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John Raimo
@johnraimo.bsky.social
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Historian of modern Europe (PhD., NYU). DE, EN, FR & IT; working on CZ (permanently) & NL. Mostly history, literature, & arts here; desperately trying not to post political content yet here we are now.
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John Raimo @johnraimo.bsky.social · Feb 27
1/3 Brief reintroduction for Bluesky. I’m a professional historian mostly focused on postwar Europe, cultural & intellectual history, the history of the book, reading and publishing just now in German, French, Italian, and Czech contexts. Also keenly interested in political history, visual arts ...
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Jesus! (Duras; cf. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mal...)
November 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Heureux de partager ici la parution de Marcel Mauss, 𝑺𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒊𝒆 𝒈𝒆́𝒏𝒆́𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒆 (@editions-puf.bsky.social), fruit d'un long travail conduit avec Francesco Callegaro, et grâce au soutien de @serge-paugam.bsky.social. Au plaisir d'en discuter!
Le sommaire est consultable ici:
www.puf.com/sociologie-g...
November 19, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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"Deals": of interest to all US-based academics and #skystorians. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The University of Virginia and Cornell deals with Trump set a dangerous precedent | Serena Mayeri and Amanda Shanor
The bespoke agreements are full of peril for the universities, allowing the federal government to quietly exert control
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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Adrian Meyronnet autour de Thomas Clerc (@diacritik.bsky.social) : Glisser sur la toile du siècle (Croûtes). diacritik.com/2025/11/24/t...
Thomas Clerc : Glisser sur la toile du siècle (Croûtes)
Il y a dans Croûtes, le dernier livre de Thomas Clerc, quelque chose d’Un homme qui dort, de Perec, au moins dans les premières pages : la scène est statiq
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November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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Sounds like an amazing writer, curious if there are any strong opinions out there on Bluesky regarding her work. Gift-link: Dennis Zhou on Solvej Balle for the NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/m...
She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation.
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Missed this when it came out a few years ago but truly enjoyed reading this profile of Joseph Weizenbaum by Ben Tarnoff (@bentarnoff.com) for the Guardian ( #skystorians): www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Weizenbaum’s nightmares: how the inventor of the first chatbot turned against AI
Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence – but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Le Paris dystopique de René Barjavel (@artefr.bsky.social ; #skystorians) : youtu.be/skARGn4GvPo?...
Le Paris dystopique de René Barjavel | Invitation au voyage | ARTE
YouTube video by Invitation au voyage
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November 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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An excellent and tragically necessary piece from Anand Giridharadas (@anandwrites.bsky.social) for the NYT (gift-link): www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Gordon and Tina Wasson, Slavic Studies in the Cold War, and the Hallucinogenic Mushroom
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Gordon and Tina Wasson, Slavic Studies in the Cold War, and the Hallucinogenic Mushroom
R. Gordon Wasson was Vice President at the American investment bank J.P. Morgan & Co., a major supporter of Slavic Studies in the United States during the Cold War, and fascinated by hallucinog…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Thought this was a devastatingly clear insight from Fintan O'Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social) that no one else has entirely broached, so far as I know (cf. www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...).
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Something priceless was lost when we stopped using abstract codenames.
(nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...)
Washington, D.C., April 20, 2023 - Sixty years ago, during April 1963, the U.S. Air Force took steps to implement the final stage of the secret U.S.-Soviet deal that helped resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis with the dismantling of the Jupiter missiles deployed in Italy and Turkey. While Air Force leaders had no knowledge of the secret agreement, they had instructions from the Defense Department and the Joint Chiefs of Staff to remove the Jupiters and to render them “unidentifiable,” according to the Air Force’s declassified “Plan for the Withdrawal and Disposition” of the Jupiter system published here today for the first time by the National Security Archive. The Air Force dubbed the dismantling operations Pot Pie I (Italy) and Pot Pie II (Turkey).
November 23, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Marc Bloch, Carnets inédits 1917-1943 (édition de Massimo Mastrogregori ; @editionsamsterdam.bsky.social, 2025 ; #skystorians) : www.editionsamsterdam.fr/carnets-ined...
Carnets inédits
Le « laboratoire » de Marc Bloch enfin accessible au grand public. Les deux carnets de Marc Bloch réunis dans cet ouvrage – « Quelques notes de lecture
www.editionsamsterdam.fr
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Didier Pinaud, Monique Wittig avec Marc Bloch au Panthéon ...(@diacritik.bsky.social ; #skystorians) : diacritik.com/2025/11/21/m...
Monique Wittig avec Marc Bloch au Panthéon...
Monique Wittig (1935-2003) disait dans son essai La pensée straight (1978) qu’une œuvre ayant une nouvelle forme peut fonctionner comme « une machine de g
diacritik.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Cas Mudde (@casmudde.bsky.social) for the @theguardian.com: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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Alors que la droite bloque les subventions, une nouvelle librairie vandalisée en plein Paris
La devanture de la librairie Petite Égypte porte encore la trace blanchâtre d’un nouveau tag à l’acide. Quelques heures seulement avant d’accueillir Francesca Alb...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Rue Monceau, un palais brisé par l’Histoire : Splendeurs et misères de la maison Camondo (Ruth Zylberman, réalisatrice, 2025 ; #skystorians) akadem.org/rue-monceau-...
November 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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C'est absolument ridicule ; quelle honte pour Fayard d'avoir accepté de publier un livre qui ne se vendra probablement même pas du tout (h/t @minczifra.bsky.social) : www.radiofrance.fr/franceinfo/p...
"Le Journal d’un prisonnier" : Nicolas Sarkozy, à peine sorti de prison, annonce la sortie de son nouveau livre
L'ancien chef de l'État raconte ses 21 jours à la prison de la Santé, dans un livre à paraître le 10 décembre aux éditions Fayard.
www.radiofrance.fr
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Maia Kotrosits, After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Christian Late Antiquity - @dukepress.bsky.social, November 2025
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After Transformation: A Lyrical History of Christian Late Antiquity
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November 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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"Telling a story about the destruction of Palestine and the dispossession of its people, a story that is ongoing to this day, increasing in force and brutality with the years, The Lord is also an act of the literary resurrection of an entire nation."

Selma Dabbagh's on Soraya Antonius's The Lord
Soraya Antonius’s Portrait of a Lost Palestine by Selma Dabbagh
November 14, 2025 – “With her pen, Antonius rebuilds villages and cities, replants crops, observes the weather, curates national festivals, and depicts both Palestinian and British high society.”
www.theparisreview.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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Ça fait longtemps ....
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Open Access: Epochenwenden. Zur Aktualität historischer Periodisierung. (Barbara Picht und Henning Trüper, Hrsg.; @wallsteinverlag.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians) www.wallstein-open-library.de/978383535880...
November 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Hilary Floe and Saskia Flower, Lee Miller (@yalepress.bsky.social, 2025; #skystorians, #photography): yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Lee Miller
A comprehensive look at the work of the groundbreaking photographer, foregrounding her importance as a surrealist artist   Fearless, poetic, and surreal, th...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Muriel Pic – Leçons de possession. Les archives de la drogue d’Henri Michaux. Entretien mené par Laurent Evrard, la Maison de la Poésie (Paris). soundcloud.com/maison-de-la...
Muriel Pic – Leçons de possession. Les archives de la drogue d’Henri Michaux
Entretien mené par Laurent Evrard « Violenté jusqu’à ce que je m’aligne sur la vibration nouvelle. » Henri Michaux Muriel Pic propose un texte inédit sur les expérimentations de drogues par Henri Mi
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November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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'For academics it is time for a reckoning, as they need to find a way to deal with “fake research” by illiberal mercenaries. Academic ideals mandate engaging with challenging ideas, but what if these ideas are funded by an authoritarian state?'
Castles of Illiberal Thought
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November 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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If you want to understand how Xi Jinping’s “soul-casting” [铸魂] project works in practice, read this searing account of one journalist’s journey through—and resistance to—the Xi Jinping School of Journalism: www.equator.org/articles/the... #SouthernMongolia #SoyomboBorjigin @equator.org
The Xi Jinping School of Journalism • EQUATOR
The education and reeducation of a Mongolian reporter
www.equator.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM