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Yet another ICE impersonator caught. How many are they not catching? As @MarshaBlackburn @SenJohnson & Sexton try to protect masked unidentified vigilantes with legislation— we should be banning this dangerous insanity instead.

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Cooper said the protest was part of a “long history of unacceptable criminal damage committed by Palestine Action”. Prosecute criminal damage if you must, but what is unacceptable is: branding it terrorism www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Little Bredy, a village I know quite well (it hosts the Melplash Show) has been sold. The villagers are all being evicted from their homes by an unknown, wealthy landlord. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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#OTD 1858 Alice Lee b (d 5 Oct 1939) Showing “negative” studies can have major impact, her doctoral research demonstrated * no* correlation between skull volume & intelligence. As craniometry was used to “scientifically prove” both male genius & female inferiority, the fallout was massive. 1/4

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Thank you so much, Helmer. It's a fantastic honour, and a welcome recognition of the value of our field and the Humanities. But of course this is also owing to the great colleagues and students with whom it has been my pleasure to collaborate. I could not have done it without them.

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One of the things that shills for the "super-rich" are absolutely, professionally, incapable of addressing is that being "super-rich" makes you dangerously, unaccountably, powerful, and that is bad in itself and should be stopped.

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The Latest British Social Attitudes survey from Sir John Curtice and colleagues finds that 63% of people asked say they would be likely to vote to rejoin the EU in a second referendum.

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Worth a watch: Head of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, on so-called "agentic AI" and the difference between how it's described in the marketing and what access and control it would actually require to work as advertised.

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#HistoryEducation

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'The councils of both the City of Sydney and Yarra in Melbourne are moving towards heritage listing significant LGBTQ+ buildings. In Victoria, Federation University has launched an online digital platform that collates LGBTQ+ stories from the gold rush.' 1/2

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Global efforts to protect children against diseases including measles, polio and tuberculosis have stalled since 2010, leaving millions vulnerable to deadly infections.

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One year teaching fellow post at Warwick University in Modern Eastern European History. I will be on academic leave next year and the Histoty Department looks for someone to teach my two modules on Ukrainian History and on Stalinism. Look here warwick-careers.tal.net/vx/lang-en-G...

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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 'We are fundamentally the same people, despite the best efforts of the culture warriors to divide us'

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... #geogchat #envhist

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Don't forget people. Tonight is the premier of the PBS docuumentary about Hannah Arendt. 9 pm ET

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That’s right. Cut this lying lunatic off! Every self-respecting news network should cut Trump off and fact-check him in real time. MSNBC did it right!

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It's out! I've just learned that 'TIBERIUS: From Masterly Commander to Masterful Emperor of Rome' is now available to order direct from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social. Foreword by @pjgoodman.bsky.social. pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tiberius-Fro... #AncientHistory #Rome #RomanHistory #AncientBluesky

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“No right is safe in the new legal regime the Court creates.” –Justice Sonia Sotomayor. One of the most chilling sentences I have ever read.

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Hello! We're The London Archives, a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. We look after over 100km of manuscripts, books, drawings, engravings, photos and films spanning 1000 years of London's history! Give us a follow. #archives #history #LondonHistory

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Father of art history: Giorgio Vasari, Italian Mannerist artist, architect of The Uffizi Gallery Florence, friend of Michelangelo, died #OTD 1574; author of Le Vite (1550), preserved vivid anecdotes of Renaissance artists, including Giotto’s drawing of a perfect circle. Gallerie degli Uffizi Firenze

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#HistoryEducation

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This is a subject I have been brooding about for some time. I am grateful to the Washington Monthly for posting this piece. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...

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Expert historian of the Constitution: “Once a constitutional crisis becomes an endemic condition, the term no longer usefully describes our collapsing system….we live in an era of constitutional failure when the relevant institutions cannot fulfill their responsibilities.” Fr @jrakove.bsky.social

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In case you missed it: What safe and legal routes are available for refugees to come to the United Kingdom? | Sonia Lenegan

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📢Are you an early career teacher? 🔥Are you teaching physics? 💭Do you want to develop subject knowledge and pedagogy? "The early career programme has been a lifeline." Still time to apply for our #EarlyCareer programme Deadline next week - starts Sept https://loom.ly/YOZs3Cc

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Today, WHO’s Scientific Advisory Group on the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a group convened by WHO, released a report on the origins of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that caused the #COVID19 pandemic. 🔗 bit.ly/3I0V3FU

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Happy to talk about CA's LGBTQ-inclusive History-Social Science Framework. Check out the One Institute's new collaborative K-12 lesson plans--now more than ever. (Wish the journalist had mentioned my new book: Contested Curriculum: LGBTQ History Goes to School, but glad the word's getting out!)

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Just on a strategic level, it's difficult for me to understand why the conservative movement, which has a monopoly on judicial power for the foreseeable future, chose to relinquish that power in favor of unchecked presidential power. Even if we're not having elections anymore, Trump is mortal.

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#HistoryEducation

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What an amazing resource 🥳 Can't wait to get a copy!

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On Saturday 19 July, a panel featuring me and my mates Alfred Hawkins, Julian Humphrys and Jackson van Uden will discuss 'How NOT to be a medieval king' at the Southwark Cathedral History Festival. Book now: cathedral.southwark.anglican.org/visiting/sou...

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www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

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#HistoryEducation

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I have a new blog, building on the work of @michaeldoron.bsky.social . If you love Star Wars, Andor, Grogu and the Mandalorian, then don't read it. The blog is not about any of that: lobworth.com/2025/06/27/s...

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There are books. Somehow despite so many years of work I wasn’t quite prepared for actual books?! Official pub next week. More coherence inc thanks for v lovely advance praise soon.

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#HistoryEducation

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Wonderful #HistoryEducation

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⏰ the deadline is 30 June for this role with our new #Multispecies #Mutualisims project, generously funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social pls do get in contact if you have any questions ⬇️

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It's a mark of what's gone wrong with British politics that it's regarded as some kind of career-ending humiliation when a govt has to make concessions to Members of Parliament. We'd be much better governed if MPs found their backbones more often, & govts routinely had to respond to their concerns.

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Blistering piece from @iandunt.bsky.social on Matthew Goodwin's visit to London. "The success of London is a point-blank, up-against-the-wall-motherfucker refutation of the right-wing populist world view." open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

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#TeacherEducation

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The Beamish Museum (County Durham) is advertising for a Learning Coordinator (STEM): www.jobtrain.co.uk/beamishmuseu... 🏛️🎓

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Very excited to share a stage with some amazing women @edbookfest.bsky.social Rosemary Goring, Kate Anderson and I will be discussing Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI under the expert care of Anna Groundwater on 20 Aug #EdinburghInternationalBookFestival

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We have the greatest microwave ever. It has two different kinds of beeps, a volume setting and a NO BEEP setting and it is a life changer. It was recommended by the #actuallyAutistic community. It's a Breville 3 in 1 and I will never be the same. Huge quality of life improvement.

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