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A look at the main settler groups driving the escalation against Palestinians in the West Bank.

Who is behind settler violence in the occupied West Bank?A look at the main settler groups driving the escalation against Palestinians in the West Bank.www.aljazeera.com

Should’ve said “critics and/or mere truth tellers” Anyway here’s the gift link “In recent years, AIPAC has more than doubled the amount it spends in political campaigns, while rarely mentioning Israel. Its biggest test yet, the Michigan Senate primary, comes Tuesday.”

Inside the Spending of AIPAC, One of the U.S.'s Largest Super PACs (Gift Article)In recent years, AIPAC has more than doubled the amount it spends in political campaigns, while rarely mentioning Israel. Its biggest test yet, the Michigan Senate primary, comes Tuesday.www.nytimes.com

There’s no contradiction between this kind of pornographic misogyny and puritanical misogyny of the old Christian right. Both use sexuality to enact men’s domination over women. That one sect forces sex and the other prohibits it is largely a matter of taste.

"An extraordinary collection of Darwin manuscripts has been transcribed, edited and added to Darwin Online from the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library." darwin-online.org.uk/whatsnew.html #history #evosky

What's new on Darwin OnlineDarwin Online is the largest Darwin publication/resource in the world— and probably the most comprehensive scholarly website on any historical person. As an active research project, countless new…darwin-online.org.uk

🎙️Ep5 of The Everyday Orientalism Podcast drops tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy episodes 1-4 feat. notably @smohyeddin.bsky.social @nkalamb.bsky.social & @archagainstaparth.bsky.social & let us know your thoughts! www.spreaker.com/podcast/ever...

Oh dear. Predictably, it now seems to be open season on all academics of colour, especially black academics.

My copy of Manuscript Studies arrived today 🎉 It contains an essay on how medieval manuscripts ended up in @marshslibrary.bsky.social to accompany our new catalogue. Also available online: muse.jhu.edu/issue/56871

Blindingly obvious that this is targeted at “degrees we think women get.”

Very short notice (deadline 18 August) but we're advertising a 0.5fte lectureship in public history for next year. Covers my 3rd year undergraduate course on public history of Rome (ancient to modern) plus some MA public history teaching.

"The new tool makes it easier for parents & community members to view annual vaccination rates at individual schools — not just at the state or county-level like before — boosting transparency & giving families a clearer picture of how well protected their children’s classrooms are"

New online tool lets parents see vaccination rates at individual schoolsThe goal is to boost transparency and give families a clearer picture of how well protected their children’s classrooms are.www.wfmz.com

The 2026 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are faculty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas please take a second to fill it out: forms.gle/iLheVskd4wcA...

2026 AAUP Faculty in the South SurveyThe Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as...forms.gle

On the Arday case; this is very good.

Anyone with any association with the institution, please do call and register your firm objection.. I’ve been calling and writing daily. ANY association. Do not allow this to happen.

The use of AI described here, like for an initial sifting of mountains of data and using it to build databases, IMO, is totally appropriate. It was done by truly expert investigators who were not going to accept bogus hallucinations in results. I'm ignoring environmental impact for the moment.

It's not just about "access" to the Tridentine Mass. There's a whole question of accepting the teachings of an ecumenical council.

Book bud Tim quoted in the Guardian! www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AISecondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyedwww.theguardian.com

I told my alma mater I wouldn't give a reunion gift if they caved to.or worked with the administration. They told me they wouldn't. I want my gift back. Now my kid goes to another of these schools. How'd I get so lucky to be tied to 2 of them?

The Trump admin is back with version 2.0 of its higher ed compact. The reason is simple: The first one failed. Compact 2.0 lacks egregious elements of its predecessor. That’s a victory & affirms that the answer to authoritarianism is organized resistance—not compliance. www.aaup.org/news/new-com...

New Compact Shows Resistance Works, but Fight for Higher Ed Isn’t OverThe Trump administration is back with a second version of its higher education compact. As with its predecessor, the best path forward is for higher education workers to organize and demand that their...www.aaup.org

Absolute scandal NY Magazine did not interview me for this article

As a Religious Studies professor, this directly targets my livelihood in a way that makes a mockery of any supposed profession of concern the administration has ever expressed for me as a Jewish person on campus.