Just got hold of my dear friend @asiyaislam.bsky.social’s book, based on her brilliant research on female service workers in India. Can’t wait to dive in!

Baby pokes himself in the eye and cries violently — can relate more than I’d like to admit

An amazing thing happened… Welcome to the world Deniz 🧿 🌊

Gaza Hiroshima

Securing survivors’ memories of #Hiroshima is increasingly urgent, amid a new era of nuclear brinkmanship. The horrifying truth is that the 9 nuclear states have *already* amassed the equivalent firepower of 145.000 Hiroshima bombs. This madness has to stop

Bu şahane sempozyuma uzaktan da olsa katkı verme şansına sahip olacağım için çok mutluyum. Emek veren herkesin ellerine sağlık. 🙌🏻 @tarihvakfi.bsky.social

As hard as it is to feel anything but gloom these days, I’m pleased to see this book out with @CambridgeUP—fantastic chapters by brilliant historians, plus a small contribution from me and Dr Can Nacar. A must-read for your Ottoman, global, world & ME history courses

Bugün nimetlerinden faydalandığımız her türlü kamusal iyilik (eğitimden ve sağlıktan tutun kanun önünde eşitliğe) zamanında ilkesel bir duruş sergilemiş, bedel ödemiş alturistik bireyler ve topluluklar sayesinde var. Hepimiz siyasetin ekmeğini yiyoruz. Apolitiklik asalaklıktır.

With so many uncertainties and anxieties surrounding our work these days, I’m incredibly grateful to this generous student and all the others who take the time to show appreciation for our courses and teaching. This nomination truly made my day.

Scenes from #Ankara on day 4 of the #Turkey protests. Thousands have gone on the streets again today despite the ban on demonstrations and harsh crackdowns.

“Eşkiya dünyaya hükümdar olmaz” epey tarih dışı bir önerme değil mi

Scary things are happening in Turkey right now. With the arrest of the major rival of Erdogan this morning, the regime is declaring its full transition into authoritarianism. I fear for the future.

apnews.com/article/turk... Police arrest Istanbul mayor, a key Erdogan rival, as government crackdown escalates

Today, Shane O’Neill, our interim Principal announced the University of Dundee needs to cut 632 jobs to be financially sustainable.

Also there are 237 vacancies (in part due to the recruitment freeze since Nov).

That’s 870 colleagues from 3200. OVER A QUARTER!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

🎓Higher Education🎓
The UK’s universities are beleaguered and besieged. Redundancies continue to be announced. Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Kent, Queen’s Belfast, Sheffield; the list goes on and on. Perhaps 10,000 jobs will go in this academic year, and that’s just the beginning. #AcademicSky

Shocking news about these job losses at Dundee University. A huge blow to staff, students and to the city. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

happy #internationalWomensDay to all who celebrate o/

The significance of #InternationalWomensDay 2025 cannot be overstated. It is no longer a case of addressing unfinished business on the gender justice front, but bracing ourselves to resist regression and a mounting assault on our rights.

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Who is “you” here? Me or Elon Musk 🤣

X banned a Turkish journalist’s account because the Turkish government wanted it to. His posts can no longer be seen from Turkey. The journalist was publishing open source documents about ongoing trade relations between Turkey and Israel (therefore exposing the govt.’s hypocrisy about Palestine)