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We’re not just worried about jobs (ours & colleagues’); we’re deeply concerned about future plans to hollow out humanities teaching. Bigger classes; less specialism. ➡️ Charging £9k fees for shrinkflation degrees? New FBAs at risk in Exeter jobs cull www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-bri...

New British Academy fellows at risk in Exeter jobs cullBeing at the ‘top of your game’ no guarantee of job security, warns decorated historian now facing the chopwww.timeshighereducation.com

Yesterday, in her all-staff talk our VC chose to highlight the recent election of 5 FBAs from the University of Exeter. She failed to point out that 4 of us (with many of our colleagues) have just been placed at risk of redundancy. #DefendExeterUni @exeterucu.bsky.social

I can't believe it - @transunityquilt.bsky.social is now live! All 96 meters of length, hundreds and hundreds of patches, hundreds and hundreds of people - an ENORMOUS statement of trans solidarity and love and refusal to be erased. We are so much more than the hatred thrown at us... 1/x

The only mistake I think Amnesty made, which I've seen other allies and orgs make as well, is underestimating the level of hatred and organization of the anti trans side. Cis people really don't understand just how bad it is and are often caught unprepared for the attacks when they become the target

The prophets did not see all others as friends or enemies, they saw every other, even the enemy, even the idolater, as created in God’s image. “Emunah” is the belief in everything being a product of divine creation. Everything. To deny that is idolatry. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In Israel’s prisons, torture and death have become a norm that it barely tries to hide | Nesrine MalikThe suffering of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya is no isolated case. The abuse of Palestinian detainees is happening in plain sight, yet nothing changes, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malikwww.theguardian.com

Cut through the political rhetoric to learn the real science of gender identity, woven through the stories of real trans kids and their families. Grab a copy: a.co/d/02wWF18J

🧵Rachel Reeves: "I will accept Nigel Farage’s request to be appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead. It is a farce and a desperate distraction, and the people of Clacton deserve better. But if he wants to spend the summer arguing with a bin, I won't stop him". For non-UK readers:

Defunding nursing while apparently protecting medicine is patently absurd. But also, humanities are increasingly important amidst the centralisation of power in tech bros and their client govts who have never had a reflective thought in their life. We are literally dying for lack of wisdom.

Every day more proof the US is determined to kill not just those it sees as not White or Straight enough, but all of its citizens. theconversation.com/supreme-cour...

Supreme Court bars states from protecting consumers if federal agencies won’tA case involving the potential dangers of glyphosate, the active ingredient in the weed killer Roundup, relates to broader efforts to protect consumers.theconversation.com

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I am very glad to see how widely covered the insanity at Exeter is, but please I beg everyone, understand this is happening EVERYWHERE in UK universities. If people care about anything valuable that this sector does or contributes too, they need to get loud, now.

Imagine travelling thousands of miles just to spend your evenings doing zoomies over the same few houses... It's hard not to be impressed 👇 #SwiftAwarenessWeek

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Please consider signing and sharing. So very many of us in the Humanities and Social Sciences are affected. c.org/RQYq55rPmk

Sign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeterc.org

Note that Exeter is one of the few places in the world where people are working on trans theology in a dedicated way. Depending on where these cuts fall, it could be genuinely disastrous for this tiny field, where individual researchers make a proportionally larger contribution to the field overall

A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas less than two months after Hegseth announced that US troops would no longer be required to be vaccinated for the flu. @gregjaffe.bsky.social Maggie Haberman www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...

Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optionalwww.nytimes.com