M. J. Grant
@campaignbear.bsky.social
Musicologist and rights-based ranter—
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Antiracist — Antifascist — Ask me about history — Never Again Is Now
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Say what you like about the National Trust: they look after their members.
National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant
National Trust launches fundraiser to help buy land around Cerne Giant
Deal expected to pave way for further scientific study, boost conservation and open up access to Dorset chalk figure
The mystery of when, how and – perhaps most importantly – why a giant naked figure was carved into a dizzyingly steep hillside in the English West Country has been a source of wonder and intrigue for centuries.
Future generations may come closer to solving the puzzle of the Cerne Giant after the National Trust stepped in to buy 340 acres of land around the 55-metre (180ft) figure. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Say what you like about the National Trust: they look after their members.
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The Society currently invites applications for its 'Workshop Grants' programme 2026: bit.ly/3MlbX46
Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.
Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.
Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
RHS Workshop Grants, 2026 - call open to fund day events on historical projects - RHS
The Royal Historical Society is pleased to announce the next call for its RHS Workshop Grants for projects to take place in 2026. This scheme provides funding of £1,000 per Grant to enable historians ...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The Society currently invites applications for its 'Workshop Grants' programme 2026: bit.ly/3MlbX46
Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.
Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
Grants provide funding for groups of historians to come together for a day event to work collaboratively on a shared project.
Closing date for applications: Friday 23 January 2026 #Skystorians
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xylophone sound
November 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
xylophone sound
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all academic applications should have consolation prizes.
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
all academic applications should have consolation prizes.
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
doesn’t have to be much, like a mug that says “i applied for leverhulme 2020”
or a t-shirt “UKRI reject 2023”
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Cameroon’s opposition leader, Anciet Ekane, has died in detention. Ekane was taken into custody days after 92 year old Paul Biya was declared the winner of the presidential election and the country was rocked by protests. The family has been offered no explanation about his cause of death.
December 2, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Cameroon’s opposition leader, Anciet Ekane, has died in detention. Ekane was taken into custody days after 92 year old Paul Biya was declared the winner of the presidential election and the country was rocked by protests. The family has been offered no explanation about his cause of death.
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'The media has not yet picked up on the fact that Northumbria University has also now quietly closed applications to its Music degree. This is a new course, which admitted its first students only five years ago. Staff with excellent research profiles were appointed'. 1/3
A discipline in danger | Alexandra Wilson | The Critic Magazine
I have written previously for The Critic about the closure of Music departments in British universities and it gives me no pleasure to be revisiting the issue. Unfortunately, the domino effect that…
thecritic.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:36 AM
'The media has not yet picked up on the fact that Northumbria University has also now quietly closed applications to its Music degree. This is a new course, which admitted its first students only five years ago. Staff with excellent research profiles were appointed'. 1/3
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Question:
What exactly do we pay those senior managers all those six-figure salaries for? They claim it’s for their big strategic thinking, but all they do is hand a bunch of money to external consultants to get the exact same PowerPoint as elsewhere.
"Edinburgh held 12 contracts and received 26 documents from Nous or related entities between January 2022 and September 2025.
As early as February 2022, it had provided the university with a “draft vision” and a “strategy and roadmap” report."
As early as February 2022, it had provided the university with a “draft vision” and a “strategy and roadmap” report."
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Question:
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Do these VCs imagine that rivals won't mention this to prospective students in our recruitment efforts? It's an absolute gift.
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Do these VCs imagine that rivals won't mention this to prospective students in our recruitment efforts? It's an absolute gift.
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From today, Gaelic and Scots are recognised as official languages.
A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Gaelic and Scots now recognised as official languages
The milestone is one of a number of new measures taking effect on St Andrew's Day from the Scottish Languages Act.
www.bbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
From today, Gaelic and Scots are recognised as official languages.
A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A significant moment on St Andrew’s Day. 🏴
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I‘ve been mostly offline for a few days while attending a conference held at the Auschwitz-Birkenau education centre and I cannot believe there is apparently still some kind of question around whether Farage is racist.
November 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I‘ve been mostly offline for a few days while attending a conference held at the Auschwitz-Birkenau education centre and I cannot believe there is apparently still some kind of question around whether Farage is racist.
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A nation that demonises people fleeing war and terror and constantly paints them as lesser humans is a nation without a heart. That’s the path we’re on and we must not blindly walk it.
November 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
A nation that demonises people fleeing war and terror and constantly paints them as lesser humans is a nation without a heart. That’s the path we’re on and we must not blindly walk it.
It is a truth universally acknowledged that however early you start your conference paper and however much time you think you have given yourself, you will complete it last thing at night, in the hotel, the day before you present it.
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged that however early you start your conference paper and however much time you think you have given yourself, you will complete it last thing at night, in the hotel, the day before you present it.
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You might not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
Additionally, hippos - despite being massive - have almost no fat on them. All of that impressive bulk is muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
2% body fat. Compare that to Elephants, which are around 8-10%, or rhinos, which are 10-20%.
The average human is around 20-40%, for reference.
They're *all* muscle.
November 24, 2025 at 1:57 AM
You might not like it, but this is what peak male performance looks like
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Interested in one of the treasures of University of Glasgow's Special Collections? Apply to a Visiting Research Fellowship, closing date 5th January 2026.
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
#BookHistory
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
#BookHistory
University of Glasgow - MyGlasgow - Library - Research Fellows
www.gla.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Interested in one of the treasures of University of Glasgow's Special Collections? Apply to a Visiting Research Fellowship, closing date 5th January 2026.
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
#BookHistory
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
#BookHistory
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Over to Glasgow tonight to hang out at the launch of the Glasgow Library of Synthesised Sound. A fab community run space in an old converted school, supporting access to electronic instruments. It was quite the party! www.gloss.scot
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Over to Glasgow tonight to hang out at the launch of the Glasgow Library of Synthesised Sound. A fab community run space in an old converted school, supporting access to electronic instruments. It was quite the party! www.gloss.scot
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"X chatbot suggested gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were ‘designed for disinfection’ not mass executions" - this is what X advertisers are funding. 💰Are the #NationalLottery, #FloPeriodTracker and #Dell happy to support this?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"X chatbot suggested gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau were ‘designed for disinfection’ not mass executions" - this is what X advertisers are funding. 💰Are the #NationalLottery, #FloPeriodTracker and #Dell happy to support this?
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies!
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Great turnout at the Edinburgh UCU rally at parliament to demand an end to the University of Edinburgh management reckless budget cuts and redundancies!
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
#StopStaffCutsatUoE @ucu.org.uk
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Morning! Here is our schedule today⬇️
Join us at the rally in front of the Scottish parliament at 1pm today!
Join us at the rally in front of the Scottish parliament at 1pm today!
November 19, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Morning! Here is our schedule today⬇️
Join us at the rally in front of the Scottish parliament at 1pm today!
Join us at the rally in front of the Scottish parliament at 1pm today!
YES SIR
I CAN BOOGIE
I CAN BOOGIE
November 18, 2025 at 10:13 PM
YES SIR
I CAN BOOGIE
I CAN BOOGIE
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ECA students ❤️
2/2
2/2
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
ECA students ❤️
2/2
2/2
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Edinburgh University UCU staff are on strike protesting compulsory redundancies and students are protesting the university’s investments in Israel. Staff and students were in solidarity with each other this morning at Old College, which the students closed down.
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Edinburgh University UCU staff are on strike protesting compulsory redundancies and students are protesting the university’s investments in Israel. Staff and students were in solidarity with each other this morning at Old College, which the students closed down.
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
@ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
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RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...
November 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
RMA statement on the proposed suspension of recruitment to all UG music programmes at the University of Nottingham: www.rma.ac.uk/2025/11/17/s...
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Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Pickets all over Edinburgh this morning! From Old College to King's Building, Edinburgh UCU staff are saying NO to job cuts!