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Françoïs Guesnet
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Based in London and Berlin.
Modern Jewish history @ University College London, focus Poland/Eastern Central Europe.
Co-editor 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry', Secretary European Association for Jewish Studies.
Stand with Ukraine!
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Political science 66%
Sociology 18%

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This is what the regime’s IRGC and Basij thugs are doing to unarmed protesters. These aren’t isolated clashes, this is a sustained crackdown using violence against civilians demanding change. What you’re seeing is one center, in Tehran, but similar brutality has been reported across the country.
I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.

Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
Masses are now marching through Tehran. Preliminary reports indicate the Iranian Tax Administration building is on fire.

Across multiple cities, disturbing updates are pouring in, wounded and killed numbers are rising fast. The regime is throwing everything it has at suppressing the uprising.
👏Footage from London shows the moment activists removed the Islamic Republic’s flag from the Iranian embassy balcony and raised the Lion and Sun flag instead.

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From Becca Good wife of Renee Nicole Good
Her statement
RIP BEAUTIFUL LIGHT THAT WILL ALWAYS SHINE

super interesting. wondering whether this has been modeled for any of the european larger economies
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com

Let’s not forget that vast stretches of that treasure are devastated by Danish pig farming waste
“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”
Uruguay’s Renewable Charge: A Small Nation, A Big Lesson For The World
Uruguay built a power grid that runs 99% on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. Here’s how its bold energy overhaul became a global model.
www.forbes.com

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The municipal building of Karaj, Alborz province, in northern Iran, is totally on fire.

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Serhii Smoliak, 56, a senior paramedic, was killed in a russian double strike on Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district while aiding victims.

His death, alongside wounded medics, highlights russia’s repeated attacks on rescue teams, violating international law.

Lviv possibly attacked by Orezhnik missile
Früh, um das mit jeglicher Sicherheit zu sagen, aber offenbar haben die Russen gerade Lwiw mit Oreschnik angegriffen.
A series of explosions was heard in Lviv. Presumably, an RS-26 “Oreshnik” intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) was used.

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Sehr viele russische Angriffsdrohnen im ukrainischen Luftraum. Den Menschen im Land steht eine weitere schwere Nacht bevor. Die absehbaren Folgen sind längere Blackouts – kein Strom, keine Wärme, kein Wasser. Aus Lwiw, im Westen der Ukraine, werden heftige Explosionen gemeldet.

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Früh, um das mit jeglicher Sicherheit zu sagen, aber offenbar haben die Russen gerade Lwiw mit Oreschnik angegriffen.

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Fucking explosions iin kyiv
In Tehran, regime buildings are reportedly being set on fire and massive crowds flood the streets. Unconfirmed reports also suggest the Radio and Television building in Isfahan may also have been torched.
Huge protest across Iran and even in the capital, Tehran.

Bei uns auch !

Jetzt geht aber die Post ab!

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After a massive Russian attack, Dnipro is experiencing a total blackout. Across the region, more than half a million people have been left without heating and water.

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A drone strike has plunged the city of Dnipro and the surrounding region into blackout. All power plants and substations are offline, according to local media. The city is currently without electricity, water, heating, internet, or phone service, including hospitals. Time to restore is unknown.

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DIN: Russia is urgently evacuating staff of the Russian embassy along with their families from Israel - this is already the third flight within the last 24 hours.
x.com/DailyIranNew...

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DIN: Russia is urgently evacuating staff of the Russian embassy along with their families from Israel - this is already the third flight within the last 24 hours.
x.com/DailyIranNew...

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Dnipro is under a heavy Russian drone attack at the moment. Footage circulating online shows vehicles burning following strikes in the city. Emergency services are already on site.

Wonderful to have @abcurry.bsky.social among the contributors to Volume 38 of 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry' on ‘Gender and the Body in East European Jewish History'

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My article for Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry Vol. 38 has officially been published. I wrote this a while ago, so I can’t bring myself to read it just yet. But maybe you will!

Thanks so much to the editors for their support along the way and especially to @guesnet.bsky.social for the invitation.
After Death: Identity, Tradition, Ethics, and the Dead Jewish Body in Poland | Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry
This chapter explores the deceased Jewish body and the ways in which the dead contributed to the relationship of the living to their own Jewish identity in Poland. During the interwar period the dead Jewish body was a significant part of identity ...
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

And Agata’s beautiful contribution!!
@agpal.bsky.social

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A new issue of Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry 38 (liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/toc/10.3828/...) has just been published, with many excellent contributions on "Gender and the Body in East European Jewish History"—and my humble article: doi.org/10.3828/poli... Many thanks to the editors!
The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Penis: Recipes and Kabbalistic Masculinity in the Early Modern Ashkenazi World | Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry
Kabbalistic recipes to prevent unwanted seminal emissions emerged at the intersection of religious, social, ethical, bibliographical, and epistemic discourses in the early modern Ashkenazi world. This chapter focuses on recipes for the prevention of ...
doi.org

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Fires burn and smoke rises from an oil depot near the town of Usman, in the Lipetsk Oblast of Western Russia, following a drone attack earlier tonight by Ukraine.