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Dagmar Vorlíček @dagmarvorlicek.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

📣JOBS📣 I am hiring a PhD student & a postdoc for a project on the history of security innovations in Global East. Interested in sociological & STS research on security? Apply here: PhD: jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/5... Postdoc: jobs.univie.ac.at/job-invite/5... Cool office neighbourhood included!

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The Georgian government follows the established authoritarian trajectory and now targets the independence of universities. Please sign and share the petition below in solidarity with ISU. docs.google.com/forms/d/1d4w...

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DECLARATION OF SOLIDARITY WITH ILIA STATE UNIVERSITY

We, members of the international academic community, scholars, students, alumni, university staff, university leaders, researchers, research centers and institutes, and partners of higher education in...

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Serian Carlyle @serianc.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I absolutely agree with this in that - if you're thinking about doing a PhD, you need to be okay with that even if it's just the PhD. The odds are, there will not be an academic job at the end. However, we also need to be very clear on the realities of the PhD. It is not a good early graduate job.

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

I’m looking forward to presenting my work (a book pitch??) this Saturday at the CEEShub 2026 conference in Tallinn. Reach out if you're around! In case you're attending, I’ll be part of Panel M-134 from 11:30–13:00. securityhub.ee/conference-p...

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CEEShub 2026 Conference Programme - CEEShub - Central and Eastern European Security Hub

All keynotes, panels, workshops, registration, and reception are held in Tallinn University’s Mare Building (Uus-Sadama 5 / Narva rd. 25, link to map). Link to Facebook event Non-registered participan...

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

I'm presenting my paper on how queers in Georgia (Sakartvelo) navigate and survive the enforcement of cisheteronormativity at the panel 3A-9 (9 am). Stop by if you're around! #Aleksanteri2025

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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

As thousands have gathered in central Tbilisi, the main pro-government TV channel, Imedi is downplaying the scale of the protests with drone footage showing empty streets. ⭕ Georgia Live Updates: oc-media.org/live-updates...

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

This is crazy news, and I hope it's not the end. Back in 2016, GIP was the only CEE think tank that replied to my cold call for an internship—this pretty much set me on the path of engaging with Georgia.

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Join us next Sunday (28/9) for an afternoon of political co-learning, community building, and creative resistance, with a focus on counter-narratives from diverse communities in the face of growing far-right ideologies. Please RSVP to receive updates. actionnetwork.org/events/festi...

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Festival of Radical Politics

! Save the Date ! Festival of Radical Politics WHEN: 28 September 2025 | 15:00 – 20:00 WHERE: Pelican House, 144 Cambridge Heath Road, Bethnal Green, London, E1 5QJ How do we build transnational sol...

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

There are two wolves inside the person who decided that these two round tables would take place at the same time. #iccees2025

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

I'll be talking about the movement away from/towards regimes of belonging as an everyday security practice tomorrow at #iccees2025. Come say hi if you're around! www.myeventflo.com/event-lectur...

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I've spent the past ten minutes staring at the picture trying to decide whether it's meant to be a (bad) joke or I'm just reading too much into it. I still don't know.

A screenshot from learning materials on differentiation. There's a photo of a person explaining something to a dog.

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Bahruz Samadov, @unikarlova.cuni.cz PhD student, was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his research. What action are the university, Czech MFA and @digitalnicesko.bsky.social taking?

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

I'm happy to share that I relaunched my ✨ personal website ✨ www.davidrypel.com (I may start blogging there too, if I ever find the confidence to share my hot takes outside my instagram)

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 19/06/2025

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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iROZHLAS.cz @irozhlas.cz · 16/06/2025

Víc než 1 z 10 Čechů se často nebo skoro nikdy nedokáže dopravit za základními službami a činnostmi tak, jak potřebuje. Vyplývá to z výzkumu Institutu2050. Mezi nejohroženější patří nízkopříjmoví z odlehlých obcí do 5000 obyvatel. Jde hlavně o lidi mladší nebo ve středním věku. irozhl.as/vSd

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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Georgia’s Parliament has undertaken such a vast legislative agenda in recent years that it can be hard to keep track of what laws have been passed. ▶️ Here are 16 legislative changes that have shaped Georgia’s authoritarian slide: oc-media.org/explainer-th...

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

"Most of the areas overtaken by Molinia [...] would favour temperate rainforest: a vanishingly rare, rich + complex habitat." This single species of grass now artificially dominates probably many 1,000s of km2 in Ireland, creating vast deadzones. Yet here too, it's scarcely mentioned.

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Tereza Hendl @terezahendl.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Might you or someone you know be interested in joining our team of volunteers, helping us with organizing the 🔥 RUTA conference in the Carpathian Mountains (June 26-29), check out our call. Proficiency in Ukrainian is key. Travel and accommodation covered ruta-association.org/news/call-fo...

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

ECR question: How do you decide which academic association(s) to join, within your discipline/field and across, if you do interdisciplinary work? Does it depend on the conferences you attend or something else too? Do you prioritise national or international associations? Etc. #academicsky

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I don't know who needs to know this, but I found an *extremely easy* way to sync annotated Zotero pdf files across devices + what seems a secure cloud provider today. Didn't expect my post-PhD to be this exciting. koofr.eu/blog/posts/k...

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Koofr with Zotero via WebDAV

Are you using Zotero with Box and don’t know what to do when Box support for WebDAV eventually runs out? Are you searching for Zotero with Box alternative? Don’t fret, Koofr is here for you. Read abou...

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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Spot on from Judith Butler. The threat to young people's wellbeing doesn't come from trans people - it comes from parents and politicians who won't accept LGBTQ children for who they are.

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Duke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

We are sorry to learn of the death of Elspeth Probyn, Professor of Gender & Cultural Studies at @sydney.edu.au and author of "Eating the Ocean" (2016). Our thoughts are with her family, friends, colleagues and students.

Cover of Eating the Ocean by Elspeth Probyn. Cover image is a blue-toned photo of large fish swimming underwater.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

@timeshighered.bsky.social with a list of the most recent job cuts at UK universities. #UKHE #AcademicSky

As a mounting financial crisis grips UK universities, thousands of jobs are being axed across the sector. This page tracks latest updates, exploring the reasons behind the redundancies, how they will affect staff and students, and the long-term impact on higher education and research.

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

I'm happy to share that I passed my PhD viva (with no corrections). I am grateful to my examiners, Dr Cai Wilkinson and Dr Irina Petrova, for their insightful questions and comments *and* kind words. I wish more academic conversations were held in this spirit; academia needs more care.

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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

1/ Today, Georgian Dream’s illegitimate parliament passed two bills: the so-called FARA, which is a direct translation of the U.S. law, and a media restriction bill in its first hearing. What is the second bill about? A thread 🧵

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

In December, I submitted my PhD thesis on the everyday security and belonging of queer people in Georgia (Sakartvelo). Here are some key points as I wait for my viva. www.linkedin.com/pulse/everyd...

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Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

🇬🇪 For 63 days, the protest in Georgia hasn’t stopped. Just around an hour ago, demonstrators blocked the road near the Georgian Public Broadcaster, demanding the immediate release of Mzia Amaghlobeli, independent and impartial coverage, and

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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Just a kind reminder that Georgians took to the streets on November 28 to protest the regime’s decision to halt negotiations with the EU and have not stopped for 43 days, despite brutal crackdowns, mass arrests, repressions, and the much-loved Christmas holidays. #GeorgiaProtests 1/2

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UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies @uclssees.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

📢Applications are open: bit.ly/4iuMRM2 We invite current PhD students from eastern, central or southeastern Europe who wish to spend a term at SSEES to apply for the Bracewell Scholarship. The award will cover the tuition fee costs for one term, plus a living cost stipend. Deadline: 31 March 2025

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Hans Gutbrod @hansgutbrod.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

You may well read this as the authorities saying "we're actually planning to kill people this week", and setting the narrative for that. (The same line had been put out by the SVR this July.) The responsibility for all of this is squarely with GD.

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

London, tomorrow at 12:00 www.instagram.com/p/DDOHzIgqSI...

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Andro @thisisandro.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

This is end. Absolutely terrible if this is the plan. Whole new order

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Still needed. Watching isn't enough.

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Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

About an hour ago, as some protesters were peacefully heading home from Rustaveli avenue, riot police stationed at First Republic Square suddenly began chasing them without warning, grabbing several individuals. There was no reason for this aggression. Video: @publikage.bsky.social

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Ian Willoughby @ianwilloughby.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Great news for fans of Czech cinema: The National Film Archive is now presenting classic films on YouTube, adding new titles every Tuesday and Friday. The most recent to go up is Kouř/Smoke (1990), by Tomáš Vorel. 🇨🇿📽️ youtube.com/@Filmovaklas...

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Katie Shoshiashvili @kshoshiashvili.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

#Tbilisi Now: For the 7th consecutive night, protesters have filled the streets over Georgia’s stalled EU accession and drift toward Russia.

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Georgia's anti-LGBTQI law comes into force today, prohibiting (among others) legal and medical gender transition or information about queer people in education and broadcasting. oc-media.org/features/exp...

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Explainer | What’s in Georgia’s new anti-queer bill?

The ruling Georgian Dream party has tabled a package bill of anti-queer legislation and amendments, coming in the wake of years of rhetoric condemning ‘LGBT propaganda’.

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Marika Mikiashvili 🇬🇪🇺🇦🇪🇺 @marikamikiashvili.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Tbilisi right now, after the most vicious assault of the regime in the morning. They need to go. And watching this amount of angry crowd, I’d start packing. #GeorgiaProtests 📷 Ezz Gaber

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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

The number of UK universities now actively making redundancies has risen to 85. That number will be will over 100 by spring. I'm afraid this is happening faster, and will be worse, than even I thought. Solidarity and thoughts with and to all affected. qmucu.org/qmul-transfo...

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UK HE shrinking

This is a live page of all the redundancies, restructures, reorganisations, and closures taking place across the sector at the moment. Solidarity to all. This sector is vital to the country’s…

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

DONATIONS NEEDED: Hello friends, keeping eyes on Georgia is essential now, as is material support. If you've benefited from Georgia's hospitality in any way - maybe as a tourist or a person seeking shelter - or hope to visit it as a free country, now is a great time to show your appreciation. 1/3

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Pay Mariami Kvaratskhelia using PayPal.Me

Go to paypal.me/MariamiKvaratskhelia and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.

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Anna Gvarishvili @annagvarish.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

🧵But why Mikheil Kavelashvili, someone who represents absolutely nothing, lacks higher education and a political career, and whose only social capital is his background as a football player? 1/

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David Rypel @davidrypel.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

London, catch me here on Monday; rumour has it that I'll share my hot takes on the Q&A www.eventbrite.com/e/film-cross...

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Film: Crossing + Q&A

Join us for a special screening of 'Crossing' which will be followed by a Q&A

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