Dilan Tulsiani
@diltulsi.bsky.social
PhD, University of Edinburgh. Anticolonialism, Surveillance and representations of violence. Filmmaker. Edinburgh x Borough of Brent, NW London.
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Dilan Tulsiani
@diltulsi.bsky.social
· Nov 27
Very happy to graduate from @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social after passing my Viva with zero corrections! (With the help and support of a lot of scholars, family and friends!)
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Happy Indigenous People Day. In 1668 the English invaded St Lucia & St Vincent in the Caribbean & had their arses handed to them so badly by the Kalinago Islanders that they left 1,000 dead English behind & had to agree a treaty giving the Kalinago the right to roam freely on English islands ✊
October 12, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Happy Indigenous People Day. In 1668 the English invaded St Lucia & St Vincent in the Caribbean & had their arses handed to them so badly by the Kalinago Islanders that they left 1,000 dead English behind & had to agree a treaty giving the Kalinago the right to roam freely on English islands ✊
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Everyone has heard of photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe but many fewer of Thomas Watson (1863-1957) He lived in Lythe, near Whitby where his father was joiner for Mulgrave Castle. This turn of the century photograph is of Staithes but he is remembered for his images of the castle.
October 4, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Everyone has heard of photographer Frank Meadow Sutcliffe but many fewer of Thomas Watson (1863-1957) He lived in Lythe, near Whitby where his father was joiner for Mulgrave Castle. This turn of the century photograph is of Staithes but he is remembered for his images of the castle.
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I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life.
If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
September 29, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I literally don’t know a single woman who hasn’t been raped, stalked, groped, harassed, or sexually violated in some way at some point in their life.
If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
If you choose to doubt and dox survivors, just know every woman in your life is disgusted by you.
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Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
September 26, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Macklemore just fried Ed Sheeran on IG 😬
September 14, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Macklemore just fried Ed Sheeran on IG 😬
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A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this.
That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas).
The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much.
It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas).
The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much.
It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
Harborne has given Reform £36 million to match Delo's £36 million. The Telegraph describes it as a "show of force" from Reform's donors.
The two men's £72 million is greater than all of the spending by all political parties on the 2024 GE
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
The two men's £72 million is greater than all of the spending by all political parties on the 2024 GE
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 11:52 AM
A serious democratic society simply cannot allow this.
That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas).
The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much.
It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
That's £72 million from just two men. (Both, until lately, based overseas).
The average UK earner (full-time) would have to work for over 1,800 years to raise that much.
It's a nuclear strike on any pretence at the equality of political power
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A criminal investigation is underway by Met Police into allegations Reform broke the law in relation to foreign funding, following a C4 broadcast involving James Orr.
James Orr is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity.
Any media interest in hundreds of articles?
James Orr is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity.
Any media interest in hundreds of articles?
September 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM
A criminal investigation is underway by Met Police into allegations Reform broke the law in relation to foreign funding, following a C4 broadcast involving James Orr.
James Orr is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity.
Any media interest in hundreds of articles?
James Orr is Associate Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity.
Any media interest in hundreds of articles?
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About time.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Cambridge University probe into James Orr after Reform donations sting
James Orr stepped down from Reform UK after claims he arranged to have polling paid for by an overseas company
www.independent.co.uk
September 4, 2026 at 4:32 PM
About time.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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BREAKING: The world's most sensitive dark matter detector has announced it has spotted something it can't easily explain: a single event that's tantalizingly consistent with a type of theorized dark matter particle. Very early days yet, but pretty wild. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
World’s biggest dark matter detector spots a single weird particle
It’s far too early to declare a discovery, physicists with the LZ detector say
www.science.org
September 1, 2026 at 2:18 PM
BREAKING: The world's most sensitive dark matter detector has announced it has spotted something it can't easily explain: a single event that's tantalizingly consistent with a type of theorized dark matter particle. Very early days yet, but pretty wild. 🧪 www.science.org/content/arti...
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Fantastic piece @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
This stuck out for me: "Any [UK worker] has the right to minimum health & safety protections in the workplace."
Universities are _atrociously bad_ at protecting staff mental H&S and staff with mental health disabilities 1/2
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This stuck out for me: "Any [UK worker] has the right to minimum health & safety protections in the workplace."
Universities are _atrociously bad_ at protecting staff mental H&S and staff with mental health disabilities 1/2
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A Digital Lynching
A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather
substack.com
August 29, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Fantastic piece @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
This stuck out for me: "Any [UK worker] has the right to minimum health & safety protections in the workplace."
Universities are _atrociously bad_ at protecting staff mental H&S and staff with mental health disabilities 1/2
substack.com/home/post/p-...
This stuck out for me: "Any [UK worker] has the right to minimum health & safety protections in the workplace."
Universities are _atrociously bad_ at protecting staff mental H&S and staff with mental health disabilities 1/2
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Your annual reminder that the Act did not fully abolish slavery, and it continued to be legal in parts of the British Empire such as St Helena and Ceylon, and the massive territories under EIC control.
Slavery Abolition Act of got Royal Assent on this day in 1833. It freed about 800,000 people. 45,000 slave owners (3000 in the UK) were paid compensation for human property: a total of £20 million in 1833 - about £3 billion by inflation (or much more 40% of Treasury income, or 5% of GDP in 1833)
On this day in 1833, the Slavery Abolition Act received royal assent, abolishing slavery in the British Empire.
Our colleague @joempbaker.bsky.social looked into the specifics of the act, and why it was necessary 26 years after the passing of the 1807 Slave Trade Act.
Our colleague @joempbaker.bsky.social looked into the specifics of the act, and why it was necessary 26 years after the passing of the 1807 Slave Trade Act.
August 29, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Your annual reminder that the Act did not fully abolish slavery, and it continued to be legal in parts of the British Empire such as St Helena and Ceylon, and the massive territories under EIC control.
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As with so many part of the UK public realm, there's a graph and it shows "something happened in 2010 and we became a society with lesser public capacity to respond to unexpected challenges"
There are a quarter fewer firefighters in England than there were before 2010.
‘National priority’ to equip UK firefighters amid growing wildfire threat
Exclusive: FBU calls for more funding as ‘unprecedented summer’ puts rising demands on already stretched crews
www.theguardian.com
August 11, 2026 at 7:20 AM
As with so many part of the UK public realm, there's a graph and it shows "something happened in 2010 and we became a society with lesser public capacity to respond to unexpected challenges"
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How a real reporter asks a question.
WOW -- Danish reporter *goes there* with Rutte
"You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
"You sit next to Trump when he talks about conquering Greenland, lashes out at allies like Spain -- things it doesn't seem like the old Mark Rutte would approve of. Does this have any affect on your self-respect when you sit there and say nothing?"
July 8, 2026 at 4:00 PM
How a real reporter asks a question.
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This is the problem:
May 21, 2026 at 5:26 PM
This is the problem:
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A very good afternoon to the absolute hero who organised and parked this beauty in the middle of little Tommy’s far-right hate march. ❤️
May 16, 2026 at 3:03 PM
A very good afternoon to the absolute hero who organised and parked this beauty in the middle of little Tommy’s far-right hate march. ❤️
Such a great experience writing for @taratheatre.com!
As part of Tara Theatre’s flagship writers programme NOVA, three emerging playwrights from the South Asian diaspora are bringing bold new stories to the stage.
Meet afshan d’souza-lodhi, Dilan Tulsiani and Mohammed Barber
🗓️ 8 May, 7:30pm
taratheatre.com/whats-on/nov...
Meet afshan d’souza-lodhi, Dilan Tulsiani and Mohammed Barber
🗓️ 8 May, 7:30pm
taratheatre.com/whats-on/nov...
May 15, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Such a great experience writing for @taratheatre.com!
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3. Almost half of Haringey's state schools in debt as London pupil exodus compounds financial woes:
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Half of London borough's schools in debt as pupil exodus hits finances
Stricter funding rules introduced by London council for schools struggling financially
www.standard.co.uk
February 14, 2026 at 5:13 PM
3. Almost half of Haringey's state schools in debt as London pupil exodus compounds financial woes:
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
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The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
January 26, 2026 at 5:23 AM
The Atlantic finally catching up with what some of us have been saying for *years*
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And this is why we should never refer to killings, massacres or other atrocities as 'tragedies'.
A 'tragedy' is an unfortunate but unavoidable event for which no-one is to blame - that is the definition. To call the inevitable result of deliberate policy a 'tragedy' is a denial and a whitewash...
A 'tragedy' is an unfortunate but unavoidable event for which no-one is to blame - that is the definition. To call the inevitable result of deliberate policy a 'tragedy' is a denial and a whitewash...
January 26, 2026 at 7:03 AM
And this is why we should never refer to killings, massacres or other atrocities as 'tragedies'.
A 'tragedy' is an unfortunate but unavoidable event for which no-one is to blame - that is the definition. To call the inevitable result of deliberate policy a 'tragedy' is a denial and a whitewash...
A 'tragedy' is an unfortunate but unavoidable event for which no-one is to blame - that is the definition. To call the inevitable result of deliberate policy a 'tragedy' is a denial and a whitewash...
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The rest of the world should absolutely boycott the World Cup and boycott the Olympics. At minimum.
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The rest of the world should absolutely boycott the World Cup and boycott the Olympics. At minimum.
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Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.
January 17, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Photo by Pierre Lavie. Yes this is me. And I threw my Leica. It landed on the bass plate with hardly a scratch. Another Photographer grabbed it along with my phone and I was able to track him later. I was held face down tear gas deployed right in front of me and pepper sprayed directly into the eye.