John Paul Newman

@johnpaulnewman.bsky.social

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Historian of Central and Southeastern Europe, Maynooth University. Find me in Dublin, Prague, Zagreb, Sofia.

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John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t love it when people say ‘deliberately’ when they mean ‘intentionally’.. also describing something very big as ‘enormous’ (enormous meaning something is very bad, not very big) ..

Ruth Kapelus @ruthkapelus.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · 2d

Weasel words from UO. No way this was an academic decision. They got bullied and browbeaten by the Turningpoint mob. A junior academic’s career derailed by a right wing hit squad.

HuffPost @huffpost.com · 3d

University of Oklahoma Dismisses Teaching Assistant After Controversy About Student’s Essay

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John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · 2d

Abject cowardice from the university. Shame on them.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university

Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU

A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.

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John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · 2d

Pretty sure Plato already shipped the entire human race in The Symposium?

lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna start shipping philosophers. Plato x Aristotle x Socrates (any combinations thereof) is too easy and quasi-canon anyway. Think bigger.

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 2d

Gonna start shipping philosophers. Plato x Aristotle x Socrates (any combinations thereof) is too easy and quasi-canon anyway. Think bigger.

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Ruth Kapelus @ruthkapelus.bsky.social · 3d

Let’s air those grievances. I want to hear your pettiest gripes on this the holiest of days.

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HuffPost @huffpost.com · 3d

University of Oklahoma Dismisses Teaching Assistant After Controversy About Student’s Essay

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 3d

A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university

Graduate instructor who gave failing grade to Samantha Fulnecky no longer teaching at OU

A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university.

www.koco.com

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · 7d

If Trump does invade Venezuela I think FIFA should rescind his Peace Prize, because if they don’t the award will just become completely meaningless.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump on Venezuela: "Getting land, oil rights, whatever we had -- they took it away because we had a president that maybe wasn't watching. But they're not gonna do that. We want it back. They took our oil rights. We had a lot of oil there. They threw our companies out. And we want it back."

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · 8d

That’s in my opinion one of the best music memoirs. Certainly the funniest 😂

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · 8d

Hahaha. Same. 🤦‍♂️

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Austrian History Yearbook (AHY) @ahy-history.bsky.social · 17d

How did civic organizations utilize urban geography to cultivate nationalist organizations and identities throughout WWI? Jiří Hutečka explores Olmütz/Olomouc for insights on this process in his new article for the 2026 AHY—on FirstView now!
#Nationalism #AHY #Austria #Czech
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Politics of Urban Space in the Wartime Habsburg Monarchy: Olmütz/Olomouc, 1914 to 1919 | Austrian History Yearbook | Cambridge Core

Politics of Urban Space in the Wartime Habsburg Monarchy: Olmütz/Olomouc, 1914 to 1919

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John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Nov 21

‘Dim Philby’

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John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Nov 13

When you study the I Ching instead of Advanced Tort 🤦‍♂️

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Nov 12

Haha.. even better ! 😆

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Nov 11

‘Frankenbond’

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Nov 2

So let me get it straight: even when crimes are committed by Britons, foreigners are to blame. Got it.

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Oct 18

Served with a slide whistle sound effect, no doubt ..

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Oct 18

Fingering knobs and tarts.. 😯 where is this restaurant? Asking for a friend…

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Oct 18

I’d be grateful .. they served you a double-entendre and only charged you for a single. 😀

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Oct 18

Saw it 😮

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John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Oct 8

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John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Sep 27

No beer and it’s already 11am? 🤯

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Sep 27

Regional union meetings ? 🤩

John Paul Newman @johnpaulnewman.bsky.social · Sep 18

This is such a big deal and Dagmar is the perfect person for the job - her expertise on TGM are unmatched in the field.

Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · Sep 18

Shoutout to my good friend and collaborator, Dagmar Hájková, who knows way more about TGM than anyone should have to. 🥰https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/europe/tgm-letter-czech-republic-scli-intl

Czechs agog as national archive prepares to open mysterious envelope sealed for 20 years | CNN

Citizens of the Czech Republic are waiting with bated breath for a longstanding mystery to be solved: What were the last words of the country’s revered first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk?

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · Sep 18

Shoutout to my good friend and collaborator, Dagmar Hájková, who knows way more about TGM than anyone should have to. 🥰https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/europe/tgm-letter-czech-republic-scli-intl

Czechs agog as national archive prepares to open mysterious envelope sealed for 20 years | CNN

Citizens of the Czech Republic are waiting with bated breath for a longstanding mystery to be solved: What were the last words of the country’s revered first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk?

www.cnn.com