Steven Maughan
@ssmaughan.bsky.social
Historian emeritus (College of Idaho); author (_Mighty England Do Good: Culture, Faith, Empire and World in the Foreign Missions of the Church of England, 1850-1914_); dog walker & boon beach companion
a few nights ago
September 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
a few nights ago
a float, well lit
September 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
a float, well lit
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In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age | Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura
In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age | Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura
Our political history is one of catastrophe, communism, and developing powerful antibodies against oppression, say Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura
www.theguardian.com
April 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
In Poland, we know all about fighting illiberal regimes. Here are our lessons for the Trump age | Jarosław Kuisz and Karolina Wigura
Give everything to Russia, give worthless assurances to Ukraine …DJT sure walks, talks, and quacks like a nested Russian asset duck. Just read on to see how fully this is documented …
April 24, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Give everything to Russia, give worthless assurances to Ukraine …DJT sure walks, talks, and quacks like a nested Russian asset duck. Just read on to see how fully this is documented …
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🧪The weekly update from the American Medical Association for April 23, 2025.
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2025 measles update, new antibiotic for gonorrhea, bird flu death in Mexico, and CT scans and cancer
YouTube video by American Medical Association (AMA)
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April 24, 2025 at 1:12 AM
🧪The weekly update from the American Medical Association for April 23, 2025.
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Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
April 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Bluesky is collegial and interesting, the way Twitter used to be. Bonus: most people can spell.
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Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union
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Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union
It wasn’t necessary to watch all of Trump’s speech last night to understand where we are as a country.
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March 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Let's Be Honest About The State Of The Union
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Thinking about: systemic collapse in complex systems and the instability of monocultures…
We cannot now rule it out: the possibility of systemic collapse in the United States. The degradation of federal government by Trump and Musk could trigger a series of converging and compounding crises, leading to social, financial and industrial failure.
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There are many ways Trump could trigger a global collapse. Here’s how to survive if that happens | George Monbiot
It could be wildfires, a pandemic or a financial crisis. The super-rich will flee to their bunkers – the rest of us will have to fend for ourselves, writes columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Thinking about: systemic collapse in complex systems and the instability of monocultures…
gangsterland shakedown ambush
The US envoy slid a document across the table to Zelensky with a deal to sign away the rights to 50 per cent of his country’s mineral resources, worth $500bn, to the United States. “You really need to sign this,” he said.
🖋 Katie Stallard
🖋 Katie Stallard
Trump’s mob boss geopolitics
The US president and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky face off in a confrontation in the Oval Office.
www.newstatesman.com
March 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
gangsterland shakedown ambush
Heard from a friend in Idaho and said I’d pass this on:
March 3, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Heard from a friend in Idaho and said I’d pass this on:
I have to admit, on my path to competence, my incompetence on Bluesky. More later …
March 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I have to admit, on my path to competence, my incompetence on Bluesky. More later …
I am proud of many C of I alumni. Craig Franson is one and I’d recommend his analyses (as below) for those seeking some plain, obvious truths about the state of the nation. And now, back to retirement …
“Before the upside-down fully infects America, here's a mix of:
“Before the upside-down fully infects America, here's a mix of:
March 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I am proud of many C of I alumni. Craig Franson is one and I’d recommend his analyses (as below) for those seeking some plain, obvious truths about the state of the nation. And now, back to retirement …
“Before the upside-down fully infects America, here's a mix of:
“Before the upside-down fully infects America, here's a mix of:
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Who could have predicted that the collapse of civilisation would be this stupid?
February 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Who could have predicted that the collapse of civilisation would be this stupid?
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This coupled with withdrawal from WHO is extremely, extremely bad.
People laughed a few days ago when @jamellebouie.net said we might not have flu shots next year, but:
NEWS: The FDA abruptly canceled its upcoming advisory committee meeting to select the strains for next year's flu shot.
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social
February 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
This coupled with withdrawal from WHO is extremely, extremely bad.
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Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.
February 27, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Please look up the influenza epidemic of 1918-19 to understand that the CDC not selecting strains for next year’s vaccines sets the stage for a public health calamity that will, without doubt and at bare minimum, catastrophically and directly impact people you know. This is a five alarm fire.
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Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
February 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Currently appearing at UK bus-stops.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
More of this pointed ridicule, please.
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Good summary of the Northern Idaho town hall incident from @lamag.bsky.social.
February 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Good summary of the Northern Idaho town hall incident from @lamag.bsky.social.
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So today's the day. My new book, ROBERT B. PARKER'S BURIED SECRETS, is out now. You can find it at your friendly neighborhood bookseller or wherever books are sold. Thank you to everyone who made it possible for me to step into Robert B. Parker's shoes. Dream come true. Really.
Robert B. Parker's Buried Secrets by Christopher Farnsworth: 9780593544761 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Police Chief Jesse Stone investigates the mystery behind a dead body found strewn with photos of murder victims and placed on top of $2 million in cash, before a mob of hit men converge on Paradise. ...
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February 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
So today's the day. My new book, ROBERT B. PARKER'S BURIED SECRETS, is out now. You can find it at your friendly neighborhood bookseller or wherever books are sold. Thank you to everyone who made it possible for me to step into Robert B. Parker's shoes. Dream come true. Really.
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Because this is #Idaho we're talking about, Teresa Borrenpohl (who you may have seen on the news) is a friend of a friend. I hear she's asked people to cite local coverage of her removal from the weekend's GOP town hall, when possible. It fills in some important context.
UPDATE on town hall chaos: Woman who was dragged out speaks, police chief condemns security, name of security firm confirmed
A legislative town hall organized by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee devolved into chaos Saturday when unidentified, plainclothes security personnel dragged a Post Falls woman from th...
cdapress.com
February 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Because this is #Idaho we're talking about, Teresa Borrenpohl (who you may have seen on the news) is a friend of a friend. I hear she's asked people to cite local coverage of her removal from the weekend's GOP town hall, when possible. It fills in some important context.
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These notes on the 140th anniversary of European leaders' deciding how to carve up Africa without consulting Africans at the Berlin Conference somehow seem germane right now.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-ber...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-ber...
The Berlin Conference 140 Years On
Remarks on the Preconditions Alan Lester These notes were the basis of a ten minute talk delivered at the Africa Centre, London as part of a panel in commemoration of the 140th anniversary of the e…
alanlester.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
These notes on the 140th anniversary of European leaders' deciding how to carve up Africa without consulting Africans at the Berlin Conference somehow seem germane right now.
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-ber...
alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-ber...
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The really funny thing about the "lefties are obnoxious" Discourse is that lefties are notoriously obnoxious TO EACH OTHER and have been down the ages, singularly failing on an endless cascade of occasions to stop fighting amongst themselves long enough to save their skins.
February 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
The really funny thing about the "lefties are obnoxious" Discourse is that lefties are notoriously obnoxious TO EACH OTHER and have been down the ages, singularly failing on an endless cascade of occasions to stop fighting amongst themselves long enough to save their skins.
