Gwyneth Lonergan
@drglonergan.bsky.social
She/Her Assistant Prof in Sociology at Northumbria Uni. Researching migration, reproductive justice, citizenship. My views, not my employers'.
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@timeshighered.bsky.social winners had better watch out - if the experiences of Coventry Uni (2015) and @northumbriauni.bsky.social (2022) are anything to go by, they'll soon be after the jobs, pay, or pensions (or desks!) of those who made such achievements possible! @ucu.org.uk
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 PM
@timeshighered.bsky.social winners had better watch out - if the experiences of Coventry Uni (2015) and @northumbriauni.bsky.social (2022) are anything to go by, they'll soon be after the jobs, pay, or pensions (or desks!) of those who made such achievements possible! @ucu.org.uk
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Nine NFL players under 48 have died this year. NINE. And twenty under the age of 65. I'm looking into it for a longer article. But I'm taking to bluesky to say that I cannot believe - or maybe its just too easy to believe - that in our NFL obsessed sports media culture, this is not a bigger story.
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Nine NFL players under 48 have died this year. NINE. And twenty under the age of 65. I'm looking into it for a longer article. But I'm taking to bluesky to say that I cannot believe - or maybe its just too easy to believe - that in our NFL obsessed sports media culture, this is not a bigger story.
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Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Peter Thiel is in the Epstein emails, enjoying himself.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Peter Thiel is an overt, convinced, outspoken Nazi.
Peter Thiel's company is being paid by the UK government to crawl all over YOUR personal data.
Oswald Mosley's grandson runs his UK operation.
You can't make it up.
Where was this backbone from Miliband when he was leader?
Of all the staggering detail in that New Statesman piece, this but stood out for me. People were reluctant to tell Starmer Miliband had refused to move? Not sure whether it’s Starmer or his aides that look worse here.
November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Where was this backbone from Miliband when he was leader?
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Let's not forget @northumbriauni.bsky.social was @timeshighered.bsky.social 'university of the year' in 2022, and @thetimes.com 'modern university of the year' in 2024. These achievements happen because of the hard graft of staff. If they now do this to those staff here, who is next? @ucu.org.uk
Hey, @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social! First they came for your time (cutting prep and research hours). Then they came for your space (hotdesking in shared offices). Now they're coming for your pay (15%+ cut for indefinite period) or pension (bear the cost of moving to another scheme). Come to the EBM!
November 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Let's not forget @northumbriauni.bsky.social was @timeshighered.bsky.social 'university of the year' in 2022, and @thetimes.com 'modern university of the year' in 2024. These achievements happen because of the hard graft of staff. If they now do this to those staff here, who is next? @ucu.org.uk
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Hey, @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social! First they came for your time (cutting prep and research hours). Then they came for your space (hotdesking in shared offices). Now they're coming for your pay (15%+ cut for indefinite period) or pension (bear the cost of moving to another scheme). Come to the EBM!
November 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Hey, @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social! First they came for your time (cutting prep and research hours). Then they came for your space (hotdesking in shared offices). Now they're coming for your pay (15%+ cut for indefinite period) or pension (bear the cost of moving to another scheme). Come to the EBM!
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Is it “tell the racists how very right they are” this week, and “wring your hands over them“ next, or the other way round? I get so confusicated
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Is it “tell the racists how very right they are” this week, and “wring your hands over them“ next, or the other way round? I get so confusicated
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What's lost when we lose staff, departments, programmes and faculties in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and what's that got to do with organ donation?
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
The organ donation ‘opt-out’ has been a fatal failure | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:10 AM
What's lost when we lose staff, departments, programmes and faculties in Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, and what's that got to do with organ donation?
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
Amid the looming losses faced by Cardiff, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Leicester and Nottingham (among many others), here's a worked example. 1/8
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My latest book, A New Wave of Anti-Racism in Europe?
Racialized Minorities at the Centre, co-edited with Ilke Adam and Mariska Jung is now published!! AND open-access!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Racialized Minorities at the Centre, co-edited with Ilke Adam and Mariska Jung is now published!! AND open-access!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
A New Wave of Anti-Racism in Europe?
This open access book explores anti-racist struggles and practices across a range of European contexts, tracing both change and continuity over time
link.springer.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
My latest book, A New Wave of Anti-Racism in Europe?
Racialized Minorities at the Centre, co-edited with Ilke Adam and Mariska Jung is now published!! AND open-access!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Racialized Minorities at the Centre, co-edited with Ilke Adam and Mariska Jung is now published!! AND open-access!
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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This is so sadistic. These people are proud of the terror they're inflicting. They're enjoying it.
"While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”"
ICE/CBP have targeted Little Village for 10+ yrs. In just the last 3 wks, they've repeatedly (3x) used chemical weapons, aimed guns, & threatened residents, most recently this past weekend.
ICE/CBP have targeted Little Village for 10+ yrs. In just the last 3 wks, they've repeatedly (3x) used chemical weapons, aimed guns, & threatened residents, most recently this past weekend.
Border Patrol Agents Pose At 'The Bean' For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, Little Village!"
blockclubchicago.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is so sadistic. These people are proud of the terror they're inflicting. They're enjoying it.
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This is to fund a 'strategy'. What kind of 'strategy' relies on impoverishing staff?
Northumbria University attempts to move employees to cheaper pension scheme to bring down sky-high contribution rates
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/northumbria-freeze-staff-pay-if-they-refuse-switch-pensions
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/northumbria-freeze-staff-pay-if-they-refuse-switch-pensions
November 10, 2025 at 12:26 PM
This is to fund a 'strategy'. What kind of 'strategy' relies on impoverishing staff?
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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The double standards here are astonishing, given selective and/or often fabricated torrent of media distributed by Trump's supporters in justifying Jan 6. That British politicians are publicly pressurising the BBC over this is even more shocking.
BBC to apologise over edited Trump speech after backlash
BBC to apologise over edited Trump speech after backlash
BBC to apologise over edited Trump speech after backlash
www.independent.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
The double standards here are astonishing, given selective and/or often fabricated torrent of media distributed by Trump's supporters in justifying Jan 6. That British politicians are publicly pressurising the BBC over this is even more shocking.
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
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Denmark steals possessions of people seeking asylum, as policy. It returns people to situations where they are killed.
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
www.bbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Denmark steals possessions of people seeking asylum, as policy. It returns people to situations where they are killed.
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Mahmood is copying some of the worst policies going.
Labour once again showing it's just another anti-asylum, anti-human rights, government. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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This is excellent lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is excellent lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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the tory proposal to deport 4-7% of the uk population is a fascist one - & we have to call it that
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
The Tories’ Dangerous Drift
In the U.K., a shocking proposal from a Conservative MP elicited pushback from her party only belatedly. It signals darker things to come.
www.thebulwark.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:55 PM
the tory proposal to deport 4-7% of the uk population is a fascist one - & we have to call it that
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
my latest with @thebulwark.com
www.thebulwark.com/p/tories-con...
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Was talking to a junior colleague about this exact problem yesterday. I wonder if REF panels (made up of experienced and secure academics) have considered this?
The current REF system really encourages temporary staff to burn down their own careers - either you complete research because you need it for your CV, but an institution can claim any resulting outputs before making you redundant so you've nothing to take elsewhere, or...
November 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Was talking to a junior colleague about this exact problem yesterday. I wonder if REF panels (made up of experienced and secure academics) have considered this?
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“Welcome to Hell” is a report on the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli custody since 7 October 2023. B’Tselem collected testimonies from 55 Palestinians held during that time and released, almost all with no charges.
Full report:
www.btselem.org/publications...
Full report:
www.btselem.org/publications...
November 7, 2025 at 9:10 AM
“Welcome to Hell” is a report on the abuse and inhuman treatment of Palestinians held in Israeli custody since 7 October 2023. B’Tselem collected testimonies from 55 Palestinians held during that time and released, almost all with no charges.
Full report:
www.btselem.org/publications...
Full report:
www.btselem.org/publications...
This was a fun email to receive from my employer yesterday
'A post-92 university will freeze staff pay if they choose to remain in a more expensive pension scheme as institutions continue to find new ways to grapple with rising cost.' 1/3
Northumbria to freeze pay if staff refuse TPS-USS pension switch
University says moving employees from more expensive scheme will save it up to £11 million a year
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This was a fun email to receive from my employer yesterday
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Kate Clanchy’s “i’ve been cancelled” tour has been going on for FOUR YEARS and in that period publishing of books by Black authors has declined. So who’s really been cancelled?
A white journalist at a white BBC has made what looks like a hit piece about a white writer charged with racism by a number of writers of colour. The twist? The BBC attacks the writers of colour.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
Solidarity with all Black and Brown people fighting to be treated with dignity. Screw the racist BBC.
November 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Kate Clanchy’s “i’ve been cancelled” tour has been going on for FOUR YEARS and in that period publishing of books by Black authors has declined. So who’s really been cancelled?
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This was self evident from the beginning; and why I find universities' uncritical relationships with OpenAI and Microsoft CoPilot etc so very problematic--we know what the long term goals of these projects/companies are, and their imbrications within technofascism.
How can you reconcile this?
How can you reconcile this?
The long-running ideological war on libraries, education, and government workers is not separate from AI boosterism. It is the same ideological war on human knowledge and expertise. In some cases AI is being used to directly supercharge this effort:
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
www.404media.co
November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This was self evident from the beginning; and why I find universities' uncritical relationships with OpenAI and Microsoft CoPilot etc so very problematic--we know what the long term goals of these projects/companies are, and their imbrications within technofascism.
How can you reconcile this?
How can you reconcile this?
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Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that?
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...
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If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was.
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
Letter of Support for Professor Farhana Sultana
As scholars within and beyond academia, we write in solidarity with academic freedom of expression with our colleague, Dr. Farhana Sultana, an internationally recognized scholar and tenured Full Profe...
forms.gle
November 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
If you are an academic—instructor or grad student—please sign this letter of solidarity for Professor Farhana Sultana who has been vilified by the right for calling CK what he was.
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...
They are trying to come for her job.
This is the time for solidarity.
forms.gle/8MayBcCmtYg1...