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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 2h

Adam Tooze is giving a lecture titled “Electrostates, Petrostates and the New Cold War” at 7:30 PM on Monday, October 27th at the New School in nyc

Tickets available here for $30:
www.lrb.co.uk/pages/standa...

The 2025 LRB Autumn Lecture

www.lrb.co.uk

Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 3h

might be able to squeeze this in before the opera

Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 1d

this is what will happen when Zohran becomes mayor

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 5d

Have you watched Slow Horses?

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 8d

just learned that Hitler issued an order to stop towns from renaming their squares/streets after him (because it was happening too much) and refused to accept honorary doctorates from universities (because he was getting too many)

Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 9d

started listening to Richard J. Evans’ most recent book this evening

Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 9d

started listening to Richard J. Evans’ most recent book this evening

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 9d

Concerned

Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 10d

lol

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 13d

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by @radleybalko.bsky.social, a trailblazing investigative journalist who has been covering the drug war and the criminal justice system for more than 20 years.

theintercept.com/2025/10/01/c...

Introducing Collateral Damage

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series about the consequences of the war on drugs, reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.

theintercept.com

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 12d

Today's the big day, friends - my new book, Lost Worlds: The Rise and Fall of Human Societies from the Ice Age to the Bronze Age, is available for preorder! Smash that link and purchase from your retailer of choice, if that's the kind of thing you're into. www.harpercollins.com/products/los...

Lost Worlds

The creator of the hit podcast Tides of History offers a new look at humanity’s deep past, showing us how our world was built not by inevitability, but by t...

www.harpercollins.com

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 11d

when in doubt, blame Jimmy Carter

Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 12d

Hot take: Shutdown procedure is too complicated to understand, so people fall back on priors—Republicans hate government, Democrats like it.

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 11d

NY POST: ZOHRAN MAMDANI, A FORMER ‘GIFTED’ CHILD, CALLS FOR END OF PROGRAMS FOR GIFTED CHILDREN

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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · 13d

I missed this really thoughtful and detailed review in American Political Thought last spring. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

(PDF) Keeping the Nineties Weird

PDF | On Mar 1, 2025, Charles U. Zug published Keeping the Nineties Weird | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate

www.researchgate.net

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 13d

just a man committed to outcasting!

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 13d

creating a lot of work for yourself in attempt to shame a shameless target…sounds familiar

Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 15d

How can this app be free?

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 15d

You can disagree with how Eric Adams ran the city, but you have admit that he did more for US-Turkey relations than any previous NYC mayor.

Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 15d

You can disagree with how Eric Adams ran the City, but you have to admire his integrity and judgment

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 13d

Last night I was lucky enough to snag a second row seat for the first meeting of Professor Rashid Khalidi’s “Short Course on Palestine” at the People’s Forum.

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 18d

we’re gonna declare war against the Ottoman Empire by the end of this

Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 18d

Trump: Where do women keep Tylenol?

Staffer: I guess kitchen cabinets, bathroom vanities and associated products.

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 18d

I’d read the Atlantic essay about the surrender of American elites to an authoritarian administration if the magazine’s editor in chief wasn’t Jeffrey Goldberg

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Brad Lander @bradlander.bsky.social · 19d

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 19d

upset that he is definitely the funniest president of my lifetime

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 19d

Trump, pointing at Erdogan, the autocratic leader of Turkey:

“He knows about rigged elections better than anybody. When I was in exile, we were still friends. That’s always a good way to test the friendship.”

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 19d

The podcast American Prestige (@amprestigepod.bsky.social) is competing against some big names (Pod Save America) for best 'news & politics' show. Please consider voting for them if you think it's important to support critical perspectives on US foreign policy!

vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

The Signal Listener's Choice Award needs YOU

I just voted for this finalist to win a Signal Listener's Choice Award. You should too.

vote.signalaward.com

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 19d

same to both of you!

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Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 19d

China cleaning up our mess

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/m...

Tom Strand @tomstrand.bsky.social · 20d

if Chotiner wants a defense of liberalism he should interview @scottjshapiro.bsky.social again!

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