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Mark Rice
@markricehistory.bsky.social
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Associate professor of history at Baruch College and the CUNY Graduate Center. Author of Making Machu Picchu/Destino Machu Picchu. Fulbright scholar. Department chair. https://blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/markrice1/

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 2h
Stephen Miller just said that Chicago ICE raid was one of the most successful law enforcement operations ever. I asked Pritzker to respond.

"If this was Pinochet’s Chile, if this was Argentina under authoritarian rule, maybe you’d call it successful," he said. 2/

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Mark Rice @markricehistory.bsky.social · 2h
The Peruvian congress might be the most reviled legislative body in the world. Yet even they felt the need to take some action in the wake of high profile gun violence.

Says a lot about the moral bankruptcy of US politics... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...
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Steph💖 @nosoyungato.bsky.social · 3h
Después de todo el circo de anoche, no olvidemos cómo se dieron los intentos de vacancia anteriores
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Reposted by Mark Rice, Manisha Sinha

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h
Three @wsj.com headlines from the past three days. 👀
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Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 4h
White House staff should just make and show him an AI-generated video where he wins, fly him to Duluth and tell him it’s Oslo, and dare the New York Times to say anything more than “Experts disagree about whether Mr Trump was awarded the Nobel Prize”.
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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, David M. Schultz, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 10 more

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 10h
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 · 10h
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

@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, David M. Schultz, Mary Feeney , and 12 more

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jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 10h
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

@heatmap.news
Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says
It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.
heatmap.news
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Reposted by Mark Rice

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 16h
Another obvious case of Trump weaponizing the legal system, with political hacks pursuing a baseless case that career prosecutors would not touch.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...
Live Updates: N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James Indicted After Trump’s Pressure Campaign
www.nytimes.com
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Reposted by Mark Rice, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 17h
there’s this weird idea a lot of people seem to have about how all of us writers and artists must secretly want to use AI and are merely resisting temptation for ethical reasons, and like, no, it’s not hard for me to resist drinking the bowl of Piss With Glass In It actually
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17h
Trump just got Letitia James indicted despite insiders leaking that the case against her is incredibly weak. He had to get his handpicked stooge to do it. This only shows how corrupt the whole thing truly is:
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 18h
The Guardian reports that Letitia James has been indicted

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Reposted by Will Jennings, Richard Waite, Maria Abreu , and 2 more

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 18h
after careful study, I believe only people born between 1975 and 1995 should be allowed to use the internet
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Mark Rice @markricehistory.bsky.social · 22h
Arrived today from @dukepress.bsky.social!
A copy of the book, Modern Peru: A New History.
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Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Mark Rice

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 23h
I have looked at this a ton and he's right! There are NO rigorous peer reviewed studies showing faculty political leanings translate into skewed teaching or any form of vindictive grading or censorship on a systemic scale. Yes there are anecdotes, no there is NOT evidence of a widespread issue. 🗃️
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Reposted by Samantha Brennan, Mark Rice, Claire L. Adida

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 23h
These are terrible numbers for Trump (via @pewresearch.org)

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
"Majorities say trump has used his office improperly; fewer say he has improved government, U.S. standing" (graphs via Pew Research)
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 1d
It was, and basically from the moment it happened, the decision was made for all senior officials to just… pretend he meant to do that:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Reposted by Sanford F. Schram, James Goodwin, Mark Rice , and 1 more

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 1d
We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy.

Some thoughts from my new piece:

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We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly
Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy
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Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Gavin A. Schmidt, Bessma Momani , and 3 more

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NPR @npr.org · 1d
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down.
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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Suresh Venkatasubramanian, Will Jennings , and 20 more

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 1d
David Simon, creator of ‘The Wire’, being interviewed by Ari Shapiro (NPR)
SHAPIRO: OK, so you've spent your career creating television without Al, and I could imagine today you thinking, boy, I wish I had had that tool to solve those thorny problems... SIMON: What? SHAPIRO: ...Or saying... SIMON: You imagine that? SHAPIRO: ...Boy, if that had existed, it would have screwed me over. SIMON: I don't think Al can remotely challenge what writers do at a fundamentally creative level. SHAPIRO: But if you're trying to transition from scene five to scene six, and you're stuck with that transition, you could imagine plugging that portion of the script into an Al and say, give me 10 ideas for how to transition this. SIMON: I'd rather put a gun in my mouth.
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Reposted by Dustin Mulvaney, Mark Rice

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NPR @npr.org · 1d
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact. n.pr/4nLAI7A
After Spain's blackout, critics blamed renewable energy. It's part of a bigger attack
When millions lost power in Spain and Portugal this spring, some were quick to blame too much solar and wind power. That wasn't the cause, but the misinformation had an impact.
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Reposted by Michael D. McDonald, Mark Rice, Nathan P. Kalmoe

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d
Trump has been illegally bombing boats off the coast of Venezuela.

Tim Kaine and Adam Schiff forced a vote on reasserting Congress's role over war powers and ending this reckless
warmongering.

It failed 48-51.

Murkowski and Paul voted yes.

Fetterman voted no.
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The People's Fabric @peoplesfabric.com · 1d
No protest from 6am to 9am in the Broadview free speech zone.

Just here with a handful of press waiting to see if we can catch the Texas National Guard arriving in Broadview tonight.
NO PROTEST FROM 6PM TO 9AM
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Reposted by Joe R. Feagin, Brendan Nyhan, Mark Rice , and 3 more

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Patrick De Klotz @patdeklotz.bsky.social · 1d
American citizen, read this. www.koin.com/news/portlan...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"
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Reposted by Johan P. Olsen, Silvia Secchi, Mark Rice , and 1 more

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 1d
Jonathan Rinderknecht, a white man, was charged with starting the Palisades Fire. But on X, the company's news summary tab shows a photo of a black man.
Screenshot depicting posts on X, one showing the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire, a white man. The X news tab reports on the suspect's arrest, but shows a photo of a black man instead.
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Juan Escalante @juansaaa.com · 1d
The pope has instructed U.S. bishops to take a stronger public stand against the president’s hardline immigration policies
Pope Leo Ramps Up His Trump Feud With Order to American Bishops
The Chicago-born pontiff has sharpened his criticism of the Trump administration and reportedly decided to take action.
www.thedailybeast.com
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Reposted by John Hogan, Mark Rice, David Darmofal

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
The consensus of macroeconomists globally is that the techbros and Trump are driving the markets towards a Crédit Mobilier-type meltdown in which they will profit massively, but the financial system will be devastated. www.ft.com/content/fe47...
IMF and BoE warn AI boom risks ‘abrupt’ stock market correction
Kristalina Georgieva and UK financial stability watchdog say valuations are closing in on dotcom bubble levels
www.ft.com
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steven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 1d
The Dallas area Palestinian Youth Movement reported yesterday that Ya'Kub Ira, an activist and martial arts instructor, was abducted by ICE despite Ira's legal status under DACA.

"This is the second unexpected arrest of someone with proximity to the Palestine movement in the past two weeks."
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Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Norbert Schwarz, Nancy Kanwisher , and 15 more

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Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 2d
Six of the nine Nobel Prize winners this year work in the U.S.
Three of the six were born outside the U.S., which is the pattern most years. No country has benefited more from welcoming immigrants from around the world.
www.nobelprize.org
The official website of the Nobel Prize - NobelPrize.org
The Nobel Prize rewards science, humanism and peace efforts. This is one of the central concepts in the will of Alfred Nobel, and it also permeates the outreach activities that have been developed for...
www.nobelprize.org
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2d
It's one thing to be politically divided into red states and blue states. We are now being militarily divided into red states and blue states. It's crossing the Rubicon, a bright-red flashing warning that the constitutional order is coming unglued, in a way that will have monumental consequences. /x
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