Melanie Richter-Montpetit
@mellimo.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof at Uni Sussex working on libidinal & political economies of (liberal) war and violence in the 'colonial present'; Feminist, queer & anticolonial thought & struggles.
London | Aqueerius, middle-aged | she/her
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London | Aqueerius, middle-aged | she/her
Personal account
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Israeli settlers uprooted about 850 olive and grape trees owned by Palestinians on Monday. These trees are Palestinian families’ livelihoods.
Israeli settlers are making the West Bank unlivable for Palestinians by depriving them of their income.
Israeli settlers are making the West Bank unlivable for Palestinians by depriving them of their income.
Israeli settlers uproot hundreds of trees belonging to Palestinian in West Bank
Settlers from the Susya settlement bulldoze and destroy large parts of agricultural land southeast of Massafer Yatta
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December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Israeli settlers uprooted about 850 olive and grape trees owned by Palestinians on Monday. These trees are Palestinian families’ livelihoods.
Israeli settlers are making the West Bank unlivable for Palestinians by depriving them of their income.
Israeli settlers are making the West Bank unlivable for Palestinians by depriving them of their income.
Tonight at the LSE
Why is Sudan—rich in land, livestock, and gold—facing mass hunger?
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
Join @nisrinelamin.bsky.social at LSE to unpack the extractive politics behind famine.
🗓️ 3 Dec | 6.30pm
📍Hong Kong Theatre & Online
#LSEEvents #Sudan
The politics of hunger in Sudan | Nisrin Elamin
6.30pm Weds 3 Dec | Nisrin Elamin | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
lse.ac.uk
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Tonight at the LSE
What the story of eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown tells us about Britain’s callous disregard for Caribbean people | Nadine White www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 AM
What the story of eight-year-old Lati-Yana Brown tells us about Britain’s callous disregard for Caribbean people | Nadine White www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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“For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires.
Add another grim possibility to that list: debilitating rare cancers.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Add another grim possibility to that list: debilitating rare cancers.”
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Amazon Data Center Linked to Cluster of Rare Cancers
A sprawling data center in eastern Oregon has been linked to a huge rise in rare cancers, muscle conditions, and miscarriages.
futurism.com
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
“For the hundreds of communities who’ve been saddled with data centers in recent years, the bulky fixtures are sources of unbearable noise, soaring energy prices, and plenty of electrical fires.
Add another grim possibility to that list: debilitating rare cancers.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Add another grim possibility to that list: debilitating rare cancers.”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Special forces chief tried to cover up concerns about SAS conduct in Afghanistan, inquiry told www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
December 1, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Special forces chief tried to cover up concerns about SAS conduct in Afghanistan, inquiry told www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Israel has ‘de facto state policy’ of organised torture, says UN report
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
November 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
New Yorkers BLOCK ICE from leaving their parking garage ahead of a flopped mass raid attempt on Canal Street
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📣 Calling all recently graduated or final year PhD students: applications for EISA's Postdoctoral Bridge Grants are now open!
💸 Up to 5 grants of €3,500 each
🗓️ Deadline: 19 March 2026
🔗 More information on eligibility and application details: buff.ly/9giEdNr
💸 Up to 5 grants of €3,500 each
🗓️ Deadline: 19 March 2026
🔗 More information on eligibility and application details: buff.ly/9giEdNr
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📣 Calling all recently graduated or final year PhD students: applications for EISA's Postdoctoral Bridge Grants are now open!
💸 Up to 5 grants of €3,500 each
🗓️ Deadline: 19 March 2026
🔗 More information on eligibility and application details: buff.ly/9giEdNr
💸 Up to 5 grants of €3,500 each
🗓️ Deadline: 19 March 2026
🔗 More information on eligibility and application details: buff.ly/9giEdNr
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ACT-UP London Mass Die-In, Vigil and reading of names.
World AIDS Day 1/12/25
8.00am sharp
Trafalgar Square
#actuplondon #actup #worldaidsday
World AIDS Day 1/12/25
8.00am sharp
Trafalgar Square
#actuplondon #actup #worldaidsday
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
ACT-UP London Mass Die-In, Vigil and reading of names.
World AIDS Day 1/12/25
8.00am sharp
Trafalgar Square
#actuplondon #actup #worldaidsday
World AIDS Day 1/12/25
8.00am sharp
Trafalgar Square
#actuplondon #actup #worldaidsday
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Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
November 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Huge news from the UK today: after UN climate talks in which there was a massive fight over language on fossil fuels, the UK government today announced that it will in fact be keeping many millions of barrels of oil & gas in the ground. Deeds rather than just words for a change! 🧵
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📣 Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars 2026 📣
We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️
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We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️
buff.ly/3TsqMig
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
📣 Colonial, Postcolonial and Decolonial Paper Prize for Early Career Scholars 2026 📣
We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️
buff.ly/3TsqMig
We are now accepting submissions for this annual prize, which is a collaboration between RIS and the BISA CPD working group! Find out more ⤵️
buff.ly/3TsqMig
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SGR’s campaigner Laura Shewan documents how UK universities are clamping down on student protests while deepening ties with the arms industry.
www.sgr.org.uk/resources/di...
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www.sgr.org.uk/resources/di...
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Disciplining dissent: UK universities, the arms industry, and protest
Laura Shewan, SGR, describes the increasingly close relationship between the military-industrial complex and the academic sector in Britain. She also highlights the increasing antagonism of university...
www.sgr.org.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:57 AM
SGR’s campaigner Laura Shewan documents how UK universities are clamping down on student protests while deepening ties with the arms industry.
www.sgr.org.uk/resources/di...
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www.sgr.org.uk/resources/di...
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At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
UN calls for probe into Israel’s strikes on Lebanon
At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
At least 13 civilians, including 11 children, were killed in the Israeli strike on Ein El-Hilweh camp.
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U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028
As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
theintercept.com/2025/11/25/t...
As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
theintercept.com/2025/11/25/t...
U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028
As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
theintercept.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
U.S. Military Documents Indicate Plans to Keep Troops in Caribbean Through 2028
As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
theintercept.com/2025/11/25/t...
As rumors of a U.S. war on Venezuela swirl, military documents show plans to feed a buildup of troops in the region for years.
theintercept.com/2025/11/25/t...
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University in the UK is already astonishingly narrow. My husband & I both did five year undergrads (Canada) as did most people we know. We do the same level of specialisation (if not more) but also so much breadth. Our schooling is much mire broad as well. The UK gov wants us all to be technicians.
"A system built on specialisation, efficiency", that right there is the death knell for the current university system in the UK, if (big if) government pushes it through. They actively don't want HE to grow, they will intervene, apparently, to help it shrink.
per this morning's education committee.
per this morning's education committee.
November 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
University in the UK is already astonishingly narrow. My husband & I both did five year undergrads (Canada) as did most people we know. We do the same level of specialisation (if not more) but also so much breadth. Our schooling is much mire broad as well. The UK gov wants us all to be technicians.
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Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.
November 25, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Y’know, believing there’s a kind of racism that isn’t hurtful or insulting is itself quite revealing.
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Nick Robinson and Michael Crick on BBC R4 Today blithely absolving Farage of racism just because Nigel learnt to stop hissing death camp gas sounds into his targets’ ears (and instead started doing his racism in political code) is giving me indigestion at 9am.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Nick Robinson and Michael Crick on BBC R4 Today blithely absolving Farage of racism just because Nigel learnt to stop hissing death camp gas sounds into his targets’ ears (and instead started doing his racism in political code) is giving me indigestion at 9am.
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1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Finds Trans Youth Care Lowers Suicidality, Few Detransition
The groundbreaking study found that suicidality dropped for transgender youth receiving hormone therapy by nearly 70%, with only 7 patients of 432 discontinuing treatment.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
1. A landmark study was just published in The Journal of Pediatrics.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
It found a 68% reduction in suicidality for trans youth getting HRT.
It also found only 7 of more than 400 stopped taking HRT... and of those that did, 4 still identified as gender-diverse.
Transgender care saves lives.
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“Our demand is clear and our resolve is firm: No war on Venezuela."
Read more from Jeremy Corbyn, Yanis Varoufakis, Manon Aubry and others in Maktoob Media.
Read more from Jeremy Corbyn, Yanis Varoufakis, Manon Aubry and others in Maktoob Media.
European lawmakers warn of “prelude to invasion” as U.S. military buildup around Venezuela grows
More than 60 political leaders from across Europe have issued an urgent warning against what they describe as a “prelude to invasion” of Venezuela, citing US invasion, Venezuela More than 60…
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November 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
“Our demand is clear and our resolve is firm: No war on Venezuela."
Read more from Jeremy Corbyn, Yanis Varoufakis, Manon Aubry and others in Maktoob Media.
Read more from Jeremy Corbyn, Yanis Varoufakis, Manon Aubry and others in Maktoob Media.
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University managers are already declaring that they can't have the optics of pushing this levy onto international fees (would be nice if they thought about the students themselves but 🤷) and that they will seek the money in operational costs.
ie: government is further cutting into what makes unis.
ie: government is further cutting into what makes unis.
These are HEPI estimates of the 20 institutions affected: I think this illustrates the impact if the tariff is absorbed in full by institutions.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
What share of the 6% tariff different universities may try to pass on to fees - or the impact might be on demand if they did - is not publicly known.
November 24, 2025 at 10:52 AM
University managers are already declaring that they can't have the optics of pushing this levy onto international fees (would be nice if they thought about the students themselves but 🤷) and that they will seek the money in operational costs.
ie: government is further cutting into what makes unis.
ie: government is further cutting into what makes unis.
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Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Elon Musk donated $277 million to Trump so he could steal the federal government’s data, dismantle the nation’s infrastructure, and stop foreign aid from going to nonwhite people. It’s a quid pro quo breathtaking in scope, corruption, and damage, & completely unprecedented in American history.
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Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
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“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege - The Economic Times
Meta reportedly halted internal research into the mental health impacts of Facebook and Instagram after finding causal evidence of harm. Internal documents revealed users reported lower depression and...
m.economictimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“Meta shut down internal research into the mental health effects of Facebook after finding causal evidence that its products harmed users’ mental health, according to unredacted filings in a lawsuit by U.S. school districts against Meta and other social media platforms.”
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.