Joaquim Gaignard
@jggd.bsky.social
PhD researcher, NINE DTP - UK ESRC
Political Geography at Durham University, UK
Scottish Arctic GeoPolitics
Scottishness & Arctic politics, Northern & oceanic imaginaries, archipelagic turn, liminal geopolitics.
Political Geography at Durham University, UK
Scottish Arctic GeoPolitics
Scottishness & Arctic politics, Northern & oceanic imaginaries, archipelagic turn, liminal geopolitics.
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I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
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Goes great with another fresh piece about another incident of tech hubris that crashed into a pile of burned-up money. I can tell you there will be cheering across the world if/when the AI bubble pops.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
futurism.com
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Goes great with another fresh piece about another incident of tech hubris that crashed into a pile of burned-up money. I can tell you there will be cheering across the world if/when the AI bubble pops.
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Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
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"it's inevitable"
"You just have to accept it"
"If you don't use it you'll be left behind"
"You're just a luddite, this is the future"
"You just have to accept it"
"If you don't use it you'll be left behind"
"You're just a luddite, this is the future"
The division has lost over $77 billion since its inception in 2020.
Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails
The company has laid off some 1,500 virtual reality developers as part of a broader shift toward AI wearable devices.
trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
"it's inevitable"
"You just have to accept it"
"If you don't use it you'll be left behind"
"You're just a luddite, this is the future"
"You just have to accept it"
"If you don't use it you'll be left behind"
"You're just a luddite, this is the future"
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Resistance under Russian-occupation is beyond dangerous — even the smallest sign of supporting Ukraine can result in imprisonment, torture, and even death.
How Ukraine organizes resistance in Russian-occupied territory
Resistance under Russian-occupation is beyond dangerous — even the smallest sign of supporting Ukraine can result in imprisonment, torture, and even death.
The list of documented war crimes against U...
kyivindependent.com
January 18, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Resistance under Russian-occupation is beyond dangerous — even the smallest sign of supporting Ukraine can result in imprisonment, torture, and even death.
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Ça aussi ça devrait être un scandale tonitruant mais rien…
➡️ l.humanite.fr/V4g
➡️ l.humanite.fr/V4g
Éric Coquerel consulte les documents de Bercy et confirme qu’une partie des plus riches ne paient pas d’impôts - L'Humanité
Le président de la commission des Finances a consulté ce vendredi à Bercy des documents qui confirment que les plus riches ne paient quasiment pas d’impôt sur le revenu, suite au prop...
l.humanite.fr
January 17, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Ça aussi ça devrait être un scandale tonitruant mais rien…
➡️ l.humanite.fr/V4g
➡️ l.humanite.fr/V4g
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Tony Blair Should Be on Trial for War Crimes, Not Running Gaza
Donald Trump confirms he is appointing the former UK prime minister as one of the founding executive members of his new board to oversee a post-war Gaza.
Here’s why that’s a terrible idea: zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...
Donald Trump confirms he is appointing the former UK prime minister as one of the founding executive members of his new board to oversee a post-war Gaza.
Here’s why that’s a terrible idea: zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...
Tony Blair Should Be on Trial for War Crimes, Not Running Gaza
BREAKING: Donald Trump confirms he is appointing the former UK prime minister as one of the founding executive members of his new board to oversee a post-war Gaza. Here’s why that’s a terrible idea.
zeteo.com
January 17, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Tony Blair Should Be on Trial for War Crimes, Not Running Gaza
Donald Trump confirms he is appointing the former UK prime minister as one of the founding executive members of his new board to oversee a post-war Gaza.
Here’s why that’s a terrible idea: zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...
Donald Trump confirms he is appointing the former UK prime minister as one of the founding executive members of his new board to oversee a post-war Gaza.
Here’s why that’s a terrible idea: zeteo.com/p/tony-blair...
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Ste-Soline : Le collectif de blessé-es annonce re-déposer plainte
Samedi dernier, lors d'une réunion publique à Poitiers, le collectif des blessées de Ste-Soline et leurs proches a annoncé déposer prochainement, une plainte collective avec constitution de partie civile.
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Samedi dernier, lors d'une réunion publique à Poitiers, le collectif des blessées de Ste-Soline et leurs proches a annoncé déposer prochainement, une plainte collective avec constitution de partie civile.
🧶⤵️1/8
January 17, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Ste-Soline : Le collectif de blessé-es annonce re-déposer plainte
Samedi dernier, lors d'une réunion publique à Poitiers, le collectif des blessées de Ste-Soline et leurs proches a annoncé déposer prochainement, une plainte collective avec constitution de partie civile.
🧶⤵️1/8
Samedi dernier, lors d'une réunion publique à Poitiers, le collectif des blessées de Ste-Soline et leurs proches a annoncé déposer prochainement, une plainte collective avec constitution de partie civile.
🧶⤵️1/8
Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights:
Sign the initiative to the EU Commission:
citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
Sign the initiative to the EU Commission:
citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
Initiative detail | European Citizens' Initiative
citizens-initiative.europa.eu
January 16, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Demand the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement in view of Israel’s violations of human rights:
Sign the initiative to the EU Commission:
citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
Sign the initiative to the EU Commission:
citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/...
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remember the epstein files. don't let them distract you. powerful people are protecting pedophiles.
January 16, 2026 at 1:11 PM
remember the epstein files. don't let them distract you. powerful people are protecting pedophiles.
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‼️ arrestation brutale de deux PORTES-PAROLES de la @confpaysanne.bsky.social dans le cadre d’une mobilisation des agriculteur·ices contre l’UE Mercosur
C’est un véritable scandale démocratique et politique
Libérez les camarades
Soutien ✊
C’est un véritable scandale démocratique et politique
Libérez les camarades
Soutien ✊
January 9, 2026 at 10:04 AM
‼️ arrestation brutale de deux PORTES-PAROLES de la @confpaysanne.bsky.social dans le cadre d’une mobilisation des agriculteur·ices contre l’UE Mercosur
C’est un véritable scandale démocratique et politique
Libérez les camarades
Soutien ✊
C’est un véritable scandale démocratique et politique
Libérez les camarades
Soutien ✊
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Oxfam France condamne l'arrestation brutale de Thomas Gibert et Stéphane Galais, tous les deux porte-parole nationaux de la Confédération Paysanne. Nous exigeons leur libération immédiate. Cette répression de représentants syndicaux est inacceptable. @all-eco-sociale.bsky.social
‼️ arrestation brutale de deux PORTES-PAROLES de la @confpaysanne.bsky.social dans le cadre d’une mobilisation des agriculteur·ices contre l’UE Mercosur
C’est un véritable scandale démocratique et politique
Libérez les camarades
Soutien ✊
C’est un véritable scandale démocratique et politique
Libérez les camarades
Soutien ✊
January 9, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Oxfam France condamne l'arrestation brutale de Thomas Gibert et Stéphane Galais, tous les deux porte-parole nationaux de la Confédération Paysanne. Nous exigeons leur libération immédiate. Cette répression de représentants syndicaux est inacceptable. @all-eco-sociale.bsky.social
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A écouter absolumment!
Depuis 1988, nos voisins belges francophones ont mis en place une méthodologie médiatique restrictive pour les partis d’extrême droite. Stéphanie Thomas nous explique comment son pays défend un débat sans propos racistes ou discriminatoires.
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Depuis 1988, nos voisins belges francophones ont mis en place une méthodologie médiatique restrictive pour les partis d’extrême droite. Stéphanie Thomas nous explique comment son pays défend un débat sans propos racistes ou discriminatoires.
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Le cordon sanitaire médiatique
Depuis 1988, nos voisins belges francophones ont mis en place une méthodologie médiatique restrictive pour les partis d’extrême droite. Stéphanie Thomas nous explique comment son pays défend un débat ...
www.radiofrance.fr
January 9, 2026 at 11:24 AM
A écouter absolumment!
Depuis 1988, nos voisins belges francophones ont mis en place une méthodologie médiatique restrictive pour les partis d’extrême droite. Stéphanie Thomas nous explique comment son pays défend un débat sans propos racistes ou discriminatoires.
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
Depuis 1988, nos voisins belges francophones ont mis en place une méthodologie médiatique restrictive pour les partis d’extrême droite. Stéphanie Thomas nous explique comment son pays défend un débat sans propos racistes ou discriminatoires.
www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
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It’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive | Robyn Vinter
It’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive | Robyn Vinter
University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselves, says Guardian north of England correspondent Robyn Vinter
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:43 AM
It’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive | Robyn Vinter
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By framing this brazen act of aggression in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
The Media Refuses to Call Trump’s Venezuela Attack an Act of War
By framing the abduction of President Nicolás Maduro in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
interc.pt
January 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
By framing this brazen act of aggression in euphemistic terms, the media is falling in line with Trump.
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Lorsque les règles du « marché libre » et des prétendus « avantages comparatifs » ne fonctionnent plus aussi bien pour la puissance hégémonique (car un rival systémique fait mieux), cette puissance tente de reconstituer ou renforcer rapidement son silo impérial
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Live Updates: U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Lorsque les règles du « marché libre » et des prétendus « avantages comparatifs » ne fonctionnent plus aussi bien pour la puissance hégémonique (car un rival systémique fait mieux), cette puissance tente de reconstituer ou renforcer rapidement son silo impérial
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Si vous vous demandez ce que vous, oui VOUS, pouvez faire à votre niveau quand les USA deviennent une menace pour le monde entier : virer Windows/Mac, les services Google, Amazon. Ne plus *dépendre* d'eux.
January 3, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Si vous vous demandez ce que vous, oui VOUS, pouvez faire à votre niveau quand les USA deviennent une menace pour le monde entier : virer Windows/Mac, les services Google, Amazon. Ne plus *dépendre* d'eux.
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In the United States, tech billionaires have concluded that building bunkers and saving themselves is the way to prepare for disaster. In Norway, by contrast, the government is encouraging people to make friends.
Silicon Valley Wants Disaster Bunkers. Norway Wants ‘Preparedness Friends.’
Norwegians are pioneering better models of catastrophe preparation.
foreignpolicy.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In the United States, tech billionaires have concluded that building bunkers and saving themselves is the way to prepare for disaster. In Norway, by contrast, the government is encouraging people to make friends.
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OPINION: Tomorrow, Seán Binder and 23 other defendants will stand trial in Greece for volunteer work rescuing migrants at risk of drowning at sea.
These charges are part of a trend sweeping Europe that's criminalizing solidarity.
These charges are part of a trend sweeping Europe that's criminalizing solidarity.
People who save lives should not be criminalized
European governments are not only failing people seeking protection, they’re also punishing those who try to fill that dangerous gap.
www.politico.eu
December 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
OPINION: Tomorrow, Seán Binder and 23 other defendants will stand trial in Greece for volunteer work rescuing migrants at risk of drowning at sea.
These charges are part of a trend sweeping Europe that's criminalizing solidarity.
These charges are part of a trend sweeping Europe that's criminalizing solidarity.
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Le réarmement des Etats-Unis (et de l’Europe) doit se comprendre comme réponse à la crise du capitalisme financier et des bulles spéculatives au bord de l’implosion. La guerre n’est pas un accident de parcours au milieu de la paix perpétuelle promue par l’économie mais son coeur même.
November 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Le réarmement des Etats-Unis (et de l’Europe) doit se comprendre comme réponse à la crise du capitalisme financier et des bulles spéculatives au bord de l’implosion. La guerre n’est pas un accident de parcours au milieu de la paix perpétuelle promue par l’économie mais son coeur même.
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Precarity is often presented as something that only effects early career researchers or people on fixed term contracts.
Our report found that 45% of geographers on permanent contracts feel precarious.
The implications for the discipline are wide ranging. Read more 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
Our report found that 45% of geographers on permanent contracts feel precarious.
The implications for the discipline are wide ranging. Read more 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Precarity is often presented as something that only effects early career researchers or people on fixed term contracts.
Our report found that 45% of geographers on permanent contracts feel precarious.
The implications for the discipline are wide ranging. Read more 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
Our report found that 45% of geographers on permanent contracts feel precarious.
The implications for the discipline are wide ranging. Read more 👇
www.rgs.org/research/hig...
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The EU Parliament is set to fast-track a vote on one of the final hurdles in front of the trade agreement with the Latin American Mercosur bloc, three parliament officials told POLITICO.
Mercosur momentum grows with fast-track vote on safeguards likely next week
Leaders of the chamber will pave the way for a fast-track vote, and derail a push to refer the Latin America trade deal to the EU’s top court, say officials.
www.politico.eu
November 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
The EU Parliament is set to fast-track a vote on one of the final hurdles in front of the trade agreement with the Latin American Mercosur bloc, three parliament officials told POLITICO.
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l'IA soigne aussi les problèmes d'arthrose, fait gagner au loto, guérit des écrouelles et fait revenir l'être aimé en moins de 24h mais POURQUOI vous y croyez encore bordel
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei thinks AI could help find cures for most cancers, prevent Alzheimer’s, and even double the human lifespan. cbsn.ws/4oRZ8Nm
November 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
l'IA soigne aussi les problèmes d'arthrose, fait gagner au loto, guérit des écrouelles et fait revenir l'être aimé en moins de 24h mais POURQUOI vous y croyez encore bordel
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La "fermeture du cycle du nucléaire" est non seulement une illusion techno-solutionniste, mais en plus elle repose sur une coopération étroite avec la Russie.
En effet, ce pays détient la seule usine capable de ré-enrichir l'uranium de retraitement issu des centrales françaises.
En effet, ce pays détient la seule usine capable de ré-enrichir l'uranium de retraitement issu des centrales françaises.
Alors que V. Zelensky va rencontrer E. Macron aujourd'hui à l'Elysée, @greenpeace.fr a filmé ce samedi une opération de chargement d'uranium de retraitement français en partance pour la Russie.
EDF, Orano et Framatome doivent cesser leur collaboration avec Rosatom🧵👇
www.greenpeace.fr/espace-press...
EDF, Orano et Framatome doivent cesser leur collaboration avec Rosatom🧵👇
www.greenpeace.fr/espace-press...
En pleine invasion globale russe de l’Ukraine, la France reprend les exportations d’uranium de retraitement vers la Russie
Greenpeace France a observé samedi 15 novembre 2025 à Dunkerque le chargement d’au moins une dizaine de containers d’uranium de retraitement (URT), à bord du cargo Mikhail Dudin à destination de la Ru...
www.greenpeace.fr
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
La "fermeture du cycle du nucléaire" est non seulement une illusion techno-solutionniste, mais en plus elle repose sur une coopération étroite avec la Russie.
En effet, ce pays détient la seule usine capable de ré-enrichir l'uranium de retraitement issu des centrales françaises.
En effet, ce pays détient la seule usine capable de ré-enrichir l'uranium de retraitement issu des centrales françaises.
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Welcome to the new European Parliament.
In the year and a half since the far right surged at the EU election, Brussels’ mainstream forces have been anxiously wondering if the center can hold. Yesterday, they discovered it couldn’t.
In the year and a half since the far right surged at the EU election, Brussels’ mainstream forces have been anxiously wondering if the center can hold. Yesterday, they discovered it couldn’t.
In Brussels, the far right can no longer be ignored
EU conservatives working with the far right have signed the death warrant of the cordon sanitaire.
www.politico.eu
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Welcome to the new European Parliament.
In the year and a half since the far right surged at the EU election, Brussels’ mainstream forces have been anxiously wondering if the center can hold. Yesterday, they discovered it couldn’t.
In the year and a half since the far right surged at the EU election, Brussels’ mainstream forces have been anxiously wondering if the center can hold. Yesterday, they discovered it couldn’t.