Move aside Fifa corruption, it’s time for Olympics corruption

Europe absolutely must prioritise landscape-led planning, as thinking through all the sets of landscape relationships is the only way to come to grips with (or even to survive) wicked problems like this.

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CFP: Migration and Mobility in the Ottoman and Post-Ottoman Borderlands (19th-21st centuries) Vienna, 13-14 November 2026 networks.h-net.org/group/announ...

CFP: The Geological Turn in Himalayan Environmental History www.sai.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...

The main story is that the US has a whites only refugee policy The numbers involved indicate a second one: white South Africans are not generally seeking to relocate to the US, because they don't need refuge This isnt (only) a refugee policy, but a wider whites only 'demographic change' policy

In the war room at the White House at 3am a cloud of wild strawberry vape smoke hangs heavy over furrowed brows and blank stares as urgent questions are addressed. How do we gain vengeance? Shall we kidnap the President of Belgium? Or do we simply bomb its capital, Luxembourg?

My two best friends on BlueSky.

'Academics fear they are being “set up to fail” after several institutions finished the academic year by announcing fresh job cuts, casting doubt over who will return after the summer break, and what courses they will be teaching.' 1/3

They are trying to force some universities into bankruptcy. Total madness. Remember - they have pledged more money to a privately owned theme park than they‘re going to spend on the teaching grant.

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...

There's an audio guide to the brilliant and uncategorisable guitarist Mary Halvorson on Bandcamp. Not to be missed! daily.bandcamp.com/lists/mary-h...

Perhaps we should simply stop making disposable plastic bottles.

I'm not sure whether this pastor is Trump's biological child (a little accident with a teenager on Epstein Island, perhaps), but he was big-hearted enough to raise him.

Better rehire all those profs

Link: barcelonasecreta.com/en/sustainab...

A good excuse to eat more olives? “This solution replaces the traditional limestone component of asphalt with biochar derived from olive pits and pine biomass, reducing carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 76%”

'students are used to and want human teaching, human feedback, and human connection. These findings that students particularly value in-person connection are reinforced in the HEPI and TechnologyOne’s report What Matters Most? 20 years of the student experience.' 1/2

The Coast Guard just removed the Clearwater from the tall ship parade in NYC for having "Save the Clean Water Act" and "Indigenous Rights, Racial Justice, Climate Solutions” banners. They were escorted out by the Coast Guard, US Navy, and NYPD. www.instagram.com/p/DaYOP8OlIq...

A lone Black woman rides the train surrounded by masked Nazis. America at 250.

Yes to this, but make no mistake that the attacks on humanities & damage to HE is the confluence of ideologies, private equity, consultants, genocide-profiteers, senior management, media moguls and a desire to crush unions (often more well-represented amongst HASS academics).

Here's a good write up of how private equity is destroying UK Higher ed now too after already doing a number in US and elsewhere. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/pol...

Great thread. Link to article at end.

Gosh, these are amazing, and a fascinating piece too by @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social

Origins and Development of Swahili Architecture (ca. 500-1900 CE) www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/origins-an...

The irony is, if the music is too loud, people are closed into themselves and have a personal experience at a concert instead of a collective one. Earplugs magnify that. Turn it down so people can hear themselves appreciating a solo or just saying to each other how good it is.

Happy International Cooperatives Day to all who observe. Did you know that cooperatives employ more people than all of the world's multinationals together? Through the prism of labour (rather than capital), this is the most powerful and enduring economic reform movement in the world.

My brother's oldest kid is 16 and he has never, in those years, shared pics of his kids on any public social media (and nor have I). It's amazing anyone has ever trusted mainstream social media with anything, especially images of their children.

British Academy President's statement on the UK's higher education crisis, July 2026.

It couldn't be more important to understand fascism. I have put a lot of energy into just that in recent years. One thing I can conclude: what we are seeing is not "fascism 2.0" or "neo-fascism". It's just fascism, a project of a power- hungry and wealthy elite that adapts to the times.

Apparently it’s 11 years today since I discovered that adding googly eyes to the tap on a wine box makes it look like Shaun the Sheep.

let them crypto..

Right, they've come for our trans brothers and sisters, and now they're coming for those of us who don't want to (or can't) be "straight gays". Did anyone really think this wouldn't be the script? www.advocate.com/opinion/nyt-...

CFP: Imperial Urbanism in Northeastern Europe. Spaces, Infrastructures and Transimperial Entanglements in the Long Nineteenth Century MWNO Fellow Workshop – October 29th-30th, 2026 – MWS Research Center Vilnius mwseasteurope.hypotheses.org/11153

At some point, standing up to Trump might become unavoidable www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

'The proposed industrial action is over plans to cut 200 jobs as the Brighton facility attempts to save £35m annually. It comes after more than 600 staff were put at risk of redundancy across academic, technical and professional services departments.'

YOUR REGULAR REMINDER THAT THE UN DEFINES GENOCIDE AS "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a group... [including] Causing serious bodily or mental harm.. .. Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part..." Yes.

They're still right, those anarchists.

The purchasing power of the NHS is so large that it effectively sets world pharmaceutical prices, which has annoyed US pharmaceutical companies for decades. One of the advantages for the US with Brexit was a weakened UK seeking a US trade agreement. Thus, the UK will now pay higher drug prices.

The coverage of Exeter's cuts rightly points out that there's no financial need. The coverage of Edinburgh's - for which there is also no financial need - was framed as 'even Edinburgh' being in financial trouble. This is very frustrating. www.theguardian.com/education/20...

We’ve opened the call for @britishacademy.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellowships. We provide 3 years of funding to early-career researchers in the humanities and social sciences wishing to pursue an independent research project. Apply by 30th September www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

It's World Marine Aids to Navigation Day on the 1st July, so here's a quick thread on some aids to navigation. Now the first and most obvious aid to navigation is dry land. Dry land - pay attention at the back - is strongly suggestive that you can't go sailing here.

Two people have climbed to the top of the Empire State Building antenna. They are holding a banner that reads: “When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace”

just in case you were wondering, this is 100% real. www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/20...

A professor in Tufts University’s School of Engineering required one of his international graduate students to work an unpaid TA job this past spring semester. After she went to her union and blew the whistle, Tufts withdrew her from her program. A thread of rage. 1/

On Damnatio Memoriae and de-Trumpification. (Gift link) Been waiting for this one to go up. Please read and share.

The Uncertain Landscape conference in Guimarães, Portugal has extended its call for papers to 10 July. I'll be one of the keynotes at this excellent event, so do come hang out with me! uncertainlandscapes2026.weebly.com