Markus Sam Merin
@markussammerin.bsky.social
PhD Candidate, UMich History. Studying the death of Italian Communism. I saw a werewolf drinking a piña colada at Trader Vick's. His hair was perfect. 🕎
Died 1984. Born 1991.
Welcome back Enrico Berlinguer
Welcome back Enrico Berlinguer
November 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Died 1984. Born 1991.
Welcome back Enrico Berlinguer
Welcome back Enrico Berlinguer
Similar feeling to referring to Capital as Das Kapital, only even weirder, you know like
November 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Similar feeling to referring to Capital as Das Kapital, only even weirder, you know like
What did we do to deserve all of this?
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
What did we do to deserve all of this?
I'd really like someone to try and explain why ~2015-2020 was such a golden age of indie games that I don't think we've seen anything like before or since
October 31, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I'd really like someone to try and explain why ~2015-2020 was such a golden age of indie games that I don't think we've seen anything like before or since
Synagogue of Modena
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Synagogue of Modena
My girlfriend who is a clinical psychologist is currently reading contemporary psychoanalytic critical theory for the first time and
September 13, 2025 at 7:52 PM
My girlfriend who is a clinical psychologist is currently reading contemporary psychoanalytic critical theory for the first time and
Finding a folder on your friend's desktop titled "immaturity and blameworthiness of the Italian people" and it's just thousands upon thousands of photos of you
September 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Finding a folder on your friend's desktop titled "immaturity and blameworthiness of the Italian people" and it's just thousands upon thousands of photos of you
Picked up a couple novels to keep me occupied during this long research trip in Italy and somehow I missed that Cary Grant is a main character in Wu Mimg's Cold War spy novel 54
September 3, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Picked up a couple novels to keep me occupied during this long research trip in Italy and somehow I missed that Cary Grant is a main character in Wu Mimg's Cold War spy novel 54
Gramsci writing to his mother in prison: "I am always curious like a ferret, and I value even small things"
July 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Gramsci writing to his mother in prison: "I am always curious like a ferret, and I value even small things"
I'm speechless-
June 26, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I'm speechless-
@keanuheydari.bsky.social should move apartments more often so I can keep taking books off of his hands
June 15, 2025 at 7:30 PM
@keanuheydari.bsky.social should move apartments more often so I can keep taking books off of his hands
How it feels watching the Sex and the City revival series
June 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
How it feels watching the Sex and the City revival series
"Over and over, Terni's workers claim that history took a wrong turn at crucial moments. The past could have been different--and therefore, so can the future."
Alessandro Portelli, "Biography of an Industrial Town."
Alessandro Portelli, "Biography of an Industrial Town."
June 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
"Over and over, Terni's workers claim that history took a wrong turn at crucial moments. The past could have been different--and therefore, so can the future."
Alessandro Portelli, "Biography of an Industrial Town."
Alessandro Portelli, "Biography of an Industrial Town."
When things are fine
April 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
When things are fine
Local PCI politician Giannetto Magnanini speaking of his youth in fascist-era Reggio. "During recess an older boy named Montanari said to me "if you have courage, go under the wall and scream 'Long Live Lenin!' which i did without consequence. All I understood was that it was a forbidden action"
March 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Local PCI politician Giannetto Magnanini speaking of his youth in fascist-era Reggio. "During recess an older boy named Montanari said to me "if you have courage, go under the wall and scream 'Long Live Lenin!' which i did without consequence. All I understood was that it was a forbidden action"
Grading midterms today and the students had to write an image ID of Grosz's 'Pillars of Society'. The number of times this morning I've read some version of the sentence "The Social Democrat has shit for brains" astounds me
March 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Grading midterms today and the students had to write an image ID of Grosz's 'Pillars of Society'. The number of times this morning I've read some version of the sentence "The Social Democrat has shit for brains" astounds me
Ridiculous new austerity-based power grab at the University of Michigan by President Santa Ono, giving himself personal control over all hiring
February 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Ridiculous new austerity-based power grab at the University of Michigan by President Santa Ono, giving himself personal control over all hiring
Past month at the campus gym I keep hearing business school students talking about not getting any job offers and how limited prospects are. Good thing the University of Michigan isn't doing anything foolish, like, say, building a second Ross Business School in Los Angeles for some reason
February 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Past month at the campus gym I keep hearing business school students talking about not getting any job offers and how limited prospects are. Good thing the University of Michigan isn't doing anything foolish, like, say, building a second Ross Business School in Los Angeles for some reason
I feel like if the real-life Cold War had a Civ VI victory screen, it could have been the 1993 Total Balalaika Show, where a Finnish comedy rock band collaborated with the actual Red Army Choir to cover Sweet Home Alabama
February 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I feel like if the real-life Cold War had a Civ VI victory screen, it could have been the 1993 Total Balalaika Show, where a Finnish comedy rock band collaborated with the actual Red Army Choir to cover Sweet Home Alabama
She's helping me with my dissertation
February 14, 2025 at 12:57 PM
She's helping me with my dissertation
To me, a song is good when it ends citing Cold War-era election statistics
February 11, 2025 at 1:31 PM
To me, a song is good when it ends citing Cold War-era election statistics
How it feels applying to grants under the current administration
January 31, 2025 at 7:28 PM
How it feels applying to grants under the current administration
Is this the institutional reason why the inside of every building looks boring as shit now?
Re-open the schools
Re-open the schools
January 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Is this the institutional reason why the inside of every building looks boring as shit now?
Re-open the schools
Re-open the schools
A student wrote about the TRPF in the 70's in his final assignment of the semester
December 9, 2024 at 3:57 AM
A student wrote about the TRPF in the 70's in his final assignment of the semester