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Senior Fellow in Politics at All Souls College, Oxford. Interested in jihadism, Middle East history, and digital methods. Linux enthusiast and nature-lover

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (294884) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Job title: ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN POLITICAL SCIENCE (294884), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Wednesday, April 29, 2026

πŸ“’ Job Opportunity in International Relations!

If you work in IR (broadly defined) and are searching for a permanent professorship, we have an opening you’ll want to see.
πŸ—“ Deadline: 29 April
πŸ” Please boost/RT!

#Polisky #InternationalRelations #PoliticalScience

www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

12.02.2026 09:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love what you guys do at Opencode and would love it even more if you stated a notch more prominently that free means providers can train on user data

12.02.2026 23:54 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How to Treat Purveyors of Baseless Speculation Don’t log off. Keep score.

Those who speculated wildly about the Brown shooter without knowing any facts got things wrongβ€”and it is important that they lose their credibility because of it, Graeme Wood argues.

21.12.2025 02:45 πŸ‘ 702 πŸ” 142 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 6
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If you’re having trouble accessing my book The Taliban Courts: War through Law, feel free to contact me. It’s been unavailable and, since OUP won’t do a paperback, the hardback is very expensive for individuals. I’m happy to help you find a way to read it.

18.12.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.

19.12.2025 17:19 πŸ‘ 359 πŸ” 369 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
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RSF massacres left Sudanese city β€˜a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show Up to 150,000 residents of El Fasher are missing since North Darfur capital fell to paramilitary Rapid Support Forces

RSF massacres left Sudanese city β€˜a slaughterhouse’, satellite images show

05.12.2025 09:21 πŸ‘ 137 πŸ” 87 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 32

Pay librarians, teachers, and archivists

08.12.2025 15:08 πŸ‘ 55 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Masker for 100 millioner: Β«NΓ₯ fΓ₯r jeg ikke pusteΒ» VG avslΓΈrer: Maskene til 100 millioner

NΓ₯r sΓ₯ mye penger skal brukes pΓ₯ sΓ₯ kort tid, kommer det nΓΈdvendigvis saker som dette
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07.12.2025 19:10 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I do get a kick out of edited volumes on settler colonialism that make no mention of either China or Russia...

07.12.2025 18:13 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin GardaΓ­ are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.

Quite breathtaking story - military grade drones at Dublin airport which flew on the path Zelensky's plane took. The drones reached the flight path of his plane exactly the time it should have been there, but just missed it because Zelensky arrived ahead of schedule:

04.12.2025 15:20 πŸ‘ 3224 πŸ” 1704 πŸ’¬ 96 πŸ“Œ 220

The headline, the main takeaway from a European viewpoint is this:

The transatlantic relationship as we know it is over. Yes, we kinda knew this. But this is now official US White House policy. Not a sppech, not a statement. The West as it used to be no longer exists.

05.12.2025 09:49 πŸ‘ 2315 πŸ” 840 πŸ’¬ 58 πŸ“Œ 107
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PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford. The Morelli scholarship funds a doctoral student to work with me on on democratic backsliding, strategies of democratic defense and regeneration, or the rise of illiberalism. Deadline Jan 9. More information at users.ox.ac.uk/~ssfc0073/

01.12.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3

Fake sources using my name keep cropping up.

Here, a former senior military official from Romania, Corneliu Pivariu, cites me in an article for Diplomat Magazine: diplomatmagazine.eu/2025/11/25/s...

It's entirely made up, presumably by his AI ghost writer. IΒ haven’t written for Carnegie in years.

26.11.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 3
Chart showing change in the use of online platforms. Over the past few years, four of them have grown in overall use among U.S. adults – TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit.  TikTok: 37% of U.S. adults report using the platform, which is slightly up from last year and up from 21% in 2021.  Instagram: Half of U.S. adults now report using it, which is on par with last year but up from 40% in 2021.  WhatsApp and Reddit: About a third say they use WhatsApp, up from 23% in 2021. And 26% today report using Reddit, compared with 18% four years ago.     While YouTube and Facebook continue to sit at the top, the shares of Americans who report using them have remained relatively stable in recent years.

Chart showing change in the use of online platforms. Over the past few years, four of them have grown in overall use among U.S. adults – TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit. TikTok: 37% of U.S. adults report using the platform, which is slightly up from last year and up from 21% in 2021. Instagram: Half of U.S. adults now report using it, which is on par with last year but up from 40% in 2021. WhatsApp and Reddit: About a third say they use WhatsApp, up from 23% in 2021. And 26% today report using Reddit, compared with 18% four years ago. While YouTube and Facebook continue to sit at the top, the shares of Americans who report using them have remained relatively stable in recent years.

UPDATE: Americans who use
YouTube 84%
Facebook 71%
Instagram 50%
TikTok 37%
WhatsApp 32%
Reddit 26%
Snapchat 25%
X (Twitter) 21%
Threads 8%
Bluesky 4%
Truth Social 3%

Full Pew Research Center report: https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/11/20/americans-social-media-use-2025/

23.11.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 197 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 48
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Has Britain become an economic colony? The UK could’ve been a true tech leader – but it has cheerfully submitted to US dominance in a way that may cost it dear

Good piece, reminded me that ARM and DeepMind (both game changers) were allowed to leave the UK under the Cameron / Osborne regime. Appalling. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

23.11.2025 17:37 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Scholar Labs Early Review: Google Scholar Finally Enters the AI Era Generated by Nano-Banana Pro from text of this blog post

Scholar Labs Early Review: Google Scholar Finally Enters the AI Era - Aaron Tay aarontay.substack.com/p/scholar-labs… #AI #GoogleScholar

21.11.2025 05:57 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."

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πŸ“’ Our colleagues in the Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law this week published the final report of the Independent Commission on UK Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice.

Read it here πŸ‘‰ buff.ly/jRTN4Zl

14.11.2025 18:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ“’ ONE WEEK REMINDER!: the Department of Politics and International Relations and Oxford School of Global and Areas Studies seeks to appoint an Associate Professor in the Politics of Latin America.πŸ—“οΈ CLOSES: Noon (GMT), Mon 24 Nov: www.politics.ox.ac.u...

17.11.2025 12:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Polish PM says railway track blast was 'unprecedented act of sabotage' An explosion that damaged a Polish railway track on a route to Ukraine was an "unprecedented act of sabotage", Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Monday, and he vowed to catch those responsible for an incident he said could have ended in tragedy.

Two explosions targeted a railway line that connects Poland and Ukraine. Prime Minister Tusk is calling these attacks β€œan unprecedented act of sabotage aimed at the security of the Polish state and its citizens.”
www.reuters.com/world/explos...

17.11.2025 13:01 πŸ‘ 732 πŸ” 273 πŸ’¬ 21 πŸ“Œ 13

The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions is now acceptable applications for the 2026-27 year. Please share and encourage people to apply!

Post Doctoral application apply.interfolio.com/177609

Visiting Scholar application apply.interfolio.com/177613

15.11.2025 00:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show Sheffield Hallam University apologises to Professor Laura Murphy for restricting her academic freedom.

Sheffield Hallam University appeased China Govt to protect its income from Chinese student enrollment.

It shut down research into forced labour and human rights abuses, intimidated academics, suppressed academic papers.

Outrageous. Universities functioning as corporations. Must be investigated.

03.11.2025 06:44 πŸ‘ 286 πŸ” 138 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

Indeed. You can only trawl Reddit for SD news for so long

02.11.2025 10:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Finally got myself an old MacBook Air M2 and installed @asahilinux.org on it. It's mindblowing. I've never experienced a PC as fast and snappy as this. Build is terrific and battery 10+ hours. Everything except external display works. This ends the search for the optimal Linux laptop afaic

02.11.2025 09:32 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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UK police say 10 people hospitalized after train stabbing attack, 9 with life-threatening injuries British police say 10 people have been taken to hospitals after a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train, nine of them with life-threatening injuries.

British police say 10 people have been taken to hospitals after a mass stabbing attack on a London-bound train, nine of them with life-threatening injuries.

02.11.2025 01:07 πŸ‘ 117 πŸ” 72 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 3
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2025 DPIR Postgraduate Admissions Q&A Events with Student Panel – Register Your Place Now

Thinking about a postgraduate degree in Politics & IR at Oxford? πŸŽ“ Join our online Q&A panels on 24 & 28 Nov (at 10am & 4pm each day) to hear from students & staff about MPhil & DPhil programmes. Register online before your session!: ow.ly/3TCH50XjzRJ

30.10.2025 15:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Man arrested with body armor and a suitcase filled with ammunition after threatening multiple synagogues, officials say | CNN In the latest antisemitic incident to rock a community, threatened attacks on synagogues in Alabama and surrounding states were thwarted when a person was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, ...

A person in Alabama was arrested with a suitcase full of ammunition, body armor, and other items, intending to attack synagogues across the US South. www.cnn.com/2025/10/28/u...

29.10.2025 02:36 πŸ‘ 945 πŸ” 436 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 69
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Can Europe Meet Electric Bus Demand Despite High Costs and Supply Risks? Increased public transport electrification and social sustainability demands create a goal conflict in the green transition.

Men det er ikke sΓ₯ veldig vanskelig Γ₯ forstΓ₯ hvorfor dette skjer: Det presses pΓ₯ for elektrifisering, og kinesiske elbusser er mindre dyre enn de europeiske
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