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Jenny Mathers

@jgmaber.bsky.social

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Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. Researching and teaching on Russian politics and security, and gender and conflict. Expect cat photos.

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · Nov 13

Introducing myself to new followers: I research and teach at Aberystwyth University on the west coast of Wales, focussing on Russian politics and security and on women and war. This article reflects my interests in gender and Russia's war in Ukraine 1/4
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Ukraine Recruits Women Soldiers. Why Doesn’t Russia?

The changing lives of women on and off the battlefield reveal the very different futures for which the warring countries are fighting

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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 6h

🧵 This semester @catrineds.bsky.social is offering a brand new module as part of the Department's MA offering: Race, (Im)mobility, and Incarceration, which provides students with an introduction to critical approaches to race, carcerality, policing, bordering, and migration. 1/3

Cover of book titled The Combahee River Collective Statement: Black Feminist Organizing in the Seventies and Eighties

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50501: The People’s Movement ❌👑 @50501movement.bsky.social · 16h

The Portland Frog army has now infiltrated Tulsa, OK and they’ve made an unlikely alliance with the T-Rex infantry and Sharks on Hoverboards mercenary forces.

This is truly terrifying.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 14h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 13h

⚡️Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says.

Military aid to Ukraine has fallen dramatically in recent months, a report by the Kiel Institute published on Oct. 14 has found.

Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

kyivindependent.com

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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 1d

We should be asking this
c o n s t a n t l y.

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 23h

Aberystwyth as global community glue. Sounds about right. 🌎

James Vaughan @equusonthebuses.bsky.social · 1d

Classic Aberystwyth moment in the Ship and Castle after work this evening. talking to some fella at the bar, he's from mid-Wales but we'd not met before. Anyway, a couple of American tourists rock up and he recognises a general West Coast accent. Turns out they're from Seattle. We all get chatting.

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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 1d

We had a fantastic Open Day on Saturday! Our student ambassadors were amazing as usual...(short 🧵) 1/4

Photo of a group of smiling students wearing bright yellow t shirts behind welcome desks for International Politics and History and Welsh History

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Photo of two smiling students wearing yellow t shirts in front of a display (in Welsh) about studying International Politics at Aberystwyth University through the medium of Welsh

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Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 1d

🌎 Happening today! In November, Brazil will host the next climate negotiations - COP30 - in the Amazon city of Belém. The CAMAMAZON project (co-led by @hannahhughes.bsky.social) welcomes our students to a session to share our research and answer their questions on COP30 politics. #COP30

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Parliamentary staff of colour earn £2,000 less than white colleagues, study suggests

Exclusive: Report by GMB union also finds pay disparity for women and disabled, trans, non-binary and gay staffers A race and gender pay gap among parliamentary staff means people of colour earn on average £2,000 less each year than their white counterparts, research seen by the Guardian suggests. A study due to be released this week will say that parliamentary employees who have a range of protected characteristics under equality legislation are more likely to suffer disparities in pay. Continue reading...

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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 2d

Estonia has closed the Saatse border crossing with Russia due to an unusually large Russian military presence on the other side. The Estonian Police and Border Guard (PPA) noted increased patrols and military movements that were much higher than normal, which were deemed beyond routine activities.

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auonsson @auonsson.bsky.social · 2d

Estonia has closed off a road/border passing through Russia after larger than usual groups of troops have been spotted.

Comment: I am hard pressed to find any insignia on those filmed and SE news claims "little green men".

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

The work of Diana Catchpole, contemporary UK based illustrator and printmaker
#ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring a hare against a pink background with sun and stars

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 2d

Important story highlighting an example of the damage that Russia is doing to Africans - I also wrote about this recently for @uk.theconversation.com
theconversation.com/russia-is-tu...

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vintage.stuff @vintagestuff.bsky.social · 2d

Black cats threatening each other on a fence at night
William Henry Walker
1895

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 2d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

Cloud over past generations, 1991
by Bronwyn Bancroft, Indigenous Australian printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Screenprint in colours of blues, purples and yellow with significant motifs and forms as well as representations of people in a line

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 3d

Bruce chooses a majestic background for his #Caturday evening snooze. #CatsOfBlue

Photo of a ginger and white cat sleeping on a gold and red William Morris print duvet cover

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 3d

You tell them, Parkin. All the furniture in the house belongs to the cats. Just look at how much space on a bed Bruce can take up when he really tries.

Photo of a ginger and white cat, stretching luxuriously on a William Morris duvet

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BISA Gendering IR Working Group @girwgbisa.bsky.social · 4d

The @mybisa.bsky.social Gendering IR Working Group is now on Bluesky (and LinkedIn)! 🥳 Follow us here for updates and upcoming events.

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 4d

It will be my first Open Day doing Master of Ceremonies duties in my new role as the Department's Director of Admissions!

Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University @interpolaber.bsky.social · 4d

We are looking forward to welcoming visitors to @aberuni.bsky.social during tomorrow's Open Day! The Department has a programme of talks about studying politics and international relations in Aberystwyth, along with plenty of opportunities to chat with staff and our lovely student ambassadors.

Photograph of a university building made of brick, steel and glass, on a sunny day

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A student wearing a yellow Aberystwyth University t-shirt chats to visitors at an Open Day in front of display stands

Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks to Oleg Sukhov for quoting me (alongside other experts including @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social) in this @kyivindependent.com article assessing the prospects for peace talks between #Russia and #Ukraine
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Russia-Ukraine peace talks are dead, for now. But were they ever alive?

As U.S. President Donald Trump dreams of receiving the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, his track record as a peacemaker in the world's largest ongoing war remains questionable. Despite high-profile meetings ...

kyivindependent.com

Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 4d

Reinforces the trend we have been seeing in the US throughout Trump 2.0: national level institutions are struggling to meet the challenges that this administration poses to the law and the constitution, but local level officials, institutions and communities are standing up.

Bulldog @harpua.bsky.social · 4d

Portland City Council member Angelita Morillo humorously criticizes Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, leading to laughter from CNN's Boris Sanchez.

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 5d

Bruce provides cat therapy #CatsOfBluesky

Photo of a ginger and white cat curled on the lap of someone wearing a boot on one foot that is designed to give support to an injury

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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 5d

This is pretty major and illustrates the degree to which the balance of power in the South Caucasus has shifted. Aliev has been demanding this since the incident occurred. Curious now to see whether Putin will indemnify the families and airlines.

Putin says Russian air defenses responsible for Azerbaijani jet's crash last year, killing 38

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia’s air defenses were responsible for shooting down an Azerbaijani airliner in December that killed 38 people in the first admission of responsibility for th...

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Jenny Mathers @jgmaber.bsky.social · 5d

This ⬇️

Deborah Marsh @djmarsh24.bsky.social · 5d

I remain puzzled as to why some continue to trot out that academia is not the "real world". I have endless responsibilities, deadlines, expectations, and work long hours. This is my "real world" & I hope that my efforts over a long career contribute to improving the "real world" of others. 🧪

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