@amannes.bsky.social
The adage “those who can do, those who can’t teach” is not universally applicable. But w/the mediocrity of my own career, it applies to me. Fortunately teaching brings its own satisfactions, just hoping my students have a fraction of the fun that I have.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:03 PM
The adage “those who can do, those who can’t teach” is not universally applicable. But w/the mediocrity of my own career, it applies to me. Fortunately teaching brings its own satisfactions, just hoping my students have a fraction of the fun that I have.
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Getting a teaching gig is what got me through the pandemic, the onset of middle-age, and leaving the formal world of work. In learning to teach, I also started to grow up or at least into myself.
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January 29, 2026 at 9:55 PM
Getting a teaching gig is what got me through the pandemic, the onset of middle-age, and leaving the formal world of work. In learning to teach, I also started to grow up or at least into myself.
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I get a little personal in this Throwback Thursday, where I share my experience and enthusiasm for teaching. This new, meaningful work, has both pushed and pulled me into an exciting new phase of my life.
Learning to Teach open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
Learning to Teach open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
Learning to Teach
Throwback Thursday
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January 29, 2026 at 6:16 PM
I get a little personal in this Throwback Thursday, where I share my experience and enthusiasm for teaching. This new, meaningful work, has both pushed and pulled me into an exciting new phase of my life.
Learning to Teach open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
Learning to Teach open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
Did you know that ICE does incredibly interesting and important law enforcement work—separate from the immigration enforcement work? Distracting them from these missions may be making us less safe!
ICE at the Winter Olympics? It's actually OK. open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
ICE at the Winter Olympics? It's actually OK. open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
January 29, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Did you know that ICE does incredibly interesting and important law enforcement work—separate from the immigration enforcement work? Distracting them from these missions may be making us less safe!
ICE at the Winter Olympics? It's actually OK. open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
ICE at the Winter Olympics? It's actually OK. open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
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If you care about things like stopping CSAM, human trafficking, smuggling, etc. you should be very very pissed that HSI is being used for deportations and if you see anyone with HSI on their gear, you should definitely ask them who’s investigating these things while they’re out in the street
The loudest calls to abolish ICE are coming from inside the agency. Having worked at DHS for almost a decade, thought I’d share some background on ICE, its various missions—and some lesser known implications of the administration’s policies.
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January 28, 2026 at 10:02 PM
If you care about things like stopping CSAM, human trafficking, smuggling, etc. you should be very very pissed that HSI is being used for deportations and if you see anyone with HSI on their gear, you should definitely ask them who’s investigating these things while they’re out in the street
The loudest calls to abolish ICE are coming from inside the agency. Having worked at DHS for almost a decade, thought I’d share some background on ICE, its various missions—and some lesser known implications of the administration’s policies.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
January 28, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The loudest calls to abolish ICE are coming from inside the agency. Having worked at DHS for almost a decade, thought I’d share some background on ICE, its various missions—and some lesser known implications of the administration’s policies.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
Maybe you saw that ICE is going to the Winter Olympics? It’s not a big deal actually—but there are unfortunate deeper implications. And what’s this pic? Well read on and learn about Homeland Security Investigations. It’s cool stuff!
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Italian ICE? It's actually OK.
An Explainer
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January 28, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Maybe you saw that ICE is going to the Winter Olympics? It’s not a big deal actually—but there are unfortunate deeper implications. And what’s this pic? Well read on and learn about Homeland Security Investigations. It’s cool stuff!
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
Still snowed in? Curl up with my analysis of the VP’s latest doings and what it says about the administration’s prospects (spoiler alert: not great!) Read to the end, where—like a toy at the bottom of the cereal box—there’s an AI policy proposal.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Still snowed in? Curl up with my analysis of the VP’s latest doings and what it says about the administration’s prospects (spoiler alert: not great!) Read to the end, where—like a toy at the bottom of the cereal box—there’s an AI policy proposal.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
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The $40 million that Bezos paid for the Melanie propaganda film would cover the cost of about 200 journalists for a year.
News: The Washington Post is preparing to slash upwards of 300 staffers, incl sports, metro and foreign desks @nataliekorach.bsky.social reports.
“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
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“The newsroom is being punished for absolute incompetence from the owner and publisher,” one staffer told @status.news
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Post Parting Depression
Looming cuts at The Washington Post threaten to decimate key coverage areas as staffers question the motives and commitment of billionaire owner Jeff Bezos.
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January 27, 2026 at 8:29 PM
The $40 million that Bezos paid for the Melanie propaganda film would cover the cost of about 200 journalists for a year.
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Republican presidents be like “you can’t have guns”
Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing.
January 27, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Republican presidents be like “you can’t have guns”
VP Vance has been busy and we’ve got TAKES! He’ll be a dad again, he’s breaking ties in the Senate, he’s yelling at Denmark. Some of what he’s been up to is pretty good. Some is kind of bad. And some is just plain ugly!
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January 27, 2026 at 5:05 PM
VP Vance has been busy and we’ve got TAKES! He’ll be a dad again, he’s breaking ties in the Senate, he’s yelling at Denmark. Some of what he’s been up to is pretty good. Some is kind of bad. And some is just plain ugly!
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Von der Leyen is loving this. 😏
January 27, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Von der Leyen is loving this. 😏
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Everything is about Race except for Race, which is about Gender.
one kind of weird aspect of this is that a relatively diverse federal agency has been sent to a very white city by white nationalists to do ethnic cleansing, where they're executing white people in the street
January 27, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Everything is about Race except for Race, which is about Gender.
For this snowy Monday, settle back with a nice long read about all the doings of our VP. There’s some good stuff—he’s going to be a dad again. But he’s also on point for a lot of unpopular policies, which isn’t so great.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly starring VP Vance
Veep in the Maelstrom
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January 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
For this snowy Monday, settle back with a nice long read about all the doings of our VP. There’s some good stuff—he’s going to be a dad again. But he’s also on point for a lot of unpopular policies, which isn’t so great.
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.
January 25, 2026 at 4:23 AM
I spent the last year writing a book about the ridiculous demands of what it means to be masculine. But a guy who takes care of people who served our country, asks a woman “are you ok?” When she is in distress and looks out for his vulnerable neighbors seems like a pretty good role model for a man.
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Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
January 25, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Protesters chanting "We're not cold, we're not afraid, Minne[apolis/sota] taught us to be brave" in Boston tonight outside Government Center station.
The Trump administration has truly done the impossible. They’ve made the NRA mad at a GOP government!
Eyes peeled for flying pigs.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Eyes peeled for flying pigs.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Gun Activists Bridle at Suggestion That Pistol Justified Killing
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January 25, 2026 at 3:23 AM
The Trump administration has truly done the impossible. They’ve made the NRA mad at a GOP government!
Eyes peeled for flying pigs.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Eyes peeled for flying pigs.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Just had an article in Foreign Policy about when VPs take over during national calamities. They usually don’t do particularly well. This post outlines the article, but adds some additional analysis.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Just had an article in Foreign Policy about when VPs take over during national calamities. They usually don’t do particularly well. This post outlines the article, but adds some additional analysis.
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I just had a fun article about when VPs take charge in Foreign Policy. As the headline says, it usually doesn’t go great. The understudies aren’t up for the main stage. But there have been surprises. Can Venezuela’s new President buck the trend?
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"Vice Presidents Usually Disappoint After Calamity Strikes"
An article by me! In Foreign Policy
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January 23, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I just had a fun article about when VPs take charge in Foreign Policy. As the headline says, it usually doesn’t go great. The understudies aren’t up for the main stage. But there have been surprises. Can Venezuela’s new President buck the trend?
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
open.substack.com/pub/aaronman...
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Used to go to church with a Japanese American WW2 vet. He was so proud of his service in Italy during the war. When he got home, he married a woman who was white, and faced persecution for it. He knew ALL about the good and the bad of this country and wouldn't have changed one thing he did.
i like how this person thinks this is an own instead of the fact that Japanese-Americans believed in America more than the fucking idiots that interned them
January 22, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Used to go to church with a Japanese American WW2 vet. He was so proud of his service in Italy during the war. When he got home, he married a woman who was white, and faced persecution for it. He knew ALL about the good and the bad of this country and wouldn't have changed one thing he did.
Bully the bully!!!!
The world learned today that you absolutely have to bully this dumb old asshole as a collective. Better late than never for them, but we better get used to being aggressively humiliated for the next few years.
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Bully the bully!!!!
For interesting lunch reading, check out my latest in @foreignpolicy looking at what happens when VPs take over in a crisis. Relevant as we look at events in Venezuela—the title says it all.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/v...
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/v...
Vice Presidents Usually Disappoint After Calamity Strikes
Delcy Rodríguez is the latest spare politician to be thrust into a top job.
foreignpolicy.com
January 21, 2026 at 5:17 PM
For interesting lunch reading, check out my latest in @foreignpolicy looking at what happens when VPs take over in a crisis. Relevant as we look at events in Venezuela—the title says it all.
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/v...
foreignpolicy.com/2026/01/21/v...
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I think a lot of Americans are unprepared for how insanely bad things will get if Trump actually goes for this, but conversely a lot of people on here are underrating how fast things will get memory holed and smoothed over if there’s a climb down
January 20, 2026 at 3:31 PM
I think a lot of Americans are unprepared for how insanely bad things will get if Trump actually goes for this, but conversely a lot of people on here are underrating how fast things will get memory holed and smoothed over if there’s a climb down
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Excited for my friend @volcanojess.com as they take over leadership of The Comedy Resistance. The organization's aim is to target swing districts to mobilize and engage with voters and fight for democracy!
Big news! I'm the new Executive Chair for The Comedy Resistance, a 501(c)4 org using comedy to mobilize and engage voters! @pattonoswalt.bsky.social & a ton of other incredible folks are part of it, so check it out & donate, sign up to volunteer, & share. 💪🗳️🌋
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January 21, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Excited for my friend @volcanojess.com as they take over leadership of The Comedy Resistance. The organization's aim is to target swing districts to mobilize and engage with voters and fight for democracy!