Matilda Fitzmaurice
@matildaf.bsky.social
Bi. Geographer & lecturer: int. climate politics, (non)reproduction and the Anthropocene. UCU NEC LGBTQ+ rep (HE), 25/26 Equality Chair
UCU Commons, queerness, food, ABBA. Vera enthusiast.
My views. She/her
Website: https://linktr.ee/matildafitzmaurice
UCU Commons, queerness, food, ABBA. Vera enthusiast.
My views. She/her
Website: https://linktr.ee/matildafitzmaurice
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Matilda Fitzmaurice
@matildaf.bsky.social
· Aug 12
so this came out yesterday! First article from my PhD. Long slog but it was worth it. academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
Whiteness as Epistemological Orientation in International Climate Change Discourses
Abstract. This article argues that in contingent and context-specific ways, international climate change discourses reproduce whiteness as a form of signif
academic.oup.com
Bumping this for mid-August reading - I put so much into framing the argument in just the right way, and it's indebted to so many wonderful scholars: Geoff Mann, Joel Wainwright, Stuart Hall, Meera Sabaratnam, Polly Pallister-Wilkins, Ida Danewid and many others
Just had to go to the shop for gin and painkillers, not ideal
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Just had to go to the shop for gin and painkillers, not ideal
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Important to realise that one of Alice Sullivan's demands in her legal letter to University of Bristol is for the university to withdraw its Trans Inclusion Policy profalices.co.uk/wp-content/u... (the policy is already listed as under review by the university www.bristol.ac.uk/inclusion/lg...)
December 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Important to realise that one of Alice Sullivan's demands in her legal letter to University of Bristol is for the university to withdraw its Trans Inclusion Policy profalices.co.uk/wp-content/u... (the policy is already listed as under review by the university www.bristol.ac.uk/inclusion/lg...)
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"Chris Rea, singer aged 22, from Middlesbrough, promotes his new single, So Much Love, which he wrote while working for his fathers ice cream company."
#RIPChrisRea
#RIPChrisRea
![Photo featuring a long-haired man wearing white trousers and shoes standing on an adult tricycle with a large rear cargo box. There's an old ice cream truck behind him. Signs on the trike say, "Stope me and buy one" and "'So much love for you baby', [?]st Release 'Magnet Records' Chris Rea".
The caption for the photo is in the post; it was dated 24th June 1974. Photo by Teesside Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7vpdxcialxa6j5s7yh5g5jhf/bafkreie2dlfz6et2xql3v7ssj6ailxd64udg7bvum3b4mqcncken6mzoeu@jpeg)
December 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Chris Rea, singer aged 22, from Middlesbrough, promotes his new single, So Much Love, which he wrote while working for his fathers ice cream company."
#RIPChrisRea
#RIPChrisRea
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Well, happy anniversary to one of the finest of festive exchanges
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Well, happy anniversary to one of the finest of festive exchanges
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Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.
The worst of times: Trouble at the British Library
Cyber chaos, striking staff and a crisis of leadership. Claudia Cockerell investigates a national treasure’s year of reckoning
www.standard.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Not just a national asset but an international asset. Trashed, ignored, diminished.
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'On the "bitter cold" Christmas Day of 1830, Mary Ann Macham arrived in North Shields, the northern English fishing port that would become her unlikely home; the endpoint of a 4,000-mile journey filled with fear, courage and a superhuman determination to be free.'
From Slavery in Virginia to Freedom in the North East of England
How an enslaved woman fled America and found safety in the North East of England
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
'On the "bitter cold" Christmas Day of 1830, Mary Ann Macham arrived in North Shields, the northern English fishing port that would become her unlikely home; the endpoint of a 4,000-mile journey filled with fear, courage and a superhuman determination to be free.'
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Suing my institution because nobody checks the weekly events newsletter
Also, who do I need to write to complain about the substandard advertising used to promote my events at universities? Pfft. Have university administrators never heard of Canva?
December 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Suing my institution because nobody checks the weekly events newsletter
However
She’s unlikely to get anywhere. Thankfully the Labour govt pulled the bit of the bill where external speakers get to sue. And the protestors also have the same freedom of expression rights, including the right to be both noisy and offensive as long as Prof Sullivan was also heard and able to finish.
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
However
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Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
University threatened with legal action after protest at event
Prof Alice Sullivan says her talk at the University of Bristol became like a
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Total gaslighting. Anti-trans activist; chooses to speak in person, provoking students who want to protect trans rights; they exercise their freedom of speech to tell her she isn't wanted; she gets to speak anyway; the BBC dutifully platforms her again; and now she threatens to sue everyone.
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He looks like an old school Mancunian who never got over the Hacienda closing.
Hereunder lies the above who up below,
So hourly died that he lived on till now.
First Love, 1946
Samuel Beckett 13/04/1906-22/12/1989
So hourly died that he lived on till now.
First Love, 1946
Samuel Beckett 13/04/1906-22/12/1989
December 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
He looks like an old school Mancunian who never got over the Hacienda closing.
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Here it is, my big #EastEnders catch-up thread for people who only see it when they go home for Christmas with the family. Allow me to get you all caught up on the goings-on in Albert Square in its most explosive week of the year! KEEP THIS BY YOUR SIDE AT ALL TIMES.
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Here it is, my big #EastEnders catch-up thread for people who only see it when they go home for Christmas with the family. Allow me to get you all caught up on the goings-on in Albert Square in its most explosive week of the year! KEEP THIS BY YOUR SIDE AT ALL TIMES.
Anthony and Darren and Emma's relationship is so wholesome and pure
'OOH Valerie, what a Christmas, implants and a Dyson!!'
December 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Anthony and Darren and Emma's relationship is so wholesome and pure
'OOH Valerie, what a Christmas, implants and a Dyson!!'
December 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
'OOH Valerie, what a Christmas, implants and a Dyson!!'
wrapping presents while watching Wallace and Gromit. Gromit's hatred for the Norbots is inspiring
December 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
wrapping presents while watching Wallace and Gromit. Gromit's hatred for the Norbots is inspiring
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Excellent thread this. The NYT interview made me think we need to rediscover shame in the modern world - that is to say, if your reaction to the Coldplay kisscam was anything other than to laugh and go 'wow, what a way to get caught' and thne move on with your day, you should be ashamed.
The internet sucks now because everything needs to result in the maximal outcome so instead of seeing the Coldplay couple and going “lol pretty funny” we end up with this, everything is Qanon, everything is the Inquisition, when the fun of it should be “well, never have to think about this again!”
It was a perfect viral moment, a 5 second video snippet that appeared to tell an entire story. Then the country got way, way, way too invested.
December 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Excellent thread this. The NYT interview made me think we need to rediscover shame in the modern world - that is to say, if your reaction to the Coldplay kisscam was anything other than to laugh and go 'wow, what a way to get caught' and thne move on with your day, you should be ashamed.
I love how at Christmas you have a perfectly sensible meal and also a great big wodge of, say, pork pie, because, well, it's Christmas
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I love how at Christmas you have a perfectly sensible meal and also a great big wodge of, say, pork pie, because, well, it's Christmas
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This is going to trigger another round of abuse for this woman but the basic facts appear to be that she was separated at the time and so was the CEO. She recoiled on the jumbotron because her husband was attending the same concert.
At a Coldplay concert in July, Kristin Cabot appeared on the Jumbotron in the arms of her boss. Cabot retreated, trying to make things right with the people who mattered most. Now, for first time since that viral moment, Cabot is sharing her side of the story. trib.al/I8tWdU4
December 19, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is going to trigger another round of abuse for this woman but the basic facts appear to be that she was separated at the time and so was the CEO. She recoiled on the jumbotron because her husband was attending the same concert.
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An early Christmas present for those of us in the #KidLitUK community who've been waiting YEARS for the other shoe to finally drop. Harper Collins knew all about it. They paid off staff to keep their mouths shut. Shame on them, shame on him, and good riddance.
Every time there's a breaking story about a celeb's treatment of women, everyone in the book world asks, "Is it finally Walliams?" Well, it finally is.
Exclusive: David Walliams dropped by publisher over inappropriate behaviour towards women
Telegraph investigation into best-selling children’s author uncovers claims that he ‘harassed’ junior female employees at Harper Collins
www.telegraph.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 4:36 PM
An early Christmas present for those of us in the #KidLitUK community who've been waiting YEARS for the other shoe to finally drop. Harper Collins knew all about it. They paid off staff to keep their mouths shut. Shame on them, shame on him, and good riddance.
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ProTEct truSTed LocAL nEWS
This isn't even designed to wind people up and hope they share it. It's just an exploitation of Birmingham Live's privileged position on Google Discover/Apple News. The whole point is to deceive people into clicking. An industry built on total contempt for its audience.
This isn't even designed to wind people up and hope they share it. It's just an exploitation of Birmingham Live's privileged position on Google Discover/Apple News. The whole point is to deceive people into clicking. An industry built on total contempt for its audience.
Another datapoint for @jim.londoncentric.media's list of misleading Reach headlines:
"Alert for UK households buying Cathedral City cheese at M&S or Tesco"
The "alert" is that... other cheeses came out ahead in an independent taste test.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
"Alert for UK households buying Cathedral City cheese at M&S or Tesco"
The "alert" is that... other cheeses came out ahead in an independent taste test.
www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/sho...
Alert for UK households buying Cathedral City cheese at M&S or Tesco
A taste test has revealed Cathedral City is actually outscored by other varieties
www.birminghammail.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ProTEct truSTed LocAL nEWS
This isn't even designed to wind people up and hope they share it. It's just an exploitation of Birmingham Live's privileged position on Google Discover/Apple News. The whole point is to deceive people into clicking. An industry built on total contempt for its audience.
This isn't even designed to wind people up and hope they share it. It's just an exploitation of Birmingham Live's privileged position on Google Discover/Apple News. The whole point is to deceive people into clicking. An industry built on total contempt for its audience.
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You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 18, 2025 at 11:21 PM
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
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I would pick up this 60-pound dog and carry him until I fell over
This is Fendi. He is seen here demonstrating the internationally acknowledged sign language for politely requesting uppies. 13/10 would pick him up immediately (TT: isthat_jojo)
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I would pick up this 60-pound dog and carry him until I fell over
Well done to @cardiffucu.bsky.social. This is huge progress from where things were not long ago.
Some really (and qualifiedly) good news from Cardiff UCU @cardiffucu.bsky.social :
No redundancies next year, no downgrading of professional services staff.
And all without the need for disruptive industrial action, which nobody at all wants.
nation.cymru/news/cardiff...
No redundancies next year, no downgrading of professional services staff.
And all without the need for disruptive industrial action, which nobody at all wants.
nation.cymru/news/cardiff...
Cardiff University agrees to no compulsory redundancies in 2026
Martin Shipton Union members at Cardiff University have welcomed “major concessions” from management including no compulsory redundancies in 2026 in an ongoing dispute about job cuts and working condi...
nation.cymru
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Well done to @cardiffucu.bsky.social. This is huge progress from where things were not long ago.
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We welcome the return of Erasmus.
But how welcoming is the UK for international students?
Rising costs, visa restrictions and growing uncertainty are driving international students away.
Time to make the UK a genuinely welcoming place to study again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
But how welcoming is the UK for international students?
Rising costs, visa restrictions and growing uncertainty are driving international students away.
Time to make the UK a genuinely welcoming place to study again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Students react to UK rejoining Erasmus scheme as Tories accuse ministers of caving into EU
British students will be able to spend a year studying at EU universities without paying extra fees, and vice versa for European students.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
We welcome the return of Erasmus.
But how welcoming is the UK for international students?
Rising costs, visa restrictions and growing uncertainty are driving international students away.
Time to make the UK a genuinely welcoming place to study again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
But how welcoming is the UK for international students?
Rising costs, visa restrictions and growing uncertainty are driving international students away.
Time to make the UK a genuinely welcoming place to study again.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
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We are deeply concerned for the health of Qesser Zuhrah, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days.
We join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.
We join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.
December 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
We are deeply concerned for the health of Qesser Zuhrah, who has been on hunger strike for 46 days.
We join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.
We join those calling on the government to act now, and address the serious concerns raised by lawyers acting for the prisoners.
What a Good Dog
Let's start with Laika the Soviet space dog?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika
December 19, 2025 at 9:52 AM
What a Good Dog