I'm really hoping we can return momentum to this mental health project for Palestinian kids who were in occupation prisons!!!! Because this is a project of hope, and one that we can all blessedly join in with and help make happen. Read more and chip in: chuffed.org/project/hmg

Is the proof in the room with us right now?

NEW: The Scottish Secretary has said that he expects Anas Sarwar is now clear his 'responsibility is not to be a commentator on British politics' after the Scottish leader called for the Prime Minister to resign Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...

My review of @brad.bolman.com 's 'Lab Dog' has just been published with Social History of Medicine. This is a truly excellent book that will be of great interest to historians of animals, lab sciences, and beyond. doi.org/10.1093/shm/...

We're recruiting a Book Reviews Editor! This is a great role for ECRs working in Modern British History (broadly defined). Details at the link below. Any questions, don't hesitate to get in touch with Hannah! 🗃️ academic.oup.com/tcbh/pages/c...

Important survey on impact of HE redundancies. It's really important that APM staff fill this in too. @uonucu.bsky.social

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Publication day! My book Keeping Hold: A Cultural and Social History of Possession in Eighteenth-Century Britain is out now. 20% discount code KEHO2026. www.cambridge.org/core/books/k...

Join us next Tuesday, at the IHR, London or on Zoom for 'The Empire's treasure house: diplomatic gifts, bureaucratic indifference and the erasure of provenance in colonial India'. Free and open to the public. #Skystorians

Yes! What if we treated extremely normal human variation as something other than a "disorder"??? www.positive.news/society/yout...

“Rather than being threatened with a criminal sentence, he should be commended for his courage in organising the largest Pécs Pride in history.” Solidarity with Géza Buzás-Hábel and the many other activists in Hungary fighting for their freedoms. Everyone should be free to celebrate Pride. 🇭🇺🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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CJZ science in the news: Missing pieces added to ancient global fish puzzle www.scimex.org/newsfeed/mis...

18 month postdoc at the lovely IHR in London, $41,740. Deadline 7 March. 'The Fellow will play a key role within the IHR team responsible for hosting the 2027 North American Conference in British Studies (NACBS)' in London 2027. Repost to spread the word. #Skystorians

The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...

Hello! I am sharing information about my @researchireland.ie project Locating Loss: histories of infertility in landscapes and spaces. I would love to connect with researchers/ practitioners from a wide range of backgrounds and disciplines, so please share widely! @nursingclio.bsky.social

If Reform are pushing propaganda through your letterbox, don’t engage with it. Don’t argue with it. Don’t platform it. Return it to sender. Write REFUSED on the envelope and put it straight back in the postbox. Unopened. They pay for that. Every time. Bulk mail returns are

Here is a poem Renee Good, under her earlier name Renee Macklin, wrote, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." It won a prize. It's really good. "it’s the ruler by which i reduce all things now; hard-edged & splintering from knowledge." poets.org/2020-on-lear...

Charities are facing "a concerted effort to delegitimise their right to speak up for marginalised groups across the country, whether that was trans people, or refugees and asylum seekers.” www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Give and be doubled! We're matching all week to help these families survive. Six families & a camp depend on this link for essentials. Right now, that's especially emergency healthcare for several young women and kids, unfortunately. Click "weekly"!: chuffed.org/project/hope...

My book, The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism, will be out March 17, 2026 It is now available for pre-order from @princetonupress.bsky.social and other online booksellers! cart.press.princeton.edu/checkout/car... press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Via Prisoners for Palestine… take action: linktr.ee/prisoners4pal #Palestine

Amnesty: Growing transphobia and authoritarianism go hand in hand – they must be resisted www.amnesty.org/en/l... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

We know this time of year can be difficult for many. If you are struggling, you can reach out to the following services: Mindline Trans+: 0300 330 5468 Samaritans: 116 123 SHOUT: Text 85258 Switchboard LGBT+ Voda App – self-care for LGBTQIA+ communities Mind’s Support Line: 0300 102 1234

We mourn the victims of the mass shooting on Bondi Beach at a celebration on the first night of Chanukah, bringing darkness into a festival of lights. Our hearts go out to those attacked and their families and friends, as well as the entire Australian Jewish community.

Support the hunger strikers In prison for over a year without trial. They are victims of a system that has used the Terrorism Act to attempt to silence opposition to Israel’s genocide. They are now at serious life-threatening risk. They must be given fair trials. www.prisonersforpalestine.org

Horrific vandalism at Essex and of HE in general.

More than 100 medical professionals have declared a ‘medical emergency’ after queer activist Amu Gib refused food in prison, beginning one of the largest coordinated prison hunger strikes in the UK in four decades. www.wearequeeraf.com/queer-activi...

The only person to come out of the SPeggie/NHS tribunal vindicated and with a completely untarnished reputation is Dr Beth Upton. Not SPeggie, Not the NHS management, Not Four Women Scotland, Not the media, Just Dr Upton.

An important point to come out of the Sandie Peggie case is that 'gender critical' employees can't take matters into their own hands and confront trans employees. If they do that it is likely to be harassment/ bullying/ a hate incident.

Reading Rooms at the British Library are closed *all week* because so many of its workers refuse to work for pitiful wages in a contemptuously authoritarian and obliviously managed environment. We need leaders who get it and are big enough to sort it out! It’s a mess and a disgrace. Lift it up!!

For those who don't already know of the ridiculous lengths trans people have to go to, after waiting years, to 'prove' we're who we say we are and access healthcare, here's my experience & take on life under trans medical gatekeeping. Ch.10. Open Access. share.google/r5p2vF1zXPDL...

@tgeuorg.bsky.social calls it. As an academic I have been consistently saying this all along. The “Pathways” “study” is totally unethical. And it won’t even address the main pretext used to justify it; the issue of long-term negative effects (of which there is no evidence whatsoever).

Save 30% on #NewBook "Inhabitants of the Deep" by Jonathan Howard, which undertakes a black ecocritical study of the deep (oceans, rivers, lakes) in African American literature. #BlackStudies buff.ly/ejHedv7

Love, rage, and solidarity for my trans sisters. We will build new spaces of belonging, the old ones don't deserve you anyway.

Solidarity with every trans person struggling to keep their heads in the game today. Along with everything else, this is absolutely a war against our collective and individual mental and emotional health - against our very sense of self. It's expected to feel the blow. But we stay fighting.

Allow transgender women and girls back into GirlGuiding UK Transgender girls deserve a safe, nurturing space where they can learn, grow, and contribute to the community, just like anyone else. Sign the petition... 👇

Awful behaviour from management at @sheffielduni.bsky.social, ashamed of my Alma Mater and outraged for my colleagues there. If management want to ensure students' quality of learning, they should stop threatening courses and staff.

"Edinburgh held 12 contracts and received 26 documents from Nous or related entities between January 2022 and September 2025. As early as February 2022, it had provided the university with a “draft vision” and a “strategy and roadmap” report."

📣 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies scholarships 📣 We are delighted to announce that we will be awarding two MA scholarships for the 2026/7 MA in Medieval Studies cohort. Full details can be found on the CMS website: www.york.ac.uk/medieval-stu... Spread the news!

There is not one PhD between the directors of Nous, they have no experience of research or teaching and yet they're advising universities, student unions & governments on how to run HE.

And here, how they've ravaged Australian universities: ‘Mind-boggling stupidity’: The consultancy that captured universities | The Saturday Paper share.google/hS5qnWOkhSW0...

Edinburgh Uni has paid ££££s to Nous Group to restructure their staff and curriculum. I suspect far more unis have been paying millions to Nous Group, for longer than we realise. A complete undermining of university governance & academic expertise & autonomy. www.theferret.scot/consultancy-...

The question also needs to be *which* staff are “lost”. My prediction would be that those “lost” are disproportionately women, non-white, queer and non-UK citizens.

Congratulations to Katie Donington, Abdul Mohamud, Robin Whitburn, Nicholas Draper and their contributors! Their #OpenAccess book Teaching Slavery published today. Read and download free at: bit.ly/48vnDdJ #Education #Colonialism #Slavery #Racism

"Today’s Budget was an opportunity for the government to offer further detail and clarity on the state and finances of the higher education sector, building on the recent White Paper." Read our response to the Autumn Budget in full: https://bit.ly/4rs7bCc