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Paul Cohen
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Historian of France, the Atlantic world, language, food. Squirrelly cyclist, slowfooted defenseman, working dad. Worried about the 21st century. https://utoronto.academia.edu/PaulCohen
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · Feb 7
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a famous poster from the May 68 movement in France which represents a factory and smokestack with a fist above the smokestack, with the words "La lutte continue", which translates as "The struggle continues"
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 11m
et moi qui pensais qu'on était le pays aux soixante millions de premiers ministres
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Libération @liberation.fr · 1h
Sébastien Lecornu renommé à Matignon affirme qu’il n’y avait pas «beaucoup de candidats» pour être Premier ministre

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EN DIRECT - Sébastien Lecornu renommé à Matignon affirme qu’il n’y avait pas «beaucoup de candidats» pour être Premier ministre
De nouveau sous la menace de censure après sa reconduction très critiquée, le plus si nouveau Premier ministre doit constituer, dans un délai ultra-court, son nouveau gouvernement afin de pouvoir prés...
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Padre Pio @padrepio.bsky.social · 1h
Ciotti, il est en juin 40 dans sa tête et ça le RÉGALE.
« Je sais que pour certains une alliance avec le Rassemblement national n'est ni naturelle, ni facile. Mais dans les périodes ou l'histoire accélère et ou le destin de notre patrie bascule nous devons nous débarrasser de nos clichés respectifs et voir l'essentiel : le partage d'une certaine idée de la France », écrit Éric Ciotti dans une lettre adressée aux LR, publiée par le Journal du dimanche.
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 22m
stupid exuberance
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d
“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster
The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 16h
MSNBC is reporting that the DOJ is seeking an indictment of John Bolton.

I can’t stand that guy, and still: THIS IS SO WRONG.
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 11h
Cells. Interlinked
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Gabrielle Hecht has no more spoons @gabriellehecht.bsky.social · 11h
Link
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✪ Jonathan H. Gray: “Professor of Halloweenery” ✪ @jongraywb.bsky.social · 11h
Link.
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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 14h
The Virginia Senate just told UVA it’s not getting state funding if it accepts the compact since UVA exists to serve Virginia, its residents, & their interests—not be a tool of the federal govt. Scoop from our student newspaper, who’ve been doing vital reporting www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2025...
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 11h
it boggles the imagination that a nation's entire pundit class seriously entertained the possibility that there might have been even one single person in the Kingdom of Norway who for even an instant considered awarding the Nobel to Trump
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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h
aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage
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Sophie Sherry @sophiesherry.bsky.social · 17h
During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help.

He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.

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Neighbor shielded 7-year-old during South Shore federal raid: ‘I didn’t want them to take her’
During the Sept. 30 raid one tenant protected a terrified girl and her mom. Remnants at the complex, including a detailed map of all the units, offer clues to what authorities may have known before th...
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MissFalcon @missfalcon.bsky.social · 12h
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 12h
Ladies and gentlemen, Tom Friedman!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
Opinion | Give Trump the Nobel for Gaza, if He Does the Harder Parts to Come
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 17h
The Canadian boycott of travel to the U.S. continued through September—cementing an enormous economic loss for American tourism in 2025 as visitors from around the world choose not to travel to the States amid geopolitical tensions.
www.forbes.com/sites/suzann...
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 12h
when we write the obituary of the American higher education system, the NYT will surely figure as an accessory to the murder

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
Opinion | Academia Is Broken. Trump’s University ‘Compact’ Can Help Fix It.
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 16h
this is how Rome was sacked
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16h
The US military stops getting paid from next week.
White House has, for now, ruled out legislative fix for military pay
Over 1 million military paychecks could go unfulfilled on Oct. 15.
www.politico.com
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 1d
Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.
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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 1d
SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

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Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 1d
Mary mother of Christ, these people are overpaid fools.
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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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Tade Thompson @tadethompson.bsky.social · 1d
It's important to focus on who won, not who did not.
Nobel peace prize 2025 live: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
John Buss, Repeat1968
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d
New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption.

My full statement:
New Yorkers know Attorney General James for who she is: a champion for justice who fights relentlessly for the people. Donald Trump knows her only as an obstacle to his corruption. No one should be surprised that Donald Trump is employing fascist tactics—prosecuting his opponents, weaponizing the federal government, and attacking the very fabric of our democracy. And Trump should not be surprised when millions of Americans stand up to his authoritarianism and his greed. If Trump wants to leverage baseless charges to visit political retribution on New York’s Attorney General, he’ll have to go through New Yorkers first. The Attorney General has had our back, time and again. We have hers.
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d
Consolidating authoritarianism
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 1d
Breaking on MSNBC: New York AG Letitia James has been indicted.

Lindsey Halligan, who presented a grand jury with the case against James Comey, gave the presentation to the James grand jury.
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d
au contraire, ce n'est même pas surprenant
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Monomarchos @monomarchos.agency · 1d
C'est invraisemblable
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Le secrétaire général de l’Élysée a participé au pot de départ en détention de Nicolas Sarkozy
En pleine crise de régime, le bras droit d’Emmanuel Macron s’est rendu à la soirée organisée par l’ancien président de la République avant son incarcération. Nicolas Sarkozy est convoqué le 13 octobr…
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d
wut
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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 1d
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d
better yet, choose between translating Celebrity Traitors into ancient Greek or watching the Frances O'Conner Mansfield Park movie
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d
Nothing says peacemaker more than striking fear into the weak to force them to praise you as a peacemaker
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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 1d
“With hours to go until the announcement of this year’s Nobel peace prize, Norwegian politicians were steeling themselves for potential repercussions to US-Norway relations if it is not awarded to Donald Trump.”
Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize
US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says
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Paul Cohen @paulecohen.bsky.social · 1d
Nay, I say, the Prince of Peace
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
VARNEY: There's virtually universal agreement on this program that the president should get the Nobel Peace Prize. After all, if Obama can get one for doing very little, surely President Trump can get one for bringing peace.

JONI ERNST: Exactly. President Trump is the president of peace.
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