The UK cover of the Crown’s Silence

The US cover of the Crown’s Silence

On April 21, as every UK outlet publishes nostalgic op-eds about the Elizabethan century on what would have been Elizabeth II’s 100th birthday, it’s a good day to check out THE CROWN’S SILENCE.

A cucumber margarita with a tahin rim

Cucumber 🥒 Margarita 🍹. It’s basically a tonic. 🤷‍♀️

Thank you, Anna!

I also enjoyed this fab episode while in transit!

Calls for research funding from the Royal Historical Society: May to June 2026 - RHS The Society currently invites applications for the following five schemes — open to historians at a range of career stages — with closing dates between 8 May and 5 June 2026. For further information o...

Research funding for historians: the Society currently invites applications for 5 grant programmes: to support individual and project-based research by historians across a range of career stages bit.ly/4vzzNeB.

Closing dates for eligible applicants fall between 8 May and 5 June 2026 #Skystorians

Great interview: @helencarr.bsky.social talks to @brookenewman.bsky.social, author of The Crown's Silence.
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More than half of Britons support rejoining EU 10 years on from Brexit vote Experts say Labour’s ‘halfway house’ approach risks losing support from progressives and ‘red wall’ voters

🚨Our new report shows: The majority of Brits want to rejoin the EU.
💰And: EU membership delivers the most growth.

www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/17/hal...

After Inflation, Faculty Salaries Declined This Fall Average salaries for full-time faculty members fell 0.4 percent between fall 2024 and fall 2025 after adjusting for inflation—the first real-dollar decrease in three years, according to data from the ...

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a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his hand on his chin and the words `` sure '' written on his face . Alt: a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his hand on his chin and the words `` sure '' written on his face .

lol. “Paid by their universities…”

Lovely!!

Thanks, Anna! 📚@unlawfulentries.bsky.social

Opinion | Don’t Use A.I. to Do This

God bless you @colsonwhitehead.com

"Do you realize how much water and power it’d take to replicate the average writer’s narcissism, self-loathing and despair? It’d drain the Indian Ocean. You could light up Times Square for a year. We can’t afford it."

As a therapist and a healthcare worker, chatbots are becoming a public health crisis, and I’m tired of hearing people who don’t see the harm every day explain why this is totally fine and just like people pearl-clutching over cellphones. It’s getting worse and we haven’t scratched the surface.

“Google has created a misinformation crisis. Studies have shown that people tend to trust what AI tells them without question…Another experiment found that users still listened to AI when it gave them the wrong answer nearly 80% of the time—a grim trend the researchers dubbed “cognitive surrender.”

LibDem leader Sir Ed Davey says that “Donald Trump is no leader of the free world. He’s a dangerous and corrupt gangster.” He asks that King Charles refrain from visiting Trump in Washington.

Great news! 👇

Same goes for every "genius" academic or scholar.

I’m filing taxes right now and owe $.

a cartoon of a man with the words is that making sense below him Alt: a cartoon of a man with the words is that making sense below him

It’s insane that you lose the child tax credit once they’re 17 and cost more than ever before (car insurance, room & board, clothing, college expenses??!!).

Exactly!!

Congratulations democracy

#HungaryElections

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit The daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment

“The US is being murdered, & it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau & function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/1...

💯—it’s a shame because an excellent margarita is a thing of beauty.

A margarita sitting on a side table with a pool in the background

My margaritas are far better than this $22 CA hotel rita, but I’m not complaining. 🍹

A flier advertising my talk tomorrow at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA

A flier for the USC-Huntington Early Modern Studies Institute

Back in CA for the first time in years to give a talk at the Huntington Library tomorrow morning. Looking forward to seeing early modern studies peeps! Pic of post-travel cocktail to come later!! 🍸

Mayflower hero was secretly sold into slavery, hidden files reveal Crumbling documents discovered in a Malaga archive expose how an English merchant used a legal fiction to sell Squanto and other indigenous captives in 1614

First Nations Mayflower hero was sold into slavery, files in Malaga Archives reveal

www.thetimes.com/article/1306...

I’m a huge sci-fi/dystopian fan! Wish there was a Black Mirror style fiction series out there.

I recently listened to Project Hail Mary while on a solo drive (haven’t seen the new film) and enjoyed it.

I knew it was bad but really didn’t appreciate it was quite this bad

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