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Joni Lovenduski

@jonilo.bsky.social
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Feminist, retired professor of political science, politics obsessed,cat lover, Bridge player, Italy, food.Quite annoyed about quite a few things.

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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Spending a lot of time trying to sort out an issue with Magazines Direct. Does anyone know how to get past their useless ai?
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Favourite Steinem quote "The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off."
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
www.facebook.com/725017030/po...
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Do consumers from the EU have any rights over online purchases from Switzerland. I am having a terrible time with Kybun who used to be ok but now they have a demented AI customer service deal that gets itself on an infinite loop and will not let me speak to or otherwise communicate with a human.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Is the Telegraph hoping to start a war?
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
David Inshaw (British Artist, born 1943) "Allotments", 1987. Oil on Canvas, 129 × 152 cm. Private Collection.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/business/202... Just this!
theguardian.com
Real estate event in London ‘advertised sale of land in illegal Israeli settlements’
Pamphlets from event featured projects in West Bank and East Jerusalem despite previous denials by organisers
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
What planet is Starmer on?
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Have tried his several times now. It is a good deal for riders and drivers. www.ridenuff.com
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Ride Nuff - By Drivers, For Londoners
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Looks like fun, no?
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I made very similar arguments (and came to the same conclusion) in my Political Quarterly article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Unlocking the Pensions Debate: The Origins and Future of the ‘Triple Lock’
Reader environment loaded
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Bee eaters Gualdo Cattaneo
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/05/2026
“Incremental change won’t do,” Starmer said, and his team briefed this line ahead of time. He then delivered a speech that contained no major changes of direction, no new announcements, and barely involved change at all, incremental or otherwise. www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-w...
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Will no one challenge Starmer?
After today’s feeble relaunch, there is huge expectation that someone will push the failing PM from office. But at the moment, no one seems willing to make their move
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Don Gato 🐱🐈‍⬛🐶🐺🌈🐯 @dongato-1.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
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Prof Frank McDonough @fxmc1957.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
PHOTO OF THE DAY. Louis Armstrong performing for his wife at the Great Sphinx of Giza (1961). 📷 Bettmann/Corbis
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Sunset Alghero
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Political Quarterly @politicalquarterly.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"If you take a much broader view about human behaviour than the caricatured view of homo economicus, you recognise that people have many more motivations than simply self-interest." Anya Pearson interviews Wendy Carlin on a new way of teaching economics. politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/in-the-...
politicalquarterly.org.uk
“In the World of AI, Answers are Cheap. But What's Really Scarce are Good Questions”: Interview with Wendy Carlin
Anya Pearson interviews Professor Wendy Carlin about a new way of teaching and learning economics.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
From our porch in Gualdo Cattaneo just now
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
JDV has such impact.😏
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Nails it open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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The battle against Trump is a battle against genocide
He must be stopped. That is the task of all right-thinking people.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Worth pointing out, but the magas and their supporters don’t mind the comparison.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Highbury Fields today
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Must read! Moment of Truth www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
newyorker.com
Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted?
New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 06/04/2026
“How lucky is the United States that everytime they look for democracy in other countries they find oil instead”- Spain Deputy Gabriel Rufián
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UCL Political Science @uclspp.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
🎙️UCL Uncovering Politics 🎙️ S17 E10: What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States? With @profrosiecamp.bsky.social and @jonilo.bsky.social Listen to the episode: tinyurl.com/urgeqrhyeq #Podcasts #President #Politics @ucl.ac.uk
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What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States? | UCL Uncovering Politics
This week we're asking what it will take for a woman to become President of the United States.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Where is hubris when you need it?
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Currently EE has displaced our actual internet connection with BT to come up first when connecting pc to wifi. This immediately takes you to a my EE subscription service and asks for money even though we already pay BT for the service. This sharp practice confuses anyone who is digitally challenged.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Melissa Scott-Miller (British. b.1959) "Lonsdale Square, Spring," 1996 Oil on canvas 19.75 x 23.5 in
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
theguardian.com
UK security adviser attended US-Iran talks and judged deal was within reach
Exclusive: Jonathan Powell thought Tehran’s ‘surprising’ offer on its nuclear programme could prevent rush to war, sources say
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Jesse Jackson and Marvin Gaye
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
This is a must read book for anyone interested in American society now. fitzcarraldoeditions.com/books/greyho...
fitzcarraldoeditions.com
Greyhound | Fitzcarraldo Editions
In 2006, in the wake of several miscarriages, Joanna Pocock travelled by Greyhound bus across the US from Detroit to Los Angeles. Seventeen years later, now in her 50s, she undertakes the same journey...
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Far right plan for women and girls. Scary and well documented. open.substack.com/pub/jessica/...
open.substack.com
They're Coming for Our Daughters
The conservative plan to shrink girls’ futures
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
London is both very safe and well governed but I see repeated against the evidence statements that it is neither. Who is driving this? Need to counter it.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
St Ives tonight
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
St Ives this evening
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk
Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Madeleine Pyk ( Swedish, b. 1934 ) Montecarlo, n.d. Oil on canvas 90 x 130 cm.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Cows in a snowstorm is a painting by Maggie Rowe, o/c.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Emma Haworth (British Artist, born 1975) "London Bridge", 2006. Oil on Canvas, 145 × 115 cm. Private Collection.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
I had conversations this week with apparently civilised intelligent people who blame the girls Epstein trafficked for their abuse. Where does this stuff come from?
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
By Vanessa Bowman I kind of like this.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Joan Gillchrest (British artist) 1918 - 2008 Drinking at the Lobster Pot, Mousehole, s.d. oil on card 30 x 25 cm. (11.81 x 9.84 in.) signed with initials 'JG' (lower left); titled 'Drinking at the Lobster Pot/Mousehole' (on card verso) private collection © photo Bonhams
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Sign this please. petition.parliament.uk/signatures/1...
petition.parliament.uk
Petition: Call a public inquiry into pro-Israel influence on politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported Israeli state-linked and pro-Israel lobbying activity in UK politics. We believe it is important to determine the scope and impact of any such influence campaigns.
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
Lords blocking assisted dying bill are: Baroness Finlay of Llandaff Baroness Grey-Thompson Lord Carlile of Berriew Baroness0Coffey Lord Goodman of Wycombe Lord Moylan Lord Sandhurst
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...
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Epstein and the pictures in our attics
How America voted for abuse and how we tolerate it
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Labour Women Push Starmer To Dismantle 'Boys' Club' After Mandelson Scandal - PoliticsHome
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
I like this. "Eisenhut " 1911 Hans Emmenegger (Swiss, 1866–1940) oil on canvas 92 x 72.5 cm. Private collection
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Joni Lovenduski @jonilo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Can’t make the graphics copy.
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