The picture shows the poster for the 17th conference of the Spanish association for contemporary history, taking place in Valencia from 9 til 11 July 2025.

Very excited (and honoured) to have spoken on Moral Panics at this year's Congreso de la Associación de Historia Contemporánea in the amazing panel on 'Age(s) of Anxiety: Fear, Mass, and Politics' alongside many amazing scholars, hosted by the wonderful @anneheyer.bsky.social and Guilia Quaggio!

You better :p

Also, special thanks to @manwithoutatan.bsky.social and @mavikiu.bsky.social for still putting up with me after I was a nervous wreck all day yesterday!
I promise to be better next time... maybe...

An elevated tram station above canal side vaults, built with red brick. In the background are a couple of high rise buildings and a crane; the sky is giving big bisexual lighting energy.

By the side of a canal, on both sides tall buildings in shades of red as the canal turns a corner at the photo horizon. The sky is cerulean blue with a couple of big fluffy clouds.

A black and white photo of a squat, graffiti-covered concrete block of a building. In the foreground are tram tracks and a pole for overhead wires.

Also this city is kinda spectacular.

Also just very much looking forward to be on a panel with @lgmsam.bsky.social & @manwithoutatan.bsky.social!

What a day at #GermanHistSoc2024!
So many interesting contributions across so many panels, and with a super insightful keynote by @jennifervevans.bsky.social on trans history!
I'm honestly so looking forward to presenting tomorrow!

The distracted boyfriend meme. The boyfriend's text says "me", his girlfriend is "my topic, begging to be put into sentences" and the girl he is looking at has the text "yet another topic to research"

I'm not a big poster, but current events have produced this and I figured scientist Bluesky might appreciate it

A picture of the platforms at Leipzig Central station while it rains heavily outside.

Leipzig Central Station during a thunder storm was definitely not on my list of very cozy environments.

Very recommendable read by a brilliant scholar! It touches elaborately on the many aspects of consumption within the created gambling experiences, covering a vast array of perspectives on Monte Carlo and Las Vegas throughout their existence!

The Parallel Lives of Liddy Bacroff: Transgender (Pre)History and the Tyranny of the Archive in Twen... Abstract. Pursued by authorities throughout the 1930s, Heinrich Habitz left behind a significant paper trail of official documentation, arrest warrants and impr

Friends! It gives me great joy that, just in time for Christmas, my article on Liddy Bacroff is finally available in open access, freely available to read. I would be thrilled if you were to do so: Liddy was an extraordinary person. academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...

Criminal blep

Why is Boycotting the Minecraft Mob vote the closest a large number of US-Americans have come to coordinated union action in the 21st century?

Istg, hands get like 300% slippery when you're trying to surprise someone

Sesam so clearly looks like a Sesam idk what to tell you :p

A cute brown and white bunny sitting in a grey tray, surrounded by hay and wooden bunny furniture

A very adorable brown bunny with floppy ears sitting in a grey tray, while poking its nose into the camera

The same light brown bunny sitting in a grey tray, surrounded by hay and wooden bunny furniture

Im getting to bunny-sit for @mavikiu.bsky.social and @saschaharnisch.bsky.social today, so y’all get the enormous amounts of cuteness happening here as well – meet Sesam & Mochi!

(According to Sascha, Sesam is the one that “looks like a sesam”, so I’ll let y’all figure that one out)