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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · 2d

More important testimony and analysis here: youtu.be/mtLnIey5Hfg?...

The Gaza Flotilla Shows Israel is Losing The Propaganda War | Kieran Andrieu

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · 3d

For anyone wondering, Kieran is safely in Istanbul and will be back with his family and friends in London tonight. Here he is explaining how he and his comrades were treated by Israel: youtube.com/shorts/tFv-w...

Israel Tortured Us. As They Torture Palestinians Every Day

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · 6d

The answer to this question surely involves peanut butter?

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · 7d

Israeli forces have intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla so now would be a good time to pressure your government to hold Israel to account and ensure everybody's safe return. Kieran Andrieu is one of my oldest friends and I'm worried about him. youtube.com/shorts/HiiJn...

If You're Watching This Video, Israel Has Kidnapped Me in International Waters

YouTube video by Novara Media

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · 7d

Stop the genocide!
Stop the occupation!
Freedom, equality and self determination for all Palestinians!

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · 7d

Israeli forces have intercepted the Global Sumud Flotilla so now would be a good time to pressure your government to hold Israel to account and ensure everybody's safe return. Kieran Andrieu is one of my oldest friends and I'm worried about him. youtube.com/shorts/HiiJn...

If You're Watching This Video, Israel Has Kidnapped Me in International Waters

YouTube video by Novara Media

youtube.com

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · 21d

Many congratulations on this Matt! It sounds fantastic and I'm looking forward to reading it.

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Rima I Anabtawi @rimaanabtawi.bsky.social · 22d

"I urge every government, every leader and every citizen to ask: What will we say when our children and grandchildren ask what we did while Gaza was burned to the ground? Every act of genocide is a test of the humanity that binds us."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/o...

Opinion | My U.N. Commission’s Finding: Israel Is Committing Genocide

www.nytimes.com

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Kristoffer Ekberg @krekberg.bsky.social · Aug 12

Become my new colleague! Two weeks left to send in your application.
#envpol #envhist #greensky #envhum @environmentalpol.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social @cnsjournal.bsky.social

Kristoffer Ekberg @krekberg.bsky.social · Jun 27

Join us at the Human Ecology division in Lund! Position as senior lecturer out. Last application date August 31st . I am happy to answer if you have any questions. #envhum #envhist #envpol @cssn.org and more!

Senior Lecturer in Human Ecology

Specific subject description The Human Ecology Division applies an inter-disciplinary definition of its research field. Research and education at the division deals with human-environmental relations

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · Jul 11

If you're still needing help with this in a couple of weeks let me know! It's holiday season in Sweden just now and I'm on a small Baltic island. Could also recommend a couple of colleagues with specific knowledge of the period/context.

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · Jul 9

This is fantastic

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · Jun 4

There are still five days left to submit something for SOUND+PURPOSE hosted in Lund in November. Some really great proposed contributions so far showcasing the strength and variety of research in sound. Come and join our discussions of the *why* of sound and the *purpose* of sound research!

lmc-lu.bsky.social @lmc-lu.bsky.social · Jun 4

Call for Participants!
Join us for the inaugural conference of the new international SOUND+ network for transdisciplinary research in sound 20–21 Nov 2025. Even if sound isn’t your main focus, we’d still love to hear what you’re working on.

Deadline is June 9.

Info ▶️ www.lmc.lu.se/en

In the background tangled cassette tape. Over it the text Sound+Purpose. Inaugural conference of the SOUND+ Network for Transdisciplinary Research in Sound.

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · Jun 4

There are still five days left to submit something for SOUND+PURPOSE hosted in Lund in November. Some really great proposed contributions so far showcasing the strength and variety of research in sound. Come and join our discussions of the *why* of sound and the *purpose* of sound research!

lmc-lu.bsky.social @lmc-lu.bsky.social · Jun 4

Call for Participants!
Join us for the inaugural conference of the new international SOUND+ network for transdisciplinary research in sound 20–21 Nov 2025. Even if sound isn’t your main focus, we’d still love to hear what you’re working on.

Deadline is June 9.

Info ▶️ www.lmc.lu.se/en

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · Jun 4

Strong HAL 9000 energy in the ChatGPT conversation shared here.

Onni Gust @onnigust.bsky.social · Jun 4

open.substack.com/pub/amandagu...

Diabolus Ex Machina

This Is Not An Essay

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · Jun 3

Who wants free books? These are some of the titles that we at @urbanhistory.bsky.social are looking to review. Let me know if you or a friend want one, or if you have other suggestions. First, @rebwright.bsky.social's fabulous looking history of mid century US energy regimes:

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · May 23

If you also work at Lund and want to pressure our management to follow Uppsala's lead on this issue, there is a petition to sign. 188 signatures so far. DM me for the link.

Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · May 21

The board of Uppsala University has called on the Swedish government to condemn Israel’s actions, to resume funding UNRWA, and take all available measures (including trade sanctions against Israel) to prevent a genocide in Gaza (see: www.uu.se/en/news/2025...). I urge Lund University to do the same.

Statement by the Board of Uppsala University on the situation in Gaza - Uppsala University

www.uu.se

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Yair Wallach @yairwallach.bsky.social · May 23

The Black Flag Group of some 800 academics in Israel is calling upon the heads of Israeli universities and colleges to mobilize the full weight of Israeli academia to stop the Israeli war in Gaza

We, members of the academic and administrative staff in institutions of higher
education in Israel, call on you to act immediately to mobilize the full weight of
Israeli academia to stop the Israeli war in Gaza.
Israeli higher education institutions play a central role in the struggle against the
judicial overhaul. It is precisely against this backdrop that their silence in the face of
the killing, starvation, and destruction in Gaza, and in the face of the complete
elimination of the educational system there, its people, and its structures, is so striking.
Since Israel violated the ceasefire on March 18, almost 3,000 people have been killed in
Gaza. The vast majority of them were civilians. Since the start of the war, at least
53,000 people have been killed in Gaza, including at least 15,000 children and at least 41
Israeli hostages. At the same time, many international bodies are warning of acute
starvation – the result of intentional and openly declared Israeli government policy – as
well as of the rendering of Gaza into an area unfit for human habitation. Israel
continues to bomb hospitals, schools, and other institutions. Among the war’s declared
goals, as defined in the orders for the current military operation “Gideon’s Chariots,” is
the “concentration and displacement of the population.” This is a horrifying litany of
war crimes and even crimes against humanity, all of our own doing.
As academics, we recognize our own role in these crimes. It is human societies, not
governments, that commit crimes against humanity. Some do so by means of direct
violence. Others do so by sanctioning the crimes and justifying them, before and after
the fact, and by keeping quiet and silencing voices in the halls of learning. It is this
bond of silence that allows clearly evident crimes to continue unabated without
penetrating the barriers of recognition.
We cannot claim that we did not know. We have been silent for too long.

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · May 21

The board of Uppsala University has called on the Swedish government to condemn Israel’s actions, to resume funding UNRWA, and take all available measures (including trade sanctions against Israel) to prevent a genocide in Gaza (see: www.uu.se/en/news/2025...). I urge Lund University to do the same.

Statement by the Board of Uppsala University on the situation in Gaza - Uppsala University

www.uu.se

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · May 7

With interdisciplinary colleagues (biology, architecture, history, digital cultures, etc), I'm co-organising the SOUND+PURPOSE conference in Lund, 20-21 Nov. Please come and join our discussions of the *why* of sound and the *purpose* of sound research. CFP deadline 9 June: www.lmc.lu.se/en/node/591

SOUND+PURPOSE: Inaugural conference of the SOUND+ Network for Transdisciplinary Research in Sound

Lund University.

www.lmc.lu.se

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · Apr 10

Owls in Slottsträdgården ❤️

A young long-eared owl sitting on a branch among white and pink blossom

Two young long-eared owls sitting in a tree, partially hidden by white and pink blossom

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · Mar 30

Are you mainly just inspired by his work or also by his overall behaviour in/approach to the profession? Do you know him personally?

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Karabekir Akkoyunlu @karabekir.bsky.social · Mar 30

It is simply astounding how, in just over two months, the US has almost caught up with two decades of democratic backsliding in Turkey.

Michael Wong @miquai.bsky.social · Mar 29

I received a heartbreaking email today: A paper in a special issue I’m editing is being retracted because one of its authors is afraid of losing their job and their legal status in the U.S. if they publish a scientific study on evolution. Yes, on evolution, nature's engine of diversity.

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Jenny Pickerill @jennypickerill.bsky.social · Mar 4

The crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance

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Mette Bruinsma @mette.bsky.social · Mar 4

Come work with us on this project! We're looking for a postdoc interested in intellectual history, history of botany and/or colonial history. This project brings together Dutch and Surinam perspectives on botanical knowledge circulation. Drop me or Richard a line if you have any questions.

Richard Calis @richardcalis.bsky.social · Mar 4

*Job Claxon*: we're hiring a Postdoc to research the Colonial History of the Botanic Gardens at Universiteit Utrecht.

www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

#skystorians #jobs #histofscience #colonialhistory #botanicalgardens

Postdoctoral Researcher: Colonial History of Botanic Gardens

Interested in colonial history, botanical gardens and decolonisation? Join our international team of scholars!

www.uu.nl

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Phil Dodds @phildodds.bsky.social · Mar 3

Haha that's beautiful!