Scotland’s #AI data centres are already using enough fresh water to fill 27m bottles per year. #AIEthics www.bbc.com/news/article...

Abolish the Home Office

Re-reading 'The spatial and temporal development of British prisons from 1901 to the present: The role of de-industrialisation', which prompted me to watch this video of people in Goldthorpe celebrating the death of Margaret Thatcher with an effigy and bagpipes www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9K...

We’ve had a strong start to the academic year with our first general meeting & a welcome lunch for those of you who’ve recently joined UCUGlasgow! As we head into balloting (opening Oct 20th), it’s as important as ever to build our organising power. More here: glasgow.web.ucu.org.uk/2025/10/09/w...

Thanks for being there and listening!

Loved listening to @saranahmed.bsky.social speak so movingly and poetically about some of the ideas behind her new book this evening at @lighthousebks.bsky.social

'Further emails suggest BAE Systems required Glasgow university to complete security questions before agreeing to attend events. A “university security questionnaire” sent to Glasgow by the defence company asked if the institution was “aware of any social media protests posts or videos”.'

NEW from Liberty Investigates: UK universities have offered to monitor students social media accounts for arms companies concerned about campus protests Full story below www.theguardian.com/education/20...

"It seems very likely that OpenAI will soon be placing ads inside ChatGPT results" can universities please now stop providing these licenses to students or are we not even trying any more to separate learning from corporate sponsorship jeppestricker.substack.com/p/the-age-of...