Karen Gregory
@karengregory.bsky.social
Soc of Work + Platform Labor | U of Edinburgh | Created MSc Digital Sociology | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society | CAHSS Digital Lead | Critical Data Studies @ EFI
Writing: Enchanted Entrepreneurs: Media, Work, and Meaning in the Spiritual Marketplace
Writing: Enchanted Entrepreneurs: Media, Work, and Meaning in the Spiritual Marketplace
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Karen Gregory
@karengregory.bsky.social
· Jul 24
Workers Observatory — We See The City
The Workers’ Observatory is an Edinburgh-based project run by workers to monitor new forms of work in the city and develop tools and tactics to take advantage of them
workersobservatory.org
You can now follow The Workers Observatory on Bluesky:
bsky.app/profile/work...
And see more here:
workersobservatory.org
bsky.app/profile/work...
And see more here:
workersobservatory.org
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Starmer's tweet couldn't be clearer but a bit awkward when one of the main government comms platforms literally does this as a feature now
January 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Starmer's tweet couldn't be clearer but a bit awkward when one of the main government comms platforms literally does this as a feature now
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Fraud was the excuse: this is the real goal, revealed - reduce safety net funding, but only in blue states.
“Minnesota, New York, California, Illinois and Colorado will be cut off from around $7 billion in funding for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, which provides cash assistance to households with children, according to two people familiar with the matter.”
Monstrously cruel.
Monstrously cruel.
Health Dept. to Freeze $10 Billion in Funding to 5 Democratic States
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Fraud was the excuse: this is the real goal, revealed - reduce safety net funding, but only in blue states.
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"When I came out, I probably seemed unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president. Tell me, how have you guardians of facts been doing recently?" #McSweeneysTop25of2025
Hi, It’s Me, Wikipedia, and I Am Ready for Your Apology
Our 9th most-read article of 2025. - - -“Wikipedia, the constantly changing knowledge base created by a global free-for-all of anonymous users, no...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:30 PM
"When I came out, I probably seemed unsavory compared to the competitors. But that was when academic research happened in libraries and George W. Bush was considered the stupidest president. Tell me, how have you guardians of facts been doing recently?" #McSweeneysTop25of2025
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📘 My new book States of Solidarity: How to Build a Society is out now (OUP). 👉 academic.oup.com/book/61834
I wrote it against a background of growing inequalities, fragile democracies, climate breakdown, and technologies that too often pull us apart instead of together.
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I wrote it against a background of growing inequalities, fragile democracies, climate breakdown, and technologies that too often pull us apart instead of together.
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States of Solidarity: How to Build a Society
Abstract. States of Solidarity: How to Build a Society argues that solidarity is essential for addressing the defining challenges of our time. While many s
academic.oup.com
January 6, 2026 at 1:20 PM
📘 My new book States of Solidarity: How to Build a Society is out now (OUP). 👉 academic.oup.com/book/61834
I wrote it against a background of growing inequalities, fragile democracies, climate breakdown, and technologies that too often pull us apart instead of together.
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I wrote it against a background of growing inequalities, fragile democracies, climate breakdown, and technologies that too often pull us apart instead of together.
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It seems like this is the point: "an attack by the US on a Nato ally would mean the end of the military alliance and 'post-second world war security'. It would, she warned, mark the end of 'everything'":
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
January 6, 2026 at 1:21 PM
It seems like this is the point: "an attack by the US on a Nato ally would mean the end of the military alliance and 'post-second world war security'. It would, she warned, mark the end of 'everything'":
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
"they often cultivated highly niche agendas, ranging from white-supremacist eugenics, “spiritual” antisemitism..., the virtues of training the body, German-language purification, valorizing the German landscape, and Nordic nature cults..."
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ge...
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ge...
January 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
"they often cultivated highly niche agendas, ranging from white-supremacist eugenics, “spiritual” antisemitism..., the virtues of training the body, German-language purification, valorizing the German landscape, and Nordic nature cults..."
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ge...
www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ge...
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Our researchers were sanctioned for maintaining a research portal tracking misinformation about the Russian-Ukrainian war. conflictmisinfo.org
Home - Russia-Ukraine ConflictMisinfo
Welcome to the Russia-Ukraine ConflictMisinfo Research Portal, a rapid response project of the Social Media Lab at Toronto Metropolitan University. The portal is a resource for analysts, researchers, ...
conflictmisinfo.org
January 6, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Our researchers were sanctioned for maintaining a research portal tracking misinformation about the Russian-Ukrainian war. conflictmisinfo.org
We're destroying things we'll only need to rebuild.
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been dissolved, ending its 58 years as the primary funder for PBS, NPR and local TV and radio stations
Corporation For Public Broadcasting Is Dissolved After 58 Years Of Service
www.huffpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:05 AM
We're destroying things we'll only need to rebuild.
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The coming years are likely to see substantial changes in the nature of work and in how people find jobs. In this podcast, #CornellILR's @michelebelot.bsky.social and Jason Sockin discuss ongoing research on how digital technologies can be used to improve the process of matching jobs to people.
The Future of Work and Technology Matching Jobs to People in the 21st Century
Podcast Episode · Cornell Keynotes · 09/23/2025 · 45m
podcasts.apple.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:44 PM
The coming years are likely to see substantial changes in the nature of work and in how people find jobs. In this podcast, #CornellILR's @michelebelot.bsky.social and Jason Sockin discuss ongoing research on how digital technologies can be used to improve the process of matching jobs to people.
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happy new year, apply for job bsky.app/profile/nick...
if you work on "AI" and are concerned with social issues, you should apply to be the new director of the Tufts AI Institute: apply.interfolio.com/178311 (Need to be tenureable in one of our engineering departments, but it's explicitly open to people who work on human-oriented stuff.)
January 5, 2026 at 8:37 PM
happy new year, apply for job bsky.app/profile/nick...
We have never not been ChatGPT-ed:
M. Greuter ~ A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed, c.1600
January 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
We have never not been ChatGPT-ed:
Interesting call here for chapters on the theme of Tech/Money:
try this one! oddletters.com/tech-money/
January 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Interesting call here for chapters on the theme of Tech/Money:
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With #TheLastHumanJob coming out in paperback January 27, I'm excited to share some upcoming appearances - it's going to be a busy spring! Come join the conversation about the value of human connection. For more info see allisonpugh.com or press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
January 5, 2026 at 3:30 PM
With #TheLastHumanJob coming out in paperback January 27, I'm excited to share some upcoming appearances - it's going to be a busy spring! Come join the conversation about the value of human connection. For more info see allisonpugh.com or press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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Seeing lots of folks incorporating "critical university studies" lessons into their spring classes. For what it's worth, my 2022 Redesigning the Academy class site is totally open, and I've got a bunch of relevant (open) Arena channels, too... [1/2]
redesigningacademy.wordsinspace.net/spring2022/
redesigningacademy.wordsinspace.net/spring2022/
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Seeing lots of folks incorporating "critical university studies" lessons into their spring classes. For what it's worth, my 2022 Redesigning the Academy class site is totally open, and I've got a bunch of relevant (open) Arena channels, too... [1/2]
redesigningacademy.wordsinspace.net/spring2022/
redesigningacademy.wordsinspace.net/spring2022/
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A phenomenal team, a prescient and urgent project, and it's a privilege to be working with them through the @workersobservatory.org #InternationalMigrantsDay
Today, as we mark #InternationalMigrantsDay, we want to introduce Migrant Justice Edinburgh, a new project proving that migrants are not passive or invisible, but that through our stories, ideas, actions and decisions we can change our city for the better.
@regenfuturesfund.bsky.social
@regenfuturesfund.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A phenomenal team, a prescient and urgent project, and it's a privilege to be working with them through the @workersobservatory.org #InternationalMigrantsDay
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On the 15 and 16 January we have our first training course of the year! Getting started with household panel surveys is our 1 day intro to study design, content, data, weighting, plus basic data management.
15 Jan: online
16 Jan: in-person at Essex uni
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/trainin...
15 Jan: online
16 Jan: in-person at Essex uni
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/trainin...
January 5, 2026 at 11:31 AM
On the 15 and 16 January we have our first training course of the year! Getting started with household panel surveys is our 1 day intro to study design, content, data, weighting, plus basic data management.
15 Jan: online
16 Jan: in-person at Essex uni
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/trainin...
15 Jan: online
16 Jan: in-person at Essex uni
www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/help/trainin...
One thing I'm looking forward to this year is seeing where Migrant Justice Edinburgh goes. Currently in a capacity building stage funded by @regenfuturesfund.bsky.social, this is a collaborative project dedicated to supporting migrants’ collective agency in Edinburgh.
"Migrant Justice Edinburgh is a project of the Workers’ Observatory, Citizens Rights Project, and Empowering Multicultural Alliance..."
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
www.thenational.scot/politics/257...
How migrants are creating spaces to fight for justice in Scotland
IT’S a familiar picture: migrants tossed on dangerous seas, only to face a hostile government as they look for work and a better life in the land…
www.thenational.scot
January 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
One thing I'm looking forward to this year is seeing where Migrant Justice Edinburgh goes. Currently in a capacity building stage funded by @regenfuturesfund.bsky.social, this is a collaborative project dedicated to supporting migrants’ collective agency in Edinburgh.
"This means that not only is a large purchase like a bicycle impossible; even a bus ticket (£4.40 for two single journeys on Lothian Buses) swallows more than half of their weekly budget..."
January 5, 2026 at 10:58 AM
"This means that not only is a large purchase like a bicycle impossible; even a bus ticket (£4.40 for two single journeys on Lothian Buses) swallows more than half of their weekly budget..."
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Realise we've all been doing our own research here (so grain, salt), but I've also come to think 1.) Trump is not well/dying? 2.)We're stuck in his personal bucket list (a photo op to compete with Obama, e.g), as well as 3.) a fire sale for the various agendas & ideologies that unpin him.
my sense is this: not only are trump and rubio and hegseth lying to the public about the purposes, impact, planning, etc of the attack on venezuela. they are lying to each other. they have no idea what they're doing or where this ends.
January 4, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Realise we've all been doing our own research here (so grain, salt), but I've also come to think 1.) Trump is not well/dying? 2.)We're stuck in his personal bucket list (a photo op to compete with Obama, e.g), as well as 3.) a fire sale for the various agendas & ideologies that unpin him.
I've had this open in a tab for days and keep meaning to listen, taking a closer look now I see it's full of local colleagues discussing things like narratives of the end of the world.
Posting here so I remember to listen.
www.sunkhronos.org/podcasts/the...
Posting here so I remember to listen.
www.sunkhronos.org/podcasts/the...
The Temporal Imagination
How do our habits of living and working with time shape us and our societies? Can we play and work with time differently to make a better world? Join hosts Professor Keri Facer and Dr Michel Alhadeff-...
www.sunkhronos.org
January 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
I've had this open in a tab for days and keep meaning to listen, taking a closer look now I see it's full of local colleagues discussing things like narratives of the end of the world.
Posting here so I remember to listen.
www.sunkhronos.org/podcasts/the...
Posting here so I remember to listen.
www.sunkhronos.org/podcasts/the...
That last RT reminded me of a personal "AI nailed it" fav from 2025:
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
That last RT reminded me of a personal "AI nailed it" fav from 2025: