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Neil Robinson

H-index: 30
Political science 64%
Sociology 14%
n-robinson.bsky.social
You'd have to be an idiot to fail just like the old scientific communism tests
n-robinson.bsky.social
Deans and assistant deans wouldn't fit in the picture
telescoper.bsky.social
A meme for the modern university...
Meme showing a worker labelled "academic staff" digging a hole in the ground while 10 others look labelled with management titles such as "Director of Human Resources" look on. The caption underneath reads "The only way we can cut costs is to reduce the number of academic staff..."

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radchenko.bsky.social
Ok let's talk a little about the infamous "statement". kremlin.ru/events/presi.... The most interesting bit is how Putin used the word "testing" to create a certain ambiguity around Russia's actions.
Заявление Президента Российской Федерации
kremlin.ru
n-robinson.bsky.social
Media complicity with Russian disinformation is shameful. Get the Russian viewpoint from Russian officials for reporting purposes so its nature is clear. Don't get it from 'independent' experts who are not independent. And Pekka Kallioniemi (@vatniksoup.bsky.social) can't catch them all. 7/
n-robinson.bsky.social
And he loves a label! He always uses his Royal Irish Academy and UCC affiliations, one more - vatnik - won't hurt. Are @ria.ie and @ucc.ie are happy with Kremlin funding? 6/
n-robinson.bsky.social
Can the Irish media now label him a 'foreign agent'? That's what Russia media would have to do to a Russian academic who'd taken money from the West. Roberts won't mind, such labelling results from a decision of Putin, and Putin, as Roberts has asserted several times, is a 'visionary'. 5/
Disruption: historians challenge Russophobic propaganda — Solidarity
British historian Geoffrey Roberts and other scholars push back against Western media’s vilification of Russia, calling for nuanced analysis of the Ukraine war. They challenge myths, expose biases, an...
www.solidarity.co.nz
n-robinson.bsky.social
Was he comfortable listening to the greetings to the conference from one of its sponsors, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign minister? 3/
mid.ru
n-robinson.bsky.social
The conference was sponsored by the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and the World Russian People's Council (the latter has called the war against Ukraine a 'holy war'). Did they pay for flights and accommodation? More? 2/
mgimo.ru
n-robinson.bsky.social
The next time @news.rte.ie @rteradio1.bsky.social @drivetime.bsky.social have Geoff Roberts on to spout the latest Kremlin line about Ukraine could they ask him who paid for his trip to the illegally annexed Crimea to attend a 'Congress to mark the 80th anniversary of the 1945 Yalta Conference'? 1/
n-robinson.bsky.social
Comedy gold from Medvedev, the samogon must have been extra strong
n-robinson.bsky.social
About what I was expecting to be honest, MAGA nonsense and anyone who knows better keeping their heads down.
n-robinson.bsky.social
Doubt they noticed before they suggested it, or took advice.
n-robinson.bsky.social
Russia seems to have rejected it which will probably be good enough for Trump
n-robinson.bsky.social
Pleasure, well written and a good read, balanced and learned. I will be pleased of my students read it.
n-robinson.bsky.social
Good job @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social, very well presented digest of Russian politics
n-robinson.bsky.social
Richard Hofstadter is supposed to have once said ‘Other countries have ideologies, America is an ideology’. Perhaps a mobilised one after today.
n-robinson.bsky.social
I like to imagine that as Trump finished Xi picked up a phone, said ‘Release the next virus’ and then laughed maniacally.
n-robinson.bsky.social
Never, ever buy a VanMoof bike. Overpriced, badly made, poor service provision (not the local service providers, the main company’s decisions cripple them).
n-robinson.bsky.social
Yeah, because of the electoral system and its encouragement of localism
n-robinson.bsky.social
They should go and explain their reasoning on the frontline. I’ll chip in for the travel expenses.
n-robinson.bsky.social
At least these was some hope when the Greens backed up FF/FG. FF/FG backed up by gobshites (damn spell check, that should have read independents) less so. #GE24

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