Ian Hall

@drianhall.bsky.social

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Professor of International Relations at Griffith University, India’s foreign policy, Indo-Pacific stuff, snakes when I find one. Usual caveats.

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10h

President Trump said India is going to stop buying Russian oil. Such a move is easier said than done.

Why India Will Struggle to Reduce Its Reliance on Russian Oil

India relies on Russia for roughly a third of its oil imports, up from just 2% before Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022.

on.wsj.com

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 16h

Or Rafales…

Alexander Lanoszka @lanoszka.bsky.social · 22h

Someone should write an op-ed titled 'Why Canada needs the Gripen to make its future nuclear deterrent against the United States credible'. It will get published somewhere.

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 20h

It is sexism all the way down.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

KAITLAN COLLINS: What would say to Epstein survivo---

TRUMP: You are so bad. You are the worst report. No wonder CNN has no ratings. She's a young woman. I don't think I've ever seen you smile. They should be ashamed of you.

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Alexander Lanoszka @lanoszka.bsky.social · 22h

Someone should write an op-ed titled 'Why Canada needs the Gripen to make its future nuclear deterrent against the United States credible'. It will get published somewhere.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22h

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Agathe Demarais @agathedemarais.com · 1d

Volume of Russian and Iranian oil loitering at sea is hitting records
• Indian and Chinese buyers/ports are increasingly fearful of falling foul of sanctions
• Tankers become 70% less productive (in tonne-miles) in six months after being placed under US sanctions
www.economist.com/finance-and-...

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 2d

50,000 fatalities a year - and perhaps more. Not as deadly as the awful roads (150,000+ per year) but still a lot of avoidable deaths. www.bbc.com/news/article...

India's snakebite crisis is killing tens of thousands every year

A new report has found that 99% of healthcare workers in India face challenges administering antivenom.

www.bbc.com

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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 2d

Nobody in Britain pays any attention to Australian politics, but One Nation overtaking the Coalition in the polls has distinct parallels with Reform leading the Conservatives. Parties on the radical right are coming for centre right parties across the world...

Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 3d

The biggest operation in a while, I think.

Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks Balochistan, chief minister says reut.rs/45C0xA0

Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks Balochistan, chief minister says

Pakistan's security forces killed 145 militants over 40 hours after coordinated attacks across Balochistan, the chief minister of the southwestern province said on Sunday, as the authorities battle one of the deadliest flare-ups in years.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 3d

Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks Balochistan, chief minister says reut.rs/45C0xA0

Pakistan forces kill 145 militants after attacks Balochistan, chief minister says

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d

As someone posted the other day, we need to be thinking about mandating or allocating time consuming off line hobbies to the over-50s.

Finite @finite187.bsky.social · 4d

I have long been of the opinion that its not kids we need to ban from social media, but the elderly.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist

Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia

www.theguardian.com

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 4d

Lol

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5d

It’s like living in China, but without the trust in science, progress on renewable energy, uptake in EVs, amazing high speed rail network, and great food.

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

www.nytimes.com

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Finite @finite187.bsky.social · 4d

I have long been of the opinion that its not kids we need to ban from social media, but the elderly.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist

Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia

www.theguardian.com

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 5d

It’s like living in China, but without the trust in science, progress on renewable energy, uptake in EVs, amazing high speed rail network, and great food.

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are

www.nytimes.com

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 6d

There is probably a good book to be written about how UK foreign policy lurches backwards and forwards between often risible moralism (remember the "ethical foreign policy"...) to near xenophobia without ever approaching a happy medium.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

The abandonment of Labour’s moral crusade ft.trib.al/7QiemFD | opinion

The abandonment of Labour’s moral crusade

The UK is taking a cynical but fruitless turn to the reactionary and insular on aid, immigration and trade

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 6d

The abandonment of Labour’s moral crusade ft.trib.al/7QiemFD | opinion

The abandonment of Labour’s moral crusade

The UK is taking a cynical but fruitless turn to the reactionary and insular on aid, immigration and trade

ft.trib.al

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Nick Kodama @nickkodama.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah...

For the sake of what will be, at best, a lavish welcome and a modest trade deal, Trump has softened the United States’ China policy across the board, including by rolling back essential export controls on sensitive semiconductors and scrapping plans to levy sanctions on China for large-scale cyber intrusions in the United States. And that’s all in addition to leaving U.S. allies in the lurch

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Faiz Siddiqui @faizsays.bsky.social · 6d

New: Tesla 4th quarter profit plunges 61% year-over-year; annual profit down 46%

the brand damage:
-1 million lost vehicle sales, per study
-Declining revenue, profits, deliveries in 1st half of '25
-Lower total production/deliveries than '24
-Lost crown as world's leading EV seller
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Tesla bet big on Elon Musk. His politics continue to haunt it.

Tesla struggles to regain its footing in the electric vehicle market, hindered by Elon Musk’s political activity, impacting its stock price and performance.

wapo.st

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 7d

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 7d

Just sent out this free piece. The response to the execution of Alex Pretti reveals how we have gotten into this mess. The anger is not directed at Trump, who caused this whole situation. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...

The Whitewashing Of Trump

It Is Never His Fault When It Always Is: A Case Study

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Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 7d

Xi Jinping will be pleased. A "new era" indeed. Yikes.

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 8d

A chopping board? That’s…ominous…

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 8d

Note too that if the EU gets this trade deal over the line, it will have done better than the first Trump admin, which failed to negotiate one, and the second one, which has so far failed to negotiate one.

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 9d

This ranting and raving does not make the US look strong, regardless of the rights and wrongs. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/f...

US secy Scott Bessent ballistic over EU's trade deal with India, says ‘financing war against themselves' via Russian oil

"Just to be clear again, the Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products,” Scott Bessent said| India News

www.hindustantimes.com

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 9d

This ranting and raving does not make the US look strong, regardless of the rights and wrongs. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/f...

US secy Scott Bessent ballistic over EU's trade deal with India, says ‘financing war against themselves' via Russian oil

"Just to be clear again, the Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products,” Scott Bessent said| India News

www.hindustantimes.com

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 9d

End of an era for some of us. RIP.

Sir Mark Tully obituary

BBC correspondent and author whose sensitive reporting from India made him a revered public figure in the subcontinent

www.theguardian.com

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Business Insider @businessinsider.com · 9d

Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'

Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel

Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'

www.businessinsider.com

Ian Hall @drianhall.bsky.social · 9d

Suggestion: let’s have a Cathy Freeman Day. 25 September or nearest Monday. It can replace the problematic one… and we need more public holidays in the second half of the year.