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Retired academic. All views expressed here are my own. Sometimes not even that.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@martinmbauer It's already happening.

One early career physics researcher of my acquaintance looked at HE and concluded 'sod this'. He is highly employable, so he's doing fine. But as his PI said, 'a loss to physics'.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@AllisonPearson It's only the hate from you lot that makes me think he had some good points

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@NoContextBrits Delinquent.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@Rod__Mason And here's the best bit.

He lost.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@RealSpitfire Keep up. Idiot.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@Nigel_Farage What's the latest story about that £5m from the overseas crypto guy?

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@NorfolkGTI @BorisJohnson And not sell anything to our nearest large market. Top 'thinking'.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@DeplorableAme12 @BorisJohnson @RoyalNavy @POTUS @VP @StateDept @DeptofWar @TRobinsonNewEra Idiot.

[Beatrix Campbell @beatrixcampbell]

@Keir_Starmer says “The one thing we’ve got to avoid doing is... turning on each other and tearing apart our party...." But that's exactly what Starmer/Labour Together did - plotted a coup, tore apart the Party, and scraped by in a general election that was Labour's to lose.

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

“It is a tragedy of today’s politics that, for too many, working-class defiance finds its outlet in racist organisations and reactionary parties, and that the left’s neglect of class politics… has left it with little moral standing to challenge that.” https://t.co/kZMHYFoBzT

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@WakeyShaker @javapro0 @officialsammyuk @ZackPolanski No. Lowe's extrapolations are, to be kind, questionable.

Less kindly, he wilfully, mendaciously, inflated numbers to make a bad situation appear much worse.

There are courses on research methods, if you 're serious.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@timeshighered @jgro_the No shit, to use the sociological term.

[Prof Jo Phoenix @JoPhoenix1]

My goodness. 5 years.

Some of you may not know about my employment tribunal against @OpenUniversity. If you don't, @SexMattersOrg published a great summary / briefing note where you can read all about it.

But today, I am posting with new anniversary blog about what happened in summer 2021. It contains the Open Letter, with all the signatories as well as an email sent to The Open University managers which makes, what I think was, my first complaint about the behaviour and actions of my academic colleagues, especially the former Faculty EDI lead (Leigh Downes) and Downes' social media activities in the days after the launch. It also includes the LSE 'statement of solidarity'.

I know we are still fighting to secure women's rights following FWS victory in Supreme Court (and now in regards to prisons in Scotland), but the febrile atmosphere facing academics has changed a bit, perhaps. At least academics are not getting away with such overt bigotry and prejudice in quite the same way anymore.

There is still a very long way to go. But meanwhile, I hope you enjoy the anniversary blog and please do RT, restack etc.

https://t.co/lTpudqOPAR

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@SirDogTurd @KaoS_Bluey Grow up

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@BROKENBRITAIN0 Slop

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@Jenny_1884 So leave.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@BenGrahamUK Yeah. You lost The bubble's burst.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@elonmusk If anyone can afford the security, you can.

You are the richest man in the world. You are not the fucking victim here.

[Steve Walker - [email protected] @steve_walker]

@LordduFey @BorisJohnson Yeah, that must be it.

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@BorisJohnson 🤡