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@kpanyc.bsky.social
Professor of Russian & Soviet History at Queens College, CUNY. Author of The Essential Guide to Writing History Essays and An Ordinary Marriage: The World of a Gentry Family in Provincial Russia. Knitter & spinner. antoshki.com
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Sure looks like Karoline Leavitt had her nephew's mother deported right before Thanksgiving as a favor to her brother.
November 26, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Sure looks like Karoline Leavitt had her nephew's mother deported right before Thanksgiving as a favor to her brother.
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The only response is, "So you're saying service members SHOULD comply with illegal orders?"
November 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
The only response is, "So you're saying service members SHOULD comply with illegal orders?"
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Real power is being able to cut them off from their revenue stream.
What is the latest Black Friday boycott – and will it work?
While others scramble for deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday, activists hope to leverage shopping behavior for societal change
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Real power is being able to cut them off from their revenue stream.
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If you post about AI and don’t specify that you’re actually referring to machine learning or expert systems, we are all going to assume you mean LLMs and generative AI because that is incessantly marketed to everyone.
The responses when you praise AI without being specific are on you.
The responses when you praise AI without being specific are on you.
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If you post about AI and don’t specify that you’re actually referring to machine learning or expert systems, we are all going to assume you mean LLMs and generative AI because that is incessantly marketed to everyone.
The responses when you praise AI without being specific are on you.
The responses when you praise AI without being specific are on you.
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
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Historians of recent US -- insightful piece about late-20th and an exemplar article for how academic historians can write as pop intellectuals.
Pop culture of massive chart hit + scholarly analysis + vernacular vocab and syntax = smart pop history nugget
@cliocontemporary.bsky.social
Pop culture of massive chart hit + scholarly analysis + vernacular vocab and syntax = smart pop history nugget
@cliocontemporary.bsky.social
What the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald Can Teach Us Fifty Years Later
Fifty years ago the ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a Lake Superior storm. But more than the “gales of November” wrecked the Fitz. The ship was also the casualty of a globalizing neoliberal…
clioandthecontemporary.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Historians of recent US -- insightful piece about late-20th and an exemplar article for how academic historians can write as pop intellectuals.
Pop culture of massive chart hit + scholarly analysis + vernacular vocab and syntax = smart pop history nugget
@cliocontemporary.bsky.social
Pop culture of massive chart hit + scholarly analysis + vernacular vocab and syntax = smart pop history nugget
@cliocontemporary.bsky.social
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I am on vacation this week and I forgot how much stuff is happening all the time while I'm at work that I usually never hear about, even being on this site. I keep thinking it would be great to have a big digest of it all every night. We could call it the news. Maybe even put it in a paper.
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I am on vacation this week and I forgot how much stuff is happening all the time while I'm at work that I usually never hear about, even being on this site. I keep thinking it would be great to have a big digest of it all every night. We could call it the news. Maybe even put it in a paper.
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People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
Turns out Mamdani's controversial proposal for government-run supermarkets isn't so novel. Other cities also are toying with the idea to bring fresh, affordable food to communities that do not have easy access to it. Good WSJ read (gift link)
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
www.wsj.com/real-estate/...
Inside Atlanta’s First Government-Funded Supermarket
The goal is for the store to become profitable without any government subsidy within three years.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:53 PM
People need food. Market won’t provide it. Government should. It’s literally the whole point.
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I would not personally trust my book to a press whose founder is saying it’s okay to pirate books
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I would not personally trust my book to a press whose founder is saying it’s okay to pirate books
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If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
November 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
If you’re wondering who’s guiding our transition, it’s the best New Yorkers that money can’t buy.
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From the new HBO documentary Thoughts & Prayers that looks into the impact of the $3 billion active shooter preparedness industry on schools and communities.
If you're not American/don't live in the US, I'm asking you to please not comment.
If you're not American/don't live in the US, I'm asking you to please not comment.
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 AM
From the new HBO documentary Thoughts & Prayers that looks into the impact of the $3 billion active shooter preparedness industry on schools and communities.
If you're not American/don't live in the US, I'm asking you to please not comment.
If you're not American/don't live in the US, I'm asking you to please not comment.
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Economy data point: Someone intentionally drove directly at my vehicle as if trying to cause a head-on collision in the Costco parking lot.
November 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Economy data point: Someone intentionally drove directly at my vehicle as if trying to cause a head-on collision in the Costco parking lot.
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I'm sure the acting in This Is Going to Hurt (newly on US Netflix) is good as reputed but I don't know, as someone who almost died with my mother at birth from eclampsia not sure I want to see "male doctor decides woman suffering it is hypochondriacal, sends her home with no tests" as entertainment.
November 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I'm sure the acting in This Is Going to Hurt (newly on US Netflix) is good as reputed but I don't know, as someone who almost died with my mother at birth from eclampsia not sure I want to see "male doctor decides woman suffering it is hypochondriacal, sends her home with no tests" as entertainment.
It would be funny if they release the Epstein files on Thursday morning, thinking they won't be noticed, but it turns out to unify families (in horror) around the country for the first time since 2008.
November 25, 2025 at 11:42 PM
It would be funny if they release the Epstein files on Thursday morning, thinking they won't be noticed, but it turns out to unify families (in horror) around the country for the first time since 2008.
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If you’re listening to RFK Jr. on vaccine advice for your children, you’re not competent enough to have children
November 25, 2025 at 12:05 AM
If you’re listening to RFK Jr. on vaccine advice for your children, you’re not competent enough to have children
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In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
Why We Are Better Off Than a Century Ago
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
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A fascinating discussion with @milleridriss.bsky.social on ABC Radio National Breakfast this morning. If you enjoy this discussion, see Cynthia speak in-person at Gleebooks in Sydney this Friday (28 Nov)! Listen here:
'It's a major predictor': New book explores link between misogyny and violent extremism - ABC listen
Gender, misogyny and extremist violence are inextricably linked, according to a new book by renowned extremism expert Cynthia Miller-Idriss. She's currently visiting Australia to promote her book Man…
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 PM
A fascinating discussion with @milleridriss.bsky.social on ABC Radio National Breakfast this morning. If you enjoy this discussion, see Cynthia speak in-person at Gleebooks in Sydney this Friday (28 Nov)! Listen here:
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I don’t want impeachment, I want all of these treasonous bastards perp walked like Cerci Lannister.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I don’t want impeachment, I want all of these treasonous bastards perp walked like Cerci Lannister.
My parents are both older but they look half his age. And they're just normal Boomers who used to smoke, don't necessarily exercise enough, etc. My mom used to go out tanning with oil on! Still nowhere near as ravaged as that man.
Strange to discover that RFK Jr born in 54 is younger than my partner who was born in 52. RFK looks much older
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
My parents are both older but they look half his age. And they're just normal Boomers who used to smoke, don't necessarily exercise enough, etc. My mom used to go out tanning with oil on! Still nowhere near as ravaged as that man.
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Maybe it’s a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Maybe it’s a bad idea to put people in charge of government who are eager for the rapture.
I guess we can say in New York that we mostly grow our own freaks.
Why is it that the most right-wing Texas Republicans are all not natives:
-George W. Bush (Connecticut)
-Chip Roy (Bethesda)
-Ted Cruz (Canada)
-Dan Patrick (Baltimore)
-George W. Bush (Connecticut)
-Chip Roy (Bethesda)
-Ted Cruz (Canada)
-Dan Patrick (Baltimore)
November 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I guess we can say in New York that we mostly grow our own freaks.
Wtf? He loses all his lawsuits. I know CEOs as a class are dumb and short-sighted, but that's just not enough to explain this.
John Kerry said he was “shocked” at how many US chief executives were frightened of Trump, and had retreated from green energy investments despite the returns to be made. Kerry said the risk of political and legal fallout in the US had deterred many leading investors and executives.
John Kerry ‘shocked’ at how many US chief executives are scared of Donald Trump
Global businesses continue to build markets and meet consumer demand, former secretary of state says
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Wtf? He loses all his lawsuits. I know CEOs as a class are dumb and short-sighted, but that's just not enough to explain this.
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Public servants, artists, cultural figures, heads of nonprofits and industry. Meet our Transition Committees:
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Public servants, artists, cultural figures, heads of nonprofits and industry. Meet our Transition Committees:
"ignoramus" is a good word for all three
I really wish we'd stop calling them climate "skeptics" or "vaccine skeptics", if you jump off a cliff we don't call you a "gravity skeptic"
November 25, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"ignoramus" is a good word for all three