Important to remember the people who are working to moderate the spaces that we exist in > BBC News - 'I was moderating hundreds of horrific and traumatising videos' bbc.com/news/articles/…

RIP to Tony Todd, who was in one of my favourite ever episodes of Star Trek, The Visitor (in DS9, the BEST series). It is an absolutely beautiful piece of television that never fails to make me cry, and Todd is devastating. Watch it with that warning! m.imdb.com/title/tt070864…

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CFP: International Conference on Ethics and Aesthetics of Artificial Images. Keynote speakers: Joanna Zylinska, Antonio Somaini, Matteo Pasquinelli, Francesco D'Isa, Lev Manovich, Neta Alexander. Dates: 8th-10th May 2025. Location: Venice, Italy iuav.it/it/avviso?id=c…

The men with the strongest opinions about women and PhDs have had zero contact with either

Join us next Monday for a TPVNetwork event with the terrific Ashton Kingdon on 'Flicking the Switch’: The Ethical Implications of Researching Online Extremism. 📅 9 December ⏰ 16.00 (UTC) 📍Online To register email: [email protected] School of International Relations

The moral duty to remember fallen soldiers on social media. Congratulations Sacha van Leeuwen Sacha Van Rheenen on this great article in Journal of Digital War link.springer.com/article/10.105…

Absolutely shocking understanding of the language around disability from the person who runs... the World Health Organisation. Disability is not a bad word. I am not "differently abled."

First seminar of term happening *this* Thursday, 14/11, 5-7PM UK time with Jennifer Greenburg & Julia Welland - examining imperial feminisms, military humanitarianism, and pleasure/depletion within the MIC - RSVP @ crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/45441/

📢The #BISA2025 programme has been released & registration is open!! All submissions should have received an email notifying you about your status on the programme & details of registration and accommodation. Any queries email [email protected] Nick Caddick Juliet Dryden / BISA

Labour’s narrative “describes a country in which poverty is caused by low aspiration and disability is a choice, by people who simply aren’t robust enough to be well. This country doesn’t exist.” Thanks @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social for this storming piece. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The worst draft possible is the draft you don’t write, so go out there and write the second worst draft possible

Incredibly honoured to have received BISA Emotions in Politics Working Group's Best Thesis Prize! And to share it with the lovely Dr Anne-Marie Houde! Double the honour 😊😊

Wow, what a stressful week of work. Time to relax by holding a phone beaming endless streams of horrific international news inches from my head

Yesterday the IDF massacred at least 26 people in a beachside cafe, but the UK government think these folks are terrorist supporters.

🎆We are incredibly excited to launch BISA - British International Studies Association's new working group: Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP)! CAWP aims to foster a collegiate space for creative, experimental, and non-mainstream research in IR 🎉Follow us on here and join us at: bisa.ac.uk/members/workin… !

We are also looking for a co-convenor and a PhD convenor to join our team! The deadline is 10th of October, 2025. More detail can be found below: bisa.ac.uk/members/workin… You can DM us Uygar Baspehlivan or Dr Natalie Jester for informal inquiries :)

CFP: MPG x PSA Technology, Internet, and Policy (TIP) Conference ‘Navigating #Digital #Democracy’, 8-9 January 2026 (online 7th Jan) 26th Sept 2025 deadline 300 word abstract [Ignore it asks for a paper]. Early October 2025 you're notified of the decision by the conference committee. psatip.uk/tip-news/tip20…