A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States. This would provide Donald Trump with a pretext to try to cancel or “federalize” the coming Congressional elections. snyder.substack.com/p/the-desire...

Authoritarian leaders perpetually need enemies, internal and external.

What is the state of Trump? He is failing at fascism. For Trump to succeed in his fascist transition, he needs a bloody, popular, victorious war. And that is out of his reach. The State of the Union was full of fascist atmospherics. It was also blowhard exhaustion snyder.substack.com/p/fascist-fa...

Otin kysyttäessä kantaa Stalinin uhrien suomalaisuhrien muistomerkkiin. Mutta voiko eri ryhmiä punapakolaisista ja loikkareista inkerinsuomalaisiin "kulakkeihin" tai peräti ns. Leinon vankeihin muistaa yhdessä? demokraatti.fi/professori-s...

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free

It was an extrajudicial execution. Anyone who defends this is defending a police state.

ICE Agents Wait At Edge Of Delivery Table To Deport Newborn

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

My new publication is out open access. Revolutionary symbols of Red Finland, 1918.

@hexhistory.bsky.social Conference first keynote, by Dr Ville Kivimäki, on the concept and use of experience in history studies. (Talk title too long to quote here 😆)

"Antisemitism in the Oval Office: A confrontation seen with a historian's eye" snyder.substack.com/p/antisemiti...

Ukraine is Europe! We stand by Ukraine. We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor. Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.

Supporters Praise Trump For Upholding Traditional American Value Of Supporting Murderous Dictators For Political Gain

RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore

World Wonders What Trump Has On United States That’s Forcing Nation To Keep Him In Power theonion.com/world-w...

Aivan mahtavaa projektiota tämä Trumpin näkemys Ukrainasta sodan aloittajana ja Zelenskyista diktaattorina. Fasismin kieltä: puhuvat mustan valkoiseksi, algoritmien ohjaama sosiaalinen media on sananvapautta, liberaalidemokratian ihanteet natsismia, tyrannia vapautta.

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions theonion.com/historians-p...

Regime change.

Musk Signals Willingness To Bid More Than $97 Billion To Acquire Respect

Trump Struggling To Remember How He Related To Elon Musk theonion.com/trump-strugg...

We are proud to announce @HEXhistory Conference 2025 - Historicizing Experiences - programme is now published. Please find it on the conference webpage. Thanks again for all our speakers for your contribution! events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

I'm co-organizing a symposium on the comparative history of “post-civil-war societies“ in Europe and beyond. The workshop will take place on 19 Sept. 2025 at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies. DL for proposals is 10 March 2025. Further details in CfP!

FINAL REMINDER HEX Conference 2025 - Historicizing Experience - Call for Papers deadline this Friday, 29 November. The conference will take place at Tampere University, Finland, 10–12 March 2025. Please feel free to share this post. Full cfp on the website. events.tuni.fi/historyofexp...

FINAL REMINDER: Conference 2025 - Historicizing Experiences - Call for Papers deadline on Friday 29 November. Please find the full CfP and more info on the conference website events.tuni.fi/historyofexp... @hexhandbook.bsky.social @ttepora.bsky.social @raisatoivo.bsky.social

HEX Conference 2025 CfP deadline is 29 November. Please share. The conference will take place 10–12 March 2025 at Tampere University. More info on the HEX Conference website: events.tuni.fi/historyofexp... HEX website: research.tuni.fi/hex/ @hexhandbook.bsky.social