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Tim Glawion @timglawion.bsky.social · 9h

Today it has been 500 days since researcher/humanitarian Joseph Figuera Martin has been unjustly imprisoned in the Centr. Afr. Republic. We call for his immediate release: www.demorgen.be/meningen/hum...
And we must talk about researcher safety!
@kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

Humanitaire hulpverleners zoals Joseph verdienen bescherming, geen gevangenis

500 dagen is het dat de Belgisch-Portugese hulpverlener Joseph Figueira Martin willekeurig wordt vastgehouden in de Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek. ‘Mobilisatie doet ertoe’, argumenteren Olivier Vandec...

www.demorgen.be

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 1d

Come to Europe!

Terrence Peterson @tgpeterson.bsky.social · 2d

The academic culture of working through the weekend needs to die. I should not have 40 substantive emails arrive in my inbox between 5pm Friday and 8am Monday

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d

at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition

Blue Georgia @bluegeorgia.bsky.social · 1d

Stephen Miller: "Eventually elections don’t carry the day because violence beats votes… When we see a muscular response from the federal government, it’s because we’re not going to let violence beat votes."

Is he implying federal intervention determines political legitimacy, not ballots or courts?

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 8d

The attack has really hit home. Thanks to all of those that reached out to me personally. God bless you.

Matt Brown @mattbrown.bsky.social · 8d

sorry in advance to anybody who is sick of me talking about this, but man is this story doing a number on my brain and its hard for me to focus as much on other stories

this dude shot kids! little primary kids!!! burned down the whole church and it could have been so, so much worse than it was.

The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 8d

“Not only were they victims, they were also first responders,” said Michael Danic, medical chief of staff for Henry Ford Genesys Hospital. “...Those on the scene were absolute heroes, going in and out of the fire to drag people out, helping each other take care of the victims on the scene."

Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 8d

100% correct.

Andrew Lebovich @andrewlebovich.bsky.social · 8d

This is helpful, but if anything I’d say the map is too favorable in terms of Burkinabè and maybe Malian areas of control.

Thomas van Linge @thomasvlinge.bsky.social · 8d

Sahel 🇲🇱🇧🇫🇳🇪 MAP: The situation in the Sahel states of Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger and Benin as of September 2025.

This map is a joint production by @warmapper.org and myself

Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 9d

I study political violence. I knew this day would sometime come. Even though I have never attended sacrament service at this building, I feel like members of my family were killed. God be with you til we meet again, brothers and sisters.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 10d

MICHIGAN: “Multiple people shot at a Mormon church 50 miles north of Detroit… church on fire…” apnews.com/article/morm...

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 12d

Now this asshole is securitizing sofas and loveseats.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 14d

Someone anti-ICE shot the people ICE was detaining and happened to drop bullets with the words "anti-ice" written in pen.

Got it.

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 20d

Done.

A rat's ass @kittys-pal.bsky.social · 20d

Tell ABC what you think. support.abc.com/hc/requests/...

Also cancel your Disney+ account.
#FireABC

Submit a request – ABC

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Matteo Maillard @matteomaillard.bsky.social · 22d

Depuis le 3 septembre, les jihadistes imposent un blocus sur les routes de l'ouest du #Mali. Une opération inédite et révélatrice de la nouvelle stratégie du #JNIM : asphyxier les poumons économiques du pays et contraindre les forces armées à se disperser. www.jeuneafrique.com/1721333/poli...

Routes bloquées, camions incendiés, entreprises attaquées : le JNIM ouvre un nouveau front au Mali

Pendant une semaine, au début de septembre, le groupe jihadiste a imposé un blocus sur les routes qui relient le Mali à ses voisins. Une opération inédite et révélatrice de la nouvelle stratégie du JN...

www.jeuneafrique.com

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · 23d

It is amazing how much worthless research there is published on JNIM's politics and practices in the #Sahel. So few are based on fieldwork. So few interviews conducted. Few article engage with the literature in French. Honestly.... it's depressing.

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Sep 1

Take note, @isanet.bsky.social.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Aug 31

FYI

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Sociologist Nathan Kalman-Lamb, based in Fredericton, said he was required to hand over his phone during a recent trip to a conference in South Carolina.

"He claimed that it was just going to be a very cursory search," Kalman-Lamb said, explaining the officer's actions are legal.

"But the document that he gave me said they reserve the right to copy all the contents of your phone and distribute them to every American military and intelligence agency."

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Biruk Terrefe @terrefebiruk.bsky.social · Sep 1

Applications still open for EU applicants until early October!

Applications to MA in African Studies remain open, so if you want to start an interdisciplinary social science Master's degree in October with a regional focus on Africa, apply now!

www.ma-african-studies.uni-bayreuth.de/en/index.html

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Hubbub at the Disco.

Darin Self @darinself.com · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: All American Waitlisted

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · Aug 13

Slightly diminish a band: Counting Sparrows

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Aug 9

Really nice explanation in this video.

Dr Andreas Krieg @andreaskrieg.bsky.social · Aug 8

"The #RSF's transformation in #Sudan from a guerilla force to a force with high-tech air power has been underwritten by a clandestine network revolving around the #UAE that has created a transnational supply chain"
youtu.be/O43uWS0Btps

Sudan: The Secret Drone War You Haven’t Heard Of | Photo Evidence | Daily Mail

YouTube video by Dr Andreas Krieg

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Aug 8

To the 205 other applicants to a recent job in the UK in conflict & security that got rejection letters today: I feel you! Something will stick. The academic job market blows. Just remember - keep at it!

Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Aug 8

That was my May.

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Aug 8

Paris isn't too shabby either!!

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Aug 8

Go live and work in Bordeaux with a great team!

Vincent Foucher @vincentfoucher.bsky.social · Aug 7

Reopening the call for a 3-year postdoctoral fellowship on jihad in Subsaharan Africa, with a later start date (January 2026) - French a plus but not a requirement... drive.google.com/file/d/1oLPb...

Postdoctoral Contract - Governing Jihad in Africa (ENG).pdf

drive.google.com

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Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · Aug 5

Our 3rd workshop for young peace and conflict researchers, held last week at Augsburg.

Once again – a great opportunity for discussing PhD research, getting feedback, and meeting peers!

Thanks to the #BMFTR for the financial support.

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Jesper Bjarnesen @jesperbjarnesen.bsky.social · Aug 5

In Burkina Faso, on the other hand, the military government passed a law to formalise the role of vigilante groups in order to bolster their fight against the Sahelian jihadist insurgency. @pmfrowd.bsky.social has written lucidly about this: academic.oup.com/afraf/articl...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Conflicts.Meanings.Transitions @conf-mean-trans.bsky.social · Jul 24

What do healing crystals in Sweden have to do with the Taliban in Afghanistan?

Our co-coordinator Prof. Dr. Florian Kühn answers this question on Swedish television.

Find out more 👇

conflicts-meanings-transitions.de/en/growing-t...

Interview on the growing trade in crystals from Afghanistan

Prof. Dr. Florian Kühn was interviewed about the growing trade in crystals from Afghanistan on Swedish public television SVT Nyheter.

conflicts-meanings-transitions.de

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'm on Team "How". Team "the ways in which" can suck it.

Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Jul 22

Put it on your reading lists, folks!

Gillian Mathys @gillianmathys.bsky.social · Jun 27

My book Fractured Pasts @universitypress.cambridge.org was officially launched today. Grateful for everyone who attended, and thanks to everyone who contributed in big and small ways. You can order it here www.cambridge.org/core/books/f... and you can get a 20% discount at checkout using FPLKB2025.

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Adam Sandor @adamsandor.bsky.social · Jul 17

I wonder how long it will take for #JNIM to capture these vehicles...

Hasret Kargın @hasretkargin.bsky.social · Jul 17

#Mali
New military equipment and vehicles have arrived in #Bamako

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