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Timothy Snyder
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Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands" .. more

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Timothy David Snyder is an American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. He holds the inaugural Chair in Modern European History, supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies, at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. From 2017 to 2025 he was also the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University. .. more

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
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Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
This is necessary

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Important conversation. But the conclusion understates the case. It is not that handing Russia the huge territory that contains Ukraine’s best defenses would “not necessarily” bring peace. It is that so doing would guarantee a bloodier and longer war.
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US deal must punish Russia war crimes, says Ukraine’s Nobel peace prize winner
Oleksandra Matviichuk warns any amnesty could encourage authoritarian leaders to attack their neighbours
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Grateful to everyone I saw in Philadelphia and Cincinnati and to everyone who protested — and above all to those who organize day after day.
indivisible.org Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 6d
Over the last year, you could have given into anger and despair.

Instead, you’ve organized in the largest numbers this country has ever seen to reclaim the power of the pro-democracy majority.

We could not be more thankful for you and everything you’re doing to defy Trump’s agenda.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Well done Ian and Protect Democracy
ianbassin.bsky.social Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 7d
We have spent more than 1,000 years trying to separate the awesome prosecutorial powers of the state from the personal whims and vendettas of the head of state.

Trump’s actions and ideology seek to reverse those gains.

Here’s the history he’d like to reverse www.ifyoucankeepit.org/p/the-oldest...
The oldest abuse in human government
Donald Trump and the ‘king’s justice’
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
"We are seeing affirmative action for Goliath. We know that Goliath can lose. Wars are unpredictable. Russia has many problems. They could be exploited…David can win…This US administration seems to prefer a world where Goliath always wins." @ngumenyuk.bsky.social snyder.substack.com/p/what-if-tr...
What If Trump Wants Goliath to Win?
A guest essay on Ukraine from Nataliya Gumenyuk
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Genocide just as Lemkin defined it.
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Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036 - Euromaidan Press
Putin signs decree formalizing Russification of occupied Ukraine through 2036, setting 95% "Russian identity" targets for four oblasts.
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Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
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Julia Davis @juliadavisnews.bsky.social · 4d
"Gentry Beach, a college friend of Donald Trump Jr. and campaign donor to his father, has been in talks to acquire a stake in a Russian Arctic gas project if it is released from sanctions.”

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 4d
We are 3/4 of the way there. Please help if you can.
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When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
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Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
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What If Trump Wants Goliath to Win?

A guest essay on Ukraine from Nataliya Gumenyuk Note from TS: from time to time on Thinking about... we will listen to other voices on important topics. Nataliya Gumenyuk is a leading reporter on war and politics, known for her work in the Middle East and in Ukraine. Here she reflects on how we think about the Russo-Ukrainian war. The Biblical image from which she begins, of David and Goliath has pow…

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d
WHOA. Trump says he will pardon Juan Orlando Hernandez, who once said that he wanted to “shove the drugs right up the noses of the gringos.” He had people killed as part of his narco-trafficking ring, which he at times operated directly out of his presidential office.
UNIVISION Headline: Honduran president planned to shove drugs "right up the noses of the 'gringos'," according to witness in New York drug case Subhead: President Juan Orlando Hernandez allegedly sought access to a cocaine lab run by Geovanny Fuentes, an accused drug trafficker who is due to go on trial in New York in March. By: Jeff Ernst Published January 9, 2021 - 06:09 PM EST.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d
One of whom presented a Russian capitulation document as a US peace plan. That’s the headline. We need headlines that are true and not news jargon that washes out the basic facts.
washingtonpost.com The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 7d
President Donald Trump’s demand that Ukraine sign a deal by Thanksgiving appears to have softened as he leaves some of the most important details of the peace plan in the hands of his envoys, one of whom was just embroiled in a high-profile phone leak. https://wapo.st/481ZdYG
Trump steps back from Ukraine peace process, sends out envoys
Envoy Steve Witkoff, who in new phone leaks appears to have advised Russia on negotiations, heads to Moscow next week to discuss the peace plan.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d
Nice work here by @reuters.com
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Trump’s campaign of retribution: At least 470 targets and counting
A Reuters investigation documents at least 470 acts of retribution under Trump’s leadership.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d
Another outcome for which the Kremlin worked, lest we forget. Described in "Road to Unfreedom."
davidrvetter.bsky.social Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 9d
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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