Writing about how evocative images like these from Ed van der Elsken's Love on the Left Bank help us think about the long history of the Sexual Revolution.

Lions in the wild.

Alice Munro, two weeks gone. But still very much with me.

'By the age of 14, he had survived the Holocaust; by 44, he was an Israeli diplomat; now, at the age of 94, Theodor Meron recommended the ICC seek arrest warrants of Israeli and Hamas leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity'
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27 years ago today, Stevie Nicks burned a hole into Lindsey Buckingham’s soul when she stared down her ex performing Silver Springs, a song she wrote about how he will never escape the sound of her voice

Mood.

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I’m sure I’m not alone in being very much looking forward to this research!

A good reminder that nothing we see in online spaces is benign, especially on highly charged topics. And that we have to work doubly and triply hard not to fall for or add to the noise.

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And in other news: food banks in Canada see sharp increase in use as poverty worsens. 25% of people aged 18-25 went to food banks because of lack of money.

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Very much looking forward!

Yikes. Concerning.

Next week is the 3rd anniversary of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc's announcement re: potential unmarked graves at the Kamloops residential school, and the flurry of residential school denialism has already started. So, here's a 🧵with receipts and resources to hold space for truth.

Thinking I may need to find a way to work this photograph into my book. It is my dad in his 20s just after he failed out of high school, took up wrestling, and road the rods to Yukon where he worked as a lumberman.

He was a wee bit larger than life.

The editors of Philosophy & Public Affairs unanimously resign in the quest to wrest journal from Wylie and build new, open access platform.

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♥️

It looked at little shaky for a moment, but I'm happy that I'll be able to give this guest lecture BISA at Birkbeck on June 17th.

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How I feel knowing I'll get to spend 5 weeks in Europe this summer after all.

Miriam Rürup: 'Die jüdische Geschichte lehrt uns, dass Jüd*innen am meisten geschützt sind, wenn eine Gesellschaft offen und ein Rechtsstaat stark ist.' Deutschlandfunk @mmzpots
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The plot thickens on the reasons behind the recent Norbert Frei lecture in Munich.

I welcome the ICC prosecutor’s request for arrest warrants for Hamas leaders, Sinwar, Deif and Haniyeh, and for Israel’s PM Netanyahu and Defense Minister Gallant. Hamas leaders should be held accountable for the war crimes and crimes against humanity they undoubtedly committed