Looks like I’m a historian. Senior Lecturer at UWestminster: wrote a book about the memory of colonialism in Britain and France, and another one about the pitfalls of memory politics in post-WWII Europe. Dogs are better.https://bsky.app/profile/ilotem.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilotem.bsky.social/post/3ml5q5fkxfc2pAt last a thread that made me think rather than just react with pure outrage at something/someone/anything. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:ispawcpqv2slzm3x2hv3ld6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5q5fkxfc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ilotem.bsky.social/post/3mjfkwvddrk2vYesterday I was trying to understand the Hungarian election system and didn’t get very far. But looking at this possible scenario, I can only imagine someone is looking at our election system with the same sense of puzzlement. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:ispawcpqv2slzm3x2hv3ld6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfkwvddrk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilotem.bsky.social/post/3mjacydbpxc2bThis is something I’ve been trying to articulate (nicely) for a while, so it’s good someone else managed to do it for me…! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 17:04 +0000at://did:plc:ispawcpqv2slzm3x2hv3ld6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjacydbpxc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilotem.bsky.social/post/3mizb5x3l7s2jMost of what I’ve been doing since my surgery was… listening to podcasts that just kept on raising my anxiety levels. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 21:42 +0000at://did:plc:ispawcpqv2slzm3x2hv3ld6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mizb5x3l7s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilotem.bsky.social/post/3mijkfn7wnk2kThe one time I dealt with the Strait of Hormuz in any meaningful way was with a group of 12 year olds, and I think that experience has been back on my mind over the last few weeks. 🧵02 Apr 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:ispawcpqv2slzm3x2hv3ld6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mijkfn7wnk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ilotem.bsky.social/post/3mihkahoiss2dNext year in a better world01 Apr 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:ispawcpqv2slzm3x2hv3ld6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihkahoiss2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilotem.bsky.social/post/3migrmvx7i22vHere’s a sign to tap next time a clever analyst treats the current American administration as if one needed to approach it through the most complex and clever acts of kremlinology. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:ispawcpqv2slzm3x2hv3ld6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3migrmvx7i22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ilotem.bsky.social/post/3mhvsap5xwk2gFollowing my grandmother’s advice, who used to say she only made pierogi when she wanted the world to stop. I thought I’d give it a try.25 Mar 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:ispawcpqv2slzm3x2hv3ld6t/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvsap5xwk2g