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Virginia Sapiro
@vsapiro.bsky.social
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Retired political scientist in NH & Boston who still scholars. Also making believe I'm a historian, farmer, cook, baker. I do love democracy, knowing stuff, looking at art, listening to music. Current research: history of higher education in the U.S. .. more

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Virginia Sapiro is an American political scientist and political psychologist.

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Political science 63%
Sociology 10%
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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 5h
Exactly.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 5h
This is what the U.S. government is now, apparently.

vsapiro.bsky.social
Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 14h
So interesting.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 17h
Kind of depends, right? Imagine someone French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, etc etc wanting to eat like that.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 20h
My alma mater could look better.
a blue and yellow letter m is on a yellow background
ALT: a blue and yellow letter m is on a yellow background
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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 20h
So gross.

Reposted by Marina Costa Lobo, Virginia Sapiro

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23h
Breaking news: Tom Stoppard, the Czech-born British playwright whose intellectually daring and verbally dazzling works became some of the most acclaimed and frequently staged of the past half-century, has died at 88.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of electric verve, dies at 88
His intellectually challenging and verbally dazzling works, including “Arcadia” and “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” were among the most acclaimed and oft-performed plays of the last half-cen...
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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 23h
Such a wonderful playwright.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 23h
Breaking news: Tom Stoppard, the Czech-born British playwright whose intellectually daring and verbally dazzling works became some of the most acclaimed and frequently staged of the past half-century, has died at 88.
Tom Stoppard, playwright of electric verve, dies at 88
His intellectually challenging and verbally dazzling works, including “Arcadia” and “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead,” were among the most acclaimed and oft-performed plays of the last half-cen...
wapo.st

vsapiro.bsky.social
Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d
(6) At the end I felt so profoundly sad about where we are now, what the current regime has accomplished. How fundamentally is it broken? How much of what has been our best is now past? Only time and the dedication of the people (dare I say patriots?) will tell. No Kings. Or dictators.(5/5)

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d
(4) A successful revolution in terms of winning the peace treaty is far from the same thing as the terms of settling down to being a governed nation. Pretty amazing it worked as well as it did. And (5) It reinforced for me the room they created for generation to attempt a MORE perfect Union. (4/5)

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d
(3) Fascinated by the emphasis on the mission of American empire above & beyond the mission of independence. Related to: (4) The doc brought home how fundamental the position and actions of African descendants and Native Americans were in so many aspects of the Revolution and its finale. (3/5)

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d
(2) With such large diffs across colonies (this doc barely touched on what those were) it is amazing how they began to coordinate, give mutual aid, eventually knit together as a country. But of course that was never complete; ID as part of a nation rather than federation was/is very uneven. (2/5)

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d
Finished "The American Revolution." Have read lots before, but what struck me for the first time: (1) I never understood what a civil war this was. I knew there were "Patriots" and "Loyalists"/"Tories", but this was a major dispute/war among both settler populations and native populations. (1/5)

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Meanwhile in Ukraine @meanwhileua.bsky.social · 1d
“Mr. Trump, I’m from Donbas — why should I give my home and my region to Russia? Donbas is Ukraine.”

A Ukrainian soldier from Donetsk wrote this on a ruined wall. This isn’t politics; it’s a life tied to a street, a graveyard, a school.👇

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro

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Mr. Spock 🖖 @spockresists.bsky.social · 1d
In the modern history of the USA, no President has ever cancelled the GDP and jobs report.

Like ever.

The data delays are about the true state of the economy, at a time when Trump continues to highlight strong growth while concerns over affordability and unemployment persist.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d
No respect for Northwestern.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d
Extortion.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 1d
He’s terrible enough as it is. If we were really at war it would be terrifying to have him where he is. Poor guy thinks he has to prove our « manliness » which he defines in appalling terms.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 2d
She was here first.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 2d
Nice work
thefarce.org 🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 2d
Looks like TikTok is just never going to approve this video. There is no negotiating with or trusting any platform ever.
thefarce.org 🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 4d
Trump's denigration of women is part of the authoritarian playbook.

Andrea Pitzer looks at why it has worked and how to stop it.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 2d
Cranberry tart with rum & orange liqueur cream and chocolate. Served after a Cantonese marinated duck roasted with Brussels sprouts, chestnuts, dried cherries and clementine slices.
Pie . Topped with cranberries with pastry cream peaking out.

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Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 2d
The US is also what rampant populist authoritarianism looks like

If you fear state retribution for criticising the state, you are not in a free democracy.

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro

thefarce.org
🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 2d
Looks like TikTok is just never going to approve this video. There is no negotiating with or trusting any platform ever.
thefarce.org 🗽LOLGOP🗽 @thefarce.org · 4d
Trump's denigration of women is part of the authoritarian playbook.

Andrea Pitzer looks at why it has worked and how to stop it.
Quiet, Piggy
YouTube video by Degenerate Art by Andrea Pitzer
www.youtube.com

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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 2d
Ask yourself why there wasn’t this level of wall to wall coverage for this shooting wgme.com/news/local/i...
ICE agent who shot woman in Chicago drove Border Patrol vehicle back to Maine
An unnamed ICE agent, who shot and injured a woman in Chicago, is now back in Maine after driving the Border Patrol vehicle he was in 1,100 miles.
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vsapiro.bsky.social
Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 2d
George Washington. Or Benedict Arnold. Or Abigail Adams. Probably not Gen. Burgoyne.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 2d
Interesting to spend Thanksgiving evening watching the American Revolution.

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro

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Frank Figliuzzi @frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social · 2d
20 year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom has died from her gunshot wounds. May she rest in peace.

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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 2d
And she shouldn’t have been there.

Reposted by Virginia Sapiro

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 2d
The only video I can think of to share at this portion of family Thanksgiving is Connor O'Malley -- Restart The Irish Mob. Sometimes it's better to say nothing and contribute in other ways youtu.be/oYLxkGz00d0?...
Irish Mob
YouTube video by Conner O'Malley
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Virginia Sapiro @vsapiro.bsky.social · 2d
I guess you could say I've been a Michigan fan for some time now. (And raised not to be fond of THE Ohio State.)
A baby on a blanket with a sweatshirt that says Michigan 19??