Nina Jankowicz: “They’re not doing this because they have any evidence of censorship — they lost a Supreme Court case that made those claims… They’re doing this because the group of researchers and advocates have stood up to liars like Donald Trump and the platforms that enable them.”

Excellent news that the Pilecki Institute and Mieroszewski Centre, through the new Lemkin Laboratory, are committing to make 🇵🇱 a home to research on Russian war crimes. When the media attention disappears elsewhere, we will still be working.

A must-read from @kirichenko.bsky.social and Professor Motyl #RussiaIsATerroristState foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/28/r...

Everything is a meme now. War, peace, murder, paedophilia. It all just boils down to internet sensation.

‘Russia’s military and security services give Putin regular updates that inflate Ukraine’s casualty numbers, stress the country’s resource advantages, and play down tactical failures, two officials said.’ giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.

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Big productivity day at the Pilecki Institute

There is a place where time doesn't exist, and that place is where my papers are under peer review for an eternity.

Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.

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KCISInsights | This article by Ian Garner explores the contradictions around the Russian state’s attacks on Ukraine, exploring state and popular discourses of the city of #Mariupol ’s fate—its resettlement and regeneration—since its occupation. Read here: thekcis.org/publications/i…

"And tonight in 'Cutting off your nose to spite your face'...."

Despite what you hear from fossil fuel-funded politicians, the U.K has just generated a record amount of clean, domestic wind energy. Enough to power 23 million homes! U.K decarbonisation policy is a recipe for energy security.

War is peace, peace is war. We are living in a world of feelings and impulses, a world in which words have been completely emptied of their meaning. This is a dangerous moment.

Communists for the far right! Piece on Frank Furedi, Claire Fox and others from the Revolutionary Communist Party who now embrace Orban and Trump Their weird story is also a story about the power of money and how our twisted media rewards bullshitters comment.press/rcp2025

“Trump and Putin’s European saboteurs” My piece on a meeting in Brussels of the far-right activists who love MAGA more than they love Europe comment.press/farage1225

My reading of this? We already have a good idea about the impact and commissioning an official report into it is really not much more than postponing the doing for the sake of a govt-approved analysis.

After spending 3 days discussing Europe's past, present, and future at the @grandcontinent.bsky.social Summit in Italy, I am unusually full of hope for the continent's future. There is more enthusiasm than for many years for resolving big challenges: Russia, war, AI, and climate change.

A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings. “It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale. This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading: www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...

On my way home to Warsaw after a day in Milan. Sad to report Europe is not dying.

"When there’s no war, you aren’t committing war crimes when you kill people indiscriminately. You’re just a straight-up murderer."

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

Talking about “healthy nations” is fascist terminology. Fascists talk about undesirable nations as sick, diseased, infected - and their own dream nation as “healthy.”

‘An incandescent indictment of [Putin’s] regime.’ @thetimes.com 'Z Generation' by @irgarner.bsky.social out now in paperback & updated. Get your copy at 50% off in our holiday sale. ➡️https://tinyurl.com/4wjxs8cw

Buy my book and laugh at my Polish too? What a bargain!

"Trump, known for his provocative style and dislike for his political opponents..." Even the Guardian's news reporting won't describe Trump as he is. They would have no trouble using the proper terms for other autocrats.

Just published (free access) in European Journal of Sociology: "The Return of War in Europe: Contemporary Sociology and Organised Violence": www.cambridge.org/core/service...

I saw 5nizza in Warsaw this weekend. A little dream of mine come true.

This cross-pollination IS how new ideas happen. EVERY field needs humanistic thinking, that's why they call PhDs "Doctors of Philosophy"

🧵 Russia isn’t just unsatisfied with Trump’s peace plan – its media is calling it a “plan for Russia’s capitulation.” In fact, a new piece in Pravda is just as aggressive on Ukraine as anything we’ve seen.

The only people who endlessly complain about color revolutions are dipshit leftie campists and Q-pilled right-wingers and the thing they have in common is they're both huffing Russian propaganda

“Diplomatic efforts continue”

Despite the propaganda campaigns, nobody wants to move to Russia. Only 2,200 “anti-woke” visas have been issued. Compare that to the millions of people who still dream of a new life in the “broken” West.

Pleased to announce my latest grant rejection

Soooo were any of Farage’s pals not taking bribes from Russia?

Our special section of the Transactions of the @royalhistsoc.org on 'Parliamentary Culture and Indigenous Traditions of Assembly in the Americas and South and East Asia, c.1500–1700', co-ed with @pseaward.bsky.social & Jim van der Meulen is out! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Not even 10am and I just dropped the word "liminality" into a paper. Still not really sure what it means, but I'm feeling pretty good.

Britain: American taxes and Scandinavian public services for the old. Scandinavian taxes and American public services for the young.

As battles continue on Ukraine's frontline and missiles and drones keep raining down on civilians, pro-Russian propaganda is using AI tools to try and impose the narrative of an already defeated Ukraine. My piece for @en.afp.com with @irgarner.bsky.social www.france24.com/en/live-news...

La propagande prorusse recourt à de fausses vidéos créées par l'IA pour renforcer son discours sur une Ukraine déjà vaincue. Pour @irgarner.bsky.social l'IA rend la désinformation plus efficace en permettant de "l'humaniser". Mon papier pour @afp.com information.tv5monde.com/economie/bat...

Martin Kragh: Throughout 2025, the Kremlin has used the prospect of peace negotiations as a tool to subvert the threat of new sanctions, or otherwise hinder a development considered contrary to Russian interests. sceeus.se/publikatione...

Good morning, I look forward to another day with no White House scandals or lea…oh.

NEWS --> BBC confirms to me that they did edit a line out of historian @rutgerbregman.com's speech. It called Trump "the most openly corrupt president in US history." BBC also confirms this was done on the advice of lawyers. So Trump's threats worked. New piece: newrepublic.com/article/2036...

Just got PDF of this snappy looking book for a Foreign Policy review. Can't wait to get stuck in.

The "peace" charade is not worth spending time on. It will all fall apart very soon. Russia has no interest in peace. The Russian regime needs war to motivate its own existence. What is clear, as it has been since the break-up of the USSR, is that The West is impotent in dealing with Russia.

The Kremlin is preparing a 20-22 per cent VAT rise and is instructing loyal media to blame the West for the hike in order to shield Putin from domestic backlash over the growing costs of his war economy. 1/2

The amount of wordcount some colleagues expend in trying to project strategic rationality into Trump's incompetent flailing is absurd bsky.app/profile/aphc...

Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.* The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.

The war is Ukraine’s fault because they haven’t shown enough “gratitude” to Donald Trump. This is like watching a Godfather sequel where the Don has advanced dementia.