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Adam Posen @adamposen.bsky.social · 3h

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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 6h

R actually stands for revolution

econmaett @econmaett.github.io · 16h

Ross Ihaka: The Open-Hearted Data Hero
#rstats
www.historyofdatascience.com/ross-ihaka-t...

“R changed my opinion of humanity to some extent, to see how people are really willing to freely give of themselves and produce something larger than themselves without any thought of personal glory.”

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econmaett @econmaett.github.io · 16h

Ross Ihaka: The Open-Hearted Data Hero
#rstats
www.historyofdatascience.com/ross-ihaka-t...

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Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 6h

"I don't think the plane is going to cry from it's hurt wounds" 🎤⤵️

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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 6h

Do it do it (we have snacks and controversy sometimes)

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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 6h

I’m emigrating lmao. I think philosophy have some diagram about whether you’re a cat or a baby or something

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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 6h

New addition:

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · 8h

Excluding Marwan Barghouti from the list of prisoners for release means none of the parties are serious about the second stage of the agreement (replacing Hamas with an alternative administration) let along any "peace" prospects

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Yusuf @yusufimaadkhan.com · 7h

“Motivational” quotes on the PhD office whiteboard

Whiteboard in PhD office displaying various motivational quotes and seminar timetable (with apologies for the copy paste handwriting tracking via bluesky):

mon 14.00-630
SPP
app 1580
econ*
A good plan violently executed today is better than a perfect plan executed next week.
TE
1400- 1530 PSPE*
HED
200-1300 Pol Ben wiP
1200 -1315 SEAC
1300 - 1400 PSRE WiP
1500-1600 COMentiOuS"
1600 - 1700 SSPPAR
TOUGH TIME
NEVER LAST ONLY TOUGH PEOPLE LAST
Publish
Perish
Parish
Тни
100: 1600 GU SXI
1600-1700 Pol Beh
1600- 1800 POTY
1400 - 1500 SPEECH
（7∞！
14-00 - 1500 methadolery
* not every weck
* Publish Top
publish not Ar
It's nice to be
important but it’s more important to be nice
MOTIVATIONAL"
QUOTES
Institations fail,
Daron Acemoylu doesn't

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Adanedhel🌹 @danielwaweru.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I guess one might easily have said the same when SA beat SWAPO and the MPLA. Apartheid fell within the decade.

Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 1d

Israel has lost some diplomatic influence but with enemies as defeated as these, who needs friends?

Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 1d

I am relieved at the chance for peace in Gaza, and credit where it's due - Trump likely sped that up out of sheer frustration with Netanyahu's intransigence.

But the end result of the last two years seems like a massive Israeli victory, with them emerging as a mostly unchallenged hegemon

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Shibley Telhami @stelhami.bsky.social · 16h

‘A historic shift’: More polls show what our University of Maryland Critical Issues Poll has been showing: a dramatic shift away from sympathy with Israelis to sympathy with Palestinians among all Americans in the past of two years.
youtu.be/00pOhuUGjnY?...

‘A historic shift’: Enten on American support for Palestinians

YouTube video by CNN

youtu.be

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 10h

Why are they still killing Palestinians in Gaza then?

The Independent @the-independent.com · 10h

BREAKING | Israeli military says ceasefire with Hamas has come into effect

Gaza latest: Israeli cabinet approves Trump’s plan for ceasefire and hostage release

www.independent.co.uk

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Daniel James @schlawinerkreis.bsky.social · 2d

1/ I'm excited to share that Franz Knappik’s and my Cambridge Element on Hegel and Colonialism is finally out – open access below! We trace how Hegel defends European colonial rule, including transatlantic slavery, and how that defence runs through his entire philosophical system.

Thread below ⬇️

Hegel and Colonialism

Cambridge Core - Classical Philosophy - Hegel and Colonialism

www.cambridge.org

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LSE Political Theory @lsepoltheory.bsky.social · 10h

Our next research seminar is with Daniel James (TU Dresden). The title of his paper is “Racism and Racialised Oppression”. Thursday 16 Oct 4pm.
PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE: For this week only, we meet in CKK.1.14. Registration for externals: forms.office.com/e/WBSQABK5yj
danieljamesphilosophy.com

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Climate Solutions Lab @climatesollab.bsky.social · 1d

Delighted and proud to share CSL affiliate @kathrynchelminski.bsky.social has a new book out! Available on open access climate.watson.brown.edu/news/2025-10...

Governing Energy Transitions: A Study of Regime Complex Effectiveness on Geothermal Development in Indonesia and the Philippines

Kathryn Chelminski's recently published book examines how the clean energy regime complex – the fragmented, complex sphere of governance in the clean energy issue area characterized by proliferating a...

climate.watson.brown.edu

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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d

Almost 9 months ago, our press colleague Anas Al-Sharif removed his press vest following the announcement of a ceasefire.

And then we saw what happened next. May we ensure the bombs actually end this time.

I wish he, and so many more, were here with us.

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 1d

My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east

theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...

Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blair’s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland

The former British leader was tapped to lead redevelopment efforts in Gaza if a deal is agreed upon.

theconversation.com

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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 1d

We have the fastest growing membership of any political party because absolutely we want to #AbolishBadThings
We stand for; a Wealth Tax, renationalisation, green jobs, clean air, clean water, fully funded NHS, fight climate change, equality, and more!
If you feel the same join.greenparty.org.uk

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

As someone who works with satellite and 3D imagery, this project reinforced how crucial it is to question what’s rendered as truth.

Keep an eye out for some follow ups in different mediums looking ahead

Full story w/ @972mag.com via Oren Ziv:

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda

An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.

www.972mag.com

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Jack Sapoch @jacksapoch.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: Since October 2023, the IDF Spokesperson's Unit has released dozens of 3D animations illustrating alleged Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iranian sites

The style is now unmistakable: satellite zoom-ins, black & white wireframes, and red-textured houses - a new visual language of war

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advait @advaitarun.bsky.social · 2d

Introducing Caravanserai, a mini-magazine for policy culture. Our first issue, about all-of-the-above energy policy, is out today!
caravanseraiforum.substack.com/p/all-of-the...

You can choose to look up—at all that is above.

Is "all-of-the-above" energy policy a smokescreen for fossil fuel lock-in? If not, why not?

caravanseraiforum.substack.com

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Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · 2d

Can I also say I am so angry today. It's the lives lost, the cities wiped out, the time taken from us. We have been consumed with this level of unspeakable violence for 2 years. To think of all the potential futures taken away... it's unfathomable

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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 1d

Today, we rejoice in the sight of children celebrating in Gaza, but we mourn for the children whose laughter we will never hear.

My statement on the announcement of a ceasefire.

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Adrienne Buller @adriennebuller.bsky.social · 1d

"Where non-aligned countries wanted a seat at the capitalist table in order to flip it, today's polyaligned countries want something different: a larger slice of the pie on the way to a green capitalist future."

Everyone should be reading @iliasalami.bsky.social!

www.break-down.org/a-green-cold...

A Green Cold War

In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed.

www.break-down.org

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Guy Jackson @guyjackson.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to share a new paper from research done during my postdoc. Drawing on interviews and surveys, this paper examines the relationships among experienced losses and damage, risk tolerance, and livelihood thresholds among farmers in East Gippsland, Australia.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The relationship between experienced losses and damages, risk tolerance and livelihood thresholds in the East Gippsland, Australia, farming sector

Losses and damages are residual impacts of climate change that occur despite mitigation and adaptation actions. Losses and damages are borderless, alb…

www.sciencedirect.com

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