See the recent book review by Wietske Merison of Corey Ross' 'Liquid Empire: Water and Power in the Colonial World' (Princeton University Press, 2024): doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Activist and journalist Amer Matar was recently arrested at a border crossing between Syria and Lebanon for allegedly “illegally” obtaining documents belonging to security services and exploiting them for personal use, according to Syrian authorities.

i am once again thinking about my favorite ever excerpt from our yiddish textbook

This is less like appeasement and more like two mob families deciding how to divide up a rival's territory.

70 years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat in Montgomery, Alabama.

If anyone is curious about the current list of search terms being used by right wing activist organizations to harass university professors, here's a public records request I received today from Mike Howell of the Heritage Foundation. Not intimidating or meant to curtail by my speech at all, right?

The #ManufactureOfDoubt is an historical script that regulated industries use in pursuing their political and economic goals. Many of the issues noted by the editor are known techniques deployed in #agnotology. I wrote about a lot of this in my book; also see work of @drtomori.bsky.social

Absolutely unforgivable

“There’s an awful lot of activity going on between China and the Cayman Islands right now. And, in South Asia, Mauritius is an important topic, and I suspect something is going on. Money is going from India to Mauritius and back to India. What is the reason for that round trip?”

Authorities typically dig through this data without a warrant, leading the American Civil Liberties Union and Electronic Frontier Foundation to recently sue a city blanketed in nearly 500 Flock cameras. www.wired.com/story/flock-...

Anyone convicted of trafficking - which includes selling, giving, transporting or administering - more than 15g of diamorphine, 30g of cocaine, 250g of methamphetamine and 500g of cannabis in Singapore will be handed the death sentence. www.bbc.com/news/article...

November reading #booksky

Across South and South East Asia, about 1,100 people have been killed in the last week in flooding and landslides. In Sri Lanka, some 355 people died, while in Thailand the death toll has reached at least 176. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hugh Steers, "Man and IV," 1994. Steers, a committed figurative painter, died of AIDS the year after he painted this picture, age 32. #WorldAIDSDay

going to bed on a sunday after a 4-day weekend

Having got everything a GOPer would want, most of which cannot be and will not be undone for a variety of reasons, the GOPers - some, a few - have found a democratic heartbeat? thehill.com/homenews/adm...

turns out “the future” is just another pop-up

Martha Ruiz is happy to see her children again after spending weeks in ICE custody following an immigration raid on their Gary home last month. “I didn’t know if I was going to see them again,” said Ruiz.

October 2025 was the warmest October on record for the #Arctic. Arctic sea-ice extent is currently the lowest on record for late November. My newest 'climate viz of the month' summarizes some of this latest data: zacklabe.com/climate-viz-... #ClimateChange #SciComm #OpenScience #OpenData #DataViz

"Bags of cash, a machine gun with Mr. Hernández’s name emblazoned on it, and bribes from the drug lord Joaquín Guzmán, the Mexican kingpin known as El Chapo, featured heavily." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...

“They’re holding her responsible for something they claim happened a decade ago that she’s completely unaware of and not showing any of the proof,” the lawyer said. apnews.com/article/babs...

Timur Mindich was reportedly the ringleader in the $100 million (€86 million) embezzlement scheme. Mindich is a film producer and entrepreneur who is close to Zelenskyy. www.dw.com/en/top-stori...

“Reclaiming the Declaration as reflective of historical thinking, Steve Sarson gives us an entirely new way of understanding why history matters—then and now." True story I did say this about @stevesarson.bsky.social’s new book! Grounding history in its history - it’s a thing I want for 2026.

Dark academia no longer provides us with a fantasised past to hide away from the world’s complexity; rather, it offers fictional settings where existing power struggles appear in a different light, says Bénédicte Eustache in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky

big late breaking news: the market monitor for the largest energy grid in the u.s., covering much of the midwest and mid-atlantic, has called to block new data centers connections to the grid, saying current course of growth assures regular blackouts

Folks, this is really bad, pesticides on produce can be dangerous to both those who consume the produce and those who pick the crops, especially if the picker is pregnant! share.newsbreak.com/g344uj4i

Some of us can read, Andy.

Why would they go to so much trouble, if what Dumpy did wasn't really, really bad. Maybe like raping 13 yr old girls bad. Maybe even worse. What could be worse? Don't ask.

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store. Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

Now here’s the kind of news you drop going into a long holiday weekend. Maybe no one will notice. 🤡 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

Donald Trump returned to the presidency not only with renewed focus on political messaging but also with financial opportunity. Disclosures from mid-2025 revealed major revenue streams linked to golf resorts, brand licensing, digital currencies, and high-value fundraising dinners.

"Federal agents have broad legal protections, and the Trump administration has argued that the Constitution puts federal officers out of reach of state laws when they are carrying out their duties." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/u...

25 NOVEMBER 1775, PHILADELPHIA: “The Characters of Gentlemen in the four New England Colonies, differ as much from those in the others, as that of the Common People differs, that is as much as several distinct Natures almost,” John Adams writes. founders.archives.gov/documents/Ad...

Daily reminder. You have a sexual predator in the WH. Hold him and everyone involved accountable. The survivors deserve justice. The public deserves answers. The predators deserve consequences. 🗣️ jessmichaelsspeaks (IG)

In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly. In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported. 🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

Writing doesn't just help you process your thoughts. Neuroscientists have found it physically changes your brain in ways that build resilience and help you handle everyday stress and challenges. buff.ly/8PdXnTT

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Just something to think about as the U.S. system of checks and balances strains and creaks. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

Our study of time processing in bumblebees 🐝 covered by @cnn.com here edition.cnn.com/2025/11/12/s... . Our summary is here youtu.be/hsGxU65OMQk and the original paper royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.... @royalsocietypublishing.org

When you close your eyes what do you see? Nothing? Then you're like me. www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Countries meeting in Brazil for two weeks could manage ONLY a VOLUNTARY agreement to BEGIN discussions on a roadmap to an EVENTUAL phase-out of fossil fuels, and they achieved this INCREMENTAL progress only in the teeth of IMPLACABLE OPPOSITION from OIL-PRODUCING countries. #ScienceUnderSiege

This year will end with about 150-160 days at or above the Paris limit of 1.50°C, down from a record 271 days in 2024. These are the days, my friend.

If you don't want your Gmail contents to be used to train Google's AI - here's how to opt out:

actually my thing is the best thing you could read about her because it knows what a memoir is www.patreon.com/posts/144031...

The partisan divide has grown, too. The wealthiest 100 tended to give more to Republicans than to Democrats before last year. But giving to the GOP spiked in 2024, with *84%* of donations going to back Republicans or conservative PACs.