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Bessma Momani
@bmomani.bsky.social
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Professor at the University of Waterloo in Political Science and Senior Fellow at CIGI, interested in International Affairs.

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theguardian.com
The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1h
‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine capital triggers blackouts and sets high-rise alight
‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine capital triggers blackouts and sets high-rise alight
Powerful blasts reported in Kyiv as missiles and drones target energy infrastructure, injuring nine The Ukrainian capital was plunged into darkness early on Friday by what the air force called a “massive attack”, as Russia pummelled Kyiv’s infrastructure, cutting off water and energy supplies and triggering a fire in a high-rise apartment building. Kyiv’s mayor said Russian forces had targeted “critical infrastructure” and nine people had been injured, with five of them taken to hospital. Vitali Klitschko also said power cuts and disruptions to the water supply had hit districts on the east bank of the Dnipro River that runs through the city. Continue reading...
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jael.bsky.social
jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2h
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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maxtani.bsky.social
max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 7h
New: Bari Weiss booked Hillary Clinton, Mike Pompeo, and Antony Blinken for a roundtable on Gaza, her first major move at CBS.

Notably on a CBS call today in which the panel was floated, one producer also repeatedly emphasized the need to hear from Palestinians in Gaza (Weiss did not respond).
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npr.org
NPR @npr.org · 16h
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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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 20h
Rutgers Professor @mark-bray.bsky.social, who studies & writes about Antifascism,Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats

By the time he & his family reached the gate, their tickets were cancelled.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/n... flagrantly & appallingly lawless. Hope he & his family are ok.
Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats
www.nytimes.com
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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 23h
Aid will finally surge into Gaza. The needs are massive.

Over 90% of Gaza’s housing has been destroyed by Israeli bombardment. That’s made 1.9 million homeless. They’re sleeping in hallways & garages of still-standing buildings. And they’re paying to “rent” tiny sand plots where they put up tents.
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Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social · 1d
Great blog. Thank you
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Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social · 1d
Life goals👇
wsj.com
The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d
Whether they’re about buying, selling or renovating, real-estate reality shows can’t happen without one crucial element: homeowners.

Here’s what to know before throwing your hat in the ring.
Do You Have What It Takes to Be on a Real-Estate Reality Show?
Before getting involved in one of the many renovation and house-hunting shows on television, know what you’re getting yourself into.
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bmomani.bsky.social
Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social · 1d
China’s “god’s-eyes view”
economist.com
The Economist @economist.com · 1d
Digital surveillance grids are part of a tech-driven approach to make the country’s grassroots governance more efficient—but also more pervasive
Chinese officials boast a god’s-eye view of towns from above
Digital surveillance grids are meant to help solve local problems quickly. But they also track potential troublemakers
econ.st

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economist.com
The Economist @economist.com · 1d
Digital surveillance grids are part of a tech-driven approach to make the country’s grassroots governance more efficient—but also more pervasive
Chinese officials boast a god’s-eye view of towns from above
Digital surveillance grids are meant to help solve local problems quickly. But they also track potential troublemakers
econ.st
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wsj.com
The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 1d
Whether they’re about buying, selling or renovating, real-estate reality shows can’t happen without one crucial element: homeowners.

Here’s what to know before throwing your hat in the ring.
Do You Have What It Takes to Be on a Real-Estate Reality Show?
Before getting involved in one of the many renovation and house-hunting shows on television, know what you’re getting yourself into.
on.wsj.com
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d
Good lord.

@apnews.com
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 1d
Siva Vaidhyanathan on the Trump admin’s proposed “compact” for universities (to give up academic freedom in exchange for favorable treatment by the Trump government): “This ‘compact’ is more like an invitation to borrow money from the mob, with substantial control and future penalties assured.”
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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d
And from me:

newrepublic.com/article/2013...
Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down
How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education
newrepublic.com
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d
Antisemitic, pro-Putin, in league with white nationalists, promoted the Pizzagate conspiracy theory - and now being platformed by the president of the United States
paleofuture.bsky.social
Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa
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Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social · 1d
More IPE, but I’d say …”neoliberalism”
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Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social · 1d
…and unfortunately, we know 😬
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Bessma Momani @bmomani.bsky.social · 1d
Just subscribed. Thanks for the heads up.

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politico.eu
POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 1d
Italy’s ruling Brothers of Italy party has said it plans to introduce legislation seeking to ban the burqa and niqab face and body coverings in all public spaces nationwide, calling it a bill against “Islamic separatism.”
Italy wants to ban Islamic face coverings, mosque funding
Those who violate the proposed burqa ban could face a fine of up to €3,000.
www.politico.eu
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premthakker.bsky.social
Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 1d
My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."
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972mag.com
+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 1d
An analysis of dozens of 3D animations published by the Israeli army discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but rather from commercial libraries and content creators as far afield as Scotland and Port Orchard.

www.972mag.com/israeli-army...

@mekomit.bsky.social
How a Scottish maritime museum ended up in Israel’s 3D propaganda
An analysis of dozens of Israeli army animations discovered digital assets sourced not from classified intelligence but commercial libraries and content creators.
www.972mag.com
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Ryan Bort @ryanbort.bsky.social · 1d
MAGA lawmakers regularly share its content. Elon called it "one of the best accounts on X." It's run by a Macedonian who has never set foot in America — and who illegally donated to a U.S. congressional campaign.

Great stuff from @jsweetli.bsky.social:

www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
The Viral MAGA Accounts Run by a Man Who Has Never Been to America
Two influential MAGA social media accounts are run by Rumen Naumovski, a Macedonian who may have illegally donated to a U.S. election.
www.rollingstone.com
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Mattathias Schwartz @schwartzesque.bsky.social · 1d
I spoke with The Daily about the judiciary's response to Trump's attempt to deploy the National Guard into US cities, and the question of whether simply declaring a "rebellion" makes it so, for legal purposes: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/p...
Trump Claims ‘Rebellion’ in American Cities
www.nytimes.com
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laurahelmuth.bsky.social
Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 1d
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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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d
"It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...
Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.
www.nytimes.com
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economist.com
The Economist @economist.com · 2d
The Trump administration is expected to announce a bail-out for American farmers hurt by his trade war. What the industry wants, however, is a deal with China, not a government handout
Agriculture faces a MAGA reckoning
Tariffs, higher costs and Chinese retaliation hit hard
econ.st
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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · 2d
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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Layna Mosley @laynamosley.bsky.social · 2d
Applications for the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance's postdoctoral fellowship program for 2026-2027 are due Monday, October 13.

Details here: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio...
Application for Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance - Postdoctoral Research Associate
www.princeton.edu
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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 2d
The Trump administration appears to be engaged in a dramatic project to replace the United States’ traditional European alliances, with tech policy and culture wars over social media a key to the effort, Tech Policy Press contributing editor Dean Jackson writes:
Trump’s State Department Wants to Use Tech Policy to Remake Europe In Its Image | TechPolicy.Press
Tech policy is a key part of the Trump administration's dramatic project to replace the US's traditional European alliances, Dean Jackson writes.
www.techpolicy.press
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 3d
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
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