Prof Prachi Srivastava

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NDP hits the Jack-pot in Quebec: From decades of work to overnight success Late on the night of May 2 as election results from across Canada poured in, veteran observers of the Canadian political scene were greeted with two sights most probably never expected to see in their...

It's very similar to what happened in the 2011 federal Canadian election when Quebec voted NDP en masse making it the official opposition knocking out the Bloc (traditional opp from QC) Liberals and PCs. Didn't last. But it was a show that voters had enough.

policyoptions.irpp.org/2011/06/ndp-...

Schools are protected 'civilian objects' under international humanitarian law. They are prohibited from attack.

The Geneva Convention

www.un.org/en/genocidep...

I think it's time we organise another punch-up! :)

Absolutely! And of course, interested in the education policy work. Looking forward. :)

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Future of knowledge Futures Dialogues webinar

What would it take to sustain progress towards inclusive, knowledge societies given rapid technological changes, geopolitical uncertainties, and shifting power relations? What are the futures of education, scientific and research systems?

UNESCO Seminar: 25 Feb 2pm
www.unesco.org/en/articles/...

As someone who has published books with 100+ images, here are my tips for finding free #earlymodern images (and tips for discounts when you have to pay for them!) 🗃️

sarahabendall.com/2020/03/11/e...

This is very cool.

Serious ontological questions.

The time where machines 'think for us' is still a cautious distance. Still, what is 'truth', and whose truth - what or who produces it. These are the questions.

Whose truth is legitimised? We are entering a time where colonisation of thought extends to machine.

This looks fascinating.

Congratulations, Michael! Great recruitment. Looking forward to seeing how the School develops - seems very exciting!

Cool - just came across this - it was a long time ago! Where did you get the poster? @daveevansphd.bsky.social Thought you'd get a kick out of this.

'conditions under which writing is meant to happen – fragmented time, competing priorities...sense that writing must be squeezed in [...] How universities structure time, signal what counts as legitimate work [...] While institutions cannot create time, they can create protected time – bubbles.'

How toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are saving an endangered Sámi language Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction.

How toddlers in Finland's 'language nests' are saving an endangered Sámi language
Special nurseries are helping the Sámi people in Finland to bring their almost-lost language back from the brink of extinction.
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

(Language nests are learned from Māori kōhanga reo)

Scientists crack open the 'black box' of cancer in cats The household cat could hold the key to understanding certain types of cancer, such as breast cancer.

The first detailed genetic map of cancer in pet cats reveals striking similarities with human versions of the disease, possibly helping find treatments in both species.

An international team examined ~1,000 genes linked to 13 types of feline cancer.

🧪😺 @medsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

An ‘astonishingly’ large new dinosaur species has been discovered in the Sahara | BBC Science Focus Magazine This school-bus-sized predator was so unusual that scientists didn't recognise it at first

New dinosaur alert 🦖 🧪 🚨]

Palaeontologists have discovered a new species of dinosaur in a remote part of the Sahara. Named Spinosaurus mirabilis – meaning ‘astonishing’ Spinosaurus in Latin – the giant lived in what is now Niger more than 95 million years ago.
www.sciencefocus.com/news/new-din...

Image of sky with flashes of pink over the clouds encircled by treetops in a semi-circle

The swirly swish of the pink sky tonight...

Relational Ecologies of Knowledge and Practice - NORRAG - In this blogpost, Moira V. Faul, Keith Holmes, Catherine Odora Hoppers, Prachi Srivastava, and Leon Tikly summarize the discussions of the Epistemic Justice Network Workshop, held at the 2025 UKFIET C...

Global social justice movements in parallel with rising authoritarian extremism. The question of whose knowledge counts — and whose is erased — has never been more urgent.

Our post on the Oxford workshop revisits these ideas. @norrag.bsky.social

www.norrageducation.org/relational-e...

I know it's meant as irony but there are many normatively functional institutions in a constitutional monarchy which are comparably more accountable to citizens.

More 'surprising' (in quotes b/c depends on how cynical one is) is the willing and wholesale abdication of state obligation in the publicness of education.

I don't just mean provision, but the civic discourse and engagement and public oversight of content and form. Accountability rests there.

For-profit companies operating in education have long realised that the only way to scale is to infiltrate mass education systems - control of content and provision are key. Same happened with for-profit school chains.

It's not surprising because that's the growth model.

The Story of Capital For decades, David Harvey has been teaching Marx's work, particularly Capital, to great acclaim. He has analysed chapter by chapter - sometimes line-by-line - Marx's three volumes and the Grundrisse. ...

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'Royal largesse' is part a tradition where royals give gifts to the public on their birthdays.

It was/is practiced in various forms in different societies across the world and over time. First recorded in ancient Persia.

From the historical annals of my mind.

It's literally mindblowing. Utterly unbelievable.

Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
open.substack.com/pub/jkbjourn...

Also: big difference between normatively functioning constitutional monarchies and autocracies, theocracies, dictatorships, and dysfunctional 'democracies'.

Kings and kingsmen can, and do, fall in the former.

Andrew arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office as King says 'law must take its course' - live updates It comes after Thames Valley Police said they were assessing a complaint over the alleged sharing of confidential material by the former prince with Jeffrey Epstein.

This is, by no understatement, one of *the* news stories of the century.

He is the first member of the royal family to be taken in custody in the modern era.

You'd have to go back to King Charles I in the 17C for the last.

www.bbc.com/news/live/c7...

Enforcement mechanisms. Econ 101.

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