Sameen
@sameen-mohsin.bsky.social
Associate Professor. Research bureaucratic politics, political elites, and governance in Pakistan. Views my own. Formerly LUMS, SOAS, LSE. https://www.sameenmohsinali.com/ Enthusiastic about 🏊🏽♀️🧶📚🤿🖼️, pop culture, travel. No DMs
The High Court also heard RTC leader Ben Cullen had threatened physical violence to a resident removing flags, boasting that he was a “violent criminal” who had served 15 years in prison. Full report in today’s Clarion: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
The Clarion, 4 August 2026
We're doing a rain dance. You? While we wait for some sorely needed water, here is some news, not all of it cheerful. Including less than savoury details about Raise the Colours; celebrating Oxford Ci...
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IPE job at LSE. “specialism in Global Environmental Politics, Environmental Justice or Energy Politics”
Assistant Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy
Assistant Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy, , <p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style="color: black;"> </span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"...
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no one making $ on scholarly books, certainly not academic presses, which are being starved by unis who once supported publication but now totally devalue research. from friends/editors at university presses, book sales are down 25% this year & the forecast is bleak. now no libraries buying books.
Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026)@tnflorvil.bsky.social · 10h agoGreetings, Psst, most academics aren't making much money from their book publications. They can't use their royalties. This means we are not popping our collars and purchasing prosecco or NA prosecco. The few scholars who are making bank are not publishing with university/academic presses.
Ceuta warns of 'unsustainable' situation for child migrants after influx
Ceuta warns of 'unsustainable' situation for child migrants after influx
Spain's north African enclave of Ceuta has appealed for urgent government assistance after hundreds of unaccompanied migrant children overwhelmed its reception system following last week's mass border crossing from Morocco. Local authorities have warned that the situation is "unsustainable".
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Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz, Iran ministry says reut.rs/4w8Jv6Q
Iran and Oman reach understanding on coordinates of route through Hormuz, Iran ministry says
Iran and Oman have reached an understanding on the geographic coordinates for a shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz, and a joint announcement is being finalised, provided certain third parties did not interfere, Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said on Wednesday.
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Assistant Professor in Political Science #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 PhD in political science or related fields 🏫 Aarhus University ⌛ Monday 17 August 🔗 buff.ly/uXI6YGD #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky
Assistant Professor in Political Science - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
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Once again, I come back to the fact these guys have created a situation where one of the UK's leading, cis female athletes is scared to go to the loo alone, and the fact that they are celebrating this as a step forward for women's rights.
Equality and Human Rights Commission@equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 17h agoOur code of practice for services, public functions and associations comes into force today. It provides practical guidance on how the Equality Act 2010 applies to services, public functions and associations. Find out more: https://ow.ly/alIf50Zwrkx
Reminds me of this King, I wonder what he's up to now? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014...
Man fined for pretending to be ghost in Portsmouth cemetery
Police spokesman says witnesses complained about Anthony Stallard 'throwing his arms in the air and saying woooooo'
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Aidan O’Brien@aidanobrien.bsky.social · 15h agoFirst, you tell me to get a hobby; now it's an “appropriate hobby”.
Well not to worry as OpenAI was created to protect us against this sort of thing
@minxmarple.bsky.social recommended this on Twitter ages ago and I finally read it last year and it is indeed an absolute banger - highly recommend!
Minx Marple@minxmarple.bsky.social · 15h ago15. I’m recommending one of my favourite books, Dr Edith Vane and The Hares of Crawley Hall by Suzette Mayr. It’s an hallucinogenic banger, but if you are a woman in academia, it might land very close to *things*.
You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.
The EHRC guidance does not apply to workplaces, and trans people are not criminalised for using any toilet in the UK. But the whole point of this - as with Section 28 back in the 1980s - is to intimidate people. Don't give into that fear.
Slurms MacKenzie@slurmsmackenzie.bsky.social · 16h agoJust a reminder that: - this isn't for workplaces and if your work is trying to implement it scare them over discrimination claims - the onus is on the service provider, not the service user to comply - the code *itself* says enforcement of toilet facilities is unworkable and low priority
On this day, “36th of July” in 2024, a student-led movement toppled a brutal authoritarian in Bangladesh. Hasina fled to India where she remains, evading justice. Adnan Hossain was at Gonobhaban & sent me this remarkable photo. I couldn’t celebrate because I was in London giving media interviews
Just looking through @instituteforgovernment.org.uk #MInistersReflect interview with John Healey and instructive that this is what he picks as his big achievement in govt www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/sites/defaul...
CFP: edited volume: Water in Culture and Nature: Tangibility, Intangibility, Liminality, Confluence in Heritage networks.h-net.org/group/announ...
Water in Culture and Nature: Tangibility, Intangibility, Liminality, Confluence in Heritage | H-Net
Water in Culture and Nature: Tangibility, Intangibility, Liminality, Confluence in Heritage
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Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil tanker in Red Sea reut.rs/4w6JT5E
Yemen's Houthis say they attacked Saudi oil tanker in Red Sea
Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis said on Wednesday they had launched a missile attack on a Saudi oil tanker off the coast of the kingdom's Red Sea port city of Yanbu.
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I don’t know who needs this perspective but I first came across Jason Arday in an autism parenting group. Everyone commented on how inspiring this is, how much hope the story gave them. It’s not that I want my not-fully-verbal child to become a Cambridge professor
A mother dolphin in Western Australia has been carrying the body of her 2-week-old calf through an estuary. Researchers say the behavior is believed to reflect a period of mourning that has been documented in dolphins before the mother eventually lets go to feed and survive.
Come join my fabulous department at Barnard College! We are searching for a tenure-track assistant professor in Comparative Politics and/or International Relations. #polisky The link is here: barnard.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Facult...
Assistant Professor of Political Science
If you are a current Barnard College employee, please use the internal career site to apply for this position. Job: Assistant Professor of Political Science Job Description: The Department of Politica...
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Before stephensi arrived in 2013, Djibouti was on the cusp of declaring malaria eradicated. In 2012, there were just 27 cases. Two years later, cases shot up to nearly 1,700... and in 2020, there was an explosion: more than 70,000 cases. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/u...
An Invasive Mosquito Is Spreading With Alarming Speed, Threatening Africa’s Cities
The malaria-carrying mosquito is resistant to all insecticides. Scientists are scrambling to find ways to blunt the risk.
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In a 1950 short story in Colliers, Ray Bradbury imagined a stark post-nuclear scene. It was set on August 4th, 2026. @wellerstein.bsky.social writes: "one wonders how frustrated someone like him would be at the fact that so many very basic problems from his time... still remain on the table."
Bomb shadows of the future
Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" (1950)
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Scottish Government is #hiring #social #researchers. B2 is our entry level grade, for masters or PhD with an interest in applied social research. 2x 4yr posts initially, but with a reserve list. Apply by 20/08/2026 Pls share to folks! fa-evxn-saasfaukgovprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Social Researcher
Want to help shape Scotland’s Census, informing the decisions that improve public services and capture the story of Scotland for generations to come?
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Exclusive: The Trump administration is preparing to set a price floor and impose tariffs on polysilicon and related products, sources told Reuters, putting a material critical to solar panels and semiconductors at the center of US efforts to compete with China on AI and energy reut.rs/4yTmCad
Huge shift in Welsh public opinion, from voting Leave 10 years ago to 69% now wanting to Rejoin EU: blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
From Leave to Rejoin: Welsh Public Opinion Ten Years On
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
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Basically the height of caricature at this point: Israel is demanding that as part of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, it be allowed to continue attacking Gaza.
Absolutely unbelievable how solar power has taken off worldwide during the Hormuz oil crisis. You don't have to hand it to him, but Trump may have done more to finally kick off a global civilization of effete librul solar users than anyone else in the West
