Aviel Roshwald
@avielroshwald.bsky.social
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
Word on the street is that Katie Zacharia will be booted out no later than Friday evening.
NEW: I wrote about why so many people wanted to believe that Ukrainian airstrikes on a Russian data center reduced troll and bot activity online, even though it's almost certainly not true. Featuring @noupside.bsky.social: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Drone strikes didn't take out a Russian bot farm, but we were primed to believe It
A viral rumor illustrates people’s hunger to make sense of the division we see online.
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Global idiocy supplies remain unaffected by Hormuz/Bab el-Mandeb closures, reports indicate.
The current consensus among historians is that, if it hadn’t been for history, the multinational empires of pre-1914 Europe and the Middle East could have lasted forever.
Claude brownies are the new pot brownies.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · yesterdayKeep an eye on your internet-connected ovens and lawnmowers. "Anthropic has warned that rogue “AI worms” will soon be able to hijack smart home devices such as ovens and TVs, creating a new cyber security threat that will be difficult to contain."
We should have stopped this at Flying Toasters.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · yesterdayKeep an eye on your internet-connected ovens and lawnmowers. "Anthropic has warned that rogue “AI worms” will soon be able to hijack smart home devices such as ovens and TVs, creating a new cyber security threat that will be difficult to contain."
Voices-in-your-head diplomacy is so much more efficient than shuttle diplomacy. “Well, they agreed. You know why? Because I said, ‘You agreed.’ That’s why,’ he told reporters as he left the White House for a rally in Youngstown, Ohio.” www.cnn.com/2026/10/11/p...
Trump suggests Russia and Ukraine did not agree to his ‘energy ceasefire’ before he announced it | CNN Politics
US President Donald Trump expressed irritation with Russia and Ukraine a day after he announced a so-called “energy ceasefire,” which appeared to take both countries by surprise.
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I’m always impressed when an official fails to meet this administration’s standards for public ethics. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump and Rubio weigh firing Kimberly Guilfoyle after reports of improper conduct
Senior official says president and US secretary of state are ‘extremely pissed off’ by conduct of US envoy to Greece
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i think now would be a good time for prominent voices in the U.S. to say that they stand with Somali people in this country.
I wonder how many people with land acknowledgments in their signatures would be prepared to donate their property.
The Onion@theonion.com · 2d agoNation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
Chances of the inevitable happening remain uncertain.
Re Ilhan Omar Worth your time: Oct 1992 letter from Republican US Attorney on an investigatory step before election: "[I]t amounts to prosecutorial misconduct and violates the most basic fundamental rule of Department of Justice policy. I cannot be a party to such actions."
"An armed, non-state actor controls a major international waterway,” @alishihabi.bsky.social said, referring to Bab al-Mandab. “It is inconceivable that the U.S. would have allowed this to happen in the past.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...
12 killed, hundreds injured in Saudi Arabia airport attack as Houthi strikes intensify
An attack Saturday on the airport left several injured and forced the kingdom to temporarily suspend operations.
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Brigadier General (Res.) Yoel Feldschuh, former head of the Intelligence Directorate of the Israeli Air Force and a senior fighter pilot was arrested a short time ago by police officers from the West Bank 🧵
So she’s highly qualified for this position.
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 3d ago1. Trump’s new White House press secretary Katie Zacharia is a prolific user of Truth Social where she regularly promoted Pizzagate and QAnon conspiracies, accusing elites in the Democratic Party and Hollywood of running child sex rings and eating people.
PSA: Remember to always be very very nice to Donald and to Claude. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Harris County TX. He's hospitalized: "ICE claimed the man ran in front of the agents' vehicle and was struck. However, the surveillance video appears to show the SUV veering left through empty parking spaces before running the man over..." abc7.com/story/ice-ru...
ICE agent strikes man with car during pursuit in Texas, authorities say: VIDEO
Surveillance video shows the moment an unmarked SUV carrying ICE agents ran over a man during a pursuit at a shopping center in Texas.
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If we’re not nice to Claude, it could go all misanthropic on us.
Difficult to say which sociopathic entity has the more fragile ego: Donald Trump or (Mis)Anthropic Claude.
This administration is giving gutter politics a bad name.
Historical Tidbit of the Day: The Mensheviks were so called because they believed in the importance of being a mensh. 
More Videos of the Russian data center in the Vladimir region are coming in. They show the moment of one of the impacts. Yandex has officially acknowledged that the data center ceased all operations.
After leaving tanker, oil from Exxon Valdez devastates Alaskan coastline on its own, killing over 250,000 seabirds.
Ruin a book by adding a word: For Whom the Cow Bell Tolls
Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀@thomasfuchs.at · 4d agoRuin a book by adding a word: Hunt for Red Octoberfest
Ruin a book by adding a word: Navigating a Sentimental Journey
Ruin a book by adding a word: Maybe Moby Dick
Thomas Spooks 🎃👻💀@thomasfuchs.at · 4d agoRuin a book by adding a word: Hunt for Red Octoberfest