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Melanie Simms
@melaniesimms.bsky.social
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Professor of Work and Employment. Specialism in unions and worker voice. Promoter of social sciences. Fascinated by pretty much everything. She/her

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Melanie Simms @melaniesimms.bsky.social · 3h
I know we’re now all waiting for this plane to land wherever it lands!
sarahjeong.bsky.social sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21h
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

Reposted by Dave O’Brien, Melanie Simms

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Ewan Gibbs @ewangibbs.bsky.social · 5h
You can get 20% off my new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, from bookshop.org and help support independent bookshops!

Reposted by Melanie Simms

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Alex Bryson @alexbryson.bsky.social · 11h
Come and join us for this BJIR special issue conference in memory of David Metcalf cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/... @sriucl.bsky.social @bjireditor.bsky.social @cep-lse.bsky.social
BJIR Conference in Memory of Professor Sir David Metcalf | Various speakers | Thursday Thursday, December 3, 2026 - Friday Friday, December 4, 2026 | CEP Event
An event from the CEP Public Events series organised by the CEP
cep.lse.ac.uk

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 21h
lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

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Melanie Simms @melaniesimms.bsky.social · 1d
Oh - and fuck the fash.

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Melanie Simms @melaniesimms.bsky.social · 1d
Service varies according to context. But I will ride into battle for these people. They are the very best at upholding international safety and dignity. I need to know they are there even though I’m unlikely to ever need them. Solidarity. And good work people.

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Melanie Simms @melaniesimms.bsky.social · 1d
I grew up on the South coast. The people who make up the RNIL crews were my classmates. I share few politics with them. But our (very not fancy, recently Secondary Modern) school had a Latin motto. Ut prosim. That I may be of service. What is “service”? I can’t think of better than the RNLI 1/2
yeomans.bsky.social Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 1d
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.

A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

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Melanie Simms @melaniesimms.bsky.social · 1d
I don’t self-identify as a gamer. But I really am. And Wolfenstein (the original). Played it all the way thru. And the final boss nearly gave me a heart attack!
retroblastpod.com Retro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 3d
What's your "origin" video game?

Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you.

I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer.

So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Nandita Sharma, Richard S.J. Tol , and 20 more

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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 1d
Worrying scenes in the Channel today, for all interested in asylum policy and maritime tactics.

A small boat from Normandy spent more than 30 hours at sea. Those on board now on their 2nd rescue vessel as Border Force forced to play cat and mouse with far-right activists who have their own boat.

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Melanie Simms @melaniesimms.bsky.social · 1d
Great fact!

Reposted by Melanie Simms

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 1d
Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) hosts a conference on Workers and Technological Change 10-11 December. Submit by 16 October.

Open to "historians, economists, sociologists, political scientists and scholars of industrial relations"

www.torch.ox.ac.uk/event/call-f...
Call for Papers | Workers and Technological Change
www.torch.ox.ac.uk

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Melanie Simms @melaniesimms.bsky.social · 2d
OK - so he pronounces his own name Mack-le-more. (Very soft le). I think the least we can do is swap to saying it like that. Every days a school day. (You all probably knew this already).

Reposted by Margot C. Finn, Melanie Simms

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d
Not long now till this conference we are supporting on the 250th anniversary of Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations. 8/9 October in Edinburgh. Register here
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/events/briti...
The Wealth of Nations at 250: understanding prosperity and development in the modern world
What makes nations wealthy? This question, first systematically explored by Adam Smith 250 years ago, remains as pressing today as it was in 1776 when Smith published An Inquiry into the Nature and Ca...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk