Liz Morrish
@lizmorrish.bsky.social
UK independent scholar. Critical University Studies. Fascinated by US politics. Tweets mostly about Higher Ed issues. Open Water swimmer. Blog https://academicirregularities.wordpress.com/
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
December 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
It’s between democracy and oligarchy.
The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft.
Know the truth.
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The lecturer in question is our colleague in children’s literature studies. She is a brilliant scholar and from all accounts a gifted teacher.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
The lecturer in question is our colleague in children’s literature studies. She is a brilliant scholar and from all accounts a gifted teacher.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
This ruling is infuriating… at the end of the day, it is our students’ education that will suffer.
Nice touch from HMRC to email me on Christmas Day about the change to my tax code. I think it could have waited.
December 26, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Nice touch from HMRC to email me on Christmas Day about the change to my tax code. I think it could have waited.
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President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
December 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
President Trump’s spiteful defamation suit against the Pulitzer Prize Board may backfire, as the latter is now demanding Trump’s psychological records, prescription medication records, and tax returns in the discovery process. trib.al/LUCScTR
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Suffragette Christmas card from the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909. UK.#Womensart
December 25, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Suffragette Christmas card from the Women's Social and Political Union, 1909. UK.#Womensart
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A federal judge has ruled the Trump regime broke the law when it deported over 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador's CECOT without due process in March.
Here's your reminder of what due process is — and why it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
Here's your reminder of what due process is — and why it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
What is Due Process?
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A federal judge has ruled the Trump regime broke the law when it deported over 200 Venezuelans to El Salvador's CECOT without due process in March.
Here's your reminder of what due process is — and why it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
Here's your reminder of what due process is — and why it's the cornerstone of our democracy.
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Massive workloads causing workplace stress and illness in UK universities??? Shocked!! 😱
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
Birmingham reprimanded over management of work-related stress
Investigation by Health and Safety Executive found institution ‘does not have appropriate arrangements in place’ to manage burnout among staff
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Massive workloads causing workplace stress and illness in UK universities??? Shocked!! 😱
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/birming...
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The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
December 18, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The Kennedy Center was established and named by an act of Congress. No media outlet should call it anything different until Congress amends or repeals that Act. Trump is not a king.
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It's hard to find the words for how disgusting this is. It completely silences girls' experiences of male violence. It fails to recognise the importance of education for prevention. It ignores the drivers of men's violence. And it's racist.
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
December 18, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's hard to find the words for how disgusting this is. It completely silences girls' experiences of male violence. It fails to recognise the importance of education for prevention. It ignores the drivers of men's violence. And it's racist.
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
Oh and for good measure, which party cut police numbers?
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Food prices are skyrocketing, so President Snow is launching the Hunger Games!
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Food prices are skyrocketing, so President Snow is launching the Hunger Games!
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This is in the White House, really? These people are absolutely graceless and classless, as well as being criminals.
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This is in the White House, really? These people are absolutely graceless and classless, as well as being criminals.
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Not the whole picture ofc but he following actions don't help:
- getting rid of frontline professional services staff in favour of apps
- removing individual offices where students can drop-in to see academic staff for tutorials
- shoving academics in no-entry-to-students workstations
- getting rid of frontline professional services staff in favour of apps
- removing individual offices where students can drop-in to see academic staff for tutorials
- shoving academics in no-entry-to-students workstations
December 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Not the whole picture ofc but he following actions don't help:
- getting rid of frontline professional services staff in favour of apps
- removing individual offices where students can drop-in to see academic staff for tutorials
- shoving academics in no-entry-to-students workstations
- getting rid of frontline professional services staff in favour of apps
- removing individual offices where students can drop-in to see academic staff for tutorials
- shoving academics in no-entry-to-students workstations
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Naja, auf Nachfrage sagen sie schon was:
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Zu Dutzenden US-Angriffen auf Boote vor #Venezuela und damit erfolgten Hinrichtungen befragt sagt das Auswärtige Amt, es sei „vor allem eine bilaterale Angelegenheit zwischen den beiden Staaten“.
Wie gering kann eine Regierung das Völkerrecht schätzen?!
dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/031/2...
Wie gering kann eine Regierung das Völkerrecht schätzen?!
dserver.bundestag.de/btd/21/031/2...
December 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Naja, auf Nachfrage sagen sie schon was:
bsky.app/profile/matt...
bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Inflation is so bad in Trump’s economy that the cost of his ballroom went from $200 million to $400 million in 6 months.
December 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Inflation is so bad in Trump’s economy that the cost of his ballroom went from $200 million to $400 million in 6 months.
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NY AG Letitia James has sued UPS for stealing millions in wages from its seasonal holiday workers.
UPS' CEO made over $24M last year — over 436x her median worker's pay.
This is a reminder that states can step up and protect workers when Trump's federal government refuses to.
UPS' CEO made over $24M last year — over 436x her median worker's pay.
This is a reminder that states can step up and protect workers when Trump's federal government refuses to.
December 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
NY AG Letitia James has sued UPS for stealing millions in wages from its seasonal holiday workers.
UPS' CEO made over $24M last year — over 436x her median worker's pay.
This is a reminder that states can step up and protect workers when Trump's federal government refuses to.
UPS' CEO made over $24M last year — over 436x her median worker's pay.
This is a reminder that states can step up and protect workers when Trump's federal government refuses to.
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2025 was the year AI hit hard in education after a long lead in
If anyone's left with a job in the social sciences and humanities to keep studying it critically in the future, here's a reading list I've been compilung all year to get you going
If anyone's left with a job in the social sciences and humanities to keep studying it critically in the future, here's a reading list I've been compilung all year to get you going
A social sciences and humanities reading list on AI in education 🧵
December 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
2025 was the year AI hit hard in education after a long lead in
If anyone's left with a job in the social sciences and humanities to keep studying it critically in the future, here's a reading list I've been compilung all year to get you going
If anyone's left with a job in the social sciences and humanities to keep studying it critically in the future, here's a reading list I've been compilung all year to get you going
But now there are no UK students who know a foreign language.
BBC News - Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands
The UK had ended its participation in the scheme in 2020 after agreeing a Brexit deal with the EU.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
But now there are no UK students who know a foreign language.
BBC News - Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“‘For the Reinvention of Man’: How a Conservative Debating Society at Harvard Pushed Women From Its Ranks *** The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester…It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.” 12/8/25… 1/
‘For the Reinvention of Man’: How a Conservative Debating Society at Harvard Pushed Women From Its Ranks | News | The Harvard Crimson
The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester, former and prospective affiliates told The Crimson. It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.
www.thecrimson.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“‘For the Reinvention of Man’: How a Conservative Debating Society at Harvard Pushed Women From Its Ranks *** The John Adams Society began quietly excluding women from membership this semester…It is now effectively functioning as a single-sex organization.” 12/8/25… 1/
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Yeah shit’s fucked up at The New School. It’s true. I’m living it. It’s a microcosm of what’s happening everywhere in America. gothamist.com/news/the-new...
The New School faces identity crisis amid planned layoffs, reorganization
The storied leftist university faces a $48 million deficit.
gothamist.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Yeah shit’s fucked up at The New School. It’s true. I’m living it. It’s a microcosm of what’s happening everywhere in America. gothamist.com/news/the-new...
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The british home office thinks working class people and their children do not have the right to fall in lovr or have a family
December 12, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The british home office thinks working class people and their children do not have the right to fall in lovr or have a family
These two stories juxtaposed on my timeline. This tells its own story about UK higher education.
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
These two stories juxtaposed on my timeline. This tells its own story about UK higher education.