Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · 5d

What are your favourite interdisciplinary journals that invite submissions outside the conventional article format? I’m thinking of poetry, reflection pieces, even visual art. @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Sep 4

Friendly reminder at Anchorage airport security to leave these everyday items at home. #Murrica

1

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Sep 2

The @greenparty.org.uk internal election results have given me a renewed sense of hope. With @zackpolanski.bsky.social @mothinali.bsky.social @rachelmillward.bsky.social & a strongly trans-inclusive, pro-Palestine GPEx, the Greens are creating space in party politics to fight the far right.

2 8

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Aug 16

Not “an American city.” A city. Any city. It shouldn’t be normal for armed US military to engage in law enforcement in any city, anywhere. But much of the outrage taking hold right now treats the US empire-state as exceptional.

Kimberly Atkins Stohr @kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social · Aug 16

Please: DO NOT NORMALIZE OR EXPLAIN AWAY ARMED MILITARY ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT IN AN AMERICAN CITY. If it doesn’t seem that off base or unusual to you, perhaps it’s because you are not the target of this.

2

Reposted by Meghan Tinsley

VeGn (Vegan Greens) @vegangreensuk.bsky.social · Aug 16

Kudos to the vegan society for curating this brilliant exhibition on the past, present and future of veganism 🌱!

The exhibition is a great way to learn about veganism and also teach your kids about it.

The exhibition ends on August 23rd.

#vegan #govegan #vegangreens #vegangreensuk

1 6

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Aug 15

I’m in there. A billionaire at Meta stole six publications from me, including the first article I ever published as a PhD student.

I’ve just added my name to the potential lawsuit.

Ruth EJ Booth (she/they) @ruthejbooth.bsky.social · Aug 14

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

4 6

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Aug 14

It’s 2 weeks since my 40th birthday, and I’ve made the pleasant discovery that it’s now slightly harder for mansplainers to dismiss me with ‘In MY day, young lady . . .’
I can talk about ‘my day’, too, mate. And capitalism has always been the problem.

2

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Aug 11

‘The removal of statues is not a symbol of decolonization, but an act of it.’

theintercept.com/2025/08/08/t...

Trump Is Putting Confederate Statues Back Up. Here’s Why They Must Fall Again.

Monuments to racism license racist violence. White supremacists, for their part, know this well.

theintercept.com

3

Reposted by Meghan Tinsley

University of Manchester School of Social Sciences @uomsoss.bsky.social · Jul 10

Congrats to our colleagues Andreja Zevnik, @tonihaastrup.bsky.social & @meghanetinsley.bsky.social for winning the BISA 2025 EDI Prize

Their Decolonial Praxis project is transforming how we think about equity, knowledge & collaboration in international studies

🔗Read more below:

University of Manchester team wins BISA 2025 EDI prize for Decolonial Praxis Project

The British International Studies Association (BISA) has recognised The University of Manchester’s outstanding commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) by awarding its 2025 EDI Prize to a t...

www.manchester.ac.uk

4 9

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jun 23

I actively discourage my students from postgrad study in the US. Even if they get a visa, they’ll face surveillance on campus. This isn’t to excuse the UK (where pro-Pal speech is also under attack), but to dispel illusions about the US as a land of opportunity. www.thejournal.ie/us-visa-chan...

US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications

The move has been heavily criticised by Taoiseach Micheál Martin who described it as “excessive”.

www.thejournal.ie

3

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jun 5

Delighted to have received my contributor copy of The Routledge Handbook of the History of Paris since 1789! Gemma King and I have a chapter about a particularly ambivalent postcolonial ruin. It was a pleasure to work with @kory-ory.bsky.social @amandasvincent.bsky.social & Erin-Marie Legacey.

1 1 5

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · May 5

It feels a bit surreal to be writing about the contestation of statues in Martinique inside the Bibliothèque Schoelcher, directly across the street from Joséphine’s broken plinth.

1

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Feb 20

This is what happened when I used an English-language AI tool to transcribe a French-language interview.
The good news is that I don't think AI will be taking over the world any time soon. The bad news is that I might be having a stroke. 😂

4

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Feb 17

Heading back to Manchester after a wonderful week of fieldwork and workshops on decolonial praxis at the University of Ghana.

4

Reposted by Meghan Tinsley

Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · Feb 7

I am begging people to acknowledge the fact that US foreign aid and “humanitarianism” has coexisted with a decades long bipartisan (!!) track record of destroying democracies and propping up dictators and authoritarians across the globe. The “aligning” did not begin with Trump and Elon Musk.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Feb 7

Dictators and authoritarians globally are cheering Trump/Musk's destruction of USAID. But Trump/Musk think that's *good.* They're aligned with the dictators/authoritarians in this regard.

My exchange with former USAID official @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social on this:

newrepublic.com/article/1912...

2 8 23

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jan 25

When ex- @labouruk.bsky.social voters say ‘they’re all the same’, this is what they’re talking about.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

Britain can learn from Trump’s positivity, says Rachel Reeves

Under-pressure chancellor says she is challenging people to be more positive on the UK’s strengths

www.independent.co.uk

1 1

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jan 25

Suki approves of this news.

1 3

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jan 21

I just received Miguel Montalva Barba’s new book from @brisunipress.bsky.social. Looking forward to this timely read from the Decolonisation and Social Worlds series. @alimeghji.bsky.social @jairofunez.bsky.social

1 5 9

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jan 16

Really enjoyed listening to Ajmal Hussain present his research on memory, belonging, and (not) being ‘left behind’ in Stoke-on-Trent. Looking forward to reading his book! @ethnicityuk.bsky.social

4 12

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jan 11

My new hobby is jumping on US citizens who complain about needing a ‘visa’ to visit the UK.
1. ETA is absolutely nothing like applying for a UK tourist visa.
2. The US has required the equivalent for 15 years.
3. Passport privilege is alive and well.
4. #abolishborders

1 13

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jan 10

During my PhD, I was cycling on campus, and I turned a corner to find 20 camera-wielding undergrads, who all started taking photos of me as I cycled past. Turns out a photography class was learning how to capture objects in motion. 😂

1 3

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jan 10

Closing Monday: expressions of interest in ‘Sociology in the Times of Genocide’, a spevial section of @sociologicalreview.bsky.social thesociologicalreview.org/announcement...

Sociology in the Times of Genocide: call for expressions of interest Contribute to a forthcoming Special Section in The Sociological Review journal

thesociologicalreview.org

11 13

Meghan Tinsley @meghanetinsley.bsky.social · Jan 9

What is apparently a ‘distant era’ for the NYT is literally every day in Palestine.

5

Reposted by Meghan Tinsley

Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · Jan 7

The government is pressing on with eVisas for non-EU migrants despite not completing an equality impact assessment

Campaigners warn the switch to eVisas could cause problems for older residents and those lack reliable internet access

By me, for the Observer:
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

UK rollout of eVisas could leave non-EU migrants ‘vulnerable’

Home Office is issuing digital visas without completing necessary checks, Freedom of Information quest reveals

www.theguardian.com

2 22 36

Reposted by Meghan Tinsley

Aaron Winter @aaronwinter.bsky.social · Jan 8

'Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his extremist far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France'

Great piece by @aurelmondon.bsky.social

theconversation.com/jean-marie-l...

Jean-Marie Le Pen died knowing his extremist far-right politics have been successfully mainstreamed in France

The former leader of the National Front has died, aged 96.

theconversation.com

1 12 26