New in JCMS. Alasdair R. Young & Scott A. W. Brown (@scottawbrown.bsky.social) examine the limits of the EU's geoeconomic turn, exploring economic security, China, export controls and 5G. Read the Open Access article: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #JCMS #OpenAccess

Farage: I have never wasted public money. *Calls needless by election for personal gain.*

"Making money is not a crime" says Nigel Farage, who kept his £5 million bung from a crypto billionaire completely secret until it was exposed by the Guardian

If this turns out to be a line of Farage-branded vape products, then a lot of the British press are going to look very silly indeed.

THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY

Belgium is currently leading the USMNT 4-1 at the end of regulation but the mailed-in goals haven't been counted yet.

In some rare good professional news, I have co-authored a new article with Alasdair Young (GA Tech): 'China and Limits to the European Union's Geoeconomic Turn' published in Journal of Common Market Studies. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Read on for a short synopsis.

Visiting my university’s new, expensively-refurbished space for startup incubators and senior management and cannot imagine a better illustration of the American university at this moment in time than a breathlessly press-released “collaboration room” featuring a single desk and chair.

“President Infantino, we’ve got the King of Belgium on line 1, the Prime Minister of Belgium on line 2, the Minister-Presidents of Flanders, Wallonia, and the Brussels Capital Region on lines 3, 4, and 5 respectively, and the Minister-President of the German-Speaking Community of Belgium on line 6.”

Why has Facebook removed/hidden the option to easily block users, groups, and pages? It was barely usable even with that, and now it's just filled with endless crap that I can't even flush away.

How much more evidence does the @scottishgov.bsky.social need to stop the redundancy process underway at University of Dundee? @qmucu.bsky.social @thecourier.co.uk @theferret.scot @dundeecitycouncil.bsky.social @dundeewestend.bsky.social @maggiechapman.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social

The Scottish Funding Council waved through the University of Dundee's Strategy to Recovery, even though it broke their funding conditions. The Scottish Gov need to ACT NOW and ask the SFC to reverse their decision, and stop the redundancy process TODAY. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

The University of Dundee is proposing to close the English for International Students unit. Graduates like Kalani Ruchitra benefitted hugely from the programme and the support of the dedicated team. Listen to Kalani’s plea to save the English for International Students team. #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni

Last week at UoDundee: Celebrating our graduates 🎉 while fighting for jobs✊️. Help us save our uni from cutting staff, programmes and facilities. Many petitions are live and you can let your reps know that you oppose the cuts. Find all links ⬇️ linktr.ee/saveuod #StopTheCuts @ducuuo.bsky.social

This seems like a fairly sensible policy from Tidal, even if my personal preference would be for them to refuse AI generated content altogether, or at least give us the option to hide all labelled as such by default.

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WHAT

Art of the deal. US conducts strikes on Iran after attack on cargo ship www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

There's a petition to fight the redundancies at Exeter. Anthropology is among the most targeted disciplines in the whole uni, with over half of us slated to lose our jobs. We do better than the university average on both student satisfaction and rankings which makes it feel ideologically targeted...

I was part of the academic procession yesterday, and can confirm we were prevented from wearing UCU sashes as we tried to enter Caird Hall with them on. www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/...

Helen Simpson, who left the role in June 2025, raised her concerns just days after she left her job.

The Scottish Funding Council will now seek more information from the institution before money is released.

And yet, the SFC quickly approved the plans.

Professor Nigel Seaton has begun giving evidence in the employment tribunal of former finance director Chris Reilly.

Ah

Things have been shit at Dundee recently, but graduation today reaffirmed what it's all about and what makes it all worthwhile. So proud of our graduates. Here's a photo of some of our students with some of the staff.

Okay. Ai can go bankrupt then. This is not our problem, this sounds like a rich tech billionaire problem.

It's Count Binface, isn't it. This is the moment the deal was done.

I suspect a lot of Facebook memories will be shared today.

Soon we’ll get to find out what Elon thinks about Andy Burnham, a man he’ll discover exists about 30 seconds before he posts.

Public meeting in Dundee tonight in opposition to the cuts

It's just not the same without the rain.

We've got more petitions than competent members of the University Executive Group!

Join us at this Emergency Public Meeting to Save the University of Dundee. Open to everyone Monday 22nd June, 6pm. Dundee Central Library. @dundeecitycouncil.bsky.social @dcadundee.bsky.social @vadundee.bsky.social @unitetheunion.bsky.social @unison.org.uk @ucu.org.uk @ucuscotland.bsky.social

If I were Keir I’d come out and spend ten minutes on England v Ghana tomorrow and then go back in

It's a lectern, not a podium. A podium, ironically, would have two tiers.

The attacks in Edinburgh, in which an armed bare-chested white man terrorised Muslims, leaving five people injured, don't feature on a single newspaper front page this morning. Two tier journalism

Dame Sue Black speaks out against Dundee University proposals to make chaplaincy staff redundant

*Trainspotting intensifies*

Global supplies of that Trainspotting gif are going to be heavily depleted tonight.

Well, the World Cup was fun while it lasted. Goodnight.

Dunno if this is new, or just new for me: a conspiracy theory about rabies, of all things.

“Whey” www.instagram.com/louiscollene...

Never fails to miss.

🌀 + 😒

I will probably be asking for a lot of support with petitions in the coming weeks... If you could spare a minute of your time to sign the petition opposing the closure of Philosophy at the University of Dundee, it would be greatly appreciated. c.org/9pZQLmGJBk