Adina Popescu
History editor at Yale University Press
- 1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.
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- Part of my book on backlash politics since Reconstruction focuses on the shoring up of Jim Crow in the early 20th century through a combination of Confederate memorialization and the demonization of Reconstruction, and the founding of the Alfalfa Club in 1913 fits right in to that timeline.
- I’m sorry, what? www.yahoo.com/news/article...
- There is a case to be made that any board of a university that signed an agreement that required paying a fee has breached their fiduciary duty and I think somebody should explore it
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- imagine having a spare $55,000 and inexplicably using it to have dinner with Bari Weiss
- I think it is OUTRAGEOUS that people are LEAPING to the conclusion that some our post prominent Americans are child rapists when it is EQUALLY PLAUSIBLE that they are simply indifferent to whether other people are child rapists so long as those other people can offer them access to power.
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- "We've never been a 'show your papers' country." *stares in African American history* #Blackademics #EduSky
- Lot of conservative dudes out there telling on themselves by being astounded by a level of ”logistics” that the average mom has to manage every fucking day
- “People in MN had hand warmers!” you absolute fucking imbeciles
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- People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day. I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.
- once again saying: our ancestors accomplished more, with less, against worse.
- hearing from sources that Amelia Bedelia has been arrested in connection with the water-pouring assault. "but it was ICE headquarters," she said
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- It's remarkable that Trump's claim that there are no constraints on his power other than his "own morality"--that he thinks he can govern as a dictator--proved to be a 1-day story, with no follow-up coverage in the New York Times, to whom he said this, or, as far as I can tell, any other newspaper.
- Come see us tomorrow! We’ve got books! #AHA26
- All set up at #AHA26. Exhibit hall opens tomorrow (Friday) at 9 am. So many great new books to see. Stop by (lower level of the Chicago Hilton) and have a look. @universitypress.cambridge.org @historians.org
- HOLDING OUR GROUND: Voices and Strategies against Self-indigenization Mar 18-19, 2026 University of Minnesota, Twin Cities In person-registration limited to 200. Book event registration (with Dina Gilio-Whitaker and Audra Simpson) limited to 80. Online reg (for symposium only) also available
- I’m genuinely curious how people are dealing with their inboxes today. FIFO? LIFO? A secret third system?
- Mostly FAFO, where the "FA" happened during the break and the "FO" is happening today 🤣
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Loved this book - congrats to Jack (and @yalepress.bsky.social)!- My colleague Jack Bouchard's book Terra Nova is out today! It's about early 16th-century mariners and the seasonal fishery around present-day Newfoundland, and its place within the Atlantic World. I cannot wait to read it yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
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- "This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future." - @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit. Incredible words. Listen to all of it!
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- Alors que la droite parisienne a voulu priver nos librairies indépendantes de subventions, Paris renouvelle son soutien aux librairies indépendantes qui participent à la grande richesse culturelle de notre capitale. Parmi elles, Violette and Co, librairie féministe, lesbienne et queer du 11e.
- Cambridge University Press has launched a new grant to support under-represented early career scholars from diverse backgrounds and geographic locations, including first generation scholars 👇 #BookSky
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- One of the biggest moments of my career: USCIS canceled my client’s naturalization oath ceremony. We filed a lawsuit, went to trial, and the judge swore him in right there in the courtroom!
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- The Ethicist | A high school senior in our co-op wrote her college essay about her nanny being deported and got into Yale early action. While we love our Irma, my daughter is a junior at Brearley and has Ivy aspirations. What if I arranged for Irma to just be detained, not deported?
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- Trump was born on third base and managed to steal second.
- Many years ago, a very fine historian (who probably does not remember this at all) told me: “this is a highly reputational business. I cannot afford to be associated with bullshit other than my own.” Though not intended to be, it is the single best piece of professional advice I have ever received.
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- Recently featured on Wired's Tech Support, Ned Blackhawk's NBA award-winning book, The Rediscovery of America, reframes U.S. history with a spotlight on Indigenous peoples. Now 30% off with code GIFT30: shorturl.at/Ev2rX
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- How a system of colonial trusteeship converted Native wealth into settler capital. Vested Interests by Emilie Connolly is now available (20 Jan UK pub). Learn more and order yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #History #AmericanHistory #USHistory #ReadUP
