Matthew Jagel
@matthewjagel.bsky.social
Historian - US Foreign Relations, Cold War, Cambodia, Vietnam, Southeast Asia
Instructor - Aurora University; Waubonsee CC
Author - Khmer Nationalist
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769337/khmer-nationalist/#bookTabs=1
I like music.
Instructor - Aurora University; Waubonsee CC
Author - Khmer Nationalist
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769337/khmer-nationalist/#bookTabs=1
I like music.
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Matthew Jagel
@matthewjagel.bsky.social
· Jul 27
Khmer Nationalist by Matthew Jagel | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Khmer Nationalist is a political history of Cambodia from World War II until 1975, examining the central role of Sõn Ngọc Thành. It is a story of nationalistic independence movements, political...
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It is here! Covering French Colonialism, Japanese Empire, the Cold War, coup attempts, the CIA, US Diplomacy, the war in Vietnam, and more, Khmer Nationalist looks at how Cambodia navigated the post-WW2 era. CODE 09BCARD FOR 30% OFF
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Infuriating
One of the stories that makes me the saddest out of this ICE invasion is one out of the Minnesota Star Tribune today about ICE agents eating at a little Mexican restaurant in the small town of Willmar, Minn, —and then, when they were done, arresting some of the workers.
January 16, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Infuriating
Looks like a cool film about an amazing project by Jeff Ament of @pearljam.com to help indigenous communities in Montana
youtu.be/__5G3zMfVvg?...
youtu.be/__5G3zMfVvg?...
Montana Grind Official Trailer
YouTube video by Montana Grind
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January 16, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Looks like a cool film about an amazing project by Jeff Ament of @pearljam.com to help indigenous communities in Montana
youtu.be/__5G3zMfVvg?...
youtu.be/__5G3zMfVvg?...
@napalmpodcast.bsky.social finally stopped being lazy and released an episode? Woah! Sure it's old, but at least it's something! Vietnam War movie history at its best
bsky.app/profile/napa...
bsky.app/profile/napa...
Excavated from the ruins of a pre-Trump 2.0 USA, Drs Jones & @matthewjagel.bsky.social (and a live audience!) discuss fragging, haircuts, and body-bag drug smuggling as they dive deep into The Boys in Company C. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the soccer.
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Napalm in the Morning Archives: The Boys in Company C
Excavated from the ruins of a pre-Trump 2.0 America, Drs. Jones and Jagel (and a live, collaborative audience!) discuss fragging, haircuts, and body-bag drug smuggling as they dive deep into The Boys
soundcloud.com
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
@napalmpodcast.bsky.social finally stopped being lazy and released an episode? Woah! Sure it's old, but at least it's something! Vietnam War movie history at its best
bsky.app/profile/napa...
bsky.app/profile/napa...
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After posting on the White House website just yesterday that Ashli Babbit was "murdered in cold blood," the administration states that the victim of the ICE shooting in Minnesota was justifiably killed as a "domestic terrorist."
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
After posting on the White House website just yesterday that Ashli Babbit was "murdered in cold blood," the administration states that the victim of the ICE shooting in Minnesota was justifiably killed as a "domestic terrorist."
This constant economic retort to every law-breaking step the administration makes is beyond old and beyond pathetic. Will ANYONE stand up and meet the moment?
The White House is laser focused on threatening a military takeover of Greenland.
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
Where’s the same focus on lowering costs?
January 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
This constant economic retort to every law-breaking step the administration makes is beyond old and beyond pathetic. Will ANYONE stand up and meet the moment?
Been enjoying covid the past two days...it's been a few years and I forgot how much this sucks
January 5, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Been enjoying covid the past two days...it's been a few years and I forgot how much this sucks
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
New Year's night jam is #gratefuldead Hampton 1979. A bit sloppy and certainly not prime Dead, but a fun show with a mega coked-out Eyes of the World
January 2, 2026 at 3:16 AM
New Year's night jam is #gratefuldead Hampton 1979. A bit sloppy and certainly not prime Dead, but a fun show with a mega coked-out Eyes of the World
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We just cancelled all federal funding for foreign language & area studies at America’s universities to “save”…$86,000,000:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
Trump golfed 1/4 of the days he was president in 2025. Costing US taxpayers to pay his Golf clubs $110,600,000.
January 1, 2026 at 5:45 PM
We just cancelled all federal funding for foreign language & area studies at America’s universities to “save”…$86,000,000:
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
bsky.app/profile/mcop...
New Year's jam is Hendrix at the Fillmore East, 12/31/69. One of four shows over two days...my dad was at one of them (he can't remember which). Brief Band of Gypsies era featuring his best jamming.
January 1, 2026 at 5:48 AM
New Year's jam is Hendrix at the Fillmore East, 12/31/69. One of four shows over two days...my dad was at one of them (he can't remember which). Brief Band of Gypsies era featuring his best jamming.
This whole thing is both sad and hilarious
The reason this Harvard history professor decided he was done with one of the best and most privileged jobs in the world was, in his own words, because he was forced to lecture in a mask during peak Covid.
I’m not making this up.
I’m not making this up.
December 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This whole thing is both sad and hilarious
Historically this kind of intervention was, to put it mildly, stupid and counterproductive. Can't envision this going any differently. @nsarchive.bsky.social has tons of great resources on this
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
December 30, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Historically this kind of intervention was, to put it mildly, stupid and counterproductive. Can't envision this going any differently. @nsarchive.bsky.social has tons of great resources on this
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Friday night jam is @pearljam.com Vault #4, 5/10/2000. Love Ed's voice in this era, and 2000 could be the tightest the band ever was.
December 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Friday night jam is @pearljam.com Vault #4, 5/10/2000. Love Ed's voice in this era, and 2000 could be the tightest the band ever was.
Tuesday night jam is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social Tonight's the Night 50. Closes out The Ditch Trilogy...an immensely dark album (mostly) that is probably in my top 10 of all time.
December 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Tuesday night jam is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social Tonight's the Night 50. Closes out The Ditch Trilogy...an immensely dark album (mostly) that is probably in my top 10 of all time.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
Saturday night jams is the Rolling Stones Bridges to Bremen. A bit low energy compared to others I've heard from this tour (including the show I saw non-humble brag). Still has the indescribable swag that only the Stones possess.
December 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Saturday night jams is the Rolling Stones Bridges to Bremen. A bit low energy compared to others I've heard from this tour (including the show I saw non-humble brag). Still has the indescribable swag that only the Stones possess.
Enjoying Mike Millard's 1975 live recording on the new Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here set. Had this on bootleg cassette ages ago...sounds fantastic (for what it is). Mike recorded some of the best bootlegs ever, including several from the Zeppelin 1977 LA run
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Enjoying Mike Millard's 1975 live recording on the new Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here set. Had this on bootleg cassette ages ago...sounds fantastic (for what it is). Mike recorded some of the best bootlegs ever, including several from the Zeppelin 1977 LA run
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
Reposted by Matthew Jagel
As with the stories about ChatGPT assisted suicide and AI psychosis, universities will do absolutely nothing with this information and continue to push ‘strategic relationships’ with OpenAI
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
As with the stories about ChatGPT assisted suicide and AI psychosis, universities will do absolutely nothing with this information and continue to push ‘strategic relationships’ with OpenAI
Pre-Thanksgiving jams continue with Pete Townshend and @davidgilmour.com.web.brid.gy live 1986
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Pre-Thanksgiving jams continue with Pete Townshend and @davidgilmour.com.web.brid.gy live 1986
Well, the wife and daughter aren't back yet, so pre-Thanksgiving jams continue with @mymorningjacket.bsky.social The Waterfall II
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Well, the wife and daughter aren't back yet, so pre-Thanksgiving jams continue with @mymorningjacket.bsky.social The Waterfall II
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if Homer had just looked one ad down, he could have seen the Dead at the Capital City Stadium
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
if Homer had just looked one ad down, he could have seen the Dead at the Capital City Stadium
Pre-Thanksgiving jam is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social and Promise of the Real. Guy still has it
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Pre-Thanksgiving jam is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social and Promise of the Real. Guy still has it