William Sheehan
@willsheehan.bsky.social
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Historian of Empire, War, and Crime. Passing interest in public policy and politics. A few books!
Got to agree with O'Leary on this.
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Brilliant, a must buy!!!
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Be fantastic to see
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Frieder Missfelder
5 months ago
Bluesky, please do your magic: I'd like to know more about a probably anti-Jewish song that appears in the Zurich State Archives as "Gammahu" being sung on the nocturnal streets of Zurich in 1522 under the window of some supporters of the Reformation. Does "Gammahu" ring any kind of bell?
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FFS.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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MarĂa Corina Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel peace prize medal
The Venezuelan opposition leader did not confirm whether the US president accepted the award
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/maria-corina-machado-says-she-presented-trump-with-her-nobel-peace-prize-medal
about 22 hours ago
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Terrence Peterson
1 day ago
I don't know how bad shit needs to get before media outlets will start calling this administration's war on democracy what it is
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Irish Historical Studies
1 day ago
Research article, 'Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914-1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots', by Ciaran Toal, is now available through the following link:
@universitypress.cambridge.org
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Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914â1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots | Irish Historical Studies | Cambridge Core
Nationalists and unionists in a northern town (1914â1922): Lisburn, the Rising and the Swanzy Riots
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/irish-historical-studies/article/nationalists-and-unionists-in-a-northern-town-19141922-lisburn-the-rising-and-the-swanzy-riots/DBC8DD79DA3EF825CFC9BF807AA1240F
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Ruth Deyermond
2 days ago
The idea that Russia - a state that has spent almost four years throwing everything it has at conquering its neighbour, and failing - is remotely capable of invading Greenland, or is going to be in the foreseeable future, is ludicrous.
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Phillips OBrien
2 days ago
One thing I will never get my head around, is people opposing the end of the Iranian regime that is murderous, theocratic and destructive.
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Duncan Weldon
2 days ago
Sad this is necessary. But impressive solidarity between allies.
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Democracy Now!
3 days ago
Historian Alfred McCoy says the United States is "an empire in decline," exhibiting the same "irrationality" as previous declining powers.
https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/13/alfred_mccoy_cold_war_on_five
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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS
2 days ago
Well, I wrote two editions of this book and served on the INTERPOL working group that developed the guidelines on evidence collection for chemical war crimes. So I've not exactly been slouching in the struggle against chemical weapons, mate.
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Matthew Redhead
2 days ago
Reading this cracking tome, I increasingly wonder whether the automaticity with which we think as âthe Westâ as an obvious security collective had been an unusual aberration resulting from the particularly heinous character of Nazism and Soviet Communism.
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Manuel Barcia
2 days ago
Pirate Imperialism is now officially published. Probably of interest to anyone who wants to understand, well, everything that is going on today.
#bskyhistorians
#skyhistorians
Here:
yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
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Pirate Imperialism - Yale University Press London
This first truly global history of the suppression of piracy links maritime raiding to empire building in the nineteenth century  In the middle decades...
https://yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300269451/pirate-imperialism/
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Bone spurs is full of sh#t!!!
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These guys are cos players! Dressing up as pretend soldiers, but it's a non-existent war. These are the worst of men. Men without courage or integrity. But this is America now.
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Good, he has none... Watch this lawsuit disappear...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Trump may have to disclose details about assets as part of BBC lawsuit
US president is suing for defamation over documentary that joined two parts of speech he made on 6 January 2021
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/trump-may-have-to-disclose-details-about-his-assets-as-part-of-bbc-lawsuit
3 days ago
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David Veevers
3 days ago
Awful start to the morning. Have had to consult three volumes edited by this guy
@roperlou.bsky.social
No one should be subjected to that.
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David Chance
3 days ago
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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The Riddle of the Sands by Erskine Childers - 1. An Expedition - BBC Sounds
With tensions rising before the First World War, Carruthers is invited to the Baltic....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002ppsy?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
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News Eye
3 days ago
A teenage boy was walking home in Minneapolis yesterday when four masked men jumped out of a van & questioned him - with no parent or guardian present. He was bundled into the van & taken away. Bystanders heard the boy say: âCan I just go home?â I donât know how America comes back from all this.
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I guarantee help is not on the way.
www.rte.ie/news/middle-...
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Trump urges Iranians to keep protesting, says help on way
US President Donald Trump has urged Iranians to â keep protesting and said help was on the way, without giving details, as Iran's clerical establishment pressed its crackdown against the biggest demons...
https://www.rte.ie/news/middle-east/2026/0113/1552787-iran-protests/
3 days ago
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Cowards...
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Eric Umansky
3 days ago
BREAKING: We've found 40+ cases of agents using banned chokeholds & other moves that can cut off breathing People have had seizures. They passed out. âI felt like I was going to dieâ said 16-yr-old citizen Admin won't say whether any agents have been punished
www.propublica.org/article/vide...
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Look how comfortable the 'men' behind him are...
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No...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Is golf a sport?
David Nolan assistant professor of sports and exercise Science DCU
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22574131/
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Yair Wallach
3 days ago
Eliyas (Eliyahu) Cohen Pasha, 1844-1915 Military doctor in the Ottoman Navy, the first Jewish Ottoman General Killed in Gallipoli
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I am not surprised...
www.thejournal.ie/israeli-tank...
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Israeli tank fired three shots from its main gun towards Spanish peacekeepers in Lebanon
The Journal has confirmed that no Irish troops were involved in the incident.
https://www.thejournal.ie/israeli-tank-fired-three-shots-from-its-main-gun-towards-spanish-peacekeepers-in-lebanon-unifil-6925302-Jan2026/
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Farrukh
3 days ago
Greenlandâs Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, "Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark" "We choose NATO" "We choose the Kingdom of Denmark" "We choose the EU"
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Howard Eissenstat
3 days ago
I spoke to a high ranking Israeli official recently who insisted that there was no real shift in the position of Gulf states towards Israel post-Gaza. I remain unconvinced.
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RiP Scott Adams. I choose to remember the brilliant cartoonist.
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DĂłnal Hassett
3 days ago
Has any kind soul on here completed the FĂĄilte Ireland Destination Support Application since they added the new required paragraphs on Sustainability and Impact? If so, please let me know. I would love some guidance!
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H-Net
3 days ago
Welcome Scholars!đ Digital projects take time, care, and collaboration. H-Net Spaces supports digital humanities and digital history work by organizing, preserving, and displaying YOUR research.đ đ
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Doubtful a falcon is big enough to take a seagull. Might need to break out the eagles...
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DĂłnal Hassett
4 days ago
I wrote this blog piece on colonial veterans at the 1931 Colonial Exhibition. I fell down many rabbit holes while researching so I'm not sure how coherent the story is but hopefully still of use and interest.
colvet.eu/exhibiting-i...
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Niall OâConnor
4 days ago
Chaplain injured in terror attack and three soldiers to receive bravery award from Irish military
jrnl.ie/6924369
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Chaplain injured in terror attack and three soldiers to receive bravery award from Irish military
On 15 August 2024, as he drove back into DĂșn UĂ MhaoilĂosa Barracks in Galway, a radicalised teenage boy stabbed him.
https://jrnl.ie/6924369
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The EU needs to understand it needs to replace NATO, and build it's own defence structures. Even if the US tries to revert back post Trump, it can no longer be relied on.
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True...
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History & Policy
4 days ago
Still time to book for this special in-person event
@ihr.bsky.social
on 20 January discussing the record and legacy of the first Labour Government of 1924.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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The Most Working Class Labour Government? The 1924 Ramsay MacDonald administration reassessed.
The History & Policy Trades Union and Employment Forum is hosting this special in-person round table discussion of the first Labour government of 1924.
https://www.history.ac.uk/news-events/events/most-working-class-labour-government-1924-ramsay-macdonald-administration-reassessed
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History & Policy
4 days ago
Still time to book for this special event on Thursday afternoon in partnership with Historians without Borders and the ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy. And weâre delighted to announce that the Rt Hon Baroness Catherine Ashton will be joining the panel.
historianswithoutborders.fi/en/tapahtuma...
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Narratives of Power: Memory Politics in Europe and the Contemporary World
Historians without Borders and the ICD Academy for Cultural Diplomacy are hosting the seminar "Narratives of Power: Memory Politics in Europe and the Contemporary World", taking place on 15th January ...
https://historianswithoutborders.fi/en/tapahtumat/narratives-of-power-london
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Conor Hogarty
4 days ago
Chaplain injured in terror attack and three soldiers to receive bravery award from Irish military.
jrnl.ie/6924369
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Chaplain injured in terror attack and three soldiers to receive bravery award from Irish military
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https://jrnl.ie/6924369
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Conor Hogarty
5 days ago
Caught between Russia and the US, Ireland has few choices. Great piece by Edward Burke in todays @IrishTimes regarding defence and the choices đźđȘ faces.
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Well done!! Absolutely merited for all.
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Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland
4 days ago
Don't forget to submit your abstract for our 2026 conference 'Intimacies in nineteenth-century Ireland'
@maynoothuniversity.ie
deadline for abstracts 1 Feb! For more see
ssnci.org/annual-confe...
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Annual Conference 2026 | The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland
https://ssnci.org/annual-conference-2026/
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Dr Francis Young
4 days ago
Iâve just indexed âEmpire on the Cheapâ by Denis Cogneau, an illuminating and comprehensive history of Franceâs colonial empire from the perspective of political economy
@politybooks.bsky.social
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
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Rutte is a disgrace...
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Lewis Goodall
4 days ago
Textbook authoritarianism.
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Paul Graf
6 days ago
NEW: China is testing a megawatt-scale airborne wind system that captures stronger high-altitude winds, potentially producing up to 10Ă more energy with 40% less material and 30% lower costs. It could also be quickly deployed to supply emergency power after disasters.
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I see Mandelson is having a Prince Andrew moment.
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
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Mandelson: I didnât know about Epsteinâs crimes because Iâm gay
Former US ambassador insists friendship with paedophile does not make him complicit in crimes
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2026/01/11/lord-mandelson-did-not-know-about-epsteins-crimes-gay/
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Seriously, what is the point in withdrawing it now... all the information in it is out there.
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/norther...
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File claiming Gerry Kelly was key IRA figure in 1990s âremoved from Dublin archives at request of Irish governmentâ
A once-classified file which included a secret garda briefing note that claimed Sinn Feinâs Gerry Kelly was a key figure in the IRA in the mid-1990s has been recalled after being publicly released by ...
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/file-claiming-gerry-kelly-was-key-ira-figure-in-1990s-removed-from-dublin-archives-at-request-of-irish-government/a432233774.html
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