Unsurprising www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Me looking at Black MAGA voters (who've been adamant their Duce/Fuhrer & team were not racists - 'they just wanted to protect America' ...) after those offensive photos of the Obamas.

This is why I can't understand the incrementalism. There's horror shit happening to kids in these places. Horror shit. OK? That has to matter. The longer we wait the longer these kids suffer.

Teaching about Encomienda. Baculamento, Pawnship, Chattel Slavery, Altpetl and other forms of labour, their transformation in the Atlantic World & legal ramifications (15th-19th C). Terrible stories but excited to engage with their legal minds. Full class last week given it's a 9am start, surprised!

Which genius thought sleeping in a hotel that has a pub with fun & loud music downstairs during dryJanuary (hers extends to mid Feb), knowing she's teaching at 9am tomorrow, was a good idea? You Londoners are sinful. I shall not be deterred and shall stay in my room to work! #vaderetrosatana

Lovely to see this brilliant book, The Great Defiance @gowerst-books.bsky.social @davidveevers.bsky.social 👏🏾

Publication alert: my latest article Comparative Focus on Legacies of Enslavement in the United Kingdom and France #OUP #RacismbyContext academic.oup.com/edited-volum...

In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old

It's happening! www.france24.com/en/france/20...

For French speakers and on Threads, this is delicious! www.threads.com/@cherchepast...

“Ace of spades cards, which have been used by white supremacist groups as a racist symbol and were called ‘death cards’ by some during the Vietnam War, were found in at least two vehicles after those vehicles were pulled over by ICE agents”

Child trafficking: how many haven't been returned? How many were / are trafficked when their parents are 'disappeared' in those centres or deported? Sickening. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

PS: I wrote an entire book about these very issues - US empire, racialised violence and the political dynamics of historical amnesia... 16/

ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.

Davos 2026: a coloniser telling other colonisers why they should stop whining and just accept to be colonised. This historian is finding all that fascinating ...

200% tariff on wine and champagne he said. Most French people likely go 'ben, vas-y, hein' ! (Translation: knock yourself out!)

When Nottingham's overseas campuses are cited as evidence without any reference to Nottingham's UK campus woes, you know you have a half-baked, politically convenient policy in the oven. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Sigh ... africa.businessinsider.com/local/market...

1991, Milan v Marseille. Milan players left the pitch. Not for same reasons as Sénégal but still, they did. I look forward to seeing where this is going. Morocco to pursue legal action over chaotic end to Africa Cup of Nations final www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Some thoughts on the Director of the Louvre and the institution ...

A powerful series. An outstanding project!👏🏾 #CottonCapital www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ja...

This historian read about the new 'board of ...' this morning and couldn't help thinking about the many meanings of the word pacify.

The Reform pitch is increasingly “the last government was terrible, so we’ve hired everyone who was in it”.

UK politics: he wants to mobilise the rebellion faster so there would inevitably be a leadership contest. Probably believing that once done, they'll come looking for him. Will defecting to Reform speed things up? Ooh, let me prepare my 🍿 !

The 18th-century Dutch Republic was a hotbed of secretive Jacobite networks producing seditious pamphlets. ⌛️ Last chance to read this new History Matters for free www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45

Let me grab my🍿 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

💯 this!

The UK announces investigation into Twitter / X / Grok over non-consensual deepfake images. Secretary of State for Science, Innovation & Technology Liz Kendall says the AI-generated images are "illegal" and the company's recent move to limit the function to paid subscribers is "monetising abuse":

Hey, Siri, Google, Chatgpt & Co let me show you what colonial deals look like in 21st century (see article). If you want to know more, check out the interview I did with Phillip Sands KC. in 2022 at Edinburgh Literary Festival. www.edbookfest.co.uk/media-galler... www.bbc.com/news/article...

Struggling to find good news today. The world is led by a bunch of psychos. One of my besties, a Welsh-Trinidadian telling me today about how Trinis voted in a corrupt leader who is now cosying up to ... www.theguardian.com/world/commen...

This week, I was interviewed on Sky News about the ICE shooting and killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. @neonuk.bsky.social @lancasteruni.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social

I was interviewed for this article in Metro 'Farage’s Angels: Have women become Reform’s secret weapon?' by Kimberly Bond January 10, 2026 @lancasteruni.bsky.social @lancasteruninews.bsky.social metro.co.uk/2026/01/10/f...

I don't know how you came to know this mostly angry page of mine and why you decide to follow me but welcome and thank you new followers. My less angry posts are mostly on Threads and Instagram. I'll need to figure out how to posts on all platforms in one go.

A Black man named Keith Porter was shot and killed by an ICE officer on New Year’s Eve. Marimar Martinez was shot five times by an ICE officer in Chicago who went on to brag about leaving seven holes in her body. This is not new but it is expanding.

Don’t you dare forget them either. We want candles for them too goddamn it! Their lives mean more than statistic! They should matter just as much! Be outraged, this number should never have gotten this high!!!

On NATO and all that.

Venezuela & Greenland After watching Miller's interview on CNN, I was morbidly fascinated by his covert gleefulness. Man (verbally) partying in 2026 like it's 1498 and 986 ... Who would have thought European colonisers would go after each other's 'former'/current colonies? Rhetorical, don't answer!

In a sea of horrendous news, here is a good one. South Africa 1 - 2 Cameroon Apologies to my South African siblings. As we say in Pidgin English, ashia 😘 Happy New Year 2026 youtu.be/kp5QyEBb4Ag?...

Una reivindicación de aquellas personas de origen africano que a lo largo de la historia han dejado su huella en Europa: 'Europeos africanos. Una historia jamás contada', de Olivette Otele @historianmemory.bsky.social. Coeditado con @casa-africa.bsky.social buff.ly/WGsMVlg

Home. Le Pont des Arts. 😍

Sigh ... www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Received in my mail with a prepaid envelope. Words to Welsh voters from an English grifter with far right funders (well, the man will take money from anyone who can pay, to be fair) who uses people's fears to get them further scammed (Brexit). willhaywardwales.substack.com/p/special-re...

Dutch king says he ‘will not shy away’ from slavery history on rare royal visit to Suriname www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...