This made me cry, you should read it

At Genesis cinema for The Palestine Exception - film about the treatment of US pro-Palestine protestors. Its part of the London Palestine Film Festival 2025, lots of amazing films are on till 28 Nov www.palestinefilm.org.uk

Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence. Every single human in the world is the product of migration. It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human. That’s never going to change. Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.

It is bleak to witness a Labour government descending into dipshit cruel racism.

It is literally not! What is tearing the country apart is politicians stoking xenophobia and racism like this. Get on with economic and social policy making so people can have some hope in their lives for gods sake www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This is such a cruel policy. The first research I ever did was with child returnees, forced to "return" from Zambia to Malawi, a country they had never visited,, their parents' property long ago grabbed by others. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I love this! Reclaiming joy in academia. I've been thinking about this a lot and am trying to practice it. 🌞📖🌻🍰🦉❤️

NEW PAPER: A patient-engaged study reveals significant gaps in Brazil's universal health system (SUS) for people with #LongCovid. Co-authored by @patientled.bsky.social researchers, the study followed patients up to 2 years after COVID hospitalization. 🧵 1/11

Fantastic London-based PhD opportunity for those with interests in disability inclusive arts. Bring your own proposal, ideally contact a potential supervisor before applying, deadline 10 December #phdsky

‼️New Publication‼️ Precarity and Pills in a Pandemic: online #abortion care-seeking in Poland. How did COVID-19 shape abortion care-seeking in Poland? The pandemic deepened existing precarities and structural violence, reshaping abortion decision-making. 1/ doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

NICE for Europeans, and shows how neoliberal UK discourse is. BBC R4 was calling him "radical left wing" - like, we have great bus services in London. And some help with childcare, though a lot more would be a lot better.

THIS IS SO GOOD

London Nov 14-28 Some amazing films and director talks coming up in the London Palestine film festival www.palestinefilm.org.uk

Good luck to Anita, but BBC reporting here that there is no international definition or agreed common symptoms is just wrong and perpetuates doubt and myths. There is a WHO definition, and widely agreed pattern of common symptoms. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Pretty extraordinary story here www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bbc....

Super interesting reflection on the dominance of the IMRaD form. In the world of LLM-generated text I've been mulling on the role of writing and reading as transformative practices. Writing itself can perform advancements in thinking (not just convey new facts).

Job alert! The LSE's International Relations dept is hiring an Assistant Professor (Education) in International Political Economy. This is for academics whose primary responsibility is education. Apply by 30 Nov 2025. Salary min. £68,087 pa incl London allowance. jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary." manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...

If you teach research methods, this is an amazing resource for inspiring approaches 🤩 www.ncrm.ac.uk/resources/tr...

Yet another way that the poor clinical understanding of symptoms of long covid produces discrimination and inequalities.

Spooky season on Hampstead Heath

Why is research participation in free fall? Some thoughts, on @bsaecf.bsky.social @costoflivingblog.bsky.social Blog www.cost-ofliving.net/just-saying-...

Hats week for #ShowMeYourKnits I love making and wearing these soft squishy hats with malabrigo rios yarn and Two by Two pattern by Anne G. The pink, yellow and blue one is always in my coat pocket or on my head!

THIS!

Feeling a little bit of grief this morning, and a lot of gratitude, after yesterday's last ever parents evening for my 17yo 😢 Thank you secondary school teachers everywhere for nurturing, inspiring and sticking by our young people! 🙏❤️🍎

apropos of absolutely nothing, and definitely not recent FOI reports, UKRI are soliciting YOUR views on how well they work, their priorities, whose interests they best serve, etc. www.ukri.org/news/ukri-se...

RIP all the wasted effort by UK academics on grant applications. It is such a kick in the teeth 😭😭😭😭

In case there was any doubt about the UK academic funding system being broken ....

Hampstead Heath swimmers! If you want to preserve the joyous inclusive atmosphere of the ponds 👇 ❤️

This year one of the great joys of my work has been contributing to the advisory board for a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. And last week the exhibition officially opened!

Can some of us agree that we must not treat LLMs as replacements for real, breathing, feeling, located, relational, caring, uncaring, difficult, annoying, inefficient people?

Well played, London Underground.

Not just the uk of course. Fuck's sake, this came up right after i posted www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

For researchers working on mobilities who don't want to perpetuate current weaponised discourses about "migrants": This call for "de-migrantisation" by Janine Dahinden is v v helpful A plea for the ‘de-migranticization' of research on migration and integration share.google/hsY9EF94Gd92...

The xenophobia of mainstream political discourse in the UK is off the scale. Shame and hellfire on all politicians who create and instrumentalise divisions.

Who has a simple go-to gluten free cookie recipe, ideally with extra veggies and protein?

Come and join us to discuss the whys and wherefores, joys and torture of writing - in solidarity, in relations with participants, in neoliberal academia. We have a panel, snacks, and time for everybody to take part in the conversation Bush House KCL, 4 Nov 2-5pm

Excellent, tough post about the reality of being friends or family to a person with an energy-limiting condition. It is all true, and all hard.

I tend to write really detailed feedback for student assessments - this is obviously extremely time intensive, & i'm often told students don't *want* that much feedback. my marking load has also increased so... any tips on how to write more conscise but still useful feedback?

💭 Are we witnessing the end of neoliberalism? Next week, we'll be joined by Professor Anthony Bogues as he explores the deep ties between liberalism and illiberalism, and the figure of the human in today’s world. 🔗 buff.ly/6slLlih #LSEHumanRights #LSESociology

Can report that autumn is coming nicely to the Swiss Jura! Turns out presenting a seminar at the University of Neuchatel offers stunning extra benefits!

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How about a 1946 Czechoslovakian animated short film about anti-fascism? 15 minutes long and rather wondrous. youtu.be/w3WHGUXj7IE?...

This is echoing what many have been advocating for decades. Focusing on interventions around admissions is pointless if wider inequalities remain and efforts aren't made from the start of school to support pupils. Poverty makes a huge difference here, but other barriers also remain firmly in place

V interesting on how applicants' choice of unis contributes to mismatches, emphasising students' differing risk aversion. As a parent of a YP making these choices rn, the school steer on making "insurance choices" is a huge influence. Students are applying for the 1st time, school guidance is key

Londoners, this looks great on 10 November "The divine feminine: women and the rise of the right"

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It's alarming how many people need to hear this: racism is not the natural and inevitable response to the presence of (the wrong number of) racialised Others. It is a learned response, and as such it is contestable and replaceable. This is anti-racism 101. Entry level stuff.

Living the good life, I just made this plum almond cake. Turned tasteless plums into a piece of magic and happy afternoon 😋 share.google/QusBF1wTinCZ...