Sad you missed out on Karl Marx's supposed dominance over university curricula? It's not too late! I've made 7 free semester-long online courses to help you read Marx: davidharvey.org/reading-capi...

ISRF's Dispatches series--views on university crises from academics--continues with a piece on curricular and teaching coercions that come from a seemingly neutral European-wide practice called constructive alignment. troubles of false neutrality. mailinglist.isrf.org/p/pedagogica...

The look of a future dictator, with first hand experience of torture, if ever I saw it.

I want change. I want more change and I want faster change. And most radical of all, I want *better* change. Who amongst you will make change great again?

So far, calls for an "orderly" transition are not being heeded. Oh dear. What next? Will #Streeting seize his chance, or go scurrying back to his lair and risk missing out altogether? If only the stakes weren't so very low. It all seems to matter less than a soap opera storyline. #Labour #Starmer

I know this will provoke allegations of tyrannophobia or even basileophobia, but I don't think the emirates and their despotic regimes have a "right to exist". Basic decency surely requires that they be seized by the masses and wiped of the map.

I think Burnham is pretty stuffed for the time being. A. no guarantee he wins a by-election anywhere in England, let alone in Manchester. B. if he does resign, fight a by-election and win, and Labour loses the GM Mayoralty as a result, he'll correctly be blamed and be damaged goods from day 1.

‘Research by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published last year showed that the proportion of the population living in deep poverty has increased from 33 per cent in the mid-1990s to 47 per cent in the early 2020s.’ @richardhywelking.bsky.social on Labour in Wales. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

I guess there is always an “exciting opportunity” round the corner if you’re on 400 grand.

The characters running British universities are cuckoos in the nest. Ersatz, treacherous bean mis-counters. One day, hopefully in my lifetime, there will be a reckoning for these willing executioners.

The murder of Britain’s universities continues apace. I hope somewhere in the near future lies a very hard reckoning for the willing executioners, the destroyers of culture, of intellect, of curiosity, of hope.

The rationality of markets: Dump is talking peace. Oil is down - PHEW! Dump is talking war. Oil is up again - PANIC! Etc.

Chronic leukemia teaches you what matters fast. Access. Affordability. Stability. Watching leaders choose weapons over patients hurts differently. #HealthcareNotWarfare is about who gets to live with dignity.

Really important initiative from some colleagues in geography and beyond.

Iran: we breached the ceasefire. USA: no you didn’t. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

*If* Robbins' account is accurate, the civil service did what the civil service is meant to do. The government took the decision to appoint Mandelson well before vetting, and entirely owns the decision. The government is inflicting further damage on the country by trying to offload responsibility.

Nobody who knew Mandelson would have expected him to pass security vetting. Surely, the whole point of sending him to Washington was that being murky would be an advantage in dealing with Trump. In that sense, failing the security vetting would only have confirmed his suitability for the role.

Yes, a hard-boiled warmonger who is copying from scripts prepared by generals. Their message is warfare not welfare.

Dump “pontificates” on God. “When Trump was asked whether he thought God approved of the war, he said: “I do, because God is good – because God is good and God wants to see people taken care of”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

“We are not slandering, we are describing: you are a genocidal and criminal regime. And you will end up before the International Criminal Court".

Message from Bob to the ersatz white racist trash ruling the USA. “Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

The Peachick dictator wannabe has allegedly unfollowed Dump and Netan-shahu. Looks sad, doesn't it? Aaaaaahhh! www.instagram.com/p/DLSSuCmIPSs/

Pope Leo XIV cancels his July visit to Dump-town. One would never choose to build a world with popes in it. But, since we have a pope, let's be grateful it is Bob Prevost and not the cigar-chomping Dumpist cardinal depicted in Conclave. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

To Blair, Hogsbreath and any other blood-lusting racist Christian from the pope. “Even though you make many prayers, I will not listen: your hands are full of blood”. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

There’s a massive march, against the far right, going on in London, and it’s not made the headlines of the BBC. I seem to remember Tommy Robinsons rally being covered quite extensively by them. Wonder why? 🤔

New article out: What's the point of conjunctural analysis? doi.org/10.1177/2754...

This week’s Dump premium. Another 3p on a litre. Could be worse. Around 8% up from pre-war ground zero so far.

Pogacar! Without doubt the greatest win of his career. Looked impossible with 30 km to go. #milansanremo

How is Qatar currently feeling about its $400m Dump bribe? Value for money? ✈️ #airfarce1

The axis of genocide appears to be preparing for another major escalation. Can they take Kharg Island or will Iran blow it up if they try? Do they expect Iran to open the straits if they do somehow manage to take Kharg Island? Why would Iran do that? What next? www.ft.com/content/a2b5...

Has anyone written a review of the restructuring going on across UK HE? Trying to understand what is common across institutions: large, team-taught courses, centralised workload models, limited to no research time, promotion directly tied to grant income. How many consultancy firms are pushing this?

Who will rid us of this turbulent beast?

I wonder how Starmer feels being compelled to do something that isn't incredibly stupid and unpopular? www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Superb image posted on facebook by @tonywriteshere.bsky.social.

When was the last time the United States won a war comprehensively? In the sense of both achieving a decisive military victory *and* owning the aftermath? Iraq 1991?

Wow - what a fruitcake.

USA is a far greater global threat than Russia. That should be abundantly clear by now. USA has 750 bases around the world. USA attacks other countries at will. USA keeps a genocidal attack dog. USA is run by end-times psychopaths and emperor-dictator wannabes. A threat to everyone everywhere.

Hello! It looks like private equity is moving in - attracted to making money from NHS waiting lists. And I’m not doing anything else until we’ve raised the funds to investigate what’s going on 🚨🚨🚨 I’m not kidding. I’m determined to get this project off the ground. Private …

'There's not much you can do' - 🇬🇧 Pidcock's honest reflection after 🇸🇮 Pogačar's 🇮🇹 Strade Bianche domination 📰 www.domestiquecycling.com/en/news/ther... 📸 Cor Vos

There are people on the feral right which detests democracy, peace, jews, women and homosexuals to its core, arguing that destroying Iran, the murder of the Ayatollah and the mass murder of schoolgirls is good for democracy, peace, jews, women and homosexuals. What devilish cunning.

I couldn't stifle a derisive splutter when I read that that that the so-called "UN Security Council" is being summoned. When can we expect a statement from the Bored of Peas?

The FIFA Peace Prize selection committee members nod solemnly and say they’ve never been more proud

BREAKING: I'm hearing reports that Israel has bombed a school full of children in Iran, killing 40 girls. I'm unclear if we're pretending there were tunnels below that school, but at least those girls were liberated, right?

To his great credit, @paulmason.bsky.social has left this up. I guess we could put it down to COVID-fever. x.com/paulmasonnew...