C’mon folks, surely we can make an exception to the Russian sanctions for window safety catches…?

Badenoch on Today—backing Jenrick’s “no white faces in Birmingham” comment & making a sharp distinction between multiracial & multicultural societies. Definitely using this in next semester’s teaching. Will she still be Tory leader by then? #Multiculturalism #Teaching #Conservatives

I won‘t claim to be an expert in Japanese politics but a radical right party doing well in elections and the mainstream right party shifting sharply to the right sounds awfully familiar. Let‘s just say good reasons to believe that this won‘t be great for Japan. www.independent.co.uk/asia/japan/j...

Finally! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Just deleted my Threads account (not that i used it much) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

When you’ve spent so long on the Parliament of Sri Lanka website that it thinks you’re a bot and locks you out 🤖😂 Just your average day in #Academia, chasing down elusive cabinet details one timeout at a time. #SriLanka #ComparativePolitics #ResearchLife #DigitalFieldwork

This, from a 19 year old in the UK. Heartbreaking. “I’ve experienced more racism in the last 12 months than the rest of my life put together.” #racism #UK www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This is my big worry for a professional perspective - people need to learn the skills to do their own analysis/research so they can recognise what's wrong. If junior roles get replaced by AI (or even if juniors lean too heavily on it) how do we train the future leaders?

I agree. But this has to be a collaboration. And for it to be a true collaboration, students need a solid foundation of knowledge first. The real challenge? Motivating students to build that foundation before they turn to AI tools. #Academia #HigherEd #AIinEducation

It's time. After decades as a Labour voter and supporter I've taken the plunge into Green waters.

Unwelcome realisation: standing desk season = cold legs season. Autumn’s creeping in and the home office heating’s not on yet. Might be time for leg warmers to make a comeback? #AcademicSky #PoliSky

🔁 A gentle reminder to ECRs: never throw away your old notes or drafts. That overlong chapter or article draft—yes, the one that’s 5,000 words too long—might just hold the key to your next project. Save it. Archive it. You never know when you’ll return to it with fresh eyes or a new angle.

A plague on publishers who still don’t offer citation files for their books. Yes, Stanford University Press, I’m glaring in your direction. #Publishers #Citations #Academics #MetadataMadness

When a populist increases the size of the military / worry #Indonesia #polisky www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

“For some senior UN figures, the only conclusion to be drawn from these attacks is that Israel is killing the world’s only available witnesses to the starvation it has visited on Gaza through its policies.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

What struck me about this article is how this reflects what happened in India with the BJP mastering the new way of politics #SouthAsiaSky

“as …voters are lost, the lion’s share of the windfall goes to those on the…extreme right who have already mastered the gamification of politics…the ability to summon fever dreams of threats (to) be dealt with & prosperity that is just around the corner” www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In global conflicts tracked by UCDP since 1989, civilians made up a greater proportion of the dead only in Srebenica – although not the Bosnian war overall – in the Rwandan genocide, and during the Russian siege of Mariupol in 2022 www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Returning to my dataset on Pakistani cabinets today to evaluate the religious composition of cabinet positions as part of my contribution to the Majoritarian Nationalisms in South Asia monograph with @wilfriedswenden.bsky.social.

An extraordinary (and horrendous) story. #Windrush www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I've come back from 2 weeks annual leave to find no fewer than 10 requests for PhD supervision in my inbox. Unsure how to deal with them professionally in a meaningful manner (especially as I am aware that there is an individual at the end of each one). #PoliSky #AcademicSky

A reminder that #SouthAsia is at the frontline of #ClimateChange thoughts and prayers www.theguardian.com/world/video/...

Lovely to see the red shirts of @nottinghamforestfc.bsky.social fans walking through WB today.

Access to reliable information about wars and conflicts is not a luxury; it is essential for the wellbeing of global populations, the protection of human rights and the global effort to hold perpetrators of war crimes accountable. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Heartbreaking even among so much terror and horror www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

as someone who has just got herself a Garmin watch this doesnt surprise me www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

But not “back from Mississippi” I gather

Do students with special educational needs make it to university? If so, where? wonkhe.com/blogs/just-3...

The headline here should say: "Number of private schools increases by 35 - showing fears of an exodus to be unfounded". (The increase is mentioned way down the article.) www.thetimes.com/article/19ef...

More people in Gaza died of starvation in just over 11 days than in the previous 21 months of conflict www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

This is long overdue www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

"In language no former Israeli prime minister uses lightly, Ehud Olmert has described a proposal to corral Palestinians into a settlement on the ruins of Rafah and prevent them leaving as in effect a “concentration camp”." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social

“AFP said … that for the first time in the news agency’s history it risks losing a colleague to starvation…the head of the World Health Organization, …said a “large proportion” of Gaza’s population was starving. “I don’t know what you would call it other than mass-starvation – and it’s man-made”

Brilliant messaging from the Green Party. Wow.

🚨Pool Etiquette Violation Alert!🚨 Why is it always the swimmer going snail-speed in the medium lane who also decides to cut diagonally across you at the wall like it’s their personal slipway?! 😤 Rage level = chlorine boiling. #SwimLife #LaneEtiquetteMatters #PoolPetPeeves #AquaticRage

We cannot and should not look away. Recognise Palestine now! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Harrowing. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

But what's the betting that the supreme leader would still use X to get his international messages across

I am hearing from sources that the rogue Modi-RSS regime is planning to ban WhatsApp, FB & Xwitter completely and instead promote "Swadeshi" alternatives. Guessing #RangaBilla's Gujarati Friends are planning to get into Social Media and need an assured market! Congratulations!

Wrong. So wrong. And so different to the pulling the stops out that (rightly) happened with Ukrainian students.

BREAKING: The Palestinian Health Ministry says 73 people have been killed while waiting for humanitarian aid across Gaza.

Very interesting given the high levels of support for Reform among the young. Are they just assuming that the young won't turnout, or that this will encourage them to vote Labour? @robfordmancs.bsky.social ?? www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The action in Gaza has borne the hallmarks of ethnic ‘cleansing’ for a VERY long time now. This is just the most recent iteration www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Great to discuss @tariqmodood.bsky.social & Sealy's 'The New Governance of Religious Diversity'. In our response, @wilfriedswenden.bsky.social & I set out the typology we've been developing for our monograph on Majoritarian Nationalisms in South Asia. All feedback v welcome. tinyurl.com/4vkcbd48

Constructing an index that works across 3 countries and over 3 waves of the World Values Survey. Thought I was there (based on one wave of the survey). Just tried it on a previous wave and there is something seriously wrong with the way the variables fit together. Makes no sense. #polisky 1/3

More trials with no jury will disadvantage people of colour, campaigners warn

New documents: U.S. pouring hundreds of millions in military aid into building IDF bases www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...