#Precarious

Jeremy Knox

_Jeremy_Knox

It feels like a lifetime ago now, but it's four years since the final report from Jim O'Neill's Review on AMR was published. Today in 2016, would we have been

Hisham Zerriffi

hishamzerriffi

Thread: The urge to quit grad schoolOver the years I have had multiple conversations with people thinking of quitting. I fear that in these trying times there are going to

(((Simcha Fisher)))

SimchaFisher

There's a meme circulating with Pope Francis holding up an object with his eyes closed, and people are shopping in various funny objects. In the original photo, the object is

Dr Kay Guccione

kayguccione

When I started being a Researcher Developer in 2010 my role involved organising training for postdocs (the visible 30%) and also advocating for postdocs (obscured work, but ~70% of my

Oroco Resource Corp.

OrocoCorp

Copper, corn show potential to follow commodities' rabbit gold https://www.bloomberg.com/professional/blog/copper-corn-show-potential-to-follow-commodities-rabbit-gold/ via @theterminal "Metals are poised to take the commodity gold

Petra Boynton

DrPetra

Academics. Please, please, please do not ask people to work for free.I've had multiple requests this month for help overhauling courses, providing teaching and creating departmental strategies for student pastoral

Katherine Scott

ScottKatherineJ

Women are at the forefront of the crisis as numbers from @StatCan_eng labour force report reveal. Women make up just under half of all workers, but accounted for 70% of

Adam Townsend

adamscrabble

Amazon is a predator, motivated to destroy serviceable assets, business operations, jobs. When it's finally captured, the damage will have irrevocably been done, leaving behind the Labria tarpits of retail

Jan Lim

iamjanlim

I’m not sure where this thread will go. But I want to explain how I’ve transitioned from a politically apathetic person to an anti-neoliberal and climate alarmist. Please bear with

Nadia Davids

NadiaDavids9

This is something that happens in SA universities-even well-resourced ones. There is little understanding or recognition that like all artists, writers are part of a precarious gig economy and are

So Mayer

tr0ublemayer

Apropos of nothing, some thoughts on what feminist kindness might actually look like:1/n centring the voices and struggles of precarious workers organising for fair pay and conditions, inc parental leave

Wandsworth Foodbank

WandsworthFB

We're all in the same storm, but we're not all in the same boat. Crises like #COVID19 hit people on low incomes the hardest. Covid-19 is shining a spotlight on

Maureen Babb

Librarian_M

"The Laurentian administration should not get away with this outrage. Their attempt to shift responsibility for the shambles they created onto the staff who actually do the critical work of

Máiréad Enright

maireadenright

Yesterday, at #ucustrike we were talking a little bit about the Office of the Independent Adjudicator, which can offer compensation to students if their university has not adequately mitigated the

Pallas, Astrologer, The Answer Is Always Venus

nineofwands

the idea that our value can be quantified and counted in time, energy, money. all are limited and scarce and precarious, and by defining us that way, so are we.and

Dr Xand van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈

xandvt

I visited one of the hardest hit care homes in Peterborough. 7/18 residents died in two weeks. The only place I have visited that took every single precaution perfectly to