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HistFest @histfest.bsky.social · 2h

"There is a sense of pre-emptive mourning for something that we know is on the way"

Interview: Prof. Sadiah Qureshi on her career, research and latest book, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction histfest.substack.com/p/there-is-a...

"There is a sense of pre-emptive mourning for something that we know is on the way"

Sadiah Qureshi on her career, research and latest book, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1h

Thank you Rebecca. As always, it was a pleasure to talk to you.

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Rebecca Rideal @rebeccarideal.bsky.social · 2h

Loved chatting to the always interesting and thoughtful @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social about her brilliant new book. Listen to the interview via the link below ⬇️

HistFest @histfest.bsky.social · 2h

"There is a sense of pre-emptive mourning for something that we know is on the way"

Interview: Prof. Sadiah Qureshi on her career, research and latest book, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction histfest.substack.com/p/there-is-a...

"There is a sense of pre-emptive mourning for something that we know is on the way"

Sadiah Qureshi on her career, research and latest book, Vanished: An Unnatural History of Extinction

histfest.substack.com

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Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social · 5h

I'm not a quoter of scripture, but this seemed appropriate for the horror that has been unleashed because of the gutting of USAID.

“Whatever you do to the least of these, you do to me.” -Jesus

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 6h

It’s revealing how thrown the interviewer is by an answer that is evidently an honest expression of genuinely held political principles, as opposed to the sound bites and weasel words that dominate political interviews in the present.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 22h

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 7h

Apparently generations of scholars interested in canon formation, publishing, and reception have been twiddling their thumbs because they were missing *the thing* to have any answers. 🤨

It’s incredible that people think the theft and environmental damage involved in such uses of AI are worth it.

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 8h

Why do we continue to devour some old books, while others that were popular when published never get picked up? AI may have the answer.

Novels with a certain structure are more likely to be classics

Novels need a gripping story to stay popular as the decades pass, but it seems that other less-obvious factors may also contribute to their lasting success

www.newscientist.com

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ

Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

Now would be a great time to check out this BBC radio 4 series on the far right and racism in Britain by the amazing Camilla Schofield.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 4 - Britain's Fascist Thread

Camilla Schofield explores the unbroken thread of fascism in Britain.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

And, of course, Brummies are not alone. So many places across the country have fared the same or even worse. In spite of it all, those who call such places home have found ways to survive and thrive *together* and against the odds. We are amazing no matter what any outsider tries to tell us.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

Brummies have always deserved better than the decades of neglect, underinvestment, and poor management which has caused many of its problems and which have been the butt of so many demeaning jokes. It’s such a shame that visitors can’t acknowledge that reality as they’re so busy running away.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

As a Brummie, listening to people whine about the city is so tedious. It is a city where so many unwanted people made their home, from the poor to global migrants, and found love, joy, and community while the city was ignored by so many who loathed the place and its people.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 1d

I grew up in Handsworth. It is one of the most vibrant and diverse places in the UK, whether in terms of complexion or creed. For someone to feel uncomfortable there says everything about the kind of sameness they crave, rather than anything meaningful about Handsworth or Birmingham.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 2d

Briefly here to thank GrrlScientist for this lovely review of Vanished for
@forbes.com.

www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Also, by the same author a story about a spider that is half male and half female. The picture is extraordinary. www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Back to my break.

‘Vanished: An Unnatural History Of Extinction,’ By Sadiah Qureshi — Review

A poignant recounting of the tangled and unnatural histories of extinction and empire, and how extinction is not necessarily inevitable but instead, is a political choice.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 4d

I will be away from here for a while.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 4d

The hatred has been openly festering for many years. Around a decade ago, I remember swastikas and anti-Islam graffiti being found at work. It was barely discussed openly, except by those targeted. It is hard not to despair right now.

إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعونَ

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Becky Barnicoat on the growth of fascism in Britain – cartoon

The far right never seizes power. It’s always politely invited in by nice people

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 4d

RIP Brian. Your books are some of the oldest in my library. They started me on the journey from puffin reader to penguin author. Thank you.

Kirkdale Bookshop @kirkdalebooks.bsky.social · 8d

Brian Patten has died. A really good poet and a charming man. Ten years ago, he and I were drunkenly exchanging Mulla Nasruddin stories after Brian had done a reading with John Agard. RIP.

Brian Patten with Christopher Logue in a lunatic asylum in Tuscany. Havin' a bath

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 4d

For me, compassionate is the word that really stands out and why I look forward to reading the book.

New Scientist @newscientist.com · 4d

Sandra Knapp, chair of the judging panel for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, explains why neurologist Masud Husain’s collection of case studies is such an enlightening, compassionate book

Why Our Brains, Our Selves won the Royal Society science book prize

Sandra Knapp, chair of the judging panel for the 2025 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize, explains why neurologist Masud Husain’s collection of case studies is such an enlightening, compassionate book

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 5d

I wrote a short piece for the Observer on the attacks in Manchester.

observer.co.uk/news/opinion...

My son recently found a swastika drawn on the pavement at...

The Manchester attack didn't come as a shock. The only surprise is it hasn’t happened sooner

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 5d

A strange week cheered by so many roarsome students. I told one of them about my next project as a way of generating dissertation ideas and they delightedly exclaimed ‘I’d read the **** out of that!’ Teaching can be exhausting, but it is also unbelievably rewarding. 🐯

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 5d

Horrified by the daily hatred in this world.

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 5d

May the dead find eternal peace.

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Apollo @apollo-magazine.com · 6d

On the eve of a major survey at the Yale Center for British Art, Hew Locke talks to Apollo about decorating statues and the ornamental side of the British Empire

Hew Locke and the Empire’s new clothes

On the eve of a major US survey, the artist talks to Fatema Ahmed about decorating statues and the ornamental side of the British Empire

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Sadiah Qureshi @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · 6d

I had a mid-career fellowship and it was exactly what I needed to finish my book. The BA application forms are far simpler than you might expect if you’ve only ever seen forms for other funders. So, if you’re eligible, do explore further. Best of luck if you apply.

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 6d

We’ve opened a call for our British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships which enable established scholars to have the time to complete a significant piece of humanities or social sciences piece of research, through a one year period of leave
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/sche...

British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships

The British Academy/Leverhulme Senior Research Fellowships are intended to enable established scholars, needing relief from teaching and administration, to have the time to bring to completion a signi...

www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 6d

People recognised as refugees fleeing persecution & granted the right to live in the UK to be denied the right to be joined safely by their spouse & children.

This Labour govt is a moral void, a stinking darkness, an empty hollow of cowardice & contempt. #r4today www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights

People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’

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Chris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 6d

the UK is ranked 55 out of 56 nations for family reunion rights for "other migrants to the UK" because the *government* did that. do i need to buy starmer a hot dog costume www.mipex.eu/family-reunion

the mipex family reunion chart, which shows the uk one place from bottom spot (currently taken by denmark)

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