You can see from his disbelief and confusion that these tech bros don’t get booed nearly enough. Bravo, University of Arizona! The rest of us need to boo harder. Let them know what ordinary people think of them.

You’ve probably already seen this, but in case not: Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b

"The rise of extreme wealth is one of the clearest signs of this imbalance. In 1987, billionaires held wealth equal to 3% of global GDP. Today this tiny elite, just 0.0001% of the world population, owns the equivalent of *16%* of world GDP in wealth."

Your Tax Day reminder that Trump and Republicans’ big, ugly bill gutted food stamps and healthcare to dole out tax cuts for giant corporations and the billionaires that run them. The midterms are just months away. Remember this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hbwm7LrKW0

Like Twitter, like the WaPo, they bought it so they could destroy it.

First time in a long time I’ve actually been able to listen to the news in the morning

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October 2025 Arab Barometer Palestinian opinion survey finds “widespread frustration with existing leadership. Fatah’s support has eroded sharply, Hamas has largely maintained its base, and political alienation has become the dominant stance.” www.arabbarometer.org/media-news/p...

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I am very pleased to share the conversation I had with @jamesrmcd.bsky.social about a global history of Islam. Hope everyone enjoys! open.substack.com/pub/convergi...

Had a great chat to @xavierbonilla.bsky.social about Islam in global history and you can hear it now!

What a nice thing to say. (New book out today.)

In any other context, requiring a high-productivity sector to offshore the production of its highest value-added exports would be seen as the economic illiteracy it so obviously is... www.ft.com/content/a23c...

Hey Bluesky ppl in the US! The nice folks at @basicbooksgroup.bsky.social are offering 20% off my new book : use code WORLDS20 valid through 26 Feb. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james...

Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama. Us: Across your entire career? Reiner: In a 6 year period. Us: That sounds- Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.

Literally everybody take note. 👇

I can confirm that this is an extremely wonderful job, #MiddleEast #historians please do apply 😁 www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/vacancies

Today, the popular view prevails that Muslims have never been part of European history. It is an environment in which populist right-wing polemics critical of Muslim migration can reach a receptive a mass audience. By David Motadel www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...

Le colloque censuré, et maintenu, visible en ligne. Prise de parole d'Henry Laurens à l'instant. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sSU...

"History has already shown us how this story unfolds. Fascism is not built only in the camps and cells. It is built in the shrug, the silence, the insistence that life can go on as if nothing has changed" Frederick Joseph"A Thought on Normalcy in Fascism" frederickjoseph.substack.com/p/normal-tim...

Exactly this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

Still waiting for it to trickle down...

Am of the opinion we should just respond to the current flag epidemic by flying a wider range of random national flags from lamp posts, roundabouts etc until the situation gets ridiculous and they give up.

the other half of this that I've never really gotten over: this all but explicitly amounts to valorizing being "asleep". people are really out here wielding "I have no idea what's going on, historically speaking" as a credential

Fantastic piece, I hope it’s widely read

The wounded knee thing is really Trumpism distilled to its essence. It’s not enough to be able crush people who can’t fully defend themselves, it’s not enough to actually crush them, you also have to love and admire those who do the crushing otherwise the Trumpists’ delicate feelings are injured

Only an administration intent on committing war crimes in the present and future would stoop to calling Wounded Knee a "battle" rather than what it truly was: a massacre of over 250 Lakotas, mainly women, children, and the elderly. 1/

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Your occasional reminder that it was imperially minded British politicians trying to influence America & ignoring Palestinians’ political rights that started this whole thing off in the 1st place.

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

This isn’t getting as much attention as it should. Orgs like Medical Aid for Palestinians running essential, life-saving clinical services in Gaza face having to suspend their work. Deliberate, cynical move by Isr govt, pls listen to the Israeli historians of medicine who are calling it out.

If you're starting a postgraduate course in History this autumn, please do consider joining the Royal Historical Society bit.ly/41mTuck Postgraduate Membership brings access to research funding, events, publications and networks. You'll join an international community of more than 6500 historians.

AN #EARLYMODERN POST!! They still exist! And a lovely one at that, for five years and with the brilliant people at KCL who have turned that place in quite the hub of exciting early modern research. Run, don’t walk.

In other words, 94% of those killed in Gaza since March 25 were civilians - up from 83% in the first 1.5 years of this genocidal war. Another symptom of stage 2 of the Gaza Genocide under Trump: fewer casualties so far, but targeting almost entirely civilians. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate: www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...

I think about this poem by Ian Duhig — about Jo Cox, the Labour MP assassinated by a man shouting ‘Britain first’ — every day at the moment. No other contemporary poet has looked so clearly at the political reality of the far right as a minority who must always be appeased

These aren’t an antidote to fascism but they can help you breathe better. Happy Sunday. #ilfautcultivernotrejardin

I wrote a thing and it’s coming out in January. www.penguin.co.uk/books/444923.... www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/james...

Great piece by Mustafa Bayoumi www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2025/jul/06/destruction-of-palestine-is-breaking-the-world?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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I am a staunch free speech supporter. But after ten years of freaking out about woke students deplatforming right-wing speakers, I don't have the energy to pivot to criticizing a fascist president for launching an all-out attack on free expression at universities.

It’s (always) a good day to recognize student movements and to recognize the costs they’ve paid to stand against violence, genocide, segregation and apartheid.

Thread of the searing statement by @tomfletcherun.bsky.social (for those who may not click the link)- and prefer to scroll, read and amplify the clarity in our desperation to assist. 1/

Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.

The Tory govt deliberately waged war on culture (see also their warning institutions off “political” art…), and as with their other acts of harm, the damage is probably irreparable 😡

This from @christophersmith.bsky.social will (like the blog-post immediately before it) be of interest for @kawulf.bsky.social , @alanlester.bsky.social , @sathnam.bsky.social , @nevillemorley.bsky.social and others. Good to see the inherently collaborative nature of historical research recognised.

Nope-universities are not neutral. They're evidence-led. They stand for rigorous, evidenced claims, openness to scrutiny but consensus on facts. "Institutional neutrality" is a calling-card of rightwing orgs in the US, leading to policing classrooms & breaches of academic freedom. Don't fall for it

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