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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Jim Rossignol @rossignol.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This gets said constantly, but it worth reiterating: Games Workshop being bigger than fishing is important to shout about because you wouldn't know it from government talking points, which are rarely about anything creative or artistic. Growth won't involve fish or steel, it will involve goblins.

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

How analysing "The Female Man" via "A Christmas Carol" might show different aspects of the former... Read it now: www.speculativeinsight.com

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026

We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/

a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans

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Kate McAllister @katemcal993.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Last week was World Suicide Prevention Day. I saw lots of well meaning posts elsewhere on social media, about how ‘asking someone if they are okay’, or ‘sending them a song because it reminded you of them’, is suicide prevention. But it’s really not and it’s dangerous to pretend it is

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 08/09/2026

I really thought I was too sophisticated to ever fall for a Le Creuset brand deal

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Dr. Sandra Duffy Golden @sandraduffy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Coming in November from @brisunipress.bsky.social, In the Aftermath of Empire explores the impact of British imperialism on gender and sexuality law in four jurisdictions. Please tell your libraries to pre-order! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/in-the-after...

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In the Aftermath of Empire

In the Aftermath of Empire - Coloniality, Gender, and Sexuality; In the Aftermath of Empire explores the impact of colonial law on gendered subjects in Ireland, India, and Pakistan, focusing on queer ...

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Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Likewise looking forward to reading your book!

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Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

More excited about the fact that my book cover artwork is my own art than I am about the book itself 🎨

Image of a book cover with the title 'Recognising a Human Right to Abortion' by Zoe Tongue. The cover artwork features a blue background and a white abstract figure of a pregnant person, with pink details.

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Franziska Schutzbach @fschutzbach.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Our handbook on “Strategies Against the Backlash” will also be published in English. Please help spread the word among English-speaking audiences! It will be released as a special edition by the Swiss Association for Feminist Studies (FemWiss). We will only print as many copies as are pre-ordered.

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alyson “october” 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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Anurag Deb @anuragdeb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

A lot of opinion-havers, including academics, could benefit from the general civil/public service restrictions on public speech. Do you have an opinion? Think 10 times about posting it. And then don't 😊

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Sneha Krishnan @snehakrishnan.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

I wrote this in rage mostly because I wish we could have done more to stop the “free speech” defence of Cofnas and also because our Dalit colleagues’ vocabulary is powerfully true. This is institutional murder www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Jason Arday’s death is institutional murder

Arday was subjected to a vicious campaign fuelled by anti-Black racism.

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Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Yeah, don't do this. If you want to take action, write your own complaint, email your MP, sign the Good Law Project's petition for a media inquiry. goodlawproject.org/petition/jas...

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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project

Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.

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Natasha Simonova @philistella.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

While this was all happening, friends and I were literally listing off senior white men who were still in post despite not being able to work with students because they're actual sex offenders.

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 14/08/2026

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

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Jason Arday found dead
2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy
afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore
Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His .
6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black
professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11
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A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday
1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had
falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book
We are all Jason Arday now
S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had
falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more
Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up..
2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk
plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused
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7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors
autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising,
Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography
8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but
never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_
Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow
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4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after
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Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption
Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his
academic career.
Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 14/08/2026

It is in fact about ethics in journalism, and I for one would like to see some

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Una McCormack @unamccormack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

A little empathy and human kindness, eh, even when people have made mistakes. Perhaps especially so. Imagine where that might get us.

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 14/08/2026

worth saying this isn't just a British press problem, for some reason Arday was also written about extensively in mainstream national publications in the US and in France, among others, we really do have an entirely fucked up global media ecosystem

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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

its worth asking whether this ending would have happened without the endless, gleeful, hunting and dismantling of Arday's choices on Twitter, where he represented all the sins of DEI made flesh for a range of assorted disgruntled academics who once had to go to a training and hated it

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

None of this shit is worth our lives.

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CN Lester 🏳️‍⚧️ @cnlester.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I genuinely don't know how Britain can move forward as a society with our toxic press culture dragging us down at every step, poisoning everything.

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Dr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Fucking hell. All I can think of is Seyi Akiwowo’s post about how whatever Jason Arday did or didn’t do he deserved to be SAFE But those out for blood wouldn’t stop hounding him, then dragging him through the press repeatedly over his attempts to secure his safety. Atrocious.

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Jo @octavosaurus.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The grief and rage and sadness from this entire story breaks my heart and everyone involved in reporting this over the past few weeks should be taking a long hard look at themselves. As should academia, because we are nowhere near where we should be on treating everyone equally.

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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

If you've been interested in Rachel Hope Cleves' accusations against Tillie Walden, go read this lengthy and careful post. It establishes, convincingly, that not only are Cleves' accusations completely without merit, but Cleves was not even Walden's primary source.

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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 13/08/2026

Temperatures have now provisionally exceeded 37°C 🌡️ Before 2026, the UK had recorded 37°C or higher on only six occasions. This year alone, we've already reached that mark three times.

A table of top temperatures so far. The highest currently at 37.6°C at Charlwood.

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Dr. Johnathan Flowers, Bisexual of the Blade (Alt-text or DIE) @shengokai.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026

We could, and just hear me out, not give a fuck about able bodied persons receiving the benefits of accommodations. This is actually what we should do about it: nothing. Not a fucking thing. supposed "grift" is only a problem in a world looking for an excuse to deny accommodations.

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I wouldn't call myself a cartoonist, but I had the vision and just needed it to be on paper to the best of my ability.

A hand drawn eight panel cartoon. First two panels are a colander sitting frowning on a shelf. Then the colander is frowning straining pasta, then three more panels of frowning sitting on a shelf. Then a big panel where it's projecting a bunch of crescent eclipse shapes and smiling with speech bubbles around saying "Wow! Look! Amazing! Beautiful!" And then one final panel where it's sitting on a shelf smiling.

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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I can't even think about this without getting belligerently angry. All the creators of color, the women, the LGBTQIA+ creators struggling to survive in the comic book industry, desperate for a chance to tell stories, and instead we get more Ellis comics. Fix your goddamn souls, comics.

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Speculative Insight journal @speculativeinsight.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Brides of Frankenstein: in The Bride!, Honeysuckle, Penny Dreadful, and now IRL with AI companions. Read Zoe L. Tongue's discussion of how such characters are portrayed in this new essay: www.speculativeinsight.com

Purple background, white text, which says With AI companions... this belief that there could be a human-like mind there takes on a sinister edge when that companion's programmed sycophantic behaviour means that it will not (or cannot) tell you 'no'.
"Permutations of The Bride: Frankenstein, Violence, and Robot-Wives" -- Zoe L. Tongue

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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Respondents to the 2019 UK government survey on variations in sex characteristics reported a range of negative experiences in school, including bullying, coercive gendering, issues with uniforms and toilets. These will no doubt be exacerbated by England's new segregation regime for schools.

Respondents with VSC

- 65% of respondents reported that their VSC was never discussed, either by themselves or their guardian, with their education staff

almost three-quarters of respondents believed that VSC had affected their school life (73%)

1 in 5 respondents felt that they were absent from school often or very often (20%)

Respondents who care for someone with VSC

- 43% of carer respondents didn’t agree that the educational institutions attended by their child/person they care for had appropriate support available for pupils with VSC (in comparison to 21% who agreed)

Respondents also mentioned changing rooms, toilets, uniforms, sport, and same-sex schools as triggers of anxiety and stress.

“Using the changing rooms was absolutely humiliating, especially as I was made to use the ones for the wrong gender. At age 13, the same time I found out I was intersex, I refused to enter them any more.” Woman, 18 to 24 years, East Midlands.

“I was forced to choose between girls or boys uniforms. At sixth form, I was not allowed to use the toilets of either gender.” Non-binary, 18 to 24 years, London.

Puberty was mentioned by some respondents as a key time in VSC impacting upon education experiences. Respondents noted that puberty was when their VSC made a noticeable difference between themselves and their peers.

“My failure to undergo puberty was noted by all of my peers, and resulted in a fair amount of bullying.” Man, 35 to 44 years, London.

“I was physically so androgynous looking, as well as having female body language and instinctive social behaviour more female than male. That hadn’t mattered so much before puberty (when the physical and behavioural differences between boys and girls aren’t as great), but after puberty I stuck out like a sore thumb.” Identify in another way, 45 to 54 years, West Midlands.

Some respondents mentioned that they were bullied or harassed at school due to having VSC. These experiences included both verbal and physical assault. Respondents often referred to being seen as ‘different’ from their peers.

“I was visibly different from other children of my assigned sex during and after puberty, making me the subject of frequent comments and bullying throughout high school.” Prefer not to say, 18 to 24 years, Scotland.

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Mitch Travis @profmitchtravis.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A few weeks ago, after a 7 year delay, the UK government quietly dropped the results of their 2019 Call for Evidence on variations in sex characteristics The results are striking but will of course seem deeply familiar to anyone working in this field. www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Variations in sex characteristics (VSC): experiences of life in the UK for people with VSC and those who care for them

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Due to recent reader discussions, a selection of Solaris Fantasy Books written by women that are NOT Romantasy. Not that we don't love a good romantasy too, but there are women writers in all subgenres, from dark to eco, comic to epic, indigenous dragonriders to goblin emperors, something for all!

Fantasy written by women that is NOT romantasy:

The Mirror Realm Cycle by Ariel Kaplan (THE POMEGRANATE GATE, THE REPUBLIC OF SALT and THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS)
The Hanged God trilogy by Thilde Kold Hodlt (NORTHERN WRATH, SHACKLED FATES and SLAUGHTERED GODS)
The Heartwood duology by Juliet Marillier (THE AMBER OWL and THE HIDDEN WAY)
The Crowns of Ishia novella trilogy by Karin Lowachee (THE MOUNTAIN CROWN, THE DESERT TALON, A COVENANT OF ICE)
Between Earth and Sky trilogy by Rebecca Roanhose (BLACK SUN, FEVERED STAR and MIRRORED HEAVENS)
SAINT DEATH TRILOGY by C. S. E. Cooney (SAINT DEATH'S DAUGHTER and SAINT DEATH'S HERALD)
The Chronicles of Osreth by Katherine Addison (THE GOBLIN EMPREROR, THE WITNESS FOR THE DEAD, THE GRIEF OF STONES, THE TOMB OF DRAGONS and THE ORB OF CAIRADO)
ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall
CRY, VOIDBRINGER by Elaine Ho
THE SERPENT CALLED MERCY by Roanne Lau
THE PERILOUS GODS trilogy by L. D. Colter (WHILE THE GODS SLEEP, WHEN THE WINDS SING and WHERE THE SHADOWS DWELL)
A THEORY OF HAUNTING by Sarah Monette
The Tuniverse by Randee Dawn (TUNE IN TOMORROW and WE INTERRUPT THIS PROGRAM)
THE WATER OUTLAWS by S. L. Huang
IF FOUND RETURN TO HELL by Em X. Liu

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Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This also turns into a feminist critique of AI at the end of the essay...

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Zoe Tongue @whiterxbbit.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I have a new essay out in Speculative Insight on the brides of Frankenstein 👇

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