Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist

Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work. This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time. People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.

This #GiornatadellaMemoria it is perhaps fitting now more than ever to share Primo Levi's «Se questo è un uomo»

Call for papers: Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World. for Gender & History

New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.

They are canceling youth sports across the city in Minneapolis this weekend because lawless masked armed federal paramilitaries are targeting the children and families.

This is the last part of it. It was separated in her post.

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

This ain't no local horror story This ain't some local blight This is the American Condition In the harsh and blinding light The fever that we warned about Has finally come to pass The future is a shadow That the past has come to cast And the choir's singin' mournful youtu.be/0xQTgdnak2Q?...

“Can we check her pulse?” “No! Back up! Now!” “I’m a physician.” “I don’t care.”

Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.” So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?

if the ICE officer is not swiftly arrested and charged with homicide, it will mean that American institutions have accepted that ICE can operate death squads on American soil

600+ people still showed up for Legal Observers training in Minneapolis tonight. In addition to those currently on patrol. This minute. While the vigil is happening in South Mpls.

Repression may result in submission, but it can also provoke backlash

My new book is out now! Read for an alternative view on populism in Europe, influenced by decolonial theory, feminism and psychoanalysis. I'm available to do book talks in 2026! @populismpsa.bsky.social @brisunipress.bsky.social @reacpolrn.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu...

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Trading the Nobel Peace Prize to the president of the United States so he’ll militarily install you as president of your country seems a bit contrary to its intended purpose

London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.

“We have the biggest numbers.”

My IR department at the CEU in Vienna, Austria is hiring a security scholar. I am happy to answer questions. careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...

Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

Absolutely amazing chart from @peterkellner.bsky.social's piece in @thenewworldmag.bsky.social today: www.thenewworld.co.uk/peter-kellne...

The University of Bristol Law School has three academic posts. The adverts close at midnight on the 4th January 2026. Senior Lecturer in Law, Intellectual Property Law: lnkd.in/eKtEKRTQ Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Law, Criminal Law and/or the Law of Evidence lnkd.in/eRgmVsyK

Our CPD paper prize is open - until 31 December!

Excited to share a new article of mine on menopause, drawn from my on-going research in clinical psychology. I argue it’s a major developmental transition on par with puberty, shaped by culture as much as biology. Grateful for anyone who takes a look! www.zmescience.com/feature-post...

Read Chapter 4 of Sylvia Tamale’s work, Decolonization and Afro-Feminism (Daraja Press, 2020). The case study of the chapter is on Michael Phelps and Caster Semenya through the lens of racialised sex/gender construct. Highly recommend it.

I know it's too easy to grow numb to the constant flood of bigotry that comes out of his mouth but it does seem morally important you don't allow yourself or anyone else to become desensitized to this vile racism as a normal part of our politics

This is an ethnic cleansing campaign

I think about this tweet a lot

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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other. Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. " www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...

With just a few weeks until publication, it's possible to pre-order my book in time for Xmas! For anyone who wants to read a decolonial approach to populism and understand why we are still so attached to the idea of 'populism' bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/europes-popu... @brisunipress.bsky.social

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The latest in IR - Autumn book round up 📚 Check out the fascinating books our BISA members have published! 🎉 Including: Thomas Gregory, Rosie Walters, Dr Claire Yorke, University of Exeter Press Bloomsbury Politics & Area Studies and so much more! 🌟 Find out more here 👉 https://ow.ly/PqE450Xp8Xu

“Do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now?”

The official government account for DHS appears to be run by far-right trolls deliberately trying to provoke a response by using a term openly associated with ethnic cleansing. They will attack anyone who points this out and express faux outrage at the suggestion. They know what they are doing.

Trump ignores a question from a woman reporter but says, "I just like to watch her talk. Good job. Thank you darling."

Two or more Open-rank Professorships in Sociology at the University of Copenhagen: jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

Spending #InternationalDayoftheGirl in Newcastle for the joint @mybisa.bsky.social @isanet.bsky.social workshop on the Global Politics of Hope. I'm presenting on Critical Hope and Girls' Everyday Resistance. Couldn't resist putting this print I made of my youngest daughter on the opening slide 🌸🏵️

Asking people to pay for goods would kill the shoplifting industry ...

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly 🧵

JPMorgan Chase reports that $1.2T of debt is now tied to AI-related companies, making it the largest segment in the investment-grade market (Caleb Mutua/Bloomberg) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Quick reminder that fascism is almost always obsessed with the aesthetics of the male body—sculpted, uniformed, disciplined.

I hope women read the writing on the teleprompter here and get out. I hope everyone who isn't a fascist does. He is going to legitimise sexual assault as a locker room 'boys will be boys' thing. And there will be horrible misogynists, racists and fascists taking him up on that blank cheque.