William Crosby
@crosbywilliam.bsky.social
~ sounding kinships & muddy listening & sonic pedagogies ~
artist, musician, writer, agitator
Lecturer @ Anglia Ruskin University | PhD @ CRiSAP, LCC:UAL | UCU Rep @ both
(all views my own) 🇨🇾 🍉
artist, musician, writer, agitator
Lecturer @ Anglia Ruskin University | PhD @ CRiSAP, LCC:UAL | UCU Rep @ both
(all views my own) 🇨🇾 🍉
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Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
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AI is not sentient. It doesn't have a survival instinct. What's happened is that corporations have decided that we'll all obey capital if it can pretend to talk.
October 26, 2025 at 9:54 AM
AI is not sentient. It doesn't have a survival instinct. What's happened is that corporations have decided that we'll all obey capital if it can pretend to talk.
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The last month or so in UCU world has left me feeling very concerned.
I’m not a member or fan of any faction, but the recent NEC elections have given the hard-right of the union a majority on our highest council.
Meanwhile, our senior leadership appear to be half heartedly launching our (cont…)
The last month or so in UCU world has left me feeling very concerned.
I’m not a member or fan of any faction, but the recent NEC elections have given the hard-right of the union a majority on our highest council.
Meanwhile, our senior leadership appear to be half heartedly launching our (cont…)
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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The last month or so in UCU world has left me feeling very concerned.
I’m not a member or fan of any faction, but the recent NEC elections have given the hard-right of the union a majority on our highest council.
Meanwhile, our senior leadership appear to be half heartedly launching our (cont…)
The last month or so in UCU world has left me feeling very concerned.
I’m not a member or fan of any faction, but the recent NEC elections have given the hard-right of the union a majority on our highest council.
Meanwhile, our senior leadership appear to be half heartedly launching our (cont…)
This treatment of staff by a trade union employer (or any!) is despicable.
Jo Grady must resign (in shame). She is not fit to have her name associated with the trade union movement.
Jo Grady must resign (in shame). She is not fit to have her name associated with the trade union movement.
Do you want to know how UCU senior management has responded to UCU branches calling on them to remove their threat of deductions? This is how.
How would you react?
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...
How would you react?
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/12/u...
September 22, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This treatment of staff by a trade union employer (or any!) is despicable.
Jo Grady must resign (in shame). She is not fit to have her name associated with the trade union movement.
Jo Grady must resign (in shame). She is not fit to have her name associated with the trade union movement.
@drjogrady.bsky.social, you need to demonstrate the change you want to see. You cannot go after our Vice Chancellors while you’re yourself employing some of their worst practices.
Remember what you said, “a fairer future for all”. FOR ALL.
Remember what you said, “a fairer future for all”. FOR ALL.
Sometimes solutions are easy @drjogrady.bsky.social & @ucu.org.uk
Let’s sit down and talk without conditions or threats that damage everyone. It’s time to resolve this dispute.
Our statement, with support from the following branch committees:
Let’s sit down and talk without conditions or threats that damage everyone. It’s time to resolve this dispute.
Our statement, with support from the following branch committees:
September 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
@drjogrady.bsky.social, you need to demonstrate the change you want to see. You cannot go after our Vice Chancellors while you’re yourself employing some of their worst practices.
Remember what you said, “a fairer future for all”. FOR ALL.
Remember what you said, “a fairer future for all”. FOR ALL.
Jo is intentionally omitting key details here. General Secretary, be transparent with your members for once, the ballot is on 3 issues:
1. Pay uplift = at least RPI+3.5% or £2,500, on all pay points
2. Protection of national agreements on T&C's
3. A national agreement to protect jobs & subjects
1. Pay uplift = at least RPI+3.5% or £2,500, on all pay points
2. Protection of national agreements on T&C's
3. A national agreement to protect jobs & subjects
VCs don’t run universities.
We do.
After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot.
Ballot opens October.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
We do.
After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot.
Ballot opens October.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
September 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Jo is intentionally omitting key details here. General Secretary, be transparent with your members for once, the ballot is on 3 issues:
1. Pay uplift = at least RPI+3.5% or £2,500, on all pay points
2. Protection of national agreements on T&C's
3. A national agreement to protect jobs & subjects
1. Pay uplift = at least RPI+3.5% or £2,500, on all pay points
2. Protection of national agreements on T&C's
3. A national agreement to protect jobs & subjects
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There is no trade-off between pay and jobs. Don't let the employers fool you otherwise. This dispute is on three things:
1.Pay uplift = at least RPI+3.5% or £2,500, on all pay points
2.Protection of national agreements on T&C's
3.A national agreement to protect jobs & subjects
#WeAreTheUniversity
1.Pay uplift = at least RPI+3.5% or £2,500, on all pay points
2.Protection of national agreements on T&C's
3.A national agreement to protect jobs & subjects
#WeAreTheUniversity
VCs don’t run universities.
We do.
After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot.
Ballot opens October.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
We do.
After another real terms pay cut, UCU is launching a UK-wide strike ballot.
Ballot opens October.
Vote YES.
#WeAreTheUniversity
September 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
There is no trade-off between pay and jobs. Don't let the employers fool you otherwise. This dispute is on three things:
1.Pay uplift = at least RPI+3.5% or £2,500, on all pay points
2.Protection of national agreements on T&C's
3.A national agreement to protect jobs & subjects
#WeAreTheUniversity
1.Pay uplift = at least RPI+3.5% or £2,500, on all pay points
2.Protection of national agreements on T&C's
3.A national agreement to protect jobs & subjects
#WeAreTheUniversity
Looking forward to speaking at ‘Thinking Through Sound’ @ Sheffield Uni tomorrow!
Can a ‘muddy’ episteme resist capitalist and colonialist conceptions of clarity, convenience, and knowledge production, and can new ways of thinking with/through sound mess up, or ‘muddy‘ the waters, of the academy?
Can a ‘muddy’ episteme resist capitalist and colonialist conceptions of clarity, convenience, and knowledge production, and can new ways of thinking with/through sound mess up, or ‘muddy‘ the waters, of the academy?
September 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Looking forward to speaking at ‘Thinking Through Sound’ @ Sheffield Uni tomorrow!
Can a ‘muddy’ episteme resist capitalist and colonialist conceptions of clarity, convenience, and knowledge production, and can new ways of thinking with/through sound mess up, or ‘muddy‘ the waters, of the academy?
Can a ‘muddy’ episteme resist capitalist and colonialist conceptions of clarity, convenience, and knowledge production, and can new ways of thinking with/through sound mess up, or ‘muddy‘ the waters, of the academy?
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UCU policy: “To work with the TUC and other TUs to campaign for a change to the law to prevent such deductions, including lobbying government and opposition parties”
Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh!
policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...
Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh!
policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...
UCU: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions
Motion from UCU Congress 2022-2023: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions
policy.web.ucu.org.uk
September 6, 2025 at 10:02 AM
UCU policy: “To work with the TUC and other TUs to campaign for a change to the law to prevent such deductions, including lobbying government and opposition parties”
Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh!
policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...
Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh!
policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...
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Jo Grady finds new ways to undermine UCU every week.
TUC attendees should let her know their views.
Oh, and where is the outcome from HEC @drjogrady.bsky.social?
TUC attendees should let her know their views.
Oh, and where is the outcome from HEC @drjogrady.bsky.social?
UCU policy: “To work with the TUC and other TUs to campaign for a change to the law to prevent such deductions, including lobbying government and opposition parties”
Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh!
policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...
Maybe while @drjogrady.bsky.social is at @tuc.org.uk in Brighton she can work on thi… oh!
policy.web.ucu.org.uk/motion-infor...
UCU: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions
Motion from UCU Congress 2022-2023: Fighting punitive ASOS deductions
policy.web.ucu.org.uk
September 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Jo Grady finds new ways to undermine UCU every week.
TUC attendees should let her know their views.
Oh, and where is the outcome from HEC @drjogrady.bsky.social?
TUC attendees should let her know their views.
Oh, and where is the outcome from HEC @drjogrady.bsky.social?
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/u...
UCU senior leadership once again channeling the worst of our sector’s Vice Chancellors in how they treat their own staff.
These people are not trade unionists, they are self-serving cowards and a stain upon our movement.
Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social
UCU senior leadership once again channeling the worst of our sector’s Vice Chancellors in how they treat their own staff.
These people are not trade unionists, they are self-serving cowards and a stain upon our movement.
Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social
UCU deploys “vindictive” union-busting tactics in attempt to crush staff union
Unite the union members working for the University and College Union vote to take further industrial action with a 76% Yes vote for strike action on a 77% turnout This was their third consecutive s…
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September 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/09/04/u...
UCU senior leadership once again channeling the worst of our sector’s Vice Chancellors in how they treat their own staff.
These people are not trade unionists, they are self-serving cowards and a stain upon our movement.
Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social
UCU senior leadership once again channeling the worst of our sector’s Vice Chancellors in how they treat their own staff.
These people are not trade unionists, they are self-serving cowards and a stain upon our movement.
Solidarity with @uniteucu.bsky.social
Me, in my natural environment.
Take a peek at our brand new LinkedIn Newsletter! 💥
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August 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Me, in my natural environment.
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"But they came here illegally"
1. No, they didn't. Seeking asylum is a human right protected under Article 14 of UDHR.
2. Even if they did, who even gives a fuck?! We would ALL break the law in a desperate situation.
Less chat of legality more chat of justice & morality pls
They're not the same.
1. No, they didn't. Seeking asylum is a human right protected under Article 14 of UDHR.
2. Even if they did, who even gives a fuck?! We would ALL break the law in a desperate situation.
Less chat of legality more chat of justice & morality pls
They're not the same.
August 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
"But they came here illegally"
1. No, they didn't. Seeking asylum is a human right protected under Article 14 of UDHR.
2. Even if they did, who even gives a fuck?! We would ALL break the law in a desperate situation.
Less chat of legality more chat of justice & morality pls
They're not the same.
1. No, they didn't. Seeking asylum is a human right protected under Article 14 of UDHR.
2. Even if they did, who even gives a fuck?! We would ALL break the law in a desperate situation.
Less chat of legality more chat of justice & morality pls
They're not the same.
Everyday I become more and more disgusted by and ashamed of UCU senior leadership, and those pockets of the membership that continue to support them and/or bury their heads in the sand.
UCU supposedly stands for a “fairer future for all”. That has to mean ALL. Not just the SMT’s sycophants.
UCU supposedly stands for a “fairer future for all”. That has to mean ALL. Not just the SMT’s sycophants.
😡 Targeting our reps
😡 Refusing to talk
😡 Imposing an office return with no equality assessment or hybrid agreement
😡 Breaching agreed procedures
😡 Unsafe levels of work-related stress
Just 5 reasons our ballot opens today for a Safe & Professional Workplace.
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/b...
😡 Refusing to talk
😡 Imposing an office return with no equality assessment or hybrid agreement
😡 Breaching agreed procedures
😡 Unsafe levels of work-related stress
Just 5 reasons our ballot opens today for a Safe & Professional Workplace.
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/08/01/b...
Ballot opens today
Vote early, vote YES and YES The ballot over our Campaign for a Safe and Professional Workplace Culture opens today. Defend your contracts! Defend your reps! Stand up for Equality! Stand up for tra…
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August 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Everyday I become more and more disgusted by and ashamed of UCU senior leadership, and those pockets of the membership that continue to support them and/or bury their heads in the sand.
UCU supposedly stands for a “fairer future for all”. That has to mean ALL. Not just the SMT’s sycophants.
UCU supposedly stands for a “fairer future for all”. That has to mean ALL. Not just the SMT’s sycophants.
👋 Excited to announced that @ceciliawee.bsky.social and I will be Associate Artists for GroundWork Gallery’s fifth annual artist residency!
This year’s residency is titled Fluid Earth, and is part of their ongoing residencies themed around extractivism.
[📷 : Sea Wall Postcard by Sophie Marritt]
This year’s residency is titled Fluid Earth, and is part of their ongoing residencies themed around extractivism.
[📷 : Sea Wall Postcard by Sophie Marritt]
July 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
👋 Excited to announced that @ceciliawee.bsky.social and I will be Associate Artists for GroundWork Gallery’s fifth annual artist residency!
This year’s residency is titled Fluid Earth, and is part of their ongoing residencies themed around extractivism.
[📷 : Sea Wall Postcard by Sophie Marritt]
This year’s residency is titled Fluid Earth, and is part of their ongoing residencies themed around extractivism.
[📷 : Sea Wall Postcard by Sophie Marritt]
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Spain’s MEP Irene Montero:
“Israel is starving to death those it hasn’t already killed with bombs in Gaza.”
“90% of the population is in phase 5 famine, and soon 400 people a day will die of hunger.”
“This is extermination.”
“And Europe is on its knees before Israel.”
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“Israel is starving to death those it hasn’t already killed with bombs in Gaza.”
“90% of the population is in phase 5 famine, and soon 400 people a day will die of hunger.”
“This is extermination.”
“And Europe is on its knees before Israel.”
🇪🇸 🇵🇸
July 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Spain’s MEP Irene Montero:
“Israel is starving to death those it hasn’t already killed with bombs in Gaza.”
“90% of the population is in phase 5 famine, and soon 400 people a day will die of hunger.”
“This is extermination.”
“And Europe is on its knees before Israel.”
🇪🇸 🇵🇸
“Israel is starving to death those it hasn’t already killed with bombs in Gaza.”
“90% of the population is in phase 5 famine, and soon 400 people a day will die of hunger.”
“This is extermination.”
“And Europe is on its knees before Israel.”
🇪🇸 🇵🇸
Everyone bar the Greens here are fucking cowards
🚨 BREAKING | House of Commons has voted to proscribe Palestine Action, making it an offence to support the group (max sentence: 14 years)
✅ For – 385
❌ Against – 26
Here's how each party voted 👇
✅ For – 385
❌ Against – 26
Here's how each party voted 👇
July 2, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Everyone bar the Greens here are fucking cowards
Amazing win, well done everyone.
Yet another victory for militant industrial action, and a rejection of the nicey-nicey approach to SMT. ✊
Yet another victory for militant industrial action, and a rejection of the nicey-nicey approach to SMT. ✊
June 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Amazing win, well done everyone.
Yet another victory for militant industrial action, and a rejection of the nicey-nicey approach to SMT. ✊
Yet another victory for militant industrial action, and a rejection of the nicey-nicey approach to SMT. ✊
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But what does “Never again” mean when they stay silent now?
When they ignore Gaza?
When they honour the victims of one genocide while enabling another?
When they ignore Gaza?
When they honour the victims of one genocide while enabling another?
June 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
But what does “Never again” mean when they stay silent now?
When they ignore Gaza?
When they honour the victims of one genocide while enabling another?
When they ignore Gaza?
When they honour the victims of one genocide while enabling another?
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The liberation of #Palestine & the sovereignty of #Iran are connected struggles❗
Print off our poster.
Colour and black & white versions available (copy & paste link): tinyurl.com/4fmjyeka
Stop Israel-US Imperialism❗
End Genocide in GAZA ❗
Stop War in IRAN ❗
Print off our poster.
Colour and black & white versions available (copy & paste link): tinyurl.com/4fmjyeka
Stop Israel-US Imperialism❗
End Genocide in GAZA ❗
Stop War in IRAN ❗
June 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The liberation of #Palestine & the sovereignty of #Iran are connected struggles❗
Print off our poster.
Colour and black & white versions available (copy & paste link): tinyurl.com/4fmjyeka
Stop Israel-US Imperialism❗
End Genocide in GAZA ❗
Stop War in IRAN ❗
Print off our poster.
Colour and black & white versions available (copy & paste link): tinyurl.com/4fmjyeka
Stop Israel-US Imperialism❗
End Genocide in GAZA ❗
Stop War in IRAN ❗
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Deeply ashamed of my union behaving like the bosses we fight. Imposition, victimisation and union-busting needs to stop right now @ucu.org.uk. Solidarity with UCU Unite staff ✊
😡 Imposition, not negotiated agreement
😡 Victimisation of reps
😡 Refusal to engage with the recognised union
☣️ All signs of a toxic organisational culture & not what we should see from a union employer.
Shame on @ucu.org.uk whose staff deserve so much better
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/1...
😡 Victimisation of reps
😡 Refusal to engage with the recognised union
☣️ All signs of a toxic organisational culture & not what we should see from a union employer.
Shame on @ucu.org.uk whose staff deserve so much better
uniteucu.wordpress.com/2025/06/12/1...
Safe & Professional Workplace Culture Dispute – Branch Update
A week ago today, SMT announced that they were walking away from ACAS talks. This came as a surprise to us given that it was our view, and the view of the ACAS conciliator, that we were progressing…
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June 12, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Deeply ashamed of my union behaving like the bosses we fight. Imposition, victimisation and union-busting needs to stop right now @ucu.org.uk. Solidarity with UCU Unite staff ✊
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Sometimes I look at this things my union is doing, and the things it is not doing, and the dictats it sends to members, and the way 'activists' a.k.a. active union members are talked about.
And I wonder, what are you? And what do you want from us? (Other than our subs)
And I wonder, what are you? And what do you want from us? (Other than our subs)
June 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Sometimes I look at this things my union is doing, and the things it is not doing, and the dictats it sends to members, and the way 'activists' a.k.a. active union members are talked about.
And I wonder, what are you? And what do you want from us? (Other than our subs)
And I wonder, what are you? And what do you want from us? (Other than our subs)
Much adored and admired musicy-soundy darling, Louise, needs our help ❤️ please give if you are able.
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Louise's fundraiser for life after spinal injury
Help Louise Marshall raise money to support Aspire
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June 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Much adored and admired musicy-soundy darling, Louise, needs our help ❤️ please give if you are able.
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I’ll be speaking at IR/RELEVANT, King’s College London’s English Department PGR Conference, tomorrow.
My paper, ‘muddy listening: making a mess in the academy’, will detail recent doctoral research, and speak in defence of unclean and messy ears!
Amazing line up of speakers and fellow UAL folks!
My paper, ‘muddy listening: making a mess in the academy’, will detail recent doctoral research, and speak in defence of unclean and messy ears!
Amazing line up of speakers and fellow UAL folks!
May 29, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll be speaking at IR/RELEVANT, King’s College London’s English Department PGR Conference, tomorrow.
My paper, ‘muddy listening: making a mess in the academy’, will detail recent doctoral research, and speak in defence of unclean and messy ears!
Amazing line up of speakers and fellow UAL folks!
My paper, ‘muddy listening: making a mess in the academy’, will detail recent doctoral research, and speak in defence of unclean and messy ears!
Amazing line up of speakers and fellow UAL folks!
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Thank you to all the UCU members who came to our fringe last night - and sorry we ended up with standing room only (again!). Our members absolutely appreciate your ongoing support, especially the unusually small handful required to work at #UCU2025 in somewhat trying circumstances. #Solidarity
May 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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