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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Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
How a TikToker and former actress is helping lead California’s earthquake work
Wendy Bohon has built a TikTok following as an earthquake geologist. She helps lead earthquake work for the California Geological Survey.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Let me just make a few little adjustments to that title…
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
“How a scientist with a PhD in Geology and 25 years of experience is helping lead California’s earthquake work”
Way to devalue my experience.
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About Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news
February 15, 2026 at 3:32 PM
About Epstein, Edge, eugenics, and finding my name in the Epstein files.
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
www.thenerve.news/p/epstein-bi...
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Feel like this is a good lesson to keep generative AI far from your editorial process as a matter of policy. Ars is a great website. If it can happen there it can happen to anyone that allows these tools in
Ars Technica Pulls Article With AI Fabricated Quotes About AI Generated Article
A story about an AI-generated article contained fabricated, AI-generated quotes.
www.404media.co
February 15, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Feel like this is a good lesson to keep generative AI far from your editorial process as a matter of policy. Ars is a great website. If it can happen there it can happen to anyone that allows these tools in
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Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
February 14, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.
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Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
February 14, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Just checking, it's now ok to flee your homeland, because you're afraid for your safety, and seek refuge in another Country?
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
Glad we've cleared that up. Let's hear no more about immigration and refugees then.
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Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
February 14, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Happy Valentine’s Day, from us to you. Tag your exes. Xoxox
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New online at @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Archaeological sites in conflict zones: an in-depth case study of Tell Dothan, Palestine" by Salah Hussein Al-Houdalieh: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
cc @levant-journal.bsky.social @cbrl.bsky.social
cc @levant-journal.bsky.social @cbrl.bsky.social
Archaeological sites in conflict zones: an in-depth case study of Tell Dothan, Palestine
Tell Dothan, located in the northern West Bank, is a prominent archaeological site with substantial historical and cultural significance. Associated with the ancient city of Dothan referenced in bi...
www.tandfonline.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:38 PM
New online at @contemplevant.bsky.social: "Archaeological sites in conflict zones: an in-depth case study of Tell Dothan, Palestine" by Salah Hussein Al-Houdalieh: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
cc @levant-journal.bsky.social @cbrl.bsky.social
cc @levant-journal.bsky.social @cbrl.bsky.social
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Glad to share that our special issue of German History, co-edited with @nkleinoeder.bsky.social, is now available in First View. It focuses on colonial railway infrastructure in the German Empire. If you would like access, just let us know.
doi.org/10.1093/gerh...
doi.org/10.1093/gerh...
February 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Glad to share that our special issue of German History, co-edited with @nkleinoeder.bsky.social, is now available in First View. It focuses on colonial railway infrastructure in the German Empire. If you would like access, just let us know.
doi.org/10.1093/gerh...
doi.org/10.1093/gerh...
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A bit about my recent stay in Aleppo in this piece by @justinsalhani.bsky.social.
What will it take for Syrians to return to Aleppo after years of war?
Syria's government is trying to rebuild Aleppo, but war and neglect have made it a daunting prospect.
www.aljazeera.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
A bit about my recent stay in Aleppo in this piece by @justinsalhani.bsky.social.
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“It looks like you’re writing an article. Would you like help?”
February 13, 2026 at 10:32 AM
“It looks like you’re writing an article. Would you like help?”
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So, on Tuesday night Keir Starmer gave a make-or-break speech to the Parliamentary Labour Party. Apparently he "gets it" that there needs to be a change of direction.
Yeah, sure.
His Home Secretary? Not so much.
Spooks and weapons-peddlers still running the show, obvs.
Yeah, sure.
His Home Secretary? Not so much.
Spooks and weapons-peddlers still running the show, obvs.
February 13, 2026 at 10:49 AM
So, on Tuesday night Keir Starmer gave a make-or-break speech to the Parliamentary Labour Party. Apparently he "gets it" that there needs to be a change of direction.
Yeah, sure.
His Home Secretary? Not so much.
Spooks and weapons-peddlers still running the show, obvs.
Yeah, sure.
His Home Secretary? Not so much.
Spooks and weapons-peddlers still running the show, obvs.
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Good to see the government overreach backfires.
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK ban on Palestine Action unlawful, high court judges rule
Protest group’s co-founder wins legal challenge against decision to proscribe it under anti-terrorism laws
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Good to see the government overreach backfires.
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Applications for the Critical Amazigh Studies Summer Institute are open:
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/article...
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/article...
February 12, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Applications for the Critical Amazigh Studies Summer Institute are open:
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/article...
www.international.ucla.edu/cnes/article...
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This is a huge crisis in Turkey among low-income and the youth
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.
The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0
www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:34 PM
This is a huge crisis in Turkey among low-income and the youth
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Out today: The Race Makers by Andrew S. Curran.
A bold new history of how modern ideas of race were shaped during the Enlightenment, when reason, science, and philosophy were used to categorise humanity itself.
Order NOW via link in bio 🔗
A bold new history of how modern ideas of race were shaped during the Enlightenment, when reason, science, and philosophy were used to categorise humanity itself.
Order NOW via link in bio 🔗
February 12, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Out today: The Race Makers by Andrew S. Curran.
A bold new history of how modern ideas of race were shaped during the Enlightenment, when reason, science, and philosophy were used to categorise humanity itself.
Order NOW via link in bio 🔗
A bold new history of how modern ideas of race were shaped during the Enlightenment, when reason, science, and philosophy were used to categorise humanity itself.
Order NOW via link in bio 🔗
Rest in Power 💔
Today, Hatem Rayyan, a Palestinian paramedic who was abducted from Kamal Odwan Hospital on December 27, 2024, died in an Israeli prison.
Rayyan was abducted from the same hospital and on the same day as Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyya.
Rayyan was abducted from the same hospital and on the same day as Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyya.
February 12, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Rest in Power 💔
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Given... everything, I especially appreciate folks' interest in my work. In case you're curious, I've shared the introduction to my book, In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico, here: works.hcommons.org/records/hv9r... 🗃️📚🏺🇲🇽
In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico (intro)
Located in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El Tajín is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and national symbol. The Indigenous Totonac resid...
works.hcommons.org
February 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Given... everything, I especially appreciate folks' interest in my work. In case you're curious, I've shared the introduction to my book, In the Shadow of El Tajín: The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico, here: works.hcommons.org/records/hv9r... 🗃️📚🏺🇲🇽
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Today, Hatem Rayyan, a Palestinian paramedic who was abducted from Kamal Odwan Hospital on December 27, 2024, died in an Israeli prison.
Rayyan was abducted from the same hospital and on the same day as Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyya.
Rayyan was abducted from the same hospital and on the same day as Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyya.
February 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Today, Hatem Rayyan, a Palestinian paramedic who was abducted from Kamal Odwan Hospital on December 27, 2024, died in an Israeli prison.
Rayyan was abducted from the same hospital and on the same day as Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyya.
Rayyan was abducted from the same hospital and on the same day as Dr. Hussam Abu Safiyya.
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RAPID RESPONSE ACTION
The Royal Courts have just announced that the judgment for the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action will take place this Friday at 10am
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
Action will take place in London and Edinburgh.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action!
The Royal Courts have just announced that the judgment for the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action will take place this Friday at 10am
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
Action will take place in London and Edinburgh.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action!
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
RAPID RESPONSE ACTION
The Royal Courts have just announced that the judgment for the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action will take place this Friday at 10am
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
Action will take place in London and Edinburgh.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action!
The Royal Courts have just announced that the judgment for the Judicial Review over the ban on Palestine Action will take place this Friday at 10am
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
Action will take place in London and Edinburgh.
Lift The Ban on Palestine Action!
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It is essential that anyone planning to take part in Rapid Response actions reads the Action Briefing Document in full.
We will also be hosting an Action briefing Call TONIGHT (Thursday 12th) at 6pm.
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
We will also be hosting an Action briefing Call TONIGHT (Thursday 12th) at 6pm.
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
Lift The Ban - Defend Our Juries
Following intensive lobbying by representatives of the Israeli government and the arms industry such as Lord Walney, dishonestly presented to the public as ‘independent advisers’, domestic direct acti...
wedonotcomply.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:09 PM
It is essential that anyone planning to take part in Rapid Response actions reads the Action Briefing Document in full.
We will also be hosting an Action briefing Call TONIGHT (Thursday 12th) at 6pm.
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
We will also be hosting an Action briefing Call TONIGHT (Thursday 12th) at 6pm.
wedonotcomply.org - all links and info
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From the Samurais to the Fascists, Charlotte Brontë to Daniel Defoe, here is a selection of anticipated new history books that will be released over the month ahead.
With new books from @olegb.bsky.social, @mmier.bsky.social, @neilrootwriter.bsky.social and many more👇
With new books from @olegb.bsky.social, @mmier.bsky.social, @neilrootwriter.bsky.social and many more👇
New History Books for February 2026 - Unseen Histories
From Samurais to Fascists, Charlotte Brontë to Daniel Defoe. Here is a selection of anticipated books that will be published over the month ahead.
www.unseenhistories.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 PM
From the Samurais to the Fascists, Charlotte Brontë to Daniel Defoe, here is a selection of anticipated new history books that will be released over the month ahead.
With new books from @olegb.bsky.social, @mmier.bsky.social, @neilrootwriter.bsky.social and many more👇
With new books from @olegb.bsky.social, @mmier.bsky.social, @neilrootwriter.bsky.social and many more👇
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Our next PGR/ECR event, “How to write a book review” with guest Dr. Daniel Steinbach, will take place on Wednesday, 18 February at 12:30pm EST/ 5:30pm GMT/ 6:30pm CET.
Any member wanting to register for the event can do so here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-wri...
Any member wanting to register for the event can do so here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-wri...
How to write a book review
Learn how to write a book review from Daniel Steinbach, book-review editor of First World War Studies.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Our next PGR/ECR event, “How to write a book review” with guest Dr. Daniel Steinbach, will take place on Wednesday, 18 February at 12:30pm EST/ 5:30pm GMT/ 6:30pm CET.
Any member wanting to register for the event can do so here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-wri...
Any member wanting to register for the event can do so here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-wri...
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Join us on 19 Feb as we explore the archives and examine the Black Radical Press in 1970s Britain. Hear Leila Hassan Howe (Race Today), Nigel De Noronha (CoDE) and Sophia Siddiqui (Institute of Race Relations) with GPI's Sarah Garrod. Chair Arielle Lawson. Free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-w...
February 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Join us on 19 Feb as we explore the archives and examine the Black Radical Press in 1970s Britain. Hear Leila Hassan Howe (Race Today), Nigel De Noronha (CoDE) and Sophia Siddiqui (Institute of Race Relations) with GPI's Sarah Garrod. Chair Arielle Lawson. Free! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/archival-w...
Speaking from his tax haven in Monaco... wanker. Also, another good reason to despise Man U www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK being ‘colonised by immigrants’, says Man United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain’s seventh-richest man, who vocally backed Brexit then moved to Monaco, also hits out at people on benefits
www.theguardian.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Speaking from his tax haven in Monaco... wanker. Also, another good reason to despise Man U www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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The EAA votes are out
The great majority of our archaeological community has voted in favour of the petitions raised by #concernedEAA. We asked for a democratic process, we asked for accountability, and for the need to acknowledge the horrific genocidal policy of Israel against Gaza.
The great majority of our archaeological community has voted in favour of the petitions raised by #concernedEAA. We asked for a democratic process, we asked for accountability, and for the need to acknowledge the horrific genocidal policy of Israel against Gaza.
February 11, 2026 at 6:13 PM
The EAA votes are out
The great majority of our archaeological community has voted in favour of the petitions raised by #concernedEAA. We asked for a democratic process, we asked for accountability, and for the need to acknowledge the horrific genocidal policy of Israel against Gaza.
The great majority of our archaeological community has voted in favour of the petitions raised by #concernedEAA. We asked for a democratic process, we asked for accountability, and for the need to acknowledge the horrific genocidal policy of Israel against Gaza.