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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Antiracist — Antifascist — Ask me about history — Never Again Is Now
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M. J. Grant
@campaignbear.bsky.social
· Jan 4
Cultures of Peace
Cultures of Peace: An Introduction For many years now, in my “day job” as a musicologist, I’ve written about war and other forms of collective violence. I’ve looked at some of the ways in which we’…
culturesofpeace.blog
And more on the blog, which I am making a public and therefore binding resolution to update and share more: culturesofpeace.blog/about/
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My God.....Mark Kermode did see Melania....🔥
Mark Kermode reviews Melania
YouTube video by Kermode and Mayo's Take
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2026 at 3:26 PM
My God.....Mark Kermode did see Melania....🔥
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The @timeshighered.bsky.social has reported that @ewanmg.bsky.social and I have applied to the Certification Officer regarding concerns over the 2024 UCU general secretary election. UCU has characterised this as “smearing”, via a spokesperson.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/jo-grad...
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Jo Grady’s UCU election win challenged over ‘unfair advantage’
Candidates who stood in 2024 poll seek rerun of campaign after claiming incumbent broke rules by using union resources
www.timeshighereducation.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM
The @timeshighered.bsky.social has reported that @ewanmg.bsky.social and I have applied to the Certification Officer regarding concerns over the 2024 UCU general secretary election. UCU has characterised this as “smearing”, via a spokesperson.
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/jo-grad...
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www.timeshighereducation.com/news/jo-grad...
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Just thinking of all the activists who warned us about every single second of the current reality for absolutely years in advance.
February 5, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Just thinking of all the activists who warned us about every single second of the current reality for absolutely years in advance.
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Prògram Beò! 🚀 Programme Live! ✨
Eadar ceòl, cultar, coimhearsnachd is còmhradh, tha rudeigin ann airson a h-uile duine aig Seachdain na Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann!
From music and culture to community and conversation, there's something for everyone at Gaelic Week Edinburgh!
snagde.com
Eadar ceòl, cultar, coimhearsnachd is còmhradh, tha rudeigin ann airson a h-uile duine aig Seachdain na Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann!
From music and culture to community and conversation, there's something for everyone at Gaelic Week Edinburgh!
snagde.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Prògram Beò! 🚀 Programme Live! ✨
Eadar ceòl, cultar, coimhearsnachd is còmhradh, tha rudeigin ann airson a h-uile duine aig Seachdain na Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann!
From music and culture to community and conversation, there's something for everyone at Gaelic Week Edinburgh!
snagde.com
Eadar ceòl, cultar, coimhearsnachd is còmhradh, tha rudeigin ann airson a h-uile duine aig Seachdain na Gàidhlig ann an Dùn Èideann!
From music and culture to community and conversation, there's something for everyone at Gaelic Week Edinburgh!
snagde.com
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Start your week with a rare sight from above – a lion family caught on camera during one of our aerial patrols. Our pilots cover vast stretches of Tsavo, monitoring wildlife and keeping watch over everyone from orphaned elephants to apex predators.
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
February 2, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Start your week with a rare sight from above – a lion family caught on camera during one of our aerial patrols. Our pilots cover vast stretches of Tsavo, monitoring wildlife and keeping watch over everyone from orphaned elephants to apex predators.
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/n...
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Emerald Fennell has said Wuthering Heights left its greatest impression on her at 14. Here’s my interpretation after reading at 41.
Turns out it isn’t really about love at all, but about inheritance, race & power.
kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/wuthering-...
#Books #Writing #Scotland #UK #Film
Turns out it isn’t really about love at all, but about inheritance, race & power.
kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/wuthering-...
#Books #Writing #Scotland #UK #Film
Two Terrible Children on a Windy Hill: A Rereading of Wuthering Heights
In 2026, Wuthering Heights has become synonymous with Jacob Elordi’s finger appraising Margot Robbie’s gag reflex.
kristiedegaris.substack.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:55 AM
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How Nigel Farage's obsession with Donald Trump could leave you with fewer rights.
January 30, 2026 at 6:12 PM
How Nigel Farage's obsession with Donald Trump could leave you with fewer rights.
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Next week we will be running a roundtable on 'Emotions in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland', co-organised by with the Scottish History Seminar.
The event will take place on Tue 10 Feb, 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George Square.
All welcome!
The event will take place on Tue 10 Feb, 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George Square.
All welcome!
February 2, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Next week we will be running a roundtable on 'Emotions in Medieval and Early Modern Scotland', co-organised by with the Scottish History Seminar.
The event will take place on Tue 10 Feb, 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George Square.
All welcome!
The event will take place on Tue 10 Feb, 5:15pm, LG.11, 40 George Square.
All welcome!
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this is all known already, but seeing the sheer amount of desperate "leon botstein is trying to contact you" notes in these emails is wild www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Leon Botstein received $150,000 from Jeffrey Epstein
Leon Botstein, the president of Bard College, personally received a gift of $150,000 in 2016 from Jeffrey Epstein, the late, disgraced billionaire convicted in 2008 of sexually abusing children. The N...
www.insidehighered.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:34 PM
this is all known already, but seeing the sheer amount of desperate "leon botstein is trying to contact you" notes in these emails is wild www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
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Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Can’t believe they released the Epstein files to cover up for the Melania movie.
No, no, no, not Moira Rose 😭
January 30, 2026 at 6:48 PM
No, no, no, not Moira Rose 😭
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Your favorite War Pony running down a Fascist Pig | #rain #nativeartist #fuckice ##spiritstallionofthecimarron
January 29, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Your favorite War Pony running down a Fascist Pig | #rain #nativeartist #fuckice ##spiritstallionofthecimarron
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Sorry ... what the actual fuck?!
January 29, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Sorry ... what the actual fuck?!
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With student loans the UK government has become a loanshark. Trapping poorly paid graduates in decades of “debt” that they can realistically never repay. If it were a commercial deal the govt would be trying to regulate the company out of business.
January 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
With student loans the UK government has become a loanshark. Trapping poorly paid graduates in decades of “debt” that they can realistically never repay. If it were a commercial deal the govt would be trying to regulate the company out of business.
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Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
January 29, 2026 at 3:48 AM
Hannah Arendt did not mince words, did she?
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
'Totalitarianism replaces all first-rate talents with crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.'
From "The Origins of Totalitarianism" (1951)
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I love @effinbirds.com but we really need a year in which it is not the Zeitgeist.
January 28, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I love @effinbirds.com but we really need a year in which it is not the Zeitgeist.
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Oh fab - a new album from Samantha Ege that I didn't know about! Ege advocates for black female composers and records their music - this time Julia Perry (1924-79), American classical. Ege has done so much work to highlight unrecognised contributions. What a hero. www.textura.org/archives/e/e...
textura
www.textura.org
January 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Oh fab - a new album from Samantha Ege that I didn't know about! Ege advocates for black female composers and records their music - this time Julia Perry (1924-79), American classical. Ege has done so much work to highlight unrecognised contributions. What a hero. www.textura.org/archives/e/e...
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
youtu.be
January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
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Neil Young gives complete musical catalogue to Greenland for free - while removing all his music from Amazon
www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/neil-y...
www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/neil-y...
Neil Young gives complete musical catalogue to Greenland for free
Neil Young also told fans that his music will “never be available on Amazon, as long as it is owned by [Jeff] Bezos”.
www.rollingstone.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Neil Young gives complete musical catalogue to Greenland for free - while removing all his music from Amazon
www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/neil-y...
www.rollingstone.co.uk/music/neil-y...
January 28, 2026 at 11:22 AM
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"Censoring A Nation: from free speech to sedition and obscenity"
Tue 24 Feb, 4pm-5pm (hybrid)
How can art oppose oppression and disenfranchisement? Amid increasing geopolitical tension and rising authoritarianism, can we forge collective resistance?
Register free: censoringanation.eventbrite.co.uk
Tue 24 Feb, 4pm-5pm (hybrid)
How can art oppose oppression and disenfranchisement? Amid increasing geopolitical tension and rising authoritarianism, can we forge collective resistance?
Register free: censoringanation.eventbrite.co.uk
Censoring A Nation: from free speech to sedition and obscenity
A panel on censorship by the state, featuring Yawen Li, Fatima Naveed and Deepshikha Behera, chaired by Katherine Inglis.
censoringanation.eventbrite.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:03 AM
"Censoring A Nation: from free speech to sedition and obscenity"
Tue 24 Feb, 4pm-5pm (hybrid)
How can art oppose oppression and disenfranchisement? Amid increasing geopolitical tension and rising authoritarianism, can we forge collective resistance?
Register free: censoringanation.eventbrite.co.uk
Tue 24 Feb, 4pm-5pm (hybrid)
How can art oppose oppression and disenfranchisement? Amid increasing geopolitical tension and rising authoritarianism, can we forge collective resistance?
Register free: censoringanation.eventbrite.co.uk
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REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
REP. OMAR after being attacked with liquid: “We will continue! These fucking assholes are not gonna get away with this! Here is the reality people like this ugly man don’t understand — we are Minnesota Strong. We’ll stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us.”
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Isn’t it insane how one man can erode an institution of such repute. Trust, reputation, esteem. Innovation. Boundary pushing. These are core currencies in academia and take decades, if not centuries to produce. Edinburgh won’t recover from this quickly and it is v sad to watch
New analysis from @ucuedinburgh.bsky.social & fellow Unions.
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Sizeable surplus @ Edinburgh Uni
Financial pressure is from irresponsible capital spending & depreciation
Management metrics mislead
Redundancies hit financial strength & Uni’s academic mission
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/depreci...
Depreciating the University of Edinburgh into the Ground — UCU Edinburgh
There are four key takeaways from the University of Edinburgh’s 2024-25 annual report, which this post explores: The University continues to make a sizeable surplus. What financial pressures exi...
www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk
January 28, 2026 at 8:54 AM
Isn’t it insane how one man can erode an institution of such repute. Trust, reputation, esteem. Innovation. Boundary pushing. These are core currencies in academia and take decades, if not centuries to produce. Edinburgh won’t recover from this quickly and it is v sad to watch