Devadas Moodley
@historydev.bsky.social
Historian etc retired academic. South Asia, Africa, Empire. Museums, Art history
The Way We Were (And Are)
timothyburke.substack.com/p/the-way-we... Complex but very useful thoughts
on Cold War progressives, CIA funding and the divisiveness today.
timothyburke.substack.com/p/the-way-we... Complex but very useful thoughts
on Cold War progressives, CIA funding and the divisiveness today.
The Way We Were (And Are)
How To Remember Lives, and How Not To
timothyburke.substack.com
September 6, 2026 at 4:55 PM
The Way We Were (And Are)
timothyburke.substack.com/p/the-way-we... Complex but very useful thoughts
on Cold War progressives, CIA funding and the divisiveness today.
timothyburke.substack.com/p/the-way-we... Complex but very useful thoughts
on Cold War progressives, CIA funding and the divisiveness today.
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Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
This is a danger to us all.
This is a danger to us all.
Enough is enough.
Tell Congress to put a stop to these illegal and immoral strikes at aclu.org/stop-boat-strikes-
Tell Congress to put a stop to these illegal and immoral strikes at aclu.org/stop-boat-strikes-
September 2, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Remember: no judge or jury has found these boats were trafficking drugs. We're simply taking Trump's word for it.
This is a danger to us all.
This is a danger to us all.
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It's explosive.
It's also completely predictable.
To see Reform say on camera that Electoral Commission is useless and toothless wasn't shocking... it's plain to see.
It's also completely predictable.
To see Reform say on camera that Electoral Commission is useless and toothless wasn't shocking... it's plain to see.
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
channel4news.substack.com
September 3, 2026 at 8:14 PM
It's explosive.
It's also completely predictable.
To see Reform say on camera that Electoral Commission is useless and toothless wasn't shocking... it's plain to see.
It's also completely predictable.
To see Reform say on camera that Electoral Commission is useless and toothless wasn't shocking... it's plain to see.
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I think it's worth noting that nothing is being done now. Johnson has kept congress home for most of the year over the Epstien files. The two year average is 284 stand alone bills passed. This congress has passed 38....they hold all 3 branches. These are not serious people.
September 3, 2026 at 3:39 PM
I think it's worth noting that nothing is being done now. Johnson has kept congress home for most of the year over the Epstien files. The two year average is 284 stand alone bills passed. This congress has passed 38....they hold all 3 branches. These are not serious people.
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American workers are taking home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar.
Why? This chart has the answer.
Why? This chart has the answer.
September 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM
American workers are taking home their smallest share of the nation's wealth since 1947 — even as corporate profits soar.
Why? This chart has the answer.
Why? This chart has the answer.
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The life of Eliza Ogilvy opens up rabbit holes I sometimes run down gratefully. This is a deep one, concerning the granddaughters of the Congress leader Dadabhai Naoroji and their leading role in the Indian liberation movement in Mumbai in the 1920s and ‘30s. eaho.substack.com/p/the-captai...
The Captain sisters in Bombay, organising women's resistance to British rule in India
Dadabhai Naoroji paid for his granddaughters to have the very best education at Oxford & the Sorbonne; they used it wisely, to lead the women's Satyagraha movement and the boycott campaign in Bombay.
eaho.substack.com
August 19, 2026 at 4:29 PM
The life of Eliza Ogilvy opens up rabbit holes I sometimes run down gratefully. This is a deep one, concerning the granddaughters of the Congress leader Dadabhai Naoroji and their leading role in the Indian liberation movement in Mumbai in the 1920s and ‘30s. eaho.substack.com/p/the-captai...
The killing of a black man
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin... Terrifying and saddening analysis of the orchestrated campaign against Dr. Jason Arday.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin... Terrifying and saddening analysis of the orchestrated campaign against Dr. Jason Arday.
The killing of a black man
A French researcher exposes the network of “race realists” who hunted Jason Arday like prey and the media who fell into their trap
broligarchy.substack.com
September 3, 2026 at 10:10 AM
The killing of a black man
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin... Terrifying and saddening analysis of the orchestrated campaign against Dr. Jason Arday.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-killin... Terrifying and saddening analysis of the orchestrated campaign against Dr. Jason Arday.
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""Everyone can’t be Dolly, and I don’t think everyone should be Dolly. But everyone can be inspired by a public figure who figured out her path and used it to do so much good."
I wrote about Dolly Parton and the claim that she wasn't political.
that's obviously false. she was political. she wasn't partisan though, and ppl have trouble seeing politics outside of partisanship. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/dolly-part...
that's obviously false. she was political. she wasn't partisan though, and ppl have trouble seeing politics outside of partisanship. www.everythingishorrible.net/p/dolly-part...
Dolly Parton Was Political, But Not Partisan
Dolly was amazing. That doesn’t mean all partisanship is bad.
www.everythingishorrible.net
August 31, 2026 at 2:45 PM
""Everyone can’t be Dolly, and I don’t think everyone should be Dolly. But everyone can be inspired by a public figure who figured out her path and used it to do so much good."
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This week's post: Media regulation is partly about protecting individuals and groups from powerful organisations and the wealthy, but it is also about protecting democracy. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/08/medi...
The imbalance of power between the media and an individual also applies to groups.
The imbalance of power between the media and an individual also applies to groups.
Media regulation is partly about protecting individuals and groups from powerful organisations and the wealthy, but it is also about protecting democracy.
Are pile-ons by the media on individuals acceptable? It depends on the individual. If it’s a politician then probably yes, in that the pol...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
August 28, 2026 at 7:51 AM
This week's post: Media regulation is partly about protecting individuals and groups from powerful organisations and the wealthy, but it is also about protecting democracy. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/08/medi...
The imbalance of power between the media and an individual also applies to groups.
The imbalance of power between the media and an individual also applies to groups.
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Y'days post: Media regulation is partly about protecting individuals and groups from powerful organisations and the wealthy, but it is also about protecting democracy. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/08/medi...
Why should newspapers be unaccountable for what they do?
Why should newspapers be unaccountable for what they do?
Media regulation is partly about protecting individuals and groups from powerful organisations and the wealthy, but it is also about protecting democracy.
Are pile-ons by the media on individuals acceptable? It depends on the individual. If it’s a politician then probably yes, in that the pol...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
August 26, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Y'days post: Media regulation is partly about protecting individuals and groups from powerful organisations and the wealthy, but it is also about protecting democracy. mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2026/08/medi...
Why should newspapers be unaccountable for what they do?
Why should newspapers be unaccountable for what they do?
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Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
August 25, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com
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THIS. Every Sociology 101 student learns this before the second midterm. Every life science major should hear this in Intro Bio and Genetics, at minimum.
How to debunk race science: There is no real "race science' because race is not a biological concept. #ScienceSky 🧪
Think about a trait like "intelligence." There is no single gene responsible for intelligence. How could there be? We don't even have a way to define "intelligence."
Think about a trait like "intelligence." There is no single gene responsible for intelligence. How could there be? We don't even have a way to define "intelligence."
August 23, 2026 at 8:34 PM
THIS. Every Sociology 101 student learns this before the second midterm. Every life science major should hear this in Intro Bio and Genetics, at minimum.
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NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
The Jason Arday Reckoning
The attempts to cover up the complicity of the UK media’s role in his death may be its sickest move yet
broligarchy.substack.com
August 22, 2026 at 8:54 AM
NEW: I can't get this story out of my head. And I know I'm not alone. The attempt to cover up the complicity of the UK media's role in Jason Arday's death may be its sickest move yet.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-jason-...
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The GOP spends billions on the war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and ICE/CBP, but they want you to think it's the National Endowment for the Arts and SNAP that are the problems.
August 21, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The GOP spends billions on the war, tax cuts for the wealthy, and ICE/CBP, but they want you to think it's the National Endowment for the Arts and SNAP that are the problems.
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Of the 33 peer reviewed and highly successful papers Jason Arday produced, only two have been challenged. They were cleared once. They will be cleared again. But of those two only 3% has been cited as problematic. So 3% of 7% of his output. Can anyone do the math that makes Arday a plagiarist?
August 21, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Of the 33 peer reviewed and highly successful papers Jason Arday produced, only two have been challenged. They were cleared once. They will be cleared again. But of those two only 3% has been cited as problematic. So 3% of 7% of his output. Can anyone do the math that makes Arday a plagiarist?
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a. tool. is. a. tool.
also, read through the replies.
also, read through the replies.
I cannot begin to count the amount of technology tools I have been told in the last 20 years that I need to teach my students how to use because they were the future.
95% of them are gone.
A tool is a tool.
95% of them are gone.
A tool is a tool.
there is no rhyme or reason to an entire “AI” department, much less an AI school. There is no curriculum, as such, because AI is not a school of thought. It has no theory, no method. It’s just a tool. Two or three courses, max, if someone is obsessed with it should suffice.
August 21, 2026 at 1:20 AM
a. tool. is. a. tool.
also, read through the replies.
also, read through the replies.
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+ 100s of 1000s, mostly children, have died because of Musk's cuts to USAID
Step 1: Donald Trump made Elon Musk an SGE which he used to cut important govt programs and reverse regulation on himself.
Step 2: None of that saved any real money.
Step 3: The GOP gave Elon a huge tax cut and cut your healthcare.
Step 4: The US' debt has skyrocketed.
Step 2: None of that saved any real money.
Step 3: The GOP gave Elon a huge tax cut and cut your healthcare.
Step 4: The US' debt has skyrocketed.
August 20, 2026 at 6:14 PM
+ 100s of 1000s, mostly children, have died because of Musk's cuts to USAID
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Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period.
Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
www.theguardian.com
August 19, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Ulez has delivered remarkable public health gains in a short period.
Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Sadiq deserves more credit than he’s had for defying Labour pressure to U-turn after Uxbridge. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
A Digital Lynching
broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-... Practical advice from Carol Cadwallader on how to support targets before it's too late.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-... Practical advice from Carol Cadwallader on how to support targets before it's too late.
A Digital Lynching
A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather
broligarchy.substack.com
August 18, 2026 at 2:06 PM
A Digital Lynching
broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-... Practical advice from Carol Cadwallader on how to support targets before it's too late.
broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-... Practical advice from Carol Cadwallader on how to support targets before it's too late.
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The hounding to death of Jason Arday should raise the importance of the qn: how can we repair our degraded public sphere? Without this, a rational politics is difficult. And yet there's little interest in the issue. Here's one I wrote earlier: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/repairing-...
Repairing the public sphere
An overlooked issue in politics is how to improve public forums.
chrisdillow.substack.com
August 17, 2026 at 8:43 AM
The hounding to death of Jason Arday should raise the importance of the qn: how can we repair our degraded public sphere? Without this, a rational politics is difficult. And yet there's little interest in the issue. Here's one I wrote earlier: chrisdillow.substack.com/p/repairing-...
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JP Morgan CEO warns UK chancellor not to hike taxes on banks, could raise £19bn.
Says it would lose jobs
From an industry that has closed bank branches, profiteered, taken bailouts, sold dud financial products, engaged in frauds, facilitated illicit financial flows.
People must prevail over banks
Says it would lose jobs
From an industry that has closed bank branches, profiteered, taken bailouts, sold dud financial products, engaged in frauds, facilitated illicit financial flows.
People must prevail over banks
JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon warns UK chancellor not to hike taxes on banks
Billionaire CEO of world’s biggest bank says any windfall tax on sector’s bumper profits could harm jobs in City
www.theguardian.com
August 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
JP Morgan CEO warns UK chancellor not to hike taxes on banks, could raise £19bn.
Says it would lose jobs
From an industry that has closed bank branches, profiteered, taken bailouts, sold dud financial products, engaged in frauds, facilitated illicit financial flows.
People must prevail over banks
Says it would lose jobs
From an industry that has closed bank branches, profiteered, taken bailouts, sold dud financial products, engaged in frauds, facilitated illicit financial flows.
People must prevail over banks
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'The request, made on July 27 by Guinea's minister of culture, Moussa Moïse Sylla, was made possible after the French Parliament passed a law in 2023 on the restitution of human remains.'
"Among the 18,000 skulls and human remains stored in the basement of the Musée de l'Homme in Paris are those of Guinean anti-colonial fighters."
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Guinea asks France to return skull of Bokar Biro, who led resistance against French colonization
Guinea is seeking to reclaim the skulls of the last ruler of the theocratic state of Fouta-Djallon and those of three of his close companions, nearly 130 years after their murder by French colonial tr...
www.lemonde.fr
August 15, 2026 at 12:47 PM
'The request, made on July 27 by Guinea's minister of culture, Moussa Moïse Sylla, was made possible after the French Parliament passed a law in 2023 on the restitution of human remains.'
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The Program of African Studies was founded by American anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits in 1948 as the first formal program on African and African Diaspora studies in American academia.
The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies is among the world's best, below some highlights.
The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies is among the world's best, below some highlights.
August 15, 2026 at 3:42 AM
The Program of African Studies was founded by American anthropologist Melville J. Herskovits in 1948 as the first formal program on African and African Diaspora studies in American academia.
The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies is among the world's best, below some highlights.
The Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies is among the world's best, below some highlights.
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Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/
August 16, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/
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Sad to hear of the passing of Sumit Sarkar, one of India’s greatest historians. It was an honor to meet him when I visited Kolkata and Delhi in 2008. He was a brilliant, gentle, altogether lovely man. The world is poorer today.
frontline.thehindu.com/other/obitua...
frontline.thehindu.com/other/obitua...
Sumit Sarkar: The Historian Who Changed Modern India
Historian Sumit Sarkar taught generations to question neat narratives, recover subaltern voices and connect class, caste and power in modern India.
frontline.thehindu.com
August 16, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Sad to hear of the passing of Sumit Sarkar, one of India’s greatest historians. It was an honor to meet him when I visited Kolkata and Delhi in 2008. He was a brilliant, gentle, altogether lovely man. The world is poorer today.
frontline.thehindu.com/other/obitua...
frontline.thehindu.com/other/obitua...