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Aviel Roshwald

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History Professor. Comparative study of nationalism. Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023) https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Occupied-by-Aviel-Roshwald/9781108790826

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Creative destruction less prevalent than destructive destruction, survey shows.

12.12.2025 13:43 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

I’m surprised the Trump Administration hasn’t ruled out fonts altogether in favor of emojis.

11.12.2025 17:14 — 👍 11    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Oldest evidence of human fire-making discovered at site in England Scientists have discovered the oldest-known evidence of fire-making by prehistoric humans in the English county of Suffolk - a hearth apparently made by Neanderthals about 415,000 years ago - revealin...

The oldest known evidence of human fire-making has been discovered—and they think the fire was made by Neanderthals.

www.reuters.com/science/olde...

11.12.2025 00:48 — 👍 124    🔁 28    💬 10    📌 2

I’d feel better about things if it turned out the entire administration and all their supporters were on psychedelic mushrooms, because that would at least be a credible explanation.

11.12.2025 17:09 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Time to get rid of all the furniture!

11.12.2025 17:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

That’s the thing—Antifa has no HQ. It is everywhere. I found an Antifa lurking under my chair not five minutes ago.

11.12.2025 17:04 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 3    📌 0
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?

NOEM: We haven't deported veterans

MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea

11.12.2025 16:22 — 👍 50575    🔁 16676    💬 2155    📌 1776
A New York Times headline that reads: "Calibri’s Run-In With Rubio Wasn’t Its First Controversy."

A New York Times headline that reads: "Calibri’s Run-In With Rubio Wasn’t Its First Controversy."

Can't say I ever expected to see a "That Font was No Angel" headline. But here we are.

11.12.2025 11:56 — 👍 7964    🔁 1591    💬 167    📌 151
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When the winner of the Nobel peace prize smuggled herself over the water and out of Venezuela to attend the ceremony in Oslo this week, her allies called the Pentagon to ask them not to arbitrarily murder her. www.wsj.com/world/americ...

11.12.2025 14:01 — 👍 2918    🔁 1183    💬 128    📌 111

Later, we’ll hear all the excuses.

11.12.2025 14:37 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Plus, for every social media post praising the smartness and strongness of Trump, you get a 37-cent discount off the $1-million fee.

11.12.2025 03:52 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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My new book "Nationalism as a Way of Life" has been published and I have just received my copies.

10.12.2025 11:21 — 👍 24    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 0

It’s a slippery slope from Calibri to collectivism.

10.12.2025 20:35 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0

It’s a slippery slope from Calibri to collectivism.

10.12.2025 20:35 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Asylum-Seeking Russians Deported From U.S. at Risk of Persecution and Forced Mobilization, Activists Warn - The Moscow Times A plane carrying Russian citizens deported from the U.S. touched down in Moscow on Tuesday amid fears that some on board might face unjust imprisonment.

The Trump administration is sending draft age Russian asylum seekers back to Russia via Cairo, where they are given military summons upon arrival. Pressing for a peace deal while feeding the war machine. www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/12/10/a...

10.12.2025 15:41 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This exchange is getting too typographic.

10.12.2025 15:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Antiqua–Fraktur dispute - Wikipedia

The Trump administration is now so committed to Nazi cosplaying that they are historically reenacting the Antiqua–Fraktur dispute: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiqua...

10.12.2025 13:42 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Serif don’t like it.

10.12.2025 13:30 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Times New Roman is the gateway font to Fraktur.

10.12.2025 13:29 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

You are a font of wisdom.

10.12.2025 13:17 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Sesame Street but with sociopaths.

10.12.2025 04:21 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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Democrat wins Miami's mayoral race for the first time in almost 30 years Democrat Eileen Higgins, a former county commissioner, defeated Republican Emilio González, NBC News projects.

Dem wins Miami mayoral race for first time in ~ 30 years via @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

10.12.2025 01:34 — 👍 100    🔁 21    💬 2    📌 2

Trump bans the number 37.

10.12.2025 03:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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In a stealth upset, Democrat Eric Gisler flips a GOP-held Georgia House seat spanning parts of Athens and Oconee County. Gisler won 39% of vote last November. He captured 51% tonight to defeat a Republican backed by Gov. Brian Kemp and other GOP leaders.

10.12.2025 02:30 — 👍 993    🔁 220    💬 16    📌 29

New policy will also bar entry to Oxford-comma users.

10.12.2025 03:20 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Israeli journalist behind video of severe abuse of Palestinian detainee talks Israel's Channel 12 News Journalist Guy Peleg Faces Escalating Threats and Harassment Since He Published a Video - Handed Over to Him by the Former Military Advocate General - of the Extreme Abuse at ...

Israel's Channel 12 News journalist Guy Peleg faces escalating threats and harassment since he published a video - handed over to him by the former Military Advocate General - of the extreme abuse at Sde Teiman

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

10.12.2025 00:21 — 👍 11    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻

09.12.2025 20:36 — 👍 11402    🔁 3512    💬 134    📌 656

All the masculinity-forward weasels are on Fox News.

10.12.2025 00:05 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0

Today in working toward the quota.

08.12.2025 20:26 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Jiří Hutečka has a new article, and it's a great read. Not that I'm surprised.

08.12.2025 18:13 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

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