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Maxim Voronov

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Professor, Schulich School of Business, York University. Researching social change. Opinions my own. A jew against genocide in Gaza (and anywhere) #CleanAir https://schulich.yorku.ca/faculty/maxim-voronov/

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · Jan 24

This new piece with @toubiana.bsky.social and Trish Ruebottom in @sciam.bsky.social, explored how Trump’s appeal mirrors the strategies of voyeuristic businesses, like reality TV or social media influencers. 🧵

How Reality TV Helps Explain Trump’s Success
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...

How Reality TV Helps Explain Trump’s Success

What makes reality shows so popular also helps explain why Donald Trump is so popular

www.scientificamerican.com

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 3d

"Make cities safe and fun for kids to run around and play in" is a pretty good guiding light for urban planning

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 4d

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists

The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

momentummag.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 9h

Please pitch in if you can to help make next Saturday the biggest day of protest in US history! We’re seeing a surge in RSVPs and we need to match that enthusiasm with the resources and support that our groups, hosts, and volunteers need: secure.actblue.com/donate/indiv...

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · 1d

TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT act.indivisible.org/sign/funding...

TELL YOUR DEMOCRATIC SENATORS TO KEEP HOLDING THE LINE IN THE FUNDING FIGHT

With historic healthcare cuts and cost increases looming, Republicans chose to force a Trump Shutdown rather than address the healthcare crisis and limit Trump’s lawless manipulation of federal funds....

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Organization Studies @orgstudies.bsky.social · 1d

𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗢𝗶𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗲𝘀' 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺.

𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟰𝟲 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟭𝟬, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

𝗙𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗲𝗻 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗹, University of Southampton
𝗔𝗶 𝗬𝘂, University of Southampton
𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀, University of Southampton

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · 4d

Via Euronews: Scientists uncover biological cause of Long COVID brain fog in major breakthrough
www.euronews.com/health/2025/...

Scientists uncover biological cause of Long COVID brain fog

New research offers what scientists describe as the first biological evidence of Long COVID brain fog.

www.euronews.com

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · 4d

"Looking at the actual situation unfolding — as opposed to Russ Vought’s and Donald Trump’s social media feeds — suggests the White House is in a much weaker position than people seem to think."

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/dont-...

Don’t Believe the Hype: Trump Bum-Rushing DC Reporters Edition

News comes today that Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought...

talkingpointsmemo.com

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · 5d

Looking at you @MarkJCarney to deliver Homes For All in Budget 2025 👀
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Leadnow @leadnowca.bsky.social · 5d

📣 Say it with us: the rent is TOO DAMN HIGH.

That’s why we are fighting for #HomesForAll — and demanding the government invest in housing solutions that work for us.

Share this video, then join the Homes for All campaign 👉 leadnow.ca/HomesForAll

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hannah gais @hannahgais.bsky.social · 5d

Identifying public officials isn't "doxing." People have the right to know who is working for their government. Nor, for that matter, is it "radical left-wing terrorism." So it's frustrating to see platforms caving to these bad faith characterizations. www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...

Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline

People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.

www.technologyreview.com

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Organization Studies @orgstudies.bsky.social · 5d

Our October Issue is here! 🎃🦇

𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝟰𝟲 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝟭𝟬, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱

journals.sagepub.com/toc/ossa/46/10

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11d

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KLM @klm.bsky.social · 10d

please think about this with your kids. it's on you to protect them - and you don't want them to live their entire lives with LC, which has no cure

start with boosters twice a year - less than 20% of you got your kids even one shot last year

Pam Belluck @pambelluck.bsky.social · 11d

NEW: Long Covid risk for children doubles after a second infection, study finds www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/h...

Long Covid Risk for Children Doubles After a Second Infection, Study Finds

www.nytimes.com

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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 10d

Good morning.

The government is shut down because Trump wants to act like a king and steal from you.

Democrats have no obligation to support a budget that funds the destruction of our democracy - and DOUBLES health premiums to fund a tax cut for billionaires.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11d

Folks — this is not a normal government shutdown.

Let me explain the stakes and how we got here.

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 10d

“Reasonable Republicans.” Good luck with that Hakeem. The leadership of my new political party just does not understand this moment we’re in. They just don’t get it.

Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 11d

Hakeem Jeffries says "we're urging reasonable Republicans to come to the table."

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 10d

Huh, I'm hearing that the Democrats shut down the government, why can't Donald Trump make it open up again, I thought he was in charge, is he not in charge? Is he too weak to make the government open up again?

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Laura Sell @laurasell.bsky.social · 22d

"More professors in the United States have been fired for controversial views in the past week than any other week in all of American history."
www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...

Censorship Is the Authoritarian’s Dream

The right to free expression must include the right to say horrible and evil things.

www.insidehighered.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 10d

Overnight, Trump and Republicans in Congress shut down the federal government.

They shut it down because they’re determined to strip healthcare from millions of Americans, to enrich the billionaires they serve, to continue the assault on our rights.

We must fight back.

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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 10d

The people at this ostrich farm are the same gang that opposed M-103, co-opted yellow vests, push UN / WEF conspiracies, opposed lockdowns, face masks and vaccines, occupied Ottawa, harassed people at drag story time events etc

It’s all the same far-right influencers and content creators every time

Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 10d

A 72-year-old woman who lives next to that ostrich farm where a group of convoy people are camping out was doused in gasoline and physically assaulted by a man in a balaclava who may have been trying to light her in fire

She says she survived the attack by kicking the man in the nuts and biting him

RCMP investigate alleged assault of woman who lives beside B.C. ostrich farm

The RCMP are providing round the clock protection for a B.C., resident who lives next to Universal Ostrich Farms (UOF) after a masked man doused the woman in gasoline and punched her in the face.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · 10d

Opinion | We need to stop being so naive about what America is becoming. Trump and his secretary of war just showed us why

"If we are going to prepare for what’s coming, we need to accept it’s already happening."

www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Justin Ling: We need to stop being so naive about what America is becoming. Trump and his secretary of war just showed us why

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright observed some years ago that fascism is quite hard to define. It is not an ideology, she said. “I think it is a method,

www.thestar.com

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · 12d

The Corrupt Supreme Court Must Be Reformed: Dems Must Champion It talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-c...

The Corrupt Supreme Court Must Be Reformed: Dems Must Champion It

Going into 2026 and 2028 it’s time for — essential for —...

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12d

Pritzker: "In any other country, if federal agents fired upon journalists & protesters when unprovoked what would we call it? If officials marched down streets harassing civilians & demanding their papers, what would we say? I don't think we'd have trouble calling it what it is: authoritarianism"

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Maxim Voronov @drmaximvoronov.bsky.social · 12d

Encapsulates Ontario since 2018:

"Ford’s patented brand of chummy corporate socialism: To each according to whoever has the premier’s ear last, from each according to whoever was foolish enough to assume things were going to roll out as originally planned."

www.thestar.com/opinion/edit...

Star Editorial Board: Ontario’s botched Blue Box reform is a showcase for everything wrong with Doug Ford’s Ontario

Ontario's revamped curbside recycling regime has been so watered down it can no longer reasonably be expected to achieve the policy goals for which it was originally designed.

www.thestar.com

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 13d

Meal Team Six is on it

WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social · 13d

ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 13d

Hakeem Jeffries is acting like he *wants* to draw a strong primary challenger in 2026 and, honestly, I wish him all the luck in the world there.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 14d

I really welcome creative thinking like this.

Because SIMPLY expanding the court won't be enough.

Dan Izzo @izzos.us · 14d

In a world where I'm President with supermajorities in Congress in 2029 what I do is:

1. Skip the 2029 SCOTUS term to put reforms in

2. Expand the Court to 13 justices (matching the Circuits)

3. Require justices to actually ride Circuit, hopefully this forces retirement of one's like Thomas (1/2)

Maine's Black Lawyer @lutherevers.bsky.social · 15d

Yeah. If Dems don't immediately go all-in on Supreme Court reform the second they regain power, this country won't survive.

I again float my idea of peaceful dissolution into 4 smaller regional countries.

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