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Ioana Cerasella Chis @cerasellachis.bsky.social · 16h
Many thanks to Saori Shibata for this testimonial for Disabling Capitalism: A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism and Disablement. The book is due to be published with @brisunipress.bsky.social in Feb 2027 and can be preordered now bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca... #NewBook
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‘Ioana Cerasella Chis prompts a powerful rethinking of disablement and work, revealing how disabled people sustain society while challenging disabling capitalism.’

- Saori Shibata (University of Sheffield), author of Contesting Precarity in Japan: The Rise of Nonregular Workers and the New Policy Dissensus
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 9h
📣We have kicked off the first event with the new BISA Migration and Borders Working Group! 🌟Today we are joined by author @vickisquire.bsky.social for a discussion of her new book "Making and unmaking global citizenship". 📚Find out more about the book: www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Alarming news from Egypt where authorities have arrested 2 editors working for investigative journalism platform @matsadaash.bsky.social following raids on their homes. +12 hours after the raids and we don't know where they are being held or why they were taken www.facebook.com/matsda2sh/ph...
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
📣 The Call for Proposals for EWIS 2027 in Bordeaux are now open! 💡The theme is: Boundaries across Scales: Power, Territory, and Spatial Imaginaries 🔗 buff.ly/nIIpwKv 🗓️ Read submission instructions carefully and submit a workshop proposal by 23 November 2026!
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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees www.nature.com/articles/d41... #OpenAccess
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Hundreds of ‘free’ academic journals have started charging fees
A study tracking diamond open-access journals has found an increase in titles switching to other publishing models — especially over the past few years.
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🎉We are OPEN now for abstract, roundtable and panel submissions for #BISA2027 🎉 'Fragmenting orders, shared futures: Global politics in turbulent times' 🌎 Submit here now! 👉 conference.bisa.ac.uk/call-papers-0 Simon Rushton @julietdryden.bsky.social Juanita Elias Visit Manchester
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Fragmenting orders, shared futures:
Global politics in turbulent times
Submission deadline: Friday 6 November
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Homelessness is embedded in the housing system." Read an extract from Bulldozed by Jessie Speer @lsegeography.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social exploring the reality of homelessness in the land of opportunity @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofb...
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Independent Social Research Foundation @isrfoundation.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In December 2025, the ISRF launched its eighth Mid-Career Fellowship competition. Having received a number of strong proposals, the Selection Panel met in July 2026, and voted to make seven awards. Read more about their projects at isrf.org/competitions/mcf8
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🚨Last chance 🚨 Sign up for Publishing during and after your PhD: strategies, setbacks, and successes on 28 September 📚 With BISA East Europe and Eurasian Security WG, Dr Dr Bohdana Kurylo, Jade McGlynn, Marnie Howlett and Precious N Chatterje-Doody 🌟 Register today 👉 ow.ly/2Xjr50ZAKJh
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today, September 22, I’ll be speaking live with Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor at 12:00 p.m. PT / 3:00 p.m. ET about economics, concentrated wealth, and reactionary politics and their new book 'End Times Fascism.' Please join us. open.substack.com/live-stream/368619
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Horizons Institute @horizonsinstitute.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Join @priestleycentre.bsky.social, Horizons Institute, and an interdisciplinary panel of experts for an exploration of tipping points. 📆 Tuesday 6 October 🕥 10.30am - 12pm (GMT +1) 🌐 Online (Teams) The panel will share their thoughts on key climate tipping points, and their wide-ranging impacts.
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Signals: Tipping Points
Priestley Centre for Climate Futures and The Horizons Institute present Tipping Points: Interdisciplinary approaches to climate breakdown
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Verso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Samuel Stein and David Madden join the Verso Book Club Reading Group to reckon with the ongoing fight for a right to shelter, a right to a home, and a right to the city itself. www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/a...
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A Right to Housing? | The Verso Book Club Reading Group
In the fight for housing, we are caught between the world we know and the world we want. A Right to Housing? is both a road map and a reckoning, presenting practical policies for enacting a right to s...
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today marks 9 years since the Mashrou' Leila concert at which the late Sarah Hegazi raised the rainbow flag in a moment of pure joy. Thinking of those who Egyptian regime repression has driven to lives underground, to lives in exile, and to lives no longer lived. We remember. 🤍
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Centre for Contemporary Political Theory @ccptleeds.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
CCPT co-director and member, James Souter, has just published a new article entitled 'When home isn't home anymore: towards a political theory of displacement without movement' in the European Journal of Political Theory. It's available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Disablement, Free Time & Work Under Capitalism @disprecwork.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Going through the copyediting process (hoping to spot any last typos) & the book feels increasingly more concrete! #Disability #Capitalism #NewBook #Work #Marxism bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/disabling-ca...
Book cover with floral patterns from a William Morris part-finished sketch. It features large, curvaceous stylized flowers and twisting acanthus leaves - set against a background of smaller, entwined vines and leaves. The title "Disabling Capitalism: A Critical Inquiry Into Work, Productivism, and Disablement" by Ioana Cerasella Chis is displayed on a yellow rectangle.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
But is it fascism? Do they really yearn for apocalypse? Isn't that polarizing? Shouldn't we be nice to them? We made a short video so folks can hear the end timers in their own words and judge for themselves: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK2n...
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How modern fascism works | End Times Fascism | Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor
YouTube video by Naomi Klein
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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
👏 We're delighted to announce that Professor Simon Lightfoot has been named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences (@acadsocsciences.bsky.social) in recognition of his outstanding contributions to social sciences. Read the full story: essl.leeds.ac.uk/politics/new...
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Professor Simon Lightfoot elected Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences
We’re delighted to announce that Professor Simon Lightfoot has been named a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to social sciences.
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Today is the day! A journey that Astra and I started as an essay in The Guardian is now officially out in the world. End Times Fascism – And the Fight for the Living World is in bookstores now. If you are inclined, please buy one from an indie bookseller or borrow it from your local library.
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Today, 12 countries (Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, UK) confirmed "their intention to introduce national and/or support European restrictions on trade in goods with" illegal Israeli settlements www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Joint Foreign Ministers' Statement on the Two-State Solution
Statement of the Foreign Ministers of Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK on the Two-State Solution
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In our new essay for the @financialtimes.com (you read that right), @astra.bsky.social and I link the extreme weather events we have all been living through to the rise of a new iteration of futureless fascism, wherein the rich and powerful plan for their bunkered survival behind fortressed borders.
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Starting 🔜 From Draft to Publication: Navigating the Path to Academic Publishing 📅 Today 🕕 11:00–12:30 📍 Room AA3.40 We look forward to seeing you there! #EISA #PEC2026 #ECD @ecdeisa.bsky.social
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Did you miss our interview with new trustee Andrew W Neal from The University of Edinburgh 🎉 He tells you a bit about himself, his main research areas, his new role as BISA academic freedom lead and more! 🌟 Read the full interview here 👉 www.bisa.ac.uk/articles/discussion-…
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s a wrap on PEC 2026! ✨ Thanks to all the attendees of this year’s #PEC, and an extra special thanks to all the organisers for making the event possible. We hope to see many of you next year in Ljubljana! 🇸🇮 #EISA #PEC2026 #Lisbon
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Centre for Contemporary Political Theory @ccptleeds.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This website compiles research grant programmes that enable recent political theory PhDs to obtain their own research funding, as well as recurring fellowships that are relevant to early-career researchers in political theory (broadly construed). pt-postdoc-funding.com
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Political Theory Postdoc Funding: Grants & Fellowships for Early Career Researchers
Grant and fellowship schemes for early-career researchers in political theory. Browse a comprehensive database of international funding sources for your postdoc in political philosophy. Grant applicat...
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
We’re excited to announce that #PEC2027 will take place in Ljubljana, Slovenia! 🇸🇮 The destination was just announced at the #GeneralAssembly, and we can’t wait to meet you in Ljubljana in 2027! #EISA #PEC #Ljubljana #Slovenia
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🌟 In discussion: New Voices in Cultural Relations Prize 2026 winner - Megan Green 🌟 Megan (POLIS at Leeds) won the BISA and British Council prize 🎉 Watch Megan's interview with @julietdryden.bsky.social & British Council's Christine Wilson at 👉 ow.ly/XlPb50ZHJkx
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#SpecialEvent - Palestine Studies Join us for a special roundtable on Palestine Studies. 📅 Today 🕕 18:00–19:00 📍 Auditório B1.04 #EISA #PEC2026 #Session #PalestineStudies
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🏆 Congratulations to our 2026 Award Winners! We are delighted to celebrate this year’s outstanding achievements: 🎓 Best Doctoral Dissertation Award 2026: Anne Lene Stein 📖 Best Article in EJIR 2026: Maïa Pal & Claire Vergerio A huge congratulations to all the award winners! 👏 #EISA #PEC2026
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A huge congrats to @elgendy95.bsky.social whose memoir, Huna, comes out today! Happy publication day!! Don't miss his beautiful writing as he tells the story of his politically-motivated arrest at the age of 17 yrs old in Egypt and everything that followed www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799613...
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
'Call for abstracts: Review of International Political Economy pre-conference virtual workshop for ECRs' 📚 RIPE is hosting a one-day pre #VirtualBISA2027 workshop & are accepting workshop proposals from scholars already accepted to the virtual conference 🎉 Find out more 👉 ow.ly/b9wQ50ZHHfi
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🚨Happening now - Opening ceremony 🕒 15:45–16:15 📍Building 2, Grande Auditorium #EISA #PEC2026 #OpeningCeremony
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Just got off an organizing call for this day long conference on fighting technofascism that is happening in Chicago on Sept 19. If you are in the area, you don't want to miss this. It's going to be extraordinary, connecting all the dots. givebutter.com/fighting-tec...
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Fighting Technofascism: Power, Surveillance, and Resistance
Join us in Chicago, IL on September 19th
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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Review of International Studies is looking for a new editorial team 📣 An exciting opportunity to edit one of the discipline’s leading journals! 📚 You can find out more about RIS here and submit today! 👉 ow.ly/F10250ZkzjC Andy Hom Juanita Elias @julietdryden.bsky.social
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New editorial team for Review of International Studies: Call for expressions of interest
We are seeking to appoint a new editorial team for our journal Review of International Studies.
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
#DAY1 of EISA PEC 2026 is here, welcome! 👋 Today’s Panels & Roundtables start at 09:00 in 📍 Buildings 2 and 3. Enjoy your first day and make the most of everything EISA PEC 2026 has to offer! ✨ #EISA #PEC2026 #Lisbon #DAY1
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The registration is now open! 🙌 How to get your badge? 📍Find the QR code in your email and have it ready with you, scan it and let the machine do the rest. 📍Peel the sticker off and attach the two sides together. 📍 Pick one of the lanyards and hook your badge. #EISA #PEC2026 #Registration
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🔜 Meet the Editors 🕚 11:00–12:30📍 Room C4.02 Please book your meeting time slot in advance: form.jotform.com/262082037571... #EISA #PEC2026 #EISA–OUP @oxunipress.bsky.social
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Centre for Contemporary Political Theory @ccptleeds.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
CCPT invites applications for non-stipendiary Visiting Fellowships at the School of Politics and International Studies (POLIS). Visiting Fellows will benefit from the vibrant research environment at the CCPT and POLIS. ccpt.leeds.ac.uk/political-th...
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Political Theory Visiting Fellowships at POLIS, University of Leeds | Centre for Contemporary Political Theory
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Centre for Contemporary Political Theory @ccptleeds.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We are delighted to launch this year’s Pre- and Post-Doctoral Mentoring Scheme: ccpt.leeds.ac.uk/launch-of-th... The scheme aims to support candidates in pursuit of scholarship funding for doctoral and postdoctoral study. Please share widely @polisatleeds.bsky.social
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Launch of the CCPT Pre-and Post-Doctoral Mentoring Programme, 2026-27 | Centre for Contemporary Political Theory
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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If you're thinking about studying at Leeds, Open Days are a great way to learn more about student life. Book your place at our next Open Days on Saturday 3 and 17 October to: 🏫 Tour campus 🗺️ Explore the city 📚 Attend subject talks 🗣️ Chat with current students and staff bit.ly/4xnZz6i
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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
📚 New Book Chapter Published Congratulations to @Madeleine Le Bourdon on the publication of her new book chapter, "Outside in, Inside Out: Disrupting Barriers to Critical Global Education". Read this chapter here: shorturl.at/FeDiO
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Learning for a Just, Peaceful and Sustainable World
This open access book showcases current debates in the field of global education and learning and the importance of the Declaration on Global Education to 2050. It features chapters from academics, re...
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Centre for Contemporary Political Theory @ccptleeds.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Have a look at a new chapter publication by CCPT member @mmrovlje.bsky.social exploring the political power of disappointment in resistance. The whole collection makes a much needed intervention, taking a bottom-up, activist-centered, and multidisciplinary approach to resistance!
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Maša Mrovlje @mmrovlje.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
My chapter looks at the disappointment of marginalised groups within resistance and argues it can serve as an important critical tool against the failures and oppressive attitudes within the resistance movement. You can check it out here academic.oup.com/book/63059/c...
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The Power of Disappointment in Resistance
Abstract. Against the dominant perception of disappointment as an inward-oriented emotion, I explore the political power of disappointment in resistance. S
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European International Studies Association (EISA) @europeanisa.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
🇹🇷 Welcome to day 1 of #EWIS2026 in Izmir! 🌎 This year, we're hosting 40 workshops, with 420 participants from 43 countries! 🥂 After today's roundtables, don't miss the welcome reception tonight at 6pm in Marquez...
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Naomi Klein @naomiaklein.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
First review! 🙏 "From two of the left’s sharpest thinkers, this inspired book maps the ideas common to three virulent strains of contemporary politics.... An astute, original-minded analysis of the apocalyptic thinking that links tech, politics, and religion" www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...
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END TIMES FASCISM | Kirkus Reviews
Identifying and combating the opportunists hastening global breakdown.
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University of Leeds - School of Law @lawatleeds.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
🌟 The School of Law is delighted to have been recognised in this year’s The Complete University Guide 2027. 🏅 In this year’s edition, the School is 12th in the Law subject rankings, which is up six places from 18 in the 2026 edition. 👇 Read more on this important story tinyurl.com/32z8kmhs
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Success for the School of Law in The Complete University Guide 2027
The School of Law is 12th in Law subject rankings, demonstrating its strong reputation for Law and Legal Studies.
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University of Leeds @universityofleeds.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Thanks to everyone who visited our Open Day on Friday and Saturday, we hope you enjoyed getting a feel for life at Leeds 🥰 Couldn’t make it? Don’t worry, we have two more Open Days coming up on Saturday 3 and Saturday 17 October 📅 Register your interest ⬇️ www.leeds.ac.uk/undergraduat...
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
If you're in the DC area today, drop by Dupont Circle at 5 pm for a community gathering where we will remember the late Egyptian activist Sarah Hegazi 6 years since she left us, reflect on her writings, and re-commit to building spaces where we value each other, including in exile. 🤍
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Today marks six years since Sarah Hegazi left this world and tomorrow, we gather in Dupont Circle (Washington, DC) rain or shine to remember her words, to honor her memory, and to re-commit to being there for our community in the hard times before the easy ones. 🤍
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Society is now facing the challenge of filtering through an exponentially growing volume of AI content that may only having a passing relationship to reality. Sandy Pepper argues Socratic dialogue offers a valuable medium to examine and assess ideas @lseimpactblog.bsky.social @lsepress.bsky.social
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Can Socratic dialogue cut through AI “bullshit”? - LSE Impact
Socratic dialogue is a foundational form of western teaching and learning, can it help students faced overwhelmed with AI "bullshit"?
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