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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 27m

Tonight's NUJ branch meeting is special for two reasons. Firstly it's our "welcome meeting" for journalism students. The second is that we are at a show highlighting @tashuk.bsky.social 40+ years documenting policing and protests. boningtongallery.co.uk/event/alan-l... @nujofficial.bsky.social

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 4h

With two days of strike action under our belts, we now begin over two months of continuous in response to our university's gross financial negligence. Shout out to Notts Solidarity Group for the slides! And @tregenza.bsky.social for the original photos.

67 days of industrial action against course closures and job losses

Why are staff striking?

The University of Nottingham identified a £30 million deficit after wasting £80 million pounds on consultants and vanity projects such as the
‘Castle Meadow’ Campus, which is now unsellable.

Over 3900 staff received notice of risk of redundancy, with 258 administrative
/ professional services roles to be made redundant.

UCU argues that there is now no financial justification for compulsory redundancies.

Student recruitment has been strong, voluntary redundancy has increased, staff have submitted extensive alternative proposals capable of delivering further savings and the university itself is saying it now has a surplus.

Management have refused to rule out further compulsary redundancies and are intent on making students and staff pay for their mistakes by closing courses vital for the East Midlands.

When are staff striking?

Staff at the University of Nottingham Started striking on 30th September and 1st October, as the University’s governing Council met to finalize restructuring plans.

The two-day strike is now followed by sustained strike Action from 5th October TO 11th December.

Support the UCU: email the vice chancellor to tell her what you think of her plans. and Please consider making a donation if you are able. The Local Branch Hardship Fund is maintained to help strikers who will suffer significant hardship from loss of pay due to striking.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Burnham scraps Starmer-era plans to curb jury trials. A victory for common sense. The Bill would have been defeated in the Lords. Due to Tory cuts, there is a backlog of over 81,000 Crown Court cases in England & Wales. Govt must invest in public services.

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Burnham scraps controversial plans to curb jury trials

The key policy idea announced by David Lammy when he was justice secretary will no longer go ahead.

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Lisa Rullsenberg @rullsenberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I cannot thank @tregenza.bsky.social enough for somehow making me look like I know what I'm doing 🤣 ❤️ @uonucu.bsky.social For more excellent images from Thursday's picket and rally check out tregenza.com/uon-ucu-stri...

Lisa seen through the crowd with arm aloft

Full length Lisa with #MeMadeCrochet skirt

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

"Anything you can do, I can do ineptly"

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.

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University of Nottingham UCU branch @uonucu.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Look, ma! We made the news! Again! Find us handing flyers out on Wednesday and on the picket line on Thursday. Let's show this university what strength means! 💪✊

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Netpol @netpol.org · 29/09/2026

If anyone is struggling to understand how our media and politicians are still talking about an RAF Fairford "bomb plot" when there were no bombs found, then the Forest Gate raid in 2006 is a useful comparison en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_...

Photo taken by Netpol's campaigns coordinator in 2006 of the end of Lansdown Rd in Forest Gate, closed by police after a "bomb plot" terrorism raid led to the sealing off of the area for a week. One man was shot but fortunately survived – there was no bomb factory, yet the Kahar family were smeared by the media for weeks

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"You were right" I hope all those Starmer loyalists and MPs feeding from the Israeli trough are choking right now. This will go a long way to shoring up Labour's traditional base, assuming action and words align. It also sets the stage for Burnham to show real, radical leadership in his speech.

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Bertha Mason @thornfieldhall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Two tier policing. Victoria Thomas Bowen, who chucked a milkshake at Farage, was given a 13-week jail sentence, suspended for 12 months; had to pay him £150 compensation; had to complete 120 hours of unpaid work and pay £450 in court costs. It was nowhere near the level of violence of this assault.

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Roy Manterfield @mumblingnerd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sept 1841 ► #Nottingham businessman Alfred Barber set up a photographic studio in the attics of Bromley House in 1841, the first in the Midlands. He purchased a licence to produce daguerreotypes. The first photograph taken in the Bromley House Studio was in September 1841. #NottinghamHistory

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Inside the Library - Bromley House Library | Victorian workshop, Old victorian attic, Antique photography studio

Part of the attics in Bromley House Library, Nottingham. Nottingham businessman Alfred Barber set up a photographic studio in the attics of Bromley House in 1841, the first in the Midlands. The first ...

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Yes, but some would say it has already started.

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Words & phrases which should never be used in anything vaguely journalistic I go first: Game Changing

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

So Trump has changed the name of AI to SI for Super Intelligence. Only someone as stupid as Trump would think a machine that can't reliably count the 'r's in strawberry is in anyway super.

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Isn't it odd how a magazine which produces highly quality journalism, and has built a business model which doesn't rely on chasing trends, is doing well?

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

If only this man had been Prime Minister and had the power to do something about it.

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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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The Rt Hon Jess Phillips MP @supermickychow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

What was it the Bibble said about sins of the fathers? Or maybe it isn't in the Bibble, but either way, this is cunt behaviour

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Reasons why we need media reform, number 1913:

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Non threatening boo @lushattic.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This is the very definition of terrorism, why is the home secretary reluctant to act on the groups causing this.

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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 14/09/2026

Some good news today with this becoming TUC policy

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Rodney Brooks @rodneyabrooks.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Cory @doctorow.pluralistic.net has been writing about inflammatory AI predictions for years. Message below is that systems are being deployed & given the ability to do real things on the network, without adequate testing or guardrails. The systems have zero intentions. medium.com/@doctorow/ll...

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LLMs are real, AI is fake

No, it didn’t “go rogue.”

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

No, we should ignore everything AI companies say because it is all marketing.

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 11/09/2026

How it started / How it's going

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River @riverlorien.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

'Not long ago, Just Stop Oil activists were given long sentences for simply discussing blocking infrastructure. In contrast, the balaclava-wearing gangs now do much the same with apparent impunity. One could almost call it two-tier justice.'

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Antony 'Dop' Shepherd @ajshepherd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

“They are clearly going to allow new drilling in the North Sea but want to keep it under wraps during a byelection where they know the public want tougher action on climate, not backsliding." Well, you can see how they'd think that, can't you? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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North Sea gasfield decision likely delayed until after Holborn and St Pancras byelection

Greens accuse Labour of hiding position to avoid criticism before contest, in which Zack Polanski is standing

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The PSPO introduced by Nottingham's Labour council is designed to restrict protest and the public's right to use public spaces. Intimation and practically everything else in it are already covered by existing laws. But a PSPO allows the council to use poorly trained rentacops to restrict freedoms.

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Test tubes will cure cancer claims test tube salesman.

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

So if a protest is peaceful, its ok to disrupt nationally important infrastructure?

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Christopher Harborne - the Reform mega donor who gave Farage £5m - is suing ex-Reform deputy leader, Ben Habib. The particulars of claim have now been published. And we need to talk about them. 1/

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I think Nadia is wrong about this. We should focus on how they blocked critical infrastructure while the police failed to use any of the countless powers the last few governments have given them to stop this exact behaviour.

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Nottingham's council merger is paused for review. So now would be a good time to write to your MP and express how the change is unwanted and will reduce local democracy.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Note how the moral panic about blocking the roads disappears if it's the far right doing it

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drdavehindley.bsky.social @drdavehindley.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

An update with three weeks to go: race pack has arrived safely, now awaiting the NRF running vest. Did my longest training run to date which started well enough but ended not so swimmingly. Massive thanks to everyone who has donated - your generosity is very much appreciated

Yours truly stood in front of Wollaton Hall

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Mark O’Neill 🐻 @radiobeartime.com · 05/09/2026

This is a foreign funded attack on Critical National Infrastructure. They should all be immediately detained under Section 7 of the Public Order Act 2023 and the ringleaders investigated for collusion with a hostile foreign power... Oh hang on, I'm being told they have "legitimate concerns"

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Siri, what tactics did the Nazis use to seize power in 1932?

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

100% but Labour and Conservatives have both excluded journalists from conferences in the past. As a union, and as individual members, we should take action in support of our colleagues - refuse to cover the event or simply start every piece with "The Reform party, who have banned journalists, ...".

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Academic Sacrifices Career To Create A Case Study For Future Students

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A new telescope has dropped! ...er, risen?

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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Saying, "enjoy the bank holiday!" to self-employed people is like saying "enjoy the rapture!" to a satanist.

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is a legitimate headline from Alaska where three people called Dan Sullivan are competing for the Senate. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I love the pettiness of this. However I think there should be a journalistic standard for publishing AI content - the prompt (and chat if applicable) should also be published. Because journalism is about transparency and accountability, even, or perhaps especially, when a machine does it.

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How would this work? How would a company check that their artificial voice does match any of the 7 billion people on the planet? What if my voice sounds like a celebrity? How do we even measure similarity? This is just rich people claiming ownership of something that cannot be owned. 1/3

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It is no surprise that the type of people who say prison is too soft & woke scream the loudest when they are one it affects. See also: benefit payments, state subsidies, and moving to foreign countries.

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

EE data users Do you find that your data just randomly drops out for a few minutes?

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Nadia Whittome MP @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The Nottingham Imagination Library was launched in 2009 and now has nearly 5,400 children across our city registered to have a book delivered to their door every month. Dolly leaves behind an incredible legacy. May her memory motivate us to continue fighting for a better world. [2/2]

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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

BREAKING Peaceful protesters have revealed “terrorism” signs outside Preston Courts in support of the Barclays 5. The signs state “Saving lives is not terrorism - I support Palestine Action” This is in response to reports that the five may be unjustly sentenced as terrorists.

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Chris Tregenza @tregenza.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

TTRPG Folks A whole bunch of games at a very reasonable price. Including the quick and quirky one-shot "Tested On Elementals" by long-term friend and collaborator Jaye Foster. Explore the bundle and grab the download from @rpgtrader.bsky.social here: rpg-trader.com/products/834...

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d6-only Games Bundle on RPG Trader

A collection of 108 games that use the humble six-sided die

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