📢PROJECT UPDATE📢 You may have seen the news that the University of Exeter, home of the wills project, has placed 500 academics at risk of redundancy. The project leader Prof. Jane Whittle & project co-investigator Dr Laura Sangha are both at risk, alongside almost all of the History department. 1/

The imminent flight that I mentioned at the end of this story has taken off. Sounds like it’s going to go Senegal - Ghana - Central African Republic, with the latter two being third-country removals. At least one of the immigrants being sent to CAR is from Nepal.

Gillian Brockell@gillianbrockell.com · 6d ago

NEW FROM ME: A frenzy of cruel and unusual ICE flights over the last few days suggests the Trump admin is ratcheting up its ethnic cleansing campaign. And it may be increasingly desperate to find willing collaborators. My breakdown: gillianbrockell.com/frenzy-of-cr...

Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.

Baltimore Banner@thebaltimorebanner.com · 6d ago

ICE detains Hopkins public health researcher as agency expands airport arrests

Following GOP-backed legislation which opened 22,000 acres of state parks and wildlife areas to oil and gas companies since 2024, Trump announces a fracking lease sale scheduled for Sept. 15 of 41 parcels of land in the Wayne National Forest totaling 2,840 acres. apnews.com/article/ohio...

Feds advance plan to open 2,800 acres of Ohio’s Wayne National Forest to fracking

The U.S.

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Ohioans! Stand up and go apeshit! “Ohio’s EPA has filed a draft blanket permit that, if passed, will allow data centers to dump wastewater into state waters, including biocides, heavy metals, perfluoroalkyl, and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), into Lake Erie.” www.shacknews.com/article/1500...

Ohio EPA drafts permit allowing data centers to dump wastewater & biocides into state waters

The five-year blanket permit would let data centers discharge biocides, heavy metals, and PFAS into Lake Erie.

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FracTracker @fractracker.bsky.social has just released a comprehensive, interactive, open-source tracker of US data centers. “Our findings show many facilities are skirting key environmental reviews—like air and water permits.” www.fractracker.org/2025/07/nati...

Tracking Data Centers: Energy Demand, Pollution, and Public Impact - FracTracker Alliance

Explore FracTracker’s National Data Centers Tracker—an interactive map revealing where AI data centers are expanding and their impacts.

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The Political Economy of Oil in Venezuela: Class Conflict, the State, and the World Market Kristin Ciupa newbooksnetwork.com/the-politica... #venezuela #resourcehistory

Patriots and Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961-1981 Lillian Guerra newbooksnetwork.com/patriots-and... #cubanhistory This was absolutely fascinating to listen to -- particularly about Soviet state security training in Cuba

Time for a few podcast eps

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.🗃️

Considering History: Does Remembering Injustice Erase America’s True Story…or Help Us Better Understand It? | The Saturday Evening Post

The Chinese Exclusion Act was the culmination of decades of racist narratives, white supremacist hate, and exclusionary laws. Should we include this narrative when telling the story of America?

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People who are suddenly deported to countries they haven’t been to for years — or, in some cases, have NEVER been to — are incredibly vulnerable. We are going to be reading stories like this for years. God have mercy on their three little girls.

Adam Sawyer@adamjst.bsky.social · last wk.

“If immigration hadn't picked up my brother, my sister-in-law would still be alive, and the children wouldn't be going through this sorrow,” he said. “Unfortunately, immigration — the [U.S.] government — doesn't see that. It makes no difference to them.” www.stlpr.org/law-order/20...

"After boarding a handful of boats — stuffed to the brim with people and pets — community members drove across the lake as their entire First Nation burned to the ground behind them. " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

'It's a miracle': First Nation members escape northwestern Ontario wildfire as community burns to the ground | CBC News

Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, has been destroyed by a wildfire that spans over 350,000 hectares in northwestern Ontario. Community leaders spoke to CBC News about...

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Johnnie Jae@johnniejae.bsky.social · 3w ago

I want people to understand the full impact of the devastation that First Nations in Canada are facing. It's NOT just that people and wildlife are losing their homes...it's the history that is being lost for generations to come.

For the first time, the ACLU is calling to replace ICE. My conversation with the report's authors, Naureen Shah and Denise Bell, on why reforming the agency at the edges will not work. Watch or listen: austinkocher.substack.com/p/they-are-g...

Not only is ICE back at airports, they are making workers help them, even tricking them into helping. The unions need to take action and support their members. Posted this a week ago.

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 2w ago

Last year, TSA began sharing passenger manifests with ICE, and ICE began arresting people at airports. After some initial arrests led to backlash, ICE pulled back a bit. But with the pressure on from the White House right now, we're seeing a lot more arrests at airports recently.

Some news outlets, major international ones, cancelled their scheduled interviews with me after they saw the Trump v Barbara vote count. One emailed saying "the danger has passed." Other journos and analysts saw the coming long fight. We're in for many years of slogging w/ birthright citizenship.

patrick mcneil (he/him)@patrickryne.bsky.social · 2w ago

BREAKING: The Senate just confirmed Trump loyalist Benjamin Flowers to the 6th Circuit, marking the 50th lifetime confirmation of Trump's second term. Flowers' record is appalling and should have been disqualifying, but now — at 39 years old — he'll serve for decades on a powerful appellate court.

More than 161,000 Ohioans no longer have health insurance coverage through ACA Marketplace since Congress allowed credits that made plans more affordable to expire. ❗️This is the largest percentage decline in the nation.   #LowerHealthCareCostsNow

Very much enjoyed this podcast episode as well!

Lottie Whalen@lwhalen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I revisited Radicals & Rogues: the Women Who Made New York Modern for a conversation w/ @janescimeca.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Listen to us chat about Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, the Baroness Elsa & other women of New York’s Smock Colony - newbooksnetwork.com/radicals-and...

The Unruly Facts of Race: The Politics of Knowledge Production in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate Sunmin Kim newbooksnetwork.com/the-unruly-f... #immigrationhistory #sociology

time for a few podcast eps

ICE is quietly arresting more people than ever. After months of releasing no detention data at all, the new numbers show a record 1,474 arrests a day in early July, the highest daily pace of the entire Trump administration. 🧵 austinkocher.substack.com/p/ice-quietl...

ICE Quietly Arresting More People Than Ever According to Latest Data

NEW DATA ALERT 🚨 After months of data silence, ICE's new numbers show 65,765 people in immigration detention, deportations near 1,250 a day, and arrests now at 1,473 a day.

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INCREDIBLE READ: Depositions from Ohio teacher’s lawsuit against district shed light on how ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ poster was targeted. Ohio school board president’s hunt for LGBTQ+ ‘ideology’ possibly began with a tip from a pastor convicted of sex crimes involving minors.

Depositions from Ohio teacher’s lawsuit against district shed light on how 'Hate Has No Home Here' poster was targeted

Ohio school board president’s hunt for LGBTQ+ 'ideology' possibly began with a tip from a pastor convicted of sex crimes involving minors

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Para Power: How Paraprofessional Labor Changed Education Nick Juravich newbooksnetwork.com/para-power #laborhistory #historyofeducation

Galileo's Fame Science, Credibility, and Memory in the Seventeenth Century Anna-Luna Post newbooksnetwork.com/galileos-fame appreciated the dive into university politics of early modern Italy

The Ryukyu Islands A New History from the Stone Age to the Present Gregory Smits newbooksnetwork.com/the-ryukyu-i...

High Bias: The Distorted History of the Cassette Tape By @marcissist.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/high-bias

New in the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Chiara Galli reviews how immigration law both excludes and protects unaccompanied minors, and how the law in action departs from the law on the books. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

cleaning up tabs and enjoyed this JSTOR Daily post about #powerballads daily.jstor.org/understandin... #musichistory

Understanding the Power of Power Ballads - JSTOR Daily

Why do power ballads still resonate? A look at the emotional formulas behind pop’s biggest ballads. David Metzer defines power ballads as "songs that grow bigger, louder, and more fervent on the way t...

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A New History of Ancient Roman Theatre by @drjessicaclarke.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/a-new-histor... #romanhistory #theatrehistory

The Importance of Being Gorgeous: Gender and Christian Imperial Rule in Late Antiquity Susanna Elm newbooksnetwork.com/the-importan... #genderhistory #romanhistory