I'm recruiting a Postdoc (20 months) for the attached project. The deadline for applications is 8th August. Link below. Happy to answer informal queries ([email protected]). Retweets appreciated 👍 tinyurl.com/4fttzsc2

This is the dream

From the "they promised us flying cars" department: Wall Street is starting to see an AI bubble. wapo.st/3zVS5hR

New article from me out online today. In it I assess the continuing relevance of the statecraft interpretation developed by Jim Bulpitt to the big questions of contemporary British governance. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Plan in place to fix Lough Neagh’s pollution problems but the ‘challenges faced are gargantuan’ irishtimes.com/environment/cl…

If you're looking for an escape from the heat this week in Birmingham, an excellent option is the current exhibitions at The Barber Institute barber.org.uk/claudette-john… Uni of Birmingham Ikon Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Prof Judith Smith Jon Glasby Prof Catherine Needham

This is quite astonishing. In just one patrol in Birmingham, roughly a quarter of drivers committed an offence in front of a brightly marked Police unit.

It's time to take Cross Country into public control, Louise Haigh please don't wait until the franchise expires.

It’s now a familiar pattern: a violent attack, innocent people are killed, and X is set alight with unfounded - and often incorrect - accusations about the assailant's identity. My analysis on social media’s role fanning the flames of Southport riots. bbc.com/news/articles/…

While this is literally true, I would point out that it's a large proportion of politicians and broadcasters but very few academics, with most of the noise coming from one very disturbing bloke at Kent who got made a professor in 2015 but claims he's been one for "over 20 years".

This interview with Imane Khelif highlights the obstacles she faced from patriarchal resistance to women in sport, as well as her family’s poverty. It also underlines her dedication to encouraging young girls in Algeria to participate in sport. unicef.org/algeria/recits…

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To our knowledge, at least 7 of our neighbours have been attacked in Belfast today. Families who have been fighting for rights & equality for everyone have been left frightened & shaken. Far from being a flash in the pan, these attacks are part of a pattern of racist violence.

If you know of verified fundraisers for amenities, community centres and businesses destroyed by fascist twats in the last few days, please drop them here for a boost. 👇👇👇

Tapping the sign again: there's no mainstreaming of far right politics & emboldening of racists without the active enabling of mainstream actors (media, politicians, academics) Social media plays a role but it's limited & facilitated by mainstream actors theconversation.com/look-to-the-ma…

They were only stopped from gaining access to the local Islamic centre by the decent working class people of the Lower Ormeau, who came out to stand in solidarity with their neighbours. That is a community that suffered terribly at the hands of loyalist murder squads, a list that

This is how you call out far right attacks against asylum seekers 👇 Oliver Coppard

This is so so gut wrenching. They’ve terrorised him and we can’t fix that. So sickened

Must-read by ⁦James Ball⁩ on Matt Goodwin for ⁦The New European: UK’s fastest growing media title⁩ app.theneweuropean.co.uk/2024/08/07/mat…