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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Rob Kitchin @robkitchin.bsky.social · Sep 11

Call for papers. Workshop: Data Migration and Mobilities: Towards a New Research Agenda. Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Tallinn, Estonia, 8-9 April 2026. Organised by Anu Masso & @robkitchin.bsky.social. Deadline for submissions 15 Oct.

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · 7d

I cannot believe the US is still a democracy

Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 8d

According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...

‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building

YouTube video by MSNBC

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · 7d

#Lithuania New culture minister resigned after a week in office, driven out by blazing civic mobilization by the culture sector.

He was incompetent and appointed by a corrupt party.

Fabulous work, Lietuva!

Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · 20d

“The Arctic is the first region where climate change is changing the geopolitical map. If we didn't have climate change, we wouldn't be talking. Russia would not be producing oil and gas in the Arctic. China would not be sending container ships through the Arctic.”

www.politico.eu/article/chin...

China tests an express route to Europe through a thawing Arctic

“Climate change is rapidly and actively changing the geopolitical dynamics” in the region, an Arctic researcher says.

www.politico.eu

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Sep 10

The tide is (ever-so-slowly) turning

Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · Sep 10

What is happening in Gaza has shaken the conscience of the world.

Man-made famine can never be a weapon of war. This must stop.

EU aid to Gaza far outweighs that of any other partner.

But of course, Europe needs to do more.

Here are measures for a way forward ↓

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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · Aug 27

More scientists choose Bluesky over Twitter

It’s not just you. Survey says: “Twitter sucks now and all the cool kids are moving to Bluesky”…

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Sep 3

A prepayment of €533.2 million for EU defense aid was made, yet only around 10 percent was covered by submitted grant agreements, while €88.9 million was frozen in the budget for nearly 18 months due to incomplete transactions.

Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ah, Estonia

news.err.ee/1609787322/a...

Audit office: Defense ministry lacks overview of ever-expanding budget

The National Audit Office (Riigikontroll) has in a fresh report exposed systemic financial mismanagement at the Ministry of Defense and its subordinate agencies.

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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · Sep 2

#OpenAccess from our latest issue -

The spectre of statelessness - cup.org/42wNYDJ

"stateless people have broad prima facie moral permissions to resist the state system’s constitutive norms, practices, and institutions..."

- @lrafanell.bsky.social

International Theory abstract discussing political obligations, statelessness, and the justice system's role in protecting rights, with a focus on Hong Kong's 'Refugee Occupy' movement.

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · Sep 2

“White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus – in Our Cells, in Our Food and in Our World”
by Jack Lohmann.

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Sep 2

‘Fertiliser companies often mine the phosphate, pile up the phosphogypsum, then declare bankruptcy and leave the taxpayer to pay for the clean-up.’

@jjvincent.bsky.social on the environmental impacts of phosphate production: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

James Vincent · Where the Power Is: Planet Phosphorus

The rarity of phosphorus makes it the single most limiting factor for the growth of biomass on Earth. It is, as Isaac...

www.lrb.co.uk

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fantastic and much needed article. Sad we are realizing that this matters only in times of conflict/war.

www.politico.eu/article/russ...

From Kyiv to the Suwałki Gap, bogs return as Europe’s defensive shield

Restoring the EU’s drained bogs would stop both Russian tanks and planet-warming pollution.

www.politico.eu

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Aug 21

Tako! #stopgenocide

Maja Sever @majasever.bsky.social · Aug 21

“Dođite. Nije vrijeme za neutralnost.” – poručuje predsjednik HND-a Hrvoje Zovko uz poziv na prosvjed ispred Novinarski dom 28. kolovoza u 16 sati. ✊
#ZaustaviteUbijanjeNovinara #ZaustaviteGenocid #Solidarnost

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Tim Howles @timhowles.bsky.social · Aug 15

Bettina Brandt & Daniel L. Purdy eds.
"Colonialism and Enlightenment: The Legacy of German Race Theories"
- Oxford University Press, November 2025
global.oup.com/academic/pro...

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Hotel Bar Sessions podcast @hotelbarpodcast.bsky.social · Aug 15

Episode 195 is live and to wrap up Season 13 we're taking a deep dive into Hannah Arendt's concept of the "banality of evil."

(Cover art from Jonathan Glazer's 2023 film "The Zone of Interest")

hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/aren...

Episode 195: Arendt’s “Banality of Evil” - Hotel Bar Podcast

"Evil arises from a failure to think." -Hannah Arendt

hotelbarpodcast.com

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Aug 1

Aro Velmet's perspective on Estonian media and the genocide in Palestine in #Sirp. I am mentioned too re the poor Delfi article trying to smear me.

We need more of this.

www.sirp.ee/meedia-ei-tu...

Meedia ei tunne Gaza-nälga - Sirp

On keeruline leida teemat, mille kajastamisel oleks Eesti meedia nii põhjalikult läbi kukkunud, nagu see on Iisraeli sõjakäiguga Gazas. Kõigepealt meenutuseks mõned tõsiasjad. Rahvusvahelise õiguse se...

www.sirp.ee

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Jul 30

I swear, #Tallinn public transport is an enemy of AC! The same goes for other Baltic cities. Like, it’s hot people!!!

Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Jul 30

courtesy of @birgitpoopuu.bsky.social

Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is important! The University Represseion League Table assesses UK universities based on repression of free expression.

Proud of @aberuni.bsky.social - but more to be done!

si4j.org/universityre...

SI4J League Table - Site & PDF

UK University Repression League Table 2025

si4j.org

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Jul 29

You said it all! Thanks.

Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Jul 29

I was targeted by media in Estonia, #Delfi, for speaking out about Palestine.

Linkedin post, including TL;DR: shorturl.at/sskZd
My long response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

💥How I Was Targeted for Speaking About Gaza in Estonia | Toni Čerkez

💥How I Was Targeted for Speaking About Gaza in Estonia Dear friends and colleagues, I link below my letter detailing how speaking out about Palestine got me dragged through the mud by the Estonian ...

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · Jul 27

Essays are truly dead

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Jul 18

Bunz called it ‘we do not want to be governed like that’

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · Jul 17

"Decomputing is the development of a counter-power to the technopolitical apparatus of AI and its totalising transformations...And this is my final point about decomputing, that it's not a vision for any return to a pre-AI status quo but a deliberate claim on a better world for all." 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻

Dan McQuillan @danmcquillan.bsky.social · Jul 17

I posted the text of my talk on 'Decomputing as Resistance' danmcquillan.org/decomputing_...
It's a work-in-progress: comments welcome!

Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Jul 16

Ovo što se događa u Hrvatskoj je strašno. Hrvatska postaje zemlja taoc braniteljima.

www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrva...

‘Zovu branitelji, pitaju znamo li za koga je pjevao Bajaga. Za to nema dokaza, ali ipak smo mu otkazali nastup‘

‘Kao grad koji njeguje kulturu i dijalog ne želimo da bilo koji glazbeni događaj postane povod za podjele ili sukobe‘

www.jutarnji.hr

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Toni Čerkez @tonicerkez.bsky.social · Jul 9

Ecce homo!!! Beautiful

Roz Kaveney @rozkaveney.bsky.social · Jul 9

It's my 76th birthday today. I transitioned in my late 20s - should have been earlier but fear and politics - and I will never back down. I've had a good and productive life of politics and writing and I hope to get more done yet. Remember GCs lie. A photo from 79 and one from 23...

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