Jenny Mathers
@jgmaber.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Researching and teaching on Russian politics and security, and gender and conflict. Expect cat photos.
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Jenny Mathers
@jgmaber.bsky.social
· Nov 13
Ukraine Recruits Women Soldiers. Why Doesn’t Russia?
The changing lives of women on and off the battlefield reveal the very different futures for which the warring countries are fighting
newlinesmag.com
Introducing myself to new followers: I research and teach at Aberystwyth University on the west coast of Wales, focussing on Russian politics and security and on women and war. This article reflects my interests in gender and Russia's war in Ukraine 1/4
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🧵 On Friday and Saturday, the department held its annual student #crisisgames. Following its long tradition of choosing topical issues, this year's crisis was set in the Baltics. 1/4
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🧵 On Friday and Saturday, the department held its annual student #crisisgames. Following its long tradition of choosing topical issues, this year's crisis was set in the Baltics. 1/4
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Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Good morning from @altyellonatpark.org
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Latest Levada Russia poll: Do you think we should continue military operations or begin peace talks?
26% continue military operations
65% begin peace talks
Biggest gap so far.
Perhaps Trump should ask Putin why he's ignoring what his people want.
www.levada.ru/2025/12/04/k...
26% continue military operations
65% begin peace talks
Biggest gap so far.
Perhaps Trump should ask Putin why he's ignoring what his people want.
www.levada.ru/2025/12/04/k...
December 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Latest Levada Russia poll: Do you think we should continue military operations or begin peace talks?
26% continue military operations
65% begin peace talks
Biggest gap so far.
Perhaps Trump should ask Putin why he's ignoring what his people want.
www.levada.ru/2025/12/04/k...
26% continue military operations
65% begin peace talks
Biggest gap so far.
Perhaps Trump should ask Putin why he's ignoring what his people want.
www.levada.ru/2025/12/04/k...
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The fun of being a woman on social media is that men can't just disagree with you, they also have to let you know that you aren't living up to THEIR standards for YOUR profession--a topic on which they believe they're entitled to evaluate you purely based on their Y chromosome.
December 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The fun of being a woman on social media is that men can't just disagree with you, they also have to let you know that you aren't living up to THEIR standards for YOUR profession--a topic on which they believe they're entitled to evaluate you purely based on their Y chromosome.
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Greetings from Kyiv,
where I’m having a warcoffee
and writing a Pre-Christmas letter to my supporters –
those who support my work on Patreon.
It’s cold here. Still no snow,
and electricity remains limited.
where I’m having a warcoffee
and writing a Pre-Christmas letter to my supporters –
those who support my work on Patreon.
It’s cold here. Still no snow,
and electricity remains limited.
December 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Greetings from Kyiv,
where I’m having a warcoffee
and writing a Pre-Christmas letter to my supporters –
those who support my work on Patreon.
It’s cold here. Still no snow,
and electricity remains limited.
where I’m having a warcoffee
and writing a Pre-Christmas letter to my supporters –
those who support my work on Patreon.
It’s cold here. Still no snow,
and electricity remains limited.
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I have ordered economy to accelerate immediately. If economy fails to reach global rates, economy will be arrested and economists will fall out window.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
December 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I have ordered economy to accelerate immediately. If economy fails to reach global rates, economy will be arrested and economists will fall out window.
Problem solved.
Problem solved.
🎙️ Yesterday afternoon I spoke to BBC Radio Wales about the latest flurry of talks about peace, this time in London, and what might come next. The segment starts 1 hour and 8 minutes into the recording
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radio Wales Drive - With Claire Summers - BBC Sounds
Everything you need to know as you head home.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 8:42 AM
🎙️ Yesterday afternoon I spoke to BBC Radio Wales about the latest flurry of talks about peace, this time in London, and what might come next. The segment starts 1 hour and 8 minutes into the recording
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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One of today’s Russian papers suggests that “The Russian army may take advantage of the cooling of the United States to the Ukraine issue...experts predict the possible opening of two new fronts.” #ReadingRussia
Today's Russian papers: blaming Europe, crumbling infrastructure
YouTube video by Steve Rosenberg
youtu.be
December 9, 2025 at 6:46 AM
One of today’s Russian papers suggests that “The Russian army may take advantage of the cooling of the United States to the Ukraine issue...experts predict the possible opening of two new fronts.” #ReadingRussia
🎙️ And @aberuni.bsky.social's Simon Rodway was interviewed about this project on BBC Radio 4's Today programme yesterday morning. Fascinating! It's the last 5 minutes of the recording:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
December 9, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🎙️ And @aberuni.bsky.social's Simon Rodway was interviewed about this project on BBC Radio 4's Today programme yesterday morning. Fascinating! It's the last 5 minutes of the recording:
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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This sounds incredible: @aberuni.bsky.social leading the way for ancient #Celtic languages again 👏🏺
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Linguists start compiling first ever complete dictionary of ancient Celtic
More than 1,000 words used as far back as 325BC to be collected for insight into past linguistic landscape
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
This sounds incredible: @aberuni.bsky.social leading the way for ancient #Celtic languages again 👏🏺
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You are ABSOLUTELY NOT going to regret listening to this bird:
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Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis
The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work
www.theguardian.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable" - now tell me again that we don't need to include gender in our political analysis 🤦
A Palantir billionaire just called for public hangings.
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
“It's time to bring back masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable,” writes Joe Lonsdale.
This is where Silicon Valley authoritarianism is heading:
www.thenerdreich.com/joe-lonsdale...
Joe Lonsdale Calls For Public Hangings
Silicon Valley radicalization escalates
www.thenerdreich.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
"masculine leadership to protect our most vulnerable" - now tell me again that we don't need to include gender in our political analysis 🤦
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Today, the brilliant Sebastian Seibt has written a news story about #OperationWrathofGod for France24. An excellent summary and I am very glad to see that research for my book reaches a French-speaking audience: www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...
Opération Colère de Dieu : quand les espions européens ont aidé le Mossad à tuer
Des archives jusque-là confidentielles dévoilent la face cachée de l’opération Colère de Dieu, la campagne d’assassinats du Mossad qui a suivi la prise d'otages des Jeux olympiques de Munich en 1972.…
www.france24.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Today, the brilliant Sebastian Seibt has written a news story about #OperationWrathofGod for France24. An excellent summary and I am very glad to see that research for my book reaches a French-speaking audience: www.france24.com/fr/europe/20...
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Remember Belarus. Five years have passed since the big protests against their dictator, now a Russian vassal. The "Jerusalema" videos were mostly produced around Christmas 2020.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs9P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs9P...
Беларусь танцует Jerusalema для своей свободы | Belarus is dancing Jerusalema calling for freedom
YouTube video by НЕВЕРАГОДНЫЯ-INCREDIBLE
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Remember Belarus. Five years have passed since the big protests against their dictator, now a Russian vassal. The "Jerusalema" videos were mostly produced around Christmas 2020.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs9P...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs9P...
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Carol Long, contemporary US ceramicist who draws influences from plant and animal life and also art nouveau #womensart
December 6, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Carol Long, contemporary US ceramicist who draws influences from plant and animal life and also art nouveau #womensart
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December 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Ukraine has been under a massive Russian drone and missile attack
Air raid alerts have been announced all over the country.
Among the reported targets are Kyiv city, energy facilities in Lviv Oblast, and sites in Volyn and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.
Air raid alerts have been announced all over the country.
Among the reported targets are Kyiv city, energy facilities in Lviv Oblast, and sites in Volyn and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.
December 6, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Ukraine has been under a massive Russian drone and missile attack
Air raid alerts have been announced all over the country.
Among the reported targets are Kyiv city, energy facilities in Lviv Oblast, and sites in Volyn and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.
Air raid alerts have been announced all over the country.
Among the reported targets are Kyiv city, energy facilities in Lviv Oblast, and sites in Volyn and Khmelnytskyi oblasts.
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Kyiv metro stations tonight. People hide from Russian attack.
📸: Yan Dobronosov
📸: Yan Dobronosov
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Kyiv metro stations tonight. People hide from Russian attack.
📸: Yan Dobronosov
📸: Yan Dobronosov
Friday evening on the sofa with Bruce
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Friday evening on the sofa with Bruce
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🧵 This week @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social used Lego Serious Play to get the second year undergraduates taking the module International Politics and Global Development to explore and express ideas around Post-Development. 1/3
December 5, 2025 at 3:34 PM
🧵 This week @gillianmcfadyen.bsky.social used Lego Serious Play to get the second year undergraduates taking the module International Politics and Global Development to explore and express ideas around Post-Development. 1/3
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Thread on the huge shift in US policy towards Russia visible in the new National Security Strategy - the biggest change since the collapse of the USSR. 🧵
December 5, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Thread on the huge shift in US policy towards Russia visible in the new National Security Strategy - the biggest change since the collapse of the USSR. 🧵
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Rainbow over Llyfrgell Hugh Owen, @aberuni.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Rainbow over Llyfrgell Hugh Owen, @aberuni.bsky.social
Country walks with cats ✔️
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Country walks with cats ✔️