Adam McMahon
@adammc123.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science, Rider University. CUNY grad.
www.adammcmahon.net
📍 New York, New York
www.adammcmahon.net
📍 New York, New York
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Adam McMahon
@adammc123.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Teaching Sept. 11 Using Virtual Reality (opinion)
Seeking a way to convey the import of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks to students too young to remember them, Adam M. McMahon writes that he turned to virtual reality.
www.insidehighered.com
Check out my article today in Inside Higher Ed about how I've had some success innovating in the classroom using virtual reality to teach about the September 11th terrorist attacks
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/care...
Is anyone else experiencing a boot-on-the-neck sensation almost constantly lately?
November 26, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Is anyone else experiencing a boot-on-the-neck sensation almost constantly lately?
Uhhh
This is a lot, but (allegedly) Olivia Nuzzi sent a secret recorder with a sketch artist to tape Trump at Mar-a-Lago so she could feed campaign intel to RFK, where [pauses to take a breath] something Trump said about his assassination attempt “would shatter our understanding of recent history”??
November 26, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Uhhh
Reposted by Adam McMahon
Ryan Lizza taking "keeping the most important news insights for my book (or newsletter) that will come out well after the election instead of telling voters about the underhanded machinations of candidates before they go to the polls" to a whole new level.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Ryan Lizza taking "keeping the most important news insights for my book (or newsletter) that will come out well after the election instead of telling voters about the underhanded machinations of candidates before they go to the polls" to a whole new level.
If you live in Hell's Kitchen or Chelsea, email @ebottcher.bsky.social today and tell him NOT to support Menin for Council Speaker. She will actively undermine Zohran's agenda!
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
If you live in Hell's Kitchen or Chelsea, email @ebottcher.bsky.social today and tell him NOT to support Menin for Council Speaker. She will actively undermine Zohran's agenda!
Our Part Time President (now with fewer hours on the clock!)
Gift link:
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Shorter Days, Signs of Fatigue: Trump Faces Realities of Aging in Office
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Our Part Time President (now with fewer hours on the clock!)
Gift link:
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Gift link:
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This might be a problem going forward.
An amazing new Trump controversy, Part II of II:
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
- Saturday afternoon: Trump says he spoke to Bolsonaro the night before and planned to see him “in the very near future”
- Monday afternoon: The Trump White House isn’t sure whether Trump actually had the conversation he referenced two days earlier
White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Bolsonaro White House hedges on Trump’s curious claim about his call with Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro
Did the Republican president talk to Bolsonaro as the Brazilian plotted to escape? Trump said yes, but the White House isn’t so sure.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This might be a problem going forward.
Reposted by Adam McMahon
This is actually a main driver affecting many aspects of the mission's design. This includes the sterilisation of the lander and keeping it protected until we arrive, but also the fact that at the end of the mission we plan to put the orbiter in a safe orbit to avoid that it crashes into Enceladus.
November 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is actually a main driver affecting many aspects of the mission's design. This includes the sterilisation of the lander and keeping it protected until we arrive, but also the fact that at the end of the mission we plan to put the orbiter in a safe orbit to avoid that it crashes into Enceladus.
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Bracing analysis of the rise of the far-right in Germany: "there are widespread right-wing extremist networks within the security services, the police, and the armed forces. Europe-wide networks of fascists are operating unhindered. Something is brewing. If we don't react now, it will be too late."
»Wir haben vor der AfD gewarnt, als sie am Horizont auftauchte. Keine Reaktion. Im Gegenteil – ihre Vertreter:innen saßen in jeder Talkshow, bevor die AfD auch nur ein einziges Landtagsmandat hatte. Mit dem Erfolg, dass sie nun eine einflussreiche Partei ist.« www.blaetter.de/ausgabe/2024...
Rechtsextremismus: Wir haben Euch gewarnt
Ein brennendes Haus in Solingen. Eine vierköpfige Familie stirbt in den Flammen. Brandstiftung. Die Schlagzeilen sind nicht von 1993, sondern von jetzt. Schon wieder.
www.blaetter.de
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Bracing analysis of the rise of the far-right in Germany: "there are widespread right-wing extremist networks within the security services, the police, and the armed forces. Europe-wide networks of fascists are operating unhindered. Something is brewing. If we don't react now, it will be too late."
Reposted by Adam McMahon
Some good news amongst the deluge of daily horrors
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.
This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Some good news amongst the deluge of daily horrors
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
November 24, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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PUNCHBOWL: “.. GOP members messaged us over the weekend saying that they, too, are considering retiring in the middle of the term. Here’s one particularly exercised senior House Republican:
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
@punchbowlnews.bsky.social
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
😈
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A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
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bring back graphs like this
November 24, 2025 at 1:56 PM
bring back graphs like this
Berlin is so quiet and orderly that the immediate noise and chaos of returning to New York City feels like I got hit upside the head!
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Berlin is so quiet and orderly that the immediate noise and chaos of returning to New York City feels like I got hit upside the head!
What happened to Miles' is heartbreaking. It costs you nothing to be kind and respect others who are different. Support trans rights!
A trans teen in Iowa completed suicide after severe bullying by classmates and teachers.
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
"Miles’ death came a day after a substitute teacher refused to use his preferred pronouns."
It's the type of bullying @thefireorg.bsky.social and @aricohn.com support.
www.thepinknews.com/2025/11/17/m...
Heartbroken family of trans teen speaks out about how bullying led to his death
The family of trans Iowa student Miles Phipps has spoken out about bullying following losing their son to suicide. He was just 15-years-old.
www.thepinknews.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 AM
What happened to Miles' is heartbreaking. It costs you nothing to be kind and respect others who are different. Support trans rights!
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Auf weidersehen Berlin!
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Auf weidersehen Berlin!
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I have this crazy idea that my inflation-adjusted salary should be higher than it was in 2019
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I have this crazy idea that my inflation-adjusted salary should be higher than it was in 2019
People in here think they're dunking on those of us that think prisons are barbaric. Good for you I guess. What is the alternative? I am not an expert but I can think of some really good ideas to try: UBI, guaranteed housing, increase the social safety net, close Gitmo, end for profit prisons 1/2
November 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
People in here think they're dunking on those of us that think prisons are barbaric. Good for you I guess. What is the alternative? I am not an expert but I can think of some really good ideas to try: UBI, guaranteed housing, increase the social safety net, close Gitmo, end for profit prisons 1/2
And we love to see it! ✊🌹
It doesn't matter what leftist or centrist commentariat say, Mamdani is now officially part of the "The Brand"™.
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 AM
And we love to see it! ✊🌹
This is such a rude & offensive thing to say to anyone, let alone your wife & mother of your children
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This is such a rude & offensive thing to say to anyone, let alone your wife & mother of your children
I just saw a ~10 year old on the U-Bahn platform walking with his mom and he was vaping!!! 😳
November 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I just saw a ~10 year old on the U-Bahn platform walking with his mom and he was vaping!!! 😳
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Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Let’s be clear.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social got Trump so charmed that Trump posted two photos of the two of them with Franklin Roosevelt’s portrait behind them AND one of just Mamdani and FDR’s portrait.
Reposted by Adam McMahon
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…
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Gift link: wapo.st/43FXQfO
detailed WashPost account of how Trump and Stephen Miller sidelined serious lawyers so they could fabricate a justification for committing murder
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
White House blew past legal concerns in deadly strikes on drug boats
The Trump administration sidestepped skeptical lawyers across national security agencies as it pursued a military campaign against alleged narcotraffickers, officials say.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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