Petra Vacková
@petravackova.bsky.social
Researcher | early childhood | care-full creativities | visual arts | educational justice-to-come | re/posting East European women's views and experiences | ally 🏳️🌈 | she/her | 🇨🇿 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇩🇰
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TONIGHT in London - with @supriyadhaliwal.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social & Elfie Shiosaki.
Queen Mary University of London.
#poetry #events @dcahf-met.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-river-w...
Queen Mary University of London.
#poetry #events @dcahf-met.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-river-w...
my river will carve a starward path
Join us for an evening of poetry & performance on water with Elfie Shiosaki, Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal, & J. R. Carpenter
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
TONIGHT in London - with @supriyadhaliwal.bsky.social @jrcarpenter.bsky.social & Elfie Shiosaki.
Queen Mary University of London.
#poetry #events @dcahf-met.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-river-w...
Queen Mary University of London.
#poetry #events @dcahf-met.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/my-river-w...
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Each of six fundamental pillars—from territorial integrity to NATO's open door—gets demolished:
71 total violations across 13 binding treaties, 23 political commitments, and 35 legal principles. Each element requires US to break existing commitments:
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
71 total violations across 13 binding treaties, 23 political commitments, and 35 legal principles. Each element requires US to break existing commitments:
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
November 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Each of six fundamental pillars—from territorial integrity to NATO's open door—gets demolished:
71 total violations across 13 binding treaties, 23 political commitments, and 35 legal principles. Each element requires US to break existing commitments:
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
71 total violations across 13 binding treaties, 23 political commitments, and 35 legal principles. Each element requires US to break existing commitments:
euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/24/t...
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I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
Howard University AI Panel
YouTube video by Tiera Tanksley
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I need everyone, esp anyone working in education or tech (but really everyone) to WATCH THIS CLIP of @drtanksley.bsky.social discussing the technologies infiltrating our schools & psyches and how she is addressing it with our young people. youtu.be/5mtcSL4S3HQ
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A report by the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab identified 210 sites, including summer camps and health resorts, cadet schools, medical facilities and a military base where Ukrainian children have been held since Russia’s full-scale invasion www.ft.com/content/f6de...
Moscow holds Ukrainian children at hundreds of sites across Russia
Yale University reports thousands are being indoctrinated and forced to undertake military training
www.ft.com
September 16, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A report by the Yale School of Public Health’s Humanitarian Research Lab identified 210 sites, including summer camps and health resorts, cadet schools, medical facilities and a military base where Ukrainian children have been held since Russia’s full-scale invasion www.ft.com/content/f6de...
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I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I love him. “The first time I caught up to [ICE], I could tell that they already knew who I was. They had seen me before, so they thought they were just going to speed away. I was like, ‘Ha ha, bitches, I got a new scooter!’”
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As an author whose work was part of the training data, all I have to say is--sucks for them.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 AM
As an author whose work was part of the training data, all I have to say is--sucks for them.
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Where’s Waldobert? - 12th century, Bibliothèques d'Amiens Métropole, Ms. 108, f. 254r
November 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Where’s Waldobert? - 12th century, Bibliothèques d'Amiens Métropole, Ms. 108, f. 254r
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e for the weekend, an ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 15th century, Augsburg Universitätsbibliothek - Cod.I.2.2.24, f. 52r
November 9, 2025 at 4:58 AM
e for the weekend, an ‘elephant done by a medieval artist that had never seen one’ - 15th century, Augsburg Universitätsbibliothek - Cod.I.2.2.24, f. 52r
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📢 Free training session! Preparing Your Doctoral Research Proposal.
Open to postgraduates not currently studying at Oxford University – wherever you plan to apply.
Join online or in person at Rewley House, Oxford.
Wed 10 Dec 2025, 11am–2pm GMT (UK time).
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/qHSucUn
Open to postgraduates not currently studying at Oxford University – wherever you plan to apply.
Join online or in person at Rewley House, Oxford.
Wed 10 Dec 2025, 11am–2pm GMT (UK time).
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/qHSucUn
November 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
📢 Free training session! Preparing Your Doctoral Research Proposal.
Open to postgraduates not currently studying at Oxford University – wherever you plan to apply.
Join online or in person at Rewley House, Oxford.
Wed 10 Dec 2025, 11am–2pm GMT (UK time).
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/qHSucUn
Open to postgraduates not currently studying at Oxford University – wherever you plan to apply.
Join online or in person at Rewley House, Oxford.
Wed 10 Dec 2025, 11am–2pm GMT (UK time).
👉 Find out more: buff.ly/qHSucUn
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It’s 17th November, the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that overthrew an oppressive state socialist regime and enabled the end of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. I share a personal text on what that revolution meant for Czechoslovak feminist thinkers
kcgs.net.ua/gurnal/26/06...
kcgs.net.ua/gurnal/26/06...
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It’s 17th November, the anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that overthrew an oppressive state socialist regime and enabled the end of the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. I share a personal text on what that revolution meant for Czechoslovak feminist thinkers
kcgs.net.ua/gurnal/26/06...
kcgs.net.ua/gurnal/26/06...
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I'm taking🌲etsy orders for just a few more days:
🌿Real flowers cast in silver+ tiny hand-sculpted silver wren necklaces
💐Victorian ink bottle kits to improve mental health
🗓️A very few calendars*
🪸Ltd ed'n art prints of my photos*
*Looking at them's likely to ⬇️⬇️ anxiety:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿Real flowers cast in silver+ tiny hand-sculpted silver wren necklaces
💐Victorian ink bottle kits to improve mental health
🗓️A very few calendars*
🪸Ltd ed'n art prints of my photos*
*Looking at them's likely to ⬇️⬇️ anxiety:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I'm taking🌲etsy orders for just a few more days:
🌿Real flowers cast in silver+ tiny hand-sculpted silver wren necklaces
💐Victorian ink bottle kits to improve mental health
🗓️A very few calendars*
🪸Ltd ed'n art prints of my photos*
*Looking at them's likely to ⬇️⬇️ anxiety:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
🌿Real flowers cast in silver+ tiny hand-sculpted silver wren necklaces
💐Victorian ink bottle kits to improve mental health
🗓️A very few calendars*
🪸Ltd ed'n art prints of my photos*
*Looking at them's likely to ⬇️⬇️ anxiety:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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Two days of protest in Charlotte, NC.
This clip from yesterday as Border Patrol invades the city.
Protests expected again today.
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This clip from yesterday as Border Patrol invades the city.
Protests expected again today.
/
November 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Two days of protest in Charlotte, NC.
This clip from yesterday as Border Patrol invades the city.
Protests expected again today.
/
This clip from yesterday as Border Patrol invades the city.
Protests expected again today.
/
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EVENT 🧡 !! You are invited!
Book Talk with Cheryl Robson, publisher & editor of the book
'Reframing Women Printmakers'.
Saturday 15th November 3-4pm Bankside Gallery, London.
www.banksidegallery.com/events/234/
Book Talk with Cheryl Robson, publisher & editor of the book
'Reframing Women Printmakers'.
Saturday 15th November 3-4pm Bankside Gallery, London.
www.banksidegallery.com/events/234/
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 AM
EVENT 🧡 !! You are invited!
Book Talk with Cheryl Robson, publisher & editor of the book
'Reframing Women Printmakers'.
Saturday 15th November 3-4pm Bankside Gallery, London.
www.banksidegallery.com/events/234/
Book Talk with Cheryl Robson, publisher & editor of the book
'Reframing Women Printmakers'.
Saturday 15th November 3-4pm Bankside Gallery, London.
www.banksidegallery.com/events/234/
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There are still a few of my '26 calendars left in this final printrun.I create each of my 📷s using recent research into the beneficial effects on the brain of looking at plants & items arranged neatly.
Each calendar's 12 high quality frameable prints-make smashing gifts:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Each calendar's 12 high quality frameable prints-make smashing gifts:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
November 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
There are still a few of my '26 calendars left in this final printrun.I create each of my 📷s using recent research into the beneficial effects on the brain of looking at plants & items arranged neatly.
Each calendar's 12 high quality frameable prints-make smashing gifts:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
Each calendar's 12 high quality frameable prints-make smashing gifts:
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/silv...
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Mamdani announces transition team:
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Mamdani announces transition team:
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
All-female team led by Elana Leopold, a known Dem strategist; also Melanie Hartzog, who once led the NYC’s health and human services and budget offices; former dep mayor Maria Torres-Springer, and Lina Khan, the former FTC commissioner who campaigned with Mamdani
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Lina Khan, the former head of the FTC, will now co-chair Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
Her understanding of corporate power and how to combat it, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
Her understanding of corporate power and how to combat it, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
The Illusion of Choice: How Big Business Controls Your Life (ft. Lina Khan)
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Lina Khan, the former head of the FTC, will now co-chair Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral transition team.
Her understanding of corporate power and how to combat it, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
Her understanding of corporate power and how to combat it, which she examines in the video below, make her a perfect fit. Watch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twdgxIJZDns
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Seriál Neprávem zapomenuté ženy: Spisovatelka Elena Lacková promovala v roce 1970 jako první Romka na Univerzitě Karlově. Její příběh, nahraný a přeložený Milenou Hübschmannovou, jí přinesl řadu ocenění a trvalé místo v historii. Skrze něj představila romský holokaust nebo úsilí o uznání romštiny.
Jako první Romka v Československu získala vysokoškolský diplom. Svým psaním vysvětlovala, jaké to je být „kalemardem“
Seriál Neprávem zapomenuté ženy: Napsala řadu knížek i her, ale mezinárodní věhlas jí přinesly až autobiografické vzpomínky Narodila jsem se pod šťastnou hvězdou, které v češtině vyšly poprvé v roce 1...
denikn.cz
October 31, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Seriál Neprávem zapomenuté ženy: Spisovatelka Elena Lacková promovala v roce 1970 jako první Romka na Univerzitě Karlově. Její příběh, nahraný a přeložený Milenou Hübschmannovou, jí přinesl řadu ocenění a trvalé místo v historii. Skrze něj představila romský holokaust nebo úsilí o uznání romštiny.
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The museum has agreed to return two works from 1857 by the Black potter David Drake, who made his ambitious jars while enslaved, to his present-day descendants.
In historic move, MFA Boston returns works by 19th-century enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs | CNN
The museum has agreed to return two works from 1857 by the Black potter David Drake, who made his ambitious jars while enslaved, to his present-day descendants.
www.cnn.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The museum has agreed to return two works from 1857 by the Black potter David Drake, who made his ambitious jars while enslaved, to his present-day descendants.
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Fascinating - Unesco has launched a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects, presented in a futuristic, dreamlike virtual exhibition. Worth exploring (although they don't tell much about how/where things were stolen, and its a very curious juxtaposition of items): museum.unesco.org
UNESCO launches the World’s First Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural
Three years after its announcement at MONDIACULT 2022, UNESCO is launching an innovative initiative: the Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. This global platform harnesses cutting-edge digital
www.unesco.org
October 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Fascinating - Unesco has launched a Virtual Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects, presented in a futuristic, dreamlike virtual exhibition. Worth exploring (although they don't tell much about how/where things were stolen, and its a very curious juxtaposition of items): museum.unesco.org
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The Great Atomic Bomb Reflector by the ORTA Collective, reflecting on the abuse of Qazaqstan as a nuclear testing site under Soviet colonialism. Between 1949-89, over 600 atomic bombs were detonated, 1 every 3 weeks, exposing 3 generations of Qazaqs to toxic radiation every single time
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The Great Atomic Bomb Reflector by the ORTA Collective, reflecting on the abuse of Qazaqstan as a nuclear testing site under Soviet colonialism. Between 1949-89, over 600 atomic bombs were detonated, 1 every 3 weeks, exposing 3 generations of Qazaqs to toxic radiation every single time
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Long overdue story on Leqaa Kordia. Read it, read her words from prison, and donate to her legal fees (both in our thread).
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
October 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Long overdue story on Leqaa Kordia. Read it, read her words from prison, and donate to her legal fees (both in our thread).
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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🤯 I can’t remember seeing this amount of activity on the movement maps that estimates the paths of russian drones and missiles during their attacks!
It’s just absolutely sickening!!
#RussiaisATerroistState #UkrainianView
It’s just absolutely sickening!!
#RussiaisATerroistState #UkrainianView
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 AM
🤯 I can’t remember seeing this amount of activity on the movement maps that estimates the paths of russian drones and missiles during their attacks!
It’s just absolutely sickening!!
#RussiaisATerroistState #UkrainianView
It’s just absolutely sickening!!
#RussiaisATerroistState #UkrainianView
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When asking the family in Kyiv how they are doing: "well, house is undamaged. Just hands are shaking".
Also, "we managed to teach our cat to say "fucking russians"".
#UkrainianView
Also, "we managed to teach our cat to say "fucking russians"".
#UkrainianView
October 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
When asking the family in Kyiv how they are doing: "well, house is undamaged. Just hands are shaking".
Also, "we managed to teach our cat to say "fucking russians"".
#UkrainianView
Also, "we managed to teach our cat to say "fucking russians"".
#UkrainianView
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I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings? · Indivisible
No Kings will be massive, powerful, and meaningful - but it won’t be the end of our work. Join movement leaders and fellow local activists after the big day to come together, celebrate what we accompl...
www.mobilize.us
October 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “Mass Call: What's Next After No Kings?” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...