Katrina Navickas
@katrinanavickas.bsky.social
Historian of protest, political movements and public space. My new book, Contested Commons, is out now: https://reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/contested-commons
Croydon/Rochdale
UCU Herts branch secretary
@ruralmodernism on Insta.
🇱🇹🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ ally.
She/her
Croydon/Rochdale
UCU Herts branch secretary
@ruralmodernism on Insta.
🇱🇹🇺🇦 🏳️⚧️ ally.
She/her
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A reminder that my book on the history of protest is now published. It is superbly produced with a great cover. Buy it now from @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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A moment, please, to consider the absolute majesty of Daphne Oram's unbelievable score to this. A pitch shifted, time stretched, frequency agile glimpse of the future of music production; a liberty-taking all analogue remix of Sandy Nelson's Teen Beat realised in real time with the visuals.
November 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A moment, please, to consider the absolute majesty of Daphne Oram's unbelievable score to this. A pitch shifted, time stretched, frequency agile glimpse of the future of music production; a liberty-taking all analogue remix of Sandy Nelson's Teen Beat realised in real time with the visuals.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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A thought-provoking couple of hours at a roundtable organised by @drhick.bsky.social & @catherinemax.bsky.social on objects (signs, barriers, fences, etc) in public space and their relationship to access, belonging and more, against the backdrop of the Farrell Centre’s Keep on the Grass exhibition.
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
A thought-provoking couple of hours at a roundtable organised by @drhick.bsky.social & @catherinemax.bsky.social on objects (signs, barriers, fences, etc) in public space and their relationship to access, belonging and more, against the backdrop of the Farrell Centre’s Keep on the Grass exhibition.
Reader, they asked who Cliff Richard is.
Today the Student New Town Development Corporation are moving into the 1970s and 80s. Will they build a new Milton Keynes?
Content warning: may contain scenes of Cliff Richard rollerskating, which some viewers may find distressing.
Content warning: may contain scenes of Cliff Richard rollerskating, which some viewers may find distressing.
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Reader, they asked who Cliff Richard is.
I forgot to post this photo of a local pub whose wholehearted commitment to commemorating Remembrance Sunday extended to erecting a Cenotaph on the roof
November 17, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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// The chrononormativity of UKHE is manic. Overwork and urgency are the normative experience for academics, and conforming to these strictures of time is rewarded through the systems of recognition in universities which seek to extract ever more from ever fewer human resources. //
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
// The chrononormativity of UKHE is manic. Overwork and urgency are the normative experience for academics, and conforming to these strictures of time is rewarded through the systems of recognition in universities which seek to extract ever more from ever fewer human resources. //
In a shock move, following the showing of this public information film, the Student New Town Development Corporation decided to ban all cars from their Town centre, build a ring road and introduce a park and ride scheme.
youtu.be/53AkuPc-7RI?...
youtu.be/53AkuPc-7RI?...
Traffic in Towns film
YouTube video by Stelios Rodoulis
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 5:56 PM
In a shock move, following the showing of this public information film, the Student New Town Development Corporation decided to ban all cars from their Town centre, build a ring road and introduce a park and ride scheme.
youtu.be/53AkuPc-7RI?...
youtu.be/53AkuPc-7RI?...
Today the Student New Town Development Corporation are moving into the 1970s and 80s. Will they build a new Milton Keynes?
Content warning: may contain scenes of Cliff Richard rollerskating, which some viewers may find distressing.
Content warning: may contain scenes of Cliff Richard rollerskating, which some viewers may find distressing.
November 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Today the Student New Town Development Corporation are moving into the 1970s and 80s. Will they build a new Milton Keynes?
Content warning: may contain scenes of Cliff Richard rollerskating, which some viewers may find distressing.
Content warning: may contain scenes of Cliff Richard rollerskating, which some viewers may find distressing.
Current mood
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Current mood
I really think that programmes of events like the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social last fortnight helped communicate what universities do to the general public.
I also have seen however that senior managements don't appreciate such initiatives and their value.
I also have seen however that senior managements don't appreciate such initiatives and their value.
'Fewer than half are even fully aware that universities conduct research.'
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I really think that programmes of events like the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social last fortnight helped communicate what universities do to the general public.
I also have seen however that senior managements don't appreciate such initiatives and their value.
I also have seen however that senior managements don't appreciate such initiatives and their value.
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'Fewer than half are even fully aware that universities conduct research.'
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
November 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
'Fewer than half are even fully aware that universities conduct research.'
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
Real indictment of universities' strategies and comms this. An own goal that could and should be rectified. Engaging broad publics with research is not rocket science. And if it were, universities have rocket scientists. 3/3
Who among the public is demanding this? Who does it appeal to? I even think the people who shout at hotels haven't asked for this. Immoral.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Who among the public is demanding this? Who does it appeal to? I even think the people who shout at hotels haven't asked for this. Immoral.
Note that they edited out any shots of the second male diver's face, presumably because he asked them to put of embarrassment. #GameofWool
It really looks like she's mentally planning how to murder Tom Daley for either bribing or blackmailing her into being on the show. #GameofWool
I literally cannot stop screaming. GLAMOUR, WHERE!? #GameOfWool
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Note that they edited out any shots of the second male diver's face, presumably because he asked them to put of embarrassment. #GameofWool
I have just said "how long before one of them goes off sick with RSI?" #GameofWool
I really wish someone would comment on how hard knitting and crocheting with such thick yarn and enormous needles/hooks is on hands, wrists and shoulders.
And also the implication that they are sat still knitting for 12 hours without a break.
Health-wise, it's appalling.
#GameOfWool
And also the implication that they are sat still knitting for 12 hours without a break.
Health-wise, it's appalling.
#GameOfWool
November 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I have just said "how long before one of them goes off sick with RSI?" #GameofWool
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epic45 - Against The Pull of Autumn.
Although it feels like winter has arrived here this evening.
Although it feels like winter has arrived here this evening.
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
epic45 - Against The Pull of Autumn.
Although it feels like winter has arrived here this evening.
Although it feels like winter has arrived here this evening.
3.4 per cent is my ideal beer strength
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
3.4 per cent is my ideal beer strength
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New! After eight years of waiting, they're online! See London's unbuilt motorways as even their planners never could in our amazing, immersive Ringways Map, hosted by the amazing SABRE Maps. It *might* be the best thing we've ever done. #ringways
The Ringways Map is here
The wait is over! The full map of the Ringways, London’s unbuilt urban motorway network, is now online. Not even the system's planners had anything like this.
www.roads.org.uk
November 3, 2025 at 2:47 PM
New! After eight years of waiting, they're online! See London's unbuilt motorways as even their planners never could in our amazing, immersive Ringways Map, hosted by the amazing SABRE Maps. It *might* be the best thing we've ever done. #ringways
l very excited about this collab www.instagram.com/reel/DRF7bT7...
Eddie Argos on Instagram: "This doesn't get properly announced till next week , but I could not keep my excitement locked down any longer. @bis.the.band and @artbrutbandofficial covering each others s...
9 likes, 2 comments - eddieargos on November 15, 2025: "This doesn't get properly announced till next week , but I could not keep my excitement locked down any longer. @bis.the.band and @artbrutbandof...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
l very excited about this collab www.instagram.com/reel/DRF7bT7...
Walked past this today. Under offer, alas.
search.savills.com/property-det...
search.savills.com/property-det...
November 15, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Walked past this today. Under offer, alas.
search.savills.com/property-det...
search.savills.com/property-det...
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‘It is abundantly clear that corporate social responsibility was and is a myth. Even if firms claim to recognise their social and environmental responsibilities, profitability always trumps them when they clash.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Brett Christophers · Assume the worst: Where our waste goes
Just as Big Oil has repeatedly failed to deliver on pledges to begin decarbonising, so too the promises of plastics...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:05 AM
‘It is abundantly clear that corporate social responsibility was and is a myth. Even if firms claim to recognise their social and environmental responsibilities, profitability always trumps them when they clash.’
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@brettchristophers.bsky.social on where our waste goes.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
This panel looks fab.
I wonder why there's no equivalent of NACBS in the UK, mega conference of the newest British history.
I guess that Brum and Warwick are trying to do so, but there's nothing that comprehensive.
I wonder why there's no equivalent of NACBS in the UK, mega conference of the newest British history.
I guess that Brum and Warwick are trying to do so, but there's nothing that comprehensive.
Next up at #nacbs2025 is a fab lineup of rising history stars in field of histories of activism in late 20th century Britain incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @alfiesteer.bsky.social Dan Frost & Jess White.
November 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
This panel looks fab.
I wonder why there's no equivalent of NACBS in the UK, mega conference of the newest British history.
I guess that Brum and Warwick are trying to do so, but there's nothing that comprehensive.
I wonder why there's no equivalent of NACBS in the UK, mega conference of the newest British history.
I guess that Brum and Warwick are trying to do so, but there's nothing that comprehensive.
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Next up at #nacbs2025 is a fab lineup of rising history stars in field of histories of activism in late 20th century Britain incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @alfiesteer.bsky.social Dan Frost & Jess White.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Next up at #nacbs2025 is a fab lineup of rising history stars in field of histories of activism in late 20th century Britain incl: @racheljcollett.bsky.social @alfiesteer.bsky.social Dan Frost & Jess White.
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The guy from that band you like made a solo album. It was described as 'autumnal' and all the reviews were four stars out of five.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The guy from that band you like made a solo album. It was described as 'autumnal' and all the reviews were four stars out of five.