Just one example of how the German press (BBC equivalent) frames anti-genocide demonstrations: triple emphasis on 'islamist' gender segregation, 'expert' warning about 'anti-Western' alliance between islamists and left, massive police presence required, sources: police, social media, local news.

Brief response to discussions on AI & teaching, whose focus on plagiarism and 'algorithmic thoughtlessness' can sideline wider issues e.g. around epistemic injustice and the licensing of (fascist) desires.

Umfragerekorde, absolute Mehrheit in Sachsen-Anhalt in Aussicht – die AfD scheint unaufhaltsam. Doch das ist ein medialer Mythos. Unser Deep Dive als Video: youtu.be/CicXQejYiPA

In den nächsten zwei Semestern organisieren wir diese interdisziplinäre Vorlesungsreihe "Faschisierung – analytische Perspektiven, Schauplätze, Gegenstrategien". Jede Vorlesung an einer anderen Uni und hybrid! Ich spreche am 20.1. am @zfk-mr.bsky.social Marburg. krisol-wissenschaft.org/fascisation

The Greens in my current federal state lost a lot of votes and are convinced that it’s because of their environmental themes, not because of their support for the hostile environment... 🫣

Dear Keir Starmer, illegal migration is not the problem. The problem is not admitting how fucked the country is from a combination of Brexit and 14 years of Tory rule that empowered the rich and ruthless. IDs are a nonsense response. Please stop making racist policies as a distraction!

High school student Judith Scheytt received & lost prestigious Grimme award for spot on criticism of German media bias. Prize withdrawal was based on shoddy AI generated report on supposed 'antisemitism' after Christian group complained. No fact checking! Final deathstroke of German media reputation

Join us today @rgsibg.bsky.social at the Teaching and Learning Building, Room 109, 11.10-12.50hrs to discuss Claire Blencowe's book 'Spirits of Extraction' (@manchesterup.bsky.social).

Bitte unbedingt die #Uppsala-Declaration schwedischer Wissenschaftler:innen gegen #Apartheid und #Genozid zur Kenntnis nehmen und als Text weiterverbreiten! #NieWieder heißt #NieWiederFürAlle und überall.

Am reading an article on the politics of #teaching by mathematician Rochelle Gutierrez. Instead of 'low income', she calls people 'historically looted’. Spot on & should be used more! journals.charlotte.edu/teem/article...

Finding the German media coverage of Temu rather revolting, especially in comparison with Amazon. So much implicit (or explicit) racism and classism. If everything from China is trash, then why are so many German firms producing high end goods there, also for the middle/upper classes?

We seem to be at the “On Exactitude in Science” (Borges story) stage of British universities. 😢

Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali face immediate risk as extreme hunger rises in 13 locations.

A needless and stupid comparison This is NOT a competition Both climate breakdown - which is here now - and potential nuclear war will/would have catastrophic consequences We need to work flat out to stop both www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

The University of Leicester petition against redundancies and programme reductions is out now. Please consider signing. In the meantime, more departments have been told that they are 'on the list': www.change.org/p/save-acade...

Great talk by Robin D G Kelley: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NT9Z... "WW2 did not end fascism, it expanded it". Thanks to @kaikodden.bsky.social for recommending!

Labour is lying about the costs of nationalizing the water industry. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

We've made it easy to respond to tell the EHRC what you think of its wicked attempt to humiliate trans people. Please use, share in your networks, and allow us to contact you in the future. goodlaw.social/9e59e9

CO2 levels top 430ppm after huge 3.6ppm rise over last 12 months No sign at all of this slowing We really are in deep, deep, sh^t But I don't see any government that gives a flying f*ck scripps.ucsd.edu/news/annual-...

Deadline extension to submit abstracts for the #NKG (New Cultural Geography) 2025 in Augsburg, Germany. I have a session with Juliane Schumacher on the conservative/regressive turn in new materialisms. Please join us! Session details here: mutablematter.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/c...

LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Gender Studies! 2 years fixed term, closing date is Wednesday 11 June jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

#NewcastleUniversity staff are being made redundant despite the university's 'relatively strong cash and borrowing position'. The 'impact mitigation' with insulting 'wellbeing sessions' strongly resonate with the situation at Leicester. Solidarity!

👭Women on the Move is a transdisciplinary book series focused on the multiplicity of experiences of women in migration processes🌏 Our Spring 2025 title is Bordering social reproduction by Rachel Rosen and Eve Dickson, now #OpenAccess on Manchesterhive🐝 More on our latest titles & proposals below👇

Giving comments on the EHRC Code of Practice Consultation with regard to the proposed gender and sexuality definitions is like giving feedback on a very bad paper that did not use any literature for their argument. Who sits in these places? Also total no-nos in the examples that biologise race. Wow.

Reminder for tomorrow's talk by anthropologist and political ecologist Munira Khayyat on South Lebanon (21 May, 4.30pm UK time/5.30pm CEST). You can register for zoom participation here: decolonizationindialogue.substack.com/p/register-f...

Join our team @dhssfau.bsky.social @fau.de 2 full professorships in #DigitalHumanities ‼️ Professor in #DH with focus on #HCI ‼️ Professor in #DH with focus on #Place&Space ⏰ Deadline: 2 June 2025 www.fau.eu/people/worki... @fauphil.bsky.social

First day of 'Stride for Palestinians', organised by @medicalaidpal.bsky.social . If you can, please donate! medicalaidforpalestinians.enthuse.com/pf/angela-last

This is finally coming out in English. The German version is excellent, adding much needed complexity in a climate of two-dimensional Enlightenment celebrations/dismissals so you may want to bookmark this!

« Si vous n’avez rien à manger, il est évident que vous partirez » : comment la surpêche européenne pousse les jeunes Sénégalais sur la route des Canaries ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/S0V

Die Jerusalem Declaration (JDA), zu der sich die Linke bekennt, wurde von führenden Holocaust- und Antisemitismusforschern auf wissenschaftlicher Grundlage entwickelt bzw. gezeichnet. Sie pauschal antisemitisch zu nennen, bleibt skandalös. 5/ jerusalemdeclaration.org

We are honoured to be joined by anthropologist Munira Khayyat from NYU Abu Dhabi. She is going to speak about the war in South Lebanon. You can join us here, on 21 May 2025 at 16:30 BST/17:30 CEST: uni-bonn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

People are starving to death in Gaza, and people are posting taunts underneath their calls for help. The level of cruelty is unbearable!

Labour is handing this country on a silver platter to Reform. People do not vote Labour because they hate immigrants and want Reform-lite. They vote Labour because they want it to make a positive difference to their lives.

Just flat out lying from Treasury. Water utilities are highly profitable once you strip out debt repayments. And the statutory mechanism for rescuing broken water companies enables DEFRA to strip out debt repayments. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/business/202...

A reminder that the Supreme Court ruling is dangerous on many fronts, and another example of science being ignored in order to deliberately harm people.

Call for NKG 2025 in Augsburg on the politics of new materialisms x

Rishi Sunak’s resignation peerages will do nothing to help collapsing trust in politics www.electoral-reform.org.uk/rishi-sunaks... Electoral Reform Society – ERS

Stop illegal deportations in Germany - please sign! (English translation available) www.openpetition.de/petition/onl...

Today!

In response to today's supreme court ruling, we want to urge any researcher in Trans Histories to consider a proposal to our new Queer & Trans Histories series - because research into Trans histories will help to shape Trans futures: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/series/queer... #TransRights

Next talk in the Decolonization in Dialogue series: Miriam Cooke on 'A Century of Arab Feminist Writings'. 30 April 5.30pm CEST, online. You can register here: uni-bonn.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#mittwochsimGIUB Dr. Angela Last @mutablematter.bsky.social (International Research Fellow, @unibonn.bsky.social) is giving a talk on 'Erasures & Re-connections: Teaching Disciplinary Histories Under Censorship' When? April 16, 17:15 pm Where? Dept. of Geography or online (see below for link)

This week, a neo-Nazi killed a 17-year old girl in Germany, and around 20,000 school kids could not go to school in nearby #Duisburg, because of neo-Nazis threatening to commit 'ethnic cleansing'. The lack of outrage in the mainstream media is scary. Sending solidarity to those affected!

It finally happened. The first documented case of a public school teacher being fired for referring to a student by their chosen name, instead of their dead name, as required by a law signed by Ron DeSantis in 2023: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

For my UK friends who are still confused about the Antideutsche phenomenon, here is a rather good article to send through a translation site: www.jungewelt.de/artikel/4973...

We have new permanent lecturer post (London) who will mainly be teaching on our BA Social Sciences www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/112226-...

Hope it was worth it to stop a few of us from peeing.