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Colin Mitchell

@cpmishell.bsky.social

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Medieval/Early Modern historian of Iran, Central Asia and India at Dalhousie University Halifax, Canada E-Biker & Lover of cats

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Dalhousie Department of History @dalhistory.bsky.social · 3d

Congratulations to Dr. Grace McNutt on her successful PhD defence yesterday, with her thesis "Women on the Water: The Feminine Seascape Onboard Nova Scotia’s Nineteenth Century Deepwater Merchant Sailing Vessels." Dr. McNutt will soon begin a postdoctoral fellowship at CBU. We're proud of you!

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Sep 9

A professor at Texas A&M taught… something related to gender that offended a student, who secretly filmed herself objecting. That video is picked up by TX legislators, who demand her firing, and now the dean and dept head have been fired.

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A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

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Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social · Sep 4

ICE just reactivated its contract with an Israeli firm that makes phone-hacking spyware. Here's what you should know.
#ICE #NewsUS #Hacking #spyware

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Aug 25

Video shows a blanket knitted by Irish activists as a tribute to Palestinian children killed in Gaza.

Each square of the blanket represents 10 of the nearly 19,000 children killed by Israeli forces in the besieged enclave.

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Leah ProudLakota (she/her) @leahgazan.bsky.social · Aug 19

Congratulations to @cupescfp.bsky.social and Air Canada for reaching a tentative agreement and to the flight attendants for winning ground pay! Workers just proved the power of collective action and principled resolve against unfair labour practices. The workers united will never be defeated!

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Nik Thomas @nikthomas.bsky.social · Aug 18

First ever Canadian University with major professional and research programs to threaten faculty with lockout.

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Nik Thomas @nikthomas.bsky.social · Aug 18

Dalhousie university threatens faculty with a 48 hr lockout notice during labour negotiations.
Essentially devaluing faculty contributions to the university mandate.
#dobetter
@dalhousieu.bsky.social
#KeepDalStrong

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Andy Bowers @evilpez4.bsky.social · Jul 1

Told my niece this is RUSH

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · Jun 24

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Photos: The history of Netanyahu’s rhetoric on Iran’s nuclear ambitions

Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu has warned of an imminent threat from an Iranian nuclear bomb for more than 30 years.

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · May 17

in an era of invasive social media, data leaks, data breaches, etc., I'm not swayed by legal experts using "privacy concerns" to criticize this particular police use of drone technology. Distracted drivers are a menace on the roads - pure and simple.
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Kingston Police's use of a drone to catch distracted drivers stirs backlash | CBC News

Drivers at three busy intersections in Kingston, Ont., had no way of knowing they were being watched earlier this month, but high above them police hovered, zooming in to catch those using their phone...

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ACLU @aclu.org · May 9

Today, our client Rümeysa Öztürk was released on bail from ICE detention in Louisiana, and she will return to New England to continue her studies.

📸 Giancarlo D’Agostaro

Two woman walking and embracing each other in front of an ICE detention center. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress and heels. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. Members of the press are in the background.

Two women standing, smiling, and embracing each other with grass, water, and the sky in the background. The woman on the left is wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. The woman on the right is wearing a black dress.

Two woman stand next to each other and hold onto one another. The woman on the left is wearing a black dress. The woman on the right is smiling and wearing a white hijab, glasses, and a pink garment. In the background is the fence of an ICE detention center.

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · May 5

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Naomi Klein on Trump, Musk, Far Right & "End Times Fascism"

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Jacob Kornbluh @jacobkornbluh.bsky.social · Apr 29

SCOOP: The Antisemitism Awareness Act — up for vote in Senate committee tomorrow — now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements by Christian conservatives.

New added language in the bill clarifies First Amendment protections.

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Why the Antisemitism Awareness Act now has a religious liberty clause to protect ‘Jews killed Jesus’ statements

The Antisemitism Awareness Act's added language says it would not infringe on religious liberty to protect the claim that Jews killed Jesus.

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Kurt Busiek @kurtbusiek.bsky.social · Apr 22

Makes sense.

On behalf of, I dunno, EVERY FAT KID IN the USA, l'ma go ahead and call BS on the whole bullying creates mass shooters narrative. LGBTQ kids, kids of color, disabled kids, poor kids, girl kids are bullied. Who's doing the shooting? White boys whose parents don't secure their guns

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · Apr 21

I have been home in Pennsylvania for 45 minutes and I’ve already hit a pothole so deep I had to fight a balrog on my way out

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · Apr 12

I’m very interested in this event, but unfortunately I won’t be able to attend. Hopefully there might be something available online after it’s all said and done?

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · Apr 10

Peter Adamson - here in Halifax! Please consider attending at the Halifax North Memorial Library, April 16, 2025. See Event Brite below for reservation.
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Public Lecture – Halifax Humanities Society

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Robert Talisse @roberttalisse.bsky.social · Apr 1

In grad school, I submitted a seminar paper that mistakenly included a blank page between pages 12 and 13. The prof wrote on the blank page "best page so far."

It was their only comment.

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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · Mar 28

Completely batshit that Harvard has *removed* Cemal Kafadar as head of its Center for Middle Eastern Studies & so shitty to malign one of the great scholars of Ottoman history as antisemitic because the CMES dared to offer programming on ITS AREA OF FOCUS www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies | News | The Harvard Crimson

Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science David M. Cutler ’87 dismissed the director of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, professor of Turkish Studies Cemal Kafadar, and its associate director, Hist...

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Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · Mar 28

I just co-authored a piece with @cnygren.bsky.social on exactly this! It’s short!

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · Mar 22

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Democracy doesn’t exist in the United States: Chris Hedges | UpFront

YouTube video by Al Jazeera English

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𝙰𝚛𝚊𝚜𝚑 𝙰𝚋𝚒𝚣𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚑 @abizadeh.bsky.social · Mar 19

—people sent to ICE detention prisons under terrible circumstances, with no information about the conditions of release, and with great barriers for outside contact. The latest reports concern a Canadian citizen: /4

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · Mar 10

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US: Pro-Palestinian student activist Mahmoud Khalil arrested – DW – 03/10/2025

The arrest of the campus protest leader comes after President Donald Trump vowed to deport foreign students involved in the pro-Palestinian protest movement.

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · Feb 21

Couldn’t agree more!

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Halifax Examiner @halifaxexaminer.ca · Feb 21

‘Dangers in demanding alignment’: Dal prof concerned about province’s advanced education and research act
By Karen Foster

'Dangers in demanding alignment’: Dal prof concerned about province’s advanced education and research act - Halifax Examiner

The guardrails limiting government influence over research and teaching in our postsecondary institutions are there for good reason. Tim Houston’s government is taking them off in the name of accounta...

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Reuters @reuters.com · Feb 21

US President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, previously unpublished Department of Homeland Security data show, far less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns in the last full year of Joe Biden's administration reut.rs/3QrUQfQ

Trump deported 37,660 in first month, lagging Biden but poised to ramp up

U.S. President Donald Trump deported 37,660 people during his first month in office, previously unpublished U.S. Department of Homeland Security data show, far less than the monthly average of 57,000 removals and returns in the last full year of Joe Biden's administration.

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · Feb 18

Canada as the 51st state? Trump thinks it would be a boon to his legacy. But it would also be a boon to Democrats, who would gain a lot more voters. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/u...

Canada as the 51st State? In Electoral Terms, Trump’s Idea Favors Democrats.

Bringing Canada into the United States, however farcical the prospect may seem, would alter the political map in a way likely to cost Republicans.

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Donaldnâme @vakanuvisefendi.bsky.social · Feb 4

The Ottoman scribal service is perhaps the dynasty’s finest achievement, allowing the sultan to collect immense tax revenues, mobilize huge armies and fleets, and control territories from Tunisia to Tabriz and from Azov to Aden. But for some reason, Sultan Donald is allowing his new Grand Vizier...

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · Jan 28

Daily Walkoff ⚾️
Blue Jays #151

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Daily Walkoff - A daily MLB trivia game

A new kind of MLB trivia game with 30 new puzzles each day, one for every MLB team. Can you solve them all?

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Colin Mitchell @cpmishell.bsky.social · Jan 26

Footbridge, Acadia National Park, Maine