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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Trump: “It’s amazing. I could say the stupidest things and you'd clap. ‘Ohh, I love you so much.’”

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

She is! Still full of kitten energy.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Lily objecting to Monday once again by strapping herself to my laptop bag.

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Lauren Working @laurenworking.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

'Pearls, Sugar, & Tobacco Flowers' happens this Tues, 6 October @forarthistory.org.uk festival. Come hear about how women from Elizabeth I to Henrietta Maria expressed their power & style in relation to the Americas, & bask in Inigo Jones' breathtaking architecture: www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/que...

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Noel Healy @drnoelhealy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The assault on US universities didn't start in 2025. Our new paper traces the decades of corporate capture that made it possible, and why climate research is a primary target. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I had ingredients that needed to be used, so I made a smashed potato crusted quiche with leeks and mushrooms. 🍄

A quiche with a potato crust in a glass pie pan cooling on the counter

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Alex Hall Hall @alexhh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

That the election could be close at all is astonishing, given Trump’s appalling Presidency. US voters look at the economy, war, corruption, ICE, etc, and think “yeah, I’ll take more of that”??? Votershttps://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/23/trump-republicans-midterms?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

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Republican jitters grow as unpopular Trump fuels midterm ‘bloodbath’ fears

Iran war, rising prices and president’s low ratings give Democrats advantage, but Republicans have poured cash into key races – could it be decisive?

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 22/09/2026

Join us online at 1pm on Thursday (24th Sept) for 'Historical Context: The Climate Crisis' bit.ly/3V4lgKf With panellists @dagomardegroot.bsky.social, @sadiahqureshi.bsky.social and @ellydezateux.bsky.social. How does historical expertise help us understand the world today? All welcome #Skystorians

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Historical Context: The Climate Crisis

A panel discussion, hosted by the Royal Historical Society, in which expert historical researchers provide context for current events.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nearly 4m records documenting the lives of enslaved people across 20 former British colonies have been made searchable online. The records have been digitised & indexed by the genealogy company Ancestry, which partnered w/UCL. More here 👇 www.theguardian.com/news/2026/se...

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Nearly 4m records of enslaved people in 20 former British colonies now searchable online

Exclusive: Collection’s 300,000 pages record lives of enslaved people in countries including the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mauritius, South Africa and Trinidad

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Lily is remaining calm and carrying on even though it’s Monday once again.

A tuxedo cat with her face stuck in a can of wet food

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Louisa Loveluck @leloveluck.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Barred from deporting asylum seekers back to places they face jail or death, Trump struck 35 secret deals to send people to places which will deport them there instead. - 25,000 people deported - $410 million spent. - UN aid used to sweeten the deals. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

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Banished to alien lands: Trump’s secret deportation deals

After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands deported from the US on the back of shadowy dea...

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Without notice or process, the White House revoked our journalists’ credentials because it objected to our reporting,” they said. “Left unchallenged, this threatens press freedom and the public’s right to independent journalism free from government interference.”

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CNN, MS NOW and Politico to Sue Trump Administration Over White House Access

In a joint statement, CNN, MS NOW and Politico argued that President Trump’s decision to bar them from the White House grounds violates their First Amendment rights.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

An enjoyable, cat-approved riff on a Bramble, with Lavender infused gin and a berry agave syrup. 🥃

A Bramble riff in an outdoor friendly glass

A Bramble riff in an outdoor friendly glass being sniffed by Whisky the cat

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Terrifying. “Cychlorphine is one of new, deadly drugs upending the illicit drug market & confounding cities only now beginning to get a handle on fentanyl. These novel drugs can be made by amateur chemists anywhere & are harder to trace & effects harder to reverse.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

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A Teen Autopsy Marks the Arrival of a Deadly Drug in San Francisco (Gift Article)

City officials — and one determined mother — are working to stop the spread of cychlorphine, which is far more potent than fentanyl.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

On the other hand: Really enjoying your new podcast! And recommending.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m currently teaching a course on Victorian Murder and have told my students this Lizzie Borden pic will be total shite.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I want to put brown butter in and on everything.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I made brown butter berry pancakes with the leftover brown butter wash from my bourbon. So good. 🥃 @unlawfulentries.bsky.social

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 18/09/2026

Students walk out of graduation ceremony at Ghent University after the faculty’s honorary vice-rector denounced what he called a “lynching” of self-described 'race realist' and avowed eugenicist Nathan Cofnas brusselssignal.eu/2026/09/ghen...

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Ghent students walk out

Professor Freddy Mortier, a honorary vice-rector and professor in ethics , used the platform to call out colleagues who had ganged up on Cofnas.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Favorite gen-ed course quiz answer of the day: Q: Henry VIII’s second wife was executed for adultery and treason in 1536. What was her name? A: “Jesibell” 😂

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Molly: You Look Lovely

Alt: Molly: You Look Lovely

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

That’s common—burnout is real!

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Would have loved to attend this event!

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Our history majors find jobs, & we have a fab internship program that helps them gain professional experience while in college. More humanities departments need to place students in internships &/or prepare them for grad school (another path many take). I work w/former history majors often in RVA.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The double whammy here: humanities majors find jobs & the skills they learn are incredibly valuable—esp now in our distracted world saturated w/AI slop. But fear keeps them away from our classes. Fear of reading and writing. I want students to enjoy the pleasures of a book that changes their world.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Why? Concerns about jobs and the reading load. “Traditionally, the coursework for those majors require students to read high volumes of material. ‘Many students just don’t feel comfortable with long-form reading that they’d do in an English or history class.’” www.insidehighered.com/news/student...

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Report: Humanities Majors Disappearing

Anxiety about job prospects and heavy reading loads have led to dramatic declines in humanities majors since 2012, according to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

My personal hell would probably involve a massive sporting event w/tens of thousands of people screaming & singing karaoke+ Bud Light as the only refreshment.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Led by Prof. Gert Oostindie, Dutch King to receive findings of research into his family’s role in colonial history. I’m pleased to have contributed an essay to one of the volumes examining the historical links b/n European monarchies, colonialism, & slavery. www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2026...

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Toegang geblokkeerd / Access Blocked

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

“Many Tory & Whig MPs were investors in the slave trade…but when the abolition movement grew in the late 18th century, the Whigs generally moved towards supporting abolition, while Tory governments opposed & delayed it for decades.” Great reporting by David Conn. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

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How enslavement became state-backed operation supported by Conservative and Lib Dem forerunners

Tory and Whig MPs were central to funding trafficking of enslaved people and many opposed abolition of the slave trade

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here for truth, beauty, love @buddiebird.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Bought your book, The Crown's Silence, The Hidden History of the British Monarchy and Slavery in the Americas. Movies about Queen Elizabeth I always leave out her participation in the slave trade. Waiting for the movies/docs that will deep dive into the subject. www.brookennewman.com/the-crowns-s...

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The Crown’s Silence — Brooke N. Newman

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The paper trail of complicity and profit, both royal and otherwise, stretches across the centuries—and historians are there to find it. Great work by Nick Radburn, Will Pettigrew, and team, who have launched a comprehensive register of British investors in the transatlantic slave trade.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

💯—& no acknowledgment that 1) college teaching = far more than classroom hours & 2) service obligations are legion. For ex: article & book MS reviews, rec letters, external T&P letters, internal T&P service, external fellowship app reviews, editorial boards, dept committees, etc. Service is a JOB.

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Phillip Maciak @pjmaciak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"The idea that preparing students to succeed in an AI-saturated world requires reimagining college as an AI incubator is not a sign of technological acumen, but of tech illiteracy." This is so good.

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Things I was frightened of as a child: -the dark -sharks -killer bees -Freddy Krueger -home invasions -the Bermuda Triangle -ghosts -mean girls

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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Thanks to Sandy Slater and the College of Charleston for hosting me—and to Shannon Eaves for joining me in conversation. Charleston is a lovely city rich in history. We visited the International African American Museum and the Old Slave Mart and enjoyed delicious meals and cocktails.

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