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Sara Rich Dorman
@srd.bsky.social
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Edinburgh. Newfoundland. Canada. Political Scientist. I curate the afripolsky feed for those studying or interested in African Politics (broadly conceived). Previously @srdorman and @afr_pol
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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 1d
fascinating! (and going direct to course reading list)
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Dr. Semuhi Sinanoglu @semuhi.bsky.social · 1d
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 #𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 #𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬?

They face huge risks, especially during economic crises, when dictators choose to financially extort or #purge their business allies. And yet, despite their power to disrupt, business elites rarely switch sides.

My research shows why.
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Daily Maverick @dailymaverick.co.za · 1d
Eight years on, northern Mozambique’s terrorist threat remains acute despite the deployment of thousands of local and foreign troops.
Mozambique insurgency persists amid failed military strategy
www.dailymaverick.co.za
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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d
I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.
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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 1d
Follow the money

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper
Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of
www.bbc.co.uk
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2d
It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.
Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 2d
It’s hard not to conclude that Kuenssberg’s crew decided that @zackpolanski.bsky.social - the most prominent Manchester Jewish politician - is “the wrong kind of Jew”.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 2d
The Greens requested an interview on the Laura Kuenssberg Show with Zack Polanski when he was elected leader, but were denied, with a promise to interview him during Green conference instead.

This was then scrapped citing the Manchester synagogue attack. Polanski is both Jewish and from Manchester
BBC Laura Kuenssberg Show Accused of Anti-Green Bias After Cancelling Zack Polanski Interview
The new Green Party leader was the only major party leader not to have been granted a conference interview on the flagship BBC show
bylinetimes.com
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Margot Tudor @drmargottudor.bsky.social · 2d
Interested in the transitory nature of academia and how this shapes scholarship on internationalism? Come along to our virtual conference, 'Blind Spots and Buzzwords in Internationalism' on 5th and 6th Nov 👁️. Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/blind-spot...
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Ray Mackey Photo @raymackeyphoto.bsky.social · 3d
St. John's, Newfoundland Canada #Newfoundland #canada #autumn #photography
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 4d
Columbia canceled my class on race and media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.

Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!

We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!

www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
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Dr Dion Georgiou 🇨🇾❤️🇬🇾 @drdiongeorgiou.bsky.social · 4d
My latest weekly round-up of reading and listening recommendations, taking in authoritarian politics and international relations within the Middle East and Post-Soviet space, among other topics. 🧵

#menasky #polisky #skystorians 🗃️
Stop, Look, and Listen #51
A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week.
academicbubble.substack.com
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The Conversation Africa @africa.theconversation.com · 6d
Edson Sithole broke barriers as southern Africa’s first black Doctor of Laws, shaping Zimbabwe’s legal and liberation history. 📚

theconversation.com/edson-sithol...

#Politics
Edson Sithole: new book uncovers the work of a thinker, lawyer and Zimbabwean freedom fighter who ‘disappeared’
Sithole was just one of tens of thousands of individuals who died during Zimbabwe’s independence struggle.
theconversation.com
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d
Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god
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"spooky sukkot" daniel s. @self.agency · 4d
Syracuse University, which costs $100,000 per year, has opened a school to give degrees in podcasting and social media influencing 🫥
Betting on the Creator Economy, Syracuse University Opens Academic Center for Podcasters and Influencers
The shift in course offerings follows a recent decision to pause admission for 20 undergraduate majors, including fine arts and digital humanities.
www.artnews.com
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Politique africaine @politiqueafricaine.bsky.social · 5d
Etienne Smith, Amy Niang et Marie Brossier préparent un retour sur le #Sénégal des alternances pour Politique africaine. Propositions de textes attendues d'ici le 6 janvier prochain. Liggeyleen! L'appel est accessible ici polaf.hypotheses.org/11371 #221!
AAC “Le Sénégal des alternances”
PUBLIÉ 26 SEPTEMBRE 2025   Dossier coordonné par Marie Brossier (CIRAM, Université Laval, Canada), Amy Niang (The Africa Institute, Emirats arabes unis), Etienne Smith (LAM,...
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Plashing Vole @plashingvole.bsky.social · 5d
If a university thinks it’s the ‘best’ it should take people with low or no prior attainment and prove it. Otherwise it’s just cherry-picking and claiming unearned credit.
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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 6d
Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Elite school students end up in better universities than expected, based on their grades | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Students of private and grammar schools are over-represented in elite universities, but only part of that is explained by better grades.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
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Has Turkey Joined @hasturkeyjoined.bsky.social · 5d
She’ll be the 5th Archbishop in post since Türkiye applied to join the EU. Robert Runcie was the first.🇹🇷🇪🇺
#day14052
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Kaya Burgess | 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 @kayaburgess.bsky.social · 5d
BREAKING: Sarah Mullally has been named as the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the first woman in the role's 1,400-year history
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Ella @ellatasm.bsky.social · 5d
Dusherra 2025 festival on Calton Hill cancelled this weekend due to the wind weather warning @edinburghminute.bsky.social @caltonhill.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social
Dusherra cancellation notice from Scottish Indian Arts Forum
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 6d
Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a “coordinated campaign” from the Trump administration to curb freedom of expression. https://wapo.st/4nxKYQw
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Kit Yates @kityates.bsky.social · 6d
Great to see @theguardian.com taking up the baton on academic fraud after my @livescience.com op-ed!
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...
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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 6d
I just think it's very bad that stories like this portray what's happening through the framing of normal politics instead of describing it as an attempt by an authoritarian to consolidate power and destroy the administrative state.
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WCVB NewsCenter 5, Boston @wcvb5.bsky.social · 6d
Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment | Click on the image to read the full story
Trump uses government shutdown to dole out firings and political punishment
President Donald Trump has already suggested slashing Democratic priorities and mass firings of federal workers.
www.wcvb.com
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The Conversation Africa @africa.theconversation.com · 6d
Tanzania’s avocado exports have soared, with Europe, India and the Middle East hungry for this green gold. 🥑

theconversation.com/tanzanias-gr...

#EnvironmentAndEnergy
Tanzania’s green gold rush: how avocado waste is hurting farmers and what should be done
Tanzania’s avocado boom wastes 30%-50% of produce, hitting smallholder farmers hardest. Better training, fair prices, quality standards and storage can cut losses.
theconversation.com
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Edinburgh O'Clock @edinburghclock.bsky.social · 6d
Edinburgh O'Clock - 3 minutes to every hour. - we run fast so you don't miss your train.

A new hourly image to brighten your day taken in #Scotland very often #Edinburgh and shared with love by Tom Duffin

@tomduffinphotos.bsky.social.

Please repost with your own caption.
Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 6d
David Walker, the Bishop of Manchester has made this statement of shock and solidarity from the Church of England
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Sara Rich Dorman @srd.bsky.social · 6d
horrific.
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Liam Hoare 🇺🇦 @lahoare.bsky.social · 6d
A car ramming and stabbing attack outside the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Manchester on the morning of Yom Kippur has left four people injured. The suspect was shot by Greater Manchester Police; their current status is unknown.
Manchester synagogue attack latest: suspect shot after four people injured in vehicle and stabbing attack at synagogue, police say
Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester, tells people to avoid the area after a ‘serious incident’ in Crumpsall
www.theguardian.com
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folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · 6d
My reflection on the movie "Gandhi" (1982) notes that for any movement for social justice to achieve its goals, it requires the endurance of the long-distance runner more than the brief burst of speed of the sprinter.
folukeafrica.com/gandhi-the-m...
Gandhi The Movie: A child in the 80s learns about resistance
‘There may be tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall.’
folukeafrica.com
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Ben Rosamond @benrosamond1.bsky.social · 6d
Outstanding thread and Substack post on the widespread, yet weirdly irrational, assumption that the voters who actually form the base of the Labour coalition aren't really authentic voters.
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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 8d
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
benansell.substack.com
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