Dr. T. Flo
@tnflorvil.bsky.social
Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/working on several projects, including a bio of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/
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Dr. T. Flo
@tnflorvil.bsky.social
· May 3
Happy Heavenly Birthday to May Ayim! She would have turned 65 years old today. Although we are not kin, I feel kinship with her. Next August 2026 will mark 30 years since her passing.
After all these years of studying her, I still do not consider myself an expert on her.
After all these years of studying her, I still do not consider myself an expert on her.
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Why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is still the spookiest holiday read.
On this Krampus Night, revisit the scariest Christmas book of all.
Tomorrow is the Feast of St. Nicholas, a celebration of the patron saint of children, travelers, sailors, toymakers, broadcasters, the falsely accused, repentant thieves, Greece, archers, unmarried…
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December 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is still the spookiest holiday read.
I wish I could fly to Berlin to see Weihnachtsmärkte and friends.
December 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I wish I could fly to Berlin to see Weihnachtsmärkte and friends.
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Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
Tenured US professor fired over pro-Palestinian protests contests dismissal
Sang Hea Kil is first tenured faculty member fired from a public university in connection to the protests
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Universities will keep sexual predators on the faculty because their "hands are tied by tenure." Turns out protesting genocide is all it takes to loosen those unshakable chains.
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As we follow the trajectory of the student at OU who wrote an essay citing zero sources and making no argument, got the instructor fired by claiming her 1A rights were violated, went on a tour of rw media and now seems poised to become a part of the TPUSA speaker circuit: (1/4)
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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Everything so stupid, also the worst person in the Nuzzi scandal got to keep his cabinet appointment
December 6, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Everything so stupid, also the worst person in the Nuzzi scandal got to keep his cabinet appointment
So The Long Kiss Goodnight is also a Christmas movie. Teehee
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
So The Long Kiss Goodnight is also a Christmas movie. Teehee
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SCOTUS has agreed to hear arguments over the legality of Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship, the 1868 constitutional detail granting persons born on U.S. soil an American passport.
In doing so, the nation's highest judiciary has set the stage for a revolutionary decision. trib.al/Cpb1ir5
In doing so, the nation's highest judiciary has set the stage for a revolutionary decision. trib.al/Cpb1ir5
December 6, 2025 at 12:19 AM
SCOTUS has agreed to hear arguments over the legality of Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship, the 1868 constitutional detail granting persons born on U.S. soil an American passport.
In doing so, the nation's highest judiciary has set the stage for a revolutionary decision. trib.al/Cpb1ir5
In doing so, the nation's highest judiciary has set the stage for a revolutionary decision. trib.al/Cpb1ir5
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more shame, less impunity
December 5, 2025 at 11:18 PM
more shame, less impunity
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December 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Now in #paperback, The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley is an intellectual history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world order.
Order yours and enjoy 30% off with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#ReadUP #History
Order yours and enjoy 30% off with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#ReadUP #History
December 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Now in #paperback, The Life and Death of States by Natasha Wheatley is an intellectual history of sovereignty that reveals how the Habsburg Empire became a crucible for our contemporary world order.
Order yours and enjoy 30% off with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#ReadUP #History
Order yours and enjoy 30% off with code PUP30: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#ReadUP #History
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ICYMI - Halle Berry is all out of f*cks
"Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row, But that’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women… by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either."
"Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row, But that’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women… by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either."
December 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
ICYMI - Halle Berry is all out of f*cks
"Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row, But that’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women… by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either."
"Gavin Newsom, has vetoed our menopause bill, not one, but two years in a row, But that’s OK, because he’s not going to be governor forever, and the way he has overlooked women… by devaluing us, he probably should not be our next president either."
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
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Can’t keep Letitia James down — Grand jury confirmed
You’d think the DOJ would be tired of losing
You’d think the DOJ would be tired of losing
December 4, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Can’t keep Letitia James down — Grand jury confirmed
You’d think the DOJ would be tired of losing
You’d think the DOJ would be tired of losing
I taught my last classes yesterday. The students that I had this semester were lovely and made me remember why I enjoy teaching. I will have a few of them in the spring again. I am excited to teach Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The Global 1960s and Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives.
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I taught my last classes yesterday. The students that I had this semester were lovely and made me remember why I enjoy teaching. I will have a few of them in the spring again. I am excited to teach Sex, Drugs, and Rock & Roll: The Global 1960s and Black Lives Matter: Global Perspectives.
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Interested in online far-right extremism and AI?
Check out my article in today’s @theconversation.com 👇
“Decades before AI, Telegram, and Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.”
theconversation.com/far-right-ex...
Check out my article in today’s @theconversation.com 👇
“Decades before AI, Telegram, and Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.”
theconversation.com/far-right-ex...
Far-right extremists have been organizing online since before the internet – and AI is their next frontier
Neo-Nazis and other far-right extremists were early adopters of bulletin board systems, pioneering online recruiting and radicalization techniques long before the social media revolution.
theconversation.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Interested in online far-right extremism and AI?
Check out my article in today’s @theconversation.com 👇
“Decades before AI, Telegram, and Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.”
theconversation.com/far-right-ex...
Check out my article in today’s @theconversation.com 👇
“Decades before AI, Telegram, and Nick Fuentes’ livestreams, far-right extremists embraced the early days of home computing and the internet.”
theconversation.com/far-right-ex...
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A vote for children to get sick www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
Panel Votes to End Recommendation for Hepatitis B Shots for All Newborns
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
A vote for children to get sick www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/h...
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Every dot on this map is a New Yorker who chipped in for the Transition to make sure we can hit the ground running on Day 1.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Every dot on this map is a New Yorker who chipped in for the Transition to make sure we can hit the ground running on Day 1.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
$3 million raised from all five boroughs. $1 million to go.
Thank you for powering this transition. Let's cross that finish line together.
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2/2 Aus @spdfraktion.de im Bundestag ist zu hören, dass die SPD Ibou Diop als Sachverständigen zur o.a. Anhörung 👆eingeladen hat.
@decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdbund.bsky.social @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @manubauche.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social
@decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdbund.bsky.social @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @manubauche.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
2/2 Aus @spdfraktion.de im Bundestag ist zu hören, dass die SPD Ibou Diop als Sachverständigen zur o.a. Anhörung 👆eingeladen hat.
@decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdbund.bsky.social @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @manubauche.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social
@decolonizeberlin.bsky.social @isdbund.bsky.social @sharondoduaotoo.bsky.social @hdilger.bsky.social @manubauche.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @michmo.bsky.social
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Huge congratulations to the wonderful Donna Haraway for winning the 2025 Erasmus Prize:
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
December 4, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Huge congratulations to the wonderful Donna Haraway for winning the 2025 Erasmus Prize:
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates...
The bar in Germany is subterranean. The heightened police surveillance and violent crack down in different German cities feels a lot like 1960s and the Nazi period.
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
The bar in Germany is subterranean. The heightened police surveillance and violent crack down in different German cities feels a lot like 1960s and the Nazi period.
Please help, if you can.
December 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Please help, if you can.
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This is where the shameless weaponisation of antisemitism in defence of Israel's war on Gaza has led us
Allegations of extreme forms of antisemitism can be discarded by stressing support for genocidal policies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Allegations of extreme forms of antisemitism can be discarded by stressing support for genocidal policies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
December 5, 2025 at 11:26 AM
This is where the shameless weaponisation of antisemitism in defence of Israel's war on Gaza has led us
Allegations of extreme forms of antisemitism can be discarded by stressing support for genocidal policies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Allegations of extreme forms of antisemitism can be discarded by stressing support for genocidal policies
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Farage branded racist over campaign video remark about Glasgow pupils
The Reform UK leader said the proportion of children who do not have English as a first language in Glasgow was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This article is like a case study in the media normalisation of the far right.
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The bulk of the article analyses stats to ask whether Fash Farage is technically correct, when the real issue is his repulsive racism.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The people working on this project seem extremely cool. Sifiso Mzobe, the isiZulu translator, writes great crime fiction. Zukiswa Wanner, the Shona translator, was on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and spent time in Israeli custody -- super brave! Support support support
We are almost there, peeps. 63% We can do this, we can close the gap.
Mend the world with love, with words. With translations.
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Mend the world with love, with words. With translations.
ko-fi.com/africantrans...
Support African Translation Project
African Translation Project / We're overdue - let's rally this. / please see - please share / After nine months - let's complete funding for the translation of Zvinobvinza to: The Crocodile Doesn't Hu...
ko-fi.com
December 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The people working on this project seem extremely cool. Sifiso Mzobe, the isiZulu translator, writes great crime fiction. Zukiswa Wanner, the Shona translator, was on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla and spent time in Israeli custody -- super brave! Support support support
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European Commission issues €120 million fine to Elon Musk's X under the Digital Services Act. "The breaches include the deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark', the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers."
Commission fines X €120 million under the Digital Services Act
Today, the Commission has issued a fine of €120 million to X for breaching its transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:27 AM
European Commission issues €120 million fine to Elon Musk's X under the Digital Services Act. "The breaches include the deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark', the lack of transparency of its advertising repository, and the failure to provide access to public data for researchers."