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Julie Cupples
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Geography, media and cultural studies, Latin American studies. Co-author of Transmedia Geographies: Decoloniality, Democratization, Cultural Citizenship, and Media Convergence (Rutgers University Press). Witness to the destruction of the UK university 🏳️‍⚧️ .. more

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LBC @lbc.co.uk · 1d
‘The chill wind from the White House is already rippling through New Broadcasting House.’

@lewisgoodall.com reacts after the BBC edited out an anti-Trump line from a historian’s lecture.

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 1d
It’s especially ironic because the lecture is exactly about the ‘paralyzing cowardice’ of today’s elites.

About universities, corporations and media networks bending the knee to authoritarianism. /4

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Rutger Bregman @rutgerbregman.com · 1d
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Julie Cupples, Maria Abreu

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Paolo Sandro @paolosandro.bsky.social · 2d
It would have been hard to believe, when I moved to the UK over 15 yrs ago to start my PhD at Edinburgh, that successive Conservative and Labour governments would actively undermine one of the UK's most successful and strategic sectors and run it to the ground. Unbelievable, really. And here we are

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · 4d
So Proquest is now providing an AI summary of the dissertation based on the author's abstract rather than just providing the author's abstract. What is the fucking point except to accelerate the fascist takeover of HE?

Reposted by Brigitte Nerlich, Julie Cupples, Ewan McGaughey

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11d
'After vigorous and partially successful attempts to save modern languages degrees at Cardiff...and the University of Aberdeen in the past two years, linguists are now called upon to point out the equally obvious folly of cutting modern languages at the universities of Nottingham and Leicester.' 1/3
The latest threat to UK modern languages is yet another faux pas
Nottingham and Leicester are taking a swing at language departments. But those proposing closures have taken their eye off the ball, say four linguists
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Prof Chris Jackson @seismatters.bsky.social · 12d
MY GOD, STOP FETISHIZING PAPERS PUBLISHED IN NATURE ARRRRGGGHHH

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · 18d
So sad to learn of the death yesterday of Nicaraguan singer Norma Helena Gadea
www.articulo66.com/2025/11/07/f...
Fallece la cantante nicaragüense Norma Helena Gadea
Los familiares de la artista revelaron que Gadea padecía una isquemia cerebral severa. Tras su ingreso a la UCI solicitaron apoyo para cubrir la hospitalización
www.articulo66.com

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School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures (LLC) @uoe-llc.bsky.social · 19d
Today’s the day! Cordillera de fuego (Mountains of Fire) – co-produced by the Ixchel research project – has its world premiere 🌎at the 40th Mar del Plata International Film Festival📽️

Read on for the back story of this fascinating new feature >

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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 19d
Someone at a Russell Group university was moved to almost-poetry by their Faculty Meeting… Can anyone do better?
A satirical poem about universities. All Staff Assembly Unlike other universities We do not have an emergency However, we must continue To take action with urgency Don't let there be rupture In trust over the new role families This is not a restructure There are always some redundancies We do not work with arms companies We work with engineering firm subsidiaries Who produce dual use technologies That kill people Some of us are paid very differently But this is very good for the university You see, the disparities in our salaries Are contributions to Diversity

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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · 19d
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share

www.change.org/p/save-geogr...
A link to a petition to save Geography, its staff, department and degree programmes at Leicester University, UK

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · 20d
This is so wrong, utterly heartbreaking.
mutablematter.bsky.social Angela Last @mutablematter.bsky.social · 20d
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!

Reposted by Loretta Lees, Éric Verdeil, Rebecca Williams , and 10 more

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Angela Last @mutablematter.bsky.social · 20d
Human Geography at Leicester is facing closure. Staff contracts are to end in June 2026; students are to be relocated to other universities, or taught out by a maximum of two (!) teaching-only staff. Other departments and subjects are facing closure, too. Please join the demo!

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · 22d
Taylor and Francis really are reaping what they sow. Selling our work to train AI without our consent, no longer providing funds for human translators because AI. They are promoting AI slop in the world so it's hardly suprising that this has happened.

Reposted by Charles West, Margot C. Finn, Julie Cupples

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Dr. Dan Lomas @sandbaggerone.bsky.social · 22d
"Following publication, concerns were raised by a third party regarding the accuracy and validity of many of the references in this article ... the Editor and the Publisher no longer have confidence in the content presented".

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Retracted Article: Strengthening Caribbean Intelligence: Education and Training for Enhanced Intra- and Inter-Agency Collaboration
We, the Editor and Publisher of International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence, have retracted the following article:Smith, T., & Short, A. (2025). Strengthening Caribbean Intelligen...
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Reposted by Julie Cupples, Geoff Pearson, Colm O’Cinneíde , and 1 more

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Tom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 23d
Amid many a silly “free speech” panic, here is a genuinely chilling case …

Sheffield Hallam professor accuses the institution of negotiating “directly with a foreign intelligence service to trade my academic freedom for access to the Chinese student market”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · 23d
From the University of Woeville: Alternative FAQs for British academics facing redundancy
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 24d
‘Study after study shows that students want to develop these critical thinking skills, are not lazy, and large numbers of them would be in favor of banning ChatGPT and similar tools in universities’, says @olivia.science www.ru.nl/en/research/...
‘Opposing the inevitability of AI at universities is possible and necessary’ | Radboud University
Since the widespread release of ChatGPT in December of 2022, AI has taken over much of the world by storm – including academia. Most of this happened with very little pushback, despite a myriad of iss...
www.ru.nl

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · 26d
This is nowhere near enough. I just finished Nobody’s Girl and I can’t get what he did to her out of my head
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27d
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles and evict him from royal residence.

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · 26d
Nicaragua: UN Group of Experts urges international community to hold Government accountable for rights violations and protect Nicaraguans in exile www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
Nicaragua: UN Group of Experts urges international community to hold Government accountable for rights violations and protect Nicaraguans in exile
NEW YORK – The UN Group of Human Rights Experts on Nicaragua called on the international community to hold Nicaragua’s Government accountable for serious human rights violations and international crim...
www.ohchr.org

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 27d
LONDON (AP) — Buckingham Palace says King Charles III will strip Prince Andrew of remaining titles and evict him from royal residence.

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · Oct 27
Delivery from Aotearoa 😊
A book entitled Mana written by Tame Iti

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · Oct 25
I've lost all faith in Labour, but it is good at least that Bridget Phillipson has not been rewarded given her abysmal record on trans kids' right and her total failure to address the crisis in universities.

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Karen Gregory @karengregory.bsky.social · Oct 25
"In the end, generative AI might be a blip in tech history, over-promising and under-delivering until finally the cash runs out. But it seems it’s arrived just in time to shove universities over a cliff edge..."

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Higher Ed’s Rush To Adopt AI Is About So Much More Than AI | Defector
If you don’t work at a university or have college-age kids, you may have missed the flurry of news stories and social media banter about AI adoption in higher ed, stories which have snowballed into th...
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Reposted by Alan Lester, Julie Cupples, Matthew Waites

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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · Oct 25
The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy - a tale of significant fortunes made and how their investments percolated into the Scottish economy and wider society.
Free to download from Univ of London press.
#Glasgow #skystorians #Scotland 📚🗃️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
uolpress.co.uk/book/the-gla...
Book jacket for Stephen Mullen's The Glasgow Sugar Aristocracy 1775-1838. Background image of ships in a harbour.

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apache/ @apache.be · Oct 24
Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...
Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia
Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.
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Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Julie Cupples

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Oct 23
“I am not interested, nor will I ever be interested. I'm 61, and I hope to be able to remain uninterested in using it at all until I croak. ... The other day, somebody wrote me an email, said, ‘What is your stance on AI?’ And my answer was very short. I said, ‘I'd rather die.’” 🫡
Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro says 'I'd rather die' than use generative AI
Del Toro's new Frankenstein adaption reimagines Mary Shelley's 1818 Gothic novel. Frankenstein was like a tech bro: "creating something without considering the consequences," he explains.
www.npr.org

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · Oct 23
Well this is exciting- same band, same venue

Counting Crows, Newcastle City Hall

28 years 5 months 17 days apart

I was there on 7 May 1997 and today 23 October 2025

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Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · Oct 21
I wish I could get through a whole working day without someone foisting AI on me as if it's a good thing.