Paul Lerner
@plerner.bsky.social
🗃️ Historian of modern Central Europe, consumer culture, human sciences, migration, and Jews. This is my personal account. Opinions expressed here do not represent the views of my cats.
Historian here: this argument is not working the way you think it is
BladeoftheSun@bladeofthes.bsky.social · 10h agoNetanyahu "Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Did any of the genocidal leaders ask people to leave so they could come in? Of course not." Netanyahu openly compares his actions to Nazis and all the genocidal leaders. His own words.
Very excited to be part of this conference Vienna/NY: Urban Centers and the Rise of Democracy since 1848 🗃️ as.nyu.edu/research-cen.... If you're in NYC & interested in attending, please rsvp here: nyu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Only Oliver Mayer pull something like this off: setting a 1942 antifascist Brecht/Feuchtwanger play in an oil field in LA -- under attack by the feds for being a sanctuary city. Powerful & stirring work plus discussion w/ @profmpastor.bsky.social & Béatrice Mousli. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmBg...
The Visions of Simone Machard 2.0
YouTube video by USC Visions and Voices
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Paul Lerner@plerner.bsky.social · 7d agoThis was pretty wild
A Dutch grad student recommended I watch "The Boys" which I of course understood as him suggesting I read W.E.B. Du Bois (which actually made sense in the context.)
Nachruf von Martin Sabrow: Mit Konrad H. Jarausch verliert die #Geschichtswissenschaft einen ihrer produktivsten und anregendsten Denker.
Der deusch-amerikanische Historiker Konrad H. Jarausch ist tot
Mit ihm verliert die Geschichtswissenschaft einen ihrer produktivsten und anregendsten Denker: Zum Tod von Konrad H. Jarausch.
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This is a VERY significant decision, given the impact of the rule change, which was set to upend the student visa process which has been in place for the last half-century. Colleges and universities said the rule would impose millions in costs and cause a big drop in enrollment.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING: Judge Dennis Saylor (GWBush/MA) temporarily blocks Trump admin drive to impose a 4-year limit on student visas now issued for length of study. Calls the rationale for the new rule "exceptionally weak." Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
Few of us will survive the Trumpocene E.P.A. Expected to Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/c...
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
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or maybe sometimes it's better not to know www.spiegel.de/geschichte/n...
(S+) NSDAP-Archiv: Finden Sie heraus, was Ihre Familie unter Hitler getan hat
Der SPIEGEL hat Hunderttausende Einträge zu SS-Akten mit den Millionen Mitgliedskarten der NSDAP abgeglichen. Hier können Sie die aktualisierte Kartei durchsuchen und Hinweise finden auf mögliche Mitg...
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Just a perfect day to be reading about the anthropocene, climate change, and the fossil economy with the grad students
I'm excited to share my conversation with @danielagerson.bsky.social about her wonderful book, The Wanderers! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-wanderer...
Ich würde heute gern in einem Paralleluniversum leben, in dem Robert Habeck unser Bundeskanzler wurde.
Clarifying and somewhat calming observations on the Sachsen-Anhalt election from @historyned.bsky.social
Ned Richardson-Little@historyned.bsky.social · 3w agoMy main two general takeaways as a GDR historian on this election (which will probably be painfully familiar to anyone who has followed me for a while) 1. Equating the AfD with a residual mass authoritarian personality is an oversimplification that obscures effects of post-89 social collapse...
Me teaching the 1848 revolutions today #skystorians
Charlie Day's Pepe Silvia Conspiracy
ALT: Charlie Day's Pepe Silvia Conspiracy
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Looking for the origins of a line by Vormärz liberal and I broke down and asked ChatGPT who insists that it was Hitler. Or when I asked for a 2nd opinion, Churchill. Maybe we're not obsolete yet? #skystorians
that communist is destroying our way of life!
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w agoWe're overhauling 116th Street to make your bus faster: 2.5 miles of new bus lanes. Queue jumps that give buses a green light before other vehicles at intersections. Protected bike lanes. 35,000 square feet of new pedestrian space.
Reopening of Villa Aurora/Feuchtwanger Villa a year and a half after the Palisades Fire. Marta returns home!
