A real privilege to witness @sisterraydavies.bsky.social on the opening night of their UK tour. Holy Island is one of my most listened to albums from last year - great to hear these songs live @soniccathedral.bsky.social

Looking back, our last critical special issue on AI in education laid out many issues that have only become more evident - racial bias, ed/tech industry power, ethics, rights, political economy, governance - so hope the new one advances new lines of critique www.tandfonline.com/toc/cjem20/4...

"Exploring Teachers’ Repair & Maintenance Work Around GenAI Technologies" ... new open access article from our Swedish research on the considerable behind-the-scenes repair work that teachers end up having to do when using GenAI tools to 'assist' them! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Magisterial four-part report on the scale and structure of illegal sports gambling. From its sheer scale (70%+ of all sports betting in the EU) to the degree to which everyone in sport cooperates and gets their cut, it's a extraordinary picture of lawlessness.

Happy release day to @sisterraydavies.bsky.social @soniccathedral.bsky.social Really looking forward to seeing you tonight sisterraydavies.bandcamp.com/album/holy-i...

Absolutely fantastic news and fully deserved. A wonderful initiative which must have brought real comfort to many families through their sadness 👏👏👏 Welcome back to Bluesky too. You’ve been missed 🖤

All support for this vital project deeply appreciated. This will really help Palestinians gain autonomy and community.

Want to know more about using creative methods to forward social justice aims within and beyond sociology? Book now for ‘The Tangled Roots of Creative Research and Social Justice’, A BSA Postgraduate Forum free event, 3 June, University of Bristol tinyurl.com/3wtz5the

Don't forget 📣 #Notts County Foundation We'll be at the upcoming #Notts home game vs Barnet at Meadow Lane Stadium ⚽ We're asking fans to bring any children's books they would like to donate to the wider-community 📚 Simply bring them to our drop-off points located across the ground📌

1. AI Is a Research Field 2. AI Is an Approach to Cognitive Science 3. AI Is a Parlor Trick 4. AI Is an Ideology 5. AI Is a Way to Hide and Devalue Human Labor 6. AI Is a Way to Shift Accountability 7. AI Is a Way to Centralize Power >>

We are at the very stupid stage of the AI bubble where investors and boards are demanding every company on earth announce an AI strategy immediately and without the slightest bit of thought.

This year's Milan-Cortina Winter Games promised to be the “most sustainable ever”. 🤔 In a new documentary, Matt Rendell reveals just how misleading that claim was - from backing Italy’s largest oil company to felling ancient trees for the event. Full documentary 👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHEo...

Brightened up a usually dreary commute. Such a joyous band live archive.org/details/ajc0...

USA 2026 will be the most expensive, least welcoming World Cup ever for travelling fans. And that's before we even begin to reckon with how TV viewers will respond to 50% more teams and 60%+ more games - and the drop in quality that will bring. Fifa is really testing its golden goose to destruction.

The Hidden Labor of Ethiopian Runners Long-time friend of the pod @hborenstein.bsky.social joins to discuss the social and political economic dynamics that shape Ethiopian running and practicing the anthropology of sport. open.spotify.com/episode/0gkT...

Infantino promised a ‘new FIFA’ built on reform and transparency. A decade later, we instead see weakened scrutiny and an increasing alignment with state power at the highest levels. Here is my assessment of Infantino’s presidency👇 www.playthegame.org/news/infanti...

You cannot beat a bit of harmonium driven dark folk #Cassunday greet.bandcamp.com/album/i-know...

I utterly despair at the idiocy (and xenophobia) of some members of Notts’ fan base

And... Morecambe are down. An extraordinary roll call of rubes, scammers, cowards, arse-coverers and incompetents have conspired to relegate this fine club three times in four years. Whether it can even survive in its current state must now be in doubt. Another slow handclap for self-regulation.

This is why ai should not be used in schools Anything you give it- your lesson plan, data, student work- can and will be reused and you have no control over that. This really bothers me for marking work as students will lose out when their unique ideas get propagated to millions of other students.

Obligatory photograph of conference sign outside a university building. Looking forward to today’s hybrid NTU-RAISE symposium on sustaining student-staff partnerships, balancing power and recognition. @raise-network.bsky.social

Research by @staceypope.bsky.social et al. conceptualizes men’s football clubs as an “extremely gendered” organisational form. Tracing women’s leadership trajectories over 3 decades, they show how clubs maintain masculine dominance by women having peripheral roles. Article: doi.org/10.1177/0891...

Happy to confirm the new @jilk.bsky.social album looks as phenomenal as it sounds bricolageglasgow.bandcamp.com/album/tetsuo...

On April 26th I'm running the London marathon to raise money for the British Heart I have been gifted this 05/06 Match worn Mike Edwards shirt that I have had signed by him. I'm going to blind auction to raise money for the charity if you are interested please DM me with a bid 1/2

In-your-face World Cup greed. First, $300 parking in LA. Now, the Mass. Bay Transportation Authority is quadrupling its usual prices for a round-trip train ticket from Boston to Gillette Stadium during the World Cup. By @adamcrafton.bsky.social @mjslater.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...

Our Yard: Foundations exhibition at New Art Exchange. A celebration of the positive impact of immigration on the UK, told through the lens of Sound System Culture. Highly recommend

🚨 Exclusive 🚨 Fifa's new prediction markets partner has no working product, is unlicensed everywhere except Gibraltar and its CEO paid a six-figure sum to Indian regulators last year to settle allegations of serious insider trading. josimarfootball.com/2026/04/06/i...

FIFA rules prohibit discrimination on the basis of "national or social origin," but the US has blocked tourist visas for 4 World Cup countries (Haiti, Iran, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire), restricted visas for 11 others, and are demanding a $15k bond for a visa for 5. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Over 500,000 people were deported from the USA in 2025 – six times more than will watch the World Cup final at the MetLife stadium in July. Our new report today outlines the real risks to fans and communities that FIFA and host governments must urgently address. 👇 www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

They: “But we use AI responsibly!” Us: “Do you mean, smoke with a filter?” olivia.science/before/ @olivia.science

Zines scare and upset fascists Make more zines

'A third of [Danish] women no longer work in academia eight years after having a child, according to new research that suggests extra childcare responsibilities are hindering women’s abilities to climb the career ladder.' 1/2

Excellent discussion of the history of attempts to police women in sports. "Every woman who I am aware of who has been flagged and singled out under gender verification policies since 2009 is a Black or brown woman from the Global South. Most of them are from Africa."

Next month, I am going to give a lecture about justice and the UN system... Hmmm. What examples am I using?

Parents of Send pupils without EHCPs are least satisfied with schools, survey in England finds

Really proud to have written this with @profdamienpage.bsky.social championing the value of teaching staff who are disproportionately hit by cuts, but are what drives the fundamental activity of HE - educating students.#HigherEducation #TeachingAcademics www.timeshighereducation.com/even-hard-ti...

Sharp analysis of the divergent versions of FIFA corruption under Sepp Blatter & Gianni Infantino. For Infantino, astronomical revenue "is the sole metric of success & the story of his tenure." By @alexshephard.bsky.social for @goldengoalmag.bsky.social

NEW on Wonkhe: Black and Asian students use AI most carefully, and punitive policies put them most at risk buff.ly/tNzUXZS

FIFA's decision today to dismiss the Palestine FA's complaint against the Israeli FA is predictably shameful. FIFA's approach to this issue has been dishonest and cowardly in the face of unquestionably unlawful Israeli policies and practices. inside.fifa.com/organisation...

Mark Watkins of the Chronicle of Higher Ed says faculty should spend 90 mins a week to teach ourselves about AI & unis are now sending out emails w his recommendation. I write here about the gift of having someone admit that automation intensifies labor sonja-drimmer.squarespace.com/blog-1/2026/...

Interesting listen. Surprised the possibility of a pre-season to China or Malaysia hasn’t garnered more attention www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

‘He looked devastated’: club tells of Barcelona fan who ended up in Exeter

Iran will not participate in the men’s World Cup. “Considering that this corrupt regime [the US] has assassinated our leader, under no circumstances can we participate in the World Cup. Our children are not safe and, fundamentally, such conditions for participation do not exist.” Amen.

ESPN isn't covering the bombing of one the most famous stadiums on earth so.... my latest piece @thenation.com "The Razing of Iran’s Azadi Stadium Is Straight Out of Israel’s Gaza Script" www.thenation.com/article/soci...

It took longer than i thought for the REF to get weaponised this way, but this is horrifying and so blatant

🚨 A new study published in the journal Environmental Research: Health found that 1 in 3 people globally are affected by extreme heat. As sport at elite and grassroots levels tackle increased climate impacts, this has big implications for the future of sports.🧵 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This is such a good piece. I feel so many of the same sentiments.

If you'd told me maybe three years ago that a UK news channel would be platforming someone to set out openly racist, far right, violent conspiracy theories, I'm not sure I'd have believed you. And yet here we are.

This is what I wrote on the topic in 2022: 📝 van Rooij, I. (2022) Against automated plagiarism. doi.org/10.5281/zeno... 2/🧵