Dr Sarah Irving
@drtermagant.bsky.social
Associate Prof of Middle Eastern History (Palestine, earthquakes, archaeology, labour). Gobby feminist, inky, cyclist, cat rehabber, born at 331. She/her. #actuallyautistic. Ed. of @contemplevant.bsky.social. Defender of post-92s, union member.
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While only 15NM from the distress case, we were ordered by the Libyan Coast Guards to leave the area, forcing us to contravene our obligation to assist, despite urgent requests from #EddaFlora vessel, and no SAR plan.
Who feels responsible for these lives?
Who feels responsible for these lives?
January 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
While only 15NM from the distress case, we were ordered by the Libyan Coast Guards to leave the area, forcing us to contravene our obligation to assist, despite urgent requests from #EddaFlora vessel, and no SAR plan.
Who feels responsible for these lives?
Who feels responsible for these lives?
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If you haven't read this @dirkmoses.bsky.social piece on the Holocaust, Gaza, and memory... you really should
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
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Is Holocaust Memory Over? – the Diasporist
How the German political and media classes have hollowed out the lessons of history
thediasporist.de
December 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If you haven't read this @dirkmoses.bsky.social piece on the Holocaust, Gaza, and memory... you really should
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
thediasporist.de/is-holocaust...
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Disappointed to read on LinkedIn that the Library of Arabic Literature (@libraryarablit.bsky.social) is ceasing publication with the new year due to the end of grant funding from NYUAD
January 1, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Disappointed to read on LinkedIn that the Library of Arabic Literature (@libraryarablit.bsky.social) is ceasing publication with the new year due to the end of grant funding from NYUAD
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Boo, seven, who prefers one-on-one social interactions, dislikes loud noises and abstains from drinking alcohol, told reporters he had been “wracked with nerves” when his owner, Robert Noot, 32, decided to throw a birthday party.
Cat at house party finds autistic person to hang with
A cat experiencing anxiety at a house party is said to have been “relieved” after finding an autistic human to play with. Boo, seven, who prefers one-on-one social interactions, dislikes loud noises…
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December 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Boo, seven, who prefers one-on-one social interactions, dislikes loud noises and abstains from drinking alcohol, told reporters he had been “wracked with nerves” when his owner, Robert Noot, 32, decided to throw a birthday party.
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I presume that the authors of most of these posts are bored 20-year-olds. Unfortunately, these days they all become ‘political strategists’. The threat is real.
Yeah it's probably because you're talking about 'English-Jewish relations' and threatening to deport us all if we don't fall in line with your ramblings
January 1, 2026 at 11:32 AM
I presume that the authors of most of these posts are bored 20-year-olds. Unfortunately, these days they all become ‘political strategists’. The threat is real.
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Absolutely horrific destruction of knowledge
January 1, 2026 at 6:33 AM
Absolutely horrific destruction of knowledge
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Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
January 1, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Just making sure that 2025 is definitely over
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For those of you marking the new year today, I wanted something about annual cycles. Specifically, that we're messing one up. Climate change is now increasingly altering the seasonal cycle amplitude of sea surface tempraute. 🧪🌊
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
January 1, 2026 at 7:04 AM
For those of you marking the new year today, I wanted something about annual cycles. Specifically, that we're messing one up. Climate change is now increasingly altering the seasonal cycle amplitude of sea surface tempraute. 🧪🌊
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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2/2 This operation was coordinated by the Tunisian RCC, the Maltese authorities remained unresponsive, again failing to uphold their obligations under international maritime law. As the year closes, lives in the Mediterranean continue to be abandoned & responsibilities go unmet.
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
2/2 This operation was coordinated by the Tunisian RCC, the Maltese authorities remained unresponsive, again failing to uphold their obligations under international maritime law. As the year closes, lives in the Mediterranean continue to be abandoned & responsibilities go unmet.
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1/2 Today,#OceanViking evacuated 33 ppl rescued by #Maridrive703 in the overlapping Maltese-Tunisian SRR,incl. 3 women (1 pregnant) & 3 children.A few are medical cases after a week at sea. Survivors report another group was pushedback to #Tunisia.
December 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
1/2 Today,#OceanViking evacuated 33 ppl rescued by #Maridrive703 in the overlapping Maltese-Tunisian SRR,incl. 3 women (1 pregnant) & 3 children.A few are medical cases after a week at sea. Survivors report another group was pushedback to #Tunisia.
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As the implementation deadline for the still very unimplemented Damascus-SDF deal expires, I highly recommend reading @akmckeever.bsky.social on the deal, the disagreements, and the interests at play on each side.
• akmckeever.substack.com/p/the-march-...
• akmckeever.substack.com/p/the-march-...
• akmckeever.substack.com/p/the-march-...
• akmckeever.substack.com/p/the-march-...
The March 10th agreement and its lack of progress (I)
Nine months into Government/SDF talks with little to see
akmckeever.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
As the implementation deadline for the still very unimplemented Damascus-SDF deal expires, I highly recommend reading @akmckeever.bsky.social on the deal, the disagreements, and the interests at play on each side.
• akmckeever.substack.com/p/the-march-...
• akmckeever.substack.com/p/the-march-...
• akmckeever.substack.com/p/the-march-...
• akmckeever.substack.com/p/the-march-...
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Our last issue of 2025, #29.5-6, is available online! This special issue is entitled "Environment and Empire in the Early Modern World."
It begins with an introduction by Pratyay Nath: "Environment, Empire, & Early Modernity: Histories of Co-Constitution." brill.com/view/journal...
It begins with an introduction by Pratyay Nath: "Environment, Empire, & Early Modernity: Histories of Co-Constitution." brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our last issue of 2025, #29.5-6, is available online! This special issue is entitled "Environment and Empire in the Early Modern World."
It begins with an introduction by Pratyay Nath: "Environment, Empire, & Early Modernity: Histories of Co-Constitution." brill.com/view/journal...
It begins with an introduction by Pratyay Nath: "Environment, Empire, & Early Modernity: Histories of Co-Constitution." brill.com/view/journal...
Mural by Randa Abu Rahmeh, on stairs off Khirfan St, Jebel Amman:
December 30, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Mural by Randa Abu Rahmeh, on stairs off Khirfan St, Jebel Amman:
This intriguing work by @eliaskurdy.bsky.social uses the style of Mesopotamian reliefs to depict life in Gaza under attack from Israeli drones and those watching helplessly on TV. Part of “In That Same Hour” at Darat al-Funun, Amman, till May 2026:
December 30, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This intriguing work by @eliaskurdy.bsky.social uses the style of Mesopotamian reliefs to depict life in Gaza under attack from Israeli drones and those watching helplessly on TV. Part of “In That Same Hour” at Darat al-Funun, Amman, till May 2026:
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The application window closes tomorrow!
Calling all #MastersDegree and #PhD students in subjects related to our press. Remember to submit your applications for our annual book grant before the end of the year. You could win $500-worth of our titles to help your studies. Full details here. www.gorgiaspress.com/gorgias-book... #grants
a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
ALT: a cartoon of a boy reading a book surrounded by books .
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December 30, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The application window closes tomorrow!
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More baubles for senior university leaders that failed their institutions. Did nobody look at what’s been happening at the University of Leicester In recent years? I’m sure Leicester staff will be raising a glass for their dear leader as they worry about whether they’ll have a job next year.
New year honours: VCs and researchers recognised.
Leicester vice-chancellor and Ucea chair among those knighted, along with former shadow education secretary.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
Leicester vice-chancellor and Ucea chair among those knighted, along with former shadow education secretary.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-p...
December 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
More baubles for senior university leaders that failed their institutions. Did nobody look at what’s been happening at the University of Leicester In recent years? I’m sure Leicester staff will be raising a glass for their dear leader as they worry about whether they’ll have a job next year.
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Abd el-Fattah's historic tweets are leading to calls for his UK citizenship to be revoked, and a UK Government review of his case, while Nigel Farage's history of racism and Nazi goose-stepping has led to a few Guardian front pages.
December 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Abd el-Fattah's historic tweets are leading to calls for his UK citizenship to be revoked, and a UK Government review of his case, while Nigel Farage's history of racism and Nazi goose-stepping has led to a few Guardian front pages.
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Excited to announce that you can now preorder my book, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina scheduled for December 5 release with a @stanfordpress.bsky.social discount code AMZI-ERDOGDULAR20
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#menasky #what's history 🗃️
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#menasky #what's history 🗃️
The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina - Leyla Amzi-Erdogdular
The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe examines how Bosnian Muslims navigated the Ottoman and Habsburg domains following the Habsburg occupation of Bosnia Herzegovina after the 1878 Berlin Congress. Prominen...
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November 22, 2023 at 7:39 PM
Excited to announce that you can now preorder my book, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe: Muslims in Habsburg Bosnia Herzegovina scheduled for December 5 release with a @stanfordpress.bsky.social discount code AMZI-ERDOGDULAR20
sup.org/books/title/...
#menasky #what's history 🗃️
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#menasky #what's history 🗃️
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Soon enough, it’ll just be Kid Rock and Jason Aldean in residency at the Kennedy Center.
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
December 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Soon enough, it’ll just be Kid Rock and Jason Aldean in residency at the Kennedy Center.
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Still plenty of time to get your application in for this amazing new postgraduate fellowship opportunity in marine/maritime archaeology 🏺
CAARI–HFF Graduate Fellowship – Cyprus American Archaeological Research Institute, Cyprus
Graduate research fellowship in #Archaeology & Eastern #MediterraneanStudies
Eligibility: MA/PhD
Apply: higherjobz.com/caari-hff-gr...
#AcademicFellowships #CyprusJobs #GraduateFunding @caari-cyprus.bsky.social
Graduate research fellowship in #Archaeology & Eastern #MediterraneanStudies
Eligibility: MA/PhD
Apply: higherjobz.com/caari-hff-gr...
#AcademicFellowships #CyprusJobs #GraduateFunding @caari-cyprus.bsky.social
CAARI-HFF Graduate Fellowship in Cyprus | HigherJobz
Apply for the CAARI-HFF Graduate Fellowship in Cyprus. £2,000 funding for maritime archaeology research at CAARI. Deadline: 12 January 2026.
higherjobz.com
December 29, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Still plenty of time to get your application in for this amazing new postgraduate fellowship opportunity in marine/maritime archaeology 🏺
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The year is drawing to a close, and so is our exceptional sale of new and classic titles. www.gorgiaspress.com #dontmissout
December 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The year is drawing to a close, and so is our exceptional sale of new and classic titles. www.gorgiaspress.com #dontmissout
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⬇️⬇️⬇️ A dignified, mature, thoughtful statement. Unlike those of the shadow ministers and others.
December 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
⬇️⬇️⬇️ A dignified, mature, thoughtful statement. Unlike those of the shadow ministers and others.
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That we as Jews are being treated as a carpet to walk on towards Christian supremacy in the US now seems unassailable
Itamar Mann and Lihi Yona: The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan (23 March)
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
The new definition of antisemitism is transforming America – and serving a Christian nationalist plan
Redefining antisemitism in the law was never about Jewish safety. It is about consolidating authoritarian power under the veneer of minority protection
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
That we as Jews are being treated as a carpet to walk on towards Christian supremacy in the US now seems unassailable