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I asked some protesters about their projects, hoping to find some funding for them, & they responded that it’s hard to think of projects when they have no money for basic food or transportation. That’s where we’re at, while our partners STILL search for ways to “channel.” #GeorgiaProtests Day 405

It's wild that the PM of a NATO member feels compelled to put out a statement like this vis-à-vis the US government.

First protest march of 2026 in Tbilisi. #GeorgiaProtests Day 402

It’s freezing cold, and it’s snowing in Tbilisi. But protesters are still on Rustaveli on January 1st, some of them singing Georgian folk songs. #GeorgiaProtests Day 4000

An article from December 1996 warns that Bulgaria has no chance of joining Europe and the euro would replace the lev only after the second coming of Christ. Brace yourselves, the euro replaces the lev tonight at midnight! 🤣(and, of course, Bulgaria did join the EU in 2007).

Saturday march has just started✊🏼 Day 3️⃣9️⃣4️⃣ #GeorgiaProtests Under the huge Flag🇬🇪🫶🏻

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue today, December 17. Georgian Dream adopted a new law that prohibits “blocking sidewalks.” Police officers are warning protesters to “free the pavement.” #GeorgiaProtests Day 385

Georgia continues to protest. Footage from yesterday’s march. Day 381. #GeorgiaProtests

A common hostile response to pointing out Ru isn't offering a settlement but demanding Ukr capitulation is to say Ukr should've taken the 2022 Istanbul "deal". Reminder: Ru demanded capitulation then too. "If Ukr had surrendered in 2022, Ru wouldn't be asking for surrender today" is a dumb retort

A new mural now stands at Kyiv’s children’s hospital. It appeared at the children’s hospital Russia deliberately struck in July 2024. Not as decoration — but as a reminder of who this war targets, and why protecting the sky matters.👇

Photos from yesterday's protest march. #GeorgiaProtests Day 379 📷 Mariam Qavshbaia/Publika

Die selbstbewusste Antwort auf die US-amerikanische "Warnung", dass Europa aufgrund der Migration die "zivilisatorische Auslöschung" drohe, liegt im Betonen zivilisatorischer Errungenschaften der Nachkriegsordnung, darunter der Genfer Konventionen, und des unersetzlichen Beitrag,... 🧵

“Putin is negotiating for what he doesn’t own. And Ukraine is not for sale,” — President Zelensky Clear. Direct. Impossible to twist. While the Kremlin tries to bargain with stolen land and stolen lives, Ukraine reminds the world of a simple truth:👇

“The regime is poisoning us! We request an international investigation [into the use of a chemical weapon against peaceful protesters].” #GeorgiaProtests Day 374 📷 Shushana Matsaberidze

Reminder: the deadline to apply to the conference on "Popular Support for Autocratic Regimes in Historical Perspective" is tomorrow!

The truly conspicuous part is that he does not end with 'Thank you for your attention to this matter!'

📢 Call for Papers – London Experimental Seminar Series (LESS) in Political Science @lsegovernment.bsky.social. We are launching a new forum for experimental political science research: First seminar: 19/11/2025. Deadline: 31/08/2025. Submit here: forms.gle/ZUJcBbZoDoaY...

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

‼️ Former head of detention centre in Russia's Taganrog personally ordered torture of late Ukrainian journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna – police

Moscow is either preparing to attack Estonia - a NATO nation - or is making new attempts to intimidate NATO. Russia is moving electronic warfare systems 20km from Estonia against the backdrop of Zapad-2025 military drills in Belarus. www.eurointegration.com.ua/eng/news/202...

From May 2025 - Legislative Cooptation in Authoritarian Regimes: Policy Cooperation in the Kuwait National Assembly - cup.org/4iVKa4R - @danieltavana.bsky.social & Erin York #OpenAccess

🧵/ It's too hot this evening to be outside 🥵 so I decided to sit indoors in the cool & sort through some old papers from uni papers I'd been meaning to clear out. & I came across this clipping of an editorial from @newscientist.com from 2006! It makes for some grim reading...

During the nationwide minute of silence in Ukraine, even as heavy rain fell, this man stopped alone in the street — motionless, soaked, and silent — to honor the memory of Ukraine’s fallen defenders. No words. No gestures. Just pure respect. Sometimes, the quietest moments speak the loudest.

Last night Russia bombarded Ukraine 741 areal targets including a RECORD 728❗️drones @ 13⚠️ missiles Reports included a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal missile - which reaches its target in mere minutes. A friend “it was loud but I tried to sleep” - she means in a basement on a cold floor Others weren’t so lucky

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Morning in Kyiv. No sleep. Air quality is extremely bad. City is covered in thick smoke. This is Russian terror, aimed at people who chose to stay, resist and fight.

Our Element is out! 🎉 Why do authoritarian-leaning leaders target women’s and LGBTQ+ rights? Is there a systematic pattern that reaches beyond individual country cases, and how is this reflected in people’s attitudes and societal norms? www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis. Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters. csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...

#TerrorinGeorgia :)

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Speaking in Uzbekistan Slovak PM Robert Fico calls for reform of Slovakia’s political system reducing numbers of parties. Says Europe needs to draw inspiration from more “economically more efficient” non-democratic systems like those of UZ, China, Vietnam. dennikn.sk/minuta/46837...

"the temperatures at every reef north of Ningaloo reached as high as or higher than ever recorded. “We’ve never had every major WA reef affected in a single event. This is the worst coral bleaching event recorded for WA reefs.” " #ClimateEmergency www.theguardian.com/environment/...

DON’T SCROLL PAST TERROR. TALK ABOUT KHARKIV.

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Excited about our upcoming @iast.fr workshop on autocratic politics & democratic backsliding! Join us if you are in the Toulouse area or passing through on your way to #epsa. Program,registration link, & add'l info on our workshop's website: tinyurl.com/iast-autocracy Registration is required. ☝️

The clear goal is to suffocate what remains of Hungary’s critical civil society and to intimidate independent media, ahead of the highly contested 2026 elections — elections that the incumbent Fidesz party would lose if held today, writes @danielhegedus.bsky.social. euobserver.com/rule-of-law/...

My first book piece in German! Ich habe meinen ersten deutschen Buchbeitrag für die Sächsische Zeitung veröffentlicht, in dem es darum geht, wie man Einwanderung populär machen kann! Wenn Sie in Dresden sind, kommen Sie am Dienstag um 14 Uhr zur MIDEM. www.saechsische.de/kultur/regio...

"I never thought I’d see the day when Hungary — my country of birth — would threaten to suspend my citizenship for the act of defending democracy. Yet, here we are." Orbán's new law targets U.S.-Hungarian dual citizens like Dávid Korányi, head of Action for Democracy and a target of smear campaigns.

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"We can react by seeing all of this for what it is, and naming it by name: incipient state terror. We can react by associating ourselves with others who are repressed before we are. Only in solidarity do we affirm law."

#Georgians marching on #Rustaveli to pay tribute to those killed for independence of #Georgia 36 years ago! #GeorgiaProtests #AprilMassacre

The families of political prisoners grow emotional as ~200 titushki—gov’t-backed violent mob—try to provoke us on Rustaveli. We remain peaceful, especially toward fellow citizens. Police are heavily mobilized. 34 years ago today, Russian troops killed 21 protesters here.

The boy in this photo is Tymofii, 3 years and 9 months old. He didn't survive... His mom Valeriia shared that Tymofii was returning home from the playground with his grandma when Russia launched the missile. Mom ran to them. Valeriia says Tymofii loved space and rockets.

🕯️💔The screams you hear are from a playground filled with children—targeted and bombed by Russia with a ballistic missile. Russia is a terrorist state!

😔 In Kryvyi Rih, there was a playground near the site of Strike, 5 children are known to have died.

74% of Ukrainians say the country should keep fighting even without U.S. aid - after killings, torture, and deportations followed Russia’s 2022 invasion, The National Interest. 1/