Ashwini Vasanthakumar
@ashwinivasantha.bsky.social
Legal and political theory | migration, authority, obligation, oppression and the ethics of resistance | writing a book on why immigrants should not 'integrate'
www.ashwinivasanthakumar.com
www.ashwinivasanthakumar.com
Pinned
A quick introduction to new followers: I am a political and legal philosopher working on diasporas and transnationalism, the ethics of immigration control, victims' duties, and transitional justice.
My first monograph looked at exile politics,
My first monograph looked at exile politics,
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This is stomach-turning, and giving Chinese Exclusion Act
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
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Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This is stomach-turning, and giving Chinese Exclusion Act
Matt Goodwin appears on the inaugural episode of the Liz Truss show--'the home of the counter-revolution'--which is all you need to know about these two charlatans.
You'll need a drinking game in place for every time the terms 'cousin marriage' 'suicidal empathy' and 'ruling class' gets mentioned.
You'll need a drinking game in place for every time the terms 'cousin marriage' 'suicidal empathy' and 'ruling class' gets mentioned.
The Liz Truss Show review – hapless ravings from a cupboard
Britain’s briefest PM kept her fans waiting before launching her latest plea for Maga attention in the form of a ham-fisted YouTube talk show
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Matt Goodwin appears on the inaugural episode of the Liz Truss show--'the home of the counter-revolution'--which is all you need to know about these two charlatans.
You'll need a drinking game in place for every time the terms 'cousin marriage' 'suicidal empathy' and 'ruling class' gets mentioned.
You'll need a drinking game in place for every time the terms 'cousin marriage' 'suicidal empathy' and 'ruling class' gets mentioned.
Which shameless jackass organised a debate about the two state solution and only feature four Israeli speakers. Oh, the Munk Centre of course.
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Two-State Solution Debate
On Wednesday, December 3rd we will convene one of the most consequential mainstage debates in the 17- year history of our series.Motion: Be it Resolved, it is in Israel’s national interest to support ...
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December 5, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Which shameless jackass organised a debate about the two state solution and only feature four Israeli speakers. Oh, the Munk Centre of course.
munkdebates.com/debates/two-...
munkdebates.com/debates/two-...
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The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
The fact that four hostile drones tried to hit Zelenskyy’s plane & it’s barely a blip in the news cycle should terrify everyone. We’ve been dragged so deep into the chaos era that an attempted strike on a world leader doesn’t even break through. When this becomes normal, the world is in real danger.
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I have some bad news about your most recent Black Friday purchase, the AI Pervert Toilet.
NEW: Your "end-to-end encrypted" poop pictures taken by this $599 (+ subscription) smart toilet camera are actually not end-to-end encrypted.
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‘End-to-end encrypted’ smart toilet camera is not actually end-to-end encrypted | TechCrunch
Kohler, the makers of a smart toilet camera, can access customers' data stored on its servers, and can use customers’ bowl pictures to train AI.
techcrunch.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I have some bad news about your most recent Black Friday purchase, the AI Pervert Toilet.
This absolutely was the message that needed to come across, because the problem voters in the 2024 election absolutely were those who list their pronouns.
December 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
This absolutely was the message that needed to come across, because the problem voters in the 2024 election absolutely were those who list their pronouns.
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What is happening???
Remember when they only used to say these things behind closed doors?
Remember when they only used to say these things behind closed doors?
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Palantir CEO Says Making War Crimes Constitutional Would Be Good for Business
Alex Karp vows to use his "whole influence" on immigration and defense policy.
gizmodo.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What is happening???
Remember when they only used to say these things behind closed doors?
Remember when they only used to say these things behind closed doors?
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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
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Gaza: Israeli strike kills five, including two children, says civil defence agency
Gaza: Israeli strike kills five, including two children, says civil defence agency
Agency says missile struck citizens in Khan Younis, as Israel reports targeting ‘Hamas terrorist’ after clash with militants
An Israeli strike on Palestinian territory has killed five people including two children, Gaza’s civil defence agency told AFP on Wednesday.
“Five citizens, including two children, killed and others injured, some seriously, as a result of an Israeli missile strike” in al-Mawasi, west of Khan Younis, civil defence spokesperson Mahmud Bassal told AFP. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Gaza: Israeli strike kills five, including two children, says civil defence agency
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For different reasons - jobs, study, family!
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 AM
For different reasons - jobs, study, family!
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
Most went to more ethnically diverse countries (Australia, Canada, America + UAE) than the UK!
Because an increasingly ethnonationalist Goodwin has an ever narrow view of who is "British" he instinctively imagines all these British emigrants are white
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ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
December 3, 2025 at 1:23 AM
ICE and DHS are separating young children from their parents and disappearing them.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
6 year old Yuanxin was separated from his father after a routine immigration check in on Nov. 26th.
Yuanxin's father was not told where his son was being sent.
Yuanxin'swhereabouts are still unknown.
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i really thought the "emperor's new clothes" was more metaphorical than this.
He’s gesturing to a sleeping man as he says “He’s the only leader in the world who can help end [the war in Ukraine].”
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
i really thought the "emperor's new clothes" was more metaphorical than this.
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He's not unconscious, he's quiet quitting!
by Ross Douthat
by Ross Douthat
December 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
He's not unconscious, he's quiet quitting!
by Ross Douthat
by Ross Douthat
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In the nineteenth century, British officials became obsessed with collecting and codifying 'secret languages' across northern India.
In our latest article, Vipin Krishna explores how linguistics became a tool for classification, surveillance, and control.
In our latest article, Vipin Krishna explores how linguistics became a tool for classification, surveillance, and control.
Policing Language in Colonial India
Vipin Krishna explores how colonial officials in nineteenth-century India turned linguistics into a tool for classification, surveillance, and control.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
December 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In the nineteenth century, British officials became obsessed with collecting and codifying 'secret languages' across northern India.
In our latest article, Vipin Krishna explores how linguistics became a tool for classification, surveillance, and control.
In our latest article, Vipin Krishna explores how linguistics became a tool for classification, surveillance, and control.
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This reminds me a lot of that Daily Express front page recently about migrants dancing to music. Clearly anyone who receives any state help, no matter how basic or insufficient, should just sit in silent misery.
The guy's literally got one leg, but that's apparently one too many for the DWP to consider him disabled www.mirror.co.uk/money/dwp-fi...
DWP demands £36k PIP back from one-legged dad filmed playing cricket
Shaun Rigby lost a leg when he was a child
www.mirror.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
This reminds me a lot of that Daily Express front page recently about migrants dancing to music. Clearly anyone who receives any state help, no matter how basic or insufficient, should just sit in silent misery.
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Even when it comes to children Labour is actively worse, increasing the mistreatment of already traumatised and vulnerable children reaching the UK through brutal, and unnecessary, invasive searches is abuse as policy. 71/
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Children reaching UK by small boat face sim card mouth searches
Home Office accused of putting criminality before dignity with rule seeking intelligence on people-smugglers
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Even when it comes to children Labour is actively worse, increasing the mistreatment of already traumatised and vulnerable children reaching the UK through brutal, and unnecessary, invasive searches is abuse as policy. 71/
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Postdoc Opportunity!
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory - one Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory - one Postdoctoral Research Fellow
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Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory - one Postdoctoral Research Fellow (m/f/d) | H-Net
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December 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Postdoc Opportunity!
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory - one Postdoctoral Research Fellow
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69556/m...
Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory - one Postdoctoral Research Fellow
networks.h-net.org/jobs/69556/m...
So glad the genocide is over.
Israeli forces carry out demolition and destruction on residential buildings behind the yellow line in central Gaza.
Israeli forces continue demolition, destruction around Gaza City
Israeli forces carry out demolition and destruction on residential buildings behind the yellow line in central Gaza.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:08 AM
So glad the genocide is over.
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If you're new to Substack or just looking for serious immigration writing, I've compiled "The Immigration Substack Universe"--a live directory of newsletters focused on policy analysis, research, and field reporting. Check it out and suggest additions.
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The Immigration Substack Universe
All migration newsletters and people you want to follow in one place
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November 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you're new to Substack or just looking for serious immigration writing, I've compiled "The Immigration Substack Universe"--a live directory of newsletters focused on policy analysis, research, and field reporting. Check it out and suggest additions.
alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/the-immigr...
alexanderkustov.substack.com/p/the-immigr...
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There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
'The Precedent Is Flint': How Oregon's Data Center Boom Is Supercharging a Water Crisis
Amazon data centers constructed in eastern Oregon's farmland have worsened a water pollution problem that’s been linked to cancer and miscarriages.
www.rollingstone.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
There is a movement to "prove that the datacenter water issues is fake". If you venture into Muskrat's hell site, you can see the community note these people put on this great piece of investigative journalism, accusing them of unfairly implicating datacenters.
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
Crimes against humanity
We need to make a bigger issue of what happened to the world when Elon Musk decimated USAID.
madness.ghost.io
December 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"It was estimated in early November that 600,000 people had already died because of [the USAID] cuts, with two-thirds of them being children.
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
I think it is fair to say that this is a crime against humanity. It is a staggering number of deaths."
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On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
November 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
On every public policy committee I sat on - gambling, drugs, animal experiments, law of homicide and others - someone would ask ‘But what would the Daily Mail say about our recommendations?’ I now regret that we never gave the right answer. ‘We shouldn’t care.’
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Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
rich dudes got freakier after butlers fell out of fashion, like say what you will about having domestic servants but clearly it was some sort of moderating force on old rich dudes having a fancy man follow you around saying shit like "oh dear sir, that wouldn't be very becoming"
November 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Computer, please summarize everything PG Wodehouse ever wrote in ten seconds
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Wise for CAUT not to endorse a motion that so flagrantly flies in the face of the will of its members.
For folks following CAUT Council, I’m pleased to report this motion was resoundly defeated
November 29, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Wise for CAUT not to endorse a motion that so flagrantly flies in the face of the will of its members.