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Joni Lovenduski
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Feminist, retired professor of political science, Chair The Political Quarterly board, politics obsessed,cat lover, Bridge player, Italy, food.

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Joni Lovenduski, is Professor Emerita of Politics at Birkbeck, University of London.

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · Jul 6
Important observation by Theda SKOCPOL on US police state.

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 10h
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Bots dissing London it seems.
How social media accounts are changing 'unsafe' London's narrative
‘This isn’t about whether London is unsafe. It’s about how online narratives form, spread, and shape public perception’, says KCL expert Dr Mark J. Hill
www.standard.co.uk

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 1d
Post Christmas Highbury Fields

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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3d
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 4d
Oh no!

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 4d
Oh dear!

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 4d
Managed to break my shoulder in two places slipping on the ice this morning. Guess I'm going to have to learn to type one handed...

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 5d
Epstein files. A reminder.

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 11d
David Inshaw (British, b.1943)
"Allotments," 1987
Oil on canvas
129 x 152 cm

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 13d
About to get very cold here. But sunny.

Reposted by Joni Lovenduski, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13d
Silicon Valley billionaire responses to wealth tax proposals:

“It’s illegal confiscation!” Property taxes go back to ancient times

“We will move away!” Yes you lack loyalty to society

“You’re just jealous of us!” ??

“We will buy new politicians to stop this.” Yes this is precisely the point

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 14d
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
Tommy Robinson says he found Jesus in prison. Churches disagree about how to respond
C of E faces dilemma as far right claims Christianity to push agenda that often clashes with gospel message
www.theguardian.com

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 16d
best done in slow cooker
samfr.bsky.social Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 17d
Making a turkey broth with the carcass like an old school grandma.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 17d
Making a turkey broth with the carcass like an old school grandma.

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 18d
I like that every iteration of the Tory party since I’ve been aware has had its own version of Sir John Hayes, a point of surety in an uncertain world

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 19d
Long shot to aid arthritic hands. Looking for a source of larger magnetic clasps to add to necklaces. Can only find tiny ones.

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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · Dec 11
We're sharing our PQ Wrapped, and our 8th most-read article of 2025 was:

'Buying Greenland' by Deborah Mabbett, on Donald Trump's 2019 proposal to buy Greenland from Denmark.

Read it now:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Dec 11
Former Tory MP Ben Bradley has now defected to Reform. They really are taking all the worst people from the Boris era.

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · Dec 10
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.

All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · Dec 9
Very cool article

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · Dec 9
Yikes
paulwaldman.bsky.social Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · Dec 9
The DSA and a dozen other lefty groups should sue, demanding that they too be given state money to establish organizations in every school in Texas
robertscotthorton.bsky.social Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · Dec 9
The Texas GOP orders that the TurningPoint USA Trump youth organization will be obligatory at all high schools and colleges in the Lone Star State.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Dec 9
6PM Wednesday, Mile End. @psurridge.bsky.social and I will be joined by @stephenkb.bsky.social, the Associate Editor of the @financialtimes.com, and @rmcunliffe.bsky.social, Associate Political Editor at the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social
Triumph and Trauma: The British General Election of 2024
Join the Mile End Institute to look back on the 2024 general election, the historic Conservative collapse and Labour's “loveless landslide"!
www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Dec 9
There were over 1000 deprivation of citizenship orders since 2010. (Commons Library) so the current pattern would seem to be the inverse of that claimed by the Opposition: there seems to be much more prevalence of removal from UK than to the UK
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Deprivation of British citizenship and withdrawal of passports
In the 21st century there has been a revived use of government powers to deprive people of their British citizenship and withhold UK passports, particularly as a counter-terrorism measure.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk

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Margaret Hallah @margaretj.bsky.social · Dec 9
Charities supporting women and refugees are being targeted.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
UK charities face ‘culture of fear’ as threats and violence surge
Exclusive: Charity Commission chief condemns public hostility towards staff helping women and refugees and at places of worship
www.theguardian.com

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Lauren Leek @laurenleek.eu · Dec 9
I wanted dinner recommendations so I scraped 13,000+ London restaurants and accidentally discovered Google Maps is running a shadow economy. Anyway here's a dashboard and a political economy thesis: open.substack.com/pub/laurenle...
How Google Maps quietly allocates survival across London’s restaurants - and how I built a dashboard to see through it
I wanted a dinner recommendation and got a research agenda instead. Using 13000+ restaurants, I rebuild its ratings with machine learning and map how algorithmic visibility actually distributes power.
open.substack.com

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · Dec 9
Anybody hoping that this is going to be a real problem for Farage and Reform should probably calm down and move on. This expert take suggests it's very unlikely to result in anything - for several reasons.
Nigel Farage accused of breaking election spending laws – the situation explained
Police are looking at whether the MP for Clacton overspent on his campaign – but it’s incredibly hard to make such cases stick.
theconversation.com

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · Dec 9
The DSA and a dozen other lefty groups should sue, demanding that they too be given state money to establish organizations in every school in Texas

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Duncan McDonnell @duncanmcdonnell.com · Dec 8
🎁 Christmas has come early for @ammassarisofia.bsky.social & me with the publication of our article "The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century" in @politicalgeography.bsky.social:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The geography of the party on the ground: Local branches in Italy and Sweden in the late twentieth century
The idea that the presence of Western European political parties at grassroots level rose and fell in the twentieth century is central to some of the …
www.sciencedirect.com

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · Dec 5
posting this because I like it . Wout Schram (Dutch, 1895–1987)
"A View of Amersfoort", 1925.
Oil on Canvas, 111 × 71 cm.
Private Collection.

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · Dec 5
Magari!

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Ian Bond @cerianbond.bsky.social · Dec 5
If Europe (except far right populists) thinks we can still rely on the US as an ally, the new NSS should disabuse them. No criticism of Russia, but hostility to the EU. And “Managing European relations with Russia will require significant US diplomatic engagement”, rather than military pushback!
Highlighted extract from US National Security Strategy: “Managing European relations with Russia will require significant US diplomatic engagement, both to re establish conditions of strategic stability across the Eurasian landmass, and to mitigate the risk of conflict between Russia and European states.”