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When illegal slave ships were intercepted by British, French, Portuguese and other antislavery patrols in the 1800s, African captives were not freed - they were sent into indentured servitude. More than 700,000 souls. It’s a huge story in the history of abolition.
From the current issue: “Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trade Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920”
by Henry B. Lovejoy (@colorado.edu)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
by Henry B. Lovejoy (@colorado.edu)
doi.org/10.1093/past...
Conceptualizing ‘Liberated Africans’ and Slave Trade Abolition: Government Schemes to Indenture Enslaved People Captured from Slavery, 1800–1920*
Abstract. A new survey of ‘Liberated Africans’ exposes how global calculations of involuntary African indentured labour after 1800 have been significantly
doi.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
When illegal slave ships were intercepted by British, French, Portuguese and other antislavery patrols in the 1800s, African captives were not freed - they were sent into indentured servitude. More than 700,000 souls. It’s a huge story in the history of abolition.
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all my #poetry ebooks are available at neurosismancer.itch.io as a name your own price (including free!) epub and pdf for anyone who wants to read em
December 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
all my #poetry ebooks are available at neurosismancer.itch.io as a name your own price (including free!) epub and pdf for anyone who wants to read em
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The Trump administration is letting bosses get away with rampant wage theft.
Penalties for bosses who break wage and hour laws has fallen a staggering 94% during the second Trump administration.
Workplace health and safety penalties have also dropped 45%.
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Penalties for bosses who break wage and hour laws has fallen a staggering 94% during the second Trump administration.
Workplace health and safety penalties have also dropped 45%.
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
Worker Protections in Freefall: The Collapse of Federal Labor Enforcement under the Second Trump Administration - Good Jobs First
goodjobsfirst.org
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The Trump administration is letting bosses get away with rampant wage theft.
Penalties for bosses who break wage and hour laws has fallen a staggering 94% during the second Trump administration.
Workplace health and safety penalties have also dropped 45%.
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Penalties for bosses who break wage and hour laws has fallen a staggering 94% during the second Trump administration.
Workplace health and safety penalties have also dropped 45%.
goodjobsfirst.org/worker-prote...
Country is just bombing anything sailing in the Pacific AND Atlantic on some "pwease go to war with us. Our defense contractors are getting angry?"
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Country is just bombing anything sailing in the Pacific AND Atlantic on some "pwease go to war with us. Our defense contractors are getting angry?"
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Video: U.S. Southern Command via X (@Southcom)
December 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Video: U.S. Southern Command via X (@Southcom)
Wow. Bold. But also, brave.
Democrats: Trump is the greatest threat to democracy!
Also Democrats: Trump should keep being president!
Also Democrats: Trump should keep being president!
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Wow. Bold. But also, brave.
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"Hakim's Odyssey", the new french animated feature film project by Patrick Imbert ("The Summit of the Gods").
Based on a comic book and the testimony of a Syrian refugee.
Produced by Solab Films & Folivari.
To be pitched at Cartoon Movie 2026 festival.
Based on a comic book and the testimony of a Syrian refugee.
Produced by Solab Films & Folivari.
To be pitched at Cartoon Movie 2026 festival.
December 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
"Hakim's Odyssey", the new french animated feature film project by Patrick Imbert ("The Summit of the Gods").
Based on a comic book and the testimony of a Syrian refugee.
Produced by Solab Films & Folivari.
To be pitched at Cartoon Movie 2026 festival.
Based on a comic book and the testimony of a Syrian refugee.
Produced by Solab Films & Folivari.
To be pitched at Cartoon Movie 2026 festival.
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reminded of a similar, though more manual, process in NC back in March:
“Course descriptions, student handbooks, class syllabi and webpages were among the university publications listed for censoring.“
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
“Course descriptions, student handbooks, class syllabi and webpages were among the university publications listed for censoring.“
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
December 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
reminded of a similar, though more manual, process in NC back in March:
“Course descriptions, student handbooks, class syllabi and webpages were among the university publications listed for censoring.“
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
“Course descriptions, student handbooks, class syllabi and webpages were among the university publications listed for censoring.“
www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed UK ministers "will look into the particular case" of supposed union busting at Rockstar
www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-prime-min...
www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-prime-min...
UK Prime Minister describes Rockstar dismissals as "deeply concerning"
"We're determined to strengthen workers rights and ensure they don't face consequences for being part of a union," says Keir Starmer
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has confirmed UK ministers "will look into the particular case" of supposed union busting at Rockstar
www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-prime-min...
www.gamesindustry.biz/uk-prime-min...
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December 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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Latest from me at The Guardian!
Chatting with @videogameworkers.bsky.social at their protest outside The Game Awards. ✊
Chatting with @videogameworkers.bsky.social at their protest outside The Game Awards. ✊
Before the Game Awards in LA last week, a US video game workers union turned up to protest. "Anyone who works in the games industry can identify that our art form is being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money." @alyssamerc.bsky.social reports
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/d...
‘Our industry has been strip-mined’: video game workers protest at The Game Awards
Outside the lavish event, workers called out the ‘greed’ in the industry that has left games ‘being sold for parts to make a few people a lot of money’
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Latest from me at The Guardian!
Chatting with @videogameworkers.bsky.social at their protest outside The Game Awards. ✊
Chatting with @videogameworkers.bsky.social at their protest outside The Game Awards. ✊
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the appointment is TODAY with the optometrist at 5:40PM. if i have not raised the rest of the remaining funds by 11AM, i have to reschedule.
$167/255
💸💕thank you for any & all help!
my pp:
paypal.me/noahfisk
#MutualAid #MAV #MABoost #HelpSky #FundSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpFolksLive #DirectAid
$167/255
💸💕thank you for any & all help!
my pp:
paypal.me/noahfisk
#MutualAid #MAV #MABoost #HelpSky #FundSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpFolksLive #DirectAid
please, no donations in yet today.
i don't want to have to reschedule.
please please assist if you can!
$167/255
💸💕thank you for any & all help!
my pp:
paypal.me/noahfisk
#MutualAid #MAV #MABoost #HelpSky #FundSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpFolksLive #DirectAid #CommunitySupport
i don't want to have to reschedule.
please please assist if you can!
$167/255
💸💕thank you for any & all help!
my pp:
paypal.me/noahfisk
#MutualAid #MAV #MABoost #HelpSky #FundSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpFolksLive #DirectAid #CommunitySupport
it's important i raise the rest of these funds by TOMORROW! i will already be out tomorrow, and don't want to risk my health anymore than i already will be!
i will already be out tomorrow, so this is ideal. thank you in advance!
$167/255
💸💕thank you for any & all help!
my pp:
paypal.me/noahfisk
i will already be out tomorrow, so this is ideal. thank you in advance!
$167/255
💸💕thank you for any & all help!
my pp:
paypal.me/noahfisk
December 15, 2025 at 5:24 AM
the appointment is TODAY with the optometrist at 5:40PM. if i have not raised the rest of the remaining funds by 11AM, i have to reschedule.
$167/255
💸💕thank you for any & all help!
my pp:
paypal.me/noahfisk
#MutualAid #MAV #MABoost #HelpSky #FundSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpFolksLive #DirectAid
$167/255
💸💕thank you for any & all help!
my pp:
paypal.me/noahfisk
#MutualAid #MAV #MABoost #HelpSky #FundSky #HelpFolksLive2025 #HelpFolksLive #DirectAid
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BOOK is here!
I heard about this on TikTok of all places since Simon and Schuster did an interview series with Eleanor Johnson.
I heard about this on TikTok of all places since Simon and Schuster did an interview series with Eleanor Johnson.
December 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
BOOK is here!
I heard about this on TikTok of all places since Simon and Schuster did an interview series with Eleanor Johnson.
I heard about this on TikTok of all places since Simon and Schuster did an interview series with Eleanor Johnson.
Real dweeb vibes
27-year-old former comsci student with a single github repo containing a single python script. If you aren't going to finish your degree, you can't expect to land a decent programming job when your only listed relevant experience is "earned a GPA of 4.0/4.0 before leaving the university"
December 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Real dweeb vibes
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What's that? You're concerned about far right radicalization pathways? I have terrible news
Substack’s “Nazi problem” won’t go away after push notification apology
Substack may be legitimizing neo-Nazis as “thought leaders,” researcher warns.
arstechnica.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
What's that? You're concerned about far right radicalization pathways? I have terrible news
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a guy who writes for a Substack publication promoting other Substack publications that are writing about... well, not Substack publications, I'll tell you that much!
This is an exquisite piece about something I know absolutely nothing about. Worth paying @ettingermentum.bsky.social
How a Swedish Video Game Company Accidentally Molded the American Right
A history on grand strategy games and far right radicalism, coming from an actual grand strategy gamer.
www.ettingermentum.news
December 15, 2025 at 6:26 AM
a guy who writes for a Substack publication promoting other Substack publications that are writing about... well, not Substack publications, I'll tell you that much!
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she looks like a real housewife of salt lake city
December 15, 2025 at 8:33 AM
she looks like a real housewife of salt lake city
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“There is no Mamdani effect. The idea that people would flee New York was overblown. The numbers just aren’t bearing that out.”
Oh
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Oh
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Manhattan Luxury Apartment Market Surges in Month After Mamdani’s Win
Real estate brokers say there has been no slowdown in demand from wealthy buyers.
www.bloomberg.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
“There is no Mamdani effect. The idea that people would flee New York was overblown. The numbers just aren’t bearing that out.”
Oh
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Oh
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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And it's another short thread @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social with tonight's inventory selections, his 4 other new all-new pairs of earrings, one of them part of a set with a necklace to match:
December 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
And it's another short thread @wingsndnsilver.bsky.social with tonight's inventory selections, his 4 other new all-new pairs of earrings, one of them part of a set with a necklace to match:
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Big BRONX —
Rob Reiner: I'm going to make a coming of age drama, a fantasy adventure story, a romantic comedy, a psychological horror and then a courtroom drama.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
Us: Across your entire career?
Reiner: In a 6 year period.
Us: That sounds-
Reiner: -Each one will be arguably the best movie in that genre.
December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Big BRONX —
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Dude this is HILARIOUS @dannyheifetz.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Dude this is HILARIOUS @dannyheifetz.bsky.social
Uno reverse of a lifetime.
Incredible footage out of Australia, confirmed by NEWS AU, of a brave bystander neutralizing one of the terrorists in the Bondi Beach attack which took place during a Hanukkah gathering.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
Australian authorities say multiple people have been killed.
At least two suspects are in custody.
December 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Uno reverse of a lifetime.
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Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
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December 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM