Dr Tahrat N Shahid
@tahratnshahid.bsky.social
DPhil in Politics (on the politics of religion in Bangladesh) @ox.ac.uk & MPA/ID @harvardkennedy.bsky.social. International Development consultant and former Food Systems Challenge Leader & Gender Advisor for UKRI-Global Challenges Research Fund.
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We are witnessing the first livestreamed genocide in history.
Those who facilitate these crimes against humanity should face accountability — not those who have the humanity to oppose them.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Those who facilitate these crimes against humanity should face accountability — not those who have the humanity to oppose them.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
June 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
We are witnessing the first livestreamed genocide in history.
Those who facilitate these crimes against humanity should face accountability — not those who have the humanity to oppose them.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
Those who facilitate these crimes against humanity should face accountability — not those who have the humanity to oppose them.
End all arms sales to Israel, now.
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The legal duties on the UK to prevent genocide cannot wait for a court to tell the UK Government that a genocide has already happened. I've signed alongside more than 800 of my fellow legal academics, practicing lawyers and retired judges:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
May 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The legal duties on the UK to prevent genocide cannot wait for a court to tell the UK Government that a genocide has already happened. I've signed alongside more than 800 of my fellow legal academics, practicing lawyers and retired judges:
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
For UK citizens here, 3 petitions to sign -
Stop all arms exports to Israel & seek a ceasefire petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Impose economic sanctions on Israel petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Fulfil the UK’s humanitarian obligations to Gaza petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Stop all arms exports to Israel & seek a ceasefire petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Impose economic sanctions on Israel petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Fulfil the UK’s humanitarian obligations to Gaza petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Immediately stop all arms exports to Israel & seek ceasefire in Gaza
We ask you to:
•Immediately suspend all arms licences and exports to Israel.
•Do everything in your power to seek an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
Just 30 out of around 350 licenses to ...
petition.parliament.uk
May 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
For UK citizens here, 3 petitions to sign -
Stop all arms exports to Israel & seek a ceasefire petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Impose economic sanctions on Israel petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Fulfil the UK’s humanitarian obligations to Gaza petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Stop all arms exports to Israel & seek a ceasefire petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Impose economic sanctions on Israel petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Fulfil the UK’s humanitarian obligations to Gaza petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
So much for free speech, eh? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NYU withholds diploma of graduate who condemned Gaza war
NYU student Logan Rozos used his speech to accuse the US of supporting a
www.bbc.co.uk
May 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
So much for free speech, eh? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I tried browsing around Twitter for about two minutes after 4 months away, and it's now dumber and crazier than ever. My brain needs a shower after that. [shudder]
May 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I tried browsing around Twitter for about two minutes after 4 months away, and it's now dumber and crazier than ever. My brain needs a shower after that. [shudder]
OooOoo! Alchemy! 😊
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold
Physicists have made an unexpected breakthrough
www.independent.co.uk
May 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
OooOoo! Alchemy! 😊
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Journalists in the US and UK, when are you going to speak up about your 173 journalist and media worker colleagues dying in Gaza and stop pretending what's happening over there is still controversial? Shame on you watching your colleagues die for doing their damn job, which you are failing to do.
May 11, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Journalists in the US and UK, when are you going to speak up about your 173 journalist and media worker colleagues dying in Gaza and stop pretending what's happening over there is still controversial? Shame on you watching your colleagues die for doing their damn job, which you are failing to do.
One person, and only one person. youtube.com/shorts/48j0y...
Ford slaps 25% surcharge on U.S.-bound electricity
YouTube video by CBC News: The National
youtube.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:55 AM
One person, and only one person. youtube.com/shorts/48j0y...
I met an American lady from Michigan in a London pub tonight and she told me she loved Trump because he was "changing things up," and I was mostly just rather impressed that she even had a passport.
April 5, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I met an American lady from Michigan in a London pub tonight and she told me she loved Trump because he was "changing things up," and I was mostly just rather impressed that she even had a passport.
Ice agents detain Tufts graduate student over pro-Palestinian activism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Ice agents detain Tufts graduate student over pro-Palestinian activism
Video shows DHS officials wearing masks partially covering their faces while detaining Rumeysa Ozturk in the street
www.theguardian.com
March 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Ice agents detain Tufts graduate student over pro-Palestinian activism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
This...
Not to be a wide-eyed naïf about such things but... am I right in thinking that they levelled an entire building to get to one guy and *that* is not controversial to anyone in the American media or political class, only that this information was recklessly shared in an unsecured chat?
March 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
This...
Such a powerful photo!
March 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Such a powerful photo!
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A huge anti-Erdoğan protest tonight in Istanbul, defying a four day national ban on protests, to denounce the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
"Break down those barricades without harming the police. Take to the streets and squares", Ozgur Ozel, an opposition leader, told protesters.
"Break down those barricades without harming the police. Take to the streets and squares", Ozgur Ozel, an opposition leader, told protesters.
March 21, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A huge anti-Erdoğan protest tonight in Istanbul, defying a four day national ban on protests, to denounce the arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu.
"Break down those barricades without harming the police. Take to the streets and squares", Ozgur Ozel, an opposition leader, told protesters.
"Break down those barricades without harming the police. Take to the streets and squares", Ozgur Ozel, an opposition leader, told protesters.
This discusses Dhaka as the noisiest city in the world, and how that noise has a severe impact on health - super interesting to think about, and raised a few questions in my mind on measurement and such - also, here's a related 20 minute podcast that I'll link below. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Noise: The invisible killer in all our lives
The BBC's James Gallagher investigates the invisible killer all around us.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This discusses Dhaka as the noisiest city in the world, and how that noise has a severe impact on health - super interesting to think about, and raised a few questions in my mind on measurement and such - also, here's a related 20 minute podcast that I'll link below. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
“They chose books by the cover, taking books that had a Palestinian flag, or just the word Palestine in the title.” Listening to the interview of co-owner on BBC Newshour now, it continues to blow my mind how far Israel security forces will go - and get away with. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in East Jerusalem twice in a month
Books about Banksy and by Noam Chomsky and Ilan Pappé were removed, and one of the owners detained
www.theguardian.com
March 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“They chose books by the cover, taking books that had a Palestinian flag, or just the word Palestine in the title.” Listening to the interview of co-owner on BBC Newshour now, it continues to blow my mind how far Israel security forces will go - and get away with. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point.
/cc @shasti.bsky.social
/cc @shasti.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
More of this! We all know this won’t pass but this is a line in the sand and a great talking point.
/cc @shasti.bsky.social
/cc @shasti.bsky.social
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November 2024: Trump will save the economy
March 2025: We have returned to subsistence agriculture
March 2025: We have returned to subsistence agriculture
Trump’s Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the solution to high egg prices for Americans is to get some chickens and raise them in your backyard.
March 4, 2025 at 1:34 AM
November 2024: Trump will save the economy
March 2025: We have returned to subsistence agriculture
March 2025: We have returned to subsistence agriculture
What is the point of continuing this faux dignity, can at least even one European country call the US out on their own outrageous terms?! Call a fascist spade a fascist spade already. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Starmer: Coalition of willing to guarantee Ukraine peace
The UK prime minister says Europe would take the lead but would need US backing for a peace plan.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 3:27 AM
What is the point of continuing this faux dignity, can at least even one European country call the US out on their own outrageous terms?! Call a fascist spade a fascist spade already. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘I felt nothing but disgust’: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘I felt nothing but disgust’: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk
The tycoon’s links with Donald Trump and Germany’s far-right AfD have slammed the brakes on sales and put the car’s owners in a spin
www.theguardian.com
March 2, 2025 at 10:51 AM
‘I felt nothing but disgust’: Tesla owners vent their anger at Elon Musk www.theguardian.com/business/202...
A great piece on where cuts should really be (this clip starts from the most crucial part rather than the full video). youtu.be/utl2uLh1wVI?...
Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
youtu.be
February 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
A great piece on where cuts should really be (this clip starts from the most crucial part rather than the full video). youtu.be/utl2uLh1wVI?...
A reminder of why we should not stick our heads in the sand. Because "oh my god I'm so bored of talking about Trump" just isn't a luxury we can afford anymore.
youtube.com/shorts/_bSaz...
youtube.com/shorts/_bSaz...
Democracy Demands Courage — Illinois Answers the Call
YouTube video by NowThis Impact
youtube.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A reminder of why we should not stick our heads in the sand. Because "oh my god I'm so bored of talking about Trump" just isn't a luxury we can afford anymore.
youtube.com/shorts/_bSaz...
youtube.com/shorts/_bSaz...
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Still scrambling to understand how this operationalises/ impacts/ gets reported.
Standing in solidarity with all academic colleagues in the USA.
#research #science #PEOImpact
Standing in solidarity with all academic colleagues in the USA.
#research #science #PEOImpact
February 8, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Still scrambling to understand how this operationalises/ impacts/ gets reported.
Standing in solidarity with all academic colleagues in the USA.
#research #science #PEOImpact
Standing in solidarity with all academic colleagues in the USA.
#research #science #PEOImpact