Don’t be that academic, academics 👇

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

The war against 'false news' is not 'new', but has been a concern of international organisations for over 100 years. The ever captivating Roland Burke launches a new Guardian column, Past/Present, sponsored by the @austhistassoc.bsky.social.

The Abd-Al-Rahman trial, for violence in #Sudan in '03-4, ended last week with a conviction. Alex de Waal was its first witness: the 1st #ICC expert to testify jointly for prosecution & defence. His reflections on the institution, its justice, & its impact, are here 👇

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...

my biggest beef with bluesky is that I get way more updates on what Curtis Yarvin or Peter Thiel than anything on the African continent

MEI Panel

Palestinian Politics, Publics and Paths forward Post October 7

with Lucy Kurtzer-Ellenbogen, @tahanimustafa.bsky.social, and Wasim Almasri

www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9ok...

Sudanese PM in Asmara. Things to keep an eye on...
www.dabangasudan.org/ar/all-news/...

Trump's insistence that Joe Biden was president on January 6 raises new questions about Joe Biden's memory.

Ada Lovelace Day has begun! As midnight arrives on Kiritimati Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, our global celebration of women in science, technology, engineering and maths begins! Join us in celebrating by posting about your fave women in STEM #ALD25!

🚲 edi.bike | issue 114 | 13th Sep '25

New plans for Fountainbridge, Dundee St and beyond; South Queensferry High Street project an “opportunity missed”; plus events, route closures & more:

https://buttondown.com/edi.bike/archive/edibike-issue-114-13th-oct-25/

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was published OTD in 1979.

Douglas Adams: “Isn’t it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?”

#litsci 🐡 #BookSky

Autumn sunshine on Barclay Church

Morocco’s Gen Z rebellion: ‘We need jobs but we got a stadium’

www.thetimes.com/article/7b52...

Pls consider a wee donation to help us get more young folk involved in ecological restoration this autumn. www.the-wildwood.org.uk

Leaf clearing volunteers welcome! 🍂

Autumn is just around the corner. Our successful leaf clearing project depends on the commitment and goodwill of residents. We supply all the tools and coordinate collection!

Learn more: merchistoncc.org.uk/leaf-clearin...

“I’m worried about my community… I’m out here in a frog costume to show how ridiculous the notion that we’re violent terrorists is, and showcase how that narrative is wrong…”

Serious Q: is it too late to give this dude the Nobel Peace Prize? 🐸 🏆

In response to queries: I have no idea about current U.S. objectives with Venezuela. Is it stopping drugs, but leaving Maduro in power? Is it removing him for running a narco-state, threatening to annex Guyana, and repression? Is it a unity government?

www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

My neighbourhood on Google Earth
#Edinburgh Love this pic 💙

It’s pronounced cyclist.

For those not fluent in Catholic: refusing the Monstrance is not denying prisoners the Eucharist, it is refusing Christ himself, since Christ is present in the Monstrance.

If Portland’s blow up animals are the right language for Portland, this is the right language for Chicago.

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

The 🇺🇸 #US Embassy in 🇲🇬 #Madagascar has issued a new alert, strongly advising US citizens to shelter in place due to reports that "the gendarmerie and military have exchanged gunfire (...) and that some factions of the security forces have joined the protests".

Times like this I miss our third floor view.