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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · 2d

So Google sponsored #CWC25 and now instead of the broadcast giving stats about the game... they tell us to google them. Fuck off.

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Aug 21

Ladakh: Leh/Kargil

A banner of Iranian leaders in Kargil, Ladakh

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Aug 8

So... it primarily complains about university administration and its lack of grant funding?

Tyler Borchers @tylerborchers.com · Aug 7

“GPT-5 is the first time that it feels like talking to an expert in any topic — a Ph.D.-level expert,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said.

OpenAI Unveils GPT-5, Its Latest and Most Powerful Model, After Two-Year Wait

CEO Sam Altman said using the chatbot will be like talking with a doctorate-level expert in any topic.

www.wsj.com

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Aug 8

Come work with us at UWA politics and IR: external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : The University Of Western Australia

external.jobs.uwa.edu.au

Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Aug 5

Very good piece on China's massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo by my colleague Dechen Palmo www.isdp.eu/chinas-hydro...

China’s Hydropower Project on Yarlung Tsangpo Threatens Tibet’s Fragile Ecosystem and Regional Stability - Institute for Security and Development Policy

This piece reviews the consequences of China's new drive to construct the world’s largest hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo.

www.isdp.eu

Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Aug 1

😘 #birds

Two ring-neck parrots share a meal, look like they're making out.

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Aug 1

Red-tail black cockatoos having lunch in the Perth hills #birds 🪶

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Jul 16

A western whistler in Porongurup, WA #birds.

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Jul 15

A great Egret at breakfast #birds 🪶

A great Egret has caught a bug, or possibly a fish, and is throwing it up in the air to eat it.

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Jul 15

Yup, this kind mostly in Western Australia

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Jul 14

A pair of Splendid Fair Wrens keep a look out #birds 🪶

Two small wrens sit next to each other looking in opposite directions

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Mar 1

Avalance near the India-China border traps road workers/: indianexpress.com/article/indi...

Annual migration saves hundreds of residents as avalanche hits Chamoli village

At the time of the avalanche on Friday, the village was deserted as all the villagers were in Gopeshwar, the district headquarters, nearly 100 km from Mana.

indianexpress.com

Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Feb 26

The real 'first great debate' in international relations is the 'did the first great debate happen' debate.

Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Jan 4

A clear day in Mussoorie

Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Jan 4

Tasmania carrying the Australian cricket team, as usual #AusvInd🏏

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Dec 10

Statue of Unity

Me, about to be crushed by Sardar Patel's big toe

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Dec 10

In India for the next two months. First up: train from Ahmedabad to Kevadiya

A sign on the train advertising the statue of unity.

Train arrives on the platform, Ahmedabad Junction

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Nov 23

Dominating!

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Nov 23

#AUSvIND 🏏

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Nov 21

There doesn't seem to be much India focused stuff here, or am I just not looking hard enough?

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Chris Lang @reddmonitor.bsky.social · Nov 20

🔥 Green oil? Seriously?

🔥 Suriname is drilling for oil with TotalEnergies and "offsetting" the emissions with the carbon stored in its rainforests.

🔥 Indigenous Peoples in Suriname are calling for the REDD deal to be stopped immediately.

reddmonitor.substack.com/p/green-oil-...

Green oil? Suriname is planning to use Indigenous Peoples’ forests to greenwash TotalEnergies’ oil extraction

Indigenous Peoples’ organisations demand the REDD deal be stopped immediately.

reddmonitor.substack.com

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Shahar Hameiri @shaharhameiri.bsky.social · Nov 20

PLEASE SHARE:

New PhD scholarship opportunity to work with me on my ARC-funded project examining how states and societies in Asia and the Pacific are responding to the emerging Cold War between the US and China. Details on how to apply are in the link. study.uq.edu.au/study-option...

The Politics of Development Financing Competition in Asia and the Pacific

study.uq.edu.au

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Nov 19

Can't wait to get out of Perth and back to my favourite city in the world! thewire.in/environment/...

Delhi Chokes On A “Severe” AQI of 494; More Restrictions in Place to Curb Pollution

This “hazardous” situation has emerged due to our inability to curb pollution from perennial sources, an air quality scientist told The Wire.

thewire.in

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Nov 19

You'll have to change the name depending on who is hosting, but this seems workable to me

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Alexander Davis @alexedavis.bsky.social · Nov 19

AESTralian Critical Border Studies?

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