Jonathan Tummons

@jonathantummons.bsky.social

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York (home), Durham (work), or anywhere there's a record shop. 33, 45, 78, 160, 200-500 revs per minute. I am a professor in the School of Education at Durham University. https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/jonathan-tummons/
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Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 1h

Getting my homework done for Covent Garden the week after next so #NowPlaying Věc Makropulos by Janáček (which I don't know as well as his other mature works) whilst reading a PhD thesis, which constitutes a pretty good day at work I reckon.
#Opera
#AcademicSky

Věc Makropulos by Janáček - CD box set on the Decca label.

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Carolyn Jackson @carolynjackson.bsky.social · 1d

Great to see my article with Emily M. Gray is now published open access.

We analyse interview data from two projects undertaken in Australia and England to explore gender-related violence (GRV) and its impact on university staff. This focus is novel and important as mos...

doi.org

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 1d

Senior management at Lancaster University insist cuts of 1 in 4 jobs are “difficult but necessary”

This means “we messed up the finances & you’ll be paying for it”

www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/nationa...

Lancaster University industrial action begins Monday with 1 in 4 jobs set to be axed

Staff at Lancaster University will begin industrial action on Monday November 10 over management’s threat to axe one in four staff, the University and College Union (UCU) announced.

www.lancasterguardian.co.uk

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 2d

Why, yes, More. by Pulp is #NowPlaying on my record player *again*. The real question is for anyone who hasn't listened to it yet: why not?
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More by Pulp playing on my record player.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 3d

#Nowplaying volume 2. Worth it for the first track ("Jeannine"). This is my only proper OG @bluenoterecords.bsky.social pressing, though I can't remember where I got it (it was ages ago). Will keep this old one when the Tone Poet reissue arrives.
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Donald Byrd At The Half Note Café volume 2, on my record player and ready to go.

Donald Byrd At The Half Note Café volume two. This is a picture of the run out groove and you can see the 'ear' stamp (really an inverted p) and the RVG STEREO stamp.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 3d

I am going to go back for another PhD when I retire if I can afford it. I started out doing history and I still miss it.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 3d

Yes! Old memories activated. Borders had an excellent music section in terms of coverage but they were always more expensive. But back in the day they were occasionally good for hard-to-find titles (cd releases on Constellation being a good example).

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 3d

Donald Byrd is #NowPlaying in my front room. At The Half Note Café volume 1. Tone Poet reissue on @bluenoterecords.bsky.social and sounds absolutely amazing. Proper hard bop, no messing about. Excellent! And excited for the volume 2 reissue.
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Donald Byrd At The Half Note Café volume 1, all set up and ready to go on my record player.

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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 3d

Hüsker Dü’s miracle year wasn’t because of happenstance or good luck; it was due to hard work, inner strength, and a big, unforgettable sound. Here's a look back on this formative era for the band.

Some Kind of Fun: Hüsker Dü’s Generational Blues

The miracle year and miracle band that shaped the sound of underground music to come.

daily.bandcamp.com

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 5d

Am having a slow start today (worked late yesterday evening because reasons) so #NowPlaying some proper hard bop whilst drinking my coffee. I should start EVERY day like this.
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Smokin' At The Half Note. Jazz LP by the Wynton Kelly Trio with Wes Montgomery. On my record player and ready to go.

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Prof. Virginia Braun (she/her they/them) @ginnybraun.bsky.social · 5d

This story is grim - and one outcome of the ‘business’ model of higher education. Academic freedom at risk not (just) within a country but from external forces…

China-critical UK academics describe ‘extremely heavy’ pressure from Beijing

Reliance on overseas students’ tuition fees under scrutiny as scholars describe chilling effect of being targeted

www.theguardian.com

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty much perfect

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 7d

Love that record. Remains my favourite thing that they've done.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 8d

Splendid evening with @operanorth.co.uk last night for some Puccini: thanks very much! Looking forward to Britten and Mozart in February. At the end of this month, off to London for some Janáček, which I am particularly excited for.

Programme for La Bohème by Puccini, performed by Opera North.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 8d

"Matthew Goodwin wants us to worry about a ‘new elite’ of media workers and academics, not the actual elite of billionaires — like his backers. "
#Reform #politics #woke
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/fi...

The financial backers of the war on woke

THERE is a professor on the TV telling you that Britain is run by a “new elite of radical, woke, middle-class liberals” who want to stop you from feeling “British” enough — and that it is the real pro...

morningstaronline.co.uk

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 9d

That's a fantastic record

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 9d

Slow Listening. Busy day so am #NowPlaying Interpol and having coffee. Post-punk revival and caffeine should see me right.
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Our Love To Admire by Interpol. On my record player and ready to go.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 11d

LOVE Fishbone. Fine choice to accompany your video!

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 11d

Slow Listening. I am #NowPlaying the new Neko Case record (finally!) and it's absolutely excellent. Is there a better singer out there right now? And am loving the orchestral arrangements. As with anything she does, an essential purchase.
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Neon Grey Midnight Green by Neko Case - vinyl record on the record player and ready to go.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 14d

Today's essential viewing courtesy of the always impressive @ledbydonkeys.org 👇

Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 14d

Farage: epic grifter

Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 14d

Farage: epic grifter

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 15d

The PricewaterhouseCoopers University is expanding internationally while cutting jobs in Wales

Cardiff University’s new Kazakhstan campus is officially registered under PwC lawyer’s email

Nothing says “world-class university” like outsourcing your integrity 😉

nation.cymru/news/new-con...

New concerns over Cardiff University's offshoot in Kazakhstan

Martin Shipton Fresh concerns have been raised about Cardiff University’s recently opened branch campus in Kazakhstan after details of its registration with the Kazakh equivalent of Companies House we...

nation.cymru

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Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social · 17d

Hey @dailymail.co.uk we fixed your newspapers for you 💋

Lord Rothermere who owns the Daily Mail pays NO TAX in the UK.

The rest of us fund public services, he CHOSES not to. Yet we’re supposed to believe problems in the NHS are migrants’ fault? The utter cheek.

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apache/ @apache.be · 18d

Belgian AI scientists are advocating *against* the use of AI in academia. “If independent thinking is no longer encouraged at university, where would it?” apache.be/2025/10/24/b...

Belgian AI scientists resist the use of AI in academia

Several AI scientists have published an open letter calling for a ban on AI use by students.

apache.be

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21 Group @21group.bsky.social · 18d

University HR Directors & Heads of Legal are openly weeping & distraught

Universities are one of the big users of Non Disclosure Agreements to cover up abuse & misconduct

No more, it's stopping

gov.uk/government/n...

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 19d

Slow Listening. #NowPlaying Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler. I had no idea what this would sound like when I bought it. It's fantastic. A kind of folk-chamber pop thing going on. I could listen to this all day. Butler is a known quantity. Buckley can really sing.
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For All Our Days That Tear The Heart by Jessie Buckley and Bernard Butler. On my record player and ready to play.

Jonathan Tummons @jonathantummons.bsky.social · 19d

It's an autochanger. You pull that other arm up and back, stack your records, put that arm back again to hold them in place and then start it up.
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