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09.02.2026 02:39 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0@sbmitche.bsky.social
Professor, international relations, Spartan & Cyclone alumni, studies conflict, institutions, and disasters; mother of awesome rehabilitation counselor
This was my reaction to this commercial π
09.02.2026 02:39 β π 5 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0If you didnβt catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunnyβs halftime show, I gotcha. Hereβs one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisisβand Trumpβs role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...
09.02.2026 01:59 β π 4914 π 1957 π¬ 40 π 39Fuck ICE
09.02.2026 01:31 β π 5844 π 1625 π¬ 23 π 105Exactly
09.02.2026 01:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Lol I was saying βis that Ricky Martin?β Apparently I was right
09.02.2026 01:35 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Very entertaining
09.02.2026 01:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Your sabbatical is making all others envious
07.02.2026 23:05 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0SEN. OSSOFF: β.. why are roving gangs of masked men β who look like they couldnβt pass the Army physical exam β dressed up like pretend Delta Force operators, on our streets, demanding papers, dragging people from their cars, and shooting people to death?β
@acyn.bsky.social
These federal buildings have cells designed to hold a few people for a brief period; like a holding cell at a police station. Supposed to be 12 hours max, usually less.
People are being held in them for 7-10 days, jammed in like sardines. Itβs a nightmare.
I used to have season tickets at Michigan State and it was fun.
07.02.2026 15:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0ππ You just need to watch college hockey in person and then you will like it.
07.02.2026 15:00 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The executives are obviously in the Epstein files. This is my assumption now for anyone who complies in advance.
07.02.2026 14:57 β π 7 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0The GOPβs new Voter Suppression bill, the so-called βSAVE Act,β would disenfranchise many of the 69 million women who took their husbandsβ last names, as explained in my summary.
It proposes *no penalties* for erroneous voter purges but potential *prison time* for erroneous registrations. WTF?! 1/
Just cancelled mine as well
06.02.2026 20:31 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I donβt like to romanticize the past but I think society was better when we shunned child molesters rather than make them president
06.02.2026 16:26 β π 122 π 22 π¬ 3 π 0Wow
06.02.2026 01:41 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Can a fear of opening a "Pandora's Box" of widespread revisionism restrain leaders' territorial ambitions?
Now on #FirstView @kschultz.bsky.social & @jamie_hintson argue yes, but only under restrictive conditions that have historically been difficult to meet.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The 2026 lines will hopefully go upwards from zero soon
05.02.2026 18:24 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Autocracy in the USA: βWebloc, reportedly allows law enforcement officers to identify phones and track (...) without a warrant; Tangles (..) make dossiers on people of interest, including location information scraped from their public social media postsβ
Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Wow, amazing how relevant this is
05.02.2026 15:51 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Funny that Bolton said this because I was asking students if the US was engaging in brinkmanship with Iran and they were quiet. My reply: you would have to state a bargaining position first π
β[But] he doesnβt necessarily have a strategic goal.β
www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblo...
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05.02.2026 14:46 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I grew up with the Washington Post, wrote editorials for the Washington Post and published a column there for more than 15 years. To watch its owners destroy it, seemingly deliberately, in just a year and a half is devastating.
05.02.2026 14:38 β π 6172 π 1319 π¬ 242 π 74They donβt exist
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05.02.2026 13:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We do if we are bringing back manifest destiny π
05.02.2026 13:21 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Yep, doing the same today
05.02.2026 13:19 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ofc not. Maybe the Dems will learn that giving in during budget negotiations yields nothing π€·ββοΈ
05.02.2026 13:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Exactly. What people get for investing in fake βmoneyβ.
05.02.2026 13:14 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0So much winning
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