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Mara Keire
@marakeire.bsky.social
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Historian of sexual violence. Should come with a content warning. Has strong opinions about the importance of gossip past and present.
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marakeire.bsky.social
How have I never heard Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Machine Gun’ before yesterday? What a visceral protest song.
February 5, 2024 at 12:15 PM
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mabehr.bsky.social
I’m still amazed at how hard it is for people to recognize that others on their own “side” can be bad, or even do bad things. Terry Pratchett very wisely described it years ago, and these words have been so descriptive of the last decade or so.
And then he realized why he was thinking like this. It was because he wanted there to be conspirators. It was much better to imagine men in some smoky room somewhere, made mad and cynical by privilege and power, plotting over the brandy. You had to cling to this sort of image, because if you didn't then you might have to face the fact that bad things happened because ordinary people, the kind who brushed the dog and told their children bedtime stories, were capable of then going out and doing horrible things to other ordinary people. It was so much easier to blame it on Them. It was bleakly depressing to think that They were Us. If it was Them, then nothing was anyone's fault. If it was Us, what did that make Me? After all, I'm one of Us. I must be. I've certainly never thought of myself as one of Them. No-one ever thinks of themselves as one of Them. We're always one of Us. It's Them that do the bad things.
January 16, 2024 at 3:53 AM
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presentcorrect.bsky.social
Happy New Year! Wishing you all a 2024 full of health, happiness & stationery.
January 1, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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eyepatchguy.bsky.social
If I could pick one single figure to transport to the modern age with microblogging social media access I would pick Dorothy Parker in an absolute heartbeat and never even think about anyone else
mkonnikova.bsky.social Maria Konnikova @mkonnikova.bsky.social · Dec 31
Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley, December 31, 1929. Happy New Year!
December 31, 2023 at 10:58 PM
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michaelleroyoberg.bsky.social
Yesterday was the anniversary of the massacre at Wounded Knee. It is time for Congress to pass the Remove the Stain Act and revoke the medals of honor given to the soldiers who perpetrated this entirely avoidable slaughter.

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The Remove the Stain Act
This past June a congressman from Washington state named Denny Heck introduced the “Remove the Stain Act,” which would rescind “each Medal of Honor awarded for acts at Wounded Kne…
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December 30, 2023 at 2:10 PM
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jamellebouie.net
there is still a pervasive but unstated belief within mainstream media institutions that republicans represent a “real america” that must be indulged regardless of what they believe or the implications thereof
December 24, 2023 at 2:17 PM
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chrisgeidner.bsky.social
NEWS: SCOTUS will not immediately hear the case over Trump’s immunity claim in connection with the Jan. 6-related federal charges he faces in DC. The DC Circuit, however, has already expedited the appeal to be heard there in early January.
December 22, 2023 at 7:32 PM
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audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Y'know I was gonna just enjoy my holiday but if I see one more white man law professor saying it would be Undemocratic, Actually to enforce a constitutional provision expressly designed to foster multiracial democracy and disempower instigators of white supremacist takeovers, I'm gonna lose my shit
tomscocca.bsky.social Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · Dec 22
This country has to be allowed to save itself; therefore the action it just took to save itself must be blocked.
Screenshot of text: OPINION | The Supreme Court Should Overturn the Colorado Ruling Unanimously [HIGHLIGHTING BEGINS] The truth is that this country has to be allowed to save itself. [HIGHLIGHTING ENDS] The Supreme Court must act, but only to place the burden on Mr. Trump’s political opponents to make their case in the political arena. Not just to criticize him for his turpitude, but to argue that their own policies benefit the disaffected voters who side with a charlatan again and again.
December 22, 2023 at 6:26 PM
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erinbiba.bsky.social
“Deplatforming Nazis makes the Nazi problem worse” is demonstrably wrong. There’s endless evidence and studies and data and proof that not giving Nazis a platform and forcing them into silent obscurity works to fight the Nazi problem. Anyone saying otherwise just likes Nazis.
December 21, 2023 at 8:58 PM
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hpsvanessa.bsky.social
PSA: today is the LAST DAY that UK people can book a covid vaccination. if you are caring for elderly/ill relatives over the xmas period this is THE LAST CHANCE you have to try to get a vaccine in your arm for the festive season. www.england.nhs.uk/2023/12/nhs-...
December 14, 2023 at 10:08 AM
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davelevitan.bsky.social
"he refused to shut the fuck up for decades"
November 30, 2023 at 11:29 PM
marakeire.bsky.social
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November 30, 2023 at 8:38 PM
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clancyny.bsky.social
The great historian Barbara Keys is finishing a book on Kissinger. @jamestwotree.bsky.social on Twitter refers us to two of her essays. I was delighted to find copies on her website.

1) Keys, Barbara. “The Kissinger Wars.” American Historian 10 (2016): 16–22. www.barbarakeys.com/wp-content/u...
first page of article with photos of Grandin and Ferguson book covers Early in their new books on Henry Kissinger, Niall Ferguson and Greg Grandin tell the same story about a decisive break between Kissinger and his former Harvard colleagues over the U.S. invasion of Cambodia in the spring of 1970. A dozen professors headed by Nobel Prize-winning economist Thomas Schelling flew down to Washington, D.C., where they took turns venting outrage and excoriating their old friend. Ferguson and Grandin agree that this episode is revealing, and revealing it is, for their sharply contrasting uses of the story lay bare much about the assumptions and methods that underpin their two books, as well as about the battle tactics in what we might call the “Kissinger wars”: the high-stakes contest over how to appraise the record of America’s most controversial statesman.
November 30, 2023 at 4:15 PM
marakeire.bsky.social
The Colour exhibit at the Ashmolean is good fun. It’s always a joy to see aniline dyes creating bright, beautiful clothing. And shoes! Gorgeous cloth shoes.
November 29, 2023 at 10:35 PM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
Instead of asking yourself “why do successful women date abusive men?” Ask — why would an abusive man prey on a successful woman? Abuse is one of the tools in the patriarchy’s toolbox.
November 24, 2023 at 10:27 PM
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brosandprose.bsky.social
FYI: If you're wondering why a bunch of rape allegations have been made against celebrities in the last few days, New York's Adult Survivors Act — a law that that temporarily lifted the statute of limitations for filing a sexual assault complaint — expires today.
November 24, 2023 at 4:11 PM
marakeire.bsky.social
Perfect image for Black Friday is perfect.
November 24, 2023 at 1:16 PM
marakeire.bsky.social
Breaking a generational cycle! The kid’s decided against doing history at A-Level. His grandparents were historians, his parents are historians, and he will NOT be a historian. I am so proud.
November 24, 2023 at 1:14 PM
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willpooley.bsky.social
Le Roy Ladurie was a brilliant historian.
Montaillou was a revelation to me.
Jasmin's Witch remains a necessary point of reference for my current work.

But he was also *v publicly* homophobic and I'm finding it a bit odd this is going unmentioned in obits etc

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
November 24, 2023 at 10:25 AM
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brionyneilson.bsky.social
Another giant of French history has died (at the ripe old age of 94).
RIP Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie 🗃️

www.lemonde.fr/disparitions...
L’historien Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie est mort
Professeur au Collège de France, administrateur général de la Bibliothèque nationale, historien de l’époque moderne et du climat, Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie s’est éteint le 22 novembre à l�...
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November 23, 2023 at 12:27 PM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
The deepfake crisis for women and girls has grown tremendously. It isn’t mentioned in most AI discourse, even though it’s the primary use of deepfakes by far. Now, it is being used to victimize dozens of teen girls. The perpetrators include their male classmates
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
For teen girls victimized by ‘deepfake’ nudes, there is little recourse
The FBI has warned that technology used to create pornographic deepfake photos and videos was improving and being used for harassment and sextortion.
www.nbcnews.com
November 23, 2023 at 4:30 PM
marakeire.bsky.social
The kid gave his bff a water spray bottle when they came out as non binary to use whenever someone misgendered or deadnamed them. They had a lot of fun AND got their point across.
adriaandthepriors.bsky.social Adria @adriaandthepriors.bsky.social · Nov 23
This is the best bit of advice I’ve seen on the internet 😂
My younger brother is trans. My parents have been horrendous about deadnaming and misgendering him. At Thanksgiving, I used an air horn to correct them. I fixed a 2-3 year long problem in two seconds. 10/10 would recommend this training method.
November 23, 2023 at 8:12 PM
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stephanieolsen.bsky.social
Only a few days left to send us your proposals!
stephanieolsen.bsky.social Stephanie Olsen @stephanieolsen.bsky.social · Nov 2
Reminder:
HEX History Conference 2024, Memory, Temporality and Experience, CfP is open! The conference will take place 11-13 March (Tampere University, Finland). The deadline for papers and panels is 28 November.
Call for Papers | History of Experience | Tampere Universities
Memory, Temporality and Experience Sixth Annual Conference March 11-13, 2024 Research Council of Finland’s Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences, Tampere University
events.tuni.fi
November 23, 2023 at 9:19 AM