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TristanBridges.bsky.social @tristanbridges.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Exciting news! @raewynconnell.bsky.social and my new book, Gender: In World Perspective is officially out and fully available @politybooks.bsky.social. Request an exam or desk copy here. Paperbacks under $25 USD. We're so excited to share it with everyone. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Gender: In World Perspective

Gender: In World Perspective, How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And h...

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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

[turning on a world cup match] oh wow, cape verde, i wonder where that is [55 minutes later] if cape verde wins it will be the greatest day of my life

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Çimen Günay Erkol @cimencim.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

mentions to this feel like heaven

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Arvindjadwa @arvindjadwa.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

On 12th June, 10 am–5 pm. Despite never having been charged with or found guilty of terrorism, Pro-Palestine activists will be sentenced for terrorism. A first in UK history.

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waldokanto.bsky.social @waldokanto.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Marjane Satrapi 1969-2026

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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 11/05/2026

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

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Ben Goggin @bengoggin.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

NEW: ChatGPT advised the FSU shooter that a mass shooting would get more attention from media if it involved several children, according to a new lawsuit against OpenAI www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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OpenAI sued over ChatGPT’s alleged role in guiding FSU shooter

The lawsuit claims that the shooter carried out his attack using instructions and advice provided by ChatGPT.

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Çimen Günay Erkol @cimencim.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

I realized that I’m the reviewer of an article with a hallucinated reference, what do I do now? #academicsky

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Baris Cayli Messina @bariscaylimessina.com · 25/04/2026

25 April marks the end of fascist rule in Italy. Today it matters to remember because power still flirts with fear. It sells order by dividing people and it still tests how much silence it can buy. Ordinary Italian people refused to kneel fascism and that refusal matters today again. #AcademicSky

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Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Sky News: Human penises are shrinking because of pollution, warns scientist. Greta Thunberg: See you all at the next climate strike :) news.sky.com/story/human-...

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Json Momoa @jotatx.eurosky.social · 12/04/2026

a while ago, Bolsonaro was fearing for his imprisonment he sneaked into the Hungary Embassy near his home and spent a couple of days there hiding. so this has sweet taste to us in Brazil.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

The ICE official "noted that the case was important to someone close to the White House. The woman, Amanda Ungaro, was placed in ICE custody and ultimately deported."

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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

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ᴋʟᴀᵾs @tinyklaus.com · 27/03/2026

I just went to a screening of this and they didn’t mention Palantir once. Probably a good thing my parents wanted to leave before the Q&A.

THE MOST URGENT MOVIE OF OUR TIME
KOVE SCENE CHAUDA
EVERYONE NEEDS TO SEE THIS AT THIS VERY SECOND
FRoM ACADEMY AWARD' WINNER
DANIEL ROHER
THE AC
What do i har
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OR HOW I BECAME AN A POCA LOPTIMIST
FOCUS FEATURES PRESENTS A PLAYGRO
THE AI DOC: OR H
MISE MARIUS DE VRES AND MA
PRISE JOSEF BEEBY
PG-13 LANGUAGE
Sundance
THE FUTURE IS NOT AUTOMATIC
ONLY IN THEATERS
MARCH 27
UPIMS!
ELLA. MEYER
ocUs
Ý SONE

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Dr Holly Nielsen @hollynielsen.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Isn’t it weird how “AI literacy” being pushed on students isn’t about learning how it works, the cost of how it works, learning to spot disinformation, media and tech literacy. But instead is just “employers will like it if you get it to write your emails :)”

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Council on Foreign Relations @cfr.org · 03/04/2026

The Infinity Machine, a new book by CFR expert Sebastian Mallaby, follows DeepMind founder Demis Hassabis and the quest for superintelligence. Out now:

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The Infinity Machine | Council on Foreign Relations

A landmark reckoning—based on unprecedented access—with one of the world’s most brilliant and driven tech visionaries, and his game-changing company

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Jacek Debiec, MD, PhD, DPhil 🌎 🧠 @drjacekdebiec.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

US researchers are advising students not to enter academia. "More than two-thirds of the researchers in Massachusetts... who responded to a survey conducted by The Boston Globe recommend their students consider careers outside academia." #AcademicSky www.chemistryworld.com/news/us-rese...

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US researchers are advising students not to enter academia

A survey of NIH-grantees in Massachusetts reveals delayed hiring in labs, layoffs, careers being pursued abroad and research scope reductions

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Bette Davis Side-eyes 🏳️‍⚧️ @jaciem.blacksky.app · 10/03/2026

"opportunity cost" = a chance someone might mildly criticize a thing I believe

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 06/03/2026

Happy Friday. Don’t skip school.

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Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like l'm 5.

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MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.

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Craig Johnson @cajohnson-craig.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

I once again missed the anniversary of my podcast, Fifteen Minutes of Fascism. It's been six years since I started this project. While it is sometimes hard, it's helpful to remember that none of us are alone in this fight. We can win together. Ep 283: They Want You to Feel Alone, But You're Not

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Episode 283: They Want You to Feel Alone, But You're Not

Fifteen Minutes of Fascism is a sadly topical podcast covering the global rise of the radical right. Listen every Thursday for news, analysis, historical background, and celebrations of the deaths of

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Ezgi Elci @ezgielci.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Thinking about a Master’s in International Relations? 🌎 The IR & Globalization MA (Thesis) at Özyeğin University offers: ✨ Full scholarships 🎓 Research-focused training 👩‍🏫 Faculty expertise in security, migration, political behavior & more 📅 Apply: May 1–31, 2026 📢 Info sessions: May 4 & May 21

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 03/03/2026

I have seen a lot of cursed stuff in my time in academia but this is among the *most* cursed. Grammarly is generating miniature LLMs based on academic work so that users can have their writing ‘reviewed’ by experts like David Abulafia, who died less than two months ago.

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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 28/02/2026

Just your regularly scheduled share of this masterpiece by @tomgauld.bsky.social

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Cihat Erbil @cihat.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Our latest co-authored chapter with @ozbilgin.bsky.social and Dilek Torunoğlu Tinay, Incels at Work: Misogyny as Identity, Labels and Normative Structures of Work, is now published.

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Casaubon @zas.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Nobody ever beheaded a tenured harvard professor. Sadly.

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Maia @maiamindel.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

the andrew mountbatten stuff shows that being a tenured antiwoke professor at harvard gives you more legal privileges and protection from the law than your family being divinely anointed to rule a country as absolute monarchs for 1,000 years

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Çimen Günay Erkol @cimencim.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

“Yeni Soğuk Savaş”ı anlama, Asya’daki dengelere bakma, tarihten paçamıza yapışan eski hesapları fark etme çabasına ek olarak, genç bir akademisyenin zoru göze almasının hikâyesi olarak da okudum, biraz gözüm doldu be hocam, çok emek var 👏👏👏 @cagdasungor.bsky.social uzun lafın kısası: kitap “akıyor”

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All Good Bookshop @allgoodbookshop.co.uk · 14/02/2026

roses are red violets are blue why are you buying flowers when a book will do? #books

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

A 16 year old San Antonio kid was essentially killed by a football coaching staff during an offseason workout. Players were subjected to punishment drills and repeatedly noted the distress of their teammate, to no avail. After he collapsed, the rest of the team was compelled to continue the drill.

According to the student, who asked to remain anonymous, Lawson began slowing down, stumbling and struggling to stand. His eyes appeared to be closing, and his speech became slurred as practice continued.

You could tell for a while that there was something wrong with him,” the student said. “Even me and the kids next to him were saying something wasn’t right.
The student said players attempted to help their teammate up and down during the drills, believing at first he was simply exhausted in the heat. As his condition worsened, the student said Lawson tried to speak but was unable to clearly communicate.

The student said Lawson eventually collapsed while standing. Trainers were called to the field and moved the teen to the side, while an ambulance was requested. During that time, the student said the rest of the team was instructed to continue practicing.

We had to watch it happen while we were still doing the workout,” the student said. “We couldn’t stop.

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Jennifer Hattam @jenhattam.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

Trump's attacks on universities & media, capture of the judiciary, and inflammatory rhetoric against "others" looks very familiar from the Turkish perspective - @kayagenc.bsky.social writes for @thedialmag.bsky.social on how the two countries now mirror each other www.thedial.world/articles/new...

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Welcome to the One-Man Regime — The Dial

The US looks a lot like Turkey.

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Antonio Costa Pinto @acostapinto.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Free access in the next two weeks! The five Ages of Antifascism, from Joseph Fronczak, Princeton University. A new book from the Series "The politics and history of fascism", Cambridge University Press. Series editors Federico Finchelstein and Antonio Costa Pinto.

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The Five Ages of Antifascism

Cambridge Core - Twentieth Century Regional History - The Five Ages of Antifascism

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timlouis.bsky.social @timlouis.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Emails between Noam Chomsky and Jeffrey Epstein spark reflection from author Vijay Prashad, who expresses sorrow, disbelief, and moral outrage over the revelations.

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