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LadyGiada @ladygiada.bsky.social · 8h

Call for Papers📣: Gender, Violence and the Early Moderns. Join us in Florence. We look forward to hosting you in May 2026😎☀️ @eui-history.bsky.social #skystorians #academicsky #earlymodern

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 1d

A groundbreaking history of Africa’s looted architectural heritage—and a bold proposal for the repatriation of the continent’s stolen cultural artifacts.

Africa's Buildings by Itohan I. Osayimwese is now available (2 Dec UK pub).

Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Africa's Buildings: Architecture and the Displacement of Cultural Heritage by Itohan I. Osayimwese

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Olivier Tesquet @oliviertesquet.bsky.social · 2d

Record battu !

Annonce de la démission de Sébastien Lecornu

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 5d

Surely @stschrader1.bsky.social has a couple dozen syllabi on the topic…

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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 5d

In memoriam...

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 5d

Please consider this news in light of statements like these from the ostensible heights of Canadian politics.

The Daily News is a lifesaver for news from the Left. Take a listen!

A CBC news story in which Pierre Poilievre claims Christians may be the group most victimized by hate crimes in Canada.

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 5d

Firenze is shining.

Protest march against the illegal detainment of the humanitarian flotilla by Israel, showing students with a giant Palestinian flag.

Protest march against the illegal detainment of the humanitarian flotilla by Israel, showing a crowded street in Florence with peace flags.

Protest march against the illegal detainment of the humanitarian flotilla by Israel, with crowds of supporters and Palestinian flags.

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AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 5d

It’s a 1️⃣-2️⃣punch: The State of Texas, the Regents, & the President dissolve the Faculty Council. Then Trump offers a compact that will affect academic freedom, curriculum, student recruitment, research priorities, the future of academic programs. Once faculty had a voice in such decisions. No longer.

AAUP chapter @UT Austin @utaustinaaup.bsky.social · 11d

✴️For the first time since 1945, UT does not have a representative faculty council.

Our press release on the replacement of an elected Faculty Council with faculty advisory bodies composed entirely of appointees of President Davis.

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Press Release 9.27.2025.docx

PRESS RELEASE American Association of University Professors (AAUP) chapter at The University of Texas at Austin Contact: Pauline Strong, PhD, Chapter President, [email protected] _________________...

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 5d

#OtD 3 Oct 1937 almost a year after their defeat at Cable St, Mosley's Blackshirts attempted to march through Bermondsey, South London. Met with strong local opposition and barricades in the streets, the march never arrived at its intended destination workingclasshistory.com/podcast/e35-...

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 6d

But I Am A Free Man On Sunday, painting by Clare Allan. Footpath leading to Kinder Scout, inspired by the 1932 Mass Trespass. #WomensArt #NorthernArt

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 6d

There are some things I really admire about Italy, like these spontaneous demonstrations in piazze all over the country right now.

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Jana Bacevic @unsocialtheory.bsky.social · 6d

Israel has intercepted and bombed the Sumud flotilla www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...

‘Kidnapping’: Israel intercepts Gaza flotilla; detains activists, Thunberg

Activists on board Global Sumud Flotilla report interceptions after Israeli vessels approached.

www.aljazeera.com

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Nanjala @nanjala.bsky.social · 7d

Two people in my extended circle are on the Global Sumud Flotilla, aiming to break the siege on Gaza. They are asking us all for increased vigilance as the flotilla enters the high risk zone. You can follow the progress of the flotilla at www.globalsumudflotilla.org/live

WE ARE LESS THAN 160NM FROM GAZA, 10NM FROM THE HIGH RISK ZONE STAY ALERT
Witness brings protection. g ww.globalsumudflotilla.org/live

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca.com · 8d

It was very special to work with six brilliant, thoughtful Indigenous writers — Michelle Good, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Eva Jewell, Janelle Lapointe, Anna McKenzie and Riley Yesno — on this series about truth and reconciliation, in print & online for @thewalrus.ca. thewalrus.ca/truth-and-re...

The Truth of Reconciliation | The Walrus

The TRC report, released in 2015, laid out ninety-four clear Calls to Action. Ten years later, Indigenous writers reflect on what has and hasn’t been achieved

thewalrus.ca

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 8d

Aaron Swartz is featured prominently here. Just as JSTOR does this.
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EUI Library @euilibrary.bsky.social · 9d

We are delighted to announce the launch of the exhibition, ‘Who Owns Our Knowledge? Exploring Open Access through Voices of Change’ exhibition at Salviati!
📍Salviati, 29 Sept to 5 Oct
See all dates 👉 loom.ly/-Tv5N1o

#OAWeek2025 #OpenAccess #EUIResearch #OpenScience #VoicesofChange

Attendees at the Open Access Exhibition in Villa Salviati.

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 8d

I thought it was linked but unsure precisely how…are click throughs to articles bottoming out as the bots churn everything? Is there an idealogical/marketing point to win?….but obviously $$$ is the real crux.

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Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 8d

Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr

Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.

And you're cutting... the sleeper?

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...

It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts

Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis

www.theguardian.com

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 9d

I do not know what the fall of castle JSTOR portends.

Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 9d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 9d

"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."

What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charley Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression

I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of Charli...

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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 10d

BREAKING: Peaceful protestors arrested outside the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool

Yet more peaceful protesters are being arrested today and hauled from the streets by police - a scene which just a few months ago would have been shocking but is quickly becoming the norm...

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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews @thatdocphoenix.com · 10d

Love this country where you can only have ILR if you work for free on top of your full-time job meeting income requirements and soon only transition if you pay for it all yourself outside the UK and never exist in public space

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Kim Todzi @kim-todzi.de · 12d

Very interesting conference on colonial taxation at the University of Flensburg.

www.uni-flensburg.de/en/frzph/for...

Flyer for the conference “Comparative Perspectives on Taxation and the Colonial State,” September 25–27, 2025 at Europa-Universität Flensburg.

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Bruce Arthur @brucearthur.bsky.social · 12d

Carney’s closing rural post offices and end door to door delivery. Building Canada, eh

Armine Yalnizyan @armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · 13d

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

This is straight out of Harper's playbook in 2013.
He announced end door-to-door delivery (making Canada the only G7 country without door to door delivery) after strikes/lockouts/disputes with the union during negos from June 2011 to Dec 2012.
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Ottawa directs Canada Post to end door-to-door delivery of mail across the country

Directive includes shutting down post offices in areas that were considered rural, but are now suburban

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 13d

The government is reducing service standards and Canada Post’s biggest advantage: its nationwide network.

This plan is about cutting back the postal service instead of investing to give it new revenue tools through things like postal banking. It’s shameful.

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News

With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

www.cbc.ca

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Alexia Yates @ayates.bsky.social · 13d

I find @norton.bsky.social threads on the sheer amount of activism historically committed to making roads safe galvanizing on this.
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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 13d

I promised myself I'm not going to lose my mind on this.....but stop this nonsense. It was a mild program. There were warning signs for the cameras. Make it a moral fight. Stop this nonsense capitulation compromise stuff that will get people killed.

Toronto Star @thestar.com · 13d

Mayor Olivia Chow is asking for changes to Toronto’s speed cameras as a part of a last-minute effort to get Premier Doug Ford to reconsider scrapping them altogether.