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Theodore Koulouris
@theodorekoulouris.bsky.social
Snr lecturer, University of Brighton. media & literary theory; deconstruction, ethics, politics, anglo-american modernisms, digital culture. Reposts not necessarily endorsements.

https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/theodore-koulouris
#KemiBadenoch says the #Tories will shut down useless courses (surprise, surprise); she adds she learnt more in her apprenticeship than in her degree (FAO #SussexUniversity). NB. They were in power for 14 years. If they get 10% at the next election it'll be a miracle #ToryConference
October 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So, #MichelleMone is complaining that the decision earlier today was the work of ‘the establishment’ 😬
Also, she described it as ‘shocking but expected’. NB. This woman was a legislator #C4News
October 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Alas, it would appear Kamala Harris believed that the ‘titans’ of American industry would be the ‘guardrails’ of American democracy. This is probably as dumb as whatever Trump has said thus far #C4news
September 23, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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From the archives

Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/e...
Exposing the Real UK Race Riot Instigators: The Key Players and Transatlantic Network Around Tommy Robinson
Robinson has been blamed for stoking the unrest, but the tentacles of disinformation are global. Nafeez Ahmed uncovers a worrying nexus of tech platforms and far-right conspiracy – with links to Europ...
bylinetimes.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Reposted by Theodore Koulouris
The call for papers is now open for the 9th Derrida Today Conference in Paris, France - from July 13-17, 2026.

Details can be found on the website here: derridatoday.com.au/conference/

All enquiries: conference@derridatoday.com
Conference – Derrida Today
derridatoday.com.au
September 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Didn’t Trump used to say he would never do precisely what he did over the weekend?
June 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Solidarity with the ordinary people of Iran who, in addition to their domestic problems, now have to deal with their country being bombed. I supposed MAGA now means doing Netanyahu’s bidding.
June 22, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Netanyahu is a psychopath. I mean, doesn’t he even care about the Israeli people? #Iran
June 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
June 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Zia Yusuf has realised that the party he chaired & its supporters are a bunch of crypto-(and not so crypto) Islamophobes.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK row as party chair calls new MP’s burqa ban question ‘dumb’
Party says ban is not its policy after Sarah Pochin called on the prime minister to introduce one
www.theguardian.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The international community must really consider its position vis-à-vis Trump’s regime — this is fascism, pure and simple

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trump administration ends Harvard's ability to enrol international students
The move escalates the administration's row with America's oldest university over hiring, admissions and teaching practices.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 23, 2025 at 5:39 AM
We don’t want to hear from this psychopath, Matt Frei
#Channel4news
#C4News
May 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The UK, France and Canada may wish to step up action? there’ll be no one left; just a thought.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Netanyahu vows to ‘take control’ of Gaza as UK, France and Canada threaten action against Israel
Key allies call escalation ‘egregious’ and promise ‘concrete’ response if Israel does not end renewed offensive and allow aid into strip
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Don’t agree with all of this, but this is spot on: “In a liberal democracy that aspires to be an open society, should the State…ever be allowed to decide these delicate issues, particularly with regard to academic freedom, in the process invading & inevitably reducing the autonomy of universities?”
Punchy @hepi-news.bsky.social blog by Peter Scott drawing a link between OfS Sussex free speech investigation and Trump's "war on woke" in US universities. On the latter: "Now we have been shown the future, and it stinks. Do we really want to go there?" www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/04/24/t...
The OfS's fine on Sussex is a blow against free speech, not for it - HEPI
The OfS’s Sussex ruling exposes the politicisation of free speech regulation and the erosion of university autonomy.
www.hepi.ac.uk
May 13, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I’m watching Jacqui Smith on #Newsnight and I can’t help thinking that @teamlabouruk.bsky.social government is hellbent on being more hated in less than a year than the Tories were in 14.
May 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Did JD Vance really tell #ThePope he’d pray for him?
#PapaFrancisco
April 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Whilst everyone is preoccupied with the #Tariffs & #Ukraine ‘s rare earth, #Trump is pushing forward with a raft of fascistic measures against universities & civil institutions in the US.
April 18, 2025 at 3:24 PM