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From the great David Wojnarowicz (thread):
"I wake up every morning in this killing machine called america & I’m carrying this rage like a blood filled egg & there’s a thin line between inside & the outside a thin line between thought & action & that line is simply made up of blood & muscle & bone"
"I wake up every morning in this killing machine called america & I’m carrying this rage like a blood filled egg & there’s a thin line between inside & the outside a thin line between thought & action & that line is simply made up of blood & muscle & bone"
January 19, 2026 at 2:33 PM
From the great David Wojnarowicz (thread):
"I wake up every morning in this killing machine called america & I’m carrying this rage like a blood filled egg & there’s a thin line between inside & the outside a thin line between thought & action & that line is simply made up of blood & muscle & bone"
"I wake up every morning in this killing machine called america & I’m carrying this rage like a blood filled egg & there’s a thin line between inside & the outside a thin line between thought & action & that line is simply made up of blood & muscle & bone"
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100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY format.
January 17, 2026 at 6:10 PM
100% tariff on the MM/DD/YY format.
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What can I say, we were fired up after the 2016 election. It felt like urgent work for our editors to share these histories, in accessible form, to show just what ordinary citizens can do. (And we started publishing the series even before the Women’s March happened.)
Back in 2016, Nursing Clio put together a series called Protest: Past & Present. It was one of the most powerful series we've ever done, showing the power of protest (for good and bad). I'm going to post the essays below 🧵
January 19, 2026 at 1:17 PM
What can I say, we were fired up after the 2016 election. It felt like urgent work for our editors to share these histories, in accessible form, to show just what ordinary citizens can do. (And we started publishing the series even before the Women’s March happened.)
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I work from home a lot. Some days, there's not much work to do so I wait for my wife and son to go out and shout "BIG DAY IN THE BIG BOYS BED' and both dogs run upstairs to burrow under the bed covers and we all have a mid-morning nap together. It's the highlight of my week.
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
I work from home a lot. Some days, there's not much work to do so I wait for my wife and son to go out and shout "BIG DAY IN THE BIG BOYS BED' and both dogs run upstairs to burrow under the bed covers and we all have a mid-morning nap together. It's the highlight of my week.
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Took part in a reflective session on telling the story & legacies of eugenics to public through academic collections at Oxford in May 2023. Wrote up notes with indy Bhullar from LSE Library & Marius Turda.
There is a personal & professional fragility here
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
There is a personal & professional fragility here
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
Public Engagement with Eugenics in the Academy Exhibitions and Events across Higher Education Institutions
Abstract. This collective report details the authors’ engagement with the legacies of eugenics through curating exhibitions and events at higher education
royalsocietypublishing.org
January 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Took part in a reflective session on telling the story & legacies of eugenics to public through academic collections at Oxford in May 2023. Wrote up notes with indy Bhullar from LSE Library & Marius Turda.
There is a personal & professional fragility here
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
There is a personal & professional fragility here
royalsocietypublishing.org/rsnr/article...
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Rishan from my now cancelled Journeys project. She escaped religious persecution in Eritrea and travelled across the Sahara and through Libya aged only 15, eventually making it to Kent. She has now qualified as an NHS nurse to give something back to the country which gave her sanctuary.
January 16, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Rishan from my now cancelled Journeys project. She escaped religious persecution in Eritrea and travelled across the Sahara and through Libya aged only 15, eventually making it to Kent. She has now qualified as an NHS nurse to give something back to the country which gave her sanctuary.
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Lots of people are talking about this obit, and for very good reason! What a life! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w... (gift link)
Renfrew Christie Dies at 76; Sabotaged Racist Regime’s Nuclear Program
www.nytimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Lots of people are talking about this obit, and for very good reason! What a life! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/w... (gift link)
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Have been thinking a lot lately about something Dada artist Hugo Ball wrote in his diary in 1916, amidst the violence & turmoil of World War I, as he reflected on the movement's use of masks, costumes, & performance:
"The horror of our time, the paralyzing background of events, is made visible."
"The horror of our time, the paralyzing background of events, is made visible."
For what it's worth, at least our present moment is helping me understand the Dada artists & their motivations a whole lot better
January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Have been thinking a lot lately about something Dada artist Hugo Ball wrote in his diary in 1916, amidst the violence & turmoil of World War I, as he reflected on the movement's use of masks, costumes, & performance:
"The horror of our time, the paralyzing background of events, is made visible."
"The horror of our time, the paralyzing background of events, is made visible."
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The 'give ice qr codes' thing reminds me of when Sarah Everard was murdered by a real policeman using his real police id to kidnap her, and the police & gvt made out the solution was to have a helpline to check that the person bundling you away was a real policeman (as the murderer was)
January 14, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The 'give ice qr codes' thing reminds me of when Sarah Everard was murdered by a real policeman using his real police id to kidnap her, and the police & gvt made out the solution was to have a helpline to check that the person bundling you away was a real policeman (as the murderer was)
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this reminds me that there needs to be more #archives merch out in the world. (besides my awesome #zines, of course: etsy.me/4np2yGa)
Pins, patches, tshirts, totes, temp tattoos, whatever.
get the good word of archives out there. remind people that history is vital and worthy of funding & labor!
Pins, patches, tshirts, totes, temp tattoos, whatever.
get the good word of archives out there. remind people that history is vital and worthy of funding & labor!
I really need SAA to make the August 2025 embroidery art by Rachel Searcy available as a patch for my denim jacket
January 14, 2026 at 5:27 PM
this reminds me that there needs to be more #archives merch out in the world. (besides my awesome #zines, of course: etsy.me/4np2yGa)
Pins, patches, tshirts, totes, temp tattoos, whatever.
get the good word of archives out there. remind people that history is vital and worthy of funding & labor!
Pins, patches, tshirts, totes, temp tattoos, whatever.
get the good word of archives out there. remind people that history is vital and worthy of funding & labor!
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The latest issue of the Science Museum Group Journal is out: journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/issue/autumn...
Autumn 2025 - Science Museum Group Journal
Issue 24 is particularly interested in research practices, and asks important questions about how the research performed by museums might best be decolonial, safe, and ethical. Karen Baker and Mike Es...
journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk
January 14, 2026 at 11:11 AM
The latest issue of the Science Museum Group Journal is out: journal.sciencemuseum.ac.uk/issue/autumn...
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I love that someone on @letterboxd.social has made a list of music documentaries that don't feature Bono and that one of the chief discussions in the comments is whether or not they also feature Dave Grohl. letterboxd.com/mrbalihai/li...
Bono Free, as Free as the Wind Blows
Provided as a courtesy to the discerning Letterboxd member who prefers less insufferable Irish rockstar in their music documentaries* *-Disclaimer: although every effort has been made to certify that ...
letterboxd.com
January 13, 2026 at 4:32 PM
I love that someone on @letterboxd.social has made a list of music documentaries that don't feature Bono and that one of the chief discussions in the comments is whether or not they also feature Dave Grohl. letterboxd.com/mrbalihai/li...
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@stephencollins.bsky.social made the point best
January 13, 2026 at 8:11 AM
@stephencollins.bsky.social made the point best
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Worthwhile listen.
New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz interviews political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, who teach at Harvard, and Lucan A. Way, who teaches at the University of Toronto, about the health of American democracy.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz interviews political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, who teach at Harvard, and Lucan A. Way, who teaches at the University of Toronto, about the health of American democracy.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
How Bad Is It?: Three Political Scientists Say America Is No Longer a Democracy
Podcast Episode · The Political Scene | The New Yorker · 12/11/2025 · 49m
podcasts.apple.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Worthwhile listen.
New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz interviews political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, who teach at Harvard, and Lucan A. Way, who teaches at the University of Toronto, about the health of American democracy.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz interviews political scientists Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, who teach at Harvard, and Lucan A. Way, who teaches at the University of Toronto, about the health of American democracy.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
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US bond markets should be in revolt. Fed independence matters | Nils Pratley
US bond markets should be in revolt. Fed independence matters | Nils Pratley
It is a perilous time to mess with the principle that rate-setters under an independent system should be free of political pressure
www.theguardian.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
US bond markets should be in revolt. Fed independence matters | Nils Pratley
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There's something I can't quite put my finger on that seems to be the common denominator between all of these streets.
Oh, I know what it is. It's the complete lack of cars.
Oh, I know what it is. It's the complete lack of cars.
Britain’s 20 prettiest streets
Our writer lays out the country’s very best alleys, avenues, crescents, cut-throughs, side roads, back streets and boulevards
www.telegraph.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 3:42 PM
There's something I can't quite put my finger on that seems to be the common denominator between all of these streets.
Oh, I know what it is. It's the complete lack of cars.
Oh, I know what it is. It's the complete lack of cars.
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The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
January 5, 2026 at 7:26 AM
The Utrecht morning rush hour in the snow did not disappoint!
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Posted this a few times on the Bowie anniversary but not over here so here’s one of my favourite tributes of that day, from the organist at Kelvingrove Museum.
January 10, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Posted this a few times on the Bowie anniversary but not over here so here’s one of my favourite tributes of that day, from the organist at Kelvingrove Museum.
🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 10, 2026 at 8:07 AM
🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰
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All that mobile phone coverage from Minneapolis is brilliant, and vital. Citizen witnessing.
Your occasional reminder of what the police put out after the George Floyd murder, before Darnella Frazier's brave phone record was released...
Your occasional reminder of what the police put out after the George Floyd murder, before Darnella Frazier's brave phone record was released...
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
All that mobile phone coverage from Minneapolis is brilliant, and vital. Citizen witnessing.
Your occasional reminder of what the police put out after the George Floyd murder, before Darnella Frazier's brave phone record was released...
Your occasional reminder of what the police put out after the George Floyd murder, before Darnella Frazier's brave phone record was released...
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January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
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Fritz with his homemade carriage crafted from roller skate parts. Manchester, UK, 1973. After losing the use of his hind legs in an accident, Fritz traded walkies for wheelies. His devoted owner, determined to give him a second chance...
January 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Fritz with his homemade carriage crafted from roller skate parts. Manchester, UK, 1973. After losing the use of his hind legs in an accident, Fritz traded walkies for wheelies. His devoted owner, determined to give him a second chance...
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🟦 A definitive account of the President's assault on the Smithsonian — if you read one thing today, make it this
Another excellent (and vital) Guardian long-read from Charlotte Higgins
Another excellent (and vital) Guardian long-read from Charlotte Higgins
Trump’s assault on the Smithsonian: ‘The goal is to reframe the entire culture of the US’
The long read: The president has vowed to kill off ‘woke’ in his second term in office, and the venerable cultural institution a few blocks from the White House is in his sights
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 10:47 AM
🟦 A definitive account of the President's assault on the Smithsonian — if you read one thing today, make it this
Another excellent (and vital) Guardian long-read from Charlotte Higgins
Another excellent (and vital) Guardian long-read from Charlotte Higgins