It’s imperative that all members at the #AHA26 come to the business meeting tonight at 5:15 in the Hilton Continental Ballroom to exercise our democratic rights as AHA members

It matters because we have e.g. health care and gun control because *people fought and worked for them*, and I want to continue that fight, our fight here, which is far from complete. Fundamentally borders are bullshit; also, the differences among policies enacted within borders are life and death.

Forced into retiring the Great Coffeepot of Danish-American Amity.

Lol Nobel Committee now saying Machado can't barter her Nobel for presidency of Venezuela. As they say play stupid games, win stupid prizes. www.nobelpeaceprize.org/articles/is-...

And Renee Good’s last words appear to be “We’re not mad at you.”

Terrific slide from Kathleen Thelen’s talk at the EUI today. Makes me wistful.

Why the @royalsociety.org want to be tethered to this sinking ship is beyond me ☹️

Coming to #AHA26? Historians 4 Palestine invite you to MAKE NOISE & TAKE UP SPACE! 1. Wear your kuffiyehs! 2. Read this H4P script during your panel! 3. Pick up HPAD flyers and have some conversations with your peers! 4. ATTEND THE BUSINESS MEETING on Saturday, 5:15pm. Bring a friend!

As the saying goes "If someone says it’s raining and another person says it’s dry, it’s not your job to quote them both. It’s your job to look out the window and find out which is true.”

So there are equally good arguments that spending on expanded oil export infrastructure will likely to lead to wasted billions on a stranded asset as China sees the economic (and strategic) advantage of decarbonizing. But that's not what Moe wants you to think about 6/6 cepr.org/voxeu/column...

we are nearing the point when we will be banging on about some 'global financial crisis' that happened before our students were born

Architect and planner Frederick Gibberd was born on 7th January 1908 in Coventry. From @modinmetro.bsky.social, 'Frederick Gibberd and The Modern Flat' ... substack.com/home/post/p-...

if you want to do a PhD in history, fully funded and join an incredible community of people researching Europe and the world, 1500-present, you have about a month!! Don’t hesitate to ask me questions.

Job Opportunity! Washington & Jefferson College - Assistant Professor of History - Tenure-Track The Department of History invites applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor appointment in European history before 1750. networks.h-net.org/jobs/69675/w...

That is now 2 statements from Carney that have legitimized Trump's violent, extrajudicial overthrow & kidnapping of another country's leader. Our prime minister looks more Neville Chamberlain than elbows up rn. (He has also failed to speak directly to Canadians who might be feeling unsettled.)

on this sunday-est of sundays, syllabus-ing for a new term you're not alone against the oligarch agenda of cognitive deskilling, data capture, surveillance, and bias: we've got assignment ideas, memes, recommended readings, o' captain speeches, syllabus policies, and so much more against-a-i.com

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🚨After The Maple’s most-impactful year by far, we may miss our fundraising goal by a significant margin. Consider becoming a member (action.readthemaple.com/2025-fundrai...) and/or making a one-time donation (readthemaple.com/donate/) now to help ensure we can hire a new journalist next year.

Defeated by winter travel in Canada, again. This morning's cancelled flight automatically rebooked for January 10 (!!!). Waiting time at the call centre has now stretched (on third call) to 15 hours. Callback scheduled more than 12 hours ago. Alternate flight in the 1000s $$$. Think I'm done...

working at a university

Please note that over the last quarter century, BB had become a hateful piece of shit multiply prosecuted for inciting racial hatred. As @parisnoire.bsky.social put it, “animals over people.” Not just another outrageous quirk from a scandalous star, but vile fascism, racism, and Islamophobia

Veramente era una delle principali finanziatrici di Jean Marie Le Pen, non proprio un liberale

This was a wild find for 1€ and dated AF but still bittersweet in our current zeitgeist.

Largesse for the few, austerity for the rest. Spending at UK universities mirroring the UK fiscal state

The Juicy Fruit and Extra ads in this thread are indelibly in my mind.

I’m probably the last to realise it but I guess George Strait is ruined for me now.

Christmas fave.

And to cap off LAB22:3, here are a bunch of book reviews!

#OnThisDay in 1931, Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley died from pneumonia contracted after walking home in a snowstorm. In 1885, the self-educated farmer from Vermont, using a homemade camera, became the first person to photograph a snow crystal: publicdomainreview.org/essay/t... #otd

Happy holidays to readers of global history and of the history of decolonization. States-in-Waiting is now out in paperback at an affordable price, especially with a 20% discount using code GHIS26. Many thanks to the team at @universitypress.cambridge.org cup.org/48wR0Mk

Good to see that this hunger strike is now getting some attention, at least in the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

The extremism of organised transphobia and their unwavering belief in the necessity to exclude, dehumanise and make diappear a marginalised community should ring alarm bells to anyone who knows even a little about 19th and 20th century history...

Boggles my mind that countries will spend nearly two centuries building networks like these and then throw them away. Yes, this is a sub-skeet of what’s happening (or not) at Canada Post.

I’m laid up with the flu, but I had to peek my head out and say that this is *so* much worse than it seems. And it’s already pretty fucking bad! bsky.app/profile/gbbr...

I can't imagine a body representing professional historians recommending this, but here we are... It's completely unacceptable. Here are just a few reasons why.

The ambiguous intimacy of the census: women workers sort through forms in the French census office in Paris in 1911 (Gallica, BnF) 🗃️

Canadian friends: here's a petition to stop AB and SK from Notwithstanding their anti-trans-healthcare legislation (this will make sense to Canadians). Don't let them shield their bigotry from Charter scrutiny! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

We know this tool does nothing and no one wants it but maybe lets just use it and whatever.

Harlequin’s global growth in the 70s was made possible by local translators who not only converted the language but also the idioms and symbols of love into things locals would understand. This is a penny wise, pound foolish move by HC, another in a long line.

📣 New #OpenAccess article 🏮 Margo Buelens-Terryn, Ilja Van Damme and @thomassmits.bsky.social, 'Projecting cities: illustrated lantern lectures as forgotten practice of place promotion in Belgium, c. 1900 – c. 1920' 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S096... #UrbanHistory

Out of office is on. I hope your holiday is full of fancy cheese x

Absolutely fucking vile

At least they are being cut with eloquence and grace.

the link in this post doesn’t seem to work, but this one does: actionnetwork.org/letters/cana...

What if stories like this just said “regulation” rather than “regulatory burden”, so they didn’t (un)consciously mimic the language that regulation is bad.

Canadian history jobs are gold, people!

Canada Needs More Non-Market Housing to Address Housing Insecurity, Experts Say The Federal Housing Advocate’s new report reaffirms what housing advocates have been pushing for years pressprogress.ca/canada-needs...

There is still ten days or so to self-nominate for the Koren Prize if you are a scholar affiliated to a Canadian or US institution who has published an article on any aspect of French history in 2025. Please do so! Details: www.societyforfrenchhistoricalstudies.net/the-william-...