I have an essay in the new issue of @thebafflermag about the mundane, incredible fact that London, alongside many other cities, has for the last 50ish years been filling up with Himalayan parakeets - and on the contested realm of invasion biology itself.
https://t.co/z3d3ydyPES
Big news! The @HPE_Project is thrilled to invite applications for two residential fellowships at the @RemarqueNYU for AY 27-28, in our Histories and Futures of Global Governance Initiative. Info and call for applications here: https://t.co/FeWIryeQVa
@lionel_trolling Also, don’t believe everything you read about the leisured lifestyles of Victorian elites, especially if it was written by members of a Victorian elite that famously valued the performance of a leisured lifestyle
In news that sits spiritually alongside my incessant grumbling about AI, I became a father recently. Mum & baby Asa both now doing great. This has affected the quality & frequency of my shitposts, but I do love him with my whole entire heart, so. Swings and roundabouts.
@johnpmerrick (As an aside: the History Workshop Journal poster in the background was, I believe, intended for you by @OSaumarezSmith. I’m afraid I’m not going to relinquish it.)