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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 1h

We aim at hundreds of truckloads every day; food to over 2m people; restoration of decimated health system; 1.4m people reached with water and sanitation; 1000s of tents distributed every week; 700,000 kids back in education; explosive ordnance identified for removal.

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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 1h

Palestinian and Israeli civilians have long hoped for this moment, and we have worked hard to get to this point. It must not be a false dawn.

There has been unimaginable suffering. Tens of thousands killed.

President Trump’s peace initiative must be allowed to succeed.

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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 3h

Hope and expectation. But this cannot be a false dawn.

My briefing to UN press corps on our 60 day plan for a massive scale up of lifesaving aid into Gaza.

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 1h

Super busy with very important stuff for the next 2 hrs 40 minutes

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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 5h

Historical research often comes at an emotional cost.

To commemorate World Mental Health Day, here's a discussion from our archives on how ideas about wellbeing can shape the historian's craft in radical ways.

Emotions, Vulnerabilities and Care in Sensitive Research

Research is emotional. Five history researchers reflect on how new guidelines on wellbeing have shaped their practice in productive and radical ways

www.historyworkshop.org.uk

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Körber-Stiftung History & Politics @koerberhistory.bsky.social · 1d

📣Out now: Bandung at 70. A joint project with Robert Bosch Stiftung, this new ePaper revisits the 1955 “Bandung Spirit” 70 years on. Can Global South & North renew multilateralism, defend international law & tackle crises from climate to digital futures? 👉Find out here: tinyurl.com/zyxbty3

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 3h

Well, I know what he's alleged to have said

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3h

Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela

US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee

www.theguardian.com

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h

Err...should be fine

Schools Week @schoolsweek.bsky.social · 6h

Exclusive: Teachers will use 'deepfake' technology to create an AI avatar of themselves to deliver catch-up lessons for pupils who have missed school

Watch one of the school’s ‘deepfake’ teachers in our story below

schoolsweek.co.uk/schools-trus...

'Deepfake' teacher avatars to help pupils catch up

Academy trust staff to use AI generator to introduce resources for pupils returning to school

schoolsweek.co.uk

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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 13h

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

Antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

An expert on anti-fascist groups who teaches at New Jersey’s flagship state university is moving his family overseas.

apnews.com

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13h

There’s a reason academics universally rejected the initial push to canonize Charlie Kirk as a saint devoted to free speech.

We know all too well that’s the exact opposite of reality.

Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 13h

I know this case is all over - & it should be - but Turning Point USA has waged a harassment campaign against faculty for more than a decade. I know of at least a half dozen other faculty, personally, who have received death threats and several of those who felt so unsafe they too left their homes

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 13h

Are we great yet?

Mark Bray, a Rutgers University professor and expert on anti-fascist groups, is fleeing to Spain with his family due to death threats that stem from a campaign by Turning Point USA and other conservative groups to get him fired, falsely labeling him as an antifa member.

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h

Robert Jenrick, the hollow man

www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

Robert Jenrick, the hollow man

He heads into the Conservative conference as the stricken party’s likely next leader. But this opportunistic ‘saviour’ could kill off the Tories completely

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 5h

Shadow Justice Secretary has made a symbolic gesture of support for Quran burning, both in law & apparently in practice too

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 4h

The prestigious award will be announced at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo at 09:00 GMT.

Nobel Peace Prize 2025 live: Trump shadow hovers as winner to be announced

The prestigious award will be announced at the Norwegian Nobel Institute in Oslo at 09:00 GMT.

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h

I'm guessing maybe not...

a police officer is smiling while driving a car in front of a brick wall

ALT: a police officer is smiling while driving a car in front of a brick wall

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h

Well, this is how you deal with this issue as opposed to crazed op-eds

www.imm.com.pl/baza-wiedzy/...

Wywiad Angeli Merkel stał się źródłem dezinformacji o Polsce | IMM - monitoring mediów

IMM - kompleksowy monitoring mediów: monitoring internetu, monitoring social media, monitoring prasy, monitoring radia i telewizji, raporty i analizy mediów

www.imm.com.pl

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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 4h

Poland, Opinia24 poll:

KO-EPP|RE|G/EFA: 33% (+2)
PiS-ECR: 30% (-1)
Kon-ESN|PfE: 16%
Lewica-S&D: 6%
KKP-NI: 5.5% (-1.5)
Razem-LEFT: 5% (+1)
PL2050-RE: 3%
PSL-EPP: 1.5%

+/- vs. 01-03 September 2025

Fieldwork: 06-08 October 2025
Sample size: 1,000

➤ europeelects.eu/poland

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h

Err because Zhou was on the 'right'side?

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Think you know the answer to that

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Olga Byrska @obyrska.bsky.social · 5h

The Polish NGO debunked news about Angela Merkel's interview for Hungarian media, where she reportedly said that Poland is also guilty of the war in Ukraine.
Her words were taken out of context and reinterpreted, first in the Russia-adjacent media, then in other outlets that copied the "hot" story.

Wywiad Angeli Merkel stał się źródłem dezinformacji o Polsce | IMM - monitoring mediów

IMM - kompleksowy monitoring mediów: monitoring internetu, monitoring social media, monitoring prasy, monitoring radia i telewizji, raporty i analizy mediów

www.imm.com.pl

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Illiberalism, Putin, and the Politics of Religion - New Books Network newbooksnetwork.com/illiberalism...

Illiberalism, Putin, and the Politics of Religion - New Books Network

Also Hosted By International Horizons

newbooksnetwork.com

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 5h

New analysis shows over 15,000 university job cuts and c. 4,000 courses "shuttered"
www.ucu.org.uk/article/1422...
#Highered #Edchat #students #research

New analysis shows over 15,000 university job cuts as UCU launches UK wide strike ballot

Universities have announced cuts equivalent to over 15,000 jobs in the last year.

www.ucu.org.uk

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Annoyingly totally forgot to register for this in advance

Democracy at a crossroads? The Czech parliamentary elections and their implications www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Democracy at a crossroads? The Czech parliamentary elections and their implications

A roundtable discussion organised by the SSEESing NOW seminar series, co-sponsored by the British Czech and Slovak Association (BCSA)

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Eye twitch from the capitalisation of the L in le Carré
Hungary plays Karla

wesleywark.substack.com/p/hungary-pl...

Hungary plays Karla

Or, spying on the EU

wesleywark.substack.com

Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Further arrests made over ‘shocking’ arson attack on Peacehaven mosque www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Further arrests made over ‘shocking’ arson attack on Peacehaven mosque

Four people have so far been arrested as part of police investigation into attack, which caused ‘significant damage’

www.theguardian.com

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