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At least 148 dead after reported strike on school, Iran says Iran has blamed the US and Israel for the strike; the US is looking into reports of the incident, while the IDF says it is

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

And this horror is unfolding with AI assistance.

Hungry for Affirmation, Vulnerable to Scams: As a Writer, I Know the Feeling

“[People were] reaching out to commiserate on my underappreciated literary genius & to offer their services. Either I had finally been recognized as the Proust of my generation, or this frenzied attention was part of some insistent scam. Guess which one.” 🎁 link www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/b...

A headline about a Caribbean action movie featuring a woman 🏴‍☠️ pirate!

Will be watching this one! 🏴‍☠️

This timeline is a nightmare and we have YEARS to go—————————————————

Thanks for the rec!

The launch of every piece of AI-driven surveillance/security/criminal justice software basically goes like this:

AI COMPANY: this is an error free, bias free, state of the art, highly intelligent software system

Two Weeks Later: …aaaand it’s racist

Hell yes.

As of tonight, licenses of trans people across Kansas are being invalidated en masse, enabling the overnight criminalization of an entire group of people for going about our lives. It’s often said you never know when you’re living through history, so let me assure you: that’s what’s happening now.

Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump.

The US Justice Department withheld testimony that Donald Trump sexually abused a girl when she was 13 or 14 - according to a source who viewed unredacted Epstein files.

This is the worst scandal in US history and should be the biggest news story on the planet right now.

www.npr.org/2026/02/24/n...

Yes! I’d also add: if you’re an author and hope people will buy and read your book (either now or months/years from now!), you should support other authors and read, buy, and spread the word about their work. Reading is sadly a dying art; we absolutely must support one another. 📚 plus it’s fun!

She’s raised almost $20m to help Minnesota – she thinks you can do it too Ashley Fairbanks launched Stand with Minnesota as ICE raids rocked her home town – now donations are pouring in, and families’ rent is being paid

I need to address this immediately, because I am WAY too Minnesotan to ever claim credit for this.

I built a thing to point the fire hose of people's generosity in the right direction. That's it.

I am thankful for the piece, because hopefully it means people will donate more money.

In the shadow of Andrew, Prince Harry’s exile just became more shameful The House of Windsor does not treat every member of their team equally – the private security and half-in, half-out working royal status that the Yorks enjoyed was not granted to the Sussexes

"Meanwhile, if the establishment media want to save the institution they make so much money writing about, a focus on increased royal transparency in all political and financial matters would be a good start. Never has it been more important to throw back the curtain and let in daylight"

Indeed. I was lambasted as “shameful” simply for writing about the monarchy’s entanglement with slavery over the centuries. Yet, as the public is now all too aware, the shame lay within the palace’s gates.

The cover of Anna Law’s book Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship

Anna Law’s important new book on migration & American citizenship is out in exactly ONE month! Pre-order now! bookshop.org/p/books/migr... @unlawfulentries.bsky.social 📚

Support @bfworld.bsky.social —a fantastic podcast for history lovers!
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Looking forward to reading!!

Preaching to the choir—but share with others!

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PBS documentary airing tonight: Charles R—The Making of a Monarch

Interesting timing, PBS! 🍿👑

Trump ups tariffs day after Supreme Court ruling against him Trump ups tariffs day after Supreme Court ruling against him

Trump increases tariffs to 15%
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If added to other tariffs this would breach the deal with the EU

A Telegraph headline accusing Meghan and Harry of not “chiming in” to comment on Andrew’s arrest.

Look 👀 over here, everyone!! Surely Meghan and Harry must be to blame for something…

Georgia Is Letting a Railroad Seize Land a Black Family Has Owned For 100 Years Descendants of enslaved people are fighting an attempt to use eminent domain to carve a spur through one of Georgia’s largest Black‑owned farms.

In the 1800s, a slave owner purchased over a dozen people in Georgia and set the foundation for his family’s generational wealth

Generations later, a railroad company owned by one of his descendants is using eminent domain to seize land of Black farmers

Charles attends the opening of London fashion week

When your criminal 🫆brother is the world’s top news story (on his 66th birthday no less! ) but the runway calls…fashion waits for no one. 👜👑

Confronting the British monarchy's slave-trade legacy In “The Crown’s Silence,” scholar and historian Brooke Newman traces the royal role in colonial slavery.

"The Crown's Silence is a groundbreaking historical investigation that dismantles the monarchy's trad. image as a benevolent force for abolition. [It] provides critical context for current debates regarding royal accountability, reparations, & restorative justice." www.audible.com/blog/intervi...

Flyer for a book talk and wine reception next week

Please join me next week at the Wilton House Museum in Richmond, VA for a book talk followed by a book signing ✍️ and wine 🍷 reception. Tickets & info here: app.theauxilia.com/Event/the_cr...

Love seeing OG Charles I back in the headlines!

So SCOTUS, with its fabricated-out-of-thin-air immunity doctrine, has actually made American presidents less accountable than LITERAL royalty.

Today’s headlines make one thing clear: institutions we’re taught to see as untouchable rarely are.

Different eras. Different forms of abuse.

Same underlying issue: power operating without meaningful accountability—until (perhaps) now.