J. Michelle Coghlan
@jmcoghlan.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in C19 AmLit at the University of Manchester. Editor: Cambridge Companion to Literature & Food (CUP, 2020). Author: Sensational Internationalism (EUP, 2016). UCU NEC member representing members in the NW. She/her.
Pinned
I’m not gonna lie: this was a sheer delight to work on & I’m excited to see it now has a cover. That I got to include Emma Goldman & Dawn Powell alongside W.D. Howells, Audre Lorde, Dorothy Parker, Paule Marshall, Djuna Barnes, Helen Keller & Margaret Fuller (among others) was a great bonus.
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The top 100 weapons makers in the world — led by those in the United States — brought in a record-setting $679 billion over the course of the year, fueled mainly by the war in Ukraine, Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, and spending on nuclear weaponry.
Global Arms Revenue Reached Record High Last Year With US Companies in the Lead
The top 100 arms producers raked in $679 billion over 2024. US firms account for nearly half of the total.
truthout.org
December 1, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The top 100 weapons makers in the world — led by those in the United States — brought in a record-setting $679 billion over the course of the year, fueled mainly by the war in Ukraine, Israel’s genocidal assault on Gaza, and spending on nuclear weaponry.
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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'For our new project “Educating the AI generation” we want to explore how institutions are developing educator AI literacy and practice – what frameworks, interventions, and provisions are helpful and effective, and where the barriers and challenges lie.' 1/2
High quality learning means developing and upskilling educators on the pedagogy of AI
AI has the potential to change educator practice, but it needs the right support to be in place. Debbie McVitty and Rachel Maxwell invite you to contribute to a new Wonkhe-Kortext project on educating...
wonkhe.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
'For our new project “Educating the AI generation” we want to explore how institutions are developing educator AI literacy and practice – what frameworks, interventions, and provisions are helpful and effective, and where the barriers and challenges lie.' 1/2
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Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is not a serious person. He’s unqualified for this job. I think he is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in the history of our country by far. & this President thinks he can bully & intimidate people? He’s not gonna stop me from speaking out & holding him accountable”
November 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Mark Kelly: “Pete Hegseth is not a serious person. He’s unqualified for this job. I think he is the least qualified Secretary of Defense in the history of our country by far. & this President thinks he can bully & intimidate people? He’s not gonna stop me from speaking out & holding him accountable”
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What a great headline
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
What a great headline
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What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
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why on earth would you provoke the bishops like this
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
why on earth would you provoke the bishops like this
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"They changed how I read Wyatt’s poem, and teaching them changed how I think about close reading, the central practice of literary studies." The dynamic, transformative relationship of classroom close reading, perfectly captured by @johannawinant.bsky.social. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 28, 2025 at 12:33 PM
"They changed how I read Wyatt’s poem, and teaching them changed how I think about close reading, the central practice of literary studies." The dynamic, transformative relationship of classroom close reading, perfectly captured by @johannawinant.bsky.social. www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
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Exciting news! We have transitioned off Substack and Wordpress and onto Ghost for both our website and newsletter. We're delighted to be on an open platform for our newsletter, which comes out every other Wednesday. You can check out our shiny new site via the same URL: ucucommons.org
UCU Commons
Thoughts, stories and ideas.
ucucommons.org
November 28, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Exciting news! We have transitioned off Substack and Wordpress and onto Ghost for both our website and newsletter. We're delighted to be on an open platform for our newsletter, which comes out every other Wednesday. You can check out our shiny new site via the same URL: ucucommons.org
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Yesterday saw another strong day of action at Imperial, with members and students standing shoulder to shoulder with @unison.org.uk and unite colleagues.
Today is the final day of this week’s strikes.
Show your support for colleagues and students fighting for education!
Today is the final day of this week’s strikes.
Show your support for colleagues and students fighting for education!
November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Yesterday saw another strong day of action at Imperial, with members and students standing shoulder to shoulder with @unison.org.uk and unite colleagues.
Today is the final day of this week’s strikes.
Show your support for colleagues and students fighting for education!
Today is the final day of this week’s strikes.
Show your support for colleagues and students fighting for education!
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'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
November 15, 2025 at 8:06 AM
'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
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I have signed a joint letter with Nottinghamshire MPs to the University of Nottingham to ask them to reconsider proposed course suspensions and potential closures and to engage in meaningful consultation with staff and unions.
November 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I have signed a joint letter with Nottinghamshire MPs to the University of Nottingham to ask them to reconsider proposed course suspensions and potential closures and to engage in meaningful consultation with staff and unions.
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Today I met with Vice-Chancellor Jane Norman at the University of Nottingham to raise constituents concerns about proposed course closures.
I urged the Vice-Chancellor for there to be no compulsory redundancies this year or next.
I urged the Vice-Chancellor for there to be no compulsory redundancies this year or next.
November 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Today I met with Vice-Chancellor Jane Norman at the University of Nottingham to raise constituents concerns about proposed course closures.
I urged the Vice-Chancellor for there to be no compulsory redundancies this year or next.
I urged the Vice-Chancellor for there to be no compulsory redundancies this year or next.
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'It is notable that in the last Research Excellence Framework exercise the Department of American Studies at Nottingham was ranked third in the Area Studies unit of assessment and was one of the top-performing units across the whole of the University of Nottingham.' 1/2
RED ALERT: the University of Nottingham is threatening to close its Department of American Studies, putting all staff at risk of redundancy, and ending any American specialist knowledge in the Faculty of Arts.
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the petition here to save jobs:
www.change.org/p/save-ameri...
Sign the Petition
SAVE AMERICAN STUDIES TEACHING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM
www.change.org
November 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
'It is notable that in the last Research Excellence Framework exercise the Department of American Studies at Nottingham was ranked third in the Area Studies unit of assessment and was one of the top-performing units across the whole of the University of Nottingham.' 1/2
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I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.
November 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I'm thankful for my ICE whistle.
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
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'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
'Small changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.' 1/3
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'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
UK universities ‘could cut 10,000 jobs every year’
Academics claim changes made to higher education system a decade ago have divided sector into ‘winners and losers’, with government-imposed limits on income exacerbating financial challenges
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
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'The University of Dundee has been told it cannot make any compulsory redundancies until it has a three-year recovery strategy in place as part of conditions placed on its bailout from the Scottish government.' 1/3
Bailout conditions restrict compulsory redundancies at Dundee
University told to come up with a plan for financial recovery before it enforces more job losses
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
'The University of Dundee has been told it cannot make any compulsory redundancies until it has a three-year recovery strategy in place as part of conditions placed on its bailout from the Scottish government.' 1/3
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Campbell’s fired the VP recorded saying its meat ‘came from a 3D printer’
Campbell’s fired the VP recorded saying its meat ‘came from a 3D printer’
Welcome to 2025.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Campbell’s fired the VP recorded saying its meat ‘came from a 3D printer’
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This is unbecoming of a mayor to be honest. He should not be doing photo ops with “Catholic” Charities he should be doing actual New York mayor elect work like further militarizing the police in Queen or getting blackmailed by Tom Homan on live tv
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This is unbecoming of a mayor to be honest. He should not be doing photo ops with “Catholic” Charities he should be doing actual New York mayor elect work like further militarizing the police in Queen or getting blackmailed by Tom Homan on live tv
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If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 PM
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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It's almost six years old and the book designer's choice of typeface was widely praised www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
November 27, 2025 at 7:16 AM
It's almost six years old and the book designer's choice of typeface was widely praised www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...