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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · 7d

I meant to say "It was fun trying to track down..." Just noticed the incoherent verbiage :)

Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · 7d

It was trying to track down some of the source material. Had no idea about this whole thing until not too long ago

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · 7d

Wherein I write about the staging of the West Side Story in Soviet Armenia in 1963 open.substack.com/pub/artyom/p...

Chino's Gun

One must not put a loaded rifle on the stage if no one is thinking of firing it.

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Jul 15

Simple as

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East View Information Services @eastview.bsky.social · Jun 6

Are you a specialist in gender studies or Soviet history interested in women’s roles in the USSR? East View’s Soviet Woman Digital Archive (1945–1991) showcases this illustrated magazine promoting Soviet women’s achievements to global audiences. For more information www.eastview.com/resources/jo...

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East View Information Services @eastview.bsky.social · Jun 6

“This indispensable collection of articles, documents, and interviews from the Soviet and Russian press brings alive the events and emotions of one of the most tragic conflicts that brought down the USSR.” Ronald Grigor Suny, University of Michigan. Read more www.eastviewpress.com/resources/bo...

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · May 24

That’s a terrible latte art. I can do a seminar but my membership has lapsed

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · May 24

And you may say even before the start of the war

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Nate Schenkkan @nateschenkkan.bsky.social · Apr 22

1) Don’t think I’ve seen Georgia as an origin country for transnational repression before

2) Definitely have never seen Iceland as a host country

OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · Apr 22

In recent days, reports have emerged of at least two incidents in which Georgians living abroad were allegedly attacked or threatened — apparently because of their opposition to the ruling Georgian Dream party.

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Georgian Dream critics living abroad allege politically motivated attacks by fellow Georgians

At least two Georgians have claimed that incidents have occured in recent days.

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Apr 22

A plane of highly polished stainless steel in the shape of a pooling water and a 22 year old him gazing into it with a coup de coeur amazement. A recreation of the myth of Narcissus

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Apr 22

Mostly venal

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · Apr 4

This feels like the defining image from this year’s Midwest Political Science Association annual meeting.

The National Science Foundatipn paid for a booth in the exhibit hall. But the booth sits empty, because NSF has been DOGE’d, and there is no one left to send.

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Mar 31

Damn. Sorry to hear this Nate

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Mar 30

The real winners in all of this - the Amish

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Mar 22

We basically need a NATO but for eggs. Forget the nuclear umbrella, we need a mother hen!

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Feb 13

Name is Sadanand. Should change it to Madanand to match his ideas

Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Jan 29

Seeing what’s happening with the latest moves by the Trump administration is like someone brought back Yegor Gaidar from the dead and gave him an office in the West Wing

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Jan 24

What is this hell?

Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Jan 3

Man, Chat GPT is absolutely bonkers about religion in the Soviet Union. Presents Fr. Alexander Men as a KGB agent (he most certainly was not) and that The Flying Spaghetti Monster was created in the 1980s Soviet underground, (It wasn't).

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Dec 23

Nothing like an article by the former ambassador of Albania to Azerbaijan about the ancient kingdom of Caucasian Albania in the newspaper Modern Ghana. Two Albanias are unrelated. Or are related much the same way suntan oil and water are

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Dec 6

A real missed opportunity there by The Chronicle of Higher Education. A more thoughtful title would be "Her Thesis on the ‘Politics of Smell’ Raised a Stink. Here’s What She Thinks About It." You are welcome

Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Dec 5

Well I’ll be darned. You weren’t kidding :)

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Dec 5

That was super helpful :)

Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Dec 5

I like the hoodie btw. Where can I buy one?

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Artyom Tonoyan @tonoyan.bsky.social · Dec 5

A riot of inconsistencies :)

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