Let's play a new game: check how many people in the #Epstein files have published a book/spoke up against so-called #cancelculture.
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Emilio Zucchetti
Профиль VivelyLecturer, Roman History, Royal Holloway; social conflict, riots, methodology buff; chair of the Gramsci Research Network; editor Menelique; he/him, bi🏳️🌈, ADHD; Marxist glasses with intersectional shades 🍉; MINOTAUR; my opinions, not my employer's
Turns out it's been quite difficult to move it leftward even on PicsArt
Steffen Rayburn-MaarupI don't think people are ready for this kind of joke yet.
Those of us who sent the letter here ( royalhollowayucu.org/2026/06/26/r...) received the exact same empty stock response as the one in the post. It's a disgrace.
Geoffrey HughesI am also in this faculty and, reader, it shows. UK unis are in their bullshit jobs era now: "In my faculty, six administrators support ten managerial roles at faculty level while another six administrators support departments with their 900 FTE academic staff who teach 10,000 students."
Just a few minutes away from my hometown (where I am now). Remember the site perfectly as I went there often as a kid (with our little "pattino" boat) and explored it. Such an exciting discovery!
Matthias HoernesThe incredible Villanovan lake-dwelling settlement of Gran Carro has yielded parts of a vertical, warp-weighted loom, a new textile fragment, and a basket that was used for producing cheese or other milk products. #AncientBluesky 🏺 www.storicang.it/a/piu-antico...
1 2/3 modules (6-8 contact hours) 2. When I can/must (urgency/panic mode) 3. After 5 pm (both because of ADHD and office hours) 4. ADMIN (and pastoral care) 5. Better consistency than a day a week (but I'm not super successful at this)
Kenneth F. Duggan 🇨🇦Academics who write during term (i.e. while teaching): 1. How many classes do you teach per term? 2. How often do you write (e.g. once/wk, when you can, etc.)? 3. When do you write (e.g. weekend, morning, at night, etc.)? 4. What's the biggest barrier(s) to you writing? 5. Do you have any tips?
Is it unintentional? Or is shrinking HE actually the plan, given the incoming demographic dip? Either way, just another thing in which Starmer's government has been much closer to the hard right than to a (tepid) Center-center-center-left.
Margot FinnHe's not pulling his punches. Good to see the arguments in the public domain. With a sharing link for 3 non-subscribers. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
I tried to make a joke about Kurt Vile but it was too offensive
Kate ArmstrongI tried to make a joke about cake fondant but it was too hard to mold.
Going to be difficult to make good telly by repeating "yes, yes, it is" for one hour
Scott BryanChannel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”
Very interesting thread from Nick Harkaway below. For me, what jumps out, is that this identical direction is taken by the #Education ministry Giuseppe Valditara in the Italian far right government. Gramsci's points about the introduction of the Gentile reform in Fascist Italy can help us think - a🧵
Nick HarkawayI don’t have anything close to a knowledge base that would allow me to evaluate this from and education pov. BUT I am fascinated by one aspect. 1/n www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
But yes, despite the disagreements, still very much worth reading and thinking with.
EMILY WILSONI wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Somehow it was the most irritating part for me. Despite loving her translation, this is not the only point I seem to disagree with in her review.
EMILY WILSON9. By far my favorite thing in the film is Robert Pattinson's hilarious and sexy Antinous. If anyone ever wants to make a spin off TV series with Antinous risen from the dead to mess with other mythical households, I would be so there for it.