I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
28.02.2026 16:09 — 👍 11137 🔁 4544 💬 74 📌 144I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
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“…the disjunction between mass media’s conjuring of a college cancel-culture epidemic and the all-too-real impact of one wealthy predator’s billions in specialized funding is glaring…” www.salon.com/2026/02/19/j...
21.02.2026 01:41 — 👍 122 🔁 51 💬 1 📌 0www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Disappointed by Katya Adler's Eurocentric piece on security - not a single mention of the Global South. I would have thought critical raw mineral security plays a huge role in national security and we all know how limited access is to CRMs in Europe!
1/ I'm excited to share that Franz Knappik’s and my Cambridge Element on Hegel and Colonialism is finally out – open access below! We trace how Hegel defends European colonial rule, including transatlantic slavery, and how that defence runs through his entire philosophical system.
Thread below ⬇️
Happy Heavenly Birthday to May Ayim! She would have turned 65 years old today. Although we are not kin, I feel kinship with her. Next August 2026 will mark 30 years since her passing.
After all these years of studying her, I still do not consider myself an expert on her.
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"European allies, increasingly talking in terms of reducing reliance on Washington, are keenly watching the choices made in London."
✍️ @anandmenon.bsky.social and @jreland.bsky.social argue that hard geostrategic choices might impact the UK govt.'s regulatory agenda
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🎙️ A Decolonial Approach to Education & the Law, with Foluke Adebisi
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This episode focuses on the intersection between human rights and the decolonial approach to education. Dr Adebisi is an expert in law, race, equality, legal education, and decolonising education.
I wonder if the New York Times will go after any of the prominent academics in the Epstein files for being rapists as hard as they went after Claudine Gay for being kind of sloppy with citations in her graduate thesis.
If not, why not?
On 1 February 1979, The Guardian first reported on the gynaecological examinations conducted by UK border control officials upon South Asian women. Often called ‘virginity testing’, we wrote this article on the Home Office archival records on this practice.
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I’m curious if the reason why articles written with AI so often have hallucinated zombie citations claiming to be by the very editors of the journal who are evaluating the article is because the authors are giving the AI the journal information and asking it to make it more likely to be accepted
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ICE has been holding a disabled Black man for a year!
Rodney Taylor is a double amputee who was days away from receiving new prosthetic legs when ICE took him.
He’s been denied his prosthetics & placed in solitary.
His health is declining.
Public outrage might save his life.
Say his name:
Check out this great write up on #UncivilDemocracy from @cape-team.bsky.social. It concisely but aptly captures core takeaways from the book 🎯
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It's happening!
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From 2000 to 2024, 42 Chinese lenders signed 1,319 loan agreements worth $180.87 billion with 49 African states and seven regional entities.
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29.01.2026 20:44 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0One thing I wish law schools around the world would be able to eradicate is a prevailing idea among students that they are in competition with each other for a scarce supply of marks. How beautiful would law schools be if students were in conversation with each other, cultivating new knowledges?
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A rainbow arching above the Bridge of Sighs in Oxford, framed by historic stone buildings under a clearing grey sky.
A rainbow stretching across the sky above the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, with the observatory tower lit by sunlight after rain.
A double rainbow appearing behind the Radcliffe Observatory building, with trees and rooftops in the foreground under a pale sky.
A wide rainbow spanning across Christ Church Meadow, with historic college buildings and green lawns illuminated by late-afternoon light.
Yesterday brought rainbows to Oxford 🌈
📷 | Patricia Wimmer (Hertford College), Tara Hathaway (Queens College), Berilboz (Green Templeton) and Lydia (Pembroke College)
You should not piss off nurses.
26.01.2026 22:46 — 👍 774 🔁 145 💬 12 📌 0Is he the hawk of Davos or a dove?
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