Rishita "Department of Error" Nandagiri
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feminist #abortion & reproductive (in)justice researcher, tennis fan, likes tea. co-runs @abortionbookclub.bsky.social. Lecturer in Global Health & Social Medicine @kings-sga.bsky.social.
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how am i ALREADY behind on everything at work? I've only been back for six days.
a fluffy kitten sitting next to a cup of coffee on a table
Alt: a fluffy kitten, with its hair stick up awkwardly, sitting next to a cup of coffee on a table; and looking puzzled
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January 15, 2026 at 5:50 PM
how am i ALREADY behind on everything at work? I've only been back for six days.
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New Job alert 📣
Qualified #Archivist role at our sister union @bma-library.bsky.social based in #London
Closing Date 28 January
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Qualified #Archivist role at our sister union @bma-library.bsky.social based in #London
Closing Date 28 January
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January 15, 2026 at 10:20 AM
New Job alert 📣
Qualified #Archivist role at our sister union @bma-library.bsky.social based in #London
Closing Date 28 January
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Qualified #Archivist role at our sister union @bma-library.bsky.social based in #London
Closing Date 28 January
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we saw & struggled with it- not only did it miss the political beats, it was very confused about what its message was & what it was attempting to say in this particular political moment. &, I LOVE Springsteen but it just didn’t work here (& like they didn’t understand his music either). Just a mess.
This is a generous review of a very silly play. The film is about McCarthyism and social coercion, written by someone whose allies fled when the authorities turned on him. To stage that story and play down its political elements is horribly misjudged.
www.thetimes.com/culture/thea...
www.thetimes.com/culture/thea...
High Noon review — Billy Crudup breathes new life into the western
The Morning Show star is persuasive in the role immortalised by Gary Cooper in the 1952 film, but did it really need to be remade for the stage?
www.thetimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 9:18 AM
we saw & struggled with it- not only did it miss the political beats, it was very confused about what its message was & what it was attempting to say in this particular political moment. &, I LOVE Springsteen but it just didn’t work here (& like they didn’t understand his music either). Just a mess.
Perhaps (critical) demographers would also like to weigh in, as experts in population studies (!), on the populationism nonsense of Greenwashed?
1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...
GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]
YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:04 PM
Perhaps (critical) demographers would also like to weigh in, as experts in population studies (!), on the populationism nonsense of Greenwashed?
I’m amazed at how many experts of Venezuelan politics, history, & economics I know.
January 4, 2026 at 8:19 PM
I’m amazed at how many experts of Venezuelan politics, history, & economics I know.
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“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate."
― Edward W. Said
― Edward W. Said
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 AM
“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate."
― Edward W. Said
― Edward W. Said
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
@thebodyserve.bsky.social were fantastic and on point in the ‘I said no’ episode- not just on how anti-trans & deeply problematic the stupid Sabalenka/Kyrgios thing is, but ALSO for the deep cut on early tennis twitter & the BS of now big-name tennis ‘journos’. Never forget.
January 3, 2026 at 6:10 PM
@thebodyserve.bsky.social were fantastic and on point in the ‘I said no’ episode- not just on how anti-trans & deeply problematic the stupid Sabalenka/Kyrgios thing is, but ALSO for the deep cut on early tennis twitter & the BS of now big-name tennis ‘journos’. Never forget.
Catching up on Kermode & Mayo, & how does Winslet speak so clearly about how Goodbye June was made… & still think nepotism didn’t play a role? Sure, you can be super talented etc but you still get a break cos of who your mum & dad are & the capital they have. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
Good Kate Winslet (lass) Looks Back on her Feats of Acting
Podcast Episode · Kermode & Mayo’s Take · 20/12/2025 · 58m
podcasts.apple.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Catching up on Kermode & Mayo, & how does Winslet speak so clearly about how Goodbye June was made… & still think nepotism didn’t play a role? Sure, you can be super talented etc but you still get a break cos of who your mum & dad are & the capital they have. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/k...
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I’m watching Khauf (the sound on this is so terrifying- and that gnawing horror is well paced so far) & there’s not much to laugh at but it’s hilarious that ‘taalein ho’ (clap!) is translated as ‘tally ho’ 😂😂😂
December 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’m watching Khauf (the sound on this is so terrifying- and that gnawing horror is well paced so far) & there’s not much to laugh at but it’s hilarious that ‘taalein ho’ (clap!) is translated as ‘tally ho’ 😂😂😂
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This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
jesus the Palm Beach Police really sought arrest warrants against underage Epstein victims for coming forward and cooperating, and (purported) admitting to crimes, and it caused the victims to become uncooperative with the federal investigation
![. . . very cooperative, but the police at that point had to let [redacted] know that what she had done that she could be facing charges.
Q And that was after they had told her earlier that she didn't need an attorney present, correct?
A Exactly.
Q Okay. So this happens to her with the Palm Beach Police Department and did the Palm Beach Police actually present or propose charging [redacted]?
A They did get a probable cause affidavit against [redacted].
Q And is that why Ms. [redacted] and her attorney were concerned about her testimony here?
A Yes.
Q Now was a subpoena issued for Ms. [redacted] on behalf of this grand jury?
A Yes, it was.
Q And before Ms. [redacted] would comply with that, did she -- did her attorney request some sort of order?
A Yes.
Q And what did he ask for?
A He asked for immunity for [redacted].](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:eoss3vmzem55cm5kuddhdmwn/bafkreiariijffjjrgfh26o22jjr76pwprinvnbpkcho5lyi2sucfbqlooy@jpeg)
December 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
This is sinister. If you're wondering why so many people don't report sexual assault, this is why.
watching Sean Combs The Reckoning & I’ve surprised myself (& my partner) with how much I know/remember from being a 13 year old obsessed with Tupac and (imo, the precursors to my fave ATCQ) Public Enemy.
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
watching Sean Combs The Reckoning & I’ve surprised myself (& my partner) with how much I know/remember from being a 13 year old obsessed with Tupac and (imo, the precursors to my fave ATCQ) Public Enemy.
amazing how my brain actually functions when I’m on holiday
December 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM
amazing how my brain actually functions when I’m on holiday
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As a regular reader, I am out on the picket line again today, supporting staff at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social who are JUST asking for decent pay
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
As a regular reader, I am out on the picket line again today, supporting staff at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social who are JUST asking for decent pay
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Good piece by @francesjones.bsky.social elevating the voices of researchers such as @petermandler.bsky.social on how the issues at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social are impacting scholarship including abandoned/postponed projects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
‘No one seems to care’: scholars decry plight of British Library - Research Professional News
Humanities researchers suffer amid “agonisingly slow” recovery from 2023 cyberattack, as strikes cause further delays
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Good piece by @francesjones.bsky.social elevating the voices of researchers such as @petermandler.bsky.social on how the issues at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social are impacting scholarship including abandoned/postponed projects.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-c...
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The end of PEPFAR and global cuts to HIV prevention and treatment are a longterm health crisis and an immediate, fast-moving economic crisis—not dissimilar from the ways that conservatives are waging war on queer and trans people by coming for their jobs:
1/ For six months, I've been traveling the world on Pulitzer Ctr & Fund For Investigative Journalism grants investigating Trump's effect on HIV & LGBTQ health. On World AIDS Day, @theintercept.com is publishing an overview essay of Afeef Nessouli & my findings. theintercept.com/2025/12/01/w...
Trump Gutted AIDS Health Care at the Worst Possible Time
By the first World AIDS Day of his second term, Trump gutted LGBTQ+ employment globally and put humanity at greater risk of AIDS.
theintercept.com
December 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The end of PEPFAR and global cuts to HIV prevention and treatment are a longterm health crisis and an immediate, fast-moving economic crisis—not dissimilar from the ways that conservatives are waging war on queer and trans people by coming for their jobs:
do we know when to expect ballot results @ucu.org.uk ?
December 1, 2025 at 12:41 PM
do we know when to expect ballot results @ucu.org.uk ?
Legal/scholars who work with legal archives: how do I find specific cases? For e.g., @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives say Rex v. Blain is in the public domain. But where do I find/search for the case file/transcript? Maybe @ruthfletcher.bsky.social @sandraduffy.bsky.social know?
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Legal/scholars who work with legal archives: how do I find specific cases? For e.g., @wellcomecollection.bsky.social archives say Rex v. Blain is in the public domain. But where do I find/search for the case file/transcript? Maybe @ruthfletcher.bsky.social @sandraduffy.bsky.social know?
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As #India transforms into a hub for artificial intelligence, the datacentre boom is creating a toxic hell and ruining the health of its people.
“Amazon is using the shiny thing of AI to distract from the fact that it’s building a dirty energy empire."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Amazon is using the shiny thing of AI to distract from the fact that it’s building a dirty energy empire."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
‘It’s hell for us here’: Mumbai families suffer as datacentres keep the city hooked on coal
As Mumbai sees increased energy demand from new datacenters, particularly from Amazon, the filthiest neighbourhood in one of India’s largest cities must keep its major coal plants
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:34 AM
As #India transforms into a hub for artificial intelligence, the datacentre boom is creating a toxic hell and ruining the health of its people.
“Amazon is using the shiny thing of AI to distract from the fact that it’s building a dirty energy empire."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
“Amazon is using the shiny thing of AI to distract from the fact that it’s building a dirty energy empire."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
this is so deeply upsetting to read, for many reasons. the takeaway isn’t jus ‘prosecute influencers’ but why there is such deep distrust of medicine and obstetric care- we know the rates of obstetric violence are horrifying, maternal mortality & morbidity is shocking; & so deeply racialised. 1/
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is so deeply upsetting to read, for many reasons. the takeaway isn’t jus ‘prosecute influencers’ but why there is such deep distrust of medicine and obstetric care- we know the rates of obstetric violence are horrifying, maternal mortality & morbidity is shocking; & so deeply racialised. 1/
This week in Critical Bioethics, we asked "What kids of ethics in a pandemic?" - apart from the moral frameworks ("no egalitarians in a pandemic" - really?), we reflected on ungrievability, necropolitics too. A student asked "what evidence did they draw on?" I've just sent them the inquiry report.
BREAKING: UK Government chaos and a failure to take Covid-19 seriously cost 23,000 lives.
Former prime minister Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic” culture in Number 10 and regularly changed his mind, a public inquiry has concluded
Former prime minister Boris Johnson presided over a “toxic” culture in Number 10 and regularly changed his mind, a public inquiry has concluded
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
This week in Critical Bioethics, we asked "What kids of ethics in a pandemic?" - apart from the moral frameworks ("no egalitarians in a pandemic" - really?), we reflected on ungrievability, necropolitics too. A student asked "what evidence did they draw on?" I've just sent them the inquiry report.
I can kind of understand JMDP, but not Kuz - 4 GS overall (2 singles, 2 doubles), especially when Roddick is there with his single slam (whom I really like!). I also don't get Nestor getting rejected THREE times -EIGHT majors AND an Olympic gold. What do they base this on?!
News:
Roger Federer was voted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, but the other two nominees in the recent player category—Svetlana Kuznetsova and Juan Martin del Potro—did not clear the 75% threshold for induction.
Mary Carillo was voted in as a contributor.
Roger Federer was voted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame, but the other two nominees in the recent player category—Svetlana Kuznetsova and Juan Martin del Potro—did not clear the 75% threshold for induction.
Mary Carillo was voted in as a contributor.
November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I can kind of understand JMDP, but not Kuz - 4 GS overall (2 singles, 2 doubles), especially when Roddick is there with his single slam (whom I really like!). I also don't get Nestor getting rejected THREE times -EIGHT majors AND an Olympic gold. What do they base this on?!
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I love this thread - including photos of lesbians organizing at Beijing in 1995!
In my book I look at this lesbian advocacy as it relates to the movement for women's peacebuilding globally.
Check it out here, and message me if you have any trouble accessing it. academic.oup.com/book/61612/c...
In my book I look at this lesbian advocacy as it relates to the movement for women's peacebuilding globally.
Check it out here, and message me if you have any trouble accessing it. academic.oup.com/book/61612/c...
November 19, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I love this thread - including photos of lesbians organizing at Beijing in 1995!
In my book I look at this lesbian advocacy as it relates to the movement for women's peacebuilding globally.
Check it out here, and message me if you have any trouble accessing it. academic.oup.com/book/61612/c...
In my book I look at this lesbian advocacy as it relates to the movement for women's peacebuilding globally.
Check it out here, and message me if you have any trouble accessing it. academic.oup.com/book/61612/c...
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Given it’s taking 7, 8 up to 23 years to make some determinations this actually had me laughing out loud in the absolute certainty this this is undeliverable on every level. It’s a broken policy on inception. The bureaucracy alone is unworkable.
It will also mean people's refugee status will be reviewed every 2 and half years. If this policy was in place now, that would mean the Home Office having at least another 67k decisions to process over the next year (the number of initial decision grants made between April 2023 and March 2024)
Shabana Mahmood has vowed to end Britain’s “golden ticket” for asylum seekers by forcing people arriving illegally to wait 20 years before they can apply for permanent settlement
November 17, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Given it’s taking 7, 8 up to 23 years to make some determinations this actually had me laughing out loud in the absolute certainty this this is undeliverable on every level. It’s a broken policy on inception. The bureaucracy alone is unworkable.