@draditrapani.bsky.social
Scientist 👩🔬 and globetrotter 🗺️ atm 👩💻
Born in 🇮🇹 living in 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇬🇧 => 🇪🇺
Eurostar 🚂 commuter
Books/theatre/cinema/gigs buff 💪
🇵🇸 | ☮️ & ❤️ | ☭
The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded (Ban Ki-Moon)
Born in 🇮🇹 living in 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇬🇧 => 🇪🇺
Eurostar 🚂 commuter
Books/theatre/cinema/gigs buff 💪
🇵🇸 | ☮️ & ❤️ | ☭
The world is over-armed and peace is under-funded (Ban Ki-Moon)
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The proscription of Palestine Action failed on all counts:
- Raised support/sympathy for PA
- Made convictions of PA activists less likely
- Made the Home Office look like cowards, bullies & idiots
- Will end up having cost a ton.
Just using the criminal law would have been far more effective.
- Raised support/sympathy for PA
- Made convictions of PA activists less likely
- Made the Home Office look like cowards, bullies & idiots
- Will end up having cost a ton.
Just using the criminal law would have been far more effective.
February 14, 2026 at 10:10 AM
The proscription of Palestine Action failed on all counts:
- Raised support/sympathy for PA
- Made convictions of PA activists less likely
- Made the Home Office look like cowards, bullies & idiots
- Will end up having cost a ton.
Just using the criminal law would have been far more effective.
- Raised support/sympathy for PA
- Made convictions of PA activists less likely
- Made the Home Office look like cowards, bullies & idiots
- Will end up having cost a ton.
Just using the criminal law would have been far more effective.
Happy Valentine to anyone out there!🤗
PS I still have to find mine! 🫣
PS I still have to find mine! 🫣
February 14, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Happy Valentine to anyone out there!🤗
PS I still have to find mine! 🫣
PS I still have to find mine! 🫣
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Drop the charges.
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Zack Polanski, "2,600 have been arrested for standing with Palestine Action"
"Today the court found the proscription unlawful, it's time to release them"
"Today the court found the proscription unlawful, it's time to release them"
February 14, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Drop the charges.
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#UK: We welcome the High Court ruling that the proscription of #PalestineAction as a terrorist group was disproportionate. We raised concerns at the time that such a sweeping designation threatened free speech & protest. Since then, thousands of peaceful protestors have been detained. 1/3
February 13, 2026 at 11:15 AM
#UK: We welcome the High Court ruling that the proscription of #PalestineAction as a terrorist group was disproportionate. We raised concerns at the time that such a sweeping designation threatened free speech & protest. Since then, thousands of peaceful protestors have been detained. 1/3
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"There is no decency to be detected in this political project."
Investigative journalist Paul Holden breaks down the downfall of the Labour Party in the UK — from Peter Mandelson’s link to Jeffrey Epstein to labeling Palestine Action as a terror group.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/lies-and-d...
Investigative journalist Paul Holden breaks down the downfall of the Labour Party in the UK — from Peter Mandelson’s link to Jeffrey Epstein to labeling Palestine Action as a terror group.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/lies-and-d...
February 13, 2026 at 8:25 PM
"There is no decency to be detected in this political project."
Investigative journalist Paul Holden breaks down the downfall of the Labour Party in the UK — from Peter Mandelson’s link to Jeffrey Epstein to labeling Palestine Action as a terror group.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/lies-and-d...
Investigative journalist Paul Holden breaks down the downfall of the Labour Party in the UK — from Peter Mandelson’s link to Jeffrey Epstein to labeling Palestine Action as a terror group.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/lies-and-d...
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Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
February 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Not sure if Man United owner Jim Ratcliffe will see this being as he literally migrated to Monaco to avoid paying tax in the UK, but we wanted to put this up outside the stadium anyway….
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
📍 Old Trafford, Matt Busby Way
As said before it’s all about AI! Put a proposal with AI in it and you get money to fund another project or another think tanks or another forum or institute.
I need to start mapping all these AI items… 🤯🤯🤯 it will be the topic of my next paper after I finish the one on science diplomacy!
I need to start mapping all these AI items… 🤯🤯🤯 it will be the topic of my next paper after I finish the one on science diplomacy!
$10 Million to Advance AI By and For People
www.macfound.org
February 13, 2026 at 8:34 PM
As said before it’s all about AI! Put a proposal with AI in it and you get money to fund another project or another think tanks or another forum or institute.
I need to start mapping all these AI items… 🤯🤯🤯 it will be the topic of my next paper after I finish the one on science diplomacy!
I need to start mapping all these AI items… 🤯🤯🤯 it will be the topic of my next paper after I finish the one on science diplomacy!
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Emigration rose 43k year on year.
It is simply a lie that the major driver of the dramatic fall in net migration is a big rise in emigration, not a big fall in immigration.
It is simply a lie that the major driver of the dramatic fall in net migration is a big rise in emigration, not a big fall in immigration.
February 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Emigration rose 43k year on year.
It is simply a lie that the major driver of the dramatic fall in net migration is a big rise in emigration, not a big fall in immigration.
It is simply a lie that the major driver of the dramatic fall in net migration is a big rise in emigration, not a big fall in immigration.
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Mahmood is as bad as Braverman. Mahmood should be with Braverman in Reform.
February 13, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Mahmood is as bad as Braverman. Mahmood should be with Braverman in Reform.
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Current Home Sec digging in to appeal, when if they read the mood of the country they would accept the judgement.
But then Mahmood is in the very good company of Badenoch and Farage.
But then Mahmood is in the very good company of Badenoch and Farage.
February 13, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Current Home Sec digging in to appeal, when if they read the mood of the country they would accept the judgement.
But then Mahmood is in the very good company of Badenoch and Farage.
But then Mahmood is in the very good company of Badenoch and Farage.
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What I've come to realise is that Mahmoud, Lammy , Starmer arent on the side of civil libertiesb- they are natural authoritarians. They are not alternatives to Reform: they are the precursors of Reform.
February 13, 2026 at 5:34 PM
What I've come to realise is that Mahmoud, Lammy , Starmer arent on the side of civil libertiesb- they are natural authoritarians. They are not alternatives to Reform: they are the precursors of Reform.
Just in case any of the Europhiles here could be interested. It’s free to attend!
@LSE on 18th Feb
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
@LSE on 18th Feb
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
Europe in a post-liberal world
6.00pm Wed 18 February 2026 | Pedro Serrano, Federica Bicchi, Spyros Economides | Free public event at LSE
www.lse.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Just in case any of the Europhiles here could be interested. It’s free to attend!
@LSE on 18th Feb
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
@LSE on 18th Feb
www.lse.ac.uk/internationa...
In the international arena there is an over proliferation of AI organisations, think tanks and associations, all looking at governance and responsible, ethical and safe AI. AI for good, AI for humanity, AI for science. None of them are AI experts but all jumped on the bandwagon. Just hype. A bubble
An Honest Conversation on AI and Humanity @wef | Yuval Noah ...
share.google
February 13, 2026 at 2:07 PM
In the international arena there is an over proliferation of AI organisations, think tanks and associations, all looking at governance and responsible, ethical and safe AI. AI for good, AI for humanity, AI for science. None of them are AI experts but all jumped on the bandwagon. Just hype. A bubble
Saying ‘I support Palestine Action’ is not unlawful (we knew that, and we knew as well that Starmer as a HR lawyer should have known this)
So who is going to pay for arresting grannies and peaceful protesters and misusing public funds to carry out those unnecessary arrests?
So who is going to pay for arresting grannies and peaceful protesters and misusing public funds to carry out those unnecessary arrests?
February 13, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Saying ‘I support Palestine Action’ is not unlawful (we knew that, and we knew as well that Starmer as a HR lawyer should have known this)
So who is going to pay for arresting grannies and peaceful protesters and misusing public funds to carry out those unnecessary arrests?
So who is going to pay for arresting grannies and peaceful protesters and misusing public funds to carry out those unnecessary arrests?
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Well this is bloody annoying - I find myself agreeing with Piers Morgan.
February 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Well this is bloody annoying - I find myself agreeing with Piers Morgan.
Italy 🇮🇹 what are you doing??? 🤯🤯🤯
🏆 for number of medals 🥇
🏆 for number of medals 🥇
February 12, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Italy 🇮🇹 what are you doing??? 🤯🤯🤯
🏆 for number of medals 🥇
🏆 for number of medals 🥇
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right, so, some quite insane professional news from me: last month I went to Paris to interview Gisèle Pelicot about what happened to her, and what her life looks like now - out in print on Sunday
February 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
right, so, some quite insane professional news from me: last month I went to Paris to interview Gisèle Pelicot about what happened to her, and what her life looks like now - out in print on Sunday
A game I never understood even after years of watching it across the Pav… and now even Italians have to learn the rules??
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
T20 World Cup: Italy complete shock 10-wicket win over Nepal
Italy stun Nepal to claim their first-ever T20 World Cup win, with brothers Justin Mosca and Anthony Mosca stealing the show.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
A game I never understood even after years of watching it across the Pav… and now even Italians have to learn the rules??
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Omg Italy 🇮🇹 🤯
February 12, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Omg Italy 🇮🇹 🤯
I get really annoyed by stupid questions while on a webinar… really if you are following a digital transformation class you should be at least digitally literate!!
February 12, 2026 at 2:25 PM
I get really annoyed by stupid questions while on a webinar… really if you are following a digital transformation class you should be at least digitally literate!!
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Israel has killed 581 Palestinians since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire was supposed to have taken effect last October.
February 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Israel has killed 581 Palestinians since a U.S.-brokered ceasefire was supposed to have taken effect last October.
There is nothing worst than when someone is carrying on trying to explain his/her speciality without any interaction with the class. For 3 full hours no stop! Online teaching is already tedious and staying focused is difficult, my head is 🤯 and it reminds me of old school teaching methods!
February 11, 2026 at 8:18 PM
There is nothing worst than when someone is carrying on trying to explain his/her speciality without any interaction with the class. For 3 full hours no stop! Online teaching is already tedious and staying focused is difficult, my head is 🤯 and it reminds me of old school teaching methods!
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Well, it’s not like the auld yin is wrong, is it.
February 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Well, it’s not like the auld yin is wrong, is it.
between drafting the file for conciliator, chasing the insurer of my former estate agent, applying for jobs, preparing interviews and also following up the master, trying to be a good student with the assignments, and trying to find a new tenant for my flat in Paris, I feel really under the water 😞
February 11, 2026 at 12:35 PM
between drafting the file for conciliator, chasing the insurer of my former estate agent, applying for jobs, preparing interviews and also following up the master, trying to be a good student with the assignments, and trying to find a new tenant for my flat in Paris, I feel really under the water 😞