The share market opens tomorrow. Trump and family will sell the oil stocks they bought after bombing last week. And then resume bombing mid week. It’s like clockwork. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...

Trump climbs down on Iran strikes in expectation of ‘rapidly’ reaching a deal

US president claims delay is also in response to requests from Iran and other countries in the region

theguardian.com

If you’re thinking of planting a garden of rose trees - don’t unless you like self harm! The previous owner of my house love the bloody things. Every winter it’s a nightmare.

Really important piece on the deep roots of anti-Asian racism. The fact that @americanstudier.bsky.social has to even ask the question - "Does Remembering Injustice Erase America’s True Story…or Help Us Better Understand It?" - shows that America has a serious problem with how it deals with its past

Ben Railton@americanstudier.bsky.social · last wk.

I know it was 4000 news cycles ago, but earlier this month the administration released a 162-page attack on the Smithsonian, featuring an argument that the Chinese Exclusion Act wasn’t based on racism. That pissed me off. My new column on the white supremacist hate & violence that built to the Act.🗃️

📢 Looking for a book about empire, colonialism, & its long legacy for a course this autumn? Check out these new pbs from @alanlester.bsky.social, @mark-condos.bsky.social & @amalkc.bsky.social. @eriklinstrum.bsky.social, @garethknapman.bsky.social, @bickers.bsky.social, @eicathomefinn.bsky.social

Trump’s war on Iran has cost the equivalent of Ghana’s entire national debt (US$ 37.5 billion). Ghana’s annual debt repayments are five times its combined health & education budgets. He could have arrested a whole nation’s underdevelopment. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

‘Shameful’: Pentagon accused of cover-up over US military casualties in Iran war

No press briefing has been held for months, as the defence department belatedly or inaccurately releases figures

theguardian.com

History won't remember who toed the factional line; it will remember who refused to stay quiet while a genocide unfolded. Respect, Ed Husic.

'Humanity might once have spoken many more languages than it does today, with tens of thousands in use between 3,000 and 1,000 years ago. This far exceeds the more than 7,500 unique languages now used worldwide.' 1/2

Humanity spoke thousands of languages at the dawn of farming — now many of them are lost

A shift from nomadic lifestyles could have triggered linguistic diversity before it then declined rapidly.

nature.com

I created a GreenPT account. It’s good but today it referred me to grokwiki as a source. That is a big negative #AI

Someone said to me, "I'm sorry but I got your book from a library." Nobody should ever apologise for that. You read my book! That's brilliant! I grew up hanging out in libraries and the idea of a world without them fills me with dread. Without libraries, authors, like readers, will only suffer.

Apologies if I sound angry, but it is a real problem that the 'smart' commentary on this war is trying hard to avoid the core lesson ("the president is a fucking moron") because it doesn't sound very clever when it is absolutely the most important takeaway from this debacle.

Share market justice

Echidna@andygr60.bsky.social · 2w ago

Bad day for both SpaceX and Tesla on the Dow. Priceless.

Read the Foreword by @sathnam.bsky.social and the Introduction by me for free here:

Hurst Publishers@hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 2w ago

PB edition of the critically acclaimed ‘The Truth About Empire’ edited by @alanlester.bsky.social w/foreword by @sathnam.bsky.social out now! ‘Book of the Year’ @historyextra.bsky.social Extracted in @theguardian.com Sample 👉 tinyurl.com/38u2ndw3 & use code TRUTH20 for a 20% off in buy link.

Very pleased to see this out in paperback. Unfortunately it remains as pertinent as ever, as right wing populists continue to deny, disavow and distort the colonial past (and present). Read what the experts say!

Hurst Publishers@hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 2w ago

PB edition of the critically acclaimed ‘The Truth About Empire’ edited by @alanlester.bsky.social w/foreword by @sathnam.bsky.social out now! ‘Book of the Year’ @historyextra.bsky.social Extracted in @theguardian.com Sample 👉 tinyurl.com/38u2ndw3 & use code TRUTH20 for a 20% off in buy link.

Respectfully, I am unconvinced thar Pauline Hanson is a threat to Australia's democracy. The people who have been silent about everyday racism but are foaming at the mouth about Pauline pose a greater threat.

I gave my usual sermon on this the other day. Non-scientists look for studies that support their hypothesis. But there are studies that show almost anything if you look hard enough. Citing one or two studies isn’t research. It’s confirmation bias.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3w ago

RFK Jr. asked the National Institute of Health to dedicate $5 billion (!) to finding a link between vaccines and autism. "That would have dedicated more than a tenth of the NIH’s annual budget to investigating a hypothesis already refuted by scientists worldwide."

“The horror is that ordinary people, holding ordinary assumptions about what Aboriginal people are and what they deserve, produce an outcome indistinguishable from deliberate persecution.” blakandblack.com/2026/05/28/f...

1/2 The Church of England was complicit in one of the greatest crimes against humanity in history. As an institution with a moral mission it has acknowledged this and is seeking to atone through a forward-looking investment programme, Project Spire. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...

Bishop of Norwich defends research underpinning Project Spire

Heated discussion highlights ‘vile abuse and correspondence’ aimed at Church Commissioners staff

churchtimes.co.uk

The BBC couldn’t be any clearer: Farage took huge sums of money to push the interests of crypto investors. By far the most corrupt politician in modern British history. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nigel Farage: The mysterious crypto firm backed by Reform's biggest donor

Tether is a giant in crytocurrency, an industry that Nigel Farage believes the UK should be embracing.

bbc.co.uk

I was just asked what is a ‘grass contract’ in a quote. A month ago, I wouldn’t have known the answer. But after reading another archive and seeing the huge amount of dodder contracts and disputes - there is a space for a budding historian to look at logistics of colonial power

How about we apply this approach to every statute? How many statues would still be standing? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Take a stand on racism or send a message against violence: what should happen to the Nicky Winmar statue?

Some say the WA government was right to remove the sculpture after the AFL great was convicted of assault. But others say it had a bigger meaning

theguardian.com

By using lethal means to stop narco vessels in SOUTHCOM, the U.S. has completely ruined its ability to hold the high ground when Iran does the same in Hormuz. We view these artificial theaters as separate when they’re not. There’s no plan, let alone a strategy.

I analyzed a commercial honey crisp apple once that had detectable lead. This was because it was grown on one of these fields the better part of a century later.

Gareth Knapman@garethknapman.bsky.social · 4w ago

Lead powder and arsenate as insecticides on Melbourne lawns circa 1934. Those of you that have lawns in zone one check for lead contamination before making a veggie patch!

Lead powder and arsenate as insecticides on Melbourne lawns circa 1934. Those of you that have lawns in zone one check for lead contamination before making a veggie patch!

A few weeks ago I went on Saturday Extra with Nick Bryant on the ABC to talk about Chinese Australian history and Sinophone Australia. Had some stuff to say about multiculturalism as well.... www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Discovering Australia's hidden Chinese past - ABC listen

It's well known that Australia is a country of migrants, and plenty of historians have traced our multicultural past. But incredibly, until now most Australian history has been written using only Eng...

abc.net.au

No shit Sherlock. If you want safe streets, you aren't going to get it with a carceral State that turns prisons into crime universities with a 90% graduation rate.

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 4w ago

Almost half of prisoners returning to custody within two years, report into Queensland Corrective Services shows

Last night Ukraine could not intercept a single Russian ballistic missile. The USA deliberately starving Ukraine of Patriot missiles is now clearly understood by the Russians as American support for their terror bombing. The USA is helping Putin kill Ukrainians.

This is the logical culmination of the idiotic ‘balance sheet’ view of colonialism with railways & the English lang put in the credit column though they were instruments of efficient exploitation. And why we need to make study of colonialism mandatory at school & uni. #colonialism #empire #history

Former UK minister demands reparations from Britain’s ex-colonies

Suella Braverman said ex-colonies should repay Britain for the empire’s 'investment'

middleeasteye.net

Applies to most great cities.

Jo Wolff@jowolff.bsky.social · last mo.

I remember walking through London about 20 years ago, marvelling at how thriving it was compared to 20 years before and thinking that so much of what I admire is owned and staffed by immigrants. And then thinking - how much trouble we’ll be in when bigots outside London realise this.

I don’t normally enjoy one-sided football matches, but hoping Belgium do us all a favour by reaching double figures.

Looks like Mayor Z's pied a terre tax is not collapsing the real estate market or causing the wealthy to flee Manhattan after all. Indeed, the opposite. Who could have possibly imagined this scenario? www.realtor.com/news/trends/...

Manhattan Luxury Market Booms Despite Mayor Mamdani's New Tax on Second Homes

Despite the new pied-à-terre tax, Manhattan's ultrahigh-end luxury market remains incredibly robust, say experts.

realtor.com