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Françoïs Guesnet

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Based in London and Berlin.
Modern Jewish history @ University College London, focus Poland/Eastern Central Europe.
Co-chair Board of Editors of 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry', Secretary European Association for Jewish Studies.
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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 5h

Russia launched over 370 drones and 21 missiles overnight, Zelenskyy says. Kyiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions were hit. A maternity hospital and refugee housing were damaged in Kharkiv. Energy infrastructure was the main target in Kyiv.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14h

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump

A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 1d

Always a very special moment: the new volume of ‚Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry‘ just arrived.

Wonderful cooperation with co-editors Elissa Bemporad (NYC), Joanna Degler (Wrocław), Antony Polonsky, the wonderful authors, and the colleagues at the Littman Library and @livunipress.bsky.social

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 1d

Apply for up to £ 9,500 for a conference/graduate conference/workshop/summer- or winterschool in any field pertaining to Jewish Studies through the Conference Grant Programme, European Association for Jewish Studies.

Deadline 26 March 2026

Full details:

www.eurojewishstudies.org/homepage-ann...

EAJS Conference Grant Programme: Call for Applications. Deadline: 26 March 2026 – European Association for Jewish Studies

www.eurojewishstudies.org

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WarTranslated (Dmitri) @wartranslated.bsky.social · 1d

Four people including a 5-year-old boy were killed in a Russian Shahed drone strike on Cherkarske, Donetsk region, last evening. Five others were wounded, three of them children, Donetsk prosecutors report.

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine’s SBU struck the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, reportedly damaging pier pipelines and storage tanks and causing a leak and fire (reports cite ~7,000 m²; losses ~ $50M).

Ukraine’s Defense Forces keep targeting infrastructure that feeds Russia’s war machine.

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Dejan Pantic @serbianism.com · 1d

France’s navy on Thursday intercepted an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s sanctioned "shadow fleet" in the Mediterranean Sea. French President Macron said the operation, which took place between Spain and Morocco, was carried out with the help of several allies.

Vive la France! 👏

'We will let nothing pass': France intercepts Russia-linked oil tanker in Mediterranean

France’s navy on Thursday intercepted an oil tanker suspected of belonging to Russia’s sanctioned "shadow fleet" in the Mediterranean Sea. French President Emmanuel Macron said the operation, which to...

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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve been writing Popular Information for 8 years, and this is one of the most important stories I’ve ever published. This is a humanitarian crisis that has gone unreported.

ICE has stopped paying for detainee medical treatment

ICE halted payments in October, and the situation will persist for at least several more months

popular.info

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 4d

Russia launched a mass attack on Ukraine overnight with drones and missiles, hitting Kyiv, Dnipro, Odesa, Vinnytsia and Poltava. The left bank of Kyiv lost power and heat in over 5,600 buildings. One person was killed near Bucha. Ukraine reports the first use of Russia’s new Iskander-I missile.

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 6d

World Cup boycott now

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 6d

just got out of an uber. the driver was telling me how he has to work 16 hour days, seven days a week, at two different jobs to afford rent. he doesn't have healthcare and he worries about retirement. "i would feel a lot better if we owned greenland," he told me. then he cried.

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🇪🇺 @veertjephilips.bsky.social · 6d

‼️Boycot the Olympics and the World Cup, both of which are Trump's personal vanity projects‼️

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 6d

What makes this statement by Emmanuel Macron so unprecedented is, for the first time, a leading European ally is equating Trump with Putin.

“No intimidation or threat will influence us - neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world.”

EVERYTHING has changed.

The final part of Macron’s statement published on his Instagram account. It reads:

No intimidation or threat will influence us—neither in Ukraine, nor in Greenland, nor anywhere else in the world when we are confronted with such situations.

Tariff threats are unacceptable and have no place in this context.

Europeans will respond in a united and coordinated manner should they be confirmed. We will ensure that European sovereignty is upheld.

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 9d

Cui bono?

Only one political player benefits from Trump’s threats against Denmark/Greenland - the Russian Federation

This is their purpose, and part of a joint strategy to weaken Europe and Ukraine

Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 9d

In the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement with Denmark, the US unambiguously recognized ‘the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark’ over Greenland.

Who owns Greenland?

Denmark’s claim is unimpeachable. In the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement with Denmark, the US unambiguously recognizes ‘the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark’ over Greenland.

www.chathamhouse.org

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Chatham House @chathamhouse.org · 9d

In the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement with Denmark, the US unambiguously recognized ‘the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark’ over Greenland.

Who owns Greenland?

Denmark’s claim is unimpeachable. In the 1951 Defense of Greenland Agreement with Denmark, the US unambiguously recognizes ‘the sovereignty of the Kingdom of Denmark’ over Greenland.

www.chathamhouse.org

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 9d

Vladyslava Moskalets and colleagues will discuss methodology and tools putting together the digital exhibition on Lviv ghetto during the German occupation: 30 January, 10 am CEST.

lia.lvivcenter.org/en/themes/lv...

Do register here: www.eurojewishstudies.org/homepage-ann...

EAJS Digital Forum: Jour Fixe (early 2026) – European Association for Jewish Studies

www.eurojewishstudies.org

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 9d

Ukraine’s air defense has shot down a new Russian jet-powered drone type, “Geran-4”, equipped with an R-60 missile. This marks the first confirmed use of this variant. Compared to the earlier Geran-3, it’s faster (up to 500 km/h), has greater range (850 km), and carries a 50 kg warhead.

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Notes from Poland @notesfrompoland.bsky.social · 10d

Poland suffered a major cyberattack on its power grid at the end of December and "came very close to a blackout”, the government has revealed.

“Everything points to Russian sabotage," says the digital affairs minister.

Poland suffers major cyberattack on power grid, says Russia likely responsible

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Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 10d

Volume 38 of 'Polin. Studies in Polish Jewry' was published last week.

Have I mentioned that it has a smashing cover (photograph taken in 1936 on the beach of the Baltic Sea near Gdynia)?

And around 20 smashing articles?

@livunipress.bsky.social

Taken in 1936 in Gdynia-Orłowo, the photograph shows Mira Lederowna, Maks Brandt, Fira Melamedzon, and Madzia Einstein on the beach in 1936. Fira Melamedzon collected over 1,000 photographs illustrating Polish-Jewish life before the Second World War. The collection is documented in Fira: The Jews of Poznań. A Story of Life, a book and website (https://www.fira1915.pl./en/). By kind permission of the Raczyński Library (https://bracz.edu.pl).

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 11d

Good idea

MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12d

🇪🇪🚷 Estonia has banned entry to hundreds of Russian soldiers and militants involved in the war against Ukraine and is calling on other EU countries to create a "single blacklist" within the Schengen zone, - ERR

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MAKS 25 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 12d

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 12d

This is what the regime’s IRGC and Basij thugs are doing to unarmed protesters. These aren’t isolated clashes, this is a sustained crackdown using violence against civilians demanding change. What you’re seeing is one center, in Tehran, but similar brutality has been reported across the country.

Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 13d

I can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland.

Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 13d

Masses are now marching through Tehran. Preliminary reports indicate the Iranian Tax Administration building is on fire.

Across multiple cities, disturbing updates are pouring in, wounded and killed numbers are rising fast. The regime is throwing everything it has at suppressing the uprising.

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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 13d

👏Footage from London shows the moment activists removed the Islamic Republic’s flag from the Iranian embassy balcony and raised the Lion and Sun flag instead.

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Patti Olivier EPSTEIN FILES NEVER FORGET @patti3333.bsky.social · 13d

From Becca Good wife of Renee Nicole Good
Her statement
RIP BEAUTIFUL LIGHT THAT WILL ALWAYS SHINE

Françoïs Guesnet @guesnet.bsky.social · 13d

super interesting. wondering whether this has been modeled for any of the european larger economies

Justin @ediparolev.bsky.social · 14d

“Uruguay did what most nations still call impossible: it built a power grid that runs almost entirely on renewables—at half the cost of fossil fuels. The physicist who led that transformation says the same playbook could work anywhere—if governments have the courage to change the rules.”