Sadiah Qureshi 🦈
@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social
Historian of extinction, race & empire. Vanished shortlisted for Royal Society’s Trivedi Prize, & 2025 best book for FT, Guardian, BBC History Extra, Smithsonian and more. Views own/No DMs https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/309254/vanished-by-qureshi-sadi
Striking stat in today's FT in the context of new EU laws to control destruction of unused clothing. A very good example of how the capitalocene functions: extractive production matched by destruction in service of maintaining shareholder value, with no human benefitting from the actual products.
The anatomy of an AI-supported academic article is becoming more apparent. I desk reviewed ~70 manuscripts this week for our journal. Reckon 20ish had significant AI assistance. On top of hundreds of others recently I'm starting to see patterns. Are other editors are seeing the same or similar? 1/
PSA. If you like nimbu pani, get Tajin and mango powder. Try: 1. Lemonade, guava syrup/powder, lime, tajin, mango powder 2. Lemonade, watermelon syrup, lime, tajin, mashed strawberries 3. Cranberry juice, lime, tajin 4. Mango juice, lime, tajin A small dash is enough. Enjoy. Now, a break.
This is an extraordinary thread. Worth reading in full, but you can start here if you prefer.
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C)@doctorow.pluralistic.net · last mo.The whistleblower in question is, of course, Sarah Wynn-Williams, author of the internationally bestselling memoir *Careless People*, which details the criminality she witnesses during her years as the head of Facebook's international relations team: pluralistic.net/2025/04/23/z... 12/
To my surprise, most of the audience for this was under 10. We adapted the conversation accordingly and I asked for the younger people to given priority for questions. They were great questions, and a great audience. What a joy to be able to talk to younger people about extinction and hope.
Sadiah Qureshi 🦈@sadiahqureshi.bsky.social · last mo.Delighted to be contributing to the Royal Society’s Summer Science series of talks celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday until 5 July. I’ll be in conversation with Subhadra Das about extinction. Details of the talks, including mine, here. #SummerScience royalsociety.org/science-even...
This petition needs as many signatories as the Exeter one. Please sign and share — don’t let Hertfordshire managers get away with this just because a Russell Group one took the spotlight. #UKHE
Joanna Bourke@joannabourke.bsky.social · 3mo agoShocking news about redundancies in the Humanities at the University of Hertfordshire, despite their exceptional research activities. I have signed the petition against these actions: it would be great if you would as well: c.org/kDQynZV7J4 @bbkhistorical.bsky.social @bisa-bkk.bsky.social
The simple reality is that for many this world is unlivable. But another world is possible and necessary, “a world of freedom, real justice, balance, and shared abundance, a world woven in a new design.” What world are we teaching for? The one where the river flows or the one where the river knows?
folukeifejola @folukeifejola.bsky.social · last mo.“I must keep fightin’…” Paul Robeson said. Inspired by Paul Robeson’s call, this essay asks what it means for teachers and practitioners of law when injustice keeps rolling on. It is a reflection on coloniality, legal knowledge, and imagining worlds otherwise. folukeafrica.com/talk-deliver...
Delighted that my podcast for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social is now available. Check it out here for more on the entangled histories of extinction and empire in the making of the modern world drawing from my book Vanished. newbooksnetwork.com/vanished
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First they came for the languages. In the hope that no one would have the words to say what was happening. 1/9🧵
University of Aberdeen's plans to cut modern language degrees were 'rushed' - review
The University of Aberdeen says it accepts there were "missteps" in its process in 2023.
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Have been at a number of events with various think tankers and senior civil servants and everyone knows this is happening but seems caught like a deer in headlights. Meanwhile Bridget Phillipson and Jacqui Smith blithely whistle on. Can’t hold.
Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · last mo.‘We urge the Government to prioritise this issue. Should this situation continue unchecked, the damage to the health of higher education, research and innovation will be profound and have long-lasting consequences.’ www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/stateme...
job alert ... "We’re hiring a writer who can make the world’s largest problems understandable to our large Our World in Data audience" @ourworldindata.org ourworldindata.org/hiring-write...
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We’re hiring a writer who can make the world’s largest problems understandable to our large Our World in Data audience.
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We are hiring for an Associate or Full Professor (Tenure-Track) in History of Medicine: Pre-Modern! Please circulate widely - apply.interfolio.com/182469
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Reposting this full-time permanent post in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. The deadline has been extended to 13 July (as below). The date has yet to update on jobs.ac.uk so please do share and spread the word. www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Lecturer in Modern British History (post-1800):Oxford Road
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You may have seen reports of the devastating cuts that I & my colleagues in history at Exeter are facing. Thousands have already signed a petition to try & stop this attack on the humanities. But we need more help. Please consider signing the petition & share as widely as possible. c.org/wW5jZVLSJR
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Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter
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Conditions are becoming increasingly unliveable #NomadCentury
Natalie Bennett@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · last mo."Analysis found European heatwave killed >20,000 people... likely more than 5,000 excess deaths in France, 4,500 in Germany, 3,000 in Spain, 2,700 in Italy, 1,070 in Poland and 862 in the UK between 22 and 28 June." #ClimateEmergency = #PublicHealth emergency www.theguardian.com/environment/...
My book baby has arrived! 🤩 Not for the first time, my wonderful editors @yalebooks.bsky.social have delightfully surprised me: the colours on the jacket catch the light (I'm told it's called 'spot gloss')! It really is a thing of beauty. #books #booksky #histsci #queerhistory 🌈📚🗃️
We are very happy to announce the six titles shortlisted for the Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026. From health misinformation to the fishing industry, these mind-growing reads represent the best of science writing from the past year. #SciBooks bit.ly/4vgp5Zm
Shortlist unveiled for Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize 2026 | Royal Society
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Congratulations to our new 2026-7 Artists-in-Residence at Dark Lab, my climate research org with a location on @governorsisland.bsky.social. Kandis Williams and Stephanie Syjuco.
Nominations for our Undergraduate Essay Prize are due tonight by 11:59pm ET! Essays may be from any department as long as they relate to British Studies and date from this academic year. www.nacbs.org/prize-databa...
Undergraduate Essay Prize
Each year the NACBS awards up to eight prizes of $100 each to the best essays on British topics submitted by undergraduates studying in American and Canadian universities. Essays may be from any depar...
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Today the government repealed the 1824 Vagrancy Act. The focus has been on rough sleeping but the government has also accidentality repealed one of the most anti-Romani pieces of legislation. I've been researching the act and here's why its interesting www.gov.uk/government/n... 1/5
Rough sleeping no longer a crime as Vagrancy Act repealed
The government will repeal the Vagrancy Act on Monday 29 June 2026, ending nearly two centuries of legislation that has criminalised rough sleeping and begging.
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A perfect example of the long legacies of historic and present day wealth inequality more broadly.
FT Edit@ftedit.ft.com · last mo.Over the coming years, the "great wealth transfer" will see trillions passed on to Gen Z and millennials. Many of these young heirs came of age after the 2008 crisis. Now their views on money have banks and wealth managers scrambling to catch up. Today's Big Read is on #FTEdit 👉 ft.trib.al/JOxWdWO
No one should be criminalised for being homeless. Scrapping the Vagrancy Act is long overdue. From rough sleeping to children growing up without a home in temporary accommodation, it’s time to end homelessness for good. We need 90k new social homes a year for 10 years to end the housing emergency.
Crisis@crisis-uk.bsky.social · last mo.🚨 Breaking news: from today, it's no longer a crime to sleep rough in England and Wales. The Vagrancy Act has finally been repealed. For more than 200 years, this archaic law criminalised people for sleeping rough or begging. But no more.
Sharing this excellent guide to navigating Blue sky by @literaturegeek.bsky.social for those of you who may never have seen it: docs.google.com/document/d/1... - it has so many hacks and so much useful information to help you curate your experience on here.
Bluesky quick start guide
✨💻☁️Bluesky Guide☁️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ By Amanda Wyatt Visconti (@literaturegeek.bsky.social; formerly @literature_geek on Twitter). Please do share this guide with others!: tinyurl.com/DHBluesky. Last updated:...
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The arm on NBA star Kelsey Plum, who throws a rolled-up jersey to her dad sitting in the upper bleachers. www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn...
MINOR MOVES is in the world!!! It attends to nineteenth-century Black girls so meticulously that readers will never see them the same way again. Dr. Allison Curseen models a reading practice that affirms the value of Black girlhood studies while expanding it in crucial ways. Curseen says we …
Delighted to be contributing to the Royal Society’s Summer Science series of talks celebrating David Attenborough’s 100th birthday until 5 July. I’ll be in conversation with Subhadra Das about extinction. Details of the talks, including mine, here. #SummerScience royalsociety.org/science-even...
Attenborough at 100: a weekend of wildlife | Royal Society
A series of film talks, panels and screenings in celebration of Sir David Attenborough's 100th birthday
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May I remind #UKHE of the Cost Allocation Death Spiral.
The Cost Allocation Death Spiral and the University
The Cost Allocation Death Spiral and the University Accountants, as people whose business it chiefly is to bring hard news to powerful people, generally avoid emotional terms. They prefer softer, nuan...
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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · last mo.'What is perhaps remarkable about the Exeter cuts is that they are targeted at some of the university’s most successful departments, many of which turn over a profit even after they have made enormous and increasing contributions to the central university budget.' Read, rage and weep.
