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Rachel Pistol

@drpistol.bsky.social
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Director of the UK Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI-UK) @ehri-uk.bsky.social at @historyatsoton.bsky.social. Digital historian of Second World War internment in the UK & USA and refugee history. Honorary Historian at World Jewish Relief

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British and Irish Association for Jewish Studies @biajs.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Incredible semester of events from @parkesinstitute.bsky.social as usual - don’t miss out!
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Shout out to our own @drpistol.bsky.social @ehri-uk.bsky.social, who teamed up with @britishlibrary.bsky.social last year on an essay and two videos on twentieth-century migration to Britain. Great to see these, plus their other teaching resources, now freely available at padlet.com/discovering_...
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Migration to Britain, 1900-1980: teaching resources
Explore these resources to learn more about migration to Britain from 1900 to 1980, including collection items, expert articles, a short animation and timeline. Some of these resources include content...
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Take time to smell the flowers #cats
A black long-haired cat with no tail is standing on a grassy hill with the sun on his fur. He is looking up to the right-hand side where a hand is holding a yellow buttercup. The cat's whiskers are forward and his green eyes are relaxed. He looks curious to know what the flower smells like.
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
The house panther feels you should this picture of him. He loves the way orange highlights his fur #cats
A handsome black long-haired cat with green eyes, ears perked and whiskers forward, sits in a bright orange plastic bag. He is gazing lovingly just off camera.
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Finally, some sunshine!
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
The cutest personal assistant there is... #cats
A black long-haired cat with no tail and yellow eyes sits upright on a laptop. How whiskers are forward and he looks alert and super cute.
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Very nice to see so many people showing up for the annual European Holocaust Research Infrastructure Lecture at the University of Southampton! @ehri-project.eu @ehri-uk.bsky.social @ehri-hr.bsky.social @drpistol.bsky.social
Audience and panelists at the annual EHRI lecture at the university of southampton
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Dr. Charlie Knight @charlieknight.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
CFP - Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents - 14 April 2026 We're pleased to invite proposals for this upcoming one-day conference at the University of Southampton! Please share!!
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
The Second Call for EHRI-UK National Research Fellowships is live 📅 Apply by 30 Nov 2025 Find out more 👇 www.ehri-uk.org/ehri-uk-fell... @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocaustnorth.bsky.social @biahs1.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social
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EHRI-UK Fellowships | EHRI-UK
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Parkes Institute @parkesinstitute.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Please join us for the Annual EHRI-UK Lecture with speakers Michal Frankl, Vanden Daelen Veerle, Michal Brandl and Rachel Pistol! 🗓️ Tuesday 4 November, 5:30 pm GMT 📍 Avenue Campus 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ehri-uk-an...
Image with EHRI logo and text reading "EHRI-UK Annual Lecture: Transnational Holocaust Research in a Digital Age, a roundtable with Michal Frankl, Veerle Vanden Daelen, Michal Brandl & Rachel Pistol, Tuesday 4 November, 5:30 pm, Avenue Campus"
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 22/09/2025
I sought to protect an immigrant legal client. Instead, I’m facing Trump’s new sanctions
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I sought to protect an immigrant legal client. Instead, I’m facing Trump’s new sanctions
I appear to be the first attorney targeted in a scheme that calls on federal agencies to accuse lawyers of unethical conduct
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Kendrick Oliver @koushist.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Go work for Rachel!
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Come work for me! 👇🏻 @biahs1.bsky.social @wienerlibrary.bsky.social @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social @ehri-project.eu
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 05/09/2025
Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.
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Homelessness, fear of starvation and racism – destitute migrant mothers and their children on the reality of life in the UK
Over six years, researchers have worked closely with 25 single-mother families living in the shadow of this policy - which even affects British citizens.
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Many showers, first rainbow and beautifully intense
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
What happens when your right to due process is removed? #history theconversation.com/why-japanese... @uk.theconversation.com @officialbaas.bsky.social #ice @hotcus.bsky.social #ushistory #dayofaction
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Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
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University of Southampton History Department @historyatsoton.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
new blog by our colleague Dr Rachel Pistol about her piece in The Conversation. generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk/history/wp-a...
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This weekend there was an impressive #DayOfAction to #ProtectOurParks & stand up to erasure of #history under #Trump With #ICE raids & federal troops in #DC there is also an alarming repeat of history. Read more 👇🏻 theconversation.com/why-japanese... @unisouthampton.bsky.social @hotcus.bsky.social
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Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
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The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
“They have clearly shifted to it being a resource for BBC business priorities. The corporation no longer recognises the value that working with scholars brings, despite the fact this is an archive of how public money was spent over most of a century.” #history 📚🗃️ #BBC observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Sometimes when you stare into the void, the void stares back... #cats
On top of a pile of board games in a bookcase there is a black shadow from which two green cats eyes look at the camera
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 24/08/2025
Trump's push for 'Americanism' at the Smithsonian echoes George Orwell’s theme in 1984 of controlling the past to shape the future. A historian examines the implications for national memory: buff.ly/vhcXkeO
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The Orwellian echoes in Trump’s push for ‘Americanism’ at the Smithsonian
Donald Trump aims to rewrite America’s official history, including at one of the nation’s key sites of public history-making: the Smithsonian. George Orwell would recognize Trump’s impulse.
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Wondering why there is so much happening regarding #ProtectEveryPark Day of Action? The Trump administration is both erasing & repeating history #EO9066 #ICE @jamuseum.bsky.social @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social @denshoproject.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social @hotcus.bsky.social
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 22/08/2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
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Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
My article explaining the disturbing similarities between what happened to Japanese Americans in #WWII & today's #USA @hotcus.bsky.social @historyatsoton.bsky.social @universityofexeter.bsky.social @officialbaas.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social theconversation.com/why-japanese...
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Why Japanese American memories of US internment during the second world war are stirring up protests in 2025
Americans of Japanese heritage have been protesting at recent Ice tactics.
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Research Fellowship opportunities now open ⬇️ @parkesinstitute.bsky.social @hgrporg.bsky.social @holocauststudies.bsky.social @holocaustmusic.bsky.social @ehri-project.eu @holocaustmuseumuk.bsky.social
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EHRI-UK @ehri-uk.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
📣JOB ALERT📣 Are you passionate about data and making a difference in the public sector? The National Archives is looking for a talented data specialist to transform archival metadata bringing history to life. Application deadline 29 July 2025. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS940/r... #digitalhumanities
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Research Projects Data Analyst at The National Archives
Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
“An Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for 47 years, has no criminal record, and is married to a US citizen was detained by ICE as she gardened outside her New Orleans home.” ht: @timmiller.bsky.social www.nola.com/news/politic...
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Iranian immigrant who has lived in New Orleans nearly 50 years arrested outside Lakeview home
Federal agents arrested an Iranian woman who has lived in the United States for more than four decades outside her Lakeview home Sunday.
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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
What happened in Minnesota is a direct consequence of the violent way that Trump talks about his political opponents.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Gov. Tim Walz says Democratic Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed last night in “a political assassination.”
Tim Walz speaks in a blue jacket
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#Springwatch is the house panther's favourite TV programme... #caturday #cats
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
#Springwatch is the house panther's favourite programme... #caturday #cats
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Holocaust Research Consultancy @holocaust-rc.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
An incredible and worthwhile effort to foster community among early career researchers of #HolocaustStudies, #GermanStudies, #JewishStudies, & #GenocideStudies in the UK. The #IWM networking event was organized by our researcher @caileedavis.bsky.social. Congrats on a truly inspiring event!
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Job call in #DH for Research Projects Data Analyst with @ehri-uk.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Spread the word! @ukiedh.bsky.social
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Reuters @reuters.com · 02/05/2025
These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack. reut.rs/3Sm2yJe
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These judges ruled against Trump. Then their families came under attack.
As federal judges rule against the Trump administration in dozens of politically charged cases, the families of at least 11 of the jurists have been targeted with threats and harassment. The intimidation campaign has strained judges and their relatives – and legal scholars fear it could have a chilling effect on the judiciary.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 28/04/2025
The FBI’s arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan is a bid to silence dissent | Moira Donegan
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The FBI’s arrest of Judge Hannah Dugan is a bid to silence dissent | Moira Donegan
The Trump administration is making an example of the Milwaukee judge to intimidate critics and opponents
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
#Sunset in #Southampton
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NPR @npr.org · 28/04/2025
One hundred days into President Trump's second term, DOGE hasn't delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or transparency in meaningful ways. But it has amassed unprecedented power over data.
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What has DOGE done in Trump's first 100 days?
One hundred days into President Trump's second term, DOGE hasn't delivered on its promised savings, efficiency or transparency in meaningful ways. But it has amassed unprecedented power over data.
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Second cherry and almond marzipan cake of the weekend has been baked... Hard to keep up with all the Easter guests needing cake! #baking
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Big bro has stopped by for a couple of days so we took him to River Exe Café after getting late availability. It's a restaurant in the middle of the Exe estuary & we try to go at least once a year. Big bro is a new convert to the experience. Lovely evening #Devon
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NPR @npr.org · 16/04/2025
JUST IN: Judge finds 'probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
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Judge: 'Probable cause' to hold U.S. in contempt over Alien Enemies Act deportations
The government sent several planeloads of alleged gang members to El Salvador, including 137 people under the act, the White House said at the time.
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NPR @npr.org · 14/04/2025
Prosecutors have charged Cody Balmer, 38, with attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson and other crimes. He turned himself in to police later on Sunday.
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What we know about the arson at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence
Prosecutors have charged Cody Balmer, 38, with attempted murder, terrorism, aggravated arson and other crimes. He turned himself in to police later on Sunday.
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
A local peacock and hen visited our property today. The house panther followed me when I went to say hello & tried to pounce on one, leading to flight onto the council offices' roof & some fowl language... 😉 The panther maintains he could have had them... #cats #devon
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Yael Schacher @yaelschacher.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
It seems like they frequently removed the word “Equality.” Which is not an American value anymore? JFC www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... I guess we are back to the Dunning school and reconciliation narratives of the early 20th century. A century of progress erased before our eyes.
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Amid anti-DEI push, National Park Service rewrites history of Underground Railroad
Since Trump took office, the park service, an agency charged with preserving American history, has changed how its website describes key moments from slavery to Jim Crow
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
a friend sent me this one
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Tom Phillips @tomphillips.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
‘Her advice to anyone planning to travel to the US is simply not to go. “First, because of the danger of what could happen to you. And, secondly, do you really want to give your money to this country right now?” @jennykleeman.bsky.social
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I was a British tourist trying to leave America. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre
Graphic artist Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and branded an illegal alien by ICE. Now back home, she tells others thinking...
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AAUP @aaup.org · 04/04/2025
Given that this agency’s budget is less than 0.01 percent of the US budget, it’s clearer than ever that the real attack is on ordinary people and our ability to know and understand the world around us. Congress has the power to stop Trump’s power grab and must act to do so.
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Rachel Pistol @drpistol.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
New cat flap unlocked, apparently! #cats
The photo shows a kitchen sink with chrome taps, a draining rack, and an open window. It is clearly sunny outside and the windowsill is covered in plants and a purple flowering orchid. In the middle of this scene is a black long-haired cat with brown highlights in his fur and no tail, standing on the windowsill about to jump through the open window. The cat has his back closest to the camera but has turned his front around and is looking at the camera with his green eyes before he jumps out of the window.
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Lauren Rosenthal @laurenthal.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Almost all NOAA Research websites that rely on cloud services - including Amazon, Google and WordPress - are poised to disappear at midnight ET Saturday after a contract was targeted for "early termination." Labs may also feel the effects. Story for @bloomberg.com (free link):
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US Weather Agency Websites to Vanish Under Planned Contract Cuts
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency is poised to eliminate most websites tied to its research division under plans for the cancellation of a cloud web services contract, a move that could s...
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Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
AHRC offers amazing value for money. Our grant covers all arts and humanities disciplines (and there are a lot!! www.ukri.org/wp-content/u... ) 1000 grants over the past 3 years, funding 150 organizations c.1500 PhD starters And leverage of £350m co-funding from inside UKRI & other funders
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