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Aviel Roshwald

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History Professor. Comparative study of nationalism. Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023) https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Occupied-by-Aviel-Roshwald/9781108790826 .. more

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Aviel Roshwald is an American historian and professor of history at Georgetown University.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · Oct 10

I’m a history professor focusing on 20th-century Europe, with a particular interest in the comparative history of nationalism and of responses to Nazi aggression. My most recent book is Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Camb. Univ. Press, 2023).

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 3h

The Antichrist takes the e out of hope, and leaves you with hops.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4h

According to my extensive historical and biblical research, the Antichrist will definitely put pineapple on pizza and stock my local grocery store’s beer aisle with a surplus of overly bitter IPAs. The Antichrist will also force me to circle the block more than twice to find a parking place.

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 4h

Multi billionaire conducts months of historical and theological research into the Antichrist. Discovers, shockingly, that one thing the Antichrist would definitely do is tax billionaires. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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He believes the Armageddon will be ushered in by an antichrist-type figure who cultivates a fear of existential threats such as climate change, Al and nuclear war to amass inordinate power. The idea is this figure will convince people to do everything they can to avoid something like a third world war, including accepting a one-world order charged with protecting everyone from the apocalypse that implements a complete restriction of technological progress. In his mind, this is already happening. Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: "It's become quite difficult to hide one's money."

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 4h

Good catch!

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 5h

For starters, stop electing them to office.

The Economist @economist.com · 5h

The rat problem is worsening in many cities, and not just in America. Here’s how New York beat the rodents

Rats and charts

A data-rich look at New York’s battle against rodents

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The Economist @economist.com · 5h

The rat problem is worsening in many cities, and not just in America. Here’s how New York beat the rodents

Rats and charts

A data-rich look at New York’s battle against rodents

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

Portland's famous Unipiper was spotted at the Portland ICE protest where he played his bagpipes in front of Santa, Mr. Potato Head, Garfield and more -- all while surrounded by bubbles.

More on how the tone of Portland's protests has shifted: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 7h

Isn’t there an AI out there that can fix this?

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 7h

Serving the nation = betraying Trump. There is no in-between.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 8h

really striking the degree to which not a single person working in the trump administration appears to be interested in serving the american people

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 8h

OOOPS! UPDATE: Two HHS officials tell me that disease detectives, measles response officers, global health officials and the MMWR staff were laid off by mistake and will be reinstated. But Washington office is still RIFed

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 10h

It’s not a monarchy. It’s a republic.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

"The original #NoKings protest was 250 years ago. We've had democracy since then. Now we have a would-be king who wants to take it away—King Donald the First. Fuck that. Stand up and be counted in the nationwide No Kings protest on October 18."
👉👉 nokings.org

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11h

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11h

Lots of Epidemic Intelligence Service officers ("disease detectives") gone.
In-country staff in Africa (including those helping to manage the current Ebola outbreak) are fired.

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11h

Per CDC source: At internal leadership meeting this afternoon, it was shared that 1,257 people were RIF'd at CDC. Number may not be final. Apparently, chief of staff was unaware that RIFs were going to occur so not clear who is making decisions. (Short 🧵)

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 12h

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

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John @johnlk.bsky.social · 13h

This is the fucking Prussian constitutional crisis. If you let them fund the military without Congressional authorization you've just given up on constitutional government. Congress is a dead letter.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 13h

Dadaism for the win.

Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 13h

“The Frog is ludicrous. The Frog makes no sense. The Frog is a viral symbol of resistance against the Trump regime, and the key to understanding what has happened to discourse in the second Trump presidency.” www.theverge.com/policy/79849...

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 13h

American politics has devolved into shitposting and aura farming

The Frog is owning the president.

www.theverge.com

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Mikael Thalen @mikaelthalen.bsky.social · 13h

EXCLUSIVE: A cell-site simulator, commonly referred to as an IMSI-catcher or "Stingray," may have been used at the ICE facility in Portland.

Analysis of cellular signals in the area showed phones receiving abnormal spikes in requests for their unique identifiers. san.com/cc/exclusive...

Exclusive: Fake cellphone tower likely surveilled protesters at Portland ICE facility

Law enforcement officials may have deployed a secretive cellphone surveillance technology last weekend at Portland’s ICE facility.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h

Witkoff tries to praise Netanyahu in Tel Aviv, but has a hard time finishing his thought because of booing

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 18h

The Trumpofascist administration regards federal workers as hostages.

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 1d

Just a reminder, the layoffs in govt were just done out of spite, not necessity

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 18h

A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/w...

A Memo in a Bunker, Intercepted Communications and Hamas’s Oct. 7 Plans

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TommasinaResist⚜️🇨🇦🦋🐈‍⬛🇺🇦 @tommasinaresist.bsky.social · 19h

Heads-up. Share this everywhere. ICE has created a fake "Stop Ice" app. They're trying to ensnare people to enter their information, so they can go after them.
Do NOT use stopice./org.
#USDemocracy #Voices4Victory

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

The flow of formaldehyde through his veins is like nothing you’ve ever seen.

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 1d

President Donald Trump's newly released physical results from the White House sing the praises of his health and physical fitness, and claim that he, in fact, has the heart of a man in his mid-60s, rather than late 70s.

White House says Trump's heart tested 14 years younger than his 'chronological age'

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Amphibians join humans in opposing the reptile in the White House.

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 1d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Such a classy guy.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "The person who actually got the Nobel Prize called today, called me, and said 'I'm accepting this in honor of you, because you really deserved it.' A really nice thing to do. I didn't say 'Then give it to me, though.'"

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

And the brain development of an embryonic salamander.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says reut.rs/4mZNZbu

Trump, 79, has "cardiac age" of 65-year-old, doctor says

Donald Trump was found to be in "exceptional health" in a medical evaluation, the U.S. president's doctor said in a memo released by the White House on Friday, with his "cardiac age" 14 years younger than in "chronological age."

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 1d

Presented without comment, the current scene outside Union Station in DC as I got off the train.

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