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World War II Didn’t End in 1945 A new history of the war lengthens the conflict’s timeline and argues that its “ragged ends” complicate the neat morality tale we still tell today.

In Bloomberg, I make the case that World War II did not end in 1945. It simmered far into the future. And this should change how we view the conflict. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

You too! It's been a long time!

Thanks, Tom!

World War II Didn’t End in 1945 A new history of the war lengthens the conflict’s timeline and argues that its “ragged ends” complicate the neat morality tale we still tell today.

hey look who it is! @dexterfergie.bsky.social in Bloomberg Weekend

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Forever Wars, Forever Forgotten As the war on terror expanded abroad, paradoxically, it faded further into the American background.

New at PB: Dexter Fergie reviews Richard Beck’s “Homeland” (@CrownPublishing), a meditation on the ways the war on terror transformed American life, politics, and culture, from SUVs to ICE to tactical baby gear.

EXCLUSIVE: American Security Contractor Unloads On US-Israeli ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ I thought I was signing up for an aid mission. But what I've witnessed in Gaza is horrific.

With even less news coming out of Gaza due to an internet blackout & crowding out effects due to Israel's attack on Iran, it's essential to keep asking where things are, especially amid claims that aid is getting in via the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.

Reporting confirms analysts' worst fears.

This would include the tribal colleges in Connecticut. Just devastating and utterly racist. This while Linda McMahon is threatening New York State with education funding cuts unless they restore racist indigenous mascots. www.propublica.org/article/trib...

It appears that my exhibit has been resurrected at the UN headquarters. The online is still available too. www.un.org/en/exhibits/...

Did they put up the whole exhibit? Or just that one poster?

It's still up????

Opinion | I Came to Study Aging. Now I’m Trapped in ICE Detention.

'I did not complete a customs declaration for frog embryos (...) this would normally result in a warning or fine. Instead, my visa was revoked & I was sent to a detention center in Louisiana, where I have spent the past 3 months with roughly 100 other women. We share one room w dormitory-style beds'

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The United Nations Is Losing Favor With Its Former Cheerleader The UN was once celebrated by both Democrats and Republicans in the US. In Trump’s America, that's no longer the case.

I haven't been on here in more than a year. But I popped back on to share an essay on the US-UN relationship I just published for Bloomberg Weekend Edition. (Email me if you need a copy.) 🇺🇳 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

merry christmas

I'm pretty certain that the site is just not configured correctly.

All I want to know: is it possible to do archival research at the PM Museum and Library in India?

The Nehru portal (which contains the catalogue for his papers) elicits this

This is one of the first google results--and perhaps the site that has this information--but my browser says the site contains malware and is a known security threat.

Ok, so apparently the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library was renamed Prime Ministers Museum and Library Society, and I cannot find any information on its archival holdings any more. Anyone know of anything?

Had to download a PDF of an academic book to check a reference. Turns out that my copy, which may or may not have been acquired from a less than reputable website, also came with a copy of this book.

According to his friend interviewed by DN, Refaat received a phone call from Israeli intelligence saying they had located him in the school where he was sheltering. Not wanting to endanger others, he left the school. He was then killed in a bombing at his sister's apartment. Israel targeted a poet.

Support our work: https://democracynow.org/giveAn Israeli airstrike in Gaza has killed the acclaimed Palestinian academic and activist Refaat Alareer, along ... Remembering Refaat Alareer, Gaza Scholar & Activist Killed by Israeli Strike

Democracy Now put together a tribute on Refaat Alareer, whom Israel killed yesterday. www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0Ra...

Wertheim on the pathology of primacy.

Israel’s Failed Bombing Campaign in Gaza Collective punishment won’t defeat Hamas.

Robert Pape: "Even judged purely in strategic terms, Israel’s approach is doomed to failure—and indeed, it is already failing." www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/israe...

I'm thinking about Refaat Alareer--a Palestinian poet, translator, literature professor, and dad. Israel killed him, along with his family, in a bombing earlier today. My heart hurts for him, his family, and the other 17,177 Palestinians that Israel has murdered since Oct. 7.

The imaginary cover to a 1928 issue of "Weird Tales from the Public Domain" features a fat cat in a top hat, smoking a cigar, strangling a mouse. The tagline of "Freeing culture from corporate captivity" runs along the bottom of the image.

When the clock strikes midnight on January 1, works of art & culture from 1928 will enter the public domain in the US, meaning they can be remixed & reused in new creative works. And 1928 was a big year, thanks to a famous mouse...

Join our celebrations: blog.archive.org/2023/12/05/w...

also some serious mental gymnastics going on to say that China was that young.