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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · May 29

SCOOP: The State Department's new reorganization plan includes the opening of an "Office for Remigration," a term popularized by far right extremists and neo-Nazis in Europe. The office will coordinate directly with DHS "to advance the President’s immigration agenda."

My report:

State Department set to launch ‘Office of Remigration’

The concept of remigration has explicitly neo-Nazi roots and has been popularized in Europe.

www.thehandbasket.co

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 4h

To be clear:

LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.

The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.

This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.

Los Angeles County declares state of emergency over immigration raids

Los Angeles County officials voted on Tuesday to declare a state of emergency over ongoing federal immigration raids.

abcnews.go.com

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 3h

I suspect "she" is a group of Republicans not an actual individual, let alone a disgruntled Democrat. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised to learn that nothing in the text message was factual.

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 5h

Both good but #1 seems way better to me.

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 7h

No, I didn't.

Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 7h

Slimy text yesterday aimed at reducing voting. I live in deep blue Northern VA. Message allegedly from a mother who said some guy had exposed himself to her 11 yo daughter at school in Arlington. She said Dem gubernatorial candidate Spanberger's policies show she's OK with that so the mom won't vote

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 1d

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 1d

Glencourt 4-XXXX.

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Ben Yoel @benyoel.bsky.social · 1d

@liampert.bsky.social, @mattgrossmann.bsky.social, and I are thrilled to launch SenateData, a new repository pertaining to the US Senate. We have variables on facets like bills, and members, including original data on senator characteristics and an associated R package. github.com/IPPSR/Senate...

GitHub - IPPSR/SenateData: SenateData: A Functional Tool for the SenateData Dataset

SenateData: A Functional Tool for the SenateData Dataset - IPPSR/SenateData

github.com

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Filip Kovacevic @chekistmonitor.bsky.social · 1d

Who was #CIA's first penetration of Soviet intelligence?

Perhaps not who you think.

Find out in my new article on Substack. #spies #coldwar #intelhistory @socintelhist.bsky.social

Here's the link: tinyurl.com/yh46crbs

Who Was CIA's First Penetration of Soviet Intelligence?

New information on Colonel Georgy Salimanov's defection to the CIA in Germany in 1950 and his later capture by the MGB

tinyurl.com

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The Society for Intelligence History @socintelhist.bsky.social · 2d

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The story behind the spy stories: show reveals secrets of John le Carré’s craft

How author researched his plots and letters from Alec Guinness feature in Oxford exhibition

www.theguardian.com

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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · 2d

New addition

Journal article: Communicating digitally with users. Three trade-offs for intelligence organizations by Lars Haugom (published 08-10-2025)

https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2025.2565954

doi.org

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IntelArchive @intelarchive.io · 2d

New addition

Journal article: The Activities of Japanese Military Attachés Dispatched to Russia during the First World War by Wan Park (published 01-09-2025)

https://scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr/handle/2020.sw.sookmyung/162451

scholarworks.sookmyung.ac.kr

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Tony Comer @tonycomer.bsky.social · 2d

Out to lunch at a pub today and the server asked what drinks people wanted. One asked for Chardonnay and was told 'We don't have any Chardonnay but our house wine is made from the same grape'. 'OK. I'll have that then '

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 2d

I’d like this more than once if I could.

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Avishay BSG (Ben-Sasson-Gordis) @avishaybsg.bsky.social · 2d

🧵 I'm excited to share that my article "Democratic Backsliding and the Limits of Civilian Control of the Military" has been accepted @thejop.bsky.social.

It answers the question "how ought militaries act when civilian leaders turn on democratic institutions?"

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#CivMilSky #PolTheory

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 3d

Gene Tunney the boxer?

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 3d

Robert De Niro: “Now we have a would-be king — King Donald the First. Fuck that. I’m Robert De Niro and I’m asking you to stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18th”

👉👉 nokings.org

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks very much for all the great suggestions. This has been genuinely helpful.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

Make your plans for #NoKings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in. You'll see me at one of the events.
www.nokings.org

No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

www.nokings.org

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michael veale @michae.lv · 3d

Does your university have a contract with Grammarly? Write to the decision-maker asking if they think the university should be paying for a tool that is fast integrating features that can only be used for academic misconduct and cognitive offloading and request they drop the contract.

Jed Brown @jedbrown.org · Aug 18

It is not "attribution and sourcing" to generate post-hoc citations that have not been read and did not inform the student's writing. Those should be regarded as fraudulent: artifacts testifying to human actions and thought that did not occur.
www.theverge.com/news/760508/...

For help with attribution and sourcing, Grammarly is releasing a citation finder agent that automatically generates correctly formatted citations backing up claims in a piece of writing, and an expert review agent that provides personalized, topic-specific feedback.

Screenshot from Grammarly's demo of inserting a post-hoc citation.
https://www.grammarly.com/ai-agents/citation-finder

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 3d

We will NOT stand for Trump and Vought decimating our health sciences with RFK Jr's permission.

JOIN US FOR A RALLY AT HHS ON FRIDAY 10/17!

WE ARE TAKING BACK SCIENCE.

#ImpeachTheQuack
#GetOutTheVought
#TakeBackScience

Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · 6d

FIGHT FOR SCIENCE RALLY ✊🌏
⏰ WHEN: October 17th, 2025
📍WHERE: 200 Independence Ave SW, Washington DC!
RSVP to JOIN THE FIGHT IRL: zurl.co/LayiM ‼️

📲 Join us Virtually!: zurl.co/Um47l

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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 3d

EFF and 20 other organizations urge Congress: General counsels play too important of a role in the intelligence community to be appointed unilaterally. Maintain Senate confirmation and accountability for these roles. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

EFF and Other Organizations: Keep Key Intelligence Positions Senate

In a joint letter to the ranking members of the House and Senate intelligence committees, EFF has joined with 20 other organizations, including the ACLU, Brennan Center, CDT, Asian Americans

www.eff.org

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Mark Stout, Ph.D. in History, Miskatonic University @markstout.bsky.social · 4d

Microsoft infuriates me literally daily on this score.

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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 4d

When I was your age, searching for a phrase in quotes returned results for that exact phrase

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