Jennifer Sarha
@necverbum.bsky.social
Independent scholar, sort of writing a novel. Interests: translation, historiography, revolutions. She/they.
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2. Pretend that you have consulted expert historians who accuse Olusoga of being an activist when the reality is the reverse. As ever, it is the private right wing lobbying company History Reclaimed who supply what insubstantial critique there is.
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
2. Pretend that you have consulted expert historians who accuse Olusoga of being an activist when the reality is the reverse. As ever, it is the private right wing lobbying company History Reclaimed who supply what insubstantial critique there is.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
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“Evidence is mounting that the current generation of models is not able to transform the productivity of most firms.”
Really interesting piece. It strongly suggests the bubble will pop because they will not get anywhere near the needed returns anytime soon.
Really interesting piece. It strongly suggests the bubble will pop because they will not get anywhere near the needed returns anytime soon.
V good Economist article.
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
economist.com/finance-and-...
from The Economist
November 27, 2025 at 10:33 AM
“Evidence is mounting that the current generation of models is not able to transform the productivity of most firms.”
Really interesting piece. It strongly suggests the bubble will pop because they will not get anywhere near the needed returns anytime soon.
Really interesting piece. It strongly suggests the bubble will pop because they will not get anywhere near the needed returns anytime soon.
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Big news to all the multi-ethnic and multi-religious states that do in fact exist there.
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Big news to all the multi-ethnic and multi-religious states that do in fact exist there.
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"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
NEW: Data on Russian forces’ rate of advance indicates that a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent. Russian advances elsewhere on the frontline have been opportunistic and exploited seasonal weather. ⬇️🧵
November 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"a Russian military victory in Ukraine is not inevitable, and a rapid Russian seizure of the rest of Donetsk Oblast is not imminent"
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
and the US officials who keep saying so are repeating Russian propaganda
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There are so many bsky posts I want to quote in my writing because they just do the job better than I ever could.
Tibetans: this is the mountain Chomolungma, Mother Goddess of the Earth
Imperial Britain: crikey that's a big one, let's name it after George Everest he's a top bloke
Imperial Britain: crikey that's a big one, let's name it after George Everest he's a top bloke
November 27, 2025 at 10:47 AM
There are so many bsky posts I want to quote in my writing because they just do the job better than I ever could.
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🚨🚨"Whatever the reason Witkoff is prolonging the conflict. He is not promoting peace. If this were a normal American administration, he would be fired immediately. But nothing about this negotiation, or this administration, is normal at all." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's damning verdict on #witkoff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚨🚨"Whatever the reason Witkoff is prolonging the conflict. He is not promoting peace. If this were a normal American administration, he would be fired immediately. But nothing about this negotiation, or this administration, is normal at all." @anneapplebaum.bsky.social's damning verdict on #witkoff.
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“I am delighted that my son, as well as my daughter, will now be afforded equal protection against catching and spreading the virus that killed the grandmother they never got to meet.”
More good news about the HPV vaccine.
open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
More good news about the HPV vaccine.
open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
“I am delighted that my son, as well as my daughter, will now be afforded equal protection against catching and spreading the virus that killed the grandmother they never got to meet.”
More good news about the HPV vaccine.
open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
More good news about the HPV vaccine.
open.substack.com/pub/kityates...
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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this guy is bitching at rolling stone for an article where they highlight how an amazon data center is worsening water pollution in oregon. “director of EA DC” in bio, the EA is for Effective Altruism, the sham philosophy that tech bros use to avoid accountability. don’t trust this fuck, pass it on
You absolutely need to change this headline. It's unacceptable and disrespectful to the people harmed by the pollution.
This article itself makes it clear that the water pollution linked to cancer and miscarriages is coming entirely from nitrate pollution from farms.
This article itself makes it clear that the water pollution linked to cancer and miscarriages is coming entirely from nitrate pollution from farms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:11 PM
this guy is bitching at rolling stone for an article where they highlight how an amazon data center is worsening water pollution in oregon. “director of EA DC” in bio, the EA is for Effective Altruism, the sham philosophy that tech bros use to avoid accountability. don’t trust this fuck, pass it on
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“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth,” [the Pope] told the students. “Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.” 💯
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“Be prudent, be wise, be careful that your use of AI does not limit your true human growth,” [the Pope] told the students. “Use it in such a way that if it disappeared tomorrow, you would still know how to think, how to create, how to act on your own, how to form authentic friendships.” 💯
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“Close reading is not magic. Its power lies in argument: always vulnerable, nothing simpler and yet nothing harder. And to clarify my stakes: the way that close reading is powerful is that it lays claim to power.”
#EduSky This is SO DANG GOOD!
#EduSky This is SO DANG GOOD!
I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“Close reading is not magic. Its power lies in argument: always vulnerable, nothing simpler and yet nothing harder. And to clarify my stakes: the way that close reading is powerful is that it lays claim to power.”
#EduSky This is SO DANG GOOD!
#EduSky This is SO DANG GOOD!
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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As I posted when the news first broke. I expect that the Brazilian security services were monitoring Bolsonaro’s phone, picked up the conversation, then picked up the tampering w/the ankle monitor. Remember, Trump uses his personal phone for the calls w/his friends.
Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust
YouTube video by MS NOW
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November 26, 2025 at 3:39 PM
As I posted when the news first broke. I expect that the Brazilian security services were monitoring Bolsonaro’s phone, picked up the conversation, then picked up the tampering w/the ankle monitor. Remember, Trump uses his personal phone for the calls w/his friends.
My brain had somehow confused The Sound and the Fury and The Agony and the Ecstasy, and so there was a brief and glorious moment when I thought William Faulker had written a novel about Michelangelo. I was really looking forward to reading it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
My brain had somehow confused The Sound and the Fury and The Agony and the Ecstasy, and so there was a brief and glorious moment when I thought William Faulker had written a novel about Michelangelo. I was really looking forward to reading it.
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My speaker notes & slides from today's panel on 'Resisting GenAI & Big Tech in Higher Education', co-organised with the Climate Justice Universities Union (CJUU). The full recording, slides and resources will be available soon via the CJUU site.
danmcquillan.org/resisting_ge...
danmcquillan.org/resisting_ge...
November 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My speaker notes & slides from today's panel on 'Resisting GenAI & Big Tech in Higher Education', co-organised with the Climate Justice Universities Union (CJUU). The full recording, slides and resources will be available soon via the CJUU site.
danmcquillan.org/resisting_ge...
danmcquillan.org/resisting_ge...
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new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
November 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
new allegation concerning Farage’s behaviour when he was 18 years old
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Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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DOGE has been a FLOP, now disbanded 8 months early. Greatly exaggerating their "success" Trump and Musk lied to the taxpayers, never delivering a cent back to them. The real impact: slashing research, endangering public health, removing competent public servants, & creating chaos.
DOGE Disbanded: Elon Musk’s Cost-Cutting Project Quietly Ended
Musk said the initiative would save at least $1 trillion. But its website claims to have reached only $214 billion.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:09 PM
DOGE has been a FLOP, now disbanded 8 months early. Greatly exaggerating their "success" Trump and Musk lied to the taxpayers, never delivering a cent back to them. The real impact: slashing research, endangering public health, removing competent public servants, & creating chaos.
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Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Countries that have abortion access, DEI policies or protection for LGBTQ+ people will be considered “human rights violators“ by the Trump regime
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
We’re in the upside down.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
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Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!
November 26, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Good morning, while everyone is waiting for the budget to be announced it’s a good time to say that immigration is a source of prosperity for the UK and painting Britain as a hostile state is sabotaging the country. Thanks!