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tarquinhh.bsky.social
Oxford Law Research Admin (currently on a GLAMorous secondment), dabbler in history, philosophy & sociology of the life sciences & medicine.
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At this point my and other UK and EU universities need to take a much firmer stand of solidarity on behalf of our colleagues in Belgrade. They're fighting the kind of authoritarian destruction of intellectual life that threatens us all in Europe.

submitted 9 hours ago • 3 comments

New book review: Holmes on Sackey, Donnie Johnson: _Trespassing Natures: Species Migration and the Right to Space_. Ohio State University Press, 2024. Published by H-Environment. Read here: networks.h-net.org/node/20066332

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

Check out @tarquinhh.bsky.social's review of @donniejsackey.bsky.social's "Trespassing Natures: Species Migration and the Right to Space," published in 2024 by @ohiostatepress.bsky.social; review now available @hnetreviews.bsky.social #envhum #envhist www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=61279

submitted 6 hours ago • 0 comments

As we protest statues that glorify racist ideology, we also need to think about the things that ended up inside of museums because of assumptions about white superiority. Here's one story - of meteorites, pandemic, and Minik, the boy who lost his parents and his whole world.

submitted 1736 days ago • 1 comment

A British right wing culture war magazine, The Critic, has published an attack on me for the objections I make to historical misinformation. Here’s my response: alanlester.co.uk/blog/a-lesse...

submitted 1 day ago • 9 comments

Fun fact: autistic people don’t have to be exceptional or “useful” to deserve the right to exist and the right to dignity and respect, hope that helps. Shoutout to my high needs autistic folks and my fellow low needs, we are rad no matter what the worm controlled ghoul says

submitted 1 day ago • 8 comments

As a historian of eugenics, I can tell you that the "taxes" thing is straight up from sterilization eugenics. Not only that, it represents an even more extreme form of early 20thC. eugenics that I study: euthanasia eugenics. They are tax burdens therefore they shouldn't exist. 1/2

submitted 1 day ago • 14 comments

We already know of over 1,000 student visa terminations. The true number is likely significantly higher. Very few have anything to do with pro-Palestinian advocacy. The overwhelming majority seem to be the result of automated terminations for any contact with law enforcement, no matter how minor.

submitted 3 days ago • 28 comments

Really enjoyed writing this piece and venting my frustrations about those who were outraged by woke m&Ms, trigger warnings etc and have had little to say about students being kidnapped for speech & thought crimes.

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

📢 Join us for Leviathan and After – a one-day celebration of the history of science, the field, and its future! 📅 Mon 12 May | 🕙 10:00–19:00 📍 Dana Research Centre & Science Museum 🎙️ With Steven Shapin, Simon Schaffer & John Tresch 🎟️ Free, but registration required: 🔗 ucl.ac.uk/sts/events/2...

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

submitted 3 days ago • 221 comments

Obviously things have got dramatically worse in the US recently, and I don't want to diminish that, but I've been at *so many* conferences in the UK on topics like empire, humanitarianism and development where multiple speakers from the Global South have been denied visas or held at the border

submitted 4 days ago • 40 comments

This thread, and this point in particular, is important. I refused to travel to the USA when the ‘Muslim ban’ was in place and missed out on doing lots of events. Only one person acknowledged that’s they would make a note of saying I was unable to contribute for this reason when publishing.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Deadline approaches - one week! “Cannabis in Flux: Markets, Medicines, and Movements” Proposals Due: 20 April 2025 Deadline for Papers: 1 September 2025 Online & In Person Symposium: 23 & 24 October 2025 Learn more at ⬇️⬇️ : docs.google.com/document/d/1...

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

I've got a joke about Procrustes, but it's too long and needs to be cut down to size.

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

Re-upping this for the Sunday crowd: my weekly round-up of article and podcast recommendations. All reposts (and subscriptions) much appreciated. x

submitted 5 days ago • 0 comments

That saying about knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing seems appropriate here.

submitted 7 days ago • 2 comments

Normal dogs have vets. Greyhounds have topologists.

submitted 10 days ago • 7 comments

“They’re really, really afraid.” At least 50 Arizona State international students have had their visas revoked and one has been detained for 10 days. The reason appears to be participation in anti-genocide protests. azluminaria.org/2025/04/07/a...

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Forcible transfer (ethnic cleansing) is not a “choice”

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Wayne Szalinski: Honey, I blew it all up! Diane Szalinski: You maniac!

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Who translated Foucault's The Order of Things? progressivegeographies.com/2025/04/06/w... Not the most important thing even in Foucault studies, but a chance archival discovery and an old oddity...

submitted 12 days ago • 3 comments