Tom Carter-Brookes
@tom-cb.bsky.social
Former musician, now a Leverhulme Doctoral Scholar looking at sustainable rural transitions and farmer protest through a Human Geography lens at Keele University. Interested in all things environmental politics, post-capitalism, music, wine, books and dogs
Academic milestone day.....my first ever CFP, alongside the fantastic @ckweatherill.bsky.social We're putting together a panel looking at Gender and resistance in environmental politics for the @mybisa.bsky.social conference next June. Please share away and get in touch if it's of interest
October 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Academic milestone day.....my first ever CFP, alongside the fantastic @ckweatherill.bsky.social We're putting together a panel looking at Gender and resistance in environmental politics for the @mybisa.bsky.social conference next June. Please share away and get in touch if it's of interest
A picture of a corpse who has bled out seems a bit much for the BBC homepage last night? Not really typical of how they report these (thankfully very rare) incidents as far as I remember?
October 3, 2025 at 7:02 AM
A picture of a corpse who has bled out seems a bit much for the BBC homepage last night? Not really typical of how they report these (thankfully very rare) incidents as far as I remember?
Really enjoyed speaking at the @rgsibg.bsky.social annual conference yesterday. Met some incredible people and lots of food for thought for future research. Big thanks to @pancholewis.bsky.social and the other panel conveners.
August 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Really enjoyed speaking at the @rgsibg.bsky.social annual conference yesterday. Met some incredible people and lots of food for thought for future research. Big thanks to @pancholewis.bsky.social and the other panel conveners.
Hadn't read the news today, just opened up the guardian page with lunch. Sweet mother, mainstream politics is just a revolving drum of race baiting and poor shaming these days and totally divorced from material reality.
July 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hadn't read the news today, just opened up the guardian page with lunch. Sweet mother, mainstream politics is just a revolving drum of race baiting and poor shaming these days and totally divorced from material reality.
Was fun yesterday presenting a lightning talk about my research on the 2024 Welsh Farmer Protests at the Keele PGR Research Symposium. Also lovely to get a mention of commendation from the organisers. Looking forward to a longer format talk about this at the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference in August.
June 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Was fun yesterday presenting a lightning talk about my research on the 2024 Welsh Farmer Protests at the Keele PGR Research Symposium. Also lovely to get a mention of commendation from the organisers. Looking forward to a longer format talk about this at the @rgsibg.bsky.social conference in August.
Brilliant short read from @adamcalo.bsky.social. I'm reading/writing a lot about farmer identity a lot currently. Adam highlights really well how farmer identity is still dominated by capital production, and how this is incredibly tough for new entrants.
May 15, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Brilliant short read from @adamcalo.bsky.social. I'm reading/writing a lot about farmer identity a lot currently. Adam highlights really well how farmer identity is still dominated by capital production, and how this is incredibly tough for new entrants.
Yet more fantastic and thought provoking writing from @ckweatherill.bsky.social. Researching climate change/sustainability and flying to conferences are incompatible for me. It's hard to square with a potential future academic career though. One of my favourite sections in the screenshot 🔥
May 6, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Yet more fantastic and thought provoking writing from @ckweatherill.bsky.social. Researching climate change/sustainability and flying to conferences are incompatible for me. It's hard to square with a potential future academic career though. One of my favourite sections in the screenshot 🔥
Sat in a beer garden reading some MMT...good first chapter. Picture is a reminder that I just don't have the aesthetic to become a leftie book influencer type!
May 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Sat in a beer garden reading some MMT...good first chapter. Picture is a reminder that I just don't have the aesthetic to become a leftie book influencer type!
Politicians doing photo ops is almost always involves some level of ridiculousness. Here we have the chancellor in a hi viz, next to two blokes in camouflage. The perfect optic for the 'mixed messaging' around how skint we are. Plenty of money for bombs, not so much for the poorest in society.
March 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Politicians doing photo ops is almost always involves some level of ridiculousness. Here we have the chancellor in a hi viz, next to two blokes in camouflage. The perfect optic for the 'mixed messaging' around how skint we are. Plenty of money for bombs, not so much for the poorest in society.
Wilbur says "fuck you" 🖕
February 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Wilbur says "fuck you" 🖕
A few days away from PhD and political organising were definitely needed. First two Wainwright's of the year ticked off and some much needed quality time with my family.
February 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
A few days away from PhD and political organising were definitely needed. First two Wainwright's of the year ticked off and some much needed quality time with my family.
Excellent morning of solidarity en route to the office. Second hand book sale outside the Student Union. Chatting to the seller about the new Keele Left Book Club that I've set up and Chomsky being the first book that we're reading. He let me have it for half price ✊ @leftbookclub.bsky.social
January 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Excellent morning of solidarity en route to the office. Second hand book sale outside the Student Union. Chatting to the seller about the new Keele Left Book Club that I've set up and Chomsky being the first book that we're reading. He let me have it for half price ✊ @leftbookclub.bsky.social
16 months ago I gave up my career as a musician to return to academia and study my other great passion, sustainability. I had zero prior relevant academic background and was frankly terrified! Today I graduated with my MSc and won the best dissertation prize. Huge thanks to @dccmckay.bsky.social
January 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
16 months ago I gave up my career as a musician to return to academia and study my other great passion, sustainability. I had zero prior relevant academic background and was frankly terrified! Today I graduated with my MSc and won the best dissertation prize. Huge thanks to @dccmckay.bsky.social
Steve Reed will shortly be addressing Oxford Farming Conference announcing the reset of the relationship with farmers. A good 100+ tractors outside suggest that protesting farmers aren't quite on the same page as him.
January 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Steve Reed will shortly be addressing Oxford Farming Conference announcing the reset of the relationship with farmers. A good 100+ tractors outside suggest that protesting farmers aren't quite on the same page as him.
...and that was 'Rinse my bowl' by 60's doowop group The Toilettes
December 14, 2024 at 4:37 PM
...and that was 'Rinse my bowl' by 60's doowop group The Toilettes
More protests in London....I even got to meet the legendary Steve Bray.
December 11, 2024 at 12:03 PM
More protests in London....I even got to meet the legendary Steve Bray.
Dipping back into the former career tonight. Bride and groom have stated no Mr Brightside....I'm unsure if this is a positive or negative!
November 30, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Dipping back into the former career tonight. Bride and groom have stated no Mr Brightside....I'm unsure if this is a positive or negative!
En route to observe what will likely be the biggest UK farmer protest in 20 years. The millionaire who bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax and last week said that 'the government wants to ethnically cleanse the Countryside to move in immigrants is seemingly positioned to be the face of them.
November 19, 2024 at 8:12 AM
En route to observe what will likely be the biggest UK farmer protest in 20 years. The millionaire who bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax and last week said that 'the government wants to ethnically cleanse the Countryside to move in immigrants is seemingly positioned to be the face of them.
Dragged myself out for a gravel ride.....I hate riding in the rain almost as much as I hate the Tories. On balance I'll take the biking though. Both are cold a miserable, but at least there's a bit of good feeling at the end of a wet bike ride.
November 17, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Dragged myself out for a gravel ride.....I hate riding in the rain almost as much as I hate the Tories. On balance I'll take the biking though. Both are cold a miserable, but at least there's a bit of good feeling at the end of a wet bike ride.
At the Welsh Labour conference today. Mass farmer protest, Palestine solidarity protest, Unite Union protest.....it's only 11:30am! In case it was in doubt, I'd say that the honeymoon period for Labour is over.
November 16, 2024 at 11:34 AM
At the Welsh Labour conference today. Mass farmer protest, Palestine solidarity protest, Unite Union protest.....it's only 11:30am! In case it was in doubt, I'd say that the honeymoon period for Labour is over.
Wilbur says hi....he can't vote, but if he did he'd vote Green like his mum and dad 🤟
November 15, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Wilbur says hi....he can't vote, but if he did he'd vote Green like his mum and dad 🤟