Gautham Rao

Mount Pleasant v LA Galaxy: Ten players from Jamaican side refused entry to US for Concacaf Champions Cup tie Jamaican side Mount Pleasant will be without 10 first-team players for their Champions Cup tie against LA Galaxy after they were denied visas to enter the United States.

passive voice doing some arse covering for Trump, whose travel ban on Haitians is the reason these players "were denied visas to enter the United States." Maybe his bestie Infantino can help

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Congratulations to historian Richard Carwardine on winning the 2026 Lincoln Prize for his book *Righteous Strife: How Warring Religious Nationalists Forged Lincoln’s Union.* 🗃️ www.gilderlehrman.org/about/press-...

Terrorism that didn’t happen is terrorism that happens?

The Historian's Writerly Craft: A Summer Intensive Grounded in Discipline and Artistry - OIEAHC APPLY NOW for this 12-week intensive workshop designed for historians who want to improve their artistic craft.

As someone whose second book is forthcoming, I'm still smarting from how hard it was. So here's a new addition to #teamsecondbook resources: the Omohundro Institute's summer workshop for second (etc) book writers, The Historian's Writerly Craft. Apps due 4/20 (lol)
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I’m worried about the staying power of stochastic politics

Kavanaugh debating Jackson is like me playing tennis against Serena Williams

the question is when--if ever--the majority of people in the DJT cult will believe the crumbling conditions of their material reality (and the country's) over the propaganda upon which they have grown dependent.

YouTube video by American Historical Association Nathan Cavanaugh Deposition in ACLS-AHA-MLA Lawsuit About the NEH, Part 1 of 6

Honestly I need historians to be the plaintiffs in every case I cover because if they make it to discovery you just KNOW those primary sources are going public.

Exhibit A: The American Historical Association uploading video depos of the DOGE bros to YouTube.

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🚨This is HUGE. In a lawsuit against Operation Metro Surge, a Trump appointee rules that DHS "likely maintained unconstitional policies" during the massive ICE operation.

However, "largely owing to" ICE's somewhat decreased presence in Minneapolis, the judge denied a court order on standing grounds.

The New York Football Giants making actually good offseason moves?!?

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Inbox: "Dear Gautham, We're asking influencers like you..."

Joe Cole always had the magic touch for Liverpool…

As a former Banana Republic shoe section guy this is something you never do, people get weirdly angry if you get it wrong

Actual words in this article:
“Bulging cankles”

“but one official was reportedly rankled that he had to shelve his Louis Vuittons”

OK y’all it’s that time of the week again! Let’s get this movie fired up! Tonight we are watching TROOP ZERO on Prime Video at 8 PM eastern. #HATM 1/

The Trump Administration's choice to end their "Shield for the Americas" summit with the Monty Python Flying Circus theme march is inspired. I take back everything bad I ever said about the regime

(That ~2 second dropped signal is, I assume, some AV guy cackling as he zooms in on Kristi Noem)

Now over to the Sovereign Wealth Fund derby, Saudi v. The 115ers

Moore deserves a goal for cleaning out Cucurella

If you have a instructor “reporting” annual report system like my employer’s, you can definitely get away with this

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Google’s Gemini fully made up a fake title for a book I wrote without me prompting it (I was looking up an award date to add to my CV). So guess what everyone? I’ve written two books. Promotion, please.

Logical corollary of a non-war war

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Lovely moment doing the big food shop when a random person rammed into my cart and started yelling, “am I invisible to you?!?!” before storming down the coffee aisle.

Great news in a crap season!

Readers who love nonfiction will always read nonfiction. The real shift isn’t demand, it’s attention. Books are competing in a much louder ecosystem now, but long-form thinking still and always will matter!

From Ulysses S. Grant to Donald Trump: How “Unconditional Surrender” Became Unconditional Bluster President Trump is channeling his inner Ulysses S.

From Ulysses S. Grant to Donald Trump: How “Unconditional Surrender” Became Unconditional Bluster #CivilWarMemory 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

I missed it due to classroom obligations but sounds like the boys did the proper thing

Same duo now on to politics:
A: "Did you hear about Noem?"

B: "They're replacing her with some weird rando"

Limited edition benefit sweatshirt for The Trans Continental Pipeline from Bikini Kill Limited edition benefit sweatshirt for The Trans Continental Pipeline from Bikini Kill

While I have your attention, this is ONLY available today. bikinikill.bandcamp.com/merch/limite...

Peace is war

don't fanum tax my story