Nicolè (Nik) Ford

@drnikford.bsky.social

Professor PhD Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Belarus, Chechnya🐺, Democracy, democratic backsliding, authoritarianism, terrorism & political violence, identity. USMC. she/her/hers. #polisky #eusky #comparativesky слава Україні🇺🇦 words @FP, WaPo, Defense Post, etc

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Wolfytoine 🔔🇺🇦@wolfytoine.bsky.social · 4mo ago

‼️IT'S RAFFLE TIME‼️(details from post 4/8) Mobility is key. This time @sbk1301.bsky.social and I are back to the bases and will help Kraken 1654 to get a vehicle! Goal🎯: 290 000 ₴ (~6 650$) PayPal: monsterman22x0790@gmail.com send.monobank.ua/jar/5HoxoRo9mk 🧵1/8 #DonateToUkraine #NAFO #FNDRUA

The problematizing of trans people is also strategic: talking about nonbinary gender identities in any form primes the individual’s gender identity, pushing men toward the Republican Party. It’s a robust, and substantial (2-3 pp) effect, and Republican strategists know it.

Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Transphobia is the greatest lodestone for today's far-right, because it embodies the far-right desire to claim all identities are natural and biological. Today's fascists hate trans people for the same reason interwar fascists hated diasporic Jews - because they hate fluidity and border crossing.

The daily report is out! New week, same goal: helping the Kraken 1654 defenders to get their vehicle! Almost halfway thanks to you all! Do you think we can reach 50% this week? You know what to do!🔄+❤️ 🅿️🅿️: monsterman22x0790@gmail.com send.monobank.ua/jar/5HoxoRo9mk #DonateToUkraine #NAFO #FNDRUA

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Wolfytoine 🔔🇺🇦@wolfytoine.bsky.social · 3mo ago

[Daily report] 🎯 Goal: 290 000₴ (~6619$) ✅ 126 000₴ (~2876$) ✔️ 43.5% ▶️ To go: 3743$ (164 000₴)

So, the past 2 years I have been MIA, writing-wise. As I mentioned before, I had significant family responsibilities that have been overwhelming. Things are wrapping up in that regard. I also began a new FT assistant professorship teaching more than a full load & navigating new responsibilities. 1/2

Me & 2 other members of the Poli Sci dept at student graduation in our full PhD regalia.

Potash is imported, so the tariffs/"trade war" nonsense affects it. Phosphates are produced domestically, but sensitive to the increased cost of sulfur for processing. 96% of global nitrate fertilizer uses gas, coal, or crude as a feedstock. Diesel is...well, expensive. Seems bad; is bad.

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Ed Burmila@edburmila.bsky.social · 3mo ago

On the rising costs to American agriculture of four crucial inputs and what they mean for you and me. Spoiler alert: I hope you like elevated grocery prices and ham-fisted handouts to farmers that will cover their losses without lowering prices for the rest of us.

🔎INVESTIGATION: A 10-day Moldova–Moscow trip by MAGA influencers from the US, UK and Canada was leveraged in a Kremlin-linked influence operation named “Matushka”. No proof the influencers knowingly took part – but we uncovered their many ties to Russia.

How the Kremlin Turned a MAGA Influencer Trip Into an Influence Operation - VSquare.org

A report of Alliance4Europe and an investigation by Vsquare and Context.ro uncovered that a 10-day trip to Moldova and Moscow by a group of MAGA influencers from the US, Canada, and the UK was used in a Russian online info operation.

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Trump coup conspirator John Eastman has been disbarred. That’s good. He abused his status as a White House lawyer to advocate lawbreaking, even doing so in writing the night of Jan. 6 But quite bad that this, years later, is the only consequence for him, or just about any high level coup plotter.

Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 4mo ago

JUST IN: John Eastman, the conservative attorney who helped devise President Trump's last ditch strategy to overturn the 2020 presidential election, has officially been disbarred, per the California Supreme Court:

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Special Kherson Cat 16th: Kinetic Sanctions

Actions to support Ukrainian defenders in their fight.

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NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade@69thsb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

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