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Timothy Snyder
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Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands" .. more

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Timothy David Snyder is an American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. He holds the inaugural Chair in Modern European History, supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies, at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. From 2017 to 2025 he was also the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University. .. more

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3h
Hugely useful
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A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h
Witkoff is not buying the Russian narrative. He is selling it.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h
They are aware that Russians quite literally wrote the capitulation document that some people in the White House and sadly many people in the media refer to as a peace plan.
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Congressional Republicans including Senator Mitch McConnell are openly blasting President Trump’s team of appeasing Russia, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.
Republicans Fight With Trump’s Team Over Ukraine Talks
Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers accused President Trump’s team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5h
Very happy to have spoken to @michaeldweiss.bsky.social about the problems, shall we say, of having Russians write our foreign policy. The details are being confirmed now by major outlets. Get the analysis here.
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Oligarchs and Diplomats (video with Michael Weiss)
Thinking Live episode 2
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 7h
Senator Kelly is admirable, courageous, and right.
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Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d
Congressional Republicans including Senator Mitch McConnell are openly blasting President Trump’s team of appeasing Russia, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.
Republicans Fight With Trump’s Team Over Ukraine Talks
Senator Mitch McConnell and several other lawmakers accused President Trump’s team of appeasing the Kremlin, warning that doing so would not lead to lasting peace.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
Disturbing. Incidentally @rutgerbregman.com has written some interesting books that you might want to read.
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Reith lecturer accuses BBC of cowardice for censoring his remarks on Trump
Dutch writer Rutger Bregman says claim that Trump was ‘most openly corrupt president in US history’ was removed
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
War of aggression, mass killing of civilians, and settler colonialism
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Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
From Ruins to Russian Residences
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This is not a plan for peace. It is a plan for Russian victory and Ukrainian capitulation, argues Christian Caryl.
Don’t Call This a ‘Peace Plan’
If the U.S.-Russia plan for Ukraine goes forward, Donald Trump will be remembered as the Neville Chamberlain of the 21st century.
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Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 1d
Nine out of 10 residential buildings in Mariupol were damaged or destroyed during Russia’s invasion. Now, the apartment blocks are being rebuilt – and offered for sale to Russians with low-interest mortgages. youtube.com/shorts/yxsIV...
From Ruins to Russian Residences
YouTube video by Bellingcat
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Michael Weiss @michaeldweiss.bsky.social · 1d
My chat with the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social on Ukraine and the United States. Was meant to be 30 minutes and ended up going for an hour. open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/o…

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
Illegal and shameful and just how police behave in authoritarian regimes. And also wildly unpopular and not the country Americans want.
ncrabbithole.com Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 5d
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d
Live now! Join me on Thinking Live, with @michaeldweiss.bsky.social, talking US, Russia, and Ukraine
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d
This is a hugely important story. I wrote about its consequences already in "Road to Unfreedom" and we know much more now. If we want to be a democracy we have to create structures of factuality rather than selling our future to the loudest yeller in another country.
eliothiggins.bsky.social Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 3d
Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.
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NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.

This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d
We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago begins in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
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Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d
Hegseth is now threatening to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty in order to court martial him.

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