William Walters

My book about state secrecy is now out in paperback here bit.ly/40nOi5N. Here is a code to get 30% off and make it even cheaper! ADC23

theguardian.com/football/artic… I wonder whose face they've pinned to the dart board?

theguardian.com/world/article/… Kim: OK, Vlad, who's up for Carpool Karaoke with Evil Dictators? What's your song? Something by Pussy Riot? Putin: You are kidding, right? Sorry, boss, I don't like music. And you? NKpop? Is that even a thing? Kim: I'm thinking Born to Run. My country.

Doug Fordism! Working for whom, Esso?

bbc.com/news/uk-englan… Even if the military research record about Orford Ness is still partly sealed, this hasn't stopped the real seals moving in. In secret, of course, as the manager points out. Thanks @MarkBSalter !

Secrecy people like @Research_SPIN will be interested in Tintin Wulia's recent exhibition Tintin Wulia: Secrets. Here is the catalogue. It was an honour to contribute a short essay called "The Fabric of Secrecy" for it. rmitgallery.com/digital/all/ti…

Open access: "The deportation plane: charter flights and carceral mobilities" bit.ly/3utzIOO Thanks to @degoede9 @CorpWatchUK @ClaraLecadet @C_Parizot @aAtlasJournal @BorderCrim @tandfonline @HuuDijstelbloem for ideas, support and inspiration on this.

Joni to sing "Amelia" at her Grammy performance debut next week? Ex-US air force pilot claims he may have located lost Amelia Earhart plane theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j…

Tomorrow: Books 'n' Beer:

I get by with a little help from AI. theguardian.com/music/2023/nov…

Fulton prison blues...? (with apologies to Johnny Cash) Former US president surrenders at Fulton jail over election charges – as it happened theguardian.com/us-news/live/2…

First they came for the jerks and I did not speak out...

Attacking the team bus: never cool. But was this a case of the fans hitting the sh*t? Simeone furious after Atletico's bus attacked by Real Sociedad fans 90min.com/in/posts/diego…

Here's a sign that greeted me on a recent visit to the underground ossuaries of the Catacombs of Paris. No burgers. No selfie-sticks (well obviously). No backpacks on backs. And strictly no fiddling with the remains of the dead.

My brother @OliverWalters11 (in the blue coat) just got elected as a District Councillor in Suffolk, epicentre of the Green revolution. I only study politics, he actually does it! Greens hoping ultra-local focus will bring low-key revolution in Suffolk theguardian.com/politics/2023/…

Here is a seminar I am doing on #airdeportation on March 14th en route to #ISA2023 , thank you Anne-Marie D'Aoust for hosting!

@colinngordon1 Gummy bears in an iron cage, innit!

@WaltersWHCh Mommsen never mentions this.

Weberian jelly-babies. What next, postmodern Flakes or perhaps Butler-ian Twirls?

@mediamorphis Thanks v much, Dwayne. It was good hearing you on @CBCCrossCountry last week discussing the further concentration of Canada's telcoms. A refreshing change from all that on-the-fence-ism propagated by so many of the CBC's experts.

@smartitaz and I were delighted to interview @colinngordon1 about governmentality etc recently. Here is the French version bit.ly/3HSwAQt thanks to Philippe Chevallier's translation. The English version will appear soon here bit.ly/3X2gatl

@Thomas__Abrams Shouldn't that be "Dr Abrams..."?

Every time I go to the downtown grocery store I run into my students, and they always say the exact same thing. "Abrams, what are YOU doing here?" It's my fault, right? Their teacher?