Me leaving any party

This happens at the largest university in the U.S. but barely a peep from media outlets yelling at us for years about attacks on free speech on campuses.

Heads up for this excellent special issue of BJHS edited by @actgeppert.bsky.social . Insightful contributions on the cultural construction of 'founding fathers,' 'prophets,' etc. of the space age, taking a very global approach w/ works on Clarke, Sarabhai, Qian Xuesen, etc. I have a small epilogue.

The IHPST is hiring! Assistant Professor - Philosophy of Science and/or Technology. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

My epilogue to a special issue of British Journal for the History of Science takes on the 'founding figure' archetype in the history of space. Drawing on the work of Ellie Armstrong & Réka Gál (among others), I critique space history's fascination w/ 'great men.' www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

It would be hard to name a band that shaped my sensibilities more than Flipper. RIP Bruce 'Loose' Calderwood. A dadaist genius who trawled through the bottom of the barrel of modern life to find beauty in the banal, quotidian, trivial moments of our meaningless lives.

NEW: Tenure-track position in History at UC Berkeley in the GLOBAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY. We are casting a wide net here: *all* periods, places, and fields are under consideration. I'm on the search committee, so do let me know if you have questions.

Immigration data on the arrival of international students in July show a significant decline compared to a year earlier, including a drop of almost 50% for students from India. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

I am defending my PhD in September 2025! Please send all relevant jobs my way! #envhist #envhum #sts

James Lovell, one of the last Apollo-era astronauts, passed away today. Selected as a NASA astronaut in 1962, he flew two Gemini and two Apollo missions, including the first historic Moon orbit flight in 1968. An absolute legend and rock star.

No. Especially the part that says "Generative AI can be a valuable partner in the classroom." 100% no. Also, the part that says, "It is essential to prepare future teachers not by abandoning traditional historical training but by combining it with new AI literacies." No.

Some genocide experts like Raz Segal actually acted on their discipline's reason for existence when it could have helped: this is from October 16 2023

You can never bend the knee enough to appease an authoritarian bully. This is a devastating blow to academic freedom & freedom of speech at Columbia. Never in the history of this nation has there been an administration so intent on the utter destruction of higher education as we know it.

To me, this deliberate mass starvation of an entire people by the Israeli government evokes aspects of the Siege of Leningrad in 1941-44.

Shameful of Columbia.

"I am less interested in what motivates Musk to inflict misery on so many other people. I want to understand how a person like Musk was able to inflict so much misery in the first place." Our latest, from @katecarp.bsky.social

I'm in the NY Times today talking about the first time international mortal enemies came together to do something in space, the Apollo-Soyuz mission from 50 years ago. Article by @beckyferreira.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/s...

My son grew up playing in Riverside Park. Am not surprised that kids have stopped going to baseball practice.

🚨BREAKING: Cal State LA just moved classes online and let faculty work remotely, not for a storm, not for COVID, but because ICE is in the area. Let that sink in, an entire university is treating immigration enforcement like a public health crisis.

RIP Jim Shooter, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics during a tumultuous period in the company in the 1980s. A controversial, creative, and towering figure who deeply shaped the superhero genre (and my reading habits): www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general...

The Soviet Military Posters collection offers rare insight into Soviet military history and visual culture. This digital archive features 3,361 meticulously compiled posters that reveal the depth of Soviet propaganda and military messaging. Learn more www.eastview.com/resources/e-...

The White House's 2026 FY budget proposal would be a catastrophe for NASA, one that would effectively leave it a shell of its former self (and smallest budget since 1961). Here's a visual guide in seven charts from @caseydreier.bsky.social at the Planetary Society: www.planetary.org/articles/nas...

As a person who overlaps a bit w/ Mamdani (South Asian, male, Muslim origin, New Yorker, U.S. citizen) it's depressing to see deep rooted prejudices about Muslims openly shared by politicians. I worry about my own son, born & raised in NYC, who loves this city, but who faces an uncertain future.

Proud to be a New Yorker today.

Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.

Voted. #nycelection #zohranmamdani #bradlander

Voted. #nycelection #zohranmamdani #bradlander

I have a new book coming out this autumn via @mitpress.bsky.social ...details at: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255348... #HistSci #Computing #History #Books 🗃️

If you’re under 30, you weren’t even born the last time Andrew Cuomo lived here. This is your city. Vote like it.

Tianwen-3 update: China's Mars sample return mission will launch in late 2028 and seek to return at least 500 grams of samples. Mission will also strictly adhere to planetary protection protocols. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I know a lot of bad shit is going on now but this small thing brought me joy - I got the new Caroline LP ("Caroline 2") in the mail and the band included a signed picture for no reason at all. Very nice of them. Definitely my favorite music of the year so far: www.hearingthings.co/caroline-2-a...

As a New Yorker who has met and talked to him (and will vote for him), I can say he's the real deal. Let's go.

NEW: The board of the Fulbright Program has just resigned after accusing Trump aides of political interference. They say a State Dept. office under Rubio and Darren Beattie has cancelled scholarships to nearly 200 US professors and researchers. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...

I wrote a book -- during lockdown and maternity leave -- about imperial culture in contemporary Britain, exploring how the empire shaped British society, politics and ordinary people's lives -- from the stuttering run up to the Second World War, to the televised end of the second Elizabethan age.

To all of what you just wrote: NO. None of this is true.

The primary policy objective of the centrist political pundit is to keep making six to seven figures

T--p & M--k are going to kill some of the most amazing space exploration ever done by anyone, including the planned Mars sample return mission.

More on how the bullshit machines are destroying the planet.

"If there were justice in the world, Musk would never be able to repair his reputation... Musk’s sojourn in government has revealed severe flaws in his character — a blithe, dehumanizing cruelty, and a deadly incuriosity. This should shape how he’s seen for the rest of his public life."

No story -- ZERO -- should take at face values that DOGE is or was about creating "efficiency" in government. The MAGA project is to destroy the government. This is not a hidden agenda! Any story that ignores that and pretends DOGE is about cutting costs is an utter journalistic failure.

Soviet secret cities. ZATOs! 40+ cities suddenly appeared on Russian maps at the end of the Cold War. Here's the story: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #coldwar #secretcities #zato #closedcities

Me on the WWII-era Nazi transatlantic superbomber to blow up NYC. The Soviets tried to kidnap its chief engineer, Eugen Sänger. www.huntington.org/verso/silver...

Matt Groening from 1994

I can't think of a band I detest more than Pavement. Middlebrow music dressed up in White T-Shirt Dude hipster indie references. Every song a root canal. I'd rather listen to Bon Jovi. #pavement

My favorite TV show of the year: "Andor is a political thriller about living under a fascist state—one built on casual brutality, quota-driven slave labor, the destruction of minority culture, and the needs of endless war." foreignpolicy.com/2025/04/22/a...

It seems starvation-related deaths are now happening. This has echoes of the Siege of Leningrad in WW2: www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

For those in Cambridge and environs, announcement of 29th Annual Hans Rausing Lecture at the Dept of History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, June 5, 3:30 pm. #histsci #histech #sts www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...

135 Palestinians killed in Gaza so far today. Massacre after massacre, day after day. The world does nothing.