#visualpollutiontax

is there a more disturbing social narrative than the american way of talking about about "the markets," in which destroying a whole civilization correlates to a dow slide of 0.90%

"would you work for a company that got business by threatening to kill the families of potential customers?" gave me the chills bsky.app/profile/chri...

let the record state that no one from the other political party in the US staged a public protest, chained themselves in front of the White House, or otherwise acted on the principle of absolute rejection of this monstrous horror

Read @leylaamzi.bsky.social to see how all of this applies to the remaking of political order in Bosnia at the interface of empire, with fascinating insights (for me as an anthropologist of debt) into the role of fiscality in the remaking of identity, and how these pasts still shape our presents.

As always the brilliant @leylaamzi.bsky.social, is too generous. Neither the concept of semicivilized nor illumination of how this archaic term is intertwined with dilemmas of attenuated sovereignty, structural indebtedness, and the making of international law is mine-

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Great to be in such good company thinking together about Julia Elyachar’s concept of the semicivilized
@jeelyachar.bsky.social
@csshjournal.bsky.social
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Great to be in such good company thinking together about Julia Elyachar’s concept
of the semicivilized
@jeelyachar.bsky.social @csshjournal.bsky.social

someone at the pentagon frantically typing “Claude, open the strait of Hormuz for me, quickest possible strategy, make no mistakes.”

I get yelled at for saying this but for many hundreds of years people went to university not to get diplomas or be employable but because immersion in the humanities was considered foundational to a good life, and school must return to its original purpose: the joy of learning.

I wish! But have to be in NYC at that time.

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The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe is now available in paperback. Plus take advantage of @stanfordpress.bsky.social Valentine’s Day Sale for a few more days.
www.sup.org/books/histor...
🗃️ #menasky #ottoman #bosniaandherzegovina #bosnia #muslims #austriahungary

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Meeting the Moment: Building Solidarity Through Community & Trainings

📣 ✊ We are uniting with labor unions across New Jersey hosting a series of in-person trainings to fight back against the increased presence of ICE in our communities and rising authoritarianism. Join us in your community! Dinner will be provided.
RSVP: https://loom.ly/FunAZhk

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Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.

“One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them”

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Concert: https://www.viewcy.com/event/terennm__classical

Concert this Friday!
#newyorkcity
Tickets: www.viewcy.com/event/terenn...

Doctor on How Screen Time Hurts Kids' Cognitive Development YouTube video by C-SPAN

Skimming is the new reading ☠️☠️☠️
“Gen Z is the first generation in modern history to underperform us on basically every cognitive measure we have … right at the time when we need our kids to be sharper than we are.”
Dr. Jared Cooney Horvath Senate testimony

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We are delighted to announce the 6th Mid-Atlantic Ottomanist Workshop, hosted by Rutgers University, Newark on April 10–11, 2026. The workshop brings together scholars of Ottoman Studies at all career stages and from across disciplines. Interdisciplinary approaches are especially welcome. Call for Papers Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) by January 21, 2026 to: maowrutgers2026@gmail.com Join us for two days of engaging discussion and collaboration in Newark, NJ!

We are delighted to announce the 6th Mid-Atlantic Ottomanist Workshop, hosted by Rutgers University, Newark on April 10–11, 2026.

Call for Papers
Please submit an abstract (max. 300 words) by January 21, 2026 to: maowrutgers2026@gmail.com
#menasky #skystorians🗃️ #ottoman

You find yourself reading a book about the afterlife of Ottoman Europe, something you never thought about before, just because you read a post on Bluesky.
And find it quite interesting as well.
Please keep sharing your work!

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public universities 🙌

Screenshot of the review text

Hvala Amer Maslo na prikazu moje knjige, The Afterlife of Ottoman Europe; Prilozi za orijentalnu filologiju
Many thanks to Amer Maslo for the review of my book in Contributions to Oriental Philology
pof.ois.unsa.ba/index.php/po...
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
#Balkansky #Mena #Ottoman

this year. 😳

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The Royal Game of Ur from the British Museum

Okay, as promised, here are my 25 boardgames that would make good presents for historians or the historically-inclined.
- I've played them and enjoyed them
- They have to have a historical theme or be related to the practice of history
- They were within the first 25 I thought of...