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Anna Meier@annameier.bsky.social |
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Writer; recovering academic | Your loud queer aunt đłď¸âđ she/her | posts in English & German | itinerant Midwesterner | annameier.net
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Anna Meier
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If you are around today and able, students have announced an emergency rally at 4 pm at the entrance to Jubilee Campus to demonstrate solidarity in the face of university repression.
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Anna Meier
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186,000 people dead and dying in Gaza and universities still think what merits legal action is student protesters
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Anna Meier
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1930s
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Anna Meier
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Instead of learning from its students and engaging in good faith, the University of Nottingham took pro-Palestine protesters to court and won a possession order. The university would rather call bailiffs on its own students than support Palestinian rights. An absolutely shameful day.
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Anna Meier
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The second option reads more naturally to me, but I think both would work.
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Ziedrich Pengels
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Sounds silly, but making it impossible for fascists to assemble is one of the most important tools in our arsenal for stopping fascism. Ignore the historically illiterate liberals bleating that it makes you as bad as them, if fascists try and march down your street, makes some noise and stop them!!
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Kardomah
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Another good method is to chase them into the left-luggage compartment at the nearest railway station, playing the Benny Hill theme, as happened to the EDL in recent years in Liverpool youtu.be/-XhuC6L8il4?...
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Anna Meier
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Saunders was most active in the British Union of Fascists from the 1930s to 50s, so likely notâbut maybe!
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Voxvorago | Moob City
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Become ungovernable
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Anna Meier
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My dear Bluesky-less friend Michaela Collord just published her 1st book! It's called "Wealth, Power, and Authoritarian Institutions," it uses fieldwork in Tanzania & Uganda to link political economy & power structures, & the 1st chapter is temporarily free online. Idk you should probably read it.
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lincoln carpenter
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the thing about fascists is there's almost always someone near you who also wants them to fuck off, even when it might feel otherwise
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Anna Meier
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Speaking from experience: it drives other academics wild but does tend to make them think.
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Anna Meier
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My favorite tried-and-true resistance tactic: Being Extremely Fucking Annoying.
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Anna Meier
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" ... when our opponents trot out their boogeyman terms, saying that the people they want to criminalize are âterrorists,â ... rather than saying, âNo they arenâtâ or âNot everyone there wasâ we should comment on the illegitimacy of what the police and prosecutors are doing ... "
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Gravel Influencer
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At the risk of posting something stupefyingly obvious: If you're among those canceling a New York Times or Washington Post subscription, I guarantee you have a great nonprofit media outlet or local paper in your area that could use some revenue. And that coverage is absolutely vital right now.
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Anna Meier
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Folks, you only have until Wednesday (the 10th) to apply for ISAâNortheast's pedagogy & methodology workshops. If you can make it to Baltimore in November: do it! The interpretive methodology workshop was incredibly affirming to me as a grad student. Deets:
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Anna Meier
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Amazing! Thanks Ed!
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Anna Meier
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but they'll never do this so back we go to unrelentingly calling out their blatant racism
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Anna Meier
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honestly I'd have an iota of respect for mainstream "terrorism" scholars if they admitted they think terrorist = Muslim and Muslim = violent instead of trying to couch their orientalist beliefs in "science" or similar bullshit
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Anna Meier
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This link also lives permanently on the "Resources" page of my site (yes I know the security certificate doesn't always load properly; yes I am working on it)
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Anna Meier
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I put together a quick guide on alt text (alternative text for images) for staff in my dept and threw everything in a Google Doc in case it'd be useful for others. Lots of guides like this exist, but in case this is the first time you're encountering one:
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Anna Meier
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"Cooperating with the disposal of people marked for violence or erasure under capitalism is characterized as 'peacefulness' in this society, and what we have always needed is a rejection of that 'peace.'"
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Anna Meier
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Universities will replace instructors with AI teaching assistants but will tell disabled students and staff that online meetings are out of the question.
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Anna Meier
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I took a public speaking class, despite really not wanting to, and it was like slipping back into a pair of well-worn running shoes after some time away. Why doing this meant showing up for myself, and why that matters.
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Anna Meier
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WORST: not packing my suitcase full of nonperishable US food. Food is my ultimate comfort and the British are terrible at it. Replace âfoodâ with whatever small US-specific thing brings you joy; something familiar in a sea of change makes a huge difference. /fin
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Anna Meier
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ANOTHER BEST: bringing over-the-counter meds with me. Ibuprofen comes in tiny packs only over here. Tums are 1000x better than Rennies. If you use melatonin, youâll need to bring a supply with you. Etc. 12/
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Anna Meier
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BEST: setting up an international money transfer account to move things around. I use Wise; I know folks who use Revolut and have had good experiences. If youâve never had to move money between accounts before, I think this is the easiest, most user-friendly way to do it. 11/
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Anna Meier
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WORST: trying to learn some British slang/phrases/etc. before moving here. The UK is the size of Oregon but has as many dialects, regional specificities, etc. as the US. Just wait âtil youâre here & donât try out your ânew knowledgeâ on the phone w/ a poor unsuspecting delivery person. 10/
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Anna Meier
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BEST: not moving furniture. It is so expensive to do & furnished apartments (not sublets) are more common in the UK than in the US. If you have an heirloom piece, put it in storage until you know whether youâll be in the UK long-term. 9/
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Anna Meier
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WORST: not doing more research on local utilities, taxes, etc. before moving. I focused on researching tech (phone, WiFi) & so I fucked none of that up. I fucked up all sorts of other things that cost way more money to fix. Learn how council tax works! 8/
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Anna Meier
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BEST: staying in an Airbnb while apartment-hunting instead of a hotel. If you canât move into an apartment etc. right away, an Airbnb has a residential address, which you can use to set up a bank account. Usually doesnât fly with hotel addresses. 7/
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Anna Meier
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WORST: choosing a moving company that did curbside delivery, i.e., they leave your stuff on the curb & you have to take it inside & dispose of crates, tarps, etc. yourself. Maybe this works if you have a house w/ a garage & lots of people to help but that was not my situation. 6/
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Anna Meier
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BEST: buying a VPN while still in the US. Iâd had one for years & didnât think this was something Iâd need to mention, but Iâve been surprised by how many US folks over here donât have one. Easiest way to still access all you might want to access. 5/
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Anna Meier
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WORST: choosing a cube/crate moving company, where you pack everything yourself into a crate(s) & a service comes to pick it up. It was cheaper but the customer service I got was way worse & the logistics on this side of the ocean were hell. 4/
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Anna Meier
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BEST: porting my phone number to Google Voice. Through this service I retain a US number on my UK phone (along with a UK number) & access to all the two-factor authentication things I forgot I set up. It cost twenty bucks and I did it while sitting in the airport. 2/
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Anna Meier
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The tl;dr is that everythingâs easier if youâre able to spend a bit more $$. Since most folks who follow me are academics, let this be a plea to unis: you must cover staff moving costs. Upfront, ideally. Otherwise youâre setting them up for long-term financial difficulty. Without further ado! 2/
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Anna Meier
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As I prepare to do this again in reverse, an incomplete list of the best and worst things I did when moving to the UK from the US: 𧾠1/
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Eileen Clancy
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"The National Police Chiefsâ Councilâs (NPCC) neighbourhood policing lead contacted all police forces asking for intelligence on any students âreplicating American campus protest."
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Anna Meier
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Is the schadenfreude delicious? Yes. Does the UK still have an anti-trans prime minister even after last night's election? Unfortunately, also yes.
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Anna Meier
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I don't have much to say about the UK election because anti-trans, anti-migrant, anti-Palestinian politics will continue mostly as usual under Starmer's Labour. The Green wins, and even the party's gains in places like Glasgow, give me a kernel of hope.
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BREAKING: Israel has approved the largest seizure of land in the occupied West Bank in over three decades, anti-settlement watchdog says.
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Anna Meier
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It makes little sense to talk about repression of protest, counterterrorism, and immigration/border control as separate policy areas. They're all part of the same white supremacist continuum.
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Anna Meier
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Let's be clear on the institutional context that makes this possible: -years of Prevent making institutions terrified of potential "terrorists" along distinctly & purposely Islamophobic lines -Home Office monitoring of int'l students making surveillance a norm on campuses
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Anna Meier
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"UEA, City University London and Cranfield University all admitted to sharing student personal data with police forces. Cranfield also referred up to four students to Prevent, according to the findings."
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Anna Meier
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Unite's strike against UCU reminds us that unions must actively work to be models of good labor relations. To truly commit to that work, UCU needs to meet Unite's demands, immediately.
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Kate
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"No one wants to work but we also can't keep students in classrooms because they are .... working."
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Anna Meier
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I am a near-literal child of Saddle Creek RecordsâI grew up in Omahaâso this is v. important and makes me v. v. pleased.
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Anna Meier
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Possibly the last academic R&R I'll do: submitted. It feels like such a relief. I'm so excited to devote more time to forms of writing that are better fits for me.
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Bogi TakĂĄcs / POWER TO YIELD & OTHER STORIES now out!
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I think there is also a crisis of students just being sick a lot more. I also see them coming to class (with no attendance requirement) while visibly sick. Probably COVID damaging the immune system + living in dorms one gets exposed to everything. (Cont'd)
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Shrew
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Students have been eager for in person experiences. They also have lives that can't go back to allowing exclusively real-time in-person teaching. Even before COVID I considered adding a lecture about sleep deprivation to my class when I saw how many students had late night shift jobs just to get by
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