Justin Burch
@justinburch.bsky.social
Native of the Southern Plains. Chickasaw. Trekkie. US IR and Cold War Historian. PhD Candidate UMass Amherst.
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What Americans Die from?
And what the media reports on...
Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
And what the media reports on...
Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What Americans Die from?
And what the media reports on...
Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
And what the media reports on...
Our World in Data ourworldindata.org/does-the-new...
We have a gun problem in America. This will not be the lesson that is forced on us by those who wish to spread hate and division.
apnews.com/article/nati...
apnews.com/article/nati...
2 National Guard members shot in an ambush attack just blocks from the White House
Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital have been shot just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor described as a targeted attack.
apnews.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:41 AM
We have a gun problem in America. This will not be the lesson that is forced on us by those who wish to spread hate and division.
apnews.com/article/nati...
apnews.com/article/nati...
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"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
PA’s are effected by this also. Terrible policy. But…is anyone surprised?
A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases.
Trump administration plan to reduce access to some student loans angers nurses, health care groups | CNN
A coalition of nursing and other health care organizations are angry over a Trump administration plan that could limit access to student loans in some cases.
www.cnn.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
PA’s are effected by this also. Terrible policy. But…is anyone surprised?
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Still depressing that this isn’t THE story of his first year.
The numbers vary from study to study but hundreds of thousands of people have died because of Elon Musk and Marco Rubio illegally disbanding USAID — a body count on par with the first eight years of the Syrian civil war — In just seven months. It’s mass death that is simply unfathomable in scale.
USAID shutdown has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
The Trump administration’s decision to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths from infectious diseases and malnutrition, accord...
hsph.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Still depressing that this isn’t THE story of his first year.
“A University of Oklahoma professor of Iranian studies was detained by immigration authorities over the weekend while traveling to an academic conference in Washington, D.C.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
Iranian Studies Professor Taken Into Immigration Custody While Traveling To Academic Conference
Vahid Abedini was on his way to a Middle East Studies Association meeting when he was detained. He’s now in ICE custody.
www.huffpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“A University of Oklahoma professor of Iranian studies was detained by immigration authorities over the weekend while traveling to an academic conference in Washington, D.C.”
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/vahid-...
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Amazon’s Starlink competitor is launching with ‘world’s fastest satellite internet antenna’
Amazon’s Starlink competitor is launching with ‘world’s fastest satellite internet antenna’
Gigabit satellite internet.
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Amazon’s Starlink competitor is launching with ‘world’s fastest satellite internet antenna’
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The movie was internationally successful, Oldman was nominated for an Oscar that most people think he should've won, JLC really wanted them to do Smiley's People, Oldman REALLY wanted to do it, a script was written.... and they couldn't raise the money
In a just world, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) would have been only the first of many Le Carre adaptations along the same line… but we don’t live in a just world. 📽️
A ★★★★½ review of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
It’s always a welcome surprise when a film trusts its audience not just to follow along with a complicated plot, but to keep up with the parts of the story that aren’t entirely there, the elements tha...
boxd.it
November 23, 2025 at 4:03 AM
The movie was internationally successful, Oldman was nominated for an Oscar that most people think he should've won, JLC really wanted them to do Smiley's People, Oldman REALLY wanted to do it, a script was written.... and they couldn't raise the money
Perhaps the greatest flounce of all time.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January“
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
“Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January“
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Perhaps the greatest flounce of all time.
“Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January“
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
“Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January“
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/u...
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“ICE agents then surrounded (Superior Court Judge McBurney’s) car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.”
#BREAKING: A student intern at Rhode Island Superior Court was briefly taken into custody by ICE this afternoon before a judge intervened, 12 News has learned. Story by @jusolyn.bsky.social and @timwhiteri.bsky.social: ⤵️
RI judge intervenes after ICE mistakenly detains Superior Court intern
A teenager was nearly taken into federal immigration custody in Providence Thursday afternoon before a Superior Court judge intervened, according to the Rhode Island Judiciary.
www.wpri.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:59 PM
“ICE agents then surrounded (Superior Court Judge McBurney’s) car and demanded everyone to exit the vehicle, threatening to smash in the windows if they did not comply.”
Be like the AP. Call it a tax: “The job market has been strained by the lingering effects of high interest rates and uncertainty around Trump’s erratic campaign to slap taxes on imports from almost every country on earth. But economic growth at midyear was resilient.”
apnews.com/article/jobs...
apnews.com/article/jobs...
U.S. employers added surprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, government says in delayed report
U.S. employers added a suprisingly solid 119,000 jobs in September, the government said, issuing a key economic report that had been delayed seven weeks by the federal government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Be like the AP. Call it a tax: “The job market has been strained by the lingering effects of high interest rates and uncertainty around Trump’s erratic campaign to slap taxes on imports from almost every country on earth. But economic growth at midyear was resilient.”
apnews.com/article/jobs...
apnews.com/article/jobs...
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when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
November 20, 2025 at 12:58 AM
when I was young, i used to wonder how people like this would fare in life, as they didn't seem suited for gainful employment. it turns out, the internet allowed them to accumulate a massive audience of similar idiots, enriching them and turning them into a presidential advisor
Why is this news in any way an example that there might not be an AI bubble? Wouldn’t this be an example of rampant overspending on chips to run a product that will never see meaningful investment returns?
apnews.com/article/nvid...
apnews.com/article/nvid...
Nvidia earnings clear lofty hurdle set by analysts amid fears about an AI bubble
Nvidia’s sales of the computing chipsets powering the artificial intelligence craze surged beyond the lofty bar set by stock market analysts in a performance that may ease recent jitters about a Big T...
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Why is this news in any way an example that there might not be an AI bubble? Wouldn’t this be an example of rampant overspending on chips to run a product that will never see meaningful investment returns?
apnews.com/article/nvid...
apnews.com/article/nvid...
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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The trouble is, we have a huge number of sources from Washington saying the opposite. American soldiers preferred firing at longer ranges: you can see this in Washington's wartime writings: 4/16
November 19, 2025 at 12:40 AM
The trouble is, we have a huge number of sources from Washington saying the opposite. American soldiers preferred firing at longer ranges: you can see this in Washington's wartime writings: 4/16
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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Just a reminder that any of us would be fired in a heartbeat if we did this.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
people.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just a reminder that any of us would be fired in a heartbeat if we did this.
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
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ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Native American woman nearly deported after Polk County Jail issues ICE detainer by mistake
A Native American woman from Arizona was nearly deported by federal immigration officials after a clerical error at the Polk County Jail. The woman's family had to scramble to prove she was Indigenous...
www.iowapublicradio.org
November 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
ICE abducted Leticia Jacobo and tried to deport her, she is Native American.
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
Polk County Sheriff’s Office, which held her for ICE, admitted that it was a ‘clerical error’.
Her family fought through layers of bureaucracy to stop her from being disappeared.
www.iowapublicradio.org/ipr-news/202...
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Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content - Oklahoma Watch
The Trump administration removed a congressionally mandated report on missing and murdered Native Americans from the DOJ website, citing compliance with an executive order against DEI. Senators who ch...
oklahomawatch.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Jaw dropped. Trump Administration Removes Report on Missing and Murdered Native Americans, Calling It DEI Content
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Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.
Indiana Professor Removed From Class Over White Supremacy Lesson
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Indiana University, which has now been subordinated to the direct control of the Indiana GOP, announces that criticism of the MAGA movement and doctrines of the GOP is forbidden. An instructor is dismissed for speaking critical words about the MAGA movement.