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Background to the American Revolution - The History of Parliament As part of a new infrequent series on the American Revolution and its connection to Parliament, Dr Robin Eagles explores the immediate background to the

#OTD 1775 George III issued a proclamation of rebellion in a speech from the throne, a key event in the lead-up to the American Revolution.

For more on this, check out this recent #HistParl article.

John Oliver on Trump’s drug boat strikes: The president has now appointed himself judge, jury, and executioner of foreign citizens — and it’s infuriating that neither Congress nor the courts seems to be interested in putting a stop to any of this.

Gallego: "How can I negotiate? The president is in Asia for 5 days. Johnson is basically keeping the House out until January to protect pedophiles. So who am I negotiating with right now?"

since he's been getting away with his sh*t for decades why should anyone expect him to stop now? 😑

So pleased to be on the list of American Historical Association prize winners. My book, Female Servants in Early Modern England, was awarded the Morris D. Forkosch Prize in British, British imperial, or British Commonwealth history since 1485. Congratulations to all the other awardees!

Fun fact. Trump destruction of soybean exports (rightfully) gets lots of attention. But you know what we sell even more of to China? Education.
2024 soybean exports to China: $13B.
Higher Ed: $14B.
Yes, all those internat’l students count as *exports.* Trump is STILL actively destroying that market.

The person mentioned in this post is a GOP precinct captain and recent Treasurer of the Linn County (OR) GOP. He is trying to become a MAGA “digital creator” & was arrested last night at the Portland ICE facility. Last month he was involved in a physical altercation at the statewide OR GOP meeting.

The weekly shipment of 'stuff' from @memorients.bsky.social is in port

The British Library would amount to nothing if it only had its hordes of books. The real power is in the immeasurable treasures of staff expertise and dedication. Pay them real money!

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Bodleian Visiting Fellowships in Special Collections

Bodleian Library, Sassoon Visiting Fellowship in South Asian and Black History for the 2026-2027 academic year.

It's a great scheme, with a deadline of 28 November 2025. Check it and Bodley's other visiting fellowships out here.

I‘m sorry you are going hungry we had to give a bailout to that creepy Argentinian libertarian guy who tried to make crypto the national currency and immediately crashed the entire economy

The Binance CEO pardon and the tender for Pentagon drones is kinda melting my mind.

Risk Management and Maritime Business, comparative views from Early Modern Europe

Join us on Tuesday 28th at the IHR/online for "Risk Management and Maritime Business: Comparative Views from Early Modern Europe" by the excellent Maria Fusaro (exeter) www.history.ac.uk/news-events/... #econhist

My big takeaway from Trump's lengthy Air Force One gaggle is that he's talking about shredding the Constitution by being in office for a third term increasingly openly.

If you don't think he try it, you're in denial.

Full-Time PhD Studentship - Imagining Alternatives: Utopia in the World (Durham University) | MEMOs Imagining Alternatives: Utopia in the World (Durham University)

Full-Time PhD Studentship - Imagining Alternatives: Utopia in the World (Durham University):

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⚔️ 💬 Join us tomorrow for a discussion of Lyndal Roper's recent article, which explores the relationship between emotional cycles and and the development of revolutions, set against the backdrop of Western Europe' largest popular uprising before the French Revolution.

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GOP’s refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is a continuation of Jan. 6 and GOP’s rejection of democracy The GOP is anti-democracy party

Speaker Mike Johnson's refusal to swear in Rep-elect Adelita Grijalva is not just about blocking the release of the Epstein files. It's also very much about GOP's rejection of democracy. This is wake up call for the 2026 election! My Article deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/gops-refus...

The whole conversation should be about mental incompetence.

House Republicans want to strip Zohran Mamdani of citizenship, possibly deport NYC mayoral frontrunner over form omissions The first immigration case Zohran Mamdani may have to confront as mayor could be his own – as Republicans fire up calls to probe his sworn statements on citizenship forms and “deport” t…

Such deranged, casually fascist shit.

Mamdani did this without tacking to the center by accepting republican framing and throwing marginalized people under the bus or even apologizing for being socialist; something that party operatives who actually want to win might learn from.

bet not taken

CBS News is just the latest legacy news outlet to cast its lot with Trump. It settled a bogus case to please Trump, it canceled Colbert to please Trump, it hired Bari Weiss to please Trump.

The number of media outlets really willing to stand up to Trump is dwindling. Support them with your loyalty.

This guy is a progressive running for the Senate in Maine. He has a tattoo, too. But it's an Obama one, not a Nazi one.

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And current advisor to the White House on judicial nominations

Winner of best mustache and super smartie Ken Appold joins me on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social to talk about his new book: #Luther and the Peasants: #Religion, Ritual and the #Revoltof1525 @oxunipress.bsky.social #Reformation #earlymodern #skystorians
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Today attorneys for the plaintiffs in CHC v. Noem, et al filed ANOTHER notice of violations of Judge Ellis's TRO, based on additional testimony and evidence from the Little Village incident Thursday. You can read that new filing here: www.loevy.com/wp-content/u...

"Machine Yearning" by @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social is such an elegantly written piece. Only 6 pages - go read it!

While its focus is the role of AI and computer vision in art history, it has lessons about collaboration and technology more generally.