanShannon Mattern @shannonmattern.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lookin' at ur department website, noticin' that 80% are men over 60, knowin' that you just denied tenure to four young non-white scholars. Meanwhile, you're *all* burning out your mid-career women. 39619
Reposted by Tim WatermanEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026Reuters got some of the IPO docs. Anthropic is a total dog of a company. Spent $12.6bn to make $4.6bn in revenue in 2025, $7.33bn of which was compute costs. Operating loss of $8bn. Losses getting worse year over year. Amazing stuff www.reuters.com/business/fin... 17040281336
Reposted by Tim WatermanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 28/09/2026'Places for Scottish students, who study for free, are capped by the Scottish government and account for about 30% of students at St Andrews. Maintenance loans and bursaries cover basic costs, but those from lower-income families are...often left with less disposable income than...contemporaries.'theguardian.com‘It’s like the Scottish Upper East Side’: shame and snobbery as American students blamed for St Andrews classismOnline comments reflect class tensions at Scottish university between those from lower-income families and wealthier US undergraduates 187
Reposted by Tim WatermanSimon is on strike ✊🏻 @simonxix.com · 28/09/2026Historic England outsourced their digital image provision to a third-party company. Then the company went bust and now all their images are inaccessible. Tell me again how outsourcing to the private sector is sustainable? 7234126
Reposted by Tim Watermanmr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Donald Trump unpopular? Finally! How could this have happened? We may never know. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comOh no Donald Trump is becoming increasingly unpopular! Surely it must all be over soon | First Dog on the MoonIt’s so bad some Republicans are even turning against him – bit late guys but whatever 910641
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 28/09/2026Solidarity. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comEdinburgh University lecturers begin five-week strike over cutsMembers of the University and Colleges Union are walking out in part of a long-running dispute over job and course cuts. 0133
Reposted by Tim WatermanTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 111147319
Reposted by Tim WatermanDr Victoria Xiaoxiao Ma @victoriaxiaoxiaoma.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Monday #morningread John Clare’s ‘Nutting’ 0136
Reposted by Tim WatermanHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026Stasigotchift.comMark Zuckerberg unveils AI ‘charm’ device that can fit on a keychainSocial media chief says the Muse personal assistant is the ‘centrepiece’ of his AI vision after launch success 1720044
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 24/09/2026Details announced for American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting 2027 in New York. I'm sad not to go, but I will not travel to the US until the fascism is over. www.aag.org/events/aag20...aag.org2027 AAG Annual Meeting - AAGAAG - 2027 AAG Annual Meeting - 010
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 24/09/2026CFP: Seeking Chapters for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Transecology networks.h-net.org/group/announ...networks.h-net.orgCFP: Chapters for The Bloomsbury Handbook of Transecology | H-NetSeeking Chapters for The Bloomsbury Handbook of TransecologyA decade after Nicole Seymour's chapter “Trans Ecology and the Transgender Road Narrative” in The Oxford Handbook of Ecocriticism, following Susan Stryker’s foreword to the 2020 book Transecology: Transgender Perspectives on Environ 011
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 24/09/2026I'm finally getting the hang of using my fancy new website! Have a look if you're interested in seeing what I'm up to. www.tim-waterman.co.uktim-waterman.co.ukTim Waterman - Landscape Theorist and WriterTim Waterman is Professor of Landscape Theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL, writing and speaking on taste, democracy, utopias and design. 171
Reposted by Tim WatermanDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not a dicky bird about thugs trying to sink a dinghy with a rescue worker on board or their claims to be "forming an army". Two boats of people seeking safety land and bingo bango they're the ones portrayed as the issue. Labour is complict in the rise of the far right. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukHome Secretary hits out at 'unacceptable' migrant landings in KentUsually brought ashore by Border Security Command or the RNLI, these are the first uncontrolled landings since 2025. 43948317
Reposted by Tim WatermanFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 22/09/2026"OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman gave Trump's super PAC a whopping $25 million" is one of those things that could really stand to be pointed out more:finance.yahoo.comOpenAI exec becomes top Trump donor with $25 million giftThe super PAC will help fund Republicans' midterm election battle. 491576675
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 23/09/2026Oddly I was just thinking yesterday that Liv Lafflove would be a great drag name. 130
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 23/09/2026Mark Wigley, 2026: "landscape is probably a much more interesting category than architecture." Ha! Someone noticed what we've known about landscape for decades. landezine.com/mark-wigley-...landezine.comMark Wigley: Landscape Is Now Probably the Most Politically Charged Site – Landscape Architecture Platform | LandezineLandezine talks to Mark Wigley about landscape as a form of human exceptionalism, the politics of soil, architecture’s long separation from microbial life… 171
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 23/09/2026Draw an iceberg and see how it will float joshdata.me/iceberger.html 0175
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 23/09/2026CFP: Towards a Posthumanistic Mountain Humanities, Online Workshop 11 December 2026. networks.h-net.org/group/announ...networks.h-net.org 010
Reposted by Tim WatermanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026'The records have been digitised and indexed by the genealogy company Ancestry, which has partnered with the Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery at University College London.' Leaps and bounds forward in our understanding of the histories of the British enslaved. #Skystorianstheguardian.comNearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable onlineExclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad 113585
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 21/09/2026Remember this big guy? Just happened to spot him in the docks in Hamburg today. 2192
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 21/09/2026Germany's elections are showing that voters across the spectrum correctly intuit that the so-called 'centrist' (but actually right-wing) neoliberal experiment has failed and that it's time to put it in the bin. 0181
Reposted by Tim WatermanPeter 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...democracyforsale.substack.comRevealed: Five police forces to drop Palantir surveillance toolExclusive: Palantir's UK policing ambitions take a hit as East Midlands forces end their involvement in a controversial data pilot. 331216600
Reposted by Tim Waterman21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Universities don’t go bankrupt in isolation When student numbers fall & a university cuts back, the shock spreads through the city: halls, landlords, shops, cafés, contractors, transport & local jobs Dundee’s student-housing collapse is a warning www.theguardian.com/education/20...theguardian.comStudents scramble for accommodation after provider goes bust in DundeeCase highlights severe financial strain on sector across UK as string of university housing schemes fail 22015
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 20/09/2026Just in case you didn't know where the phrase "jumping the shark" came from. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumping...en.wikipedia.orgJumping the shark - Wikipedia 001
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 20/09/2026But I'm an intellectual who studies direct experience ... 030
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 19/09/2026Britain’s most artificial landscape may not survive climate change theconversation.com/britains-mos...theconversation.comBritain’s most artificial landscape may not survive climate changeThe Fens are a food-growing powerhouse, but the landscape only exists thanks to humans holding back the sea. 083
Reposted by Tim WatermanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026'The Labour peer and former deputy leader will operate alongside Palantir’s UK and Europe chief executive, Louis Mosley, as the company attempts to fend off pressure on Burnham’s government to axe its £330m NHS contract.'theguardian.comFormer Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins PalantirPeer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan 122119
Reposted by Tim WatermanNicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy! 179140416443
Reposted by Tim WatermanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026'The University and College Union (UCU)’s Edinburgh branch said staff had been called into “informal meetings at less than 24 hours' notice” and told not to bring union representatives.'heraldscotland.comFear and anger as university set to announce 'massive course and programme closures'Asked to respond, a university spokesperson said that staff and students were recently informed of changes to “our future academic offering across… 911488
Reposted by Tim WatermanRob 🏳️🌈 @rotster.net · 17/09/2026The absolute scourge of the ‘informal meeting’ - a technique management now regularly use to avoid accountability. Always ask what ‘informal’ means, always demand the full formal process with union support, and always remember that it is definitely not an ‘informal meeting’ if HR are there. 28638
Reposted by Tim WatermanJosh Pizzuto-Pomaco @joshpizpom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026EXC: 90 programmes in Edinburgh University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are to be closed. The casualties, which include 48 language and literature programmes, will be 'taught out', w/ no admissions after 2027. @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/news/2655839...heraldscotland.comNinety programmes to close at leading university as savings plan takes shapeAccording to the document, a total of 90 programmes will be “taught out” over the next several years, including 48 in the School of Language. 17111150
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 17/09/2026CFP: OLHJ Special Collection Articles: "Eros Across Antiquity, Ecology, and Posthumanism" in the Open Library of Humanities Journal olh.openlibhums.org/news/1019/olh.openlibhums.orgCall for OLHJ Special Collection Articles: Eros Across Antiquity, Ecology and PosthumanismThis special collection explores a simple but powerful concept: that love, or eros, as the ancient Greeks called it—is not just a personal emotion but a fundamental force that binds … 010
Reposted by Tim WatermanHypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026Your burrito is fascist now.wired.comChipotle Is Working With Palantir to Track Food Safety RisksThe burrito chain has enlisted Palantir for a platform that monitors pest incidents, employee illnesses, and other factors. The partnership comes after a nightmare summer for food safety across the US... 20392137
Reposted by Tim WatermanRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One thing that Trump and Pete Hegseth will never tell you about the war - the truth. www.cbsnews.com/news/new-pho...cbsnews.comNew photos show widespread damage at U.S. positions caused by Iranian missile, drone attacksThe images were sent to CBS News by active service members under condition of anonymity. 1072214784
Reposted by Tim WatermanJosie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The Power of Mama is made up of 146 women, aged between 10 & 58, from 10 villages in West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo. Power of Mama is Indonesia’s first-ever all female firefighting team, formed to protect one of the planet's most biodiverse regions. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...theguardian.comThe women saving Borneo: battling fire, patriarchy and super El Niño on Indonesia’s peatland frontlinesFire threatens Kalimantan’s rainforests. On the peatland frontlines, a group of local mothers is defending their community 29049
Reposted by Tim WatermanJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026“Intersex” is the “I” in LGBTQIA. Learned a lot, watching this. 3324281148
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 15/09/2026If you missed Elisabeth Esselink's Solex the first time around in the 1990s, it's never too late to catch on, and it's exciting to know she's got a new project! daily.bandcamp.com/features/sol...daily.bandcamp.comSolex Does It AgainRevisiting the quirky joys of Elisabeth Esselink's '90s cut-and-paste indie project. 131
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 15/09/2026CFP: Drawing Futures: Technologies of Representation in Humanitarian Spaces, Geneva networks.h-net.org/group/announ...networks.h-net.org 011
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 15/09/2026CFP: The Modern City Mediated: Emotion, Space, Image networks.h-net.org/group/announ...networks.h-net.orgCall for Contributions: The Modern City Mediated: Emotion, Space, Image (Extended Deadline) | H-NetCall for ContributionsEdited Book: The Modern City Mediated: Emotion, Space, ImageMiriam Paeslack and Dorothy Barenscott 021
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 15/09/2026You'll recall P&O Ferries did this and faced no repercussions. The rule of law (and trust and honesty and basic decency) is dying in the UK. 263
Reposted by Tim WatermanDaniel 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: 13597704
Tim Waterman @tim-waterman.co.uk · 15/09/2026For the record, I just listened to Ed Sheeran's 'Perfect' and Macklemore's 'Thrift Shop' because I couldn't name a song by either of them, and Macklemore is probably a right on person if of limited musical talent whereas Ed Sheeran is a painfully dull musician and a banal whiteboy. 370
Reposted by Tim Watermanderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/09/2026When they eventually make a movie about this time, please don't put the male politicians in good suits. IMO, the ugly, low rent tailoring should be part of the story. 381217512539
Reposted by Tim WatermanMarisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Don Jr. is compromised by the Russian government—something you could have guessed, but is now fully confirmed by this ProPublica investigation about an oligarch who helped pay for his wedding.propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 692135615
Reposted by Tim WatermanMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026'In some respects, what we are seeing resembles a form of collective grief. Not only grief for colleagues who have left, but grief for ways of working, professional identities and communities that once gave meaning to academic life. This creates an important challenge for university leaders.'wonkhe.comThe loss of staff belonging in higher educationNick Hulbert-Williams argues that what looks like low morale and change fatigue in HE may really be a crisis of belonging 711949
Reposted by Tim WatermanJudith Beyer @judithbeyer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026english version: zenodo.org/records/1973...zenodo.org"Pocket Guide for Academics under Attack"Across Europe and beyond, higher education is being reshaped by the converging pressures of financial austerity, political interference, and AI driven managerial systems. These forces increasingly inf... 173