Just listened to episode 2... And I'm rather disappointed. He seems to give up on trying to see things from different perspectives and presents the anti-zionist movement in a pretty caricatural way. His treatment of the Selina Robinson affair was esp. problematic... Should I try another episode?

yeahhh boi, the weratedogs dudes get it.

Gut-wrenching episode of this American Life on ICE told though 911 recordings. I can see very little difference from the Black Shirts or SA. open.spotify.com/episode/0LMg...

If you're an academic outside of Minnesota wanting to help folks, one way to do that is to offer a guest lecture for faculty in the Twin Cities so they can have a break. Sanctuary Campus Network is coordinating these and you can sign up here:

I'll be presenting today at 4:15 pm CET at the Global History Colloquium of the FUB, on "A Global History of Socialist Rijeka: How a Port Connected Yugoslavia to the World." Please dm me if you would like to join online and I'll send you the link! www.geschkult.fu-berlin.de/en/termine/C...

Never in my wildest dreams, as a 23 year old reading Sofia Petrovna in an East European literature class at the U of Toronto, did I think there would be affinities so close to home. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/o...

“Be kind, be involved, believe in your art. At a time when people tell you art is not important, that is always a prelude to fascism.” - Guillermo del Toro

Holy fucking shit this is awesome use this now cybernews.com/security/dev...

Kim Jong-un regrettably unavailable

I've been listening to the first episode of this podcast, and it makes me so sad. www.canadaland.com/shows/what-i...

Disappointing yet not entirely surprising. A lack of moral courage. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/a...

I think the appropriate term is "ICE thugs" or "goons" rather than "monkeys"

No comment. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/o...

Not quite sure what to make of the fact that there is no word in English for the adjective "solidaire"...?

With no UN Security Council mandate and unable to claim self defence, it is difficult to conceive of possible legal justifications for the US strike that captured Nicolás Maduro. Read Marc Weller's latest analysis for Chatham House ⤵️

Scientific funding is a net negative: "European taxpayers will have spent more on the funding process than on the funding itself, and the scientific ecosystem has been drained" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

I feel like I haven’t even been properly lied to about the purposes of this war

The FIFA Peace Prize used to mean something

Did the US just colonize Venezuela??

497 years ago today, Henry VIII attended a meal with Cardinal Wolsey and the Papal Legate Campeggio, for which this is the menu (one of the few menus for meals attended by Henry) that survive. 1/8

Commenters on BB: "who cares if she was a Nazi in the last the decades of her life. What a fabulous sexy actress she was brave enough to speak her mind she will be sorely missed RIP." 🙄

Hate when this guy shows up in my feed

My response to anything over the next two weeks

Academic friends, l'd love your opinion. If you had to choose between your top choice publisher (based on the other books they publish, quality of the publication), and second choice but with Open Access, who would you pick and why?

The hero who disarmed one of the terrorists in Sydney turned out to be 43-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed — a fruit shop owner and father of two. He was shot twice and is currently in hospital. He is scheduled to undergo surgery. He had no experience with weapons of any kind.

Horrormeldungen noch und nöcher www1.wdr.de/nachrichten/...

Eurovision winner Nemo to return trophy in protest at Israel taking part in 2026

When research becomes an AI generated lottery. It reveals the fundamental flaws of the system which has been a lottery for years eualive.net/horizon-euro...

More evidence that Israel is a rogue state. Who will step in to defend the UN's mandate? What does this erosion of support for the UN mean for its role in global governance more broadly?

Additionally, people will have to submit phone numbers and addresses for the last ten years, names of relatives, and biometric data. People who are critical of US values or government to be denied entry. Just another measure closing the US border, and isolating Americans from diversity.

Countries in this study have over 4.000 employment agencies dealing w/ migrant workers combined. The Netherlands may have as many as 20.000. Want to know more about neoliberal migration governance? Join us Fri, Dec. 12, at the University of Amsterdam arc-m.uva.nl/content/even... @aissr.bsky.social

Israel is still throttling the aid supply to Gaza. And Britain is still supplying Israel with arms and maintaining normal diplomatic relations. The genocide continues, as does British complicity. 26 months and counting. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovison 2026 over Israel

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in European Political History since 1900 (History Department). Research focusing on the political history of Europe since 1900, including themes such as democratisation, European integration, international cooperation, colonialism or war and peace lnkd.in/e8diCbrD

Several professors have at this point been fired for their Pro Palestine activism, in what is nothing less than a broad rolling back of academic freedom. I fear nothing will put a stop to this other than active organizing.

#peaceprize #tacos

Chilling testimony from a priest who attended an ICE protest.

Former minister of education Eppo Bruins, best known for gutting higher education in the Netherlands for no reason at all, further demonstrates his complete lack of understanding of academia by arguing that knowledge and politics should be completely divorced. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

The Israeli army is launching a large-scale military operation in the northern West Bank, claiming it aims to prevent the regrouping of armed resistance groups in the Tubas district. But the real reason may be related to settlement expansion. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/the-...

L’Allemagne est le premier pays à ré-autoriser les exportations d’armes vers Israël, après leur suspension en août

New review out now! In Europe without Borders (@princetonupress.bsky.social, 2025), Isaac Stanley-Becker explores the contested creation of free movement for goods and people in the Schengen area. Eike Klages reviews the book. Read the review here: ceureviewofbooks.com/review/the-p...

With neonicotinoid pesticide ban, France’s birds make a tentative recovery - study

In Terrace yesterday, Prime Minister Mark Carney sidestepped questions about US ownership and First Nations opposition to the Ksi Lisims LNG export terminal, which has been added to a list of projects the feds plan to expedite. My latest for @thetyee.ca. thetyee.ca/News/2025/11...

Ironically, PM Carney skipped COP30 in Brazil, to announce that the federal government will fast-track the American-owned Ksi Lisims liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia. 👎😒 Media release> dsfdn.org/CarneySkipsC...

"He says plug-in solar systems do not produce as much energy as a full rooftop solar array. But they cost much less, can be installed on balconies or in yards with little or no expertise, and can be easily taken down and reinstalled...So they’re ideal for renters or low-income households."

An excellent PhD opportunity for someone to work on family separation during WW1 or WW2. I've done some research on Italian emigrant families separated when the father was serving in the Italian Army and it's a really fascinating area of study. royalhistsoc.org/calendar/phd...

University lecturer suspended at Indiana university for suggesting link between "make America great again" slogan and white supremacy: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...

Meanwhile, in my neck of the woods, the US has removed information on black soldiers from the Margraten war cemetery. nltimes.nl/2025/11/10/l...

Maccarthysme : cédant à la pression du ministre de la recherche, lui-même cédant à la pression des soutiens de Nétanyahou, le Collège de France, jusqu’ici lieu de liberté académique, annule un colloque sur la Palestine conçu par l’historien Henry Laurens. www.lemonde.fr/education/ar...