digitaldjeli
@digitaldjeli.bsky.social
SOAS ex BBC WS. Recovering anthropologist. Writing & reporting on Europe, Africa, the world - militarisation, conflict, energy transitions & The Threat Business www.digitaldjeli.com
This sentence: "On the night before Eid al-Adha, two shells had landed about 300 metres away from that mango tree: one on a cemetery, where it could not kill anyone, and the other on a busy house, where it did." [Superb writing by Magdi El-Gizouli in equator ] www.equator.org/articles/kha...?
Khartoum After the Storm • EQUATOR
How Sudan’s revolutionary generation was dragged into total war
equator.org
‘If AI devastates the universities the way deindustrialisation hollowed out shipbuilding, I wouldn’t want to live next to my former workplace, giving guided tours of a now obsolete lifeform.’ Susan Pedersen on the modern British city. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Susan Pedersen · Worker, Hipster, Banker: Modern British Cities
Deindustrialisation was not a long, slow process but a very quick one, erasing whole occupations and transforming one...
lrb.co.uk
A superb intro: "In the mid-1940s, [George C.] Marshall pushed quietly but steadily against the Zionist movement’s proposals to establish a Jewish state in Palestine".
digitaldjeli@digitaldjeli.bsky.social · 4d agoThis is going to rock a few boats but I suspect it's fairly bullet proof - it has some very eminent recommenders including Israelis. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
This is going to rock a few boats but I suspect it's fairly bullet proof - it has some very eminent recommenders including Israelis. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The pro-Israel lobby has swayed US presidents since Truman. It must end with Trump | Ian Lustick and Eli Clifton
Our new book tracks the growth over nearly eight decades, of the most powerful foreign policy lobby in US history
theguardian.com
The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture. www.africanhistoryextra.com/p/the-white-...
The White Masks of Gabon: “Foreign” symbolism in Traditional African sculpture.
Among the most refined works of African art are the distinctive white masks of southern Gabon in Central Africa.
africanhistoryextra.com
#Ukraine So much about Ukraine never makes the western media. You either have to read Ukrainian media or journal articles.
#Ceuta There's numerous videos of the authorities dropping off people from huge trucks.
Wolfram Lacher@wlacher.bsky.social · 6d agoIt's not a mystery what caused the crisis in Ceuta. (Source: New York Times)
#Ukraine Zelensky's former head of comms writing things that don't make the western press iuliiamendel.substack.com/p/positive-p...
Positive PR About Ukraine Hides the Real Grief and Is Deeply Anti-Ukrainian and Inhumane
Imagine a person trapped next door to a brutal abuser who cannot simply leave.
iuliiamendel.substack.com
Friendly to (and funded by) Israel. 🙁
Charles Onyango-Obbo@cobbo3.bsky.social · last wk.Israel to allow international force into Gaza under Trump ceasefire plan. Force would include 200 members from “FRIENDLY countries such as Uganda and Morocco” deploying in areas that are NOT UNDER ISRAELI CONTROL⁉️
Nice profile of the brilliant Anton Jäger www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Meet the man whose groundbreaking book is being devoured by the left
Anton Jäger has been lauded for his exceptional ability to make sense of these strange political times – and he’s only 32. The writer and academic explains why we’re living in an age of hyperpolitics
theguardian.com
#Ukraine Good article by @lilylynch.bsky.social on the gaps between rhetoric and reality in Ukraine and Russia newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...
Lily Lynch, Costs of War — Sidecar
At the NATO summit.
newleftreview.org
#Ukraine again, probably. For everyone's sake, particularly Ukrainians, there needs to be peace negotiations.
Reuters@reuters.com · 2w agoRomania shoots down drone in airspace incursion for first time reut.rs/4fwyt57
Very much looking forward to reading this
Ewan Gibbs@ewangibbs.bsky.social · 2w agoMy new book, An Injury to All: The Unmaking of the British Working Class, is coming out in October. You can preorder it from Waterstones with a 25% discount today and tomorrow! Place your order here ⬇️ www.waterstones.com/book/an-inju...
Holiday in the climate emergency. No that’s not AI or edited, just a snapshot I just took with my phone on Lacanau beach in France. What future will this boy grow up in? It is in our hands, but time is running out.
But not defence cuts... Can someone with a login please post this to archive.ph ? www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Andy Burnham tells cabinet to find cuts as spending pledges grow
The new prime minister will seek savings from departments as he tries to pay for cuts to energy bills and a cap on bus fares
thetimes.com
#Ukraine Finally, even the BBC is reporting that Ukrainians don't want to fight any more. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘Everyone's afraid to die’: Struggle to recruit soldiers in Ukraine turns violent
Aggression against recruitment officers has become increasingly threatening, police say.
bbc.co.uk
@joplinapp.bsky.social I wish you guys had a cloud deal between Basic & Pro - 2gb is too small; 30gb is too expensive for me. I need something between the 2 prices. 🙁
Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.
#Russia This is insanity. Why is Europe letting far-right Ukrainians & Baltic war mongers dictate policy? It's time for negotiations. Before these crazies go too far.
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last mo.Italy has joined Bulgaria in voicing concerns about plans to sanction Russia’s Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, according to three EU diplomats informed on the deliberations.
Maybe if Ukraine didn't bomb Russia's oil installations Russia wouldn't retaliate? It's extraordinary how Ukraine's long range attacks are filleted out of this story. Start negotiations. For everyone's sakes.
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last mo.The EU will sanction Russian military producers involved in the deadly attack on Kyiv, the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has announced on X.
#FIFA Go away they're teenagers. Do you want to raise another generation of resentment? Let them play. This never happened during the cold war & it shouldn't happen now.
POLITICO Europe@politico.eu · last mo.Forty-four members of the European Parliament are urging FIFA President Gianni Infantino to reverse his decision to allow Russian athletes to play at this year’s inaugural U-15 World Cup in Azerbaijan.
Many are following this. Those at risk here on Exeter's Cornwall campus include myself and colleagues in Geography, Environmental Science, Marine Science, Renewable Energy, and Environmental Maths, Humanities, and 1/2 the Environment and Sustainability Institute. I really hope this can be resolved.
University of Exeter in talks to cut about 150 members of staff
The university says it is consulting with colleagues over "limited and specific potential changes".
bbc.co.uk
This is why you must not accept the lies propagated by the judge and other vested interests about #PalestineAction
If this goes through Castlelake will bleed Easyjet to death. This company robbing needs to be outlawed.
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · last mo.EasyJet in talks with Castlelake over £4.9bn takeover offer ft.trib.al/rCWFqBv
And all the carbon-intensive, time-wasting, back-and-forths. We need proper municipal devolution not gesture politics.
Wolfgang Blau@wblau.bsky.social · last mo.Oh, like Strasbourg and Brussels :-)? „Andy Burnham looks to move part of Number 10 operations to Manchester“ as.ft.com/r/5b119e61-2...
This is one great big global data grab.
Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · last mo.CA lawmakers are fast-tracking A.B. 1709, a sweeping bill that would ban anyone under 16 from using social media and force every user to submit sensitive personal information before accessing social platforms. If you're a CA resident, reach out to your Senator today: act.eff.org/action/stop...
