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Graham Dutfield
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Once a geographer, avid practitioner of slow scholarship, Leeds Uni prof, philhellene, loves mountains & coasts, teaches intellectual property & justice, health, food, biodiversity. Time to take the money out of politics. Living in safe South London .. more

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 10h
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Our king, priest and feudal lord – how AI is taking us back to the dark ages | Joseph de Weck
Since the Enlightenment, we’ve been making our own decisions. But now AI may be about to change that, says Joseph de Weck, a fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute
www.theguardian.com

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Int Society for the History & Theory of Intellectual Property @ishtip.bsky.social · 4d
The deadline for paper proposals has been extended to

🗓️ 16 January 2026!

We would be grateful if you could forward this call to your respective networks, particularly those in the humanities.

Please find details for the call for paper here: ishtip.org/forthcoming-...

Reposted by Graham Dutfield, Mark Priestley, Vaughan S. Roberts

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 4d
There's a word for selling political influence for cash... (sadly Reform aren't the first to do so)

Via Private Eye
FOLLOW THE LEADERS REFORM UK's 2024 general election manifesto, titled "Our Contract with You", promised the party "will end the corruption of our government and politics" and thereby "make Britain a more democratic" and "accountable" country. So, how is it going about bringing in this new era of ethics and accountability? Earlier this month it emerged that the party has set up a "Leaders' Club", for those donating at least £10,000 a year. Attempting to convince prospective wealthy donors to sign up, it describes the club as "Reform UK's most exclusive inner circle" and reveals that "members gain exceptional behind-the-scenes access... As a recognised Leader of Reform UK, your support becomes a defining force in shaping our strategy, amplifying our impact, and Image 2: steering the party's future direction." So, completely different from the Tories' "Leader's Group" for wealthy donors in the days of David Cameron, Boris Johnson and others, then!

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 5d
Took this photo last week at Pompeii with Vesuvius looming ominously in the near distance. Wonderful to be there with so few other visitors.

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Philip Stephens @philipstephens.bsky.social · 7d
Something pathetic about these last gasp defences of Brexit. 1. "It was a great idea to jump off the cliff. The broken bones are all the fault of the politicians". 2 "We are too good to be ruled by Brussels. But it turns we are incapable of governing ourselves". Sad.
www.ft.com/content/42b3...
The Brexit implementation fiasco
It is not too late to reverse bad policy but that requires good governance
www.ft.com

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 7d
Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’
Highly cited paper was used as evidence that the widely used herbicide Roundup is safe
www.science.org

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 8d
The ‘Raise the Colours’ campaign, widely praised by politicians and commentators as a "grassroots" campaign for "unity" has now pivoted to harassing migrants and charity workers on the beaches of France.

Activists were seen stabbing dinghies and releasing dogs to intimidate migrant and aid workers
Nigel Farage-Backed 'Raise the Colours' Campaign Pivots to Racially Abusing Migrants and Harassing Aid Workers on French Beaches
Far-right activists were seen stabbing dinghies and releasing dogs to intimidate migrants and aid workers
bylinetimes.com

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 8d
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The quest to hatch a bird-flu vaccine
Although development of a jab for the H5N1 strain of avian flu is well under way, other strains are receiving less attention — and political obstacles to research could hamper progress.
www.nature.com

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H-Net Reviews @hnetreviews.bsky.social · 9d
New book review:
Stump-Smith on Bruno, Maria C.: _Growing the Taraco Peninsula: Indigenous Agricultural Landscapes_. University Press of Colorado, 2024. Published by H-Environment.
Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20135698
Bruno, Maria C.. Growing the Taraco Peninsula: Indigenous Agricultural Landscapes. : University Press of Colorado, 2024. Illustrations, graphs, maps. 232 pp. $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 9781646426126. Reviewed by Madison Stump-Smith (Bowling Green State University) Published on H-Environment (December, 2025) Commissioned by Daniella McCahey (Texas Tech University)
networks.h-net.org

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 9d
The price we all have to pay when the government appeases the xenophobic Right

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10d
The BBC is not just any other institution. It's a core part of this country's identity. It's ours to criticise, ours to get cross with, ours to love and ours to the end.

By attacking it Trump may actually be doing us all a favour as we are obliged to remember that.

www.politico.eu/article/brit...
British government backs the BBC as Trump sues it for billions
Stephen Kinnock said the public service broadcaster is “right to stick by their guns.”
www.politico.eu

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Eye Of The Idol @eyeoftheidol.bsky.social · 10d
I’m running out of words to describe this ugly, vile piece of shit who’s squatting in the people’s house right now. Imagine the uproar if any other president before him had put out this message after Rob Reiner and his wife were brutally murdered.

Fuck all the way off Donald Trump! 🖕

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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 13d
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 14d
I country I won’t be going to again until it has regained its sanity.
newseye.bsky.social News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 15d
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.

The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.

Below is the full, mind-blowing list.

🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨

1/
- All social media accounts from the last 5 years - All your biometrics: face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris - All your phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your email addresses from the last 10 years - IP addresses and metadata from your submitted photos - Names of your family members (parents, spouse, siblings, children) - All your family members' phone numbers from the last 5 years - Your family members' dates of birth - Your family members' places of birth - Your family members' residencies - All your business phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your business email addresses from the last 10 years

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Kaitlin E Mara @kaitlinemara.bsky.social · 14d
@medslawpolicy.bsky.social 's annual (highly biased) 2025 year in review is here! Read what we thought were the most important goings on in global health law & policy here: medicineslawandpolicy.org/2025/12/wrap...
Fireworks over a lake

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 15d
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.

The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.

Below is the full, mind-blowing list.

🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨

1/
- All social media accounts from the last 5 years - All your biometrics: face, fingerprint, DNA, and iris - All your phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your email addresses from the last 10 years - IP addresses and metadata from your submitted photos - Names of your family members (parents, spouse, siblings, children) - All your family members' phone numbers from the last 5 years - Your family members' dates of birth - Your family members' places of birth - Your family members' residencies - All your business phone numbers from the last 5 years - All your business email addresses from the last 10 years

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 15d
www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/magazine/iss...
Dream State
Imagine your family are completely autonomous. How you live, where you go, who you live with and what you value are entirely your call. But over time, food becomes scarce and movement difficult. You’r...
www.alumni.cam.ac.uk

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 16d
Very good series of proposals from the UK Trade and Business Commission on a UK-EU youth mobility scheme: Set it initially at 44,000, keep fees at a nominal level, have it last for two years with an optional year add-on at the end www.bestforbritain.org/launch_yes_w...
Launch UK-EU youth experience scheme with initial 44,000 cap, says cross-party commission
A new cross-party report recommends the UK and EU should launch the UK’s largest and most generous scheme to restore opportunities for young people who have been denied them by Brexit.
www.bestforbritain.org

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16d
Ed Davey asks to stand up to Trump's threats to Europe and to strengthen the UK with a Customs Union with the EU

Stramer dodges the Trump comment, and says post Brexit trade deals outside the EU are better than a Customs Union with the EU

Labour under Starmer makes us smaller and poorer

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16d
How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com

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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 16d
I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 16d
"And tonight in 'Cutting off your nose to spite your face'...."
Tighter visa rules will cost UK up to £10.8bn
Home Office assessment shows impact of latest changes to immigration regime over next five years
www.ft.com

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 16d
I must have visited the US 20-30 times. Lived there for a year. I have set foot in almost all States. (Missing North Dakota, Hawaii, Alaska maybe one or two others.) Love being there. Some of my most cherished memories. Not expecting to go again until regime change.
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 16d
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
Travelers visiting the United States from countries like Britain, France, Germany and South Korea could soon have to undergo a review of up to five years of their social media history, according to a proposal filed on Tuesday by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The change would affect visitors eligible for the visa waiver program, which allows people from 42 countries to travel to the United States for up to 90 days without a visa as long as they first obtain electronic travel authorization. In a document filed on Tuesday in the Federal Register, C.B.P. said it plans to ask applicants for a long list of personal data including social media, email addresses from the last decade, and the names, birth dates, places of residence and birthplaces of parents, spouses, siblings and children. Under the current system, applicants from visa waiver countries must enroll in the Electronic System for Travel Authorization program. They pay $40 and submit an email address, home address, phone number and emergency contact information. The authorization is good for two years.

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Michael Sinha @drsinhaesq.bsky.social · 17d
Officially out in UC Irvine Law Review: Unpatenting Product Hops! escholarship.org/uc/item/0kg3...

Bittersweet, as it shares an issue with the legendary @ucirvinelaw.bsky.social Prof. Dan Burk's final article (published posthumously).

cc: @sluhealthlaw.bsky.social @slulaw.bsky.social

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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 18d
For those asking: if you would like to read the full, new U.S. National Security Strategy published by Trump on Friday, you can find it here…

A reminder: this is all now official government policy.

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 18d
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
Bronze plaque saying "A Letter to the Future. Ok is the first Icelandic glacier to lose its status as a glacier. In the next 200 years all our glaciers are expected to follow the same path. This monument is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it. August 2019. 415ppm CO2"

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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 19d
12th Trilateral WHO-WIPO-WTO Technical Symposium: Antimicrobial Resistance: Addressing the Innovation Gap, Access Inequities, and Supply Challenges www.wipo.int/meetings/en/... @who.int @wipo.int @wto.org

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Angelica Shalagina🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 19d
European leaders urge Zelenskyy not to agree to withdraw troops from Donbas, – Bloomberg

"The main thing for Europe is to prevent Zelenskyy from agreeing under US pressure to withdraw troops from Donbas without reliable American security guarantees

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Graham Dutfield @grahamdutfield.bsky.social · 20d
Child Deaths Set to Rise for First Time This Century www.newsweek.com/child-deaths...
www.newsweek.com

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Stefan Bienkowski @sbienkowski.bsky.social · 20d
Taking compromising amounts of money from dubious characters without any regard for their long-term goals or hidden agendas.

Is Nigel Farage a Premier League football club?