Lecturer in Early Modern History | Seventeenth Century, Colonialism, Asia, Caribbean | ‘dazzling’ - BBC History | tired dad | Stephen King aficionado | academia’s longest commute | my third book: Where the Manchineel Trees Grow, coming 2027
Sugar & tobacco was big business in English Caribbean in C17th, but in terms of economic investment, enslaved people were huge. Conservative estimate put sum of slaves in pounds sterling as well over half a million - but many concealed no. of slaves because of tax levies so total likely much higher.
Shambolic.
Margot FinnAnother one bites the dust. All new Sunderland casual tutors employed from 1 August will be ineligible for TPS, and employed by the University's wholly-owned subsidiary. UCU estimates this will save SU £36,000 this year while it will see savings going forward due to lower TPS costs of £3M p.a.
People in the comments thinking Andy Burnham is going to put an end to this. What, you mean member of Labour Friends of Israel Burnham? That fella?
Defend Our JuriesNEW: Sir Jonathon Porritt, arrested under Terrorism law outside Westminster Magistrates Court. As police escorted him away he said "I am a supporter of Palestine Action, trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism." www.wedonotcomply.org
It’s not a ‘Mediterranean lifestyle’, it’s a national emergency you bloody pillock.
Leo HickmanThe Daily Telegraph has raced through all five stages of climate denial this week. But this is, perhaps, the most ridiculous column so far: "Without minimising the severe downsides…especially on some poorer nations, many in Britain would enjoy the kind of warmer climate predicted by modellers..."
Read this and I dare you not to feel anything but despair.
Ed Newton-RexI've confirmed that the UK's new Sovereign AI Fund does no due diligence on whether AI companies use copyrighted work without permission before investing in them. It took me 3 Freedom of Information requests to find this out: 🧵 1/10
Stand By Me: Want to See a Dead Body?ALT: Stand By Me: Want to See a Dead Body?static.klipy.comAndrew D ThalerSenior colleague left the conference mid-session, found a book store, bought a copy of On the Origin of the Species, personally delivered it to another senior colleague, still in session, and told him he should probably read it before trying to publish another evolutionary biology paper.
This looks superb. Congratulations Mark!
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