Of great interest GUGI: Russia's secretive and strategically important special forces of the sea explained www.forcesnews.com/russia/what-...

The episode on the panic of 1873 is excellent. pca.st/episode/64c1...

I went on the Iran: The Latest podcast to talk about naval warfare in the Strait of Hormuz open.spotify.com/episode/65FW...

For those interested in Historical Games Studies (and adjacent fields) the University of Luxembourg are offering what looks to be an amazing Doctoral Researcher in Historical Game Studies position. 🗃️ www.uni.lu/en/jobs/doct...

The range and extent of unlawful behaviour (comtempt of court) by Northamptonshire police to cover up grossly unethical & unlawful conduct is astonishing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Like the weak SPLC and Comey cases, the best way to think about this is an attempt to sync up law enforcement with the right-wing media narrative machine.

The Trump administration rejected all four women farmers chosen by their peers to represent them in an industry group called the United Soybean Board earlier this year, a rare intervention by the U.S. Department of Agriculture that three of the women suspected was because of their gender.

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Second (and last) #SCOTUS ruling is the big one, Louisiana v. Callais. For a 6-3 majority (Rs v. Ds), Justice Alito purports to narrow the ability of states to draw majority-minority districts as a remedy for race-based vote dilution, but, per Kagan's dissent, comes pretty close to gutting the VRA:

SXSW used an AI-powered trademark tool to systematically and automatically censor negative posts about it on Instagram. Very wild that this is possible. And great to have a @kitoconnell.com article on 404 Media www.404media.co/sxsw-used-ai...

What a stupid waste of taxpayer money. No.

ICE officers are publicly stating that Renee Good was killed not because an officer was threatened but because they were mad at her for not instantly following every order issued. The new ICE threat. "Have you not learned? This is why we killed that lesbian bitch." newrepublic.com/post/205189/...

God, I really want to talk about that manifesto in the way it deserves. There is so much there about gender, Silicon Valley's turn to 'hard tech', Cambridge Analytica, postmodern conservatism, Habermas etc. and the discourse is currently at the level of 'yoooo, bro is crashing out!'.

A well-reported update on the 15 South American people ICE sent to DR Congo two weeks ago. Trapped in a rat-infested hotel by the airport with no options but going back to the countries they fled. This is what we're doing to legal asylum-seekers who "followed the rules." www.npr.org/2026/04/28/n...

In this month's episode of Inside Defence, I spoke to Rachel Ellehuus, the director-general of @rusi.bsky.social and previously secdef's rep in Europe and defence advisor to the US mission to NATO. We discussed the crisis in NATO, Europe's options and much else. www.economist.com/insider/insi...

👂🏻 POD 👂🏻 Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social with a grab bag of stuff like: -are stocks behaving rationally for once? -UAE's Opexit -Jay Powell's swan song -TFW your smart watch hates you -snooker open.spotify.com/episode/2apZ...

Americans giving a standing ovation to a British king lecturing them about democracy, 14/10

Today is the official release date for my new book about free people of color in the Civil War era. My first book events are coming up next month in the Boston area. I’ll be at the Cambridge Public Library on 5/13 and the Museum of African American History on 5/14. Both events start at 6 pm.

Having a transcript of your therapy session revealed in court is probably high on the list of nightmare scenarios. Sadly, it happened -- and you'll be shocked to know its because of AI. A new investigation from @proofnews.bsky.social. www.proofnews.org/womans-talks...

this is real

Incoming American Society of International Law President & Just Security Executive Editor Oona Hathaway (@oonahathaway.bsky.social) spoke yesterday at the ASIL Annual meeting. Read her remarks here — including why international law has never been more important: #ASILAM

We are delighted to learn of the publication of this volume. There are so many contributions our IMH colleagues: @profmurdoch.bsky.social both as co-editor and contributor, but also Martin Neuding Skoog, Peter Ericsson and Visiting Researcher @adamgeorgie.bsky.social #Skystorians 🗃️ #EarlyModern

Tanker markets tip into oversupply with ballast surge splash247.com?p=238065

Ouch “The survey of Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) from all 50 states and 2 territories found that just 26% of state CISOs are ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ confident that their state’s information assets are protected from cyber threats, down from 48% in 2022" www.nascio.org/press-releas...

Out now! ”The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530–1765” is available Open Access via Helsinki University Press (link below) and can be purchased in print version. @profmurdoch.bsky.social @anulah.bsky.social @helsinkiupress.bsky.social hup.fi/books/e/10.3...

Fresh link as.ft.com/r/ee557d2a-e... What mending a suit taught me about masculinity

"Once immigration is fixed" is a very revealing phrase. It shows what a lot of Labour MPs (and the government) think of us. We are a problem to be solved, not members of the community like everyone else. And our lives must be made harder to satisfy some mythical Red Wall voters.

I was just asked live on AJE who should protect maritime chokepoints from closure to safeguard global trade, and I could feel the restless spirit of Alfred Thayer Mahan screaming through me as I replied that it's meant to be the US Navy who do that

the water wars are picking up. One to bookmark.

The U.S. Has Killed Almost 190 People in Boat Strikes. Five more people have been murdered since Friday. We’re tracking them all, @theintercept.com theintercept.com/2025/11/17/t...

Key: Censorship is happening in states red, blue, and purple. In K-12, it is happening in public and private schools, at every level, across disciplines, and in every district, including the most liberal (I worked in one of these).

Blown away that the Boston Red Sox are doing Dessalines jerseys for Haitian Cultural Night at Fenway. www.mlb.com/redsox/ticke... @juliagaffield.bsky.social check it out.

It's hard to tell because the study cited by FT here is not publicly available, but do any firms anywhere know how their data is being used? Large UK companies in the dark about how their data is used overseas by AI www.ft.com/content/dc32...

Japan eyes expanded warship exports with Mogami-class frigate as template Mitsubishi Heavy's customizable design helps Tokyo pitch durability and cost effectiveness overseas trib.al/8V58VYF

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The DOJ’s job is to represent the United States, not to send Trump’s opponents “enough is enough” letters after a crisis. Courts decide legal disputes. Plaintiffs do not lose their rights because the president wants a construction project finished.

⏰ Last chance to register! ⏰ Join us next Wednesday for the launch of @csns-uk.bsky.social Fellow Dr Inna Rudolf's new book: 'Iraq's Shi'a Warriors: From Battlefield to Parliament'. 📅 Wed 6 May, 18:00-19:15 📍 King's College London

Binding Hook's April newsletter is landing soon. Some questions we're posing: 🔹 Can the UN's new cyber body beat geopolitics? 🔹 Will AI help/hinder nuclear decision-making? 🔹 How do defenders cope with cyber insecurity? ...and several more! 📬 Subscribe to get the answers: mailchi.mp/bindinghook....

if you’re not paying attention to minor news cycles in british politics fist of all congratulations second of all you’re missing the entire media and political class defend day drinking on the job right now

“We were supposed to be the ones who were preventing a lot of these abuses,” said a former Palantir employee. “We seem to be enabling them.” www.wired.com/story/palant...

"No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his accomplices." Edward R. Murrow, who died on this day in 1965

Four years ago today my life was turned upside down by extremists who falsely claimed I was hired by the Biden Administration to censor the internet. Despite the threats and the frivolous lawsuits, I'm still here. I wrote this last year. www.thewayfinder.net/p/dont-call-...

Some countries are busy strengthening their defence and that of NATO. This week and next Sweden is conducting a significant exercise (Aurora 26) It's doing so with 11 other NATO members plus Ukrainian drone forces. That's how it's done.

We are introducing a new data paper series! If you are creating data & need a stable DOI to document your data, let other people know how to use them, make sure it is Findable & Reusable, & get credit for your amazing data work, we'd be happy to publish your paper! www.hist.cam.ac.uk/cwpesh-and-c...

I talked with AP about mines and the Strait of Hormuz apnews.com/article/iran...

A mysterious Russian wanted to buy a struggling golf club - located near the railway serving the UK's main submarine-manufacturing shipyard. When @financialtimes.com started investigating, he pulled out www.ft.com/content/19a3... (with comments by yours truly)

The shadow fleet: there's good news and bad news. - Baltic Sea countries are inspecting, boarding and detaining more shadow vessels. - But shadow vessels are becoming more brazen. www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-res... The latest @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social Maritime Threats report. No paywall.