Not before time!

If Trump intends to attempt a coup, here are five ways he could do it Despite the debacle in Iran, a president at war has several pressure points at his disposal to postpone, restrict and ultimately cancel democracy, writes the historian

You need to read this.

@timothysnyder.bsky.social has been warning us since 2016 about Trump. He knows: he’s one of world’s leading experts on authoritarianism & always ahead of the game.

V proud to publish him in @thenerve.news. He’s an essential voice.

www.thenerve.news/p/donald-tru...

Unwaveringly left wing: Meet Bayern Munich’s biggest ultra group Meet Schickeria München.

The leading ultra groups from both clubs, FCSP's Ultra Sankt Pauli and Bayern's Schickeria München, hold a long-year friendship, also based on both groups' antifascist stance.

Schickeria München's full story:
medium.com/@ftamsut/unw...

Peter Magyar has offered a template which can be used, without too much alteration, in defeating populists worldwide

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JD Vance, Marine le Pen, Sergei Lavrov, Geert Wilders, James Orr, Matt Goodwin, Alice Weidel, Frank Furedi, RT, Nigel Farage, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin… your boy took a hell of a beating.

My view is that researchers who submit/publish papers with fake citations should face serious sanctions (which is not currently the case). Accurate documentation of sources is really the bare minimum when it comes to research integrity and academic practice.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Hungarian election is about Russian oligarchy and its support of the international far right. That’s why Vance is there. He is a node in that network.

UK job cuts hit English and modern languages staff hardest ‘Vicious cycle’ of course closures means system ‘gradually losing breadth and depth of expertise’

"The issue is the system, not the subject.”

Professor Charles Forsdick FBA on higher education funding cuts hitting language courses hardest and the wider risks to skills, research and opportunity in Times Higher Education:

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With the rise of crypto-backed anonymous bets on Polymarkets but a recent manifestation.

Guess what! I was in both groups at some stage.

The Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies is running a free course on the Holodomor and asked me to share it to help reach people who might be interested
www.coursera.org/learn/holodo...

Delighted for colleagues in Linguistics to receive this recognition from their University for their outstanding achievement.

Think you know what happened in 1066? Think again.

Research by Leverhulme Major Research Fellow Professor Tom Licence @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social has uncovered that King Harold’s famous 200‑mile march to the Battle of Hastings never happened. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"A stiff drink is recommended".

Just read this, need one.

#OTD Heute vor 36 Jahren wurde Namibia unabhängig, wenige Monate später Deutschland wiedervereinigt.
Es ist sehr enttäuschend, dass es immer noch keine Anerkennung Genozid Herero Nama durch Bundestag u keine offiz. Entschuldigung gibt, von Wiedergutmachung ganz zu schweigen. /2

History in the GDR is rarely a straightforward story of ‘failure’ or ‘success’. Our new series, LBI Scholars in Conversation, opens by exploring exactly these grey areas with our Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr Alexander Brown.

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The University of Essex has proposed to discontinue most of their undergraduate language provisions as well as the Languages for All programme as part of large-scale restructuring.

Sign their petition to urge the Executive Committee to reconsider the proposal: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Jürgen Habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s Most Influential Thinkers

Jürgen Habermas Dies at 96; One of Postwar Germany’s Most Influential Thinkers www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...

Jürgen Habermas: Ein leidenschaftlicher Aufklärer, bis zuletzt Jürgen Habermas war ein politischer Denker, der unermüdlich kämpfte: gegen die Irrationalität, für Vernunft und die bedrohten westlichen Werte. Ein Nachruf

Jürgen Habermas war ein politischer Denker, der unermüdlich kämpfte: gegen die Irrationalität, für Vernunft und die bedrohten westlichen Werte. Ein Nachruf

@thegsa.bsky.social @ags-gbi.bsky.social

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You'll get more relevant facts and incisive analysis in this 30 minute episode, than in a whole week of watching the national news. If you prefer your opinions to come from experts, this is the podcast for you.

Why independent bookshops strike fear in the heart of Germany’s culture tsar | Fatma Aydemir First he came for Berlin’s film festival. Now it’s books. Wolfram Weimer seems to be on a mission to curb progressive thinking, says Guardian Europe columnist Fatma Aydemir

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Yorkshire Contemporary appoints new Trustees | Yorkshire Contemporary Yorkshire Contemporary appoints new Trustees

As outgoing Chair I am genuinely heartened and excited to welcome an exceptional group of new trustees.Their appointment leaves me with real confidence in the organisation’s future contribution to the region and the wider cultural landscape.
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The Burnden Park stadium disaster (often aka “the forgotten disaster”) was the worst loss of life at an English football ground before the 1980s. Thirty-three people died and around 400-500 were injured in a crush at an FA Cup tie between Bolton Wanderers Official and Stoke City. #BWFC

These days I find that I can't be bothered
To argue with them, well, what's the point?
Better to take your shots and drop down dead
Then they send you home in a pine overcoat
With a letter to your mum
Saying, 'Find enclosed one son,
One medal and a note to say we won'

You’re very welcome — also a literal pretext to say how much I enjoy and appreciate your contributions to Football Weekly. Chapeau! (as is also said in German)

As has been said it sounds a bit artificial but a very honourable effort on your part. There’s some ambiguity about who is actual feeling schadefreude and I’d also make clear it is about motion back/return. Suggest:
Dubai-Steuerexilantenremigrationsschadenfreude.

Classical notes: A trip to Dowland The composer wasn’t just an English great—but a European one

Our classical columnist, Ian Bostridge, marks the 400th anniversary of John Downland’s death.

The English composer was—is—one of the greats. But was he also a spy? A Catholic informer? An agent provocateur at Elizabeth I’s court?