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Historian of US liberalism, Congress, and the C20th Democratic Party @ Northumbria University. Trade unionist. Lanyard class warrior.

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Once again, Europe's most vindicated statesman.

07.03.2026 11:27 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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University facing Β£25m cuts by end of 2026 as staff offered voluntary severance Northumbria University staff are being offered voluntary severance, with vice chancellor Prof Andy Long warning that UK’s higher education sector is in β€œone of the most challenging financial periods i...

πŸ§΅πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡πŸ‘‡ Until now, bosses at Northumbria University have said the institution is 'financially robust' - they even put that in a recent job advert for a new Deputy Vice Chancellor. So if these shocking revelations are true - and not just 'project fear' - ... www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

06.03.2026 17:42 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Outstanding thread here.

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"War. Boy, I don't know."

06.03.2026 11:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

turns out blowback has been disproven in the sense that nobody in power gives a shit and if comes for you that’s your fucking problem loser

06.03.2026 11:05 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Watching this I was jarringly reminded of the Iranian cleric who said that there was no point in Iran retaliating for the assassination of Soleimani because the US had no real heroes and they couldn't take out SpongeBob.

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Simpsons screencap. Homer answering the phone.

Simpsons screencap. Homer answering the phone.

"Compuglobal Hypermeganet. Special Envoy for the Shield of the Americas Homer Simpson speaking."

05.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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"Ed Miliband FIGHTS To Keep YOUR Petrol And Energy Costs DOWN."

05.03.2026 13:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Chaos? Count Ed Miliband out!"

05.03.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A visibly swaying Starmer added that McSweeney was "his best mate" and then launched into a rambling, unfocused description of the pub that they were "definitely going to open together" after he left Downing Street.

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Incredible early win for NYC's Islamoleftist sharia law regime.

04.03.2026 17:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm not a David Brooks fan by any metric, but I do think about this line from one of his 2017 op-eds a lot.

04.03.2026 08:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Northumbria Nursing Student Supporting UCU

Please share widely! Another day, another amazing message of support from a @northumbriauni.bsky.social student - an international student nurseπŸ’‰, no less! - for @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social's fight for pay and pensions justice βœŠπŸ’™πŸ’šπŸ§‘πŸ’œπŸ’›. ucu-unn.org.uk/blogucu/329-...

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Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

Who can reply: anyone, nobody, people who can be normal about it.

trying out a new feature, lmk if it works

03.03.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 14062 πŸ” 2436 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

Oliver North calling his lawyer right now.

03.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Actually quite funny to retroactively turn Iran-Contra into "treasonously selling arms to an enemy combatant" because you were too lazy to devise a pretext before starting the war.

03.03.2026 18:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Can't play five-dimensional chess if you don't know how to play three-dimensional chess.

03.03.2026 16:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Sunak spent Β£250,000 putting chess tables in public parks.

03.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's George Orwell's world, we're just living in it.

03.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Now not even the dead have seen the end of peer review.

03.03.2026 13:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Student speaks out against Northumbria's pay and pensions steal

Pls share widely! Wow! Yet another @northumbriauni.bsky.social student speaks out πŸ—£οΈagainst management's plans to steal staff pay and pensions and in support of @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social's fight for pay and pensions justice. Their words mean so much! πŸ’™πŸ’šπŸ§‘πŸ’œ
ucu-unn.org.uk/blogucu/328-...

03.03.2026 06:49 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

✊✊✊@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social has announced more strike dates: 16, 17, 25, 26, 27 March and 20-24 April. Resolve is strong, the cause is just, and members are raging at @northumbriauni.bsky.social attacks on pay and pensions. No-one wants to be on strike, but no-one wants pay and pension injustice.

02.03.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@ucunorthumbria.bsky.social say to management @northumbriauni.bsky.social - time for a rethink on plans to steal pay and pensions? Our door is always open, and we have ideas to share!

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