Antoine Fournier

Great read. Hopefully the trend brings additional interest in medieval studies too?

Talking Heads: Assemblies in Early Medieval Germany by Stuart Airlie. From the book Political Assemblies in the Earlier Middle Ages, edited by Barnwell and Mostert.

And you may find yourself living in a thatched-roof hut
And you may find yourself living in the Holy Roman Empire
And you may find yourself negotiating with your lords
And you may find yourself in a beautiful hall, with a beautiful wife
And you may ask yourself, "Well, how did I get here?"

Germany designates AfD as right-wing extremist organisation Germany’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution has designated AfD as a right-wing extremist organisation, citing xenophobic stances as the reason. #EuropeNews

🚨 Just in: German authorities have formally designated the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) as a “right-wing extremist organisation” that poses a threat to democracy and the constitutional order.

U.S. attorney for D.C. accuses Wikipedia of ‘propaganda,’ threatens nonprofit status Ed Martin sent a letter to the Wikimedia Foundation accusing it of spreading propaganda

Heritage has had Wikipedia in their sights for a while now. As have many conservative groups. Even niche ones like ACPeds have consultants on the issue, and right-wing firms have been hiring out Wikipedia editors for hire in flagrant violation of Wiki's terms of service.

Quelle image du JWST!! Uranus, ses anneaux, 14 de ces lunes, et des galaxies à perte de vue. On se rend vraiment compte de la profondeur de l'Univers!

Quelle image du JWST!!
Uranus, ses anneaux, 14 de ces lunes, et des galaxies à perte de vue. On se rend vraiment compte de la profondeur de l'Univers!

I understand (and share) the feeling but this would not help Ukraine, Europe or the U.K.
Instead of performatively cutting ties with the US, the U.K. should focus on doing more with Ukraine and Europe as a whole. Don‘t say 'I won‘t have anything to do with you‘, just do more with the others.

Je partage ici le message d'un collègue argentin a qui je demandais des news. Glaçant 😱!
La Méthode Milei (bel euphémisme gerbant) démantèle éducation&recherche, cible les savoirs qui comme aux US, gênent politiquement: climat&écologie, justice env.
Le fascisme s'installe. Sommes-ns a l'abri en 🇪🇺?

Reporter: Who is the administrator of DOGE?

White House secretary: “I’m not going to reveal the name of that person from this podium…”

Baltic states begin historic switch away from Russian power grid More than 30 years after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will join the EU's grid.

More than three decades after leaving the Soviet Union, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have begun to unplug from Russia's electricity grid and join the EU's network

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Trump says EU tariffs will ‘definitely happen’ as Mexico, Canada and China retaliate Trump takes softer line on UK, saying ‘I think that one can be worked out’, while Mexico and Canada vow levies and to strengthen ties with each other

As for Trump's trade war, I think we have to assume it is here for the duration. Many years of bad economic takes particularly in the US have brought us to the moment where the country grown richest from trade thinks it is the victim.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The coming battle between social media and the state Behind the alignment of X and Meta with Trump is a cold business logic — and a position of weakness rather than strength

I enjoyed this piece about social media and the state in the FT: www.ft.com/content/917c...

Musk discussed ways to oust British PM Starmer before next election, FT reports Billionaire Elon Musk has held private discussions with allies about removing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer from his position before the next general election, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

“Billionaire Elon Musk has held private discussions with allies about removing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer from his position before the next general election, the FT reported on Thursday” -Whatever you think about Starmer is this something we should tolerate?
www.reuters.com/world/musk-e...

Review | ‘Nickel Boys’ adapts a Pulitzer-winning novel into a great American movie In “Nickel Boys,” a daring visual approach powers a gorgeous film about an ugly chapter in history.

I read Colson Whitehead's novel, The Nickel Boys, and was blown away by its power and story-telling ability of the horrors of the Jim Crow South--American apartheid. I can't wait to see the film version! wapo.st/40kziYs

Elon Musk: the ‘wild card’ in Trump’s dealings with China Do the billionaire’s longstanding ties to Beijing represent a diplomatic opportunity or a clash of political and business interests?

Yup, China has Elon by the short and curlies - as many of us have known for years. Nice to see the FT giving his China connections a timely airing. Elon Musk: the ‘wild card’ in Trump’s dealings with China on.ft.com/3ZFq1tL

Beware, this "BBC Breaking News" account is fake. It's not an official BBC News account.

If BBC News ever joins this platform, it'll be publicised via official BBC platforms.

Trump Truth Social post: I am pleased to announce that the Former ICE Director, and stalwart on Border Control, Tom Homan, will be joining the Trump Administration, in charge of our Nation's Borders ("The Border Czar"), including, but not limited to, the Southern Border, the Northern Border, all Maritime, and Aviation Security. I've known Tom for a long time, and there is nobody better at policing and controlling our Borders. Likewise, Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin. Congratulations to Tom. I have no doubt he will do a fantastic, and long awaited for, job.

Trump announces that he's placing former ICE director and family-separation-policy originator Tom Homan in charge of the border

either people specify what they mean when they say “elite” or the term is just meaningless pejorative. both parties are dominated by elites in any conventional sense of what that means! the question is: why are right-wing elites more palatable to voters than liberal ones?

Today is World Wombat Day so I must again say that my favourite ever blessing is an Indigenous Australian one and it goes "may the wombat of happiness snuffle through your underbrush"

Egypt declared malaria-free by World Health Organization The World Health Organization says the disease "that plagued pharaohs" now belongs to Egypt's history.

#BBCNews - Egypt declared malaria-free after 100-year effort
www.bbc.com/news/article...

#LoveHer

Great soundtrack for a very clever game. Highly recommend if you want to play like a real detective.

A highlighted excerpt from a news story, apparently about a new washroom in the city bus terminal: "A second person who checked out the women's restroom and who asked not to be identified because she has always wanted to be an anonymous source - reported her findings by email: "Black shiny granite..."

Best reason to go off the record.

The queen of suspense: how Ann Radcliffe inspired Dickens and Austen – then got written out of the canon She was all but forgotten. Now the 18th-century author’s republished novels reveal why she made such an extraordinary contribution to literature

Writing literary wrongs. ‘The queen of suspense: how Ann Radcliffe inspired Dickens and Austen – then got written out of the canon’

Singapore Ends 181 Years of Horse Racing to Make Way for Homes More than 180 years of horse racing came to an end in Singapore on Saturday, as the Singapore Turf Club hosted its final race day before its track is handed back to the government to provide land for ...

Singapore has held its last horse race after more than 180 years, as the city's Turf Club's stadium will be bulldozed to build new homes.

In about 200 hours the final coal power plant in the UK, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, shuts down for good.

Not that long ago coal provided 40% of UK electricity.

‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy

‘You basically have free hot water’: how Cyprus became a world leader in solar heating. The country, which has more 300 days of sunshine a year, has embraced rooftop systems that harness the sun’s energy.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There are people arguing that the US should impose tariffs on foreign countries if they don't reduce their carbon emissions related to manufacturing, but these demands are going to be looked at skeptically if our data center emissions are going up.