Professor Adrian Blau
@adrianblau.bsky.social
Professor of Politics at King's College London. I work on politics, philosophy & history. My surname rhymes with "flaw". BlauBlog: http://adrianblau.wordpress.com (He/him)
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'a Cummings tale'
November 7, 2025 at 5:12 PM
'a Cummings tale'
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That word is DominicCummings
there should be a word in English for when somebody tells a story that they think valorizes them but they're the obvious villain
"No one likes me, I win."
November 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
That word is DominicCummings
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Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!
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Throughout October, Russia has been mercilessly bombing Ukrainian civilians and critical infrastructure.
Russian attacks on Ukraine do not stop
📷United24
Russian attacks on Ukraine do not stop
📷United24
November 3, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Throughout October, Russia has been mercilessly bombing Ukrainian civilians and critical infrastructure.
Russian attacks on Ukraine do not stop
📷United24
Russian attacks on Ukraine do not stop
📷United24
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NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now.
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
November 1, 2025 at 3:39 PM
NEW: Extraordinary scenes in the Serbian city of Novi Sad right now.
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
Hundreds of thousands of students have marched for days across Serbia.
A huge protest against Vučić’s government as they commemorate the anniversary of the Novi Sad rail station disaster, a year ago today.
(🎥 Lazar Stojakovic)
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Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
More than 50 child asylum seekers still missing after disappearing from Kent care
Council data obtained by the Guardian shows 345 children have gone missing in recent years, many probably taken by traffickers
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Jesus Christ. We go mad about one bloke we wrongly released, yet hear next to nothing about this horror? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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They're calling him the most French man in history
A French cyclist survived for three days after a horrendous 130-foot fall into a ravine, kept alive by the bottles of red wine he had in his shopping bag, police said.
Cyclist falls down 130-foot ravine in France, survives 3 days by drinking wine he had in shopping bag
A helicopter airlifted him to hospital, with a rescue doctor calling his survival "a miracle."
cbsn.ws
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
They're calling him the most French man in history
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"Nathaniel Redmond, director of the Yale school of public health, said on Tuesday that the “horror, scale and velocity of killing” in El Fasher had left pools of blood visible from satellites"
Pity the West simply does not have any tools to pressure UAE, which is the RSF's main funder and supplier
Pity the West simply does not have any tools to pressure UAE, which is the RSF's main funder and supplier
Sudan siege ends in bloodbath despite pleas for mercy
Evidence emerges of atrocities committed by the paramilitary RSF after it seized control of El Fasher
www.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 10:00 PM
"Nathaniel Redmond, director of the Yale school of public health, said on Tuesday that the “horror, scale and velocity of killing” in El Fasher had left pools of blood visible from satellites"
Pity the West simply does not have any tools to pressure UAE, which is the RSF's main funder and supplier
Pity the West simply does not have any tools to pressure UAE, which is the RSF's main funder and supplier
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Today is official publication day! Dictating Reality is now out cup.columbia.edu/book/dictati...
Dictating Reality | Columbia University Press
From the United States to China and from Brazil to India, an authoritarian approach to news is spreading across the world. Increasingly, the media is no long... | CUP
cup.columbia.edu
October 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Today is official publication day! Dictating Reality is now out cup.columbia.edu/book/dictati...
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Just for a day, I‘d like to be able to turn on the TV & not have to hear journalists talking about migration as if it‘s some terrifying monster about to consume our nation. People are frightened either because they are bigots, or because journalists & politicians won‘t stop pandering to bigots.
October 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Just for a day, I‘d like to be able to turn on the TV & not have to hear journalists talking about migration as if it‘s some terrifying monster about to consume our nation. People are frightened either because they are bigots, or because journalists & politicians won‘t stop pandering to bigots.
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Thrilled to share that my book The Interpreters is out!
It explores how Britain engaged with the politics of Southeastern Europe—national questions, federations, and minority rights—and how those debates echoed from the Balkans to Ireland.
🔗 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160133/
It explores how Britain engaged with the politics of Southeastern Europe—national questions, federations, and minority rights—and how those debates echoed from the Balkans to Ireland.
🔗 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160133/
October 27, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Thrilled to share that my book The Interpreters is out!
It explores how Britain engaged with the politics of Southeastern Europe—national questions, federations, and minority rights—and how those debates echoed from the Balkans to Ireland.
🔗 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160133/
It explores how Britain engaged with the politics of Southeastern Europe—national questions, federations, and minority rights—and how those debates echoed from the Balkans to Ireland.
🔗 manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526160133/
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A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
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Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
October 23, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Stephen Bush on the extraordinary draft legislation which Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp, Matt Vickers, Katie Lam and backbench colleagues have proposed in parliament
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
It is a proposal that would seek to deport around 5% of the resident population, including over a quarter of a million with ILR
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🇺🇦❤️🩹 Ukrainian pilots landed to thank a family that always greets them — handing treats to an 8-year-old boy waving the flag.
💬 “We fight for kids like him — for smiles, peace, and a sky without fear,” said pilot Kryzhyk.
📹: Instagram/k.r.y.z.h_
💬 “We fight for kids like him — for smiles, peace, and a sky without fear,” said pilot Kryzhyk.
📹: Instagram/k.r.y.z.h_
October 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🇺🇦❤️🩹 Ukrainian pilots landed to thank a family that always greets them — handing treats to an 8-year-old boy waving the flag.
💬 “We fight for kids like him — for smiles, peace, and a sky without fear,” said pilot Kryzhyk.
📹: Instagram/k.r.y.z.h_
💬 “We fight for kids like him — for smiles, peace, and a sky without fear,” said pilot Kryzhyk.
📹: Instagram/k.r.y.z.h_
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34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
October 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
adamisacson.com/boat-strikes/
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I’m not going to use the term #antifa any more. The right have co-opted the term to mean something scary and violent. I’m just going to say #antifascist
October 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I’m not going to use the term #antifa any more. The right have co-opted the term to mean something scary and violent. I’m just going to say #antifascist
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And a regular reminder: #democracy in #Europe stands as long as Ukrainian infantry stands.
October 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
And a regular reminder: #democracy in #Europe stands as long as Ukrainian infantry stands.
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The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
October 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
The ability to remove your post when a hostile account quote-tweets you is a great feature of Bluesky.
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
To do it, go to their quote-tweet of you, click on the three dots in the bottom right, then click “detach quote.”
It shows up as “removed by author.”
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This guy is Senior Political Correspondent at the Daily Express. Good god.
A mainstream “journalist” calling for a British MP to be deported. Is it because I’m Muslim? Next time, just say it with your chest.
October 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
This guy is Senior Political Correspondent at the Daily Express. Good god.
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“I really don’t want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke telling a very offensive stupid joke is cause to ruin their lives,” VP J. D. Vance 🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
“I really don’t want us to grow up in a country where a kid telling a stupid joke telling a very offensive stupid joke is cause to ruin their lives,” VP J. D. Vance 🔗 www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.
Do these look like kids to you? The Republican party is a hate organization.
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Here's a great opportunity for early-career researchers working across political theory & IR and with a particular interest in the methods and methodological challenges involved. @duncanbell.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social @adrianblau.bsky.social @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social
We are delighted to announce a Call for Papers for a special issue and accompanying workshop with the Journal of International Political Theory on Relating Theory and Method in Global Political Contexts. Submit abstracts by November 10th (link below) - share widely!
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October 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Here's a great opportunity for early-career researchers working across political theory & IR and with a particular interest in the methods and methodological challenges involved. @duncanbell.bsky.social @ecpr-nptmethods.bsky.social @adrianblau.bsky.social @ipsa-rc31.bsky.social
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Everyone is twelve now
October 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Everyone is twelve now