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Pavel Yakovlevich

@pavellawrence.bsky.social

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Interests: Mali, cognitive dissonance, Nagorny Karabakh, 1619, piñatas, that sad montage in Up, Владислав Юрьевич Сурков, Shelburne Farms, truthiness, music as a weapon, Just Transition, Terry Gross, Open Space Technology, Molly

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · Jan 30

Don’t post anything online when you’re angry or upset.

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 18h

'Fela Kuti: Fear No Man' podcast explores icon's music and fight against oppression

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 18h

That feeling when your all time favourite podcast by Jad Amurad makes a new series about your all time favourite artist! open.spotify.com/episode/2uDJ...

Jad Abumrad’s new show - Fela Kuti: Fear No Man

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 4d

How did I miss this clear voice on Substack? @lexi-reese.bsky.social explains what’s happening right before your eyes. open.substack.com/pub/lexirees...

The Art of Surrender

Big Tech kneels. Democracy pays.

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 4d

Didn’t love QAA fighting Pod Save, but covered here too. bsky.app/profile/ramo...

Ramona Ridgewell @ramonaridgewell.bsky.social · 6d

This interview with Ken Klippenstein sums things up in a clear, concise way. Worth a listen.

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Trump Designates "Anti-Americans, Anti-Christians, Anti-Capitalists" as Terrorists

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 4d

Just renewing my subscription to QAA. open.spotify.com/episode/2llB...

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 4d

Serious details. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...

What Trump designating ‘antifa’ a terrorist organization means

The seeds of what Trump is doing were planted and nurtured by presidents of both parties during the “war on terror.”

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 4d

Lucky @theonion.com has covered this. theonion.com/what-to-know...

What To Know About NSPM-7

On Sept. 25, President Trump issued a directive called National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 in which “anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, and anti-Christianity” were described as “common threads...

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 6d

Not a single word of what this man says is based in reality. #nokings www.nokings.org/about-nk

ABOUT — No Kings

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 6d

To be watched in conjunction with great interview between @mollyjongfast.bsky.social and @bencollins.bsky.social.

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Sam Seder & Ben Collins

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 8d

USAID "cuts"? You mean the senseless and total cessation of a Congressionally mandated programmes by Musk-led kids who couldn't tell you anything about Zambia?

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 10d

And if you mix it with people your favourite artists, it’s not toxic social media! vm.tiktok.com/ZNdtcYCV6/

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 10d

Best antidote to Trump lies is historical literacy with @theresthistory.bsky.social. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdtvTyJB/

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 10d

I didn’t know @jamellebouie.net was on TikTok, so thanks @onthemedia.bsky.social! vm.tiktok.com/ZNdtvmy5S/

TikTok - Make Your Day

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 10d

Can’t wait to read this new book by @juliaioffe.bsky.social. vm.tiktok.com/ZNdtvq2Dy/

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 10d

I think TikTok has incredible potential when you follow the right people. Here’s a thread of accounts that I love…

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 11d

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How Russell Vought Broke the U.S. Government

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 12d

Turkmenbashi vibes.

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 13d

Sliver of hope #russvought is becoming better known. Roll him out to defend his actions.

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 14d

Brilliant summary by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...?

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Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social · 18d

This is a demonstration of how powerful the right wing misinformation machine is. They take a phrase or a word some Democrat said, attach the worst possible interpretation to it, and repeat their view of it THOUSANDS of times until even liberals remember it the way conservatives want them to.

Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 18d

I’ve heard Ezra now twice take one part of Hilary Clinton’s “deplorables” speech, without mentioning the rest of it, which does exactly what Ezra calls for Dems to do. I recognize that we have a politics of sound bits, but in full context the speech hits differently than he suggests.

If we want to talk about writing them off, let’s start here. I’ve been obsessing, for a piece I’ve been writing, about the Hilary Clinton “deplorable comment. I want to play it.

The other basket-and I know this because I friends from all over America here—I see friends from Florida and Georgia and South Carolina and Texas—as we as, you know, people who feel that the government has let them down, the economy has let them down, nobody cares about them, nobody worries about what happened to their lives and their futures, and they’re just desperate for change. It doesn’t really even matter where it coms from. They don’t buy everything he says, but he seems to hold out some hope that their lives will be different….Those are people we have to understand and empathize with as well.

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Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 18d

..and read Dark Money, which is remarkably illuminating in the development of this story. www.nytimes.com/2016/01/13/b...

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 18d

Everyone should look at what the Open Society Foundation actually has done for decades... www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/o...

History of the Open Society Foundations

Since George Soros began his philanthropy in 1979, we've been working to advance freedom, justice and human rights worldwide.

www.opensocietyfoundations.org

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 18d

Having worked with the @open-society.bsky.social in the 90s and 2000s, I have always been incredibly impressed with their sense of purpose. It shocks me how little people know about the activities and the longevity of work.
www.opensocietyfoundations.org/who-we-are/o...

Pavel Yakovlevich @pavellawrence.bsky.social · 19d

...on Sunstein's new book. mitpress.mit.edu/978026204977...

On Liberalism

More than at any time since World War II, liberalism is under pressure, even siege. On the right, some have given up on liberalism. They hold it responsible ...

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