Dave Sojourner
"Hope for the best, plan for the worst."
~~unknown
"Hope is premeditated disappointment."
~~me, a long time ago.
@kimatiwagner.bsky.social
Historian of empire, violence and atrocity photography - currently writing about the My Lai Massacre in 1968. Latest book: 'Massacre in the Clouds - An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History' (PublicAffairs, 2024) London - Wylie Agency
@danaelkurd.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science • Author: Polarized & Demobilized, Legacies of Authoritarianism in Palestine • ماسكة السلم بالعرض • Profile by Molly Crabapple • Header my grandfather's publications danaelkurd.com to contact
@adamrothman.bsky.social
No kings! Historian. Books: Slave Country, Beyond Freedom's Reach. More: https://gufaculty360.georgetown.edu/s/contact/00336000014RXHCAA4/adam-rothman
@maggieblackhawk.bsky.social
Professor, NYU Law; scholar of Congress, the Constitution, and American colonialism; she/her/kwe.
@jasminekgani.bsky.social
Assistant Professor in International Relations Theory at LSE. History | Political Theory | Race | Colonialism | Resistance | MENA Teach on Colonialism & Israel-Palestine Repost/Like usually = bookmark or endorsement jasminekgani.wordpress.com
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@kopalo.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Georgetown University. Washington, DC. More here: https://www.africanistperspective.com/
@drconvictsandcane.bsky.social
Historian of convict labor/prisons, Black Texas, U.S. History! Assistant professor in a red state. 🥴 Writing a book that explores the significance of sugar and Black convict labor and the shaping of the Texas prison farm model. The House that Cane Built!!
@dcatty.bsky.social
Historian, writer, professor. I work on race, politics, sports, & pop culture in the US and South(ern) Africa. Go Sox/Pats/Cs/B's/Boks! Part-time sports broadcaster. Author of 5 books, editor of another. [All opinions my own.] Will talk or write for food.
@audieklotz.bsky.social
Expertise on International Relations especially norms and migration I mute excessive self-promoters (including humble braggers) and mansplainers I block fundraising (or weirder) and haters
@johnedwinmason.bsky.social
Historian, curator, walker, player of antique French horns. Photography, music, South Africa, UVA. Usually found in Virginia, longing for Cape Town.
@justinpearce.bsky.social
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Justin-Pearce-5 Historian of 20th century Southern Africa especially Angola Senior lecturer, Stellenbosch Uni @stellhistory.bsky.social Senior editor, Journal of Southern African Studies @jsas-journal.bsky.social Vegan
@timothyburke.bsky.social
Professor of History at Swarthmore College. Writes at timothyburke.substack.com, continuing from his old blog Easily Distracted. Remembers when there was no Internet, and stays up late because someone is wrong on it.
@garethknapman.bsky.social
Historian of C18th & C19th Southeast Asia, South Asia and Australia. Research Fellow at ANU. Main research - provenance reports for repatriation. Quaker. https://researchportalplus.anu.edu.au/en/persons/gareth-knapman https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4431-6659
@jessicawhyte.bsky.social
Assoc Prof. of Philosophy at the University of New South Wales. Writes about economic sanctions, human rights, neoliberalism, international law.
@pamelascully.bsky.social
Historian of gender/biography/transnational history. And of sexual violence in conflict and after. Long time ago anti-apartheid organizer
@ayeshaomardr.bsky.social
British Academy International Fellow• SOAS University of London• Senior Lecturer•University of the Witwatersrand•Intellectual History• Comparative Political Theory•Africa/ South Africa• M&G 200 YSA• Theoria• Gardening• Calligraphy
@alexjwhite.bsky.social
Freelance historian with a focus on African anti-colonialism and the global media. PhD from Cambridge, hot takes from the depths of a radio archive somewhere.
@mininghistory.bsky.social
Historian and consultant. I work on mining, labour, migration and Southern Africa. More on https://duncan.money Contact: duncanmoneyhistory@proton.me
@gabriellehecht.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Anti-disciplinary https://gabriellehecht.org Residual Governance: How South Africa Foretells Planetary Futures 🇵🇷1st genx2 • cisbi♀• proud but terrified parent of 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧠♾️
@alanlester.bsky.social
British Empire Professor, University of Sussex. Co-editor, MUP Studies in Imperialism series. Views here own. Blogs on politics of colonial history here: https://alanlester.co.uk Editor https://www.hurstpublishers.com/book/the-truth-about-empire/
@sarahemilyduff.bsky.social
Radiant ambiguity/unclassified residuum (historian of age, gender, reproduction at Colby College, my views etc.) https://www.colby.edu/people/people-directory/sarah-duff/
@emmaelinor.bsky.social
Historian of 20th-century political activism; writes/rants about political women, liberation movements, feminisms, borders; live on Tomorrow Never Knows; she/her; London/Malmö. http://www.emmalundin.co.uk https://www.tomorrowneverknowspod.com
@malcomaxx.bsky.social
UK-based settler scholar grappling with colonialism, sport, culture & activism; irredeemable Tsundoku; penchant for sardonic détournement https://labourbehindthelabel.org/; https://malcolmkmaclean.net/
@karimwafa.bsky.social
Indigenous Writer. Historian. Lecturer & Poet. PhD in Southern African American History. I write about culture, identity, empire and books. Author of: child of a stolen homeland For more: https://linktr.ee/karimwafa
@samaita.bsky.social
Ph.D. Rhetoric & Political Culture, @UofMaryland, SADC Geopolitics, African Rhetoric, Foreign Policy.@WakeForest, @WaterfordUWCSA alumnus.@ChelseaFC fan,🦓 🇿🇼
@zeblarson.bsky.social
Freelance writer with a PhD in history. Ex-academic; studied the anti-apartheid movement. Emeritus adjunct. Became a software engineer in 2020. Words in Teen Vogue, Smithsonian, Jacobin, BBC. He/Him zeb-larson.com
@lesothojohn.bsky.social
Assoc Prof, African History, MSU, RCAH. Dreams for Lesotho: http://undpress.nd.edu/9780 Historical Dictionary: tinyurl.com/3tyha6jt Publications here: https://tinyurl.com/ynvwp6c5 Lesotho, Southern Africa, development, borders, running, Michigan
@genmhayden.bsky.social
Personal account. Retired USAF, former Director of CIA & NSA, author, husband, father, granddad. Views are my own. Retweets are not endorsements.
@whometoo.bsky.social
@sujato.bsky.social
Buddhist mendicant. Pali translations at https://suttacentral.net. I talk suttas at https://discourse.suttacentral.net. Events: The Monastery at the End of the World https://lokanta.github.io/. Writings: https://sujato.me/ repost = read this!
@805weather.bsky.social
California meteorological & climatological updates hand filtered for the 805 region. Formally a Southern California WxTwitter/X denizen starting anew…
@agawande.bsky.social
Surgeon, Writer ("Being Mortal," "Checklist Manifesto"), and formerly led Global Health @USAID.
@digiphile.bsky.social
Dad, writer, cyclist, citizen, cereal dilettante. Advocate for freedom of information, open governance, & democracy. Lover of the Oxford Comma, hater of hubris. Recovering journalist. Trying to move carefully, & fix things. https://civic-texts.ghost.io
@emily.gorcen.ski
Technologist, storyteller, activist. Opinions my own. Creator of @lefttoourowndevices.blog and @brandblock.online 📍Charlottesville / Berlin en / de / es Posts autodelete after 2 days. Some posts automated. Web: emilygorcenski.com Bookwyrm.social/EmilyG
@therealjackhopkins.bsky.social
I am the host of The Jack Hopkins Show podcast. Former Republican. Now, my “party” is Democracy. Navy Veteran. https://www.JackHopkinsNow.com
@chadloder.bsky.social
Community activist, cybersecurity expert, citizen journalist based in Los Angeles. 🌴☀️ they/them
@charliesaito22.bsky.social
Retired US Fish & Wildlife Service endangered species biologist (27 yrs), former Center for Biological Diversity Writing a book on the international trade in insects & invertebrates Butterflies, imperiled species, & especially golden retrievers 🦤🦮
@huac87.bsky.social
I never reply to replies. I’m here to shit post, not argue over your stupid fucking opinion
@nickhuntscrutiny.bsky.social
Author: Red Smoking Mirror, Outlandish, Where the Wild Winds Are, Walking the Woods and the Water, Loss Soup, The Parakeeting of London. Co-director: Dark Mountain Project.
@bradheath.bsky.social
DC reporter for Reuters on crime, justice and investigations. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. Lawyer, but not yours. 202-527-9709, brad.heath@tr.com
@vishnutheprotector.bsky.social
Meme king. Cancer survivor. Transplant warrior. Love concerts, flying drones, photography, music of all kinds. I am in a relationship. Never frumper. May use profanity sometimes. Live Life Abundantly
@jonirakess.bsky.social
GenX. Jewish / Christian / Spiritual. Blue Voter. Reader of Tarot & Runes for self reflection.
@forthright.engineer
Security without anxiety. Infrastructure without extras. Direct Message: https://forthright.engineer/signal/ Website: https://forthright.engineer openpgp4fpr:77e7c602ba2308a7977fa66c38e15305953789d4 #infosec #linux #networking
@runskra.bsky.social
Reading between the lines of Old Norse texts to perceive the giantesses who came first. ᚠᛖᛚᚨᚷᚨᚱ ᚷᚢᚷᚢᚱ
@skslex.bsky.social
Queer, pagan, married, sober, rune worker, runner, cat guardian, leftist since forever