You truly could not make it up. You could not.

Join us for a dynamic conversation exploring how African feminists have organized over generations for collective thriving. With Jessica Horn author of African feminist praxis: Cartographies of liberatory worldmaking. @sagepub.com Tues 11 March at IDS. Book now: www.ids.ac.uk/events/book-...

Exactly this. Awful.

Check out this super interesting blog from my @k4dd.ids.ac.uk colleague Izzy Birch, giving an overview of what the evidence is telling us will be the key trends for #Development over the next decade. @ids.ac.uk @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social @stephenthomo.bsky.social @bloggs74.bsky.social

Government departments are being told to found 11 percent spending cuts, according to Bloomberg This feels like it should be a much bigger story... www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

‘3,000 new HIV infections have occurred worldwide as a result of the Trump administration’s aid freeze.’ This exclusion of LGBTQ+ folks is not only a disaster for public health but also truly discriminatory & evil. We are rapidly sliding back to the 1940s #Trump #HIV www.them.us/story/trump-...

Google is - and has been - part of the system trying to erase people's histories. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We're VERY close to 60,000 complaints. Help us make this complaint the biggest in Ofcom's history 👇 goodlaw.social/i1m8

Welcome to Bluesky, K4DD! Follow K4DD - which is hosted by IDS - for rapid research on emerging issues in #development and #diplomacy.

Really great to see our @k4dd.ids.ac.uk research now on Bluesky!

Conservative austerity? Labour austerity? Same austerity. Let's tax the rich, tackle inequality and fund councils properly.

Today it's ok to grieve, despair, & feel rage. But we need to conserve our energy, retain critical hope & keep up the fight (individually & collectively). Silence is not an option with #Trump et al riding high on right-wing extremism, misogyny, white supremacy, climate denialism, & misinformation.

#Musk is a supporter of far right parties in the UK and beyond, including the AFD in Germany. No - he didn’t do a ‘Roman salute’. He did a Nazi salute.

“Free Palestine” - Anti-Semitic “From the river to the sea” - Anti-Semitic “Nazi Salute” - Odd gesture 🤷‍♂️

Nazis: "that's a nazi salute" Historians: "that's a nazi salute" Average person: "that's a nazi salute" The Media: "Elon Musk makes odd gesture throwing his heart to the crowd."

The deal was set to be ratified by Israeli Cabinet on Thursday. But Netanyahu says, without specifying, that Hamas has gone back on several parts of the ceasefire agreement at the last minute.

Anybody surprised ? "Final sign-off for ceasefire deal delayed after Benjamin Netanyahu accuses Hamas of ‘reneging’ on parts of agreement" #Gaza #Netanyahu #Ceasefire www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Ceasefire on the 468th day of genocide. This doesn’t mean the end of genocide, and we must continue to practice #BDS, holding Isreal to account, and standing up for Palestinians wherever we are. Infographic by Visualising Palestine

We now have a starter pack for IDS staff and programmes. To know more about our work, follow our people and programmes here 👇 go.bsky.app/HH8hpVY

Reform UK MP James McMurdock has a spent criminal conviction for assaulting his girlfriend in 2006. Here are some jobs where you'd have to declare it. They're exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act He could be refused employment for his conviction. Not, though, refused the position of MP.

If the UK Gov is talking about how to tackle serious and organised crime, it must see the decriminalisation of drug use and opening safe and legal migration routes as viable methods.

Congratulations to @petertaylor-uk.bsky.social on his appointment as the director of @idsglobaldev.bsky.social!

Elon Musk has posted ***300 TIMES*** about UK "grooming gangs" in the last ten days. Including: Calling for UK government officials to be hanged and jailed; demanding the removal of Keir Starmer as UK prime minister; suggesting Tommy Robinson be released from prison. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

Hello! Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is now on Bluesky! IDS is a leading institute on international development providing research and knowledge for equitable and sustainable societies. Follow us to know about our research, partnerships, and learning. Visit us www.ids.ac.uk

A student was murdered, and her body dumped in a field. A long-distance Olympic runner died after she was severely burned in a gasoline attack. Almost 100 women were killed in Kenya in the span of three months, the police said. Rights groups want the president to declare femicide a national crisis.

It’s like no one saw this coming www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

READ: Do you know what Project Esther is? It’s a plan to crush Palestine solidarity, smear activists as terrorists, and revive McCarthyism—wrapped in the guise of fighting antisemitism.

Please make sure to add #AltText to your images on here. It’s so important for people who use screen readers and more.

We’re here at #AWID in Bangkok for a few days sharing our research and connecting with others around the world who are working tirelessly to counter gender backlash. So important during the global rising tide of the right-wing.

It's true that bluesky isn't great for news and commentary about Palestine. Maybe it will get better, maybe it won't. But we have to keep trying because it's crucial to talk about Palestine precisely where it feels unwelcome.

Please sign and share excellent MP Zarah Sultana's petition on retaining the bus fare cap! www.change.org/p/save-the-2...

Well, isn’t that convenient? Musk gets named to the fake department of DOGE, and suddenly NASA’s future is up for debate—just as SpaceX is poised to cash in. Funny how “efficiency” seems to mean redirecting public funds straight into private pockets.

Fantastic to hear from Sohela Nazneen, Tessa Lewin, Maheen Sultan, Naomi Hoosain, and so many others on the state of #GenderBacklash, how it manifests globally, and how we can counter it.

This joke from @aiannucci.bsky.social is incredible. What's big and small at the same time? A big egg 🥚

Musk is in control of the #X algorithm, so there's no point staying there to 'save it' from becoming a vacuum - it already is!

A very useful list for those of you joining #Bluesky

I'm block everyone posting a Handmaid's tale memes right now. And this is why:

How Musk broke Twitter and helped elect Trump (Location: Tesla European HQ, Amsterdam) www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3v...

The Grenfell Inquiry Report, in full www.grenfelltowerinquiry.org.uk/phase-2-report

The majestic Milkyway over Uluru 📸: Max Inwood