Alessandro N. Tirapani
@antirapani.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Tilburg University in Organization Studies.
I study precarity and digitalisation. Penchant for outer space.
Twitter addict since 2009 seeking a fresh start on a new social media (once again...)
He/His
I study precarity and digitalisation. Penchant for outer space.
Twitter addict since 2009 seeking a fresh start on a new social media (once again...)
He/His
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Hello all on bsky 👋
As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies.
Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...
As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies.
Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...
Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London
Brunel University of London management have expressed their intention to move forward with plans for further compulsory redundancies in 2025-26. This comes after a year of decimation in 2024-25, when ...
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk
October 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Hello all on bsky 👋
As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies.
Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...
As with so many of our @ucu.org.uk sister branches, here @brunelucu.bsky.social we are again this year fighting compulsory redundancies.
Please circulate and sign: Stop compulsory redundancies at Brunel University of London 👇
speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/stop-brunel-...
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Monopoly and totalitarianism go hand in hand.
The only way to stop the growing censorship of Trump's critics is to fight the consolidation of media outlets into the hands of a few families that do not care about the best interests of the country.
The only way to stop the growing censorship of Trump's critics is to fight the consolidation of media outlets into the hands of a few families that do not care about the best interests of the country.
September 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Monopoly and totalitarianism go hand in hand.
The only way to stop the growing censorship of Trump's critics is to fight the consolidation of media outlets into the hands of a few families that do not care about the best interests of the country.
The only way to stop the growing censorship of Trump's critics is to fight the consolidation of media outlets into the hands of a few families that do not care about the best interests of the country.
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Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Some personal news:
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.
Thread incoming.
substack.com/@karenattiah...
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Judith Butler responds to Berkeley's sending names: "When Universities Become Informants: A Practice from the McCarthy Era Makes an Ugly Return"
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
Opinion | When Universities Become Informants
A practice from the McCarthy era makes an ugly return.
www.chronicle.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Judith Butler responds to Berkeley's sending names: "When Universities Become Informants: A Practice from the McCarthy Era Makes an Ugly Return"
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
www.chronicle.com/article/when...
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Organizing a workshop in Tilburg on community-building among platform workers on 18 June. With, among others, @casilli.bsky.social and @antirapani.bsky.social . Workshop will be in-person, but it might be worth paying a visit to Tilburg for this. Looking forward to this!
June 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Organizing a workshop in Tilburg on community-building among platform workers on 18 June. With, among others, @casilli.bsky.social and @antirapani.bsky.social . Workshop will be in-person, but it might be worth paying a visit to Tilburg for this. Looking forward to this!
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A reminder that the entire #DisabilityStudies team at Liverpool Hope (my former colleagues) are threatened with redundancy. Devastating not just for individuals, but for the field. Students have written this powerful open letter about the impact. #SaveHopeDisabilityStudies
Solidarity with the faculty & students in Disability Studies at Liverpool Hope Uni. Here’s what students say DS gave them: “Our experiences weren’t pathologised for the first time but understood w/in a broader context of systemic ableism—something we had felt but never had the tools to articulate.”
Powerful open letter from Liverpool Hope #DisabilityStudies students/grads in response to proposed redundancy of the ENTIRE DS team: DS "is not just an academic discipline but a lifeline. [Tutors] bring lived expertise, intellectual leadership, and care that cannot be replicated elsewhere"
June 2, 2025 at 4:34 PM
A reminder that the entire #DisabilityStudies team at Liverpool Hope (my former colleagues) are threatened with redundancy. Devastating not just for individuals, but for the field. Students have written this powerful open letter about the impact. #SaveHopeDisabilityStudies
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Repeat after me: This is not what a university is for.
Coventry really representing the future of the university by firing a bunch of staff and then jumping headfirst into property development.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Coventry University reveals city centre development plans - BBC News
Coventry University wants to build a hotel, shops and homes on the site of the old Civic Centre.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 17, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Repeat after me: This is not what a university is for.
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The Internet...built by universities; paid for by the government.
May 2, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Internet...built by universities; paid for by the government.
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RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
RFK Jr. says there aren't autistic poets. We asked an autistic poet.
"I will challenge RFK Jr. to write a poem as good as me any day of the week."
www.motherjones.com
April 17, 2025 at 9:12 PM
RFK Jr. says there are no autistic poets, so we interviewed one.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hear from Elizabeth McClellan, @popelizbet.bsky.social, an award-winning poet, attorney, and legal educator based in Memphis, Tennessee.
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More evidence that US citizens are not safe in this assault on democracy. Two American citizens detained while driving home. Of note: "CBP insists that the incident was routine...that can 'apply for any traveler'.”
Expect to see "detentions" of US citizens become routine under this corrupt regime.
Expect to see "detentions" of US citizens become routine under this corrupt regime.
April 17, 2025 at 11:37 PM
More evidence that US citizens are not safe in this assault on democracy. Two American citizens detained while driving home. Of note: "CBP insists that the incident was routine...that can 'apply for any traveler'.”
Expect to see "detentions" of US citizens become routine under this corrupt regime.
Expect to see "detentions" of US citizens become routine under this corrupt regime.
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Not surprised, given the way these mafia-style authoritarian regimes tend to operate. And, doing the unethical thing often pays off. A lot of companies should have been put out of business following the Nazi collapse.
Betting on Hitler: The value of political connections in Nazi🇩🇪
"Firms supporting the Nazi movement experienced unusually high returns, outperforming unconnected ones by 5%-8% between January and March 1933.. beyond what can be explained by size, profitability,or sectoral origin"
"Firms supporting the Nazi movement experienced unusually high returns, outperforming unconnected ones by 5%-8% between January and March 1933.. beyond what can be explained by size, profitability,or sectoral origin"
April 16, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Not surprised, given the way these mafia-style authoritarian regimes tend to operate. And, doing the unethical thing often pays off. A lot of companies should have been put out of business following the Nazi collapse.
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Federal authorities on Monday detained a permanent resident and Palestinian student activist in Vermont after he was summoned for a citizenship interview with immigration officials, according to his attorneys and the state’s congressional delegation.
Permanent resident who helped lead Columbia’s pro-Palestinian protests arrested in Vermont - The Boston Globe
Mohsen Mahdawi was detained after he was summoned for a citizenship interview with immigration officials, according to his attorneys and the state’s congressional delegation.
www.bostonglobe.com
April 15, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Federal authorities on Monday detained a permanent resident and Palestinian student activist in Vermont after he was summoned for a citizenship interview with immigration officials, according to his attorneys and the state’s congressional delegation.
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France's President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that he told Israel's leader in a phone call that the suffering of Gazan civilians "must end" and that only a ceasefire in Gaza could free remaining Israeli hostages.
April 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
France's President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that he told Israel's leader in a phone call that the suffering of Gazan civilians "must end" and that only a ceasefire in Gaza could free remaining Israeli hostages.
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News update - we just sent the letter to the Commission. We very much hope we can engage constructively on this issue, and are looking forward to contributing to solutions that benefit journalists, citizens and officials alike.
This morning, journalists from across Europe went public with a call to the European Commission to keep the promise of the EU treaties, and actually stick to the bloc's freedom of information law.
See below Politico's Brussels Playbook:
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
See below Politico's Brussels Playbook:
www.politico.eu/newsletter/b...
April 15, 2025 at 11:21 AM
News update - we just sent the letter to the Commission. We very much hope we can engage constructively on this issue, and are looking forward to contributing to solutions that benefit journalists, citizens and officials alike.
If Bourdieu had Twitter
April 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If Bourdieu had Twitter
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'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
www.timeshighereducation.com
April 9, 2025 at 7:14 AM
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
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> Every day, about 100 terabytes of material are uploaded to the Internet Archive, or about a billion URLs, with the assistance of automated crawlers.
Woah.
Woah.
"We want to preserve public health data that are crucial for people's well-being," - social epidemiologist Nancy Krieger, on the value of the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine
www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
www.npr.org/2025/03/23/n...
Humming along in an old church, the Internet Archive is more relevant than ever
The Trump administration's erasure of federal data has put the Internet Archive in the spotlight. The organization, with its small but mighty team, is working to help save the world's digital history.
www.npr.org
March 23, 2025 at 9:44 PM
> Every day, about 100 terabytes of material are uploaded to the Internet Archive, or about a billion URLs, with the assistance of automated crawlers.
Woah.
Woah.
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That is a pretty great article, but even if you don't want to read it, the first sentence is 👩🍳💋
"Musk’s impotent attempts to get his giant shiny phallus to work are the perfect metaphor for the man"
www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/starship-w...
"Musk’s impotent attempts to get his giant shiny phallus to work are the perfect metaphor for the man"
www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/starship-w...
Starship Was Doomed From The Beginning
The fatal flaw SpaceX can't overcome.
www.planetearthandbeyond.co
March 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
That is a pretty great article, but even if you don't want to read it, the first sentence is 👩🍳💋
"Musk’s impotent attempts to get his giant shiny phallus to work are the perfect metaphor for the man"
www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/starship-w...
"Musk’s impotent attempts to get his giant shiny phallus to work are the perfect metaphor for the man"
www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/starship-w...
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With everything happening in the US right now, how safe are scientific conferences for foreign participants in the US? I think this is something we have to discuss as a scientific community. I am hesitating to register for US meetings due to the unpredictable situation. Others who feel the same?
March 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
With everything happening in the US right now, how safe are scientific conferences for foreign participants in the US? I think this is something we have to discuss as a scientific community. I am hesitating to register for US meetings due to the unpredictable situation. Others who feel the same?
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Excellent! Thank you @polestarcars 👏🇸🇪
TeslaTakedown
TeslaTakedown
March 11, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Excellent! Thank you @polestarcars 👏🇸🇪
TeslaTakedown
TeslaTakedown
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Another big corp joins in on the race to self-destruction. Is there some sort of an anti-climate pledge I'm not aware of?
HSBC Says It’s Time to End ‘Negative Bias’ on Fossil Fuels - Bloomberg
HSBC Says It’s Time to End ‘Negative Bias’ Toward Fossil Fuels
The new head of sustainability at HSBC Holdings Plc says the time has come for banks to stop penalizing clients that have a large carbon footprint.
buff.ly
February 27, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Another big corp joins in on the race to self-destruction. Is there some sort of an anti-climate pledge I'm not aware of?
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Acknowledging that Palestinians exist and have history is antisemitism now
February 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Acknowledging that Palestinians exist and have history is antisemitism now
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We are reaching multiple climate tipping points.
This is what it looks like.
Note that we've already reached 560 ppm CO₂ equivalent (total greenhouse gas forcing of about +4 W/m² above 1750).
This is what it looks like.
Note that we've already reached 560 ppm CO₂ equivalent (total greenhouse gas forcing of about +4 W/m² above 1750).
February 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
We are reaching multiple climate tipping points.
This is what it looks like.
Note that we've already reached 560 ppm CO₂ equivalent (total greenhouse gas forcing of about +4 W/m² above 1750).
This is what it looks like.
Note that we've already reached 560 ppm CO₂ equivalent (total greenhouse gas forcing of about +4 W/m² above 1750).
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Wow. It’s a bit unnerving seeing it like this
February 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Wow. It’s a bit unnerving seeing it like this