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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 19h

Just have to take a beat to say that the people that have long warned about state violence and the militarization of law enforcement were right.

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EUwatch 🇪🇺 @euwatch.live · 2d

Syria holds its first parliamentary election since ousting of Bashar al-Assad

Syria holds first parliamentary election since al-Assad's ousting

Syria held its first elections since the ousting of strongman President Bashar al-Assad in December in what the people hope will propel the country towards economic stability, prosperity and peace.

www.euronews.com

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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 3d

Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers.

Share this and speak up for your freedoms.

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 2d

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Kenyans win case to prove UK soldiers are their fathers - BBC News

Commercially available DNA databases were used to identify unknown fathers, who had served in Kenya.

www.bbc.com

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NPR @npr.org · 2d

From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.

With makeshift jump ropes and hide and seek, kids play to cope with crisis

From Gaza to Ukraine to South Sudan, children play to deal with the stress — and find a moment of joy.

n.pr

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 5d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Philippe Dam @philippedam.bsky.social · 5d

#Sudan: UN human rights experts send wake up call on severity of crimes committed by RSF & SAF.

@eudiplomacy.bsky.social: "There can be no justification for standing idle while atrocities continue"

Urgent steps needed to
⛑️Protect civilians
⚖️Press for accountability

www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 6d

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 6d

Awful to see this, especially during a holy festival.

This achieves nothing to create a peaceful society for anyone.

The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 6d

Police have shot a suspect after several people were stabbed and a car was driven at members of the public in Manchester

Police shoot suspect after stabbing at synagogue in Manchester

www.thenational.scot

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 6d

Horrified and angry by the violence in Manchester today. What are we when people cannot worship in peace?!

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glory-b.bsky.social @glory-b.bsky.social · 9d

Aaaand, the research is done, yhe numbers are in, our ancestors weren't exaggerating.
www.theatlantic.com/business/arc...

Black Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as Good

African American employees tend to receive more scrutiny from their bosses than their white colleagues, meaning that small mistakes are more likely to be caught, which over time leads to worse perform...

www.theatlantic.com

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 9d

This is….and imagine all the other ways this manifests… and across different contexts

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 10d

So exhausting..

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 10d

Russia continues to be vile indeed. As if the sins are not plentiful enough, while pontificating in the UN, attacking civilians in Kyiv. Gah. No analysis just plain evil

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Zelensky condemns 'vile' Russian strikes lasting 12 hours

More than 600 drones and missiles, predominantly aimed at Kyiv, hit factories and the Institute of Cardiology.

www.bbc.co.uk

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NPR @npr.org · 11d

As accusations of genocide in Gaza mount against Israel, NPR looks at how the term is defined legally and why previously reticent scholars have changed their minds.

A question of intent: Is what's happening in Gaza genocide?

As accusations of genocide in Gaza mount against Israel, NPR looks at how the term is defined legally and why previously reticent scholars have changed their minds.

n.pr

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 11d

Me at the state of the world!

a close up of a woman making a funny face

Alt: a close up of a woman screaming

media.tenor.com

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 13d

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets.

• Joy Reid
• Don Lemon
• Melissa Harris-Perry
• Tiffany Cross
• Jemele Hill
• Marc Lamont Hill
• Karen Attiah
• Amber Ruffin

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Nathalie Brack @nathaliebrack.bsky.social · 16d

Call for Proposals for Special Issues of the Journal of European Integration to be published in 2027
Deadline for Submissions: 31/10/25
www.tandfonline.com/journals/geu...

Feel free to contact us at [email protected] with any questions about the procedure or informal enquiries you may have.

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 19d

Thank you so much for having me

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 22d

“In a way, he was like the country he lived in. Everything came too easily to him, but at least he knew it. About once a month he worried that he was a fraud….”🥺

prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 22d

A tiny light in the perpetual sadness

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 22d

Style lessons from Robert Redford, one of the most stylish men in the last century. 🧵

Apologies for not adding alt text to all these photos. My cat is screaming her head off and if I don't let her outside right this instance, where I have to accompany her, I might die.

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · 22d

Takes a mo…. apparently

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Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 25d

Can't wait to see all the defenders of women and girls sharing this message.

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Stuart Turnbull-Dugarte @turnbulldugarte.com · Sep 5

Radical right accommodation really does not work.

New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk

doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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prof toni haastrup @tonihaastrup.bsky.social · Sep 1

It’s my first #UACES conference as Chair & so great to see everyone! With over 300 folks chatting all things European studies, it promises to be a fabulous conference.

All *solidarity* to many of our colleagues who can’t be here because university leadership would rather vandalise than build.

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Political Studies Association @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social · Aug 30

*PSA PRIZES* Closing soon! Mackenzie #BookPrize submissions. Awarded annually for the best book in #PoliticalScience.

Nominations invited from publishers, individuals and PSA specialist groups. Deadline 5 September. Details -

Mackenzie Book Prize 2025-26 Submissions Open | The Political Studies Association (PSA)

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