ANNOUNCING: (Re)Valuing the Creator Economy Preconference | 20 Nov 2024 in NOLA This is the first National Communication Association precon focused on Creator Studies, and we're looking for panelists! Organized by me, Dr. Jess Maddox Megan L Zahay, PhD and Kai Prins @wellactually.bsky.social Info below! ⤵️ 1/x

📢 Ethnography: Call for applications for Editors Sage is seeking Editors to lead the Ethnography editorial team. ⏰ Starting date is 1 st January 2025. Sage invites expressions of interest by 15th August More info here ⤵️ buff.ly/3ycWiNT

Interesting work on a vital research project

This in itself is such a moment. The intersection of trade unionism and workplace policy is considerable in the US now (as it is in the UK). This is more than partisan dollars-for-election stuff, America is waking up to worker rights

religiondispatches.org/a-reporters-gu… "For Wagner, social transformation largely occurs through what he called 'the Church in the workplace.'"

For anyone in or around Bristol in September - workshop on creative feminist methodologies x emerging digital cultures with a fab line-up of speakers. Places limited. Programme and sign-up link here: digitalsocieties.co.uk/events/creativ…

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🧵UAW Files Federal Labor Charges Against Donald Trump and Elon Musk for Attempting to Intimidate and Threaten Workers

lol "Rooney said his first reaction to the “Fork in the Road” email had been disbelief and that he was initially afraid to open it for fear it was spam or malware." theguardian.com/technology/art…

theguardian.com/us-news/articl… "a long-anticipated proposal to establish the country’s first-ever federal workplace heat standard, which, if finalized, would require access to water, shade, breaks and training for about 36 million workers."

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Very important that UCU Scotland is supporting the 7 September anti racism demo #NoRacism

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President Minouche Shafik threw me under the bus when she testified before Congress, but I'm still an employee of Columbia University, she's not. Turns out that capitulating to the bullies didn't work out well for her. It never does.

UK continues to bounce back from recession – but the bigger picture remains bleak - Simon Pittaway responds to the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) GDP data. Thread to follow shortly... resolutionfoundation.org/press-releases…

Good luck to all students getting results today and thinking about next steps. Research for our Pissarides Review - funded by Nuffield Foundation - examined rich data from millions of job ads to see how skills demands are changing. ifow.org/publications/o…

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DEVELOPING: New College of Florida dumped hundreds of library books this afternoon. The school also emptied the college’s Gender and Diversity Center, tossing hundreds of their books. Working to file a story now.

This man - convicted of publishing tweets to stir up racial hatred, inciting rioters to attack mosques/the police - was earning £1,4k/month from his X account. Revealing about how X has become a far-right ecosystem. Stop supporting it: move elsewhere. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…