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Here's a bit of positive content for your Friday Feed. Kali Akuno, co-founder of Cooperation Jackson, on the transformative potential of a union-co-op alliance! More details here: nonprofitquarterly.org/the-transforma…

Proptech and the private rental sector: New forms of extraction at the intersection of #RentalProperties and platform rentierisation by Dallas Rogers, @SophiaMaalsen, Peta Wolifson & @FieldsDesiree ow.ly/blQ650TSrZg #OpenAccess #BuiltToRent

‘Nothing would be more dangerous than treating a win for the Democrats as proof that the crisis of democracy is receding’, says Wendy Brown, among our most brilliant critics of liberal conceits and theorists of democracy re-imagined…. bostonreview.net/articles/the-v…

Devastating, short-sighted and shamefully irresponsible announcement by UOW management today of 135 proposed sackings, including whole teaching departments such as history. All the while the VC is a partner in a consultancy firm reviewing the university’s operations. NTEU

We are now accepting applications for the Summer Institute in Urban Studies 2025! #SIUS2025 takes place in Belgium (7-11 July 2025) & is organized collectively by KU Leuven Urban Studies Institute (LUSI) urbanstudies.BXL UrbanStudies_Antwerp Stadsacademie UGent & The University of Manchester (1/2) kuleuven.be/lusi/news-and-…

"The Last Human Job is fascinating, urgent and beautifully written...not a simple morality tale... Rich, expansive and deftly conceived..." Wow! Honored and profoundly moved by this review by Frances Flanagan. What a wonderful way to start this day inside.org.au/a-kind-of-soci…

No SCREEN TIME if you’re under 16 but you can do REAL TIME if you’re over the age of 10. Get real Anthony Albanese. raisetheage.org.au

JUST IN: Hundreds of NTEU members at UOW have overwhelmingly endorsed a NO CONFIDENCE motion towards VC John Dewar and University Council. Staff are calling on management to drop the proposal to slash 137 jobs, and for genuine consultation 🔁 share in solidarity with UOW staff

It's never too late to #Breakyourstreak! Stay tuned here for updates, the picket line lasts as long as our strike. In the meantime we have made an entire Games and Cooking website for you to use instead of New York Times Games and NYT Cooking: nytimesguild.org/tech/guild-bui…

I watch a lot of sport. Feels like all ads I see are about “the Odds”. Why doesn’t Govt step in and at least cap the amount they can advertise within time slots? I wonder why? 🤔

This is spot on. The last panel especially lays bare the gutlessness that underpins this government's tough talk on kids' use of social media.

Loving RTBU industrial action in Sydney: “Our call for 24-hour transport has the benefit of being a pain for management and the government, while also resulting in improved services for commuters.” theguardian.com/australia-news…

Hong Kong journalist-turned-activist Gwyneth Ho (何桂藍), who pleaded not guilty and didn’t submit any mitigation statement (the only one, if I’m not wrong) in the Hong Kong 47 case, was sentenced to 7 years in prison today. She posted this long article on Facebook

The perverse corporate priorities of an unaccountable and obscenely remunerated senior executive class is eroding our great public unis and driving uni staff job cuts. A public inquiry is urgently needed. ⁦NTEU⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…

I am extremely here for this thread breaking down the relationship between Tokyo's fashion scene and its urban planning. Menswear guy is also honorary geography guy.

New McCarthyism at Usyd: Not only are Sydney Uni’s new speech restrictions ridiculously unworkable, much more disturbingly they give broad managerial discretion to classify teaching and speech as misconduct, eroding academic freedom and the uni’s very foundations. NTEU