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@thatakin.bsky.social
Data Analyst & Researcher based in Fiji 🇫🇯

Formerly with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency #WithRefugees

https://thatakin.com

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I've been trying to improve my #Python knowledge, so I built a simple BSKY Post Analyser App. It analyses your posts, creates 3 different charts and even recommends the best time to post. Let me know what you think. Access it here:

thatakin.pythonanywhere.com
Bluesky Post Analyser
thatakin.pythonanywhere.com
I'm trying to catch up on some of my newsletters this Saturday and am really enjoying how sassy @brianklaas.bsky.social gets. Last week it was the McLaren owner parking illegally, and this week it is the so-called luminaries.
June 14, 2025 at 3:40 AM
I've been trying to improve my #Python knowledge, so I built a simple BSKY Post Analyser App. It analyses your posts, creates 3 different charts and even recommends the best time to post. Let me know what you think. Access it here:

thatakin.pythonanywhere.com
Bluesky Post Analyser
thatakin.pythonanywhere.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Always love reading capabilities approach applied in migration studies. Rodriguez-Peña presents a great case how migration capabilities vary across different regions.

#MigrationStudies #CapabilitiesApproach

comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Mapping migration capabilities worldwide - Comparative Migration Studies
The complexity and abstract nature of capabilities may explain why research on migration aspirations is far more prevalent than studies on migration capabilities, and why clear conceptualizations and ...
comparativemigrationstudies.springeropen.com
June 1, 2025 at 9:26 PM
UN Behavioural Science Week is here and once again I am not going to be able to attend any of the sessions because of the time difference, but you should if you can! #BeSci

www.unbesciweek2025.org
UN BeSci Week 2025 | United Nations
The 2025 UN Behavioural Science (BeSci) Week is taking place from April 7th–11th! Coordinated by the UN Behavioural Science Group, this year’s event will bring together colleagues from 46 UN Entities ...
www.unbesciweek2025.org
April 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Reposted by Akın
Do smugglers motivate irregular migration?

Only 4% of 60'000 migrants interviewed for a @mixedmigration.org study cited smugglers as influencing their decision to migrate.

Friends, family, returnees, and social media are more likely to play a role.

www.infomigrants.net/en/post/6185...
Busting myths about migration to help create better policy
The Mixed Migration Centre asked tens of thousands of migrants what influenced them to migrate. The results may surprise some politicians. They could help to inform better policy, says the center's di...
www.infomigrants.net
January 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reposted by Akın
UNHCR’s guidance on returns to Syria underscores ongoing risks: insecurity, destruction, and humanitarian crises. While supporting voluntary, informed returns, it calls on states to suspend negative asylum decisions and allow access to asylum for Syrians.

www.refworld.org/policy/count...
Position on Returns to the Syrian Arab Republic | Refworld
www.refworld.org
December 16, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Amazing article. I am so happy to see gender is getting more attention in the climate mobility research. Beyond great researchers like @drsayebkarlsson.bsky.social

#ClimateChange #ClimateMobility #Gender #ClimateJustice

rdcu.be/d2jjj
Women on the move? Mainstreaming gender in policies and legal frameworks addressing climate-induced migration | Comparative Migration Studies
rdcu.be
December 3, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Excellent thread 👏
Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon.

Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵
First dataset for the new @huggingface.bsky.social @bsky.app community organisation: one-million-bluesky-posts 🦋

📊 1M public posts from Bluesky's firehose API
🔍 Includes text, metadata, and language predictions
🔬 Perfect to experiment with using ML for Bluesky 🤗

huggingface.co/datasets/blu...
November 27, 2024 at 10:23 PM
I saw the Orion Nebula and Andromeda on my birthday and took a shot with my📱

Jupiter and its moons were so visible. Betelgeuse is the red dot to the right and the Orion is just above that. Pleiades wasn't very visible to the naked eye but I'm happy with the result ✨

#astronomy #astrophotography
November 22, 2024 at 7:35 PM
It's encouraging to see climate displacement gaining more attention in global media. The evidence is clear: climate change will intensify displacement worldwide, particularly in the most vulnerable regions. 👇🏻

www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11...
Mapping the impact of climate change on global displacement
As COP29 concludes, Al Jazeera examines the 359 million weather-related displacements recorded worldwide since 2008.
www.aljazeera.com
November 22, 2024 at 6:53 AM
Let's see how much he'll be able to achieve
"I will defend humanitarian values. I will defend our humanitarians and the people we're here to serve.

"We need to call time on the era of impunity. We need to stop the attacks on civilians and provide them with the protection that they deserve and that they need."
First day as @UNReliefChief ✅

Thrilled to be joining team OCHA - humanitarians determined to take on the mounting odds and reach those in greatest need.

I look forward to listening and learning from you all in my first weeks.

Thank you for the warm welcome.
November 20, 2024 at 7:14 PM
Alright, alright. It's my first attempt and I'm ok with how it came out 🌕 The views were even better than the photo could capture. Dark skies for all!

#astrophotography #mobileastrophotography #astronomy
November 18, 2024 at 6:38 AM
This sounds great. So many amazing people have already confirmed. Rebecca was one of the first people I reached out to when I was drafting my thesis, and Daniel is the reason I'm on BSKY. This workshop will be so fruitful.
Are you working on migration justice from a feminist perspective? Apply to be part of this workshop Rebecca Buxton & I are organizing on "Feminist Philosophy of Migration". See the call below & DM me if you have questions www.alws.at/iws_organiza... #migcitsky #poltheory #philosophy #philsky
Call for Papers: 46th International Wittgenstein Symposium 2025 – Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein Society
www.alws.at
November 17, 2024 at 9:29 PM
Bula from Fiji 👋🏻
One of the advantages of living here is the opportunity to do such things even for a long weekend.
August 23, 2024 at 6:05 AM
I had separated my ways with Facebook - Meta and its companies some years ago due to their involvement in many human rights violations, attacks to democracy, prevalent mis & disinformation in their platforms.
April 23, 2024 at 4:55 AM
As we mark another #TolkienReadingDay2024, the theme of service and sacrifice resonates deeply with me. Last year, I was in Ethiopia with the UN Refugee Agency to assist displaced hundreds of thousands of people.

This year, I decided to leave my job and support my partner in Fiji 🇫🇯
March 25, 2024 at 11:19 AM
I left my job this week and it feels like I have started a new life now. In a couple of weeks, I will be moving to another country to be with my partner and I cannot wait for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead #Restart
March 23, 2024 at 6:38 AM
Italian government is organizing a great exhibition on #Tolkien, but I am leaving the country right now. If anybody is in Rome between November 16 and February 2nd, do not miss it.
December 10, 2023 at 12:23 PM