Jon Coburn
@joncoburn.bsky.social
Mediocre historian. University of Lincoln, UK
'Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women's Peace Movement' out October 2025
| Histories of activism | protest suicide | information literacy
'Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women's Peace Movement' out October 2025
| Histories of activism | protest suicide | information literacy
I don’t have to sell my soul, he’s already in me…
There is no pain
You are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
You are receding
A distant ship's smoke on the horizon
You are only coming through in waves
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying
November 23, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I don’t have to sell my soul, he’s already in me…
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I wrote a few words about Mani for The Sunday Times - I didn’t know it would be behind a paywall, so here it is if you would like to read it:
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November 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I wrote a few words about Mani for The Sunday Times - I didn’t know it would be behind a paywall, so here it is if you would like to read it:
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This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
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In Not Just a Housewife, Jon Coburn shares the story of the radical activist group, Women Strike for Peace, who fused militant protests and motherhood. If you're shopping for an activist, use code HOILDAY at https://twp.ai/4isobZ to save 40% Coburn's book now! #readUP #gift #activist #peace
November 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In Not Just a Housewife, Jon Coburn shares the story of the radical activist group, Women Strike for Peace, who fused militant protests and motherhood. If you're shopping for an activist, use code HOILDAY at https://twp.ai/4isobZ to save 40% Coburn's book now! #readUP #gift #activist #peace
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Wow.
There some big Country Joe McDonald energy going on here.
There some big Country Joe McDonald energy going on here.
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Wow.
There some big Country Joe McDonald energy going on here.
There some big Country Joe McDonald energy going on here.
After 13 years, to have my book in my hands is surreal!!
‘Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement’ tells the story of Women Strike for Peace (WSP), a peace and antinuclear group that billed itself as a movement of “housewives and mothers”
‘Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement’ tells the story of Women Strike for Peace (WSP), a peace and antinuclear group that billed itself as a movement of “housewives and mothers”
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
After 13 years, to have my book in my hands is surreal!!
‘Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement’ tells the story of Women Strike for Peace (WSP), a peace and antinuclear group that billed itself as a movement of “housewives and mothers”
‘Not Just a Housewife: Women Strike for Peace and the Cold War Women’s Peace Movement’ tells the story of Women Strike for Peace (WSP), a peace and antinuclear group that billed itself as a movement of “housewives and mothers”
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Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump is a piece of shit and his supporters like him because they are pieces of shit.
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US term, document based questions.
Thinking of the US, have you seen this? www.inquirygroup.org/history-less...
Thinking of the US, have you seen this? www.inquirygroup.org/history-less...
History Lessons | Digital Inquiry Group
www.inquirygroup.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
US term, document based questions.
Thinking of the US, have you seen this? www.inquirygroup.org/history-less...
Thinking of the US, have you seen this? www.inquirygroup.org/history-less...
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It's the difference between centering the voices of enslaved and indigenous people and demonstrating how their inclusion shifts the traditional narrative and, as a result, forces viewers to rethink their own relationship to this story as opposed to utilizing them simply as window dressing.
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
It's the difference between centering the voices of enslaved and indigenous people and demonstrating how their inclusion shifts the traditional narrative and, as a result, forces viewers to rethink their own relationship to this story as opposed to utilizing them simply as window dressing.
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"theft tech" is a term my pal @astra.bsky.social thought of just today when we were working on our book about these End Times Fascists.
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
"theft tech" is a term my pal @astra.bsky.social thought of just today when we were working on our book about these End Times Fascists.
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
We were thinking about what should happen when this this bubble busts, as we all know it will.
Remember: they have bunkers. We don't. 2/3
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The impression given by a morning scroll is that the politics of Europe and North America has largely become a performative sideshow detached from real life (though not of course if you are one of the designated 'victims')
November 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The impression given by a morning scroll is that the politics of Europe and North America has largely become a performative sideshow detached from real life (though not of course if you are one of the designated 'victims')
This is basically a Labour-Reform coalition government now.
Not formally, obvs.
But Reform have just as much influence on Labour policy as if they were in formal coalition government.
Not formally, obvs.
But Reform have just as much influence on Labour policy as if they were in formal coalition government.
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is basically a Labour-Reform coalition government now.
Not formally, obvs.
But Reform have just as much influence on Labour policy as if they were in formal coalition government.
Not formally, obvs.
But Reform have just as much influence on Labour policy as if they were in formal coalition government.
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
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Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Alan Dershowitz is one of those claiming Epstein was not a pedophile because he pleaded guilty to one count of having sex for money with a 17-year-and-10-month-old person. "That’s not a pedophile." See this important response from Julia Brown, the brave reporter who broke the news on this
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AI companies like "our product will convince you to kill yourself, then monetize your spouse's grief with microtransactions while it also sexts with both them and your child. We lose billions of dollars a month btw"
And almost half the US stock market is now inextricably tied up in them.
And almost half the US stock market is now inextricably tied up in them.
November 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
AI companies like "our product will convince you to kill yourself, then monetize your spouse's grief with microtransactions while it also sexts with both them and your child. We lose billions of dollars a month btw"
And almost half the US stock market is now inextricably tied up in them.
And almost half the US stock market is now inextricably tied up in them.
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 PM
This headline is journalistic malpractice. This isn't Epstein "alleging" that Trump knew. This is Epstein and Maxwell discussing - in 2011, long before Trump had political salience - how the FACT that Trump knew might play out
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
Both of them took as a given that this was a fact in a private email
It’s actually called the Dunning-Kruger Times….
With a “WOW!,” President Trump posts a claim about DOGE and “royalties linked to Obamacare” that originated on a satirical website. That site’s own About section reads: “Everything on this website is fiction… If you believe that it is real, you should have your head examined.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
It’s actually called the Dunning-Kruger Times….
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The launch event of the Lincolnshire Mosaic of Freedom is today. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #History #WW2 #Peace @uolhumanities.bsky.social @ibccdigitalarchive.bsky.social lincolnartscentre.co.uk/event/freedo...
Freedom: Then & Now Public Artwork - Lincoln Arts Centre
17:00 – 18:00 public artwork illuminated (60 minutes) – Outdoors 18:00 – 18:30 – the special...
lincolnartscentre.co.uk
November 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The launch event of the Lincolnshire Mosaic of Freedom is today. #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget #History #WW2 #Peace @uolhumanities.bsky.social @ibccdigitalarchive.bsky.social lincolnartscentre.co.uk/event/freedo...
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get in bitch we're destroying the west
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
get in bitch we're destroying the west
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We wrote this paper a while ago and since then OpenAI has claimed plans to be "core infrastructure" of education, Google has rammed Gemini into schools via its education platforms, and AWS showed it underpins most edtech platforms... 1/
New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
Knowledge infrastructure crisis: digital democratic deficits and alternative designs for education
The production and circulation of knowledge in education increasingly depends on large-scale digital infrastructures. In this article we provide a critical review of the transformation of the conte...
doi.org
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We wrote this paper a while ago and since then OpenAI has claimed plans to be "core infrastructure" of education, Google has rammed Gemini into schools via its education platforms, and AWS showed it underpins most edtech platforms... 1/
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lol
November 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
lol