Sinead McEneaney
@sineadmceneaney.com
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Sinead McEneaney
@sineadmceneaney.com
· Jun 9
Trump’s use of the national guard against LA protesters defies all precedents
Presidents have used the national guard before, but only to protect civil rights, not to deny the right to protest.
theconversation.com
Spent my time doing this today, instead of tackling my mountain of paperwork... theconversation.com/trumps-use-o... @uk.theconversation.com
Make Americans Even Stupider #maes www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Where Congress’s Cuts Threaten Access to PBS and NPR
The loss of federal funding threatens scores of public TV and radio stations across the United States.
www.nytimes.com
July 18, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Make Americans Even Stupider #maes www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Rest in power Norma Swenson, one of the early authors of Our Bodies Ourselves and tireless advocate for women’s reproductive health and rights. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/b...
Norma Swenson, an Author of ‘Our Bodies, Ourselves,’ Dies at 93
www.nytimes.com
June 15, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Rest in power Norma Swenson, one of the early authors of Our Bodies Ourselves and tireless advocate for women’s reproductive health and rights. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/b...
Not every day one finds oneself in the Tehran Times… media.mehrnews.com/d/2025/06/11...
media.mehrnews.com
June 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Not every day one finds oneself in the Tehran Times… media.mehrnews.com/d/2025/06/11...
Spent my time doing this today, instead of tackling my mountain of paperwork... theconversation.com/trumps-use-o... @uk.theconversation.com
Trump’s use of the national guard against LA protesters defies all precedents
Presidents have used the national guard before, but only to protect civil rights, not to deny the right to protest.
theconversation.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Spent my time doing this today, instead of tackling my mountain of paperwork... theconversation.com/trumps-use-o... @uk.theconversation.com
Keep America Stupid Forever www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Opinion | Parents Don’t Know It but K-12 Students Are Falling Into ‘the Honesty Gap’ (Gift Article)
Trump wants to give power back to the states. Some states are lowering standards.
www.nytimes.com
April 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Keep America Stupid Forever www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
Really good stuff from Natalie Zacek!
Hot off the presses - and OPEN ACCESS - this article considers the different ways that English and American universities have uncovered, publicised, and responded to their historical connections to transatlantic slavery - please share 📚 🎓 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The price of knowledge: universities and slavery in Anglo-American perspective
This article centers on the different ways that English and American universities have uncovered, publicized, and responded to their historical connections to transatlantic slavery. It argues that ...
www.tandfonline.com
April 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Really good stuff from Natalie Zacek!
This is not hyperbole. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o... (gift share for the first 50 readers)
Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. (Gift Article)
Those of us who’ve seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
This is not hyperbole. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o... (gift share for the first 50 readers)
The Trump doctrine: maximize US corporate profit from all misery foreign and domestic www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...
Trump’s Ukraine Mineral Deal Is Seen as ‘Protection Racket’ Diplomacy
The United States wants to be paid in exchange for helping the country fend off an invader.
www.nytimes.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The Trump doctrine: maximize US corporate profit from all misery foreign and domestic www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/w...
Family mourns grandfather’s death as Israel brings Gaza tactics to West Bank // The world watches on while Israel murders Palestinians in the West Bank. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
Family mourns grandfather’s death as Israel brings Gaza tactics to West Bank
Major military operation causes largest displacement of Palestinians in West Bank since Israel seized it in 1967
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Family mourns grandfather’s death as Israel brings Gaza tactics to West Bank // The world watches on while Israel murders Palestinians in the West Bank. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
The most unbelievable bit so far of Apple TV’s Prime Target is the part where the two main characters are granted access just before closing time to archives in Paris, and without the required paperwork. Zero chance of that ever happening. #livedexperience
February 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The most unbelievable bit so far of Apple TV’s Prime Target is the part where the two main characters are granted access just before closing time to archives in Paris, and without the required paperwork. Zero chance of that ever happening. #livedexperience
This is the modern version of book burning. No, I am not being hyperbolic.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
CDC removes gender, equity references in public health material
Large sets of data are being scrubbed of references to transgender and LGBTQ+ people, among others, which could compromise their use in research.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This is the modern version of book burning. No, I am not being hyperbolic.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Tricky to change the meaning of “subject to the jurisdiction of the US” without inplications for tax law and prosecuting non-citizens committing crimes in the USA. www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/31/...
31 CFR § 515.329 - Person subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; person subject to U.S. jurisdiction.
www.law.cornell.edu
January 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Tricky to change the meaning of “subject to the jurisdiction of the US” without inplications for tax law and prosecuting non-citizens committing crimes in the USA. www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/31/...
Just off the phone with lovely — and entirely worn out — #IrishFerries staff. Just a shout out to all of these people trying to help people get here and there over the festive season, solving problems that are not of their making.
December 24, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Just off the phone with lovely — and entirely worn out — #IrishFerries staff. Just a shout out to all of these people trying to help people get here and there over the festive season, solving problems that are not of their making.
Finally my main research interest turns up in the @nytimes.com crossword...
December 15, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Finally my main research interest turns up in the @nytimes.com crossword...
Me & @fdelond.bsky.social watching latest ep of Bad Sisters. Karaoke scene: “That is the capsule of irishness: death, abortion, infertility, alcohol and the cranberries.”
December 5, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Me & @fdelond.bsky.social watching latest ep of Bad Sisters. Karaoke scene: “That is the capsule of irishness: death, abortion, infertility, alcohol and the cranberries.”
Really rooting for Claudette Johnson for this evening’s Turner prize announcement @tate.bsky.social. Bookies’ favourite is Jasleen Kaur, arty insiders think Pio Abad will win, but Johnson really deserves it for her outstanding contributions to art in the UK
December 3, 2024 at 8:12 AM
Really rooting for Claudette Johnson for this evening’s Turner prize announcement @tate.bsky.social. Bookies’ favourite is Jasleen Kaur, arty insiders think Pio Abad will win, but Johnson really deserves it for her outstanding contributions to art in the UK
Nom noms of the past :-) Nice thread here from @historywo.bsky.social
At History Workshop, we have a long history of publishing articles on the history of food and eating.
From the history of the pineapple to the legacy of the soon-to-close Smithfield meat market, this🧵 is sure to make you hungry (for history)!
(Part 1)
🍍 🍓 🍽️ 🥩 🍜 🍈
From the history of the pineapple to the legacy of the soon-to-close Smithfield meat market, this🧵 is sure to make you hungry (for history)!
(Part 1)
🍍 🍓 🍽️ 🥩 🍜 🍈
December 2, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Nom noms of the past :-) Nice thread here from @historywo.bsky.social
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MORE CAT: you have forgotten: there are no deadlines, human. There is only cat. #academicsky #timelinecleanse
November 21, 2024 at 4:58 AM
MORE CAT: you have forgotten: there are no deadlines, human. There is only cat. #academicsky #timelinecleanse
If you’ve not been to the Zanele Muholi exhibition at @tate.bsky.social, well, you’re missing out. www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...
November 16, 2024 at 1:06 PM
If you’ve not been to the Zanele Muholi exhibition at @tate.bsky.social, well, you’re missing out. www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...
Reposted by Sinead McEneaney
History UK's Academic Job Boot Camp is back (11 Dec 2024). If you're an early career historian and want feedback on your academic CV/cover letter, interview and presentation, apply to take part. For more information visit their website:
www.history-uk.ac.uk/academic-job...
www.history-uk.ac.uk/academic-job...
Academic Job Boot Camp
History UK is pleased to be running the Academic Job Boot Camp again this year on 11 December 2024, 12-4pm online. All early career historians are encouraged to apply, with preference being given t…
www.history-uk.ac.uk
November 10, 2024 at 1:22 PM
History UK's Academic Job Boot Camp is back (11 Dec 2024). If you're an early career historian and want feedback on your academic CV/cover letter, interview and presentation, apply to take part. For more information visit their website:
www.history-uk.ac.uk/academic-job...
www.history-uk.ac.uk/academic-job...
And this is why I pay a yearly contribution to support the Guardian newspaper. Journalism is never perfect, but if we rely on clicks to determine what is published, well, we can see what happens... www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 2:02 PM
And this is why I pay a yearly contribution to support the Guardian newspaper. Journalism is never perfect, but if we rely on clicks to determine what is published, well, we can see what happens... www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Spent a half hour today pootling around this new place, and am starting to properly disentangle myself from the other place after dragging my feet for the past 10 months or so
November 12, 2024 at 1:30 PM
Spent a half hour today pootling around this new place, and am starting to properly disentangle myself from the other place after dragging my feet for the past 10 months or so
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Vacancy - the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is seeking a new section editor with expertise in post-1800 Irish history https://buff.ly/4dzSNzv
Closing date: 13 December 2024
Closing date: 13 December 2024
Call for Section Editor: Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)
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November 12, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Vacancy - the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) is seeking a new section editor with expertise in post-1800 Irish history https://buff.ly/4dzSNzv
Closing date: 13 December 2024
Closing date: 13 December 2024