John Raimo
@johnraimo.bsky.social
Historian of modern Europe (PhD., NYU). DE, EN, FR & IT; working on CZ (permanently) & NL. Mostly history, literature, & arts here; desperately trying not to post political content yet here we are now.
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John Raimo
@johnraimo.bsky.social
· Feb 27
1/3 Brief reintroduction for Bluesky. I’m a professional historian mostly focused on postwar Europe, cultural & intellectual history, the history of the book, reading and publishing just now in German, French, Italian, and Czech contexts. Also keenly interested in political history, visual arts ...
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
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Algerian parliamentary bill 'lists the “crimes of French colonisation”, which include nuclear tests, extrajudicial killings, “physical and psychological torture” and the “systematic plundering of resources” and declares French colonization (1830-1962) a crime.
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Algeria passes law declaring French colonisation a crime
France’s rule over Algeria from 1830 to 1962 is marked by mass killings and large-scale deportation
www.theguardian.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Algerian parliamentary bill 'lists the “crimes of French colonisation”, which include nuclear tests, extrajudicial killings, “physical and psychological torture” and the “systematic plundering of resources” and declares French colonization (1830-1962) a crime.
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Joyeuses fêtes, frohe Feiertage, buone feste, krásné svatky, and happy holidays to everyone!
December 25, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Joyeuses fêtes, frohe Feiertage, buone feste, krásné svatky, and happy holidays to everyone!
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False colonnades, optical illusions, incomprehensible objects: why were artists, architects and thinkers in 17th-century Rome so drawn to distorted and deceptive shapes? William Aslet reads ‘The Deformation’ by Susanna Berger
The baroque architects who believed in being strange
Susanna Berger’s new book makes a sound argument for the tricksiness of Catholic architecture in 17th-century Rome, writes William Aslet
buff.ly
December 25, 2025 at 3:00 AM
False colonnades, optical illusions, incomprehensible objects: why were artists, architects and thinkers in 17th-century Rome so drawn to distorted and deceptive shapes? William Aslet reads ‘The Deformation’ by Susanna Berger
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"The ‘rubble films’ were intended to help make sure none of that could ever happen again, and in that, they are among the many intriguing failures of twentieth century culture." - Owen Hatherley
thequietus.com/culture/film...
thequietus.com/culture/film...
Murderers Among Us: Owen Hatherley Picks Over the ‘Rubble Films’ of Post-War East Germany | The Quietus
At least twice, Germany has had among the most influential and important mainstream film industries in the world. First, famously, between 1919 and 1933, German directors, in what was called, not alwa...
thequietus.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:31 AM
"The ‘rubble films’ were intended to help make sure none of that could ever happen again, and in that, they are among the many intriguing failures of twentieth century culture." - Owen Hatherley
thequietus.com/culture/film...
thequietus.com/culture/film...
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Foucault’s Christmas - "a Christmas day without writing, that was impossible! ... a day when, as he said, 'nothing has happened for several thousand years' " progressivegeographies.com/2024/12/25/f...
December 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Foucault’s Christmas - "a Christmas day without writing, that was impossible! ... a day when, as he said, 'nothing has happened for several thousand years' " progressivegeographies.com/2024/12/25/f...
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I've posted the full video and an analysis of Bari Weiss's memo.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
60 Minutes's 'Inside CECOT'
The Full Video and Bari Weiss's 'Memo'
www.unpopularfront.news
December 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I've posted the full video and an analysis of Bari Weiss's memo.—
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
www.unpopularfront.news/p/60-minutes...
Feel like the holidays really draw out the "First time ever in the post office, follow my journey!" / "Can someone help me use my credit card?" / "Why do I keep stepping on your foot in line???" / "So that's how overhead luggage bins work ...!"-crowd.
December 23, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Feel like the holidays really draw out the "First time ever in the post office, follow my journey!" / "Can someone help me use my credit card?" / "Why do I keep stepping on your foot in line???" / "So that's how overhead luggage bins work ...!"-crowd.
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Is "decline" really Europe's problem. Or is Europe the more agreeable downleg of a K-shaped OECD?
Latest chartbook just dropped.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Latest chartbook just dropped.
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Chartbook 420 Is "decline" really Europe's problem. Or is Europe the more agreeable downleg of a K-shaped OECD?
Is Europe in decline? 2025 was certainly a rough year. Europe is divided and struggling to concert its position both on financial support for Ukraine and trade policy (Mercosur). On trade policy and e...
adamtooze.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Is "decline" really Europe's problem. Or is Europe the more agreeable downleg of a K-shaped OECD?
Latest chartbook just dropped.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
Latest chartbook just dropped.
adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...
I've long thought that Marilynne Robinson was effectively a grifter but, man, this is intense: $200 for the lower-tier privilege of attending four Zoom sessions where you can't even ask a question. www.eventbrite.com/e/marilynne-...
Marilynne Robinson on the Old Testament
Join Marilynne Robinson for a four-session webinar on the Old Testament
www.eventbrite.com
December 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I've long thought that Marilynne Robinson was effectively a grifter but, man, this is intense: $200 for the lower-tier privilege of attending four Zoom sessions where you can't even ask a question. www.eventbrite.com/e/marilynne-...
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[𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎 𝐕𝐔𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑...]
Dans le cadre de "Couper, coller,imprimer", la visite mettra l’accent sur les apports soviétiques au photomontage, depuis sa théorisation par les constructivistes et les partisans de l’art de production à sa pratique diversifiée, des polémiques et ses évolutions dans les années 30.
Dans le cadre de "Couper, coller,imprimer", la visite mettra l’accent sur les apports soviétiques au photomontage, depuis sa théorisation par les constructivistes et les partisans de l’art de production à sa pratique diversifiée, des polémiques et ses évolutions dans les années 30.
December 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
[𝐄𝐗𝐏𝐎 𝐕𝐔𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑...]
Dans le cadre de "Couper, coller,imprimer", la visite mettra l’accent sur les apports soviétiques au photomontage, depuis sa théorisation par les constructivistes et les partisans de l’art de production à sa pratique diversifiée, des polémiques et ses évolutions dans les années 30.
Dans le cadre de "Couper, coller,imprimer", la visite mettra l’accent sur les apports soviétiques au photomontage, depuis sa théorisation par les constructivistes et les partisans de l’art de production à sa pratique diversifiée, des polémiques et ses évolutions dans les années 30.
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I’m sorry but ‘heritage American’ makes you sound like a tomato
December 20, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’m sorry but ‘heritage American’ makes you sound like a tomato
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do leaders of the top investigative newsroom in the country not understand what makes their journalism valuable??????
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
do leaders of the top investigative newsroom in the country not understand what makes their journalism valuable??????
Julian Lucas (@jcljules.bsky.social) on Bénédicte Savoy for the @newyorker.com ( #skystorians): www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Burgled Louvre’s Stolen-Art Expert
Bénédicte Savoy is Europe’s leading advocate for the repatriation of cultural heritage. Now, in the wake of a shocking heist, she’s bringing her ideas to the Louvre.
www.newyorker.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Julian Lucas (@jcljules.bsky.social) on Bénédicte Savoy for the @newyorker.com ( #skystorians): www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
December 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I wrote about the conservative quest to restore the "true" Constitution, the Antebellum Constitution, shorn of the egalitarian nonsense in the Reconstruction Amendments, a document that replaces equality with a society of dominators and the dominated. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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If this is already the normal procedure everywhere, i.e. a google scholar import, universities’ library catalogues will be useless tomorrow.
When viewing the fake article in Google scholar on my university network, there is a link to access the article via my uni's library. That link sends me to a library page that makes fake article appear real... Turns out library page is made programmatically from info on Google scholar 🤦
December 21, 2025 at 7:39 AM
If this is already the normal procedure everywhere, i.e. a google scholar import, universities’ library catalogues will be useless tomorrow.
Gift link: Arthur Lubow on Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 at the Philadelphia Art Museum until 16 Feb. (NYT). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/a...
Surrealism at 100, Sprawls and Seduces in Philadelphia
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Gift link: Arthur Lubow on Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 at the Philadelphia Art Museum until 16 Feb. (NYT). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/18/a...
Riccardo Panattoni, La potenza dello sguardo. Sulla fotografia di Luigi Ghirri (Le Parole e le Cose; Marsilio Editore, 2025): www.leparoleelecose.it/la-potenza-d...
La potenza dello sguardo. Sulla fotografia di Luigi Ghirri
di Riccardo Panattoni [Pubblichiamo le prime pagine del libro di Riccardo Panattoni, La potenza dello sguardo. Sulla fotografia di Luigi Ghirri, edito da Marsilio editore, nella collana Mars…
www.leparoleelecose.it
December 20, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Riccardo Panattoni, La potenza dello sguardo. Sulla fotografia di Luigi Ghirri (Le Parole e le Cose; Marsilio Editore, 2025): www.leparoleelecose.it/la-potenza-d...
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'Though completely eclipsed by Don Quixote, Cristalián de España, which was first published in 1545, has a unique claim to fame. Its 800 pages, bristling with swords, sorcerers, dragons and damsels, make up the earliest known work by a female Spanish novelist.' 1/2
‘From her pen sprang unforgettable females’: 16th-century Spanish author’s knight’s tale given reboot
Beatriz Bernal’s pioneering novel features brave, chivalrous women who ride dragons and her adapter wants his illustrated version to reach young readers
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:49 AM
'Though completely eclipsed by Don Quixote, Cristalián de España, which was first published in 1545, has a unique claim to fame. Its 800 pages, bristling with swords, sorcerers, dragons and damsels, make up the earliest known work by a female Spanish novelist.' 1/2
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The year's last @bearmarketbrief.bsky.social is here! Read about the EU's solution to Ukraine's financing needs, the Central Bank's rate cutting, Putin's marathon presser and assorted regional news.
The Brief will be back in 2026, so please subscribe!
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Perma-frozen assets
The EU failed to reach a consensus on the use of frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine
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December 20, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The year's last @bearmarketbrief.bsky.social is here! Read about the EU's solution to Ukraine's financing needs, the Central Bank's rate cutting, Putin's marathon presser and assorted regional news.
The Brief will be back in 2026, so please subscribe!
bearmarketbrief.substack.com/p/perma-froz...
The Brief will be back in 2026, so please subscribe!
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Gift-link to an excellent, heartbreaking article: Laura Wexler, A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage, and Shocked the Nation (New York Times; #skystorians) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...
A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage, and Shocked the Nation
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Gift-link to an excellent, heartbreaking article: Laura Wexler, A Revelation Tore Apart Her Fairy-Tale Marriage, and Shocked the Nation (New York Times; #skystorians) www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/m...
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A widely used #Christmas time special of the European past was to buy and wear a paper crown.
A paper crown, #skystorians? Yes, a printed paper crown. And the tiny street seller highlighted in this #earlymodern painting is selling them.
Let's have a festive 🧵
A paper crown, #skystorians? Yes, a printed paper crown. And the tiny street seller highlighted in this #earlymodern painting is selling them.
Let's have a festive 🧵
December 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM
A widely used #Christmas time special of the European past was to buy and wear a paper crown.
A paper crown, #skystorians? Yes, a printed paper crown. And the tiny street seller highlighted in this #earlymodern painting is selling them.
Let's have a festive 🧵
A paper crown, #skystorians? Yes, a printed paper crown. And the tiny street seller highlighted in this #earlymodern painting is selling them.
Let's have a festive 🧵
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You can tell this is made up because everyone knows if you don't advance in an academic search no dean ever communicates that to you. You learn you didn't advance on the jobs board and then get a form email from HR 8 months to two years later.
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
You can tell this is made up because everyone knows if you don't advance in an academic search no dean ever communicates that to you. You learn you didn't advance on the jobs board and then get a form email from HR 8 months to two years later.
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hate it when there are deans inside of departments, as is so common at real universities
You’ll never guess who else experienced ‘racism’ on the job market despite their unimpeachable academic credentials.
December 19, 2025 at 1:16 AM
hate it when there are deans inside of departments, as is so common at real universities
Aditya Chakrabortty on the great JG Ballard for the @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Want to understand the sickness of Britain today? Look no further – a novel explained it all 20 years ago | Aditya Chakrabortty
The racism, the predatory politics, the banality and cruelty: we struggle to make sense of it, but JG Ballard foretold everything we are living through now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Aditya Chakrabortty on the great JG Ballard for the @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...