Toni Čerkez
@tonicerkez.bsky.social
Mostarac 🇧🇦. PhD IP Theory @interpolaber. Lecturing IPT at #TallinnUniversity Focus: Arendt, relational IR, Anthropocene and cosmotechnics. Theory=practice. Interested in thinking alternatives to Big Tech capitalism: plurality. https://securityhub.ee 🇪🇺🇭🇷🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳🌈🇱🇹
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One of the coolest things about Trump is that when he's talking about one thing, he might actually mean something else:
However, Trump could quite easily be referring to testing US nuclear-armed missiles, rather than testing nuclear weapons. He would be responding to Russia's recent test of a nuclear-powered, nuclear-capable cruise missile, a significant development made in response to US missile defenses
Russia tested new nuclear-powered cruise missile, top general says
Russia has tested a new nuclear-capable, nuclear-powered cruise missile named the Burevestnik, Russia's top general told President Vladimir Putin in remarks released on Sunday.
www.reuters.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:15 AM
One of the coolest things about Trump is that when he's talking about one thing, he might actually mean something else:
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
October 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Call for papers. Workshop: Data Migration and Mobilities: Towards a New Research Agenda. Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Tallinn, Estonia, 8-9 April 2026. Organised by Anu Masso & @robkitchin.bsky.social. Deadline for submissions 15 Oct.
September 11, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Call for papers. Workshop: Data Migration and Mobilities: Towards a New Research Agenda. Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Tallinn, Estonia, 8-9 April 2026. Organised by Anu Masso & @robkitchin.bsky.social. Deadline for submissions 15 Oct.
I cannot believe the US is still a democracy
According to eyewitnesses, armed ICE agents dragged kids out of their beds in the middle of the night, zip tied them and put them in rented vans while raiding an * entire apartment building* on the South Side of Chicago.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOXO...
‘F--- them kids’: ICE agents drag children out of bed, ransack Chicago building
YouTube video by MSNBC
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I cannot believe the US is still a democracy
#Lithuania New culture minister resigned after a week in office, driven out by blazing civic mobilization by the culture sector.
He was incompetent and appointed by a corrupt party.
Fabulous work, Lietuva!
He was incompetent and appointed by a corrupt party.
Fabulous work, Lietuva!
October 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
#Lithuania New culture minister resigned after a week in office, driven out by blazing civic mobilization by the culture sector.
He was incompetent and appointed by a corrupt party.
Fabulous work, Lietuva!
He was incompetent and appointed by a corrupt party.
Fabulous work, Lietuva!
“The Arctic is the first region where climate change is changing the geopolitical map. If we didn't have climate change, we wouldn't be talking. Russia would not be producing oil and gas in the Arctic. China would not be sending container ships through the Arctic.”
www.politico.eu/article/chin...
www.politico.eu/article/chin...
China tests an express route to Europe through a thawing Arctic
“Climate change is rapidly and actively changing the geopolitical dynamics” in the region, an Arctic researcher says.
www.politico.eu
September 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
“The Arctic is the first region where climate change is changing the geopolitical map. If we didn't have climate change, we wouldn't be talking. Russia would not be producing oil and gas in the Arctic. China would not be sending container ships through the Arctic.”
www.politico.eu/article/chin...
www.politico.eu/article/chin...
The tide is (ever-so-slowly) turning
What is happening in Gaza has shaken the conscience of the world.
Man-made famine can never be a weapon of war. This must stop.
EU aid to Gaza far outweighs that of any other partner.
But of course, Europe needs to do more.
Here are measures for a way forward ↓
Man-made famine can never be a weapon of war. This must stop.
EU aid to Gaza far outweighs that of any other partner.
But of course, Europe needs to do more.
Here are measures for a way forward ↓
September 10, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The tide is (ever-so-slowly) turning
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#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
The spectre of statelessness - cup.org/42wNYDJ
"stateless people have broad prima facie moral permissions to resist the state system’s constitutive norms, practices, and institutions..."
- @lrafanell.bsky.social
The spectre of statelessness - cup.org/42wNYDJ
"stateless people have broad prima facie moral permissions to resist the state system’s constitutive norms, practices, and institutions..."
- @lrafanell.bsky.social
September 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
#OpenAccess from our latest issue -
The spectre of statelessness - cup.org/42wNYDJ
"stateless people have broad prima facie moral permissions to resist the state system’s constitutive norms, practices, and institutions..."
- @lrafanell.bsky.social
The spectre of statelessness - cup.org/42wNYDJ
"stateless people have broad prima facie moral permissions to resist the state system’s constitutive norms, practices, and institutions..."
- @lrafanell.bsky.social
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“White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus – in Our Cells, in Our Food and in Our World”
by Jack Lohmann.
by Jack Lohmann.
‘Fertiliser companies often mine the phosphate, pile up the phosphogypsum, then declare bankruptcy and leave the taxpayer to pay for the clean-up.’
@jjvincent.bsky.social on the environmental impacts of phosphate production: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
@jjvincent.bsky.social on the environmental impacts of phosphate production: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
James Vincent · Where the Power Is: Planet Phosphorus
The rarity of phosphorus makes it the single most limiting factor for the growth of biomass on Earth. It is, as Isaac...
www.lrb.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
“White Light: The Elemental Role of Phosphorus – in Our Cells, in Our Food and in Our World”
by Jack Lohmann.
by Jack Lohmann.
Fantastic and much needed article. Sad we are realizing that this matters only in times of conflict/war.
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
From Kyiv to the Suwałki Gap, bogs return as Europe’s defensive shield
Restoring the EU’s drained bogs would stop both Russian tanks and planet-warming pollution.
www.politico.eu
August 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Fantastic and much needed article. Sad we are realizing that this matters only in times of conflict/war.
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
www.politico.eu/article/russ...
Tako! #stopgenocide
“Dođite. Nije vrijeme za neutralnost.” – poručuje predsjednik HND-a Hrvoje Zovko uz poziv na prosvjed ispred Novinarski dom 28. kolovoza u 16 sati. ✊
#ZaustaviteUbijanjeNovinara #ZaustaviteGenocid #Solidarnost
#ZaustaviteUbijanjeNovinara #ZaustaviteGenocid #Solidarnost
August 21, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Tako! #stopgenocide
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Bettina Brandt & Daniel L. Purdy eds.
"Colonialism and Enlightenment: The Legacy of German Race Theories"
- Oxford University Press, November 2025
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
"Colonialism and Enlightenment: The Legacy of German Race Theories"
- Oxford University Press, November 2025
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
August 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Bettina Brandt & Daniel L. Purdy eds.
"Colonialism and Enlightenment: The Legacy of German Race Theories"
- Oxford University Press, November 2025
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
"Colonialism and Enlightenment: The Legacy of German Race Theories"
- Oxford University Press, November 2025
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Episode 195 is live and to wrap up Season 13 we're taking a deep dive into Hannah Arendt's concept of the "banality of evil."
(Cover art from Jonathan Glazer's 2023 film "The Zone of Interest")
hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/aren...
(Cover art from Jonathan Glazer's 2023 film "The Zone of Interest")
hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/aren...
Episode 195: Arendt’s “Banality of Evil” - Hotel Bar Podcast
"Evil arises from a failure to think." -Hannah Arendt
hotelbarpodcast.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Episode 195 is live and to wrap up Season 13 we're taking a deep dive into Hannah Arendt's concept of the "banality of evil."
(Cover art from Jonathan Glazer's 2023 film "The Zone of Interest")
hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/aren...
(Cover art from Jonathan Glazer's 2023 film "The Zone of Interest")
hotelbarpodcast.com/podcast/aren...
Aro Velmet's perspective on Estonian media and the genocide in Palestine in #Sirp. I am mentioned too re the poor Delfi article trying to smear me.
We need more of this.
www.sirp.ee/meedia-ei-tu...
We need more of this.
www.sirp.ee/meedia-ei-tu...
Meedia ei tunne Gaza-nälga - Sirp
On keeruline leida teemat, mille kajastamisel oleks Eesti meedia nii põhjalikult läbi kukkunud, nagu see on Iisraeli sõjakäiguga Gazas. Kõigepealt meenutuseks mõned tõsiasjad. Rahvusvahelise õiguse se...
www.sirp.ee
August 1, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Aro Velmet's perspective on Estonian media and the genocide in Palestine in #Sirp. I am mentioned too re the poor Delfi article trying to smear me.
We need more of this.
www.sirp.ee/meedia-ei-tu...
We need more of this.
www.sirp.ee/meedia-ei-tu...
This is important! The University Represseion League Table assesses UK universities based on repression of free expression.
Proud of @aberuni.bsky.social - but more to be done!
si4j.org/universityre...
Proud of @aberuni.bsky.social - but more to be done!
si4j.org/universityre...
SI4J League Table - Site & PDF
UK University Repression League Table 2025
si4j.org
July 30, 2025 at 8:20 AM
This is important! The University Represseion League Table assesses UK universities based on repression of free expression.
Proud of @aberuni.bsky.social - but more to be done!
si4j.org/universityre...
Proud of @aberuni.bsky.social - but more to be done!
si4j.org/universityre...
I was targeted by media in Estonia, #Delfi, for speaking out about Palestine.
Linkedin post, including TL;DR: shorturl.at/sskZd
My long response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Linkedin post, including TL;DR: shorturl.at/sskZd
My long response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
💥How I Was Targeted for Speaking About Gaza in Estonia | Toni Čerkez
💥How I Was Targeted for Speaking About Gaza in Estonia
Dear friends and colleagues,
I link below my letter detailing how speaking out about Palestine got me dragged through the mud by the Estonian ...
www.linkedin.com
July 29, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I was targeted by media in Estonia, #Delfi, for speaking out about Palestine.
Linkedin post, including TL;DR: shorturl.at/sskZd
My long response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Linkedin post, including TL;DR: shorturl.at/sskZd
My long response: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Essays are truly dead
July 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Essays are truly dead
Bunz called it ‘we do not want to be governed like that’
"Decomputing is the development of a counter-power to the technopolitical apparatus of AI and its totalising transformations...And this is my final point about decomputing, that it's not a vision for any return to a pre-AI status quo but a deliberate claim on a better world for all." 👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻
I posted the text of my talk on 'Decomputing as Resistance' danmcquillan.org/decomputing_...
It's a work-in-progress: comments welcome!
It's a work-in-progress: comments welcome!
July 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Bunz called it ‘we do not want to be governed like that’
Ovo što se događa u Hrvatskoj je strašno. Hrvatska postaje zemlja taoc braniteljima.
www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrva...
www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrva...
‘Zovu branitelji, pitaju znamo li za koga je pjevao Bajaga. Za to nema dokaza, ali ipak smo mu otkazali nastup‘
‘Kao grad koji njeguje kulturu i dijalog ne želimo da bilo koji glazbeni događaj postane povod za podjele ili sukobe‘
www.jutarnji.hr
July 16, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ovo što se događa u Hrvatskoj je strašno. Hrvatska postaje zemlja taoc braniteljima.
www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrva...
www.jutarnji.hr/vijesti/hrva...
Ecce homo!!! Beautiful
It's my 76th birthday today. I transitioned in my late 20s - should have been earlier but fear and politics - and I will never back down. I've had a good and productive life of politics and writing and I hope to get more done yet. Remember GCs lie. A photo from 79 and one from 23...
July 9, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Ecce homo!!! Beautiful
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They’re now explicitly opening the door to government subsidized political church operations. It’s part of their theocratic coalition strategy.
I.R.S. Says Churches Can Endorse Candidates From the Pulpit
www.nytimes.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
They’re now explicitly opening the door to government subsidized political church operations. It’s part of their theocratic coalition strategy.
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Well played, mamdanitimes.com, well played.
July 8, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Well played, mamdanitimes.com, well played.