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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · 10d

Watched Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, One Battle After Another, yesterday. Apart from being a great & gripping story, it’s very politically interesting. Says a lot about the current political moment (particularly in the US) when moderate positions become ever more difficult to justify. 1/4

Film poster for One Battle After Another

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · 10d

Call for expressions of interest: We are seeking a Social Media Editor to join our editorial team.

Responsibilities for this position include:

- Running social media & website
- Circulating all publications
- Arranging & editing guest posts

environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...

Environmental Politics is an international, interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal spanning the fields of political science, political sociology, and political theory. The journal provides a forum for the publication of original research into, and discussion and analysis of, the diverse theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental politics. The journal’s 2024 Impact Factor is 5.9, ranking 4/322 in Political Science and 29/191 in Environmental Studies.

The journal is recruiting a Social Media Editor to manage its external communications. Responsibilities for this position include:

Managing social media accounts (currently Bluesky, X, Substack) and the journal website
Posting and circulating all journal and website publications
Arranging and editing guest posts and interviews with authors
We welcome expressions of interest from scholars of environmental politics from any higher education institution. We strongly encourage applications from early career individuals, including advanced PhD students and post-doctoral fellows, and we would specifically welcome applications from historically underrepresented groups and those whose intersectional identities and perspectives position them to support the editorial team’s commitment to an inclusive conception of environmental politics scholarship.

The journal’s Aims and Scope, and the current membership of the editorial team and Editorial Advisory Board, are available at: tandfonline.com/fenp

The Social Media Editor position comes with a modest stipend.

Please send expressions of interest (no more than 2 pages), along with a brief CV, to David Konisky, Editor-in-Chief, (dkonisky@iu.edu). Reviews will begin October 15, 2025, and applications will be considered until the position is filled.

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · 10d

The contemporary setting normalises seeing both the repressive nature of state violence and the political struggle against it as unexceptional. This contrasts with depictions of historical struggles (civil rights, Vietnam War etc) that often show that period as exceptional. 4/4

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · 10d

4. State violence is mobilised to serve the powerful. 5. Borders are unjust and protecting migrants is a primary political priority. 3/4

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · 10d

1. Resisting the capitalist & racist state is presented as natural and moral, a given. 2. Even when such resistance is violent it’s obviously morally justified. 3. The state will use psy-ops to justify and enable its violence. 2/4

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · 10d

Watched Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest, One Battle After Another, yesterday. Apart from being a great & gripping story, it’s very politically interesting. Says a lot about the current political moment (particularly in the US) when moderate positions become ever more difficult to justify. 1/4

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Víctor @vtp93.bsky.social · 14d

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ExtinctionRSV @extinctionrsv.bsky.social · 22d

Grief burns into rage as 146 people were murdered in 2024 for defending land and a livable planet. Their courage exposes the cowardice of governments and corporations that let this happen. We mourn them, honor them and demand an end to this violence. 💚✊🌍
globalwitness.org/en/campaigns...

New threats target land and environmental rights defenders

Land and environmental defenders face extreme violence, criminalisation and lack of protection around the world, with 146 killed or disappeared in 2024

globalwitness.org

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22d

Four people were arrested for an “unauthorised projection”.

This is apparently what counts as a crime now

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit

Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles

www.theguardian.com

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Policy & Politics @policy-politics.bsky.social · 25d

Our 2025 🎉 Top 10 Most Cited Articles 🎉 are now free to access until the end of September! You can find them all below 👇

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/PP-H...

Many thanks to all of our authors:

2025 top cited articles in Policy and Politics

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · 28d

An essential book from the inside of an essential social movement. A journey of experiences and political analyses that matter to scholars anywhere. A book that makes us think critically about our role in the climate emergency, with a clear grasp of what climate change is doing to society

ferracimo.bsky.social @ferracimo.bsky.social · Sep 8

Welp, it's here! Advanced copies of Science in Resistance have just arrived. Thanks a lot to the team at @ucpress.bsky.social for sending them.

www.ucpress.edu/books/scienc...

And related news: I'll soon be going on a train tour to give talks and readings of this book - more info below 1/

Advanced copy of the book "Science in Resistance: the Scientist Rebellion for Climate Justice"

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Dr. Marthe Wens @marthewens.bsky.social · Sep 5

The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the flotilla and demand its safe passage! action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-09...

Protect the Global Sumud Flotilla!

The largest citizen flotilla in history is sailing to Gaza with food and medicine. Israel has threatened to seize it - but together we can be their shield. Add your name to help watch over the flotill...

action.wemove.eu

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · Sep 1

Great book this. A brilliant team effort led by the fantastic @james7jackson.bsky.social

James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Sep 1

@markdoidge.bsky.social , @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social , @samtoscano.bsky.social I have submitted the first draft of our book ‘football and climate change: the unsustainability of the beautiful game’ to Manchester University Press. If all goes well it should be out in 2026.

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · Aug 29

One way to hand over hegemony to the Chinese is to just let disease run amok amongst you I suppose

Will Jennings 🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · Aug 29

These are really terrifying numbers in terms of the partisan split on vaccine hesitancy in the US... via @today.yougov.com

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · Aug 26

Wrote this in response to the recent flag-raising around the UK and on my doorstep

www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...

'Seeing a sudden far-right presence in my town scares me'

Oscar Berglund says the same flag can mean one thing in one context and something very different in another

www.bristol247.com

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Aug 24

4/5 This is not a forgotten working class crying for attention from government. Nor is it an innocent & inclusive display of national pride. It takes wilful, faux naivety to believe that it is equivalent to symbolising a shared belonging.

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · Aug 24

Yessss, we’re in the lead

Akshat Rathi @akshatrathi.bsky.social · Aug 24

Proportion of children born to unmarried parents in the UK:

1960: 6%
1980: 16%
1990: 28%
2020: 51%

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Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · Aug 23

This is not trivial either because this is how mediated meaning is created

The vast majority of people will not have been on the ground or know people who were and will rely on the media to tell them what happened

This is how the far right is hyped and normalised

Aurelien Mondon @aurelmondon.bsky.social · Aug 23

Reading the Guardian, you would have no idea fascists were massively outnumbered and prevented from reaching the refugees they were meant to viciously intimidate

Exaggerating the strength of the far right, euphemising their aims and the strengths of resistance...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Police clash with protesters as asylum hotel demonstrations take place in UK

Counter-protests also taking place, with police separating rival groups in Bristol

www.theguardian.com

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Tristan Cork @tristancorkpost.bsky.social · Aug 23

A deep dive into the impact of Bristol’s two growing universities on the city.
I challenged both on their contribution to the housing crisis in the city, & whether the pros outweigh the cons.
Have a read 👇🏼

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...

Pros and cons of Bristol's university boom as students set to return

Tens of thousands of students will be arriving in Bristol in the coming weeks

www.bristolpost.co.uk

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · Aug 23

Scenes in Bristol. 35 Fascists in a dip in Castle Park, surrounded by 50 cops and 400 anti-fascists on surrounding hills.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · Aug 21

In case you missed it,

Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · Aug 15

The U.K. Online Safety Act was (avowedly, as revealed in a recent High Court case) “not primarily aimed at protecting children” but at regulating “services that have a significant influence over public discourse.”

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Oscar Berglund @berglundoscar.bsky.social · Aug 21

Was interviewed for this Dutch news article today about the ridiculous proscription of Palestine Action
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Massa-arrestaties in het Verenigd Koninkrijk: wanneer is pro-Palestijns protest terrorisme?

Palestine Action: Sinds de plaatsing van actiegroep Palestine Action op de terreurlijst zag de Britse politie zich genoodzaakt om honderden mensen te arresteren. Dat hangt samen met de ruim gedefiniee...

www.nrc.nl

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Dr Eleanor Janega @goingmedieval.bsky.social · Aug 21

Aside from the frothing racism of these people, what is really grim about this is the idea that government are powerless to change culture. If your constituents think these things *they are wrong* and you need to explain why. It's not actually your job as an MP to rubber stamp fascism.

Nelly Probin @lillmagill.bsky.social · Aug 21

Here's the post. She tried to double down, then eventually deleted it.
She's the former head of campaigns and comms at - the TUC.

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Daniela Gabor @danielagabor.bsky.social · Aug 19

at this point a lot of Trump's daily life involves humiliating European elites, which they frankly deserve for possessing the backbone of a molusc.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Aug 19

FOX: What was the reaction among European leaders when you decided to call Putin during your meeting?

TRUMP: I didn't do it in front of them. I thought that would be disrespectful to President Putin.

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will o’the wisp pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · Aug 19

disgraceful decision to suspend the flagship widening participation initiative in the humanities at Bristol

please sign and share this letter to oppose this

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Save our pioneering widening participation undergraduate degree in English Literature and Community Engagement at the University of Bristol

19 August 2025 Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor) cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost), Tansy Jessop (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Students) The School of Humanities has ...

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