Yes! International law nowhere to be seen.

Whatever you might think of Maduro, the seizure and kidnapping of a head of state takes us to a very dark place. Vast, arbitrary, extra-legal power, which could be exercised almost anywhere, regardless of the character of the target government.

Trump claims US has captured Venezuelan dictator and wife US president says on social media that operation to capture Nicolás Maduro carried out with US law enforcement

This falls undet WTAF! What happened to international law? #venezuela

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India’s electoral roll revision threatens democracy and Muslims, say critics Opposition claims SIR process being used to disenfranchise minority groups to benefit Narendra Modi’s government

India's citizenship laws being effectively weaponised against Muslims. For several years I have not been able to tell my students that India is the world's largest democracy :( #India #Democracy #VotingLists #Ethnocracy #EthnicDemocracy

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Jimmy Lai: conviction of Hong Kong pro-democracy figure decried as attack on press freedom Rights groups dismiss ‘sham conviction’ of media tycoon on national security offences in city’s most closely watched rulings in decades

Shame on China #freedomofthepress

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Bondi beach terror attack: 12 people killed in ‘evil antisemitic’ shooting at park in Australia Police say one alleged shooter among dead, with second arrested and in a critical condition, after attack on Jewish festival in Sydney

Awful

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New Israeli barrier will slice through precious West Bank farmland Palestinians who have worked the ‘breadbasket’ area for generations face being replaced by Israeli settlers

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Heartbreaking

There is absolutely nothing left to the UK but bigotry and spite. A hateful place, you can almost taste it in the air, makes it hard to breathe.

I called my recipe book Sabzi – vegetables. But the name was trademarked. And my legal ordeal began The granting of patents and trademarks to foods and words from the global south is part of a long colonial grab. It’s time to realise we share what we cook, and what we call it

Completely crazy that anyone should be able to tradmark the word sabzi (cooked vegetables) in the UK

www.theguardian.com/food/comment...

OMGG

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Is David Lammy persuaded by his own jury trials proposal? Not sure. But he said it anyway | John Crace Investment was not enough to save the courts, said the justice secretary. At least, not the amounts he was prepared to put in

My first thought listening to David Lammy on the Today programme as I cycled to work yesterday, was that this has horrific EDI implications. Glad to read that Diane Abbott called him out on this.

#JuryReform #UKPolitics #EDI

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British Asian families urged to share stories of ‘greatest generation’ who fought for Britain Half of UK public unaware of contribution made by 2.5m British Asian members of armed forces who served in second world war

Great project
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C’mon folks, surely we can make an exception to the Russian sanctions for window safety catches…?

Badenoch on Today—backing Jenrick’s “no white faces in Birmingham” comment & making a sharp distinction between multiracial & multicultural societies.

Definitely using this in next semester’s teaching. Will she still be Tory leader by then?

#Multiculturalism #Teaching #Conservatives

Hardline nationalist to become Japan’s first female prime minister Takaichi is to succeed prime minister Shigeru Ishiba as she wins in run-off against Shinjiro Koizumi

I won‘t claim to be an expert in Japanese politics but a radical right party doing well in elections and the mainstream right party shifting sharply to the right sounds awfully familiar. Let‘s just say good reasons to believe that this won‘t be great for Japan.

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UK recognises Palestine as an independent state Keir Starmer’s announcement comes seven decades after end of British mandate in Palestine and creation of state of Israel

Finally! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Parents outraged as Meta uses photos of schoolgirls in ads targeting man Exclusive: Instagram pictures of girls as young as 13 were posted to promote Threads site ‘as bait’, campaigner says

Just deleted my Threads account (not that i used it much) www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

When you’ve spent so long on the Parliament of Sri Lanka website that it thinks you’re a bot and locks you out 🤖😂

Just your average day in #Academia, chasing down elusive cabinet details one timeout at a time.

#SriLanka #ComparativePolitics #ResearchLife #DigitalFieldwork

I thought I was growing up in a racially tolerant Britain. I now realise I was wrong | Rohan Sathyamoorthy I’ve experienced more racism in the past year than the rest of my life put together – the only answer is for young people to stand up to the far right, says writer Rohan Sathyamoorthy

This, from a 19 year old in the UK. Heartbreaking. “I’ve experienced more racism in the last 12 months than the rest of my life put together.”

#racism #UK

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This is my big worry for a professional perspective - people need to learn the skills to do their own analysis/research so they can recognise what's wrong. If junior roles get replaced by AI (or even if juniors lean too heavily on it) how do we train the future leaders?

Dismissing the academic merits of ChatGPT is intellectually dishonest Portraying ChatGPT as a playground for plagiarists is a timid response to AI’s ability to enhance research in all subjects, argues Agnieszka Piotrowska

I agree. But this has to be a collaboration. And for it to be a true collaboration, students need a solid foundation of knowledge first.

The real challenge? Motivating students to build that foundation before they turn to AI tools.

#Academia #HigherEd #AIinEducation

It's time. After decades as a Labour voter and supporter I've taken the plunge into Green waters.

Unwelcome realisation: standing desk season = cold legs season.

Autumn’s creeping in and the home office heating’s not on yet.

Might be time for leg warmers to make a comeback?

#AcademicSky #PoliSky

📚 Research is rarely linear. Let your past work be part of your future thinking.

#AcademicLife #ECRAdvice #ResearchTips #ComparativePolitics #India #Pakistan #SriLanka #SouthAsiaSky

Today, I’m revisiting my own notes on pre-independence constitutional debates in India—material I hadn’t looked at in years. And yet, here it is, suddenly relevant again.

🔁 A gentle reminder to ECRs: never throw away your old notes or drafts.

That overlong chapter or article draft—yes, the one that’s 5,000 words too long—might just hold the key to your next project. Save it. Archive it. You never know when you’ll return to it with fresh eyes or a new angle.

Very reminiscent of Pakistan's army getting involved in ALL of the economy.

A plague on publishers who still don’t offer citation files for their books.

Yes, Stanford University Press, I’m glaring in your direction.

#Publishers #Citations #Academics #MetadataMadness