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Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social · 15h

📣📣Call for papers

sites.google.com/uniroma1.it/...

Hybrid workshop, "Motherhood Without Poverty: Working-Class Women and Global Struggles for Work, Family, and Reproductive Autonomy (1918–1939)".

27 feb 2026, University of Glasgow.

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Motherhood Without Poverty 2026

Motherhood Without Poverty: Working-Class Women and Global Struggles for Work, Family, and Reproductive Autonomy (1918–1939) Call for papers A One-Day Hybrid Workshop at the University of Glasgow Frid...

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 1d

🔥 Wow!

“Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni says she has been accused of “complicity in genocide” in a complaint lodged with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Rome’s support for Israel as it bombards Gaza”

Italy’s Meloni says ICC complaint accuses her of Gaza genocide complicity

A complaint lodged with the ICC points to the Italian government's role supplying lethal weapons to Israel amid Gaza war

www.aljazeera.com

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d

No sudden rupture is now required for the far right to take power in this country. For what we're seeing is a steady normalisation of extremists by the Conservative and Labour Parties, BBC, Telegraph, Mail and others. A shift once considered unthinkable beings to look acceptable, even inevitable.🧵

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 3d

We flounced out of the EU on the say-so of politicians who lied to us. And what a total shitshow that’s turned out to be. The polar opposite of what they promised. Now the call to flounce out of the ECHR. By the same people. Telling the same lies. Has the country been kicked in the head by a horse?

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Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social · 4d

Anche se voi vi credete assolti
Siete lo stesso coinvolti
(F de Andre')

Dr Robert Bohan @robertbohan.bsky.social · 4d

Huge Palestinian solidarity protest in Italy with a National Strike & 2m taking part. That’s 3.4% of the population.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

apnews.com

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 4d

This week, the Society's President Lucy Noakes wrote in response to Bridget Phillipson's Labour conference speech - and its implications for history and the humanities in UK higher education bit.ly/3KBX7Fw

#Skystorians

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 4d

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services

Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.

bit.ly

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Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social · 5d

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 5d

10-3 marks the anniversary of the recording session for Chronic Town at Mitch Easter’s Drive-In Studio in Winston-Salem. Tracks recorded “1,000,000,” “Ages Of You,” “Gardening At Night,” “Carnival Of Sorts (Box Cars),” “Stumble,” “Shaking Through,” “White Tornado,””9-9” (attempted but abandoned).

Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social · 8d

This explains my recent urge for non-stop writing in my paper notebooks.

Hyo Yoon Kang 강효윤 @hyoyoonkang.bsky.social · 8d

The only private spaces left are paper notebooks, analyst room, and the subconscious.

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 8d

Fast or Slow

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 15d

I wrote something quite personal about what use trans history In These Times:

History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · 16d

The summer has seen anti-trans campaigns across the UK and US, alongside a crisis in healthcare. But what use could trans history have in these time, beyond proving 'we have always been here'?

Sam Rutherford @echomikeromeo reflects on Imagining Trans Futures:
www.historyworkshop....

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Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social · 11d

Discounts!

Please use the code in the link below to get a 30% discount on my 2025 OUP book 'Reproductive rights in modern France: feminism, contraception and abortion'.

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 15d

This is an excellent point. 👇

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 15d

Why are the American president's claims about autism the first item on British news bulletins?

He's not our president, the advice doesn't apply here and he's not presented any evidence to support his assertions.

So why spread these claims? What make this the biggest story in the UK?

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BDS movement @bdsmovement.bsky.social · 16d

Historic: Italy is on strike, disrupting business as usual & protesting complicity in Israel’s genocide & apartheid against Palestinians, bringing major cities to a halt.

Hundreds of thousands are demonstrating across 80 cities & towns, from south to north, blocking roads, ports & railway stations.

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Berrak @berrak.bsky.social · 16d

brilliant news from Italy

🚨BREAKING 🇮🇹| In Italy, the general strike has shut down train lines, ports, highways, schools & shops. With a genocide ongoing, there can be NO business as usual.

🙏 Stay peaceful, everyone. Do not react to any provocation. Freedom for all allows no mistakes

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Maud Anne Bracke @maudannebracke.bsky.social · 18d

Glasgow city centre today. Massive and joyful gathering counter-protesting a much smaller far right rally.
(We also had the best music and dance moves...)

No pasaran!
Refugees are welcome here!

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 22d

This is a beautiful piece - and I'm so proud of what we do at Bylines... giving a voice to more and more people who otherwise would not be heard on their own terms.

Please read. 👇

Fear for my life: an asylum seeker speaks

We hear the voice of an asylum seeker escaping from danger, his views on the current protests and his gratitude for shelter in the UK

centralbylines.co.uk

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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 23d

Scoop: Status has obtained the termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social, in which it informed her that she was being fired for social media posts "about white men."

Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...

Fired By The Post

The Washington Post said it fired Karen Attiah over comments she made about white men in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, Status has learned.

www.status.news

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 23d

Some personal news:

I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

Thread incoming.

substack.com/@karenattiah...

The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.

I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.

substack.com

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Heike Bauer @heikebauer.bsky.social · 23d

The Journal of the History of Sexuality is looking for new editor(s) networks.h-net.org/group/announ... 🌈🎓

Reminder: Journal of the History of Sexuality seeks new editor(s) | H-Net

The Journal of the History of Sexuality is seeking new editors. The JHS, which was founded in 1990 and is published by the University of Texas Press, is the oldest journal devoted to the history of se...

networks.h-net.org

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 28d

NOTHING will prepare you for this 45-second story arc. From "I'm just doing this because I love the flag, it's totally grassroots, and I'm not part of anything political"... to who actually gave him the flags the night before.

Anyone who believes it is an innocent movement needs to see this.

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Sam Rutherford (he/him) @echomikeromeo.bsky.social · 29d

This is of course deeply upsetting on its own terms; also, we should absolutely be worst-case-scenario contingency planning for how we are going to resist this kind of thing when it comes to UK universities.

Dan Hirschman @asociologist.bsky.social · 29d

Texas A&M’s President just removed a dean and department head from their positions after they supported a professor whose lesson on gender was challenged by a student. www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

www.kbtx.com

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 29d

Some songs still resonate...
For more, listen to our playlist, We Are Hope Despite The Times (found.ee/rem-wahdtt)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxCz...

R.E.M. - Welcome To The Occupation (Live in Chicago / 1995 Monster Tour)

YouTube video by remhq

www.youtube.com

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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · Sep 7

890 people have been arrested for demanding an end to genocide in Gaza.

To call them “terrorists” is beyond disgusting.

Shame on you and this Labour government for criminalising solidarity with the Palestinian people, while continuing to sell arms to Israel that fuel genocide.

Quote retweet by Zarah that says: “890 people have been arrested for demanding an end to genocide in Gaza.

To call them “terrorists” is beyond disgusting.

Shame on you and this Labour government for criminalising solidarity with the Palestinian people, while continuing to sell arms to Israel that fuel genocide.”

In response to Shabana Mahmood, Home Secretary who tweeted: “Supporting Palestine and supporting a proscribed terrorist group are not the same thing.
An honour to visit Sir Mark and @metpoliceuk to see them at work policing protests yesterday.”

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · Sep 7

Nigel Farage is the biggest charlatan in British political history.

And here's what his constitutents in Clacton really think:

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