"who is Wes Streeting?"

If Labour had just put people in place that liked trans people, none of this would be happening. It's not that trans people are powerful, it's that people who hate trans people tend to hate loads of others as well, and prefer making things worse than doing anything to help.

Good. Can’t get the transphobic weasel out of office quick enough in my view.

Writes a professor of mathematics who researches number theory and automorphic forms. Meanwhile, Dame Nathalie Lieven QC, who ruled on the Sussex case, was called to the bar in 1989, took Silk in 2006 and was appointed as a deputy High Court judge in 2016. Just saying.

I’m cautiously optimistic about these EHRC appointments (many congrats Sunder!) though - as @natacha.bsky.social pointed out - it would be great to see some actual trans representation among the decision makers.

Objectively, one of the funniest things Labour could do at this moment would be to parachute Andy Burnham into a safe Labour seat which they then lose at the by-election.

We are now fully into Weekend at Bernie’s territory.

Torygasp having a normal one. God's OpEd on p.8

So much this.

A politician is the news about a houseboat. That is a good enough reason to link to this 2013 judgment, one of the most wonderful case reports in our legal history. Enjoy. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

The cis are doing gender affirming surgery again 🤦‍♀️

📢JOB ALERT 📢 We are looking to appoint a F/T open-ended Lecturer in Late Medieval / Early Modern History (1400-1700) @lancasteruni.bsky.social. This is an amazing opportunity that we are very proud to announce, so please spread the word far and wide! www.hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

At least thanks to Stock’s regressive nonsense I now know Natasha’s book is out! (I know I’m a bit late, but congrats Natasha!) Definitely one for the to-read pile 😊

At least thanks to Stock’s regressive nonsense I now know Natasha’s book is out! (I know I’m a bit late, but congrats Natasha!) Definitely one for the to-read pile 😊

Amused to discover that Labour has lost a pile of seats to the Greens in Manchester, heartland of Labour’s aspiring saviour Andy Burnham.

Do I hate it that the headlines are 'Reform surges in English council elections'? Yes. Do I think that people who vote for them are, at best, deeply unwise? Also yes. But do I think that it's actually much worse than THIS off-the-deep-end Conservative Party winning the same seats? Not really.

🌆 Amberspire is OUT NOW 🌖 A dice driven science-fantasy city builder. Grow your city atop a mausoleum moon, interact with strange weather and ecology, gain influence and make deals with powerful off-world factions. Experience the history of a future city. PC, Mac, Steam Deck s.team/a/3350750

Sharing this from TikTok because the caption really made me laugh. One for women of a certain vintage. Ah, Etam.

University of California Press sale! 40% off almost everything! US and Canada orders; ends 8 May. HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY (link in bio) is out now from UC Press in hardback and paper. Get 40% off this and so many more books! 💙📚

Sharing this from TikTok because the caption really made me laugh. One for women of a certain vintage. Ah, Etam.

This is absolutely shocking. What’s happening to the UK’s arts and humanities sector is just criminal. Thinking of all our colleagues there. It feels unimaginable, but it really could be any of us.

OH I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS BOOK AND NOW ALSO ABOUT THIS BOOK LAUNCH! #earlymodern #Skystorians #Histarchives

#AGoldenWorld is out in exactly one month! Please consider pre-ordering for a friend or library. The book is the culmination of my decade-long obsession with researching traces of the Americas in Renaissance London: www.faber.co.uk/product/9780... #earlymodern #Tudors

To each their own, etc, but I increasingly cannot stand it when solo academic authors use ‘we’ to refer to themselves. You’re not the queen. Stop it.

1/ COVER REVEAL 🧵 I'm thrilled to share the US and UK covers for SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES, the untold story of Dr. Joseph Bell—the Victorian surgeon who inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to create the world's greatest detective. Pre-order here: shorturl.at/fdGnV

If you care about Indigenous & Black feminist thought, abolition, environment, relationality, radical transformation, resistance, crisis, hope, or care - the world & its futures - you must read @biidaasamose.bsky.social @policingblack.bsky.social’s wonderful Rehearsals for Living. Thank you both!

My ‘I’m not a God botherer who has issues with trans people’ t-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

If you care about Indigenous & Black feminist thought, abolition, environment, relationality, radical transformation, resistance, crisis, hope, or care - the world & its futures - you must read @biidaasamose.bsky.social @policingblack.bsky.social’s wonderful Rehearsals for Living. Thank you both!

Gender critical men still desperately holding onto the idea that Stock deserved some sort of recompense for what happened at Sussex really didn’t read her emails in the judgment or see her behaviour on X, did they? Nor read any of her newspaper articles of the past year

Well, well, well.

He really could not be more Delusional Dictator if he tried.

A reminder about this! Please do share with any students and ECRs working on Christian Missions, 1500-2000 with your networks.

How the Schools History Project can help schools prepare for CAR: If you ever wondered why so many schools teach historical enquiries, use sources & interpretations, or depth and thematic studies or local history or diverse histories, the answer is that they were all pioneered by SHP +

Calling teachers of the American West GCSE Unit! I am doing some research into the metanarratvies pupils develop abouut Indignous peoples and C19th US expansion. If you can help out by filling in this survey I'd be hugely grateful. It should take about 15 mins. york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

When Rowan was little, I used to find stray Octonauts and bits of biscuit in the bottom of my bag. Now she’s eleven, and it’s sachets of HP sauce.

This is how you do it. #BlackLivesMatter #PalestinianLivesMatter #KnowledgeMatters #HistoryMatters

“Wide-ranging, weirdly fascinating.”—The Ink. This is from the delightful interview essay by @mivanberk.bsky.social, which appeared alongside an excerpt from HUMANS in the newsletter masterminded by @anandwrites.bsky.social. 2/ the.ink/p/are-you-a-...

You know what else goes faster than humans? Cars.

The paperback of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY from @ucpress is now in my hands! There's new jacket copy! There are review quotations on the back: 💙📚 🧪🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #18thC #histsci #histmed #politics 1/

My favorite recent book on early c17 France proper is @tombhamilton.bsky.social _A Widow's Vengeance_. @csschmitt.bsky.social _The Predatory Sea_ is essential for the c17 Caribbean. As a rule, I read everything I can find by @maneuvre.bsky.social.

Came here to shout about Melanie (join us for a discussion about her book on 18 May) @juliehardwick.bsky.social's work is extraordinary and pays attention to the imperial entanglements. @lrhodges.bsky.social great on the trading companies.

If you replied about my French history query and haven't had a reply - thank you so much! BlueSky seems to think my mentions are 'forbidden' so I haven't been able to reply to everyone yet.

OH MY GOD. The whole thing really is beyond satire.

Listening to a guest on the excellent @draftingthepast.bsky.social talk about having different writing voices, and realising that the big change for me in recent years is feeling the complete opposite - my voice is my voice. We all tone-switch, but my academic & public voices are basically the same.

Early modern historians! 🗃️ What book(s) would you particularly recommend for understanding early 17thC France, especially in a global context?

I’ve said it before, but pianists in railway stations are an abomination.

Out today! Many congratulations to @catherinefletcher.info on her publication day! 🗃️ Looking forward to getting a copy ☺️ uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

do you have any idea how unbelievably transphobic you have to be to alienate duncan Hothersall from scottish labour

Even if Magyar is no liberal, this is why it is still a huge defeat for illiberalism. For it shows that a powerful illiberal political machine and methodology can be defeated.

I have been blessed with that rarest of mythical beasts: the Lap Cat.