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Malick Ghachem

@malickghachem.bsky.social

History prof @MIT. Attorney.

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Malick Ghachem@malickghachem.bsky.social · last wk.

not quite www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/26/o...

America built the world’s greatest research engine. Now it’s shrinking. - The Boston Globe

At public and private universities across the country, high-impact science is being damaged and derailed.

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Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last wk.

~Approximately no one in the general public knows because the leaders of the R1 research universities - whose budgets, programs, & personnel are entirely or significantly dependent on federal funding - have been totally absent from the public square in explaining & collectively protesting this.

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Richard Primus@richardprimus.bsky.social · 2w ago

The law school asked me to recommend three books for law students (or anyone interested in stuff law students might be interested in). Here's my response. www.instagram.com/p/DdBzButx6k...

Michigan Law on Instagram: "Professor Richard Primus shares #3Books. Two related to constitutional law and one about rabbits.  His recs are:  Race and Reunion by David Blight How to Hide an Empire by...

422 likes, 7 comments - umichlaw on September 8, 2026: "Professor Richard Primus shares #3Books. Two related to constitutional law and one about rabbits.  His recs are:  Race and Reunion by David Bli...

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Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 3w ago

The coolest between-the-covers book production photo ever, thanks to @soshivaniofher.bsky.social, publicist at @westlandbooks.bsky.social! Head to Instagram ( @surekhadavies or @westland_books ) for the original. www.instagram.com/p/DdbOPbIy-cl/

Finished copies of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY arranged informally on top of loose sheets of the gorgeous colour plates and text-and-black-and-white-images pages. A pair of hands silhouetted above are doing a spooky claw shadow across the top.
Dr Surekha Davies, Historical Monster Consultant (she/her)@drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · last mo.

The South Asian edition of HUMANS: A MONSTROUS HISTORY is out from @westlandbooks.bsky.social! It’s the history of the category of the human since antiquity, told through ideas about monsters and monster-making. 🧪💙📚 🗃 #ancient #medieval #earlymodern #histsci #histmed #18thCentury #politics #HAMH 🧵

A tower of copies of HUMANS, with bright red spines, and a single copy balanced on top, its mirror-foil oval mirror on the cover facing outwards.
Ella Brockway@ellabrockway.bsky.social · 2mo ago

What is in Fifa's 25-page sales pitch: a reference to more than doubling the number of global tournaments held each year, from 200 to 450 What is not in Fifa's 25-page sales pitch: a single reference to women's football

Fifa’s sales pitch revealed: more tournaments, more debt … but no mention of women’s game

Fifa’s sales pitch to persuade members to approve the sale of the World Cup’s commercial rights clearly states that their plans for financial growth will be achieved by staging more tournaments, havin...

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Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · 3mo ago

INBOX: the last dedicated science reporter at The Wall Street Journal, @aylinwoodward.bsky.social, has left the newsroom. This came after the Murdoch-owned newspaper dissolved its Health and Science Bureau last October. NPR, CBS, and WaPo also gutted their climate desks in the last eight months.

After nearly five incredible years, The Journal's last remaining dedicated science reporter (that's me!) has left WSJ. Following the dissolution of the miraculous Health & Science Bureau last October, myself and a small numbers of others worked hard to continue our former team's legacy, but the time has finally come for me to move on. I am deeply grateful for all of the opportunities this publication -- and the journalist community I met there -- has given me. From stories about T. rex lips to primate booze problems to shrinking brains, to Nobel Prize and NASA mission coverage, Jane Goodall's obituary, winter storm, volcano and wildfire smoke stories, I left no scientific stone unturned, working constantly to inspire curiosity and wonder in Journal readers during times of increasing turmoil and challenge. I met some of my closest friends, wrote for two of the most phenomenal editors I'll ever have the privilege of working with, saw Evan come home, and learned (in retrospect, naturally) the gift it is to be on a team of professional nerds who drive the cutting edge of health and science journalism in America while uplifting each other and their craft. Well, this is your counterprogramming kid signing off. Not sure where I'll end up next, but don't be strangers y'all. In the meantime, I'll be coaching roller derby across the U.S., South America and Europe!
American Historical Association@historians.org · 3mo ago

"Trust historians to do their jobs." In an interview with ABC News, AHA executive director Sarah Weicksel responded to the White House report criticizing the Smithsonian. "We are trained professionals. We practice our craft with integrity." Watch the interview:

Smithsonian chief disputes scathing White House report accusing museum of 'radical' activism

Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch disputed the scathing White House report, which accused the American history museum of presenting a "radical view" of American history.

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David BASTARDspan@davidbix.com · 4mo ago

There are parts of Brooklyn where the best Jewish style deli food is at halal restaurants owned and operated by Yemeni Muslim immigrants who learned how to make wonderfully authentic brisket, pastrami, and corned beef. It's so perfectly New York and sums up so much of what's great about this city.

Brad Lander@bradlander.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I can't even find the words to express how repugnant and despicable this post is. People who spew such Islamophobic bile don't belong in the United States Congress. The job of elected officials is to combat hate, not fan its flames. (1/2)

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Jameel Jaffer@jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Again, leaders of other countries don’t talk this way. The glee with which our current leaders talk about killing people is not normal, and nor is their lack of concern for who exactly we’re killing. American bombs incinerated 100 kids in Minab. Were those the “right people”?

PEIPolitical 🇨🇦@peipolitical.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🖕 GRAHAM: “I feel good about the Republican Party. We’re killing all the right people and cutting your taxes. Trump is my favorite president. We’ve run out of bombs. We didn’t even run out of bombs in WWII.” #cdnpoli

Gautham Rao (pronounced: Knicks in 5)@gauthamrao.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I would add: even if you don’t call yourself a legal historian but study history involving law-ish stuff, you’ll find a welcoming, friendly and brilliant group of scholars at ASLH!

Hidetaka Hirota@hidehirota.bsky.social · 7mo ago

If you study legal history, please consider submitting a proposal for the 2026 conference of the American Society for Legal History in Banff, Canada in November! The Program Committee accepts proposals until March 24! #ASLH #legalhistory 🗃️ aslh.net/2026-annual-...

Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)@moudhy.bsky.social · 7mo ago

There's a broken cuneiform tablet from the Old Babylonian period, nearly 4,000 years ago, which preserves a tiny portion of a dialogue between two friends. It feels a bit like the conversations I've been having for the past week, so I wanted to share it.

Photo of a cuneiform tablet fragment shaped a bit like an irregular diamond. It preserves nearly 20 incomplete lines of text separated by a horizontal ruling