First she came for the puppy dogs, and I did not speak out, because I was not a puppy dog.

"If there be nothing new ..."

**Thrilled** to learn that the most corrupt administration in U.S. history now has all of my information. What could go wrong?!

No better way to spend a Friday.

The scholar at work.

An exceptional piece by my good friend @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social "The failure of Western leaders to recognize and address sources of humiliation a century ago led to global cataclysm. Without a plan to address the grievances festering today, the world could be headed down a similar path."

Proud of Minnesota!

"Nothing is more dishonorable for a civilized people than to let itself be 'governed' without resistance by an irresponsible clique of rulers devoted to dark instincts...."

My editors patiently await my pending draft.

Now: With double digit windchill, thousands marching in Downtown Minneapolis during a general strike. Marching and protest against the actions of ICE. Prince dance party outside First Avenue and the Prince mural - where there’s been many Prince dance parties before. Minneapolis January 23, 2026

Historian Thomas Nipperdey on Kaiser Wilhelm II: "... superficial, hasty, restless, unable to relax, without any deeper level of seriousness, without any desire for hard work or drive to see things through to the end, ..."

"Weimar cautions us to be wary of those people as well. What comes next can be very bad, even worse than imaginable."

"Hass auf Juden, Linke, Homosexuelle – Stolz auf Volk, Nation und Tradition. Nationalsozialistische Ideologie wird bei jungen Männern populärer. Wieso radikalisieren sie sich, und wie reagiert der Staat?" Sehenswert & eindrücklich: www.tagesschau.de/inland/regio...

""Fascist violence was neither random nor indiscriminate."

Angry, disgusted, and embarrassed. #FCKFASCISTS

❤️❤️

Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.

10,000 people honoring Renee Nicole Good at the site of her murder

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”

Walz: "It's beyond me that apparently from the federal government, the Homeland Security director herself, has already determined who this person who, what their motive was, and they hadn't even been taken out of the vehicle. We're not living in a normal world."

A decade long transatlantic panic about the civilizational threat of left-wing cancel culture and we now have an "anti-woke" censorship campaign taking out Plato at a major American university. Absolutely pathetic.

Just launched: @ceuropeanhistory.bsky.social's new blog featuring the projects of recipients of its annual research & travel grants. Check it out: tinyurl.com/2afay4ct . PS: Applications for the 2026 grants are still being accepted until January 15 (tinyurl.com/695jr4cm). Apply now!

A beautiful escape from the world.

Worth noting that the student admits that she just threw the thing together in 30 minutes without reading the paper she was supposed to be responding to.

“We can have conversations about what made the Holocaust a possibility, and what made the Nazis a possibility, and how they rose to power. But you cannot have a legitimate conversation about whether or not it happened. That’s just unacceptable, and that has no place at a university.”

Back where it all makes sense 🙂

Today, our group of alumni from the University of Wyoming visited @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social. I continue to believe that education provides the best way for us to combat racism, misogyny, and antisemitism.

Morgen wird im @brandenburg-museum.bsky.social die Ausstellung »Das Weite suchen« eröffnet. Sie zeigt Bilder von zwölf Fotograf*innen, die in den 1980er und frühen 1990er-Jahren entstanden sind. In der an ein ZZF-Projekt anknüpfenden Ausstellung kommt eine Gesellschaft im Umbruch ins Bild.

coming your way in January 2026! perversely proud that, as far as I can tell, this will be only the *second* article in JHistSex primarily about bisexuality.

AOC to @pabloreports.bsky.social : A swastika is one of the clearest symbols of hatred in all of humanity… to remove that designation… indicates a possible collaboration with those very elements, which I think is genuinely frightening to any American.

Exciting news for the new Ken Burns series on the American Revolution. @lizcovart.bsky.social @michaelhattem.bsky.social & Historians At The Movies are partnering to bring you a first of its kind watch party next Sunday. Detail below. Share widely. #HATM open.substack.com/pub/jasonher...

I put this up in our entryway so everyone is clear.

Had a fabulous time at the University of Wyoming, meeting with students and giving a talk. Many thanks to everyone there, the great faculty, engaged students, and especially the generous hosting of my friend @adamblackler.bsky.social

Noch bis zum 23. November könnt Ihr im Deutschen Historischen Museum in Berlin die spannende Ausstellung "Gewalt ausstellen" über frühe Ausstellungen über die NS-Besatzung in Europa, u.a. in Paris, Liberec und Warschau, anschauen. Ich war gerade dort, große Empfehlung.

It's a great honour to have been invited to speak about my book in Berlin again, this time in German, and this time at the @topographie.de - Topographie des Terrors - on 10 December. Details here - do come along if you are in Berlin! www.topographie.de/veranstaltun...

Waffles hates paying the mortgage

“Hope” is the thing with feathers – That perches in the cage – And sings the taunting songs – That never stop – Yet, tonight, tonight – When you sleep – I will eat it.

I am looking forward to welcoming @benjamincarterhett.bsky.social on 11 November. "Law vs. Authoritarianism: How Hans Litten Tried to Use the Courts to Stop Hitler" University of Wyoming, Business Auditorium (4-5:30 p.m) Please join us!

Nazi bullshit all over my campus. I am so angry.

My research assistant has called it a day.

In case you missed it: Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream. Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel. lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25 lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify

Nice start to the new living room layout. I just love Jeanne Mammen’s work from the Weimar era.

I am THRILLED to announce that ARCHIVAL IRRUPTIONS is officially published with @dukepress.bsky.social! For those who would like to order the book, you can get 30% off using coupon code E25GRBNR at this link: www.dukeupress.edu/archival-irr...

A new addition to the kitchen.

My editor has seen enough.

Quite the resemblance 😂

Call for Applications: “8th West Coast Germanists’ Workshop: German History at the Crossroads? New Narratives, Perspectives and Approaches,” hosted at @colorado.edu and taking place March 2026. Further info here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

Off to @thegsa.bsky.social!

"As you work, remind us that you cook for your family. Family is so important. Real, good families, just like yours. Smile."

“That doesn’t look like writing to me.”