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Professor of Caribbean history at the University of York. I work on the intersection between social inequalities and environmental /climate change in Jamaica post-1945.

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‘Which Way Is Iran?’ Asks Pantsless, Sword-Wielding Trump Wandering On Side Of Freeway

‘Which Way Is Iran?’ Asks Pantsless, Sword-Wielding Trump Wandering On Side Of Freeway

‘Which Way Is Iran?’ Asks Pantsless, Sword-Wielding Trump Wandering On Side Of Freeway https://theonion.com/which-way-is-iran-asks-pantsless-sword-wielding-trump-wandering-on-side-of-freeway/

11.03.2026 18:00 👍 2738 🔁 458 💬 80 📌 42
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From FT comments

05.03.2026 13:47 👍 4386 🔁 1532 💬 194 📌 106
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Cover of The Lancet:

@thelancet.com
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

27.02.2026 11:15 👍 8160 🔁 3439 💬 158 📌 220

The key statement that stayed with me from the podcast

09.02.2026 22:10 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Well, Davos was founded as a big sanatorium complex, so perhaps he could stay until he feels better.

20.01.2026 23:40 👍 1539 🔁 224 💬 64 📌 14
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Opinion | Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First.

My column: Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...

21.01.2026 12:23 👍 43 🔁 9 💬 3 📌 2
Spotify – Web Player

In the new season of Autocracy in America, I will ask how the Trump White House is rewriting the rules of US politics.
First episode: How ICE and the National Guard are being used not just to enforce immigration, but to project power

open.spotify.com/episode/4Baj...

09.01.2026 13:07 👍 958 🔁 286 💬 39 📌 3

My latest piece for @projectsyndicate.bsky.social

09.01.2026 22:01 👍 23 🔁 21 💬 0 📌 0

They just don't want anyone traveling to the US for any reason at all

12.12.2025 17:48 👍 1601 🔁 508 💬 235 📌 45
The Economic Impact of Brexit Other

"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"

Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...

25.11.2025 19:31 👍 965 🔁 400 💬 39 📌 53
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The Wrong Way to Peace in Ukraine Timothy Snyder thinks the proposed settlement negotiated by Russia and the US would make the world far more dangerous.

Besides the basic injustice of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of the war it started, there are six fundamental problems with Donald Trump’s Russia-Ukraine “peace” plan, argues @timothysnyder.bsky.social. bit.ly/4oWqSA5

24.11.2025 17:39 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

All white

20.11.2025 22:09 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yes, thank you @thomaspiketty.bsky.social for signing on to this urgent call for an International Panel on Inequality

14.11.2025 14:00 👍 38 🔁 13 💬 1 📌 0
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The AI Labor Shock Is Coming for Women Noreena Hertz warns that the latest wave of automation is likely to have a disproportionate impact on female workers.

We can prevent female workers from becoming collateral damage of AI by ensuring that they are fully up to speed on the new technology – or at least as much as their male counterparts, argues Noreena Hertz. bit.ly/3LUs1tj

11.11.2025 15:34 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Never spent New Year’s Eve in the Netherlands then - sine €75-100 spent on fireworks

08.11.2025 22:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Even though many Jamaicans don’t live in shacks the majority can’t afford solar panels largely because there’s few schemes few loan schemes available . The NHT offers loans but those not in formal employment are ineligible

08.11.2025 22:47 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Not that many Jamaicans can indeed afford to put up solar panels partly because there’s few loan schenes available -the Nht offers loans but if you’re not in formal paid employment you are not eligible

08.11.2025 22:45 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Decolonising global development podcast IGDC, in collaboration with our partners at UFBA, Brazil, have developed a series of podcasts and associated blogs which explore and explain methods for decolonising global development research

IGDC’s podcast series explores the practicalities of decolonising research. Visit the new dedicated podcast website to find out more and access the podcasts.

www.york.ac.uk/igdc/decolon...

03.11.2025 10:01 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Study with us @iipp-ucl.bsky.social!
 
Thrilled to offer this fully funded PhD opportunity with a research focus on outcomes-oriented approaches to green industrial strategy. 
 
Apply by December 14th  ➡️ buff.ly/dbY2S4h

28.10.2025 15:01 👍 10 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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Apply for PhD Course on Energy Humanities 5 ECTS PhD course ‘Themes within Environmental Humanities’ to be held in Stavanger, 1-5 December 2025. This year’s thematic focus is the developing field of the Energy Humanities.

Excellent sounding PhD course at Uni of Stavanger, No. (deadline coming up on Friday 24th) www.uis.no/en/research/...

20.10.2025 16:45 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

It’s like Geert Wilders visiting the West Bank in 2024

03.10.2025 21:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hegseth puts us all at risk Why put all the American commanders in one room?

Hegseth is putting all of the American generals and admirals from around the world into a single room. Why might Hegseth do such an extraordinary thing? Here I discuss four possible reasons.
snyder.substack.com/p/hegseth-pu...

26.09.2025 13:59 👍 1582 🔁 731 💬 200 📌 109
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How to Apply Changing lives for the better through academic excellence and bold, creative thinking.

And there’s more good news 🌿✨

The YESI Fellows Scheme 2025/26 opens on Monday 8 September! If you’re a University of York researcher with ideas for tackling environmental sustainability challenges, this is your chance.

Details here 👉 buff.ly/W6IXpUe

04.09.2025 14:33 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

🥳🎉🥳

05.09.2025 10:49 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

We must have shared the same gown

27.07.2025 21:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Your Atlantic article was one one the most moving and powerful
Accounts of grief I’ve read. Those of us who have lost a loved one thank you so much

26.07.2025 21:23 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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"Mr President, No Deals With Putin"

07.07.2025 12:21 👍 2020 🔁 356 💬 41 📌 17
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Italy to issue half million non-EU work visas over next three years The move is part of a strategy to expand legal immigration channels in response to labor shortages.

I had to read this twice to believe it...Meloni, who ran for office on an anti-immigration platform, has now announced plans to let in hundreds of thousands of immigrants, in order to deal with the Italian labor shortage
www.reuters.com/world/italy-...

03.07.2025 13:12 👍 6616 🔁 2266 💬 413 📌 355
Visiting Global Research Associates at the GCHU – Global Centre on Healthcare and Urbanisation

www.gchu.org.uk/get-involved...

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4th Open Forum: ‘Global Economics: History is Not the Past’ – London REGISTER NOW CONNECTS-UK 4th Open Forum: ‘Global Economics: History is Not the Past’ Register View speaker information and bios Location: Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, Lo…

connects-uk.org/event/1769/

02.06.2025 16:46 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0