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Trump’s nominations for the Peace Prize often have an ig-noble trigger | Rashmee Roshan Lall

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1h

Trump’s nominations for the Peace Prize often have an ig-noble trigger www.rashmee.com/trumps-nomin...

Much of the world has understood how to flatter Donald Trump…or how to get his goat. Nominate him for a Nobel Peace Prize. Or at least declare him the most worthy candidate. Or don’t nominate him and ...

Donald Trump has adopted a noble cause | Rashmee Roshan Lall

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 10h

Whatever happens Friday morning (October 10) with the #Nobel #Peace Prize, Donald Trump can, at least have the satisfaction of knowing he’s adopted a noble cause.
He has brought hope and happiness to millions.
In #Gaza. In #Israel. In the region. In the world.
www.rashmee.com/donald-trump...

Whatever happens Friday morning (October 10) with the Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump can, at least have the satisfaction of knowing he’s adopted a noble cause. He has brought hope and happiness to mi...

Donald Trump has adopted a noble cause | Rashmee Roshan Lall

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 10h

Donald #Trump has adopted a noble cause: peace www.rashmee.com/donald-trump...

Whatever happens Friday morning (October 10) with the Nobel Peace Prize, Donald Trump can, at least have the satisfaction of knowing he’s adopted a noble cause. He has brought hope and happiness to mi...

Relentless instability is destroying France’s center.

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 12h

Good analysis @henriastier.bsky.social for Persuasion of what ails #France & #Macron: “French presidents wield outsize powers that leave them exposed as lightning rods for all discontent…The collapse of Macronisme reveals the tragedy of France’s imperial presidency” open.substack.com/pub/persuasi...

The End of Macronisme

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 12h

@thenewworldmag.bsky.social ed @sanglesey.bsky.social on how "abrasive Kemi’s charm offensive ended up being just offensive": Tory MPs invited to lunch in Kemi's Westminster office were offered shop-bought sandwiches while their sandwich-hating leader “had something hot brought in” for herself! Geez

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 17h

Why local #journalism matters. Join @bbcnews.bsky.social's Jason Gibbins, Social Spider's @davidfloydnews.bsky.social & @localauthority.news's @edjennings.bsky.social at @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social. Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 19h

Be part of the conversation @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social . Great start to our Media Forum series. Join us for the next one on Oct 14. Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽
Oct 14: Why Local Journalism Matters
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

What's the future of journalism in the age of AI?

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

5/ 5 Nov 18:
What's the future of journalism in the age of AI?
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Jim Egan, Alex Farber and Jim Waterson discuss journalism and the attention economy

Open Justice: the journalists fighting secrecy in the courts

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

4/ 5 Oct 21:
Open Justice: the journalists fighting secrecy in the courts
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Why Local Journalism Matters

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

3/ 5 Oct 14: Why Local Journalism Matters
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

Real world lessons from and for local journalism

Towards a Decolonised Journalism: Lessons from the Black Radical Tradition

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

2/ 5 Today, Oct 8:
Towards a Decolonised Journalism: Lessons from the Black Radical Tradition
www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id...

There's one week left to save one of London's best restaurants

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

1/ 5 Today is the first of @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social Media Forum series, laid on by @mediacomgold.bsky.social. #journalism #media #communications
Everyone welcome. Details 👇🏽

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Per @vittles.bsky.social on the superb restaurant threatened with closure in Elephant & Castle, #London: Latin Elephant is organising a public protest & creating a template for residents to email MPs & Council to urge scrutiny of what’s happening at Castle Square open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

The battle for Castle Square, and suspicious goings on in Southwark, by Jonathan Nunn and Gavin Cleaver

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Devex reports that Thailand and South Korea are planning to create binding laws that enable environmental due diligence and give rights to people affected by unscrupulous businesses. www.rashmee.com/forget-trump...

Forget Trump, UK Tories. Rest of world cares about green rules | Rashmee Roshan Lall

Don’t despair, all those taking in the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of environmental regulations, climate change initiatives and sustainable measures. Fear not when you hear that the UK’...

Forget Trump, UK Tories. Rest of world cares about green rules | Rashmee Roshan Lall

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Forget Trump, UK Tories. Rest of world cares about green rules www.rashmee.com/forget-trump...

Don’t despair, all those taking in the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of environmental regulations, climate change initiatives and sustainable measures. Fear not when you hear that the UK’...

Bari Weiss’s CBS News and MSNBC both just laid out their new journalistic principles — and they’re fascinatingly different

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Join us this evening at @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion and film-screening on how to find the tools to do the essential work of #journalism. Details 👇🏽 complete with empanadas! There’s a livestream too on this link: www.youtube.com/live/IHf4Iue...

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 1d

Join us this evening at @mediacomgold.bsky.social @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social for a fascinating discussion and film-screening on how to find the tools to do the essential work of #journalism. Details 👇🏽 complete with empanadas!
There’s a livestream too on this link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EsL...

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

#bariweiss CBS News and MSNBC both just laid out their new journalistic principles — and they’re fascinatingly different www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/msnb...

CBS: "America," "American," "all of the tools of the digital era," and speed. MSNBC: Press freedom, the First Amendment, and ethics.

www.niemanlab.org

Reposted by Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall

Edward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 2d

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

Per @bloomberg.com : "Aside from sharing the reverse of each other’s initials, Taylor Swift and Sanae Takaichi — who is likely to become Japan’s first-ever female prime minister — have a great deal in common. They’re both musicians. They’ve dabbled with motorcycles..."

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

In an interview with @bloomberg.com ,Citadel founder Ken Griffin called #gold’s rise “really concerning,” warning that investors are now treating gold as safer than the dollar. qz.com/gold-surge-h...

Gold prices keep hitting records. Wall Street is worried

Gold keeps shattering records, an extreme move for an asset that typically posts single-digit annual gains. Citadel's Ken Griffin calls it “really concerning”

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

Spot on @vermontgmg.bsky.social : "The Republican Congress and the Trump administration made this bed; they, across all three branches, are fully responsible for the crash of our constitutional system..." www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

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Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

Agree with @vermontgmg.bsky.social , the #US is not in a constitutional crisis but a crash. #Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/there-is-n...

There is no budget "deal" to be made

President Trump has so broken the constitutional framework as to make joint normal, responsible government impossible.

www.doomsdayscenario.co

Dr Rashmee Roshan Lall @rashmee.bsky.social · 2d

@thenewworldmag.bsky.social 's Rats in a Sack on Michael Crick's lament anyone believes young #Farage sang Hitler Youth songs: "....the journalist who initially reported the claims of the songs [was] Crick himself on Channel 4 News in September 2013!" www.thenewworld.co.uk/rats-in-a-sa...

Michael Crick u-turns on Farage

The journalist rubbished as ‘absurd’ racism allegations which he himself first reported

www.thenewworld.co.uk