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Sara Koopman
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Feminist political geographer, peace studies prof (views my own), solidarity activist. #Colombia.
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Sara Koopman @spaceforpeace.bsky.social · Oct 17
🧵⬇️Check out the great papers in our new special issue of Geopolitics (29, 5: 2024): Making Space for Peace in Contexts of ‘Non-war’ Violence: Challenging War-Peace Binaries Through Feminist, Spatio-Temporal, & Decolonial Approaches doi.org/10.1080/1465...
Making Space for Peace in Contexts of ‘Non-war’ Violence: Challenging War-Peace Binaries Through Feminist, Spatio-Temporal, and Decolonial Approaches
Peace is often represented as a matter of time, as a political state that happens after war. This special issue contests this linear and binary view by giving an account of being and thinking betwe...
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Sara Koopman @spaceforpeace.bsky.social · 9h
huge kudos to Antipode for publishing bilingually. Let's see more of this in all of our journals!
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Sara Koopman @spaceforpeace.bsky.social · 9h
early career geogs, this is a chance of a lifetime. Attending the first one of these made a huge impact on my career. May it be as fruitful for you.
antipodeonline.bsky.social Antipode @antipodeonline.bsky.social · 9d
Announcing Antipode’s 10th Institute for the Geographies of Justice (IGJ), "Organizing and Solidarity in a Polycrisis", Toronto, 1-5 June 2026 antipodeonline.org/institute-fo... -- submit your application by 20 December 2025
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Dr. Stacey Patton @drstaceypatton.bsky.social · 8d
When a sitting president releases a video of himself defecating on the American people, that’s not “satire.” It’s a public humiliation fantasy and an erotic performance of dominance.

open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...
Donald Trump’s AI Video Is a Psychosexual Confession
This Substack is reader-supported.
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Mike Keller @realitytourist.bsky.social · 1d
The Hunger Games Begin
40 million Americans are about to lose food stamps
The pain from lost food aid will, if anything, hurt Republican voters worse than Democrats #SNAP #shutdown
paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-hunger...
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US map showing percent of households with SNAP
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Waging Nonviolence @wagingnonviolence.org · 8d
By providing a “protective presence” in the West Bank, international activists hope to deter unprecedented settler attacks.
International activists confront Israeli impunity in the West Bank
By providing a “protective presence” in the West Bank, international activists hope to deter unprecedented settler attacks.
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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 6d
"Because what we’re doing isn’t just resisting. We’re reclaiming the democracy we always should have had from those who would rule us as kings."
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We just witnessed the largest protest in US history, but this is just the start. There are now growing signs of defections and noncooperation, which will be key to reclaiming our democracy. #NoKings
What’s next after the historic No Kings protest?
We just witnessed the largest protest in US history, but this is just the start. There are growing signs of defections and noncooperation.
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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 5d
Spotify is doubling down on decision to run ICE ads ‼️

Help us spread the word to #BoycottSpotify | boycottspotify.com
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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 4d
Never forget there are so many brave people powered by love.
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Resist List @resistlist.bsky.social · 2d
Chicago kids FTW

Flyer: www.threads.com/@emily.gener...
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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 11d
The inflatable frog has gone global. Today’s #NoKings #NoTyrants rallies in Japan, Australia, Spain, and Germany.
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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.bsky.social · 11d
Checking in on my crafty spaces and

Uh

I think the normies have been activated
Tray of decorated cookies, hearts and word bubbles The hearts say no kings, the word bubbles says fuck trump Image a large sheet cookie on a white plate. It's decorated a red and blue frog with the words Ribbit. Resist. Repeat. no hope without hop Hand knit hat, a scroll pattern with the words "no kings" in the center
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Zesmerelda in Hellda @zesmerelda.bsky.social · 11d
#NoKings #YesFrogs
Ribbit. Resist. Repeat. No hope without hop frog.
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Melissa Jo Peltier @melissjpeltier.bsky.social · 2d
Excuse me…???
rightwingwatch.bsky.social Right Wing Watch @rightwingwatch.bsky.social · 2d
Rep. Eric Burlison dismisses the "No Kings" rallies by claiming that most of the protesters "are dependent in some way, shape, or form [on] the federal government": "They're not taxpayers, they're tax recipients."
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EvOutWest, tinfoil hatville @evoutwest.bsky.social · 5d
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Man arrested after playing Darth Vader's theme at National Guard troops files lawsuit
"The law might have tolerated government conduct of this sort a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away," the lawsuit reads.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 5d
Yet again, we can't afford to let LLMs become a source of epistemic grounding for society.
Largest study of its kind shows AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time – regardless of language or territory
An intensive international study was coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC
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Jay Lionel @jaylionel.bsky.social · 5d
They just murdered another six people in the Caribbean.

They didn’t even know the names of the people they just blew up.

Obviously there is no evidence of drug trafficking.

They could board the boats.

But no.

They murder people without any due process and then they celebrate their heinous acts.
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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 5d
No kings, no thrones, golden or otherwise - Yosilanti 10/18/25 http://dlvr.it/TNsV4k
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John Collins @logicallyjc.bsky.social · 6d
This is such an insane thing to say.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 6d
It's not just what Andrew Cuomo is saying—it's who's funding him.

The single largest donor to a pro-Cuomo SuperPAC is Airbnb cofounder/board member Joe Gebbia, who promotes vile and racist messages about immigrants.
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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 8d
Greg Grandin

The president’s unprecedented and lawless attacks supposedly target drug cartels, but serve a far more troubling political agenda.

The post Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree ...
Trump’s Caribbean Killing Spree
The president’s unprecedented and lawless attacks supposedly target drug cartels, but serve a far more troubling political agenda.
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Senator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 8d
ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase.

The President is building an army to attack his own country.
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God @thegodpodcast.com · 7d
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 7d
34 people killed in 50 days. Their guilt or innocence unknown, for an alleged crime that doesn't carry a death sentence. That's a lot of death.

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Known Lethal U.S. Attacks on Civilian Vessels in the Caribbean Total reported killed: 34 people Notification Date Number Reported Killed Approximate Location Notification URL September 2, 2025 11 “in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility” (later revealed as between Sucre, Venezuela and Trinidad and Tobago) View September 15, 2025 3 “in International Waters… in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility”; Colombian president claimed it was a fishing boat in Colombian waters View September 19, 2025 3 “in international waters… in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” near the Dominican Republic View October 3, 2025 4 “in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela” View October 14, 2025 6 “in International Waters… just off the Coast of Venezuela” View October 16, 2025 2; 2 reported survivors “in the Caribbean” View October 17, 2025 3 “in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility” View October 21, 2025 2 “in the Eastern Pacific” View
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Sara Koopman @spaceforpeace.bsky.social · 7d
frogs make the paradox of repression work better - it seems ludicrous and cruel to pepper spray a frog. But interesting too how it references a plague of frogs, mentioned in all three of the Abrahamic religions as a way to punish the pharaoh for arrogance and to free the people
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Senator Andy Kim @kim.senate.gov · 11d
The corrupt spending by this administration is out of control. 

$175M for private jets for the same person who has slowed down funds for disaster relief and national security. 

And during a government shutdown when millions stand to lose their healthcare. It’s shameful.
Coast Guard Buys Two Private Jets for Noem, Costing $172 Million
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