Sykes–Picot did not merely draw borders — it left Kurdistan as an open wound: fragmented, stateless, and subordinated to imperial and regional interests for more than a century. By @KermanianSara theamargi.com/posts/sykes-...

Today marks the 78th anniversary of the Nakba. In commemoration, we have translated and published 5 testimonies of Nakba survivors originally published in the Spring 1998 issue of Majallat al-Dirasat al-Filastiniyya. Your weekend reading list below: www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1659...

Foto taken by Beno Rothenberg, born in Frankfurt, on emigrating to Palestine he became a photographer with the vicious Haganah group, during which time he took this picture. He then went on to work with the archaeological survey of the Negev desert #archaeology #🏺 drive.google.com/drive/folder...

Archaeologists Against Apartheid linktr.ee/archaeosagai...

'To all those who have established and who are maintaining the right to refuse to kill. Their foresight and courage give us hope.' Today we mark #ConscientiousObjectorsDay by remembering the words inscribed on the commemorative stone in Tavistock Square, London. heritage.humanists.uk/conscientiou...

I am in no way surprised by this

I think this maybe the most niché bit of trivia I’ve ever heard.

Me too--have had a no screen, no phone policy in my class for over a decade...students always comment how nice it is to come and read physical books & handwrite notes (both much better for brains) & discuss readings. Also have been bypassing platforms (blackboard etc) for the most part.

my favorite genre of international dialogue

The Metropolitan Police is portraying – in the face of all previous evidence to the contrary – that the annual Palestine Coalition Nakba Day march on Saturday is essentially equivalent to the far-right Unite the Kingdom march in its potential for racism and violence www.bbc.com/news/article...

113 Nobel laureates call to release gravely ill Narges Mohammadi: the Iranian human rights activist, who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2023, has been campaigning for women’s rights for decades. Her life may be at imminent risk. www.nobelwomensinitiative.org/nobel-laurea...

Archaeologists excavating the historic palace of Benin City, looted and destroyed by the British in AD 1897. The project reveals a comprehensive picture of the influential African kingdom's urban infrastructure and artisanal crafts. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

“The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary.” - Ursula K. Le Guin

Former Labour MP Ian Davidson, who said of indy supporters “The debate will go on in the sense there is a large number of wounded still to be bayoneted" has taken a job as advisor to Malcolm Offord. Tell me again that Labour would never do a deal with Reform. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2609246...

This is the University of Central Florida. So many people really have no idea how much kids hate this shit.

We've opposed a proposed Church of England school takeover in Guildford👇 www.secularism.org.uk/news/2026/05...

Worker's share of UK income 1955, 71.7%. 2025, 59.7%. This includes fat-cats. Headline corporation tax rate in 1974, 52%. Now, 25%. For the last 30 yrs, UK has been at or near the bottom of the OECD league for investment in productive assets. Wealth went to shareholders, execs, capital.

Billionaires, and the politicians they fund, will do everything they can to strip workers of their rights.

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

Solidarity with staff at AQA - England’s largest exam board - on strike this week ✊ 💜 Staff are striking over pay after employers failed to deliver a promise for pay deals that make up for years of wages failing to keep up with living cost.

We need to make this standard in every country. Mis- and disinformation are effectively anti-education, and kids need to be thoroughly prepared for it.

Brilliant! Also, the director, Karim, worked for the Time Team production crew waaaaaaaaay back in the mists of prehistory.

Durham in the drizzle, 17/4/26 (pt. 2)

Durham in the drizzle, 17/4/26 (pt.1)

The two pictures are 11 years apart. On 10 May 1933, the Nazi Party staged an ideological spectacle of the burning of 'un-German’ books. 2nd image: Auschwitz II-Birkenau, burning pits outside gas chamber and crematorium V, 1944. #Auschwitz warns us of where ideologies of hatred can lead people.

Mrs. Gaskell: radical, rabble-rouser, trade union suggester, social agitator and writer of works "too exciting for children."

Keep on keeping on!

"We are witnessing not just isolated escalations but a pattern of unchecked militarism, impunity, and systematic erosion of both human rights and ecological systems." foeasiapacific.org/2026/04/23/f...

Israel built a military post in another country and it’s not even in the top 100 most fucked up things Israel has done this year

We need to talk about chameleons... because no one else seems to be talking about them. #InternationalChameleonDay https://therevelator.org/chameleons-climate-change/

8 May 1981

One of the reasons I resigned from Infinite Monkey Cage was show’s executives saying it was not acceptable to mention ( on my personal social media account) known pedophiles who have been very close to the Monarchy - that’s why I will be in Trafalgar Square tomorrow at midday

Not seen any big coverage of this but it's a big story imo Newcastle, a totally Labour-domianted city & home to the party central office, is a total wipeout for Labour with over half the wards counted. ZERO seats. The sole Tory to be elected to the council since 1992 has also lost his seat

NEW OPEN ACCESS E-BOOK: 'Atlas of Scottish History to 1707' Almost 15 years in the making, the atlas contains maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts: books.socantscot.org/digital-book...

Happy centenary Sir David! Are there one hundred things named after David Attenborough? Surely we should be able to compile a list… I will start: 1. Attenborosaurus a plesiosaur from the Jurassic Coast en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attenbo... Let’s see if we can get to 100! /🧵

This is such a fabulous find. I love the focus on where it was made - frontiers were full of people who were not soldiers. I write a little about these bowls in my new book - published next week - in a chapter about the craftsmen and women at Hadrian's Wall www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...

HK Labour Rights Monitor reports increasing repression of workers rights under harsh new legislation freedomnews.org.uk/2026/05/05/h...

Archaeologists unearth vintage snacks! Our @uclarchaeology.bsky.social dig in South London mostly focuses on WW2 air raid shelters, but this is glorious crispy nostalgia. 🏺

Albert Meltzer, 'The Stuff of Politics' (1978) theanarchistlibrary.org/library/albe...

Remembering Albert Meltzer, 7/1/20 - 7/5/96

'Two new studies on the impact of wind energy generation on avian populations have demonstrated that wind turbines might not be the “bird killing machines” they are sometimes accused of being – and that birds are better at adapting to turbines than we think.' reneweconomy.com.au/birds-avoid-...

Maya vase, carved with two individuals sat facing each other. Thought to depict a conference scene or the meeting of dignitaries, the design hints at the mechanisms of Terminal Classic (c. AD 810–950/1000) Maya government. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... #ReliefWednesday 🏺 #Archaeology

Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes

‘There Is No Land Called Palestine’: The Reform Pastor Preaching the End Times in Coventry Reform candidate John Quintanilla tells his congregation that Islam brings "darkness" and the existence of Palestine is a "media lie"