Thrilled to be featured (along with a few of the many rising stars of digital history) in this week's PNAS Front Matter: https://t.co/gQzms3mfI4 "Historians Use Data Science to Mine the Past"

The No Future party is going strong

Super powerful Sunday meditation on America in despair by theologian Diana Butler Bass @dianabutlerbass

This was such a fascinating interview. Drawing connections I'd never been aware of. The origins of rent controls in anti-colonial struggle. The way the bullshit deregulation housing policies of the current govt were crafted by the IEA. Really looking forward to reading the book!

I have to say I assumed that this tweet would bring to light in the replies at least a few examples of fraud (as opposed to programs people think are a waste of money). But I've read most, though not all, of the 2500 replies, and afaict, not a single example has been mentioned.

The reports from the ground on what’s happening with USAID are a bellwether of what’s to come.

Listen to my new podcast/interview with the brilliant young British folks at @Novaramedia, where I talk about participatory mapping, land reform, and their fascinating histories -- "How to Redistribute the Globe"

Reading Albert Camus's A Short Guide to Towns Without a Past (French edition 1950) -- new to me, but essays written from 1937 to 1950 in northern Italy and Algeria. @PenguinArchive just released a crisp new edition. I'm used to the dour short stories of Camus assigned in high

Let's make London a commons! For us! Sunday 2th July 2025 @myattsfields #LandJustice #London #ACommonTreasuryForAll

In the 60s and 70s, the top graduates from Harvard and Yale were not going to Wall Street. They were going to work for Ralph Nader. 🧵

At last! Presenting about the Long Land War to Scottish historians and Land Commissioners, whose future-oriented visions of using land as a shared resource set me on this path in the first place. Such an honor!! Thank you, University of Glasgow!

Excellent essay from @matthewstoller about the Ivy League, fancy people pushing terrible policies & his own experience waking up. Most people — especially those in politics/media — don’t have the guts to apologize or do any self-reflection. Matt does. https://t.co/8c3mTLlHGM

André Gide, what a line

My second talk at the University of Glasgow will connect the history of land politics to affairs in Scotland. Wednesday 11th June 2025, 4-5, “The Long Land War: Scotland and Ireland in the longue durée”, Global History Research Cluster, joint with Centre for Scottish & Celtic

I'm thrilled to be giving a series of lectures at Glasgow in a few weeks! Here's one: "Will AI Kill Democracy or Spur a Democratic Revival?" https://t.co/mUL5VhuQGH (alt text: human silhouette with a question mark, robot head, and the slogan, "Crisis of Fact")

Anyway, it's super easy to assume that more fossil fuels means more US economic growth, since that's how it used to work, but unfortunately climate change is real and the economics are different now. 14/n

AI to the rescue. Will be a boon to the humanities in multiple ways.

So excited (and honored) to see Digital Historians featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Our new exhibit is now open!