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Ned Richardson-Little
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Historian of international crime, international law, human rights and the illiberal right in Germany at ZZF Potsdam. Also teaching at FU Berlin. he/him. Principal Investigator: #OtherGlobalGermany and #il_liberal
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · Oct 3
35 years ago today, the German Democratic Republic ceased to exist and its territory was absorbed into the Federal Republic. If you want to learn more about the rise and fall of the GDR on this auspicious #TagderEinheit, you can check out my new book: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/german-de...
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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juliarosekraut.bsky.social
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. The UK’s decision marks a significant break from its closest ally and intelligence sharing partner and underscores the growing skepticism over the legality of the US military’s campaign around Latin America.
November 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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So grateful to have received the Elise M. Boulding Prize from the Peace History Society for Pax Economica. What a tremendous honor!

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uoearchhist.bsky.social University of Exeter Archaeology and History Department @uoearchhist.bsky.social · 1d
📚 News from the world of peace and economic history ☮️ Dr Marc-William Palen’s Pax 'Economica: Left-Wing Visions of a Free Trade World' has just received the Elise M. Boulding Prize in Peace History🏆 for groundbreaking work that rethinks how free trade once carried hopes for ending empire and war🌍
November 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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www.hdg.de/zeitgeschich...

Come on queers! Do you believe in history? Cause the zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig has the desire to collect some of it. And it explains it something like this:
Sammlung im Zeitgeschichtlichen Forum Leipzig
Die Sammlung umfasst 1 Million Objekte: Gebrauchsgegenstände, Zeitschriften, Maschinen, Möbel, Textilien und vieles mehr.
www.hdg.de
November 11, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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BSW unveils its new party logo post-Sahra Wagenknecht.
November 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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luilog.bsky.social
Der Kampf gegen den Antisemitismus wird in Deutschland zunehmend für einen rechten Kulturkampf missbraucht, und die CDU macht fröhlich mit, wie jetzt in Berlin nachgewiesen. Angesichts unserer Geschichte ist das nicht nur beschämend, es ist auch brandgefährlich.
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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OTD 50 years ago the Great Lakes Freighter Edmund Fitzgerald foundered and sank with all 29 crew lost; Gordon Lightfoot immortalized the tragedy in his 1976 song The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, two versions of which are featured on today's @cfrcradio.bsky.social Dark Glasses at 2 pm.
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Die Historikerin Gisela Bock ist gestorben. In der FAZ ein Nachruf von Daniel Schönpflug
@wiko-berlin.bsky.social
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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#otd in 1989, Günter Schabowski of the East German Socialist Unity Party (SED) held a press conference where he appeared to say that citizens could now travel more freely outside of the GDR. By the end of the day, the Berlin Wall had been opened and the stage set for the end of SED rule.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
historyned.bsky.social
#otd in 1989, Günter Schabowski of the East German Socialist Unity Party (SED) held a press conference where he appeared to say that citizens could now travel more freely outside of the GDR. By the end of the day, the Berlin Wall had been opened and the stage set for the end of SED rule.
November 9, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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In a nutshell: Der Berliner SPD-Abgeordnete Mathias Schulz stimmte Mittwoch gemeinsam mit seiner Fraktion, CDU & AfD gegen die Einleitung eines AfD-Verbotsverfahrens.

Derweil klebte auf seinem Notebook gut sichtbar ein Sticker mit dem Aufdruck »AfD-Verbot jetzt«.

www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1195...
Berliner SPD bremst beim AfD-Verbot
Auf allen Kanälen sprechen sich die Berliner Sozialdemokrat*innen für ein Verbot der AfD aus. In politisches Handeln hat sich dieses Bekenntnis bisher nicht übersetzt. Im Gegenteil.
www.nd-aktuell.de
November 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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McFreiheit

Quelle: Bundesstiftung Aufarbeitung - Werner Sygnecki - Nr. 17
November 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Über die rechte Buchmesse, das Lesefestival der Zivilgesellschaft und einen Oberbürgermeister der widersprüchliche Signale sendet.

Aus der Dlf App | Studio 9 | Rechte Buchmesse und alternatives Lesefest in Halle an der Saale
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Rechte Buchmesse und alternatives Lesefest in Halle an der Saale
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November 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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Deeply weird to watch the Expos documentary on Netflix and seemingly no mention of the 1995 independence referendum and its fallout. Really felt like they were trying to avoid making it about Quebec as a specific place as much as possible.
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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While I will always say it's important for historians to engage with the public, we can definitely draw the line at trying to engage with a chatbot that once called itself "mechahitler" on the finer points of communist historiography.
November 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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nsdoku.bsky.social
Am 08.11.1939 verübte Georg Elser ein Attentat auf Adolf Hitler im Münchner Bürgerbräukeller. Das Attentat scheiterte, Elser wurde verhaftet und schließlich im KZ Dachau hingerichtet.

💡 Morgen nehmen wir euch mit auf einen Stadtrundgang auf den Spuren von Georg Elser. www.nsdoku.de/programm/akt...
„Ich habe den Krieg verhindern wollen“ - Rundgang am 08.11.2025 13:00h
Als Sohn eines Fuhrunternehmers und Holzhändlers erlebte Georg Elser während des Ersten Weltkriegs gemeinsam mit vier Geschwistern Hunger und Armut. Er befürchtete schon vor 1933, dass die Machtüberna...
www.nsdoku.de
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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I talked to the @unibonn.bsky.social magazine forsch about perfectionism, the Middle Ages, and why we could do with more creativity in scholarship. This is the English translation.

www.uni-bonn.de/en/universit...
Effortlessly flawless?
www.uni-bonn.de
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
historyned.bsky.social
Since Trump took office, the US has killed 70 people in its campaign to allegedly defend the border from narcotics trafficking in the Caribbean. Over 28 years, the Berlin Wall caused 140 deaths taking into account not just the shootings but also the accidents, drownings and borders guard deaths.
carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 4d
Updated: Our tracking guide with the Pentagon’s latest lethal strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Hegseth posted last night, raising the toll to at least 70 killed in this bombing campaign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
In two months, the Trump administration has killed dozens of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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AP reporter Regina Garcia Cano looked into a few of the men killed in Trump's extrajudicial strikes on Caribbean boats.

"They were laborers, a fisherman, a taxi driver. Two were low-level career criminals. One was a local crime boss who contracted out smuggling services"

apnews.com/article/trum...
Trump has accused boat crews of being narco-terrorists. The truth, AP found, is more nuanced
One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former military cadet.
apnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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coldwarpod.bsky.social Cold War Conversations Podcast @coldwarpod.bsky.social · 5d
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November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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November 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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NEW EPISODE - The German Democratic Republic The Rise and Fall of a #ColdWar State with @historyned.bsky.social & @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Listen here 🎧🎧 coldwarconversations.com/episode428/

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November 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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“And then you have librarians who are experiencing a real existential crisis because they are getting asked by their jobs to promote [AI] tools that produce more misinformation. It's the most, like, emperor-has-no-clothes-type situation that I have ever witnessed.” - Alison Macrina
AI Is Supercharging the War on Libraries, Education, and Human Knowledge
"Fascism and AI, whether or not they have the same goals, they sure are working to accelerate one another."
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November 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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since chatgpt has coached another young person in a mental health crisis to their death, I am yet again tapping the sign
Two posts asking whether university administrators have thought about the consequences of purchasing and promoting AI for college campuses given a well documented college mental health crisis, and pointing out that university investment and endorsement may signal to students that dangerous technology is safe and beneficial
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM