Pinned
When fatigue & utter rage are cohabitating, endurance becomes both resistance and rebellion.
Since people are talking about the backflip & the amazing Surya Bonaly, I'm adding something else. I loved her and mentioned her in my book #AfricanEuropeans in 2020.
#WinterOlympics2026 #SuryaBonaly
#WinterOlympics2026 #SuryaBonaly
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Since people are talking about the backflip & the amazing Surya Bonaly, I'm adding something else. I loved her and mentioned her in my book #AfricanEuropeans in 2020.
#WinterOlympics2026 #SuryaBonaly
#WinterOlympics2026 #SuryaBonaly
Unsurprising
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Sex and snacks, but no seat at the table: the role of women in Epstein’s sordid men’s club
Files reveal a world of flattery and fratboy tones, where rich men are cultivated and women provide services
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Unsurprising
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Me looking at Black MAGA voters (who've been adamant their Duce/Fuhrer & team were not racists - 'they just wanted to protect America' ...) after those offensive photos of the Obamas.
a man in a striped sweater is sitting on a couch
ALT: a man in a striped sweater is sitting on a couch
media.tenor.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Me looking at Black MAGA voters (who've been adamant their Duce/Fuhrer & team were not racists - 'they just wanted to protect America' ...) after those offensive photos of the Obamas.
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This is why I can't understand the incrementalism. There's horror shit happening to kids in these places. Horror shit. OK? That has to matter. The longer we wait the longer these kids suffer.
I was just denied entry to the Dilley detention facility while my constituent, seven-year-old Diana, remains inside.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
What kind of sick, horrific conditions are children being forced to endure in there?
I will be back tomorrow. Accountability can’t wait.
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This is why I can't understand the incrementalism. There's horror shit happening to kids in these places. Horror shit. OK? That has to matter. The longer we wait the longer these kids suffer.
Definitely!
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Definitely!
Sunday 15 should be interesting ...
February 5, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Sunday 15 should be interesting ...
It was! Allez Les Bleus. 👏🏽
February 5, 2026 at 10:33 PM
It was! Allez Les Bleus. 👏🏽
My teaching experience changes constantly. This class is for future human rights lawyers mainly 70%) but some are also also anthropologists and political scientists so contemporary issues are urgent matters to them (and to me). My classes need to take that into account.
February 4, 2026 at 8:01 AM
My teaching experience changes constantly. This class is for future human rights lawyers mainly 70%) but some are also also anthropologists and political scientists so contemporary issues are urgent matters to them (and to me). My classes need to take that into account.
Students are interested in forms of discriminations and explorations. I'm giving them a few tools to understand some links btw past & present, the mechanisms used to subjugate how very relevant they are today.
February 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Students are interested in forms of discriminations and explorations. I'm giving them a few tools to understand some links btw past & present, the mechanisms used to subjugate how very relevant they are today.
Teaching about Encomienda. Baculamento, Pawnship, Chattel Slavery, Altpetl and other forms of labour, their transformation in the Atlantic World & legal ramifications (15th-19th C). Terrible stories but excited to engage with their legal minds. Full class last week given it's a 9am start, surprised!
February 4, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Teaching about Encomienda. Baculamento, Pawnship, Chattel Slavery, Altpetl and other forms of labour, their transformation in the Atlantic World & legal ramifications (15th-19th C). Terrible stories but excited to engage with their legal minds. Full class last week given it's a 9am start, surprised!
Which genius thought sleeping in a hotel that has a pub with fun & loud music downstairs during dryJanuary (hers extends to mid Feb), knowing she's teaching at 9am tomorrow, was a good idea? You Londoners are sinful. I shall not be deterred and shall stay in my room to work!
#vaderetrosatana
#vaderetrosatana
a man in a suit is holding a cross in front of his face .
ALT: a man in a suit is holding a cross in front of his face .
media.tenor.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Which genius thought sleeping in a hotel that has a pub with fun & loud music downstairs during dryJanuary (hers extends to mid Feb), knowing she's teaching at 9am tomorrow, was a good idea? You Londoners are sinful. I shall not be deterred and shall stay in my room to work!
#vaderetrosatana
#vaderetrosatana
Lovely to see this brilliant book, The Great Defiance @gowerst-books.bsky.social @davidveevers.bsky.social 👏🏾
February 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Lovely to see this brilliant book, The Great Defiance @gowerst-books.bsky.social @davidveevers.bsky.social 👏🏾
Publication alert: my latest article
Comparative Focus on Legacies of Enslavement in the United Kingdom and France
#OUP #RacismbyContext
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Comparative Focus on Legacies of Enslavement in the United Kingdom and France
#OUP #RacismbyContext
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
January 31, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Publication alert: my latest article
Comparative Focus on Legacies of Enslavement in the United Kingdom and France
#OUP #RacismbyContext
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
Comparative Focus on Legacies of Enslavement in the United Kingdom and France
#OUP #RacismbyContext
academic.oup.com/edited-volum...
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In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
Official concedes 8-year-old who died in U.S. custody could have been saved as devastated family recalls final days
The parents of 8-year-old Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez told CBS News that their daughter died in Border Patrol custody because of negligence and discrimination.
www.cbsnews.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:15 PM
In 2023, CBP killed a young Black girl that they imprisoned by incarcerating her and failing to provide the needed medical care for her sickle cell anemia
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
You cannot reform this apparatus which kills people no matter which party is in charge
Anadith Danay Reyes Alvarez, who was 8 years old
For French speakers and on Threads, this is delicious!
www.threads.com/@cherchepast...
www.threads.com/@cherchepast...
dz numidien marseillais (@cherchepastatort) on Threads
"Mots passants"...masterclass
www.threads.com
January 26, 2026 at 12:36 PM
For French speakers and on Threads, this is delicious!
www.threads.com/@cherchepast...
www.threads.com/@cherchepast...
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“Ace of spades cards, which have been used by white supremacist groups as a racist symbol and were called ‘death cards’ by some during the Vietnam War, were found in at least two vehicles after those vehicles were pulled over by ICE agents”
ICE is leaving Vietnam-style death cards in the wake of their kidnappings because they are the saddest, most embarrassing military wannabes to ever live
coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...
coloradosun.com/2026/01/23/a...
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 AM
“Ace of spades cards, which have been used by white supremacist groups as a racist symbol and were called ‘death cards’ by some during the Vietnam War, were found in at least two vehicles after those vehicles were pulled over by ICE agents”
Child trafficking: how many haven't been returned? How many were / are trafficked when their parents are 'disappeared' in those centres or deported? Sickening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US immigration agents detain two-year-old Minnesota girl: ‘depravity beyond words’
DHS detain a toddler and her father on Thursday and fly them to Texas before returning child on judge’s order
www.theguardian.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Child trafficking: how many haven't been returned? How many were / are trafficked when their parents are 'disappeared' in those centres or deported? Sickening.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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PS: I wrote an entire book about these very issues - US empire, racialised violence and the political dynamics of historical amnesia... 16/
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 AM
PS: I wrote an entire book about these very issues - US empire, racialised violence and the political dynamics of historical amnesia... 16/
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ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
January 21, 2026 at 11:14 PM
ICE kidnapped a 5-year-old and sent him alone to a facility in Texas. Hell isn't hot enough.
Davos 2026: a coloniser telling other colonisers why they should stop whining and just accept to be colonised. This historian is finding all that fascinating ...
January 21, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Davos 2026: a coloniser telling other colonisers why they should stop whining and just accept to be colonised. This historian is finding all that fascinating ...
Exactement !
January 20, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Exactement !
200% tariff on wine and champagne he said. Most French people likely go 'ben, vas-y, hein' ! (Translation: knock yourself out!)
a man in a suit and tie is making a face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is making a face .
media.tenor.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:54 PM
200% tariff on wine and champagne he said. Most French people likely go 'ben, vas-y, hein' ! (Translation: knock yourself out!)
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When Nottingham's overseas campuses are cited as evidence without any reference to Nottingham's UK campus woes, you know you have a half-baked, politically convenient policy in the oven. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
UK drops target for international student recruitment
Government to encourage education providers to open campuses overseas as it focuses on reducing migration
giftarticle.ft.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:51 AM
When Nottingham's overseas campuses are cited as evidence without any reference to Nottingham's UK campus woes, you know you have a half-baked, politically convenient policy in the oven. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...