Paromita Sen

a man with a mustache is clapping his hands in front of a group of people with the word magic written on the screen . ALT: a man with a mustache is clapping his hands in front of a group of people with the word magic written on the screen .

People who always had access to proper research libraries have no idea how magical they are. Writing a global history requires me to read very, very niche books in half a dozen languages. When librarians here at Wayne State can’t get them through ILL, they purchase them. Coming from Brazil, this is

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'Vacations.'

The word is 'vacations.'

Trying to figure out what the next path itself should be. Going to hold on to this for some courage.

Hello!! I've been waiting for friends and familiar faces to join here so I can talk to people!

Some lists of bad actors to block (click subscribe, then select block). Didn't create these, but I block 'em all! Up to you how you want to handle!

MAGA

Right Wing Propaganda

Far right

NFT/AI/Crypto

More NFT/AI/Crypto

British Bigots

Nazis

Content Scrapers

I started a starter pack for World Bank researchers. Let me know if I am missing you go.bsky.app/BWMsQG6

We need some breathing room.

'You are not my King': Lidia Thorpe heckles King Charles III Independent senator Lidia Thorpe interrupted a reception for King Charles and Queen Camilla in Canberra.

Lidia Thorpe:
"You committed genocide against our people; give us our land back; give us back what you stole from us; our bones, our skulls, our babies, our people; you destroyed our land, give us a treaty, we want a treaty in this country," she shouted."
#auspol #blacksky #straya #genocide

Who amongst us has not heard of the dude who published like fury during his "parental leave"?

Bad faith actors notwithstanding, I think we should keep the policy gender neutral, but revoke the clock stoppage if the person in q has clear evidence of submitting work while technically off the clock.

Alaa Abd el-Fattah must be released this month at the end of his prison sentence - The Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy The Egyptian-British writer and activist, Alaa Abd el-Fattah, must be released on Sunday September 29 at the end of his five year prison sentence, in accordance with Egyptian law, a coalition of 59 Eg...

British-Egyptian blogger, coder, and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah should be released tomorrow, but Egyptian authorities do not plan to release him until 2027. EFF joined 58 digital and human rights organizations calling for his immediate release timep.org/2024/09/25/a...

Sure, Jan!

If U.S. would just follow its own rules, Israel would be cut off of serious money and weapons and we would already have had a deal.

Climate change is a whirl-wide problem.

Can't find anyone from my current world of work here. This is fabulous.

Black graphic with white text: GIVING BIRTH IN GAZA Nearly every mother is malnourished, leading to preterm and low birthweight babies, miscarriages, and stillbirths. Women are delivering unsafely at home or in tents. Gender-based violence against birthing women is on the rise. And nearly every woman is suffering from post traumatic stress- trauma they pass on to their babies. [marie claire logo]

“The death toll of the war in Gaza is staggering, with women and children accounting for some half of all deaths. Lesser known is the story of birth taking place amid so much death, with about 180 babies being born in Gaza every day”
www.marieclaire.com/politics/gaz...

Calling gender scholars.. 📢

There's still time to submit to @psawomenpol.bsky.social panels at PSA 2025 (Birmingham 14-16 April 2025)

Including our panel on Gender & the Elections of 2024 (co-sponsored by Politics Journal)

👇Details below👇

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