Reposted by Dominic NaishLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 16/09/2026‘We construct borders, literally and figuratively, to fortify our sense of who we are; and we cross them in search of who we might become.’ Frances Stonor Saunders, 2016 www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3... 03415
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Her piece on borders and migration remains the single most moving LRB piece I've read 031
Reposted by Dominic NaishCharles Beckett @charlesbeckett.bsky.social · 10/09/2026That is not to diminish AI as a technology, but a technology is all it is, and all it will remain. The extent to which we forget what it means to be human, or to live among other minds and forms of consciousness, in pursuit of that technology, is the extent to which we lose something essential. 001
Reposted by Dominic NaishHoward French @hofrench.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Some exciting (and early) book news. Coming in February. wwnorton.com/books/978132... 1253
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Wonderful piece, not only on THE ODYSSEY and its reception but on the medium of film. Thank you Elena 063
Reposted by Dominic NaishVerso Books @versobooks.bsky.social · 21/07/2026We've officially launched our Summer Reading Sale! Our entire catalogue is up to 50% off - get it while it's hot.versobooks.comSummer Reading Sale 2026The world is burning and its empires are collapsing, but the hope remains that what comes next will be better. What can be done to ensure that it is? This summer, we offer our catalogue at up to 50% o... 11510
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"We've had nothing to do with that transmission" asserts the BBC News anchor, whose channel has just live broadcast it to c.200,000 people 020
Reposted by Dominic NaishMagali Lesauvage @maglesauvage.bsky.social · 27/06/2026À propos de Disclosure Day : "The ease with which horrifying images capturing the mass atrocities in Gaza, Sudan, Lebanon and other countries have been and are ignored should throw dreams such as Spielberg’s into question" @bealoayza.bsky.social @artreview.bsky.social artreview.com/the-limits-o...artreview.comThe Limits of Spielbergian HumanismWatching ‘Disclosure Day’, Beatrice Loayza wonders if Hollywood’s great empath is losing his way 134
Reposted by Dominic NaishIsaac Samuel @rhaplord.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Painted Ge'ez manuscript, ca. 1721-1730. -Madonna and Child flanked by the angels Gabriel and Michael -The Dragon in the Desert -Monk Pretends Not to Fast -Thief Saved from Hanging becomes a monk taken from King Tewodros's royal library in Magdala, Ethiopia -PEMM #randomxt 1136
Reposted by Dominic NaishBrian Stafford @briancst.bsky.social · 11/05/2026For some reason I always see "The Devil Wears Prada" as "The Devil Reads Pravda" 041
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Cannes Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineupthefilmstage.comCannes Film Festival Unveils 2026 LineupAhead of the 79th Cannes Film Festival, taking place May 12 to 23, the lineup has now been unveiled. Iris Knobloch, President of the Festival de Cannes, and Thierry Frémaux, General Delegate, have revealed the slate this morning. Highlights include Ryusuke Hamaguchi's All of a Sudden, Cristian Mungiu's Fjord, Jane Schoenbrun's Teenage Sex and Death 000
Reposted by Dominic NaishTom Richmond @tom-richmond.com · 09/04/2026Some research-intensive universities have been hoovering up students from other institutions, even if they don’t have enough accommodation to house them. Read my new @hepi-news.bsky.social report on the financial sustainability of the HE sector: bit.ly/4mBraMN 23012
Reposted by Dominic NaishSabrina Fernandes @sabrinafernandes.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Rather than wondering if Trump can stop himself or if Netanyahu will be less of a coloniser, we need to put non-aligned diplomacy to work on collective divestment politics and clear targets for fiscal justice. It's odd how we denounce the international disorder but still hope the old tools succeed. 1557
Reposted by Dominic NaishMic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 15/02/2026This is such a brilliant and withering dismantling of ‘Wuthering Heights’ and the entire Fennell schtick open.substack.com/pub/heatherp...open.substack.comthis is not an essay about Emerald Fennell's "Wuthering Heights"why can't we cope with ambiguity these days? 53717
Reposted by Dominic NaishOliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Funding/support from American oligarchs is a FAR more significant threat to British democracy than that from the Kremlin, which has a. a fraction of their cash and b. approximately zero popularity. 818244
Reposted by Dominic NaishRift Valley Institute @rvinews.bsky.social · 01/12/2025VACANCY | Programme Officer, Somali Dialogue Platform (SDP) RVI is recruiting a Programme Officer to support strategy, analysis, coordination and delivery of the SDP in Mogadishu. Open to Somali nationals or those eligible to work in Somalia. Apply: bit.ly/49KFj5P 025
Reposted by Dominic Naishdisc horse bot @horsedisc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025“Touch grass” has intense proxy pro-Branch Davidian vibes. 0144
Reposted by Dominic NaishZecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 28/09/2025THREAD: this investigation took up over half my year, but it's here in @thecontinent.org: A Djiboutian drone strike in January was depicted as a army operation targeting rebels. It was actually a massacre of civilians. The bloodshed & coverup implicating Ethiopia, Djibouti, France & Turkiye. #OSINT 7307172
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 26/09/2025And to deny "male" loneliness because everyone's lonely but then specify women have poor experiences of dating... not helpful 000
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 26/09/2025Isn't this part of the crux, though, that girls are socialised to share and be in groups while boys are socialised to be individual? 000
Reposted by Dominic NaishJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 18/09/2025After last year’s US election, people liked to point out that almost every OECD country saw the party in power during the post-covid inflation lose office in the next election. With one big exception: Mexico. There may be a reason for that. www.dissentmagazine.org/article/the-... 318448
Reposted by Dominic NaishDave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 26/08/2025NEW: The first evidence of a solar take-off in Africa☀️✈️ x33 rise in Algeria solar panel imports in the 12 mths to June 2025, compared to previous 12 mths. x8 in Zambia x7 in Botswana x6 in Sudan x3 in each of Liberia, DRC, Benin, Angola, Ethiopia 🧵 301725610
Reposted by Dominic NaishPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Democracy for Sale has been working w/ @38degrees.bsky.social on a campaign to cap political donations in the UK. Our petition is now at over 49,700 signatures!! 🎉 Can we get it to 50k and send a really strong message? Please share! Ta you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ta...you.38degrees.org.ukTake Big Money Out of Our PoliticsBritish politics is awash with money from super rich donors. In 2023, two-thirds of all private donations came from just 19 people. These so-called ‘mega donors’ enjoy privileged access to political p... 410482
Reposted by Dominic NaishRift Valley Institute @rvinews.bsky.social · 29/07/2025VACANCY | Conflict Advisor – RVI Ethiopia Join RVI in Addis Ababa to lead conflict-sensitive programming and support peacebuilding efforts. Apply by 5 August 2025. Open to nationals and those with the right to work in Ethiopia. More info: bit.ly/4oaKBw5 022
Reposted by Dominic NaishPrince Charles Cinema @princecharlescinema.com · 09/05/2025“Yippee ki-yay…” We are excited to tell everyone that Westminster Council decided on May 1st that the Prince Charles Cinema would be included in the list of Assets of Community Value maintained by the Council under section 87 of the Localism Act 2011. 371386377
Reposted by Dominic NaishJustin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · 10/04/2025The 19 titles just announced in this year's Cannes Film Festival competition: 513337
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 12/12/2024p.dw.comEthiopia, Somalia reach compromise to end feud, Turkey says – DW – 12/11/2024The two East African sides have been fighting with each other since January. The agreement was reached with the assistance of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. 011
Reposted by Dominic NaishKristof Titeca @kristoftiteca.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Come and work with me/us! PhD under my supervision in the field of "politics and/or conflict around natural resources" in #Uganda and/or #DRC 01013
Reposted by Dominic NaishECFR @ecfr.eu · 25/11/2024New opportunity! ECFR is looking for a new director for the Africa programme! @ecfrafrica.bsky.social seeks to support a more coherent European Africa strategy, making the case for strong European engagement with African partners. Find out more & apply here: ecfr.eu/jobs/ecfr.euHelp shape European foreign policy | Career opportunities at ECFRJoin the ECFR team and be part of the future of European foreign policy. 01519
Reposted by Dominic NaishZecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Adding names to this Horn of Africa press starter pack. Will add more as our colleagues make the transition here. go.bsky.app/HsbV3ZY 1510848
Reposted by Dominic NaishKate Lawson, PhD Philosophy @katelawson.bsky.social · 17/11/2024This summer I published a book on Ecological Ethics and the philosophy of Simone Weil with Routledge. In this article @polrightsrev.bsky.social , I explain the philosophical importance of this work without the philosophical jargon. Please check it out! politicsrights.com/ethics-for-t...politicsrights.comEthics for the End Times - Politics and Rights ReviewExplore contemporary ecological ethics and Simone Weil’s philosophy in addressing climate crisis challenges within the Anthropocene epoch. 48518
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 16/11/2024Fascinating story on an environmental aspect of conflict. Makes me think of Cal Flynn's Islands of Abandonmentundark.orgWill Ukraine Embrace an Era of 'War-Wilding'?Some of the country's wartime environmental catastrophes, scientists say, can be turned into long-term ecological gains. 010
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 15/11/2024I wish I were hearing a lot more about #Mexico as an outlier in all the "anti-incumbent wave" analysis 010
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 16/02/2024"Societies emerging from conflict are more likely to be faced with a choice: you can have peace or you can have justice, but you can hardly ever have both"ft.comJustice or peace, but not bothThe difficult truth behind the popular protest slogan is that for peace to prevail, sometimes justice will never be done 010
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 01/02/2024I recently finished Tom Holland's Dominion. I enjoyed it, but how can you write 500+ pages on "the making of the Western mind" and not have a single mention of Kant or Hegel? 000
Reposted by Dominic NaishZecharias Zelalem @zekuzelalem.bsky.social · 05/01/2024Dropped my 1st story of 2024. Ethiopia & the unrecognized breakaway republic of Somaliland announced a port deal, that Somalia is decrying as illegal & a violation of its sovereignty. With strategic proximity to the Red Sea strait up for grabs, the deal may yet affect events as far away as Gaza.aljazeera.comAmbiguous Ethiopia port deal fuels uncertainty over Somaliland statehoodThe agreement accentuates historical ties between Ethiopia and Somaliland – and historical hostility with Somalia. 001
Dominic Naish @dnaish.bsky.social · 15/11/2023"Humanitarians rarely comment on the sector’s sordid political economy, at least in public" @thebaffler.comthebaffler.comThe Angel’s Dilemma | Joshua CrazeHumanitarianism is a political project in a political world—albeit one that conceals the exercise of power under the mask of charity. 040
