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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit
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social researcher ; managing editor at @philosopher1923 · he/him/they · Tiohtià:ke (Montreal)/London ✍🏾 carcerality, borders, forced displacement, coloniality share ≠ endorsement 🔗 linktr.ee/rpaulint
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 23d
After years of helping people navigate the #hostileenvironment, I'm raising money for my own battle against it. Donate/Share if you like!

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Help raise £2500 to my visa fees! – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to my visa fees!. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 1h
Yet, academia often feels like an exercise in abstracting liberation--in rationalising pain, theorising suffering,
producing explanations for the sake of explanation itself. I must resist to this. I must remind myself that this work is not about me, today, or the academy. (4/4) #notesfromthedge
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 1h
Theory can’t be a refuge. It must be struggle--alive, listening, moving with those it honours. Theory isn’t a luxury. It’s a necessity.A remedy for despair, a way of remembering freedom. (3/4)
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 1h
I started my PhD during a pandemic. I’ve lived through decades of austerity, experienced and then witnessed genocides, and watched fascism stroll back into mainstream politics. Among others things. In such a world, thinking feels like a privilege. Writing feels like survival.(2/4)
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 1h
Sometimes I think about the conditions in which one becomes an academic today. (1/4)
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 1d
Join our next screening at the Chestnut Community Centre in Haringey! Free for all!
‘No One Leaves Home Unless…’: Our Autumn Series on Migration
This summer, our first series of film screenings, focused on recent local history in Haringey and Tottenham in particular. We began with The Hard Stop (2015), which took an intimate look at the liv…
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 1d
Fiona and I will be at Sussex University to talk about & make zines! thanks to @idanewid.bsky.social for inviting us! 🪸 #beautyasamethod #zine #creativemethodologies #qualitativeresearch
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 19d
I've updated my academic website! ☻

ghostlylivesaproject.wordpress.com
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · 23d
After years of helping people navigate the #hostileenvironment, I'm raising money for my own battle against it. Donate/Share if you like!

www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding...
Help raise £2500 to my visa fees! – JustGiving Crowdfunding
Iʼm raising money to my visa fees!. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.
www.justgiving.com
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Aug 29
Yet the thesis concludes: empires ultimately fall as struggles for life-affirming world-making and freedom will always prevail🥁🐉. (4/4)
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Aug 29
I began this project in a global pandemic and finished it amid genocide. Its title speaks to the ghostly matters of empire and coloniality haunting the monstrous time we live in. (3/4)
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Aug 29
thanks to my family, comrades, friends and colleagues for supporting me in what was the most challenging and transforming experience of my life 😵 (2/4)
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Aug 29
🥳 Officially a Dr! Thanks to my supervisors, Prof Chetan Bhatt & Dr @sarasalem.bsky.social, to the generous engagement with my thesis by Prof @jean23bean.bsky.social and Dr @kojokoram.bsky.social 🙏🏾
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Rahul Rao @rahulraothariel.bsky.social · Jul 24
replugging this in the week of Fanon's 100th birthday, because the way he is misinterpreted keeps me up at night

www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/h...
Rahul Rao · Review article: How settler colonialism ends (2024)
www.radicalphilosophy.com
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Aug 6
The lack of representation of Black faculty staff and students in British HE is endemic. An important reading on a new report.
#AcademicSky #racism #UK #antiblackracism

www.theguardian.com/education/20...
‘The real issue is change’: Edinburgh University’s first Black philosophy professor on racism and reform
Prof Tommy J Curry reflects on leading the institute’s slavery review – and why it must lead to meaningful action
www.theguardian.com
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Aug 6
I've recently joined the @bsarace.bsky.social as co-convenors. If you're a sociologist working on #race and #ethnicity, follow us! More to come.
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BSA Race & Ethnicity @bsarace.bsky.social · Aug 6
hello Bleu🦋, we're BSA Race & Ethnicity Study Group! #AcademicSky #UK #BSA #Sociology
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Aug 6
✨ 🎨 Thrilled to share this poster I've made for this amazing event at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social, co-organised by my brillant friend/colleague @cindyxma.bsky.social! #RaceMedia
#AcademicSky
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Cindy Ma @cindyxma.bsky.social · Jul 30
🎨🎤 Excited to share the poster and confirmed keynotes for our Race & Media Conference @leedsunimedia.bsky.social next April! We are currently accepting proposals for papers, panels, and practice-based presentations. Find out more: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/raceandmedia...
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Jul 25
As 'asylum hotels' are being attacked across the UK, I wrote this piece on housing and migrant justice was published on LSE blog. #HostileEnvironment #UK #Asylum

blogs.lse.ac.uk/vcb/2025/07/...
Guest Blog: Why Housing Matters When it Comes to Migrant Justice - LSE Volunteer Centre
In this blog, you can read about the LSE Homelessness Initiative's panel event with the Hackney Migrant Centre, Hackney Night Shelter, and Refugee Action on the barriers migrants might face to access ...
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Jul 25
Raising £800 to help Lindi cover 1 month of school & boarding fees for her daughters 💛

This gives her space to heal, knowing her girls are safe 🦋🦋🦋

Please donate or share if you can 🙏
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#MutualAid #RefugeeSupport #HostileEnvironment #UK
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michael veale @michae.lv · Jul 22
I can't quite believe it, but, it appears that the person responsible for this at the University of Warwick has had a Vogue photoshoot about the rebrand, explaining his 'journey from the world of luxury [goods marketing] into higher education' vogue.sg/university-o...
Universities aren’t often spoken of as ‘brands,’ but Warwick leans into that idea. What does thinking of a university as a brand unlock—and what can it achieve when done well? Seeing a university as a brand unlocks coherence and confidence. A brand is about more than design, it’s about identity and consistency. When you align your values, your story and your impact, you become more than a place, you become a movement. At Warwick, brand isn’t just a communications tool, it’s a strategic asset. It helps us attract brilliant minds, forge global partnerships and create a distinctive space in a competitive world. When done well, a brand doesn’t limit, it liberates. What drew you to the world of higher education, and how do you see its role evolving in society today? My journey from the world of luxury into higher education has been one of purpose and transformation. After years of working with global brands, I was drawn to higher education as the next frontier of influence, a space where knowledge, identity, and opportunity intersect. Universities aren’t just places of learning, they are platforms for societal impact. Their role today is to be both anchor and catalyst: rooted in rigorous teaching and research, yet agile enough to respond to global challenges and cultural shifts. How has your background in the luxury sector shaped the way you approach storytelling and brand building at the University of Warwick? Working across premium and luxury sectors—fashion, real estate, travel and beyond—taught me the value of emotion, detail, and differentiation. In those worlds, a brand isn’t just a badge, it’s an experience, a feeling, a story that lives in people’s hearts. At the University of Warwick, I’ve brought that same mindset to higher education: crafting narratives that are both strategic and human.
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Jul 23
It took 24 months to the #DailyExpress to get a conscience. I'm proud of my borough for spontaneously organising a protest today to call for the end of the #genocide. We're asking #Haringey Council to divest from I$raH33l.
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Silas Lapham @silaslapham.bsky.social · Jul 9
I just read Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone will Have Always Been Against This.”

It’s a book detailing the failings of western liberalism and blind self-interests. It’s a book that needs to be read and digested, causing us to look at ourselves.

interminablerambling.medium.com/we-must-spea...
Cover of Omar El Akkad’s “ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS” showing a you girl reaching up as a bomb drops from the sky.
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Jul 10
The #Starmer and #Macron ‘one in, one out’ deal is bound to fail. Deterrence doesn’t work. The real issue isn’t the crossing — it’s the UK’s broken asylum system.
#immigration #ChannelCrossings #UKPolitics #borders #SafePassage #NoOneIsIllegal #HostileEnvironment #France
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · Jul 10
There’s so much wrong here, but in particular it’s noted in the article that the creator of this project met with a bunch of stakeholders who told him the idea was shit, and he did it anyway.
The UN Made AI-Generated Refugees
The AIs are designed to teach people about atrocities in Sudan.
www.404media.co
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a black xborg • theory without practice ain't shit @rpaulint.bsky.social · Jul 1
For all zinemakers and zinelovers, a call for contributions for this amazing book proposal !
shorturl.at/OtaYf
#zine #AcademicSky #creativemethods #pedagogies #feminism
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Netpol @netpol.org · Jun 21
This ban can't be applied retrospectively. You can't be targetted under the Terrorism Act for previously supporting or taking part in @palaction.bsky.social events.

If it comes into force, it'll criminalise support for Palestine Action - but there are protections for people calling for it's repeal
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