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Radhika Natarajan

@imperialhistorian.bsky.social
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Durba Mitra @durba.bsky.social · 21h
tomorrow i am delivering the MacAffrey Lecture at Reed College. With thanks to @imperialhistorian.bsky.social and @anandvaidya.bsky.social for the generous invitations cant wait to meet the students!
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
One of the most apparent truths about universities in this era is that student journalists have tended to exhibit the greatest courage and tenacity when it comes to applying their institutional mottos and academic lessons to the world.
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The Student Journalists Who Never Let the Cornell Assault Case Go (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity house since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
New — I had the opportunity to see NAZA, the documentary freaking out the Israeli government because of its horrifying firsthand descriptions of the way the IDF has used AI to target and massacre Palestinian civilians. My thoughts on the film’s damning revelations, and the banality of evil:
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I saw the documentary the Israeli government doesn’t want you to see
'NAZA' dispels once and for all the myth that the IDF didn't target civilians in Gaza.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I swear to god this is almost every single historian I know
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Euan Healey @euanhealey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Edinburgh University created the first ever Chair in Celtic in Scotland in 1882 (Donald Mackinnon of Colonsay). This is a cultural retreat happening before our eyes where there was once leadership.
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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
holy shit, this is the whole ballgame in a single paragraph gAI systems require mass theft of copyrighted works, for the explicit purpose of replacing the market for the people they stole from, and the people in charge knew what they were doing ahead of time, and did it anyway
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Timnit Gebru @timnitgebru.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026
What a lovely conversation I had with you all and a breath of fresh air. thank you for having me.
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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Whatever negative impacts we have on the planet from living in a fossil-fuel society can be offset by our activism if we join with others to change it. Working together, we can make waves." @leahstokes.bsky.social
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The Climate Crisis Is Bigger Than Your Footprint
The climate crisis won’t be solved with lifestyle choices but through political pressure and bold collective action.
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Radical Books Collective @radicalbooks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Few people have had to think about the legacy of 9/11 as deeply, or as urgently, as Mohamedou who spent 15 years as a prisoner at the US military prison at Guantánamo Bay. A wonderful conversation between Slahi and Michael Bronner. youtu.be/Eug6vP2QTJ0?...
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Things We Lost, Things We Carry: Reflections on 25 Years after 9/11 with Mohamedou Ould Slahi
YouTube video by Radical Books Collective | WARSCAPES
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Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 11/09/2024
Behold, the best 9/11 humor of all time: The Onion's TV listings (my favorite row is MTV)
ON TV TONIGHT (columns for 8:00, 9:00, 10:00)

ABC: Attack On America
America Attacked
America In Crisis
America Still In Crisis

NBC:
A Nation Looks Around For Someone To Hit
America On The Verge Of Flying Off The Handle
America's Time Of Trial: Who Fucking Wants Some? You? Do You? How 'Bout You?

CBS
Dan Rather's 83rd Straight Hour On The Air
Dan Rather Seriously Loses His Shit
Medicating Dan Rather

BET
Wartime At The Apollo
Tavis Smiley Presents: Terrorists Strike America-The
White Man Finds Somebody Else To Fear And Demonize For A Change

MTV
The 100 Greatest, But, In Light Of Recent Events, Not As Important As Being Good To Our Loved Ones, Videos Of All Time
Yo! MTV Extends Its Condolences
Talking To Blink 182 About The Tragedy
Carson Daly In Way Over His Head

Lifetime
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls
Golden Girls

History
Last Tuesday In History
Two Weeks Ago, As Told By Those Who Lived It
Last Tuesday In History (rerun)
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
30 incarcerated men presented a $4,267 donation to a northwest Kansas school district to pay down the district's unsettled lunch debt The donation was to be "utilized to help local children fuel their day and stay focused and energized this school year"
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Prison inmates help to pay down school lunch debt
A school district's unsettled lunch debt was substantially paid down by a group of inmates.
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Radhika Natarajan @imperialhistorian.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
A reminder: during the first two years of the pandemic, the federal government subsidized school meals for every child in the US. The government could do this, and chooses not to.
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
They’ll keep telling us it’s inevitable but NYC and other large school systems are starting to say no to AI, recognizing it’s not a legitimate tool for k-12 learning. Even some universities are putting their foot down, like U Chicago (and some law schools) www.nyc.gov/mayors-offic...
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Mayor Mamdani and Chancellor Samuels Put Students First with Nation’s Broadest Generative AI Moratorium in Schools
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 01/09/2026
It breaks my heart that it wasn't the ankle monitor that broke him—it was the way his college classmates treated him for having to wear It. Which says so much about the kinds of hatefulness that permeate American culture and that made it possible for MAGA to gain so much power.
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Alex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, among a thousand other amazing things she did in her life, gifted over 330 million books to kids through her Imagination Library program. Her passing is a tremendous loss to the world, but you can support the program today to keep it going imaginationlibrary.com
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Dolly Parton's Imagination Library | USA, UK, IE, CA, AU
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth until they begin school in participating areas.
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Michael Mechanic @michaelmechanic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Following up on our big glyphosate investigation.... Watch the News Hour piece.
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The fight over spraying Roundup in California’s forests has only gotten bigger
“It seems like it’s poison that they’re putting into the woods,” one resort owner says in our collaboration with “PBS NewsHour.”
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 25/08/2026
"We watched it on TV. And it's like, 'That's our son. That's Alex. And they killed him' ... trying to help someone" -- Alex Pretti's dad
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Leah Sottile @leahsottile.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This guy decided Spokane needed to undergo a "rebirth" by fire, and now hundreds of homes have been burned to nothing, thousands are evacuated, an entire city and region has been traumatized. One guy.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This story reflects a larger crisis in the field of Holocaust studies, about why we study the Shoah and what, if any, implications it should hold for the present. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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An Israeli professor lost a prestigious US job offer after speaking out on Gaza. Now the university is paying him $250,000
The University of Minnesota withdrew an offer for Raz Segal to lead its Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies after an organized campaign against his hiring
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National Weather Service @nws.noaa.gov · 05/08/2026
Sunrise reveals a Pacific Northwest overwhelmed with wildfire smoke. Combined with rising temperatures in the region, any outdoor activities should be limited as much as possible. weather.gov
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
bring back shame www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...
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How Can We Live Together?
Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
This is just to say I have OCRed the text thet was in tne arch:ve and whicb yov were prabaldy seamhing for "breahtast" Fargme ms fheg mem debo:w5 sb ?mccf mmb 5c oc1b
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"AI evangelists also perpetuate a eugenic worldview in more insidious ways, particularly by downplaying the costs of economic and technological “progress” to the planet and its people." lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
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The New Artificial Intelligentsia | Los Angeles Review of Books
In the fifth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Ruha Benjamin explores how AI evangelists wrap their self-interest in a cloak of humanistic concern.
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Nahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Bordeaux, France, has now recorded more days above 40°C in 2026 alone than during the entire 105-year period from 1920 (when observations began) to 2025. This is deeply shocking.
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University of Illinois Press @illinoispress.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Nick Juravich. Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education academic.oup.com/ahr/article-...
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Nick Juravich. Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education
Today over 1.2 million paraprofessional educators work in public schools across the United States. Sometimes called “teaching assistants” or “educational a
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Matt Gabriele @profgabriele.com · 21/07/2026
just got an email from my (former) chair that the university has acted & the state has approved the formal closure of my department. this was done without any faculty input on the decision or the process, & has ended a vibrant, growing (!), humanities department that won teaching and research awards
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Columbia University Press @columbiaup.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Now available! EMPIRE BY LAW reveals the importance of the Ottoman Empire’s autonomous provinces, both within the empire and in the history of international relations. buff.ly/GYdfigk #Sovereignty #InternationaLlaw #OttomanEmpire #Autonomy #Mandates #LeagueofNations #MandatesSystem
Promotional graphic announcing the availability of Empire by Law: The Ottoman Origins of the Mandate System in the Middle East by Aimee M. Genell. The book cover, featuring a historic black-and-white photograph beneath a red title block, appears on the left. On the right is an endorsement from Mostafa Minawi describing the book as “a radical rethinking of the role of Ottoman law in the making of the modern Middle East.” A banner along the bottom promotes a 20% discount with code CUP20SM.
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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Today, Taylor Farms announced that it was recalling iceberg lettuce from its farms in Mexico, suspected of being the source of at least some of the current outbreak of illness caused by the parasite, cyclospora. 1/5
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Taylor Farms recalls iceberg lettuce amid cyclosporiasis outbreak
Federal health officials have told people to avoid lettuce from Taco Bell restaurants in five states: Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
When journalists asked me "where we will see the effects of DOGE on outcomes?" one of my responses was "during crises...as long as media connect the dots." Well, dots connected: www.wired.com/story/cdc-cy...
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The CDC Has a Cyclospora Lab. DOGE Downsized It Last Year
“Based on simple math, these outbreak responses—which require rapid, timely responses—are going to be greatly diminished,” the former CDC lab director tells WIRED.
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Ryan Stauffer @ryanswx.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Every single regulatory grade monitor in the Chicago area is recording over 400 µg/m³ of PM2.5 smoke pollution. This is so far beyond anything in the historical record it’s difficult to communicate how extreme this event really is
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
This piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social is an *exceptional* look at the root causes of Cyclospora outbreaks, including a discussion of how migrant workers are treated and the consequences of that behavior.
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It’s The Water, Not Produce, Likely Driving Cyclospora Outbreaks
Contaminated irrigation or processing water is more likely the source of the Cyclospora outbreak. There are many systemic failures, outlined here.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 16/07/2026
Canvassers out in force in Clacton.
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Stephen Shapiro @stephenshapiro.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Nearly 4,000 humanities jobs lost in a year – here are the Russell Group unis making cuts
Exeter is cutting 150 humanities jobs despite its own annual report claiming 'a year of continued financial stability' – while Nottingham risks leaving the East Midlands with no language degrees
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Bolsonaro has begun a twenty-seven-year prison sentence for his role in January 8, while the instigator of January 6 sits in the Oval Office...Should we in the United States try a Brazilian strategy?" spoiler: I answer yes. me, for @bostonreview.bsky.social www.bostonreview.net/articles/tru...
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Truth Without Reconciliation
Why did Brazil’s democratic institutions hold firm while those in the United States so quickly wilted?
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KOIN 6 News @koin6.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Nearly 7,000 Americans are dealing with the stomach parasite cyclospora and the terrible symptoms that go along with it. And while thousands of people have been diagnosed since May, health officials have yet to find the source.
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Why experts can’t pinpoint source of ‘explosive diarrhea’ parasite
It’s been difficult for the CDC to obtain an accurate count of how many cases are currently in the U.S.
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PM2.5 Kills ~9 Million People Each Year Worldwide @tkovach.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
CLR James with red laser eyes
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Public Books @publicbooks.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
This week, we shared the series “The Historical Paths to and from Wong Kim Ark,” which explores the fight for birthright citizenship in the US, originally published in @modamhist.bsky.social. Read the full series here:
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The Historical Paths to and from Wong Kim Ark Archives - Public Books
a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship
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Radhika Natarajan @imperialhistorian.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
leafy greens, cilantro, and berries?! cyclospora is coming for my household
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
There were watch parties throuhout Gaza for the Egypt matches. They were put on by an Egyptian aid society, led by a man named Fawaz El Wahidi. Israel killed him 3 minutes into the match with Argentina.
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Maanvi Singh @maanvisingh.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
What happens after ICE raids a city? Last year in LA, partners and primary breadwinners, grandparents and children, carwasheros and coffee shop regulars were arrested, detained and deported – disappearing from their neighborhoods... This is what came next.
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ICE raided their city, taking parents, spouses and friends. That’s not where it ends
Three families in Los Angeles on the devastating aftermath of ICE detentions and deportations that overwhelmed their city last summer
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 07/07/2026
There have been no pesticide-related bee kills in Oregon since 2021, according to a new Oregon State University report — marking a win from more than a decade ago when the state was experiencing an alarming number of dead bees related to pesticides.  oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2026/07/06/f...
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Fewer Oregon bees are dying from pesticides, report shows • Oregon Capital Chronicle
The 140-page “Bees of Oregon: 2025” report builds on years of work from university experts, state agencies and environmental advocates.
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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway
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The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated
Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.
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Radhika Natarajan @imperialhistorian.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“My heart and soul are with the Palestinian people,” said Hassan. “I thank them and dedicate this victory to them. We succeeded in making Arab people proud. I wanted to win for the sake of the good people. God is honouring us because of the good people who are here.”
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 02/07/2026
ICE is quickly and repeatedly moving people from facility to facility with no warning, making it difficult for attorneys and loved ones to locate them. “Effectively, that person has just disappeared while in the custody of the U.S. government.” bit.ly/3SH7TOQ
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ICE Detained Them, and Then They Vanished
Under Trump, the U.S. increasingly sends immigrants all over the nation with little warning, leaving families and attorneys unsure where they are.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 01/07/2026
to mark the 250th i wrote about the ways that black americans did vital work to invest the declaration of independence with the universalism and egalitarianism that we now see as its core promise. (gift link)
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Opinion | Five Words That Changed America
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Birthright Citizenship is poised to become the next Roe v. Wade: A rallying cry for Republicans bent on revoking human rights. People claiming victory today should know that the Supreme Court gave Trump a roadmap to destroy it. My latest in @thenation.com
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Birthright Citizenship Lives to Die Another Day
The Supreme Court’s decision upholding birthright citizenship is a victory that may contain the seeds of a future defeat.
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Kevin Buist @kevinbuist.com · 01/07/2026
The Federal Genital Inspectors are coming. Thanks to Trump’s Supreme Court.
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