Ali Messer
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Teacher Education. History. Trad music. #HistoryEducation #TeacherEducation #UKteaching #SSChat #ContraDancing
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https://intheoryandinpractice.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/and-then-the-bell-rang/
https://linktr.ee/Freereed59
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Coming up!
'The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530β1765' provides a holistic overview of continuity and change in the supply of #war over the course of three centuries.
Learn more about our upcoming books at: hup.fi/catalogue
#earlymodern #history #openaccess #OAbooks
'The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530β1765' provides a holistic overview of continuity and change in the supply of #war over the course of three centuries.
Learn more about our upcoming books at: hup.fi/catalogue
#earlymodern #history #openaccess #OAbooks
January 13, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Coming up!
'The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530β1765' provides a holistic overview of continuity and change in the supply of #war over the course of three centuries.
Learn more about our upcoming books at: hup.fi/catalogue
#earlymodern #history #openaccess #OAbooks
'The Business of War in the Early Modern Baltic Sea Region, 1530β1765' provides a holistic overview of continuity and change in the supply of #war over the course of three centuries.
Learn more about our upcoming books at: hup.fi/catalogue
#earlymodern #history #openaccess #OAbooks
Come celebrate queer research with us!
The History Faculty LGBTQ+ Network is hosting a social to celebrate the LGBTQ+ History Library Guide. Join us for a presentation by librarian Rachel DβArcy-Brown @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and updates on upcoming events. Everyone is invited!
#skystorians #history
The History Faculty LGBTQ+ Network is hosting a social to celebrate the LGBTQ+ History Library Guide. Join us for a presentation by librarian Rachel DβArcy-Brown @bodleian.ox.ac.uk and updates on upcoming events. Everyone is invited!
#skystorians #history
January 13, 2026 at 1:10 PM
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The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 11:54 AM
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
#HistoryEducation news
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 12:59 PM
#HistoryEducation news
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See also TIMSS data: βProportion of English pupils saying they dislike school doubles in eight years." (Now made this story on my wesbsite public access).
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/proport...
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/proport...
Education Uncovered | News| Proportion of English pupils saying they dislike school doubles in eight years
England sadly now has third-highest figure of any nation within the TIMSS study saying they do not like school
educationuncovered.co.uk
January 12, 2026 at 12:44 PM
See also TIMSS data: βProportion of English pupils saying they dislike school doubles in eight years." (Now made this story on my wesbsite public access).
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/proport...
educationuncovered.co.uk/news/proport...
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The Yorkshire Evening Post, 12 August 1916.
January 13, 2026 at 10:17 AM
The Yorkshire Evening Post, 12 August 1916.
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What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights...
Some key findings...
Some key findings...
Perspectives on Place: what the English think about their local area
www.southampton.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
What do people in England think about their local area? In this short report I take a look at surveys we conducted with @yougov.co.uk in 2022, 2024 and 2025 to gain some insights...
Some key findings...
Some key findings...
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you might think historians have it easy but it's lunchtime and I ate my lunch two hours ago and now I have to read about the goodness of cheese
January 13, 2026 at 11:36 AM
you might think historians have it easy but it's lunchtime and I ate my lunch two hours ago and now I have to read about the goodness of cheese
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"Migration Advisory Committee analysis suggests tougher rules are shutting out young people who would make a clear fiscal contribution over their lifetime β while potentially deterring top earners who have many options to go elsewhere."
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
Is UK immigration set for βnet zeroβ?
Migration surge after Brexit and Covid lockdowns has eased while clampdown has slashed arrivals
www.ft.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
"Migration Advisory Committee analysis suggests tougher rules are shutting out young people who would make a clear fiscal contribution over their lifetime β while potentially deterring top earners who have many options to go elsewhere."
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
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Prof. Justin Wolfers warns: a US president has never before threatened a Fed Chair with jail. It has happened in Argentina, Russia, Turkey and Venezuela. That's how strongmen crush institutions, torch currencies and trigger hyperinflation. This path ends badly.
January 12, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Prof. Justin Wolfers warns: a US president has never before threatened a Fed Chair with jail. It has happened in Argentina, Russia, Turkey and Venezuela. That's how strongmen crush institutions, torch currencies and trigger hyperinflation. This path ends badly.
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Finished reading book 2 of 2026 on the plane home from #AHA26 yesterday. Great collection of cutting-edge research on drugs in Mexico by top historians that will be super helpful as I begin my new book project!
January 12, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Finished reading book 2 of 2026 on the plane home from #AHA26 yesterday. Great collection of cutting-edge research on drugs in Mexico by top historians that will be super helpful as I begin my new book project!
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Frey: "You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You're not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them when they are in fact American citizens. That is against the law in every state. That is against our US Constitution."
January 12, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Frey: "You cannot drag pregnant women through the snow. You're not allowed to take teenagers out of their car and detain them when they are in fact American citizens. That is against the law in every state. That is against our US Constitution."
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The Tory partyβs relationship with the apps is so funny. Remember the period when Rishi Sunak was desperately trying to drag them to a sane position on China, which Tory MPs resisted while also refusing to leave TikTok?
βDeepfake child pornography is fine as long as only adults get to see itβ is a curious place for the modern Conservative Party to find itself, but here we are
January 12, 2026 at 6:49 PM
The Tory partyβs relationship with the apps is so funny. Remember the period when Rishi Sunak was desperately trying to drag them to a sane position on China, which Tory MPs resisted while also refusing to leave TikTok?
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Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
January 12, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Pretty willd how the DOJ just straight up stopped releasing the Epstein files even though they're legally obligated to do so.
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Farage backed Boris Johnson's disastrous Brexit deal and Liz Truss's catastrophic mini-budget.
No wonder heβs welcoming Nadhim Zahawi, someone who enthusiastically supported both.
No wonder heβs welcoming Nadhim Zahawi, someone who enthusiastically supported both.
January 12, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Farage backed Boris Johnson's disastrous Brexit deal and Liz Truss's catastrophic mini-budget.
No wonder heβs welcoming Nadhim Zahawi, someone who enthusiastically supported both.
No wonder heβs welcoming Nadhim Zahawi, someone who enthusiastically supported both.
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Not a scholar of Paine, but I would say that there was also much more of a free thinker and radical reception of Paine in the 19th century US than appears in this (short! no doubt lots left out) treatment. Du Bois says John Brown's people were reading him before Harpers Ferry!
Historian here, Fantastic piece by Jenny Schuessler in @nytimes.com today in Thomas Paine. This was my question at the 250 panel in #aha2026 Paine saw himself as the citizen of the world, a sensibility we need today! www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/a...
How Americans Learned to Love Thomas Paine
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Not a scholar of Paine, but I would say that there was also much more of a free thinker and radical reception of Paine in the 19th century US than appears in this (short! no doubt lots left out) treatment. Du Bois says John Brown's people were reading him before Harpers Ferry!
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the thing about βICE needs trainingβ is that Jonathan Ross was a ten year DHS vet and a firearms instructor
heβs the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
heβs the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
Democrats officially going all in on the mealy mouthed βICE needs trainingβ narrative.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
No. ABOLISH ICE.
WARNER: It used to take 5 to 6 months to get trained. They've now lowered the training period to 47 days. Why 47 days? Because Donald Trump's the 47th president. Tell me that's a rational approach
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
KERNEN: I'm not taking that bait
WARNER: Joe! You can't pick your facts
January 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
the thing about βICE needs trainingβ is that Jonathan Ross was a ten year DHS vet and a firearms instructor
heβs the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
heβs the kind of guy they get training from
the whole institution is rotten, throw it out
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Some Tories, after 14 years in powerβ¦
β¦are saying nothing now works in the UK.
So theyβre joining Reform, so they can complain about the Tory record - and you can vote them right back in, in a few yearsβ time, under new anti-Tory branding.
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β¦are saying nothing now works in the UK.
So theyβre joining Reform, so they can complain about the Tory record - and you can vote them right back in, in a few yearsβ time, under new anti-Tory branding.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Some Tories, after 14 years in powerβ¦
β¦are saying nothing now works in the UK.
So theyβre joining Reform, so they can complain about the Tory record - and you can vote them right back in, in a few yearsβ time, under new anti-Tory branding.
π€·π»ββοΈ
β¦are saying nothing now works in the UK.
So theyβre joining Reform, so they can complain about the Tory record - and you can vote them right back in, in a few yearsβ time, under new anti-Tory branding.
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Liz Kendall speaking in the House of Commons now: "it is not just an affront to decent society; it is illegal ... this is child sexual abuse"
"It is insulting to victims to say: you can still have this service if you are willing to pay. It is monetising abuse"
"It is insulting to victims to say: you can still have this service if you are willing to pay. It is monetising abuse"
January 12, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Liz Kendall speaking in the House of Commons now: "it is not just an affront to decent society; it is illegal ... this is child sexual abuse"
"It is insulting to victims to say: you can still have this service if you are willing to pay. It is monetising abuse"
"It is insulting to victims to say: you can still have this service if you are willing to pay. It is monetising abuse"
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I was at a jazz club last night for a Nina Simone tribute and during "Mississippi Goddam," the singer built up the end by singing "Everybody knows about Minneapolios, everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam" if you want to know where culture is.
January 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I was at a jazz club last night for a Nina Simone tribute and during "Mississippi Goddam," the singer built up the end by singing "Everybody knows about Minneapolios, everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam" if you want to know where culture is.