Sara Rich Dorman

fascinating! (and going direct to course reading list)

Mozambique insurgency persists amid failed military strategy

Eight years on, northern Mozambique’s terrorist threat remains acute despite the deployment of thousands of local and foreign troops.

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

Asylum hotel provider makes £180m profit despite claims of inedible food and rationed loo paper Asylum seekers and charities tell BBC of

Follow the money

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

Goody-bag merch from Tory Conference branded "When Labour negotiates Britian loses" and signed "Kemi Badenoch".

It helps to be able to spell the country you say only you are competent enough to run.

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”.

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...

St. John's, Newfoundland Canada #Newfoundland #canada #autumn #photography

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.

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...

Stop, Look, and Listen #51 A round-up of what I have been reading and listening to this past week.

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 🗃️

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.

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

Do not pay $100,000 to become a podcaster for the love of god

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,...

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!

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.

She’ll be the 5th Archbishop in post since Türkiye applied to join the EU. Robert Runcie was the first.🇹🇷🇪🇺
#day14052

Dusherra cancellation notice from Scottish Indian Arts Forum

Dusherra 2025 festival on Calton Hill cancelled this weekend due to the wind weather warning @edinburghminute.bsky.social @caltonhill.bsky.social @spurtle.bsky.social

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

Great to see @theguardian.com taking up the baton on academic fraud after my @livescience.com op-ed!
www.theguardian.com/science/audi...

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.

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.

Tanzania’s avocado exports have soared, with Europe, India and the Middle East hungry for this green gold. 🥑

theconversation.com/tanzanias-gr...

#EnvironmentAndEnergy

Delicious images of Edinburgh from Tom Duffin

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.

David Walker, the Bishop of Manchester has made this statement of shock and solidarity from the Church of England

horrific.

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.’

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...

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.

The Missionary Kids: Unmasking the Myths of White Evangelicalism by Holly Berkley Fletcher Historian Fletcher (Gender and the American Temperance Movement of the Nineteenth Century) incisively explores the dark underbel...

Religion reporters! My book on the evangelical missionary kid experience is fascinating and highly relevant to the issue of CN. If you don't already have a copy of my book, contact @broadleafbooks.bsky.social Happy to do interviews :) PW starred review www.publishersweekly.com/9798889832034

have to throw in Murphy Brown! (mostly because no one else has mentioned her).

The Public Scholar A Practical Handbook

COVER REVEAL AND PREORDER: The Public Scholar - A Practical Handbook.

"Perry focuses on the practical details of how to approach public scholarship. How do you pitch a piece to an editor? When should you follow or ignore the rules of the genre? And what happens once your piece is out in the world?"

hmmmm....afraid I have come to be equally unsympathetic to much of the admin now required by my school, but probably much of it comes down from on high.