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Tamsin Shaw

@professorshaw.bsky.social

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NYU, articles in NYRB, NYT etc, formerly Princeton Politics Department, Institute for Advanced Study, King's College Cambridge

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 11d

I love my students. They’re serious, open-minded, intellectually curious, hardworking. When I tell people that, they usually say “REALLY??” Because they think they’re all cancel culture militants or woke snowflakes or whatever the propaganda says this week.

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 9h

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 9h

Hey, you idiotic propagandists at the New York Post:

God Bless America isn't the national anthem. It's a SHOW TUNE written by Irving Berlin.

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Jonathan Slater @jonathanslater.bsky.social · 10h

Back in 1991 I had a newsstand in Hollywood. Diane Keaton came down from yoga next door and her jeep wouldn’t start. I tried for an hour. She offered to take me to dinner. One of the best experiences ever RIP

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 7h

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10h

❗️Reportedly, these are armed uniformed Russian men at the Estonia-Russia border.

Friends from Estonia, could you please provide more details? Thank you!

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 10h

Yes, that's such a good film and she's incredible

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 23h

It makes sense. But if you have the kind of depression where you lose all motivation to help yourself, how will it work? Being consistent with exercise is hard enough for those of us who are really into it...

Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 1d

I’m so glad I discovered your account. I’m a Brit living in America and what you photograph is exactly what I miss the most. You really convey the feeling of being there. Solace in dark times. Thank you.

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 2d

I guess no one uses the expression “Carthaginian peace” anymore

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 2d

With Jason Robards and Robert Redford? Directed by Sidney Lumet? I can't believe I didn't know about this.

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 2d

I went once but only got to see the outside because the doors were locked. Thank you for showing me the inside! Extraordinary.

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 2d

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 2d

How's that eternal youth thing going? Worth the $700m so far?

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 2d

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

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Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 2d

Sexist!

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Forbes @forbes.com · 4d

Oracle zero-day vulnerabilities are being targeted by at least one major cybercrime group and the FBI says it's looking bad.

FBI Is Warning Companies To Patch Their Oracle Databases Immediately

Oracle zero-day vulnerabilities are being targeted by at least one major cybercrime group and the FBI says it's looking bad.

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 3d

Wow

Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 3d

You have got to be joking hahaha

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 5d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

this is incredible

Ian Gordon @idgordon.bsky.social · 5d

If you'd like to delight in a side-by-side comparison, here's Bari Weiss' reported note to CBS staffers (left) and the one I cooked up on ChatGPT with a quickly dashed-off prompt (right). Looking forward to hearing from you in the days and weeks ahead!

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 5d

seriously!

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Imani Gandy Corn 🎃 @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 5d

you are no longer allowed to have imposter syndrome.

not after this bari omgwtf weiss situation.

you're literally not allowed to feel imposter syndrome ANYMORE

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 6d

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 7d

I predict that the people calling Dems fanatics & terrorists are going to make sure the big SV companies (all loyalists) don't share data with Dems for elections. That's the deciding factor in modern elections and only the GOP will have access. Private companies may not even let Dems buy ads.

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 6d

Really, truly amazing that OpenAI wants us to believe that they are worth a trillion dollars but also they are so desperate for revenue that they created an infinite SlopTok app that opens them up to a billion lawsuits just so that they can maybe someday make it even worse by filling it with ads.

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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 6d

Idk the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact worked out didnt it…? Everyone just takes a bit of their sphere of influence…?

Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · 6d

Oh damn. Why didn't someone tell me this in my 30s?

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