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Nik Ford

@drnikford.bsky.social

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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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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jul 27

My collaboration w/ Michael A. Hansen, PhD. in Nationalities Papers! In this article, we discuss/explore citizen satisfaction, willingness to protest, concerns/fears about revealing preferences, & authoritarian consolidation in Belarus. Putting it on BS. ☁️ (ungated)

https://tinyurl.com/Belarus22

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 2h

It is only if you make it cliche. If you do it, rock it with confidence.

It’s obviously not practical.

I have one but only use it at night. That’s *really* what they are meant for (the moon light).

There are many goth-y umbrellas one can use to block the sunlight (which is what I do).

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah ok. Lol

a woman in a blue and white dress is saying `` oh ok , yeah sure '' .

ALT: a woman in a blue and white dress is saying `` oh ok , yeah sure '' .

media.tenor.com

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 3h

I’ll tell you what I wear to the gym— what ever the eff I feel like it. If you have to put this much effort into it, you (the general not specific you) are missing the point.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 3h

I’ve seen people come are go in the scene. Great clothes. Most of these people never looked right, either no matter how expensive or homemade the clothes were. Because they never were. Some people come to it later and realize: this is who I’ve always been.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 3h

Yes you can go to yoga. I was a soccer mom doing Soccer mom things. Didn’t stop being goth. In the optimal circumstances, one can wear super goth clothing at all times. This is not desirable or practical. Goth is more than clothes. If one is goth then they ARE.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 3h

There are SO many variations on goth. Punk, cyber, Victorian, vampire, fetish, etc. you name it. Plus, if you’re goth: you’re going to BE goth no matter WHAT you wear.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 15d

Chechnya under Kadyrov is a totalitarian regime. What are you on about.

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 17d

he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 16d

My mother is gone (7th). This picked the scab of my father’s passing I was never able to fully morn.

It is what it is. I’m not going to belabor it here.

In short— I am not ok.

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · 16d

Well, There it is. The Stupidest thing I’ll read all day.”

Older gent reading papers.

Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Aug 7

Interview with Janie Gosselin featuring myself and Dr. Mathers. #Ukraine
www.lapresse.ca/internationa...

Guerre en Ukraine | Nouvelles rencontres pour un cessez-le-feu

Menaces de nouvelles sanctions, présence de sous-marins nucléaires dans la région, envoi d’un émissaire à Moscou mercredi : l’administration américaine a manifesté ces jours-ci son impatience face à l...

www.lapresse.ca

Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Aug 6

Thank you.

Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Aug 5

Well my mom is taking a turn for the worst. No one has answers re: time. Could be days/ weeks/ months but she has clearly taken a nose dive.

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Mac William Bishop @macwbishop.bsky.social · Jul 8

There is absolutely no reason for domestic U.S. law enforcement personnel to be dressed like military personnel. Period. (Screenshot from MacArthur Park in LA, original video here: x.com/cardon_brian...)

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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · Jul 4

NEW: Putin rejected Trump's call for a quick peace in Ukraine during a phone call on July 3.

Putin's stated commitment to his goals in Ukraine, including eliminating the so-called "root causes" of the war, contradicts his claim that Russia supports meaningful negotiations. isw.pub/UkrWar070325

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jul 3

Temu lol

Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jul 2

Just came across this and sharing for absolutely no reason.

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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · Jul 2

💥Just now: strike reported on the Russian ammunition depot on Khartsyz'k.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Jun 21

1. On Tuesday, Congresswoman Sarah McBride gave a interview with Ezra Klein at the New York Times.

It has been used to seed the ground for a rightward shift in the Democratic Party on trans rights.

Some allies have failed to grasp the problems with her approach.

Here's what McBride gets wrong.

What Sarah McBride Gets Wrong

Congresswoman Sarah McBride recently interviewed with Ezra Klein at the New York Times, where she advocated for a more cowardly form of politics when it comes to transgender people.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · Jun 13

Netanyahu states that Israel struck the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Plant, but doesn't mention the Fordow Uranium Enrichment Plant. If they don't destroy Fordow, this entire effort is basically for nothing.

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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · Jun 13

(Reports now that Fordow has been struck.)

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Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 @olgalautman.bsky.social · Jun 9

I know everyone is occupied w authoritarian tactics of Trump sending marines & national guard to LA but wanted to show the hypocrisy of this lawless regime.

Trump is installing a pardoned drug trafficker as deputy director of the federal Bureau of Prisons

Former federal inmate pardoned by Trump tapped as Bureau of Prisons deputy director

Joshua J. Smith, a Tennessee businessman whom the president pardoned during his first term, now advocates for inmate rehabilitation.

www.nbcnews.com

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Nik Ford @drnikford.bsky.social · Jun 10

Anyone who didn’t see this coming has not been paying attention.

Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Jun 10

The Overton Window has shifted all the way to ban all non-white people from coming to America. It was never about illegal immigration.

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Kai Arzheimer @kai-arzheimer.com · Feb 15

It's difficult to keep up with the #farright assaults on liberal democracy, but Germany is doing its bit. Useful primer on the #AfD's past, present, and possible futures by @michaelhansenphd.bsky.social

Surveying the Alternative for Germany and the 2025 German Election: Populism and Electoral Prospects illiberalism.org |

Michael A. Hansen on the Alternative for Germany's development and the prospects and challenges it faces at the 2025 elections and beyond.

www.illiberalism.org

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