VidyaKumar 🕵️🪐🚀💫⚖️🇵🇸
@vidyakumar.bsky.social
Critic, Lawyer, Senior Lecturer in Law, DPhil (Oxon) @SOASLaw School, London UK, ✍🏾 on Revolution, Int'l & Consti' Law, Space Law, Legal Theory & History, Human/Labour Rights, Law+Lit , Feminist, Founder: Race & the UK Constitution Ass'n (RUKCA) (She/Her)
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To the insane amount of new followers from the X-odus, below is some info about me and my interests, it's a bit dated. New work on "Revolution and International Law in the Americas", on "Race in the UK Constitution" and on "the JCPC in Southern Rhodesia" coming soon. #InterdisciplinaryScholar
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White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
Chicago Magazine named Nick Fuentes #7 in its list of Top 50 powerful Chicagoans of 2025.
February 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
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Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Anthropic AI safety researcher quits with 'world in peril' warning
It comes in the same week an OpenAI researcher resigned amid concerns about its decision to start testing ChatGPT ads.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:46 AM
Anthropic head of AI safety quits, warning of "world in peril" & announces plan to study creative writing, as my college charges ahead in deal with Anthropic, which trained its tech on at least 25 books taken without permission from our Creative Writing faculty. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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They are telling us every day what they plan to do. You better start believing them
Kristi Noem: "When it gets to Election Day, we've been proactive to make sure we have the right people voting, electing the right leaders to lead this country."
February 14, 2026 at 5:19 PM
They are telling us every day what they plan to do. You better start believing them
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The fact that large parts of the German media landscape “reported” on this White nationalist fever dream of a speech by Rubio as merely reaffirming the transatlantic alliance is so far removed from reality that it truly makes me speechless.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio giving a speech that is basically an extended version of the ethnonationalist Proud Boys oath: “I'm a proud Western chauvinist, I refuse to apologize for creating the modern world.”
The Rubio speech really is appalling, and if you haven’t read it yet, you should.
www.state.gov/releases/off...
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February 15, 2026 at 10:41 AM
The fact that large parts of the German media landscape “reported” on this White nationalist fever dream of a speech by Rubio as merely reaffirming the transatlantic alliance is so far removed from reality that it truly makes me speechless.
Seriously @zackpolanski.bsky.social in one of the most articulate and able politicians in a long time, able to respond to the dodgy & genocidal received wisdom of the establishment media consensus. Watch this performance 👇🏾
Phillips "This is not a country where people get thrown in jail for things they say"
@zackpolanski.bsky.social points out 2,700 people have been arrested for holding signs
And well done to Zack for challenging Phillips smear that 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' is antisemitic
@zackpolanski.bsky.social points out 2,700 people have been arrested for holding signs
And well done to Zack for challenging Phillips smear that 'from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free' is antisemitic
February 15, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Seriously @zackpolanski.bsky.social in one of the most articulate and able politicians in a long time, able to respond to the dodgy & genocidal received wisdom of the establishment media consensus. Watch this performance 👇🏾
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We're excited to announce the launch of the MA Race and Empire at @soasuni.bsky.social convened by our very own
Samia Khatun & Henny Ziai. The MA is enriched by the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series, running since 2022. For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-c...
Samia Khatun & Henny Ziai. The MA is enriched by the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series, running since 2022. For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-c...
MA Race and Empire
MA Race and Empire at SOAS University of London
www.soas.ac.uk
February 14, 2026 at 10:06 AM
We're excited to announce the launch of the MA Race and Empire at @soasuni.bsky.social convened by our very own
Samia Khatun & Henny Ziai. The MA is enriched by the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series, running since 2022. For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-c...
Samia Khatun & Henny Ziai. The MA is enriched by the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series, running since 2022. For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-c...
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honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
cool, cool. so we are sort of like citizens, but not really?
February 13, 2026 at 2:38 AM
honestly tired of trying to convince people that trump's immigration policy is not really about violent undocumented immigrants or even just undocumented immigrants, but immigrants in general and even non-white people more broadly.
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Remigration by stealth?
@jamesbowes01.bsky.social examines the impact -intended otherwise - of the government's "earned settlement" proposals. Up to two million current UK residents could be affected.
The consultation closes tonight...
ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...
@jamesbowes01.bsky.social examines the impact -intended otherwise - of the government's "earned settlement" proposals. Up to two million current UK residents could be affected.
The consultation closes tonight...
ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...
Remigration by stealth? The government’s earned settlement proposals - UK in a changing Europe
James Bowes analyses the potential impact of the UK government's proposed changes to its settlement schemes to both new migrants and migrants already in the UK.
ukandeu.ac.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Remigration by stealth?
@jamesbowes01.bsky.social examines the impact -intended otherwise - of the government's "earned settlement" proposals. Up to two million current UK residents could be affected.
The consultation closes tonight...
ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...
@jamesbowes01.bsky.social examines the impact -intended otherwise - of the government's "earned settlement" proposals. Up to two million current UK residents could be affected.
The consultation closes tonight...
ukandeu.ac.uk/remigration-...
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And season 3 of #CalledToTheBar is live! We open with a powerful conversation on feminist careers in international law. Tamsin Paige is joined by Dianne Otto, Christine Chinkin, and Judge Hilary Charlesworth to talk mentorship, activism, academia, and feminist practice
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64. Feminist Careers in International Law
In the Season 3 opener of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) is joined by an extraordinary panel to reflect on what a feminist career in international law can look like in pr
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February 13, 2026 at 6:04 AM
And season 3 of #CalledToTheBar is live! We open with a powerful conversation on feminist careers in international law. Tamsin Paige is joined by Dianne Otto, Christine Chinkin, and Judge Hilary Charlesworth to talk mentorship, activism, academia, and feminist practice
soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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New @hepi-news.bsky.social report shows continued fall in foreign language study in England at A-level.
Language teacher recruitment consistently falls well below government targets – in 2024, just 43% of the target was reached.
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(Full report www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...)
Language teacher recruitment consistently falls well below government targets – in 2024, just 43% of the target was reached.
on.ft.com/4l5SYX4
(Full report www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...)
Students in England shun foreign languages at A-level, report finds
Ofqual figures show a sharp fall in pupils taking exams in French and German
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July 31, 2025 at 6:40 AM
New @hepi-news.bsky.social report shows continued fall in foreign language study in England at A-level.
Language teacher recruitment consistently falls well below government targets – in 2024, just 43% of the target was reached.
on.ft.com/4l5SYX4
(Full report www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...)
Language teacher recruitment consistently falls well below government targets – in 2024, just 43% of the target was reached.
on.ft.com/4l5SYX4
(Full report www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...)
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The fact Wes Streeting was warned by his own officials that the toxicity of Palantir made the contract less likely to succeed raises, yet again, the question why Government granted it the contract in the first place?
NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed
Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 6:29 AM
The fact Wes Streeting was warned by his own officials that the toxicity of Palantir made the contract less likely to succeed raises, yet again, the question why Government granted it the contract in the first place?
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Really surprised how an entirely predictable question could sink the entire Berlinale jury.
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Berlinale Immediately Gets Heated at Jury Presser as President Wim Wenders Asserts “We Have to Stay Out of Politics”
"We are the counterweight of politics, the opposite of politics, we have to do the work of people — not the work of politicians," said the legendary filmmaker at the first Berlin Film Fest press confe...
www.hollywoodreporter.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Really surprised how an entirely predictable question could sink the entire Berlinale jury.
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
"We have to stay out of politics" (Wim Wenders) could have been said in any authoritarian regime, where artists often are political. Here it was disgraceful.
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
EJIL: Talk! – Blog of the European Journal of International Law share.google/qhO1dKXDjI5u...
The Steering Committee’s ‘Preliminary Draft Text’ for the Chișinău Declaration: Nothing is Wrong with the ECtHR’s Migration Case-Law
In the past months the academic community has tried to understand what the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR or ‘the Court’) could have done wrong regarding the interpretation of the European Conv...
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February 9, 2026 at 11:07 AM
EJIL: Talk! – Blog of the European Journal of International Law share.google/qhO1dKXDjI5u...
Listened to this when it aired, but it's glowing account of MM may have revealed more than it intended.
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Profile - Morgan McSweeney - BBC Sounds
Who is the new chief of staff in Downing Street?
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Listened to this when it aired, but it's glowing account of MM may have revealed more than it intended.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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And if you don’t think that was explicitly political you were maybe not watching things like… the sugar cane fields? Electric poles? The men grinding on each other? The little boy? The americas shout out? What moooore do you want?
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
And if you don’t think that was explicitly political you were maybe not watching things like… the sugar cane fields? Electric poles? The men grinding on each other? The little boy? The americas shout out? What moooore do you want?
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Remarkable to see sugarcane plantation work depicted in the Superbowl halftime show.
February 9, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Remarkable to see sugarcane plantation work depicted in the Superbowl halftime show.
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The Revolution Will Not Be Subtitled
WOKE 2 IS HERE
February 9, 2026 at 1:54 AM
The Revolution Will Not Be Subtitled
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You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 AM
You’ve seen the halftime show … now read my friend Petra’s new book from @dukepress.bsky.social about how Bad Bunny became the global voice of Puerto Rican resistance! 👏🏽👏🏽
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
www.dukeupress.edu/p-fkn-r
To my wonderful brave Australian friends 🇦🇺🌏🐨🦘🪃 protesting the 🇵🇸 genocide today, please be safe. 🙏🏾 Sending 🤗s and solidarity from the UK. 🩵✊🏾💛
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
To my wonderful brave Australian friends 🇦🇺🌏🐨🦘🪃 protesting the 🇵🇸 genocide today, please be safe. 🙏🏾 Sending 🤗s and solidarity from the UK. 🩵✊🏾💛
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“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:47 PM
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
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"A violent and criminal effort is underway to ethnically cleanse territories in the West Bank. Gangs of armed settlers persecute, harm, wound and even kill Palestinians living there. The rampages include burning olive groves, houses and cars; breaking into homes; and physically assaulting people."
Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says the #ICC is necessary to “expose those responsible” and address atrocities - ethnic cleansing - in the West Bank 👇
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026... #WestBank
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026... #WestBank
Israel's security apparatus is complicit in the ethnic cleansing of West Bank Palestinians | Opinion
A Militia of Hundreds of Jews Is Operating in the West Bank With Direct and Indirect Backing From Israeli Government Officials, While Security Agencies Have Deliberately Chosen Not to Take Action Agai...
www.haaretz.com
February 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
"A violent and criminal effort is underway to ethnically cleanse territories in the West Bank. Gangs of armed settlers persecute, harm, wound and even kill Palestinians living there. The rampages include burning olive groves, houses and cars; breaking into homes; and physically assaulting people."
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EU rules are estimated to keep up to 1.3 billion plastic caps out of nature every year.
Regulation is a tough sell to companies, yet brands market the result as their own eco success. #TetheredCaps #EULegislation #PlasticWaste #EU
Regulation is a tough sell to companies, yet brands market the result as their own eco success. #TetheredCaps #EULegislation #PlasticWaste #EU
February 6, 2026 at 11:32 AM
EU rules are estimated to keep up to 1.3 billion plastic caps out of nature every year.
Regulation is a tough sell to companies, yet brands market the result as their own eco success. #TetheredCaps #EULegislation #PlasticWaste #EU
Regulation is a tough sell to companies, yet brands market the result as their own eco success. #TetheredCaps #EULegislation #PlasticWaste #EU
📢 Government request for the public to respond to the BBC's future - responses will shape what happens to the BBC. 👇🏾 (Please share)
Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - the BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation - GOV.UK share.google/b4VrvHeXRFxe...
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Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - the BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation
The government is consulting the public to aid decision-making on the terms for the BBC Charter’s renewal and any changes needed to help the BBC to continue to serve the public.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:24 PM
📢 Government request for the public to respond to the BBC's future - responses will shape what happens to the BBC. 👇🏾 (Please share)
Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - the BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation - GOV.UK share.google/b4VrvHeXRFxe...
Britain’s Story: The Next Chapter - the BBC Royal Charter Review, Green Paper and public consultation - GOV.UK share.google/b4VrvHeXRFxe...