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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 1h

The AI surveillance state is real — and it's being built by Palantir. youtu.be/x_VwyhErd88?...

Why Palantir is America's Most Dangerous Corporation

YouTube video by Robert Reich

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Nick Turse @nickturse.bsky.social · 3h

Entire Chain of Command Could Be Held Liable for Killing Boat Strike Survivors, Sources Say

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s actions could spark investigations for war crimes or outright murder, sources told The Intercept.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 9h

Have we Reached Peak Fossil Fuels? Wind & Solar met all New Energy Demand in Q1-Q3 ’25

Ember finds that solar power-generating capacity grew Q1-Q3 '25 by an unprecedented 31% over the same three quarters in 2024

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 10h

Iran’s Capital, Tehran, Faces Zero Day without Water: Climate Change and Bad Policy

The lack of foresight to tackle Iran’s water bankruptcy problem leaves the country increasingly vulnerable to extreme climate conditions

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 10h

Rebuking U of Guelph for Cancellation of People’s Conference for Palestinian Solidarity

Grave concern about the University of Guelph’s decision to cancel the second annual People’s Conference for Palestinian Solidarity

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 18h

there's been a change of government

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 19h

the Democratic Party is so screwed

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

Fun fact — Chuck Schumer endorsed Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign in *2013*

12 years later: He leads the Senate Democrats, and his hand-picked candidate (who lost to Trump) is headlining an event for the most-read newspaper of a country committing genocide — alongside the owner, a Trump megadonor:

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

New: Hillary Clinton will be speaking at an event hosted by Israel Hayom (Israel's most read newspaper, run by Israeli-American billionaire & Trump megadonor Miriam Adelson).

She'll join John Fetterman, Eric Adams, Trump UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, Biden official Amos Hochstein, and Israeli officials

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 19h

welcome to Middle East Studies for the last few decades

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

Fun fact — Chuck Schumer endorsed Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign in *2013*

12 years later: He leads the Senate Democrats, and his hand-picked candidate (who lost to Trump) is headlining an event for the most-read newspaper of a country committing genocide — alongside the owner, a Trump megadonor:

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 19h

New: Hillary Clinton will be speaking at an event hosted by Israel Hayom (Israel's most read newspaper, run by Israeli-American billionaire & Trump megadonor Miriam Adelson).

She'll join John Fetterman, Eric Adams, Trump UN Ambassador Mike Waltz, Biden official Amos Hochstein, and Israeli officials

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 19h

fishing off the Santa Monica Pier 11/25 http://dlvr.it/TPZ7sG

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 20h

Israel’s war forces Gaza children into work as breadwinners flip.it/WngvzD

Israel’s war forces Gaza children into work as breadwinners

Children as young as eight have been pushed to work for their families’ survival, losing their education and childhood.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 20h

designated 2019 and never revoked; presumably on grounds they don't like Venezuela either (though they find it difficult to take it seriously unlike US)

Truthout @truthout.org · 20h

Texas’ massive new abortion law taking effect this week could escalate the national fight over mailing abortion pills. The law creates civil penalties for medical providers who make abortion pills available in Texas, allowing any private citizen to sue providers for a minimum penalty of $100,000.

Texas Law Seeks to Halt Telehealth Abortions. Providers Say It Won’t Stop Them.

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Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 20h

Joking aside, @jricole.bsky.social is very good on "whiteness." It's like bigots are proud to be ignorant. www.juancole.com/2025/11/nati...

Sorry, White Nationalists, Europeans were Black until the Rise of Rome, and Rome was Multiracial

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) - We live in a time when a once level-headed anti-populist politician such as J. D. Vance has increasingly adopted the language of white nationalism, signing on to the Gre...

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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 20h

If you are a chair of a department or supervise grad students, it might be important to collaborate with your colleagues on ways to strategize when a "problem essay" comes down the pike. It's one small way of protecting each other.

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 22h

US "major non-NATO allies": states:
Argentina
Australia
Bahrain
Brazil
Colombia
Egypt
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Morocco
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Thailand
Tunisia
What civilization is that?

David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Frankly, this is political pseudoscience. Postulations of intra-group unity and intergroup incommensurability are as facile and cartoonish when framed in terms of "civilisations" as they are when framed in terms of "races". Thankfully, IR as a discipline is moving on from this sort of nonsense.

Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 2d

Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 22h

thanks! 🙏

Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 22h

Israeli organisation trying to force Palestinian families out from their Jerusalem homes: Report - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-families-targeted-their-homes-report

Israeli organisation trying to force Palestinian families out from their Jerusalem homes: Report

<article data-history-node-id="432154" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-families-targeted-their-homes-report" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/palestinian-families-targeted-their-homes-report" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli organisation trying to force Palestinian families out from their Jerusalem homes: Report</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>Residents of a predominantly Palestinian neighbourhood close to the Old City of Jerusalem are facing the prospect of being forced out of their homes, according to a report in The Guardian on Monday.</p> <p>Zohair Rajabi, 55, and his extended family live in their four-storey home in Batn al-Hawa that his grandfather built on land he bought 60 years ago. </p> <p>The neighbourhood in East Jerusalem has been a target of an Israeli organisation for decades, which has been working to seize control of parts of Jerusalem after the 1967 war. </p> <p>Hundreds of Palestinians have been targeted, and some have already been forced to leave. </p> <p>Palestinians make up almost half, 40 percent, of the population of Jerusalem, according to official numbers, but unofficial numbers put the number much higher. Successive Israeli governments have been working to increase the city's Jewish population.</p> </div> </div> </article>

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Roland Klose @rwklose.bsky.social · 23h

“Whiteness and Westernness ... are a fragile reed on which to base the politics of 350 million diverse Americans, all of them ultimately descended from black people.” savageminds.substack.com/p/sorry-whit... by @jricole.bsky.social

The Tyrolean Iceman Ötzi is one of the oldest known human glacier mummies of the Copper Age kept in a cooling chamber in the Südtiroler Archäologiemuseum. Photo by Marco Samadelli-Gregor Staschitz

Rina Chandran @rinachandran.bsky.social · 1d

India’s best engineers are no longer focused just on the U.S., opting instead for emerging opportunities at home and in other countries, as the lure of the U.S. fades, writes Mehran Gul for @restofworld.org
restofworld.org/2025/india-t...

H-1B to Plan B: India’s top tech talent looks beyond the U.S.

India’s tech talent is increasingly opting for opportunities at home and in other countries, as the lure of the U.S. fades.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 1d

I was a falcon flying from this coy world;
In one fell swoop I took my prey into the heights.
Since I could find no confidante for secrets here,
I went out through the door by which I entered in - trans Juan Cole

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 2d

“Came out by the Same Door:” FitzGerald’s The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:27

This original does not question the value of the master's teaching but shows regret and nostalgia for old school days

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 1d

Black is beautiful; and European

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 2d

Sorry, White Nationalists, Europeans were Black until the Rise of Rome, and Rome was Multiracial

It wasn't until the era of the foundation of Rome, however, than any significant number of Europeans began being lighter complected.

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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 1d

Your annual reminder that the most revealing difference between Irish and Scottish Gaelic is definitely in the words for December: Mí na Nollag (Month of Christmas) in Ireland, and An Dubhlachd (the Blackness) in Scotland. So once again may I wish you all a lovely Blackness.

Regina Schrambling @gastropoda.bsky.social · 1d

Via @jricole.bsky.social, sobering look at how America is becoming Putinized (& Russia is not a pretty place). But we still have a chance. www.juancole.com/2025/12/the-...

The Putinization of America

( Tomdispatch.com ) - It’s strange so many years later, in the United States of America, to feel as if I’m living in a country threatening to become like the Russia of Vladimir Putin that I spent year...

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · 1d

Frankly, this is political pseudoscience. Postulations of intra-group unity and intergroup incommensurability are as facile and cartoonish when framed in terms of "civilisations" as they are when framed in terms of "races". Thankfully, IR as a discipline is moving on from this sort of nonsense.

Foreign Policy @foreignpolicy.com · 2d

Amid the liberal internationalist optimism of the late 1990s, Samuel Huntington foresaw a world marked by continued conflict.

Samuel Huntington Is Getting His Revenge

The idea of a global “clash of civilizations” wasn’t wrong—it was just premature.

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo XIV: “We Know Israel does not … Accept” Palestinian State, But “We see it as the only Solution”

What I like about Pope Leo's remarks is that he openly admitted that the Israeli government is die-hard opposed to a two-state solution

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 1d

The ruptured Mirror: How 7 October broke the Israeli Narrative

The Israeli narrative traditionally pivoted on moral high ground and strategic restraint. That image is now broken

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 1d

The Putinization of America

to feel as if I’m living in a country threatening to become like the Russia of Vladimir Putin

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Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 1d

on a shop floor all the other workers would walk out

Kevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 1d

JFC Oklahoma you fuckin cowards. Now every Jesus-freak right-wing student who can't get a passing grade for a bunch of bible quotes masquerading as an essay is going to file a 1st amendment complaint. You gonna suspend the whole Biology department for teaching about evolution? (Don't answer that)

gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 1d

OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:

Juan Cole @jricole.bsky.social · 1d

the shadow of Trump falls heavily across the Knives Out Trilogy in ways far future film scholars will never be able to feel viscerally

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