philanthropy, education, social mobility, careers, social change | I read, write, listenhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mx3tdhnllc2dJust watched Digger. Incredibly good movie. I don’t know what kind of people/critics didn’t like it. My inkling is that it has a mood and humour that can be deeply appreciated by folks from the Global South (and, of course, marginalised people in the imperial core).05 Oct 2026 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mx3tdhnllc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mwzalfawfc2l“If the coalition in End Times Fascism is defined by abandonment of a shared future, then the response cannot itself be a form of abandonment—not a smaller commune or a more righteous collapse. There’s little difference, after all, between a bunker and a tomb.” https://dissentmagazine.org/article/end-times-fascism-book-review/04 Oct 2026 01:25 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzalfawfc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mwz2m6uqpk2f“What’s perhaps most important for understanding A.D.H.D. is to not allow its name to confuse us; it’s a poor guide to how the human mind works.” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/science/adhd-attention-motivation.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1E.77WO.6H0OvG-FxLDY03 Oct 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwz2m6uqpk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mwc3tq4cq22b“There are many people who should read but they write.” - Jaun Elia24 Sep 2026 20:29 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwc3tq4cq22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mube7op4lc2d“All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you.” - Octavia Butler30 Aug 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mube7op4lc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3msx2ke7cgk2s“Rising climate costs erode sovereign creditworthiness, which in turn limits the fiscal capacity to spend on adaptation and mitigation, leading to still larger costs in future.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3msx2ke7cgk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mromu7jpb224"When we use another, we have only the picture of the end to be gained. The end, the gain, prevents relationship, communion."28 Jul 2026 04:59 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mromu7jpb224https://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mrhjoixdas22India’s Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, has resigned.25 Jul 2026 09:14 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhjoixdas22https://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mrhdvhf6ok2t“Once citizens remember they have rights, the paternalistic illusion of a strongman state begins to unravel.” https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-07-25/india-s-gen-z-challenge-modi-s-strongman-image?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4NDk0NTM0MiwiZXhwIjoxNzg1NTUwMTQyLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUSVBLOEtSMjRVODIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFRUJBOTlENEY5NkE0QTY4QUZGQUQ3RUNCNEE3QjRDMyJ9.XaUU3Fc6EcH0iq_P7-iISSZHukGhpLzxfxp7m7D_R90&leadSource=article-gifting25 Jul 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhdvhf6ok2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mrfvigzys22yAs I see Gen Z fearlessly take to the streets in India, I also see each of them become ‘a small republic of unconquered spirit’, as @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social puts it. There are no guarantees, but oh—the joy of witnessing these republics!24 Jul 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfvigzys22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mrfvigzys22yAs I see Gen Z fearlessly take to the streets in India, I also see each of them become ‘a small republic of unconquered spirit’, as @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social puts it. There are no guarantees, but oh—the joy of witnessing these republics!24 Jul 2026 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrfvigzys22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mrddupn6tc26“Twelve years ago, Modi rode to power and pioneered in many ways, leveraging social media platforms to reach the masses. Today, Gen Z is flipping his Hindu majoritarian party’s dominance on social platforms, weaponising against it the very tools the Bharatiya Janata Party has long relied on.” https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/7/23/televising-our-revolution-indias-gen-z-flips-modis-social-media-game23 Jul 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrddupn6tc26https://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mrar5hctv22j“The spontaneous rage we are witnessing will dissipate unless some real political work begins. Unless adults and opposition parties stop their jockeying and petty squabbling and show some solidarity.“ Arundhati Roy on the perils and promise of the student protests in India. https://m.thewire.in/article/rights/cockroach-democracy-unarmed-and-dangerous22 Jul 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrar5hctv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mrar5hctv22j“The spontaneous rage we are witnessing will dissipate unless some real political work begins. Unless adults and opposition parties stop their jockeying and petty squabbling and show some solidarity.“ Arundhati Roy on the perils and promise of the student protests in India. https://m.thewire.in/article/rights/cockroach-democracy-unarmed-and-dangerous22 Jul 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrar5hctv22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mr7e2mvquc2o“We understand [politics] every time a school has no teacher, a hospital has no doctor, or a recruitment exam is cancelled. Politics is not something we watch on television. It decides whether we get an education, a job or a chance to build a better life”. https://ruralindiaonline.org/article/i-came-to-remind-parliament-that-we-exist22 Jul 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7e2mvquc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mr63dxetg22v“Who said one can't make a hole in the sky? Throw at least one stone with the right intention, friends”21 Jul 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr63dxetg22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mr5m53tgc227“The police reportedly used unnecessary and excessive force against peaceful protesters and installed barricades to prevent them from reaching parliament. Authorities also suspended metro services and mobile internet, further restricting the exercise of the right to peaceful assembly.” https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/07/india-crackdown-on-peaceful-protesters-in-new-delhi-raises-serious-human-rights-concerns/?utm_source=TWITTER-IS&utm_medium=social&utm_content=21230878035&utm_campaign=Amnesty&utm_term=-No21 Jul 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr5m53tgc227https://bsky.app/profile/jofmat.bsky.social/post/3mr55bqqk222s“There are systems in place that cannot get us a good seat in college or good marks. I told my mother that it is my right to protest. We need to be here, else we will not get this chance again.” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/20/now-or-never-students-defy-delhi-lockdown-to-march-on-indias-parliament21 Jul 2026 06:05 +0000at://did:plc:sfmjnlqa5dgjtn5ccwept2nt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr55bqqk222s