I will take that, yes.

Happy New Year everybody.

David Attenborough [whispering]: “Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”

R.I.P Brigitte Bardot 1934 - 2025 #HumourDouteux

"... actrice française légendaire, icône féminine des années 1960 et fervente protectrice des animaux..." et.... ?

Make a Bond movie academic Dr No: Reviewer II

stacking up the nonfiction TBR pile for 2026 - featuring some new releases by @stevesarson.bsky.social , @rickbell.bsky.social , and more!

A white Christmas in St-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or!

Christmas Eve in St-Cyr. Surprisingly Lutterworthy, actually.

It seems my work email has been acting up and I'm not receiving some messages and some people may not be receiving mine. Which is not good. If you've contacted me and I've not replied, that's why, and you can try my personal email instead: [email protected]

If you're still looking for a holiday gift on the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution and the historical origins of the United States (all the way back to Creation). Perfect as the 250 approaches 😉 @uvapress.bsky.social www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10151/

Had great fun this morning recording a podcast on the Declaration of Independence with Lige Gould, Adam Smith, and Emily Williams for the Rothermere American Institute (Oxford University) "Last Best Hope" series. It'll be part of a double-episode on the Declaration released in the Spring.

It's the very fact that physical books with adequate quality control every step along the way are expensive af (especially relative to producing AI slop) that warrants quality.

I'm now on Linkedin, if anyone wants to connect there (not quitting Bluesky, though--Linkedin is extra). www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sar...

Happy Hannukah to all my Jewish friends, colleagues, students, and neighbors.

The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party. Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar

Don't go changing, Lutterworth.

Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.

About the Uni of Birmingham. Its previous VC was David Eastwood, a member of the Browne Commission that introduced £9k fees to ensure the long-term financial viability of UKHE.... His B'ham salary reach almost half a million pounds.

I wrote a new article: it’s on the Fallout franchise, & it’s just been published in Games&Culture I’m currently trying to wrap my head around a bigger project on historical video game promotion and branding & this article is a slice (in progress) of that + it’s open access! doi.org/10.1177/1555...

Here we go--the talk is in two hours. Feeling slightly nervous :)

Off to Germany today--John F. Kennedy Institute at the Freie Universtat Berlin--to do my first post-publication book talk on The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States. Thank you, Hannah Spahn! www.jfki.fu-berlin.de/faculty/cult...

Merci Marie at St-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or.

Le GOP est aux mains de la droite chrétienne, qui apprend à ses ouailles à se méfier systématiquement de l'expertise scientifique et historique, au moins depuis la croisade anti-évolutionniste des années 1920. L'enseignement de la Shoah est une victime collatérale de cette méfiance 🤷‍♂️

Here’s the link to watch History Reclaimed’s right wing moral, logical and historical arguments being scrutinised. It’s uncomfortable viewing in places as Biggar’s put on the spot. The truth about the British Empire: Mehdi Hasan & Nigel Bi... youtu.be/SZvkTmNQSy4?... via @YouTube

Bonjour de St-Cyr-au-Mont-d'Or.

Thinking of my dad today, who left us on 5 December 2008. His memory is a blessing.

England rue being terrible at cricket.

In The Author's Corner of John Fea's The Way of Improvement blog to talk about The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States @uvapress.bsky.social thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/12/04/t...

He seems to be constantly fighting 'wokeness' these days...

When I started writing this book in 2021, I knew that the rule of law would be central to its interpretation of the Declaration of Independence. What I didn't know was quite how relevant that matter would be when I finished writing it in 2025.

“It shouldn’t be just a drunk comedian and a load of clever women who got laid off at the Observer asking these questions”. www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

The Daily Hellograph's idea of reporting on the needs and interests of minorities.

My cat, Billy, hates masks and wants me to know it.

Not just US journalism. This has been the working definition of "neutrality" at BBC news since at least 2015.

"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism. Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.

Hey @kawulf.bsky.social -- guess what arrived at St Cyr today 😀

Lying in politics is wrong and should never be rewarded, says newspaper which pays Boris Johnson £1 million a year to be its star columnist

A huge thank you to everyone at @uvapress.bsky.social on publication day, especially to brilliant, legendary editor Nadine Zimmerli.

“Reclaiming the Declaration as reflective of historical thinking, Steve Sarson gives us an entirely new way of understanding why history matters—then and now." True story I did say this about @stevesarson.bsky.social’s new book! Grounding history in its history - it’s a thing I want for 2026.

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Happy #pubday to "The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States" by @stevesarson.bsky.social ! How reading the Declaration of Independence as a document of history explains its intended meaning www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10151/

Happy Thanksgiving to all American friends and colleagues.

My "Author's Corner" page for "The Course of Human Events: The Declaration of Independence and the Historical Origins of the United States" is now available on the University of Virginia Press @uvapress.bsky.social website: www.upress.virginia.edu/author-corne...

Journalists: There are 7 huge apartment blocks on fire in Hong Kong! BBC Producer: Yeh whatever, we're going with a bunch of reality-free vox pops on how people feel they've been affected by the budget.