Mica
@mononoke101.bsky.social
Library worker | UK politics | I sometimes sew things | OT7 💜
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Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...
Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...
Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵
September 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
#1
Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...
Following on from my earlier thread about claims of “bias” in universities (link below 👇), I was struck by James Marriott’s column in today’s Times. It’s full of anecdote & caricature. The real story of UK universities is structural, financial, and political. 🧵
👉 bsky.app/profile/prof...
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Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵
April 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Listening to Rest is Politics, Rest is Politics US, and reading respected commentators, it's striking how 'left-wing bias' in universities is now taken for granted. That matters, especially in the US, where academia faces political attack. Thoughts from having worked in US/UK universities. 🧵
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In the 1930s Mosley and his rank and file BUF were careful not to outwardly portray themselves as racists.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
September 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
In the 1930s Mosley and his rank and file BUF were careful not to outwardly portray themselves as racists.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
They weren't antisemitic... far from it... they were just concerned about "bad principles" and "international bankers" and the influx of foreigners
Everyone knew what they meant.
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If you wrap yourself in national flags and go on a fascist march with violent thugs… you shouldn’t be validated by our media.
It was a march for racism, for radicalised prejudice, for mass deportations and for threat against ethnic minorities. It was an ugly expression of division.
Shameful.
It was a march for racism, for radicalised prejudice, for mass deportations and for threat against ethnic minorities. It was an ugly expression of division.
Shameful.
September 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
If you wrap yourself in national flags and go on a fascist march with violent thugs… you shouldn’t be validated by our media.
It was a march for racism, for radicalised prejudice, for mass deportations and for threat against ethnic minorities. It was an ugly expression of division.
Shameful.
It was a march for racism, for radicalised prejudice, for mass deportations and for threat against ethnic minorities. It was an ugly expression of division.
Shameful.
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Bear with me, I anticipate your disagreement. There is a clear pattern to the advice given to those who want to press back against rising racism. What it boils down to is that if you point out that racism is often being dressed up as “legitimate concerns” you will alienate people. /1
September 15, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Bear with me, I anticipate your disagreement. There is a clear pattern to the advice given to those who want to press back against rising racism. What it boils down to is that if you point out that racism is often being dressed up as “legitimate concerns” you will alienate people. /1
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'Whether or not he can plead for special status in the White House is going to be interesting'
🚗 UKICE's car industry expert @dgbailey.bsky.social talks about the impact Elon Musk's relationship with Trump is having on Tesla for BBC News 👇
🚗 UKICE's car industry expert @dgbailey.bsky.social talks about the impact Elon Musk's relationship with Trump is having on Tesla for BBC News 👇
March 14, 2025 at 3:39 PM
'Whether or not he can plead for special status in the White House is going to be interesting'
🚗 UKICE's car industry expert @dgbailey.bsky.social talks about the impact Elon Musk's relationship with Trump is having on Tesla for BBC News 👇
🚗 UKICE's car industry expert @dgbailey.bsky.social talks about the impact Elon Musk's relationship with Trump is having on Tesla for BBC News 👇
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As part of its new 'transformative' access model for libraries, "...Clarivate will also phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, print and digital books for libraries."
clarivate.com/news/clariva...
clarivate.com/news/clariva...
Clarivate Unveils Transformative Subscription-Based Access Strategy for Academia | Clarivate
New approach enables broad, simple and affordable access to trusted scholarly content for learning and research
clarivate.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
As part of its new 'transformative' access model for libraries, "...Clarivate will also phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, print and digital books for libraries."
clarivate.com/news/clariva...
clarivate.com/news/clariva...
EBSCO “reaffirms support to libraries’ diverse acquisition needs” www.researchinformation.info/news/ebsco-r...
EBSCO "reaffirms support to libraries' diverse acquisition needs" - Research Information
Statement released in response to "providers in the library market shifting their strategies", after Clarivate moves to subscription model
www.researchinformation.info
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
EBSCO “reaffirms support to libraries’ diverse acquisition needs” www.researchinformation.info/news/ebsco-r...
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"Clarivate has launched a subscription-based content access strategy, while also phasing out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, print and digital books for libraries."
My thoughts are...not appropriate for public airing, but if you know me and/or #ebookSOS, you can imagine. 📚
My thoughts are...not appropriate for public airing, but if you know me and/or #ebookSOS, you can imagine. 📚
Clarivate launches subscription-based access strategy - Research Information
Company will also phase out one-time perpetual purchases of digital academic collections, print and digital books for libraries
www.researchinformation.info
February 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"Clarivate has launched a subscription-based content access strategy, while also phasing out one-time perpetual purchases of digital collections, print and digital books for libraries."
My thoughts are...not appropriate for public airing, but if you know me and/or #ebookSOS, you can imagine. 📚
My thoughts are...not appropriate for public airing, but if you know me and/or #ebookSOS, you can imagine. 📚
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Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
We need to listen to what Trump and Vance are telling us.
This may have been the biggest moment for European security since 1991.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Have written about JD Vance’s Munich speech. In what may prove to be the biggest week for European security since 1991, it’s time Europe listened to what Trump and his Vice President are telling us. open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Emma Trimble, "1 in 12 people in London are illegal immigrants"
Professor Jonathan Portes, "Emma has taken that figure from a story in The Telegraph.. That story was a lie.. The Telegraph has corrected it, The Times has corrected it.. The Sun has corrected it.. And The Daily Mail has corrected it"
Professor Jonathan Portes, "Emma has taken that figure from a story in The Telegraph.. That story was a lie.. The Telegraph has corrected it, The Times has corrected it.. The Sun has corrected it.. And The Daily Mail has corrected it"
February 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Emma Trimble, "1 in 12 people in London are illegal immigrants"
Professor Jonathan Portes, "Emma has taken that figure from a story in The Telegraph.. That story was a lie.. The Telegraph has corrected it, The Times has corrected it.. The Sun has corrected it.. And The Daily Mail has corrected it"
Professor Jonathan Portes, "Emma has taken that figure from a story in The Telegraph.. That story was a lie.. The Telegraph has corrected it, The Times has corrected it.. The Sun has corrected it.. And The Daily Mail has corrected it"
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Broadcasters who repeated this obvious bollocks are not required to make any correction or apologise to their listeners/viewers. And I saw at least two columnists making hay with it. They too will retract nothing.
The @Telegraph, @thetimes, @MailOnline & @TheSun publish corrections to their scaremongering on undocumented migrants in London.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
Imagine between them the reach & power of these papers.
The fact is they are using that power to instil Trumpist hate & we are ill-equipped to resist.
February 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Broadcasters who repeated this obvious bollocks are not required to make any correction or apologise to their listeners/viewers. And I saw at least two columnists making hay with it. They too will retract nothing.
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When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are.
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
Brexit cheerleaders have gone awfully quiet – so let me remind you what they did to Britain
If we do talk about it, we start to recognise the gulf between their words and reality
inews.co.uk
February 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
When something is a success, people like to associate themselves with it. So it's noticeable how quiet the Brexiters are.
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
inews.co.uk/opinion/brex...
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Telling that Starmer's response focused on the tweets about Jess Phillips rather than himself. Systems and policies matter, but never underestimate the importance of having a genuinely decent human being in charge.
January 6, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Telling that Starmer's response focused on the tweets about Jess Phillips rather than himself. Systems and policies matter, but never underestimate the importance of having a genuinely decent human being in charge.
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1/ Support today for journalists fighting for the future of The Observer, threatened by The Scott Trust’s plan to sell to Tortoise Media. Tortoise, though respected, is a small, loss-making venture and the sale risks The Observer becoming a stripped-down website behind a paywall. Worse..
December 4, 2024 at 8:35 AM
1/ Support today for journalists fighting for the future of The Observer, threatened by The Scott Trust’s plan to sell to Tortoise Media. Tortoise, though respected, is a small, loss-making venture and the sale risks The Observer becoming a stripped-down website behind a paywall. Worse..
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Man in black complains about electric car batteries
Greg Jackson explains how batteries are a long term asset
So refreshing to have an actual expert on #BBCQT
Greg Jackson explains how batteries are a long term asset
So refreshing to have an actual expert on #BBCQT
November 14, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Man in black complains about electric car batteries
Greg Jackson explains how batteries are a long term asset
So refreshing to have an actual expert on #BBCQT
Greg Jackson explains how batteries are a long term asset
So refreshing to have an actual expert on #BBCQT
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doing that thing again where I play roulette with Blade Runner and screenshot a bunch of random frames and they're all perfect and beautiful
April 14, 2024 at 2:39 AM
doing that thing again where I play roulette with Blade Runner and screenshot a bunch of random frames and they're all perfect and beautiful
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Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
November 19, 2024 at 7:30 AM
Many of us are echoing @timothysnyder.bsky.social's lesson in On Tyranny, "Do not obey in advance.”
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
A no less vital admonition that deserves attn:
STAND OUT
“...without that unease, there is no freedom. The moment you set an example, the spell of the status quo is broken, and others will follow."
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Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
November 19, 2024 at 8:16 PM
Just my 2 cents. But my goal is to ignore the trolls. Give them zero attention. Block them if they annoy me.
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
I think the worst thing we can do on this site is re-create the ad hominem/ personal attacks that occur across comments on Twitter/insta/tiktok/ etc
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Isn’t this cosy? Badenoch and the pompous Clarkson foghorn having a fireside chat about how the Tories will help tax-dodging wealthy landowners like him.
God knows what she thinks her own govt did to *all* our communities, including rural ones.
Or to the public services that our taxes pay for.
God knows what she thinks her own govt did to *all* our communities, including rural ones.
Or to the public services that our taxes pay for.
November 20, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Isn’t this cosy? Badenoch and the pompous Clarkson foghorn having a fireside chat about how the Tories will help tax-dodging wealthy landowners like him.
God knows what she thinks her own govt did to *all* our communities, including rural ones.
Or to the public services that our taxes pay for.
God knows what she thinks her own govt did to *all* our communities, including rural ones.
Or to the public services that our taxes pay for.
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Hello! Where are all our crafty and quilty peeps at?
November 15, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Hello! Where are all our crafty and quilty peeps at?
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Consciously or not, each of Trump’s nominations trigger part of his culture war coalition;
Gabbard anti imperialists and peaceniks: RFKJnr wellness and anti-Pharma: Gaetz incels and insurrectionists: Miller xenophobia: Hesgeth Christian fundamentalism.
It’s uncivil war 1/2
Gabbard anti imperialists and peaceniks: RFKJnr wellness and anti-Pharma: Gaetz incels and insurrectionists: Miller xenophobia: Hesgeth Christian fundamentalism.
It’s uncivil war 1/2
November 16, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Consciously or not, each of Trump’s nominations trigger part of his culture war coalition;
Gabbard anti imperialists and peaceniks: RFKJnr wellness and anti-Pharma: Gaetz incels and insurrectionists: Miller xenophobia: Hesgeth Christian fundamentalism.
It’s uncivil war 1/2
Gabbard anti imperialists and peaceniks: RFKJnr wellness and anti-Pharma: Gaetz incels and insurrectionists: Miller xenophobia: Hesgeth Christian fundamentalism.
It’s uncivil war 1/2
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November 14, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
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Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.
a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
ALT: a woman standing in a library with a book titled room on the shelf
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November 13, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Librarians moving dystopian novels to the nonfiction shelves.