M. J. Grant
@campaignbear.bsky.social
Musicologist and rights-based ranter—
Follow me for both, and banter.
Antiracist — Antifascist — Ask me about history — Never Again Is Now
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Follow me for both, and banter.
Antiracist — Antifascist — Ask me about history — Never Again Is Now
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Pinned
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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!
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I can't join the strikes today as I'm off work recovering from stage 2 cancer. That hasn't stopped me emailing all 8 of my MSPs, inc @patrickharvie.bsky.social, asking them to show support & calling for an inquiry into the University of Edinburgh’s finances & failure to avoid redundancies.
Today we have called a "Lobby Day".
UoE's ongoing cuts could lead to up to 1800 compulsory redundancies in addition to the damage already being done. Our political representatives should be addressing this crisis.
Flood MSPs' offices with calls!
More here: ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp
UoE's ongoing cuts could lead to up to 1800 compulsory redundancies in addition to the damage already being done. Our political representatives should be addressing this crisis.
Flood MSPs' offices with calls!
More here: ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-msp
November 17, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I can't join the strikes today as I'm off work recovering from stage 2 cancer. That hasn't stopped me emailing all 8 of my MSPs, inc @patrickharvie.bsky.social, asking them to show support & calling for an inquiry into the University of Edinburgh’s finances & failure to avoid redundancies.
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Warming up from the picket line by calling all my MSPs to ask them to support our struggle against devastating job cuts at the University of Edinburgh
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
Hope to hear back from you soon @suewebbermsp.bsky.social @lornaslater.bsky.social
@foysolchoudhury.bsky.social
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
Hope to hear back from you soon @suewebbermsp.bsky.social @lornaslater.bsky.social
@foysolchoudhury.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Warming up from the picket line by calling all my MSPs to ask them to support our struggle against devastating job cuts at the University of Edinburgh
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
Hope to hear back from you soon @suewebbermsp.bsky.social @lornaslater.bsky.social
@foysolchoudhury.bsky.social
#StopStaffCutsatUoE
Hope to hear back from you soon @suewebbermsp.bsky.social @lornaslater.bsky.social
@foysolchoudhury.bsky.social
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ON STRIKE AGAIN BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH REFUSES TO RULE OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES!
November 17, 2025 at 9:19 AM
ON STRIKE AGAIN BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH REFUSES TO RULE OUT COMPULSORY REDUNDANCIES!
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He wants to cut jobs & courses at Edinburgh University, yet VC Peter Mathieson earns ~£418k a year, plus hefty perks ("I don't carry the figure around in my head")
Contrast between widespread cuts for staff yet fat pay for VCs couldn’t be more stark
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/univ...
Contrast between widespread cuts for staff yet fat pay for VCs couldn’t be more stark
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/univ...
Edinburgh University lecturers walk out again in dispute over savings plan
The University and College Union has warned future action could see a marking and assessment boycott.
www.standard.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 AM
He wants to cut jobs & courses at Edinburgh University, yet VC Peter Mathieson earns ~£418k a year, plus hefty perks ("I don't carry the figure around in my head")
Contrast between widespread cuts for staff yet fat pay for VCs couldn’t be more stark
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/univ...
Contrast between widespread cuts for staff yet fat pay for VCs couldn’t be more stark
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/univ...
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📣 Strike at University of Edinburgh 17-19 November against unjustified compulsory redundancies @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
📌 JOIN OUR RALLY AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Wed 19 November 1 pm 🙏🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-to-s...
ℹ️Info about the dispute 👉🏻
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
📌 JOIN OUR RALLY AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Wed 19 November 1 pm 🙏🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-to-s...
ℹ️Info about the dispute 👉🏻
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
Local Industrial Dispute FAQs — UCU Edinburgh
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
📣 Strike at University of Edinburgh 17-19 November against unjustified compulsory redundancies @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social
📌 JOIN OUR RALLY AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Wed 19 November 1 pm 🙏🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-to-s...
ℹ️Info about the dispute 👉🏻
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
📌 JOIN OUR RALLY AT THE SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT, Wed 19 November 1 pm 🙏🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/rally-to-s...
ℹ️Info about the dispute 👉🏻
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/industrial-d...
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I am telling you once more that there is something particularly sick about people who benefited from the courageous activism of previous generations of Blacks & Asians in Britain spitting on that legacy. Home Office can cancel me any number of times, I'll keep repeating
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Illegal migration is ‘tearing our country apart’ and system is broken, says Shabana Mahmood – UK politics live
Home secretary says it is ‘moral mission’ for her to tackle asylum system
Ukrainians are in the UK on a “bespoke scheme”, Mahmood says, and it is on a temporary basis.
If Ukraine becomes a safe country again and the conflict ends, “the principle of the new reforms are that if your country becomes safe then you will return,” she says. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I am telling you once more that there is something particularly sick about people who benefited from the courageous activism of previous generations of Blacks & Asians in Britain spitting on that legacy. Home Office can cancel me any number of times, I'll keep repeating
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Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
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If you care about the future of University of Edinburgh, call or email your local MSP on Monday:
Monday, 17 November: Call your MSP. UCU has prepared a briefing here, but you can also simply call and tell your story. These cuts will affect the whole city.
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-m...
Monday, 17 November: Call your MSP. UCU has prepared a briefing here, but you can also simply call and tell your story. These cuts will affect the whole city.
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-m...
Lobby Your MSP! — UCU Edinburgh
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If you care about the future of University of Edinburgh, call or email your local MSP on Monday:
Monday, 17 November: Call your MSP. UCU has prepared a briefing here, but you can also simply call and tell your story. These cuts will affect the whole city.
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-m...
Monday, 17 November: Call your MSP. UCU has prepared a briefing here, but you can also simply call and tell your story. These cuts will affect the whole city.
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/lobby-your-m...
Timeline cleanser 😍
15 years ago, a tiny orphaned elephant was rescued from a well. Predators had bitten her trunk and she was hungry, weak, and frightened. That was how Naipoki’s story began. Now - just this week - she adds a new chapter to her story: motherhood! Remind yourself of how far she’s come: swt.bio/naipoki
November 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Timeline cleanser 😍
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Is the Telegraph finally acknowledging that Thatcher wrecked British society?
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Is the Telegraph finally acknowledging that Thatcher wrecked British society?
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15 November 1940 | A German Sinti boy, Dieter Bamberger, was born in Frankenthal (Pfalz).
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 18 March 1943.
No. Z-4262
He perished in the camp on 16 April 1943.
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The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 18 March 1943.
No. Z-4262
He perished in the camp on 16 April 1943.
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The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
"On Auschwitz" (7): the fate of Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz
YouTube video by Auschwitz Memorial / Miejsce Pamięci Auschwitz
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
15 November 1940 | A German Sinti boy, Dieter Bamberger, was born in Frankenthal (Pfalz).
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 18 March 1943.
No. Z-4262
He perished in the camp on 16 April 1943.
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The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
In #Zigeunerlager (Gypsy camp) in #Auschwitz II-Birkenau from 18 March 1943.
No. Z-4262
He perished in the camp on 16 April 1943.
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The fate of the Roma and Sinti in Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/eb31osDbyk0
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Up to £2,500 for 2-4 weeks in 2026. Open to postdoctoral researchers, or those with comparable records of research.
📣Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications!
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our internationally significant collections.
Apply at: www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
📆Closing date: 5 January 2026
#UofGLibraryFellows
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Up to £2,500 for 2-4 weeks in 2026. Open to postdoctoral researchers, or those with comparable records of research.
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This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I believe the technical term for the claims made by OpenAI in its defence is “bonkers”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
ChatGPT violated copyright law by ‘learning’ from song lyrics, German court rules
OpenAI ordered to pay undisclosed damages for training its language models on artists’ work without permission
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I believe the technical term for the claims made by OpenAI in its defence is “bonkers”.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...