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Aviel Roshwald

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History Professor. Comparative study of nationalism. Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023) https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Occupied-by-Aviel-Roshwald/9781108790826

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · Oct 10

I’m a history professor focusing on 20th-century Europe, with a particular interest in the comparative history of nationalism and of responses to Nazi aggression. My most recent book is Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Camb. Univ. Press, 2023).

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 7h

Delighted to be giving a "France-Quebec Chair on Contemporary Issues in Freedom of Expression" talk at the
University of Montreal on the current crisis in free speech, democracy, and public media, on December 2nd.

La liberté d’expression à l’ère de Trump 2.0 | UQAM

Trois tables rondes organisées par l’Observatoire sur les États-Unis et la Chaire COLIBEX dresseront un état des lieux.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 6h

This thread caused me to rampage through the woods, tearing down mighty oaks with my bare hands.

Afterwards, I felt confident enough in my manhood to relax at a cafe with a nice cappuccino.

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 11h

A Brief History of Men are Becoming Less Manly

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 7h

"Dozens of rare Jewish religious books, some believed to have belonged to the legendary Library of the Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva, were recently discovered in the basement of a Jewish-owned building near the Nożyk Synagogue in Warsaw." www.ynetnews.com/jewish-world...

Rare pre-Holocaust Jewish books found in Warsaw basement

Books bearing stamps from the legendary Chachmei Lublin Yeshiva—lost during the Holocaust—were found in poor condition in Warsaw; Polish experts are working to preserve the mold- and fungus-damaged te...

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Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3d

I’ve received multiple death threats + doxing (including my home address) directly following harassment from Turning Point USA, Jack Posobiec, Andy NGO, + Fox News which called me an antifa ‘financier.’

I have been forced to move my classes online.

If journalists want to talk, DM me or reply here.

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Kelsey Atherton @atherton.bsky.social · 12h

this is literally stuff King Charles did, like not only did the American colonists have a revolution to not have this happen, but they did so in the wake of the English revolution, which was about not having stuff like this happen

George Pearkes @peark.es · 13h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 16h

RFK Jr. is worse than cigarettes.

The Daily Beast @thedailybeast.bsky.social · 16h

Six former U.S. Surgeons General have issued a joint warning saying RFK Jr.’s actions “are endangering the health of the nation.”

Surgeons General Unite to Torch RFK Jr. in Unprecedented Warning

Six agree Kennedy is a “profound, immediate” danger to the health of Americans.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16h

Breaking News: Saul Zabar, who over seven decades made the Upper West Side food emporium Zabar’s a New York institution, is dead at 97. nyti.ms/42qGl2n

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Nancy Wingfield @nmw1.bsky.social · 19h

He'll only be happy w/ the Nobel Obama Prize. 🥰

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 20h

Should have gone to Trump for his pioneering work in detaching actions from consequences.

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 20h

I think they’re simply pro-evil.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h

ATLANTIC: “Miller, like Trump, appears to believe his side stands for what is right and good, and his opponents stand for what is evil. Any methods used by Trump are ipso facto justified, and any methods used against him illegitimate.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 20h

Should have gone to Trump for his pioneering work in detaching actions from consequences.

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/s...

Nobel Prize in Physics Is Awarded for Work in Quantum Mechanics

www.nytimes.com

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Éamann Mac Donnchada @almagroschool.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote this on Oct 09 two years ago. It seems worth reupping for the day that's in it. It seems clear now that most on the left were, at best, mildly displeased by Hamas's actions on those fatal days
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Shouldn’t it actually be “thank you for your attention to this blather”?

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Journalists who want to remain in the regime’s good graces will confine themselves to simply adding their bylines to official press releases. And they will do so with a smile.

Thank you for your attention to this blather.

Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 1d

News: The Pentagon has sent out its revised rules to reporters who wish to have building access. The new rules say that even soliciting tips on social media is grounds for losing badge access, per a copy I've obtained. More in tonight's edition of @status.news. Subscribe: www.status.news/subscribe

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Such a classic!

Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

How can we let such bloodthirsty fanatics roam free on our cities’ streets?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Update on Boomertifa from the war zone.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Selling soul to devil not good.

Jonathan Gilligan @jgilligan.org · 1d

The Vanderbilt chapter of @aaup.org has issued a statement condemning President Trump's proposed "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education" as an illegal assault on civil rights, academic freedom, shared governance, and institutional autonomy.

vanderbiltaaup.org/2025/10/06/s...

Statement by the Vanderbilt AAUP Executive Committee on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

October 6, 2025 On October 2nd, Vanderbilt was among nine universities “invited” to sign a “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” with the federal government. The Compact, however, i…

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2d

I was told not to teach a class on the intellectual histories of Zionism and Anti-Zionism next year - not because they doubted I could teach it fairly, but because it would attract too many politicians scrutinizing the syllabus.

A society where that is a valid fear is no longer fully democratic.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

This is a conversion-therapy program I can support.

Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 1d

Know someone in MAGA who is beginning to see the light but might need help escaping? The organization "Leaving MAGA" can help.
Empower others to leave MAGA and tell their stories.
Foster reconciliation with their friends and family.
Develop movement leaders to help others leave.
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Leaving MAGA - Leaving MAGA

MISSION STATEMENT Empower others to leave MAGA and tell their stories. Foster reconciliation with their friends and family. Develop movement leaders to help others leave. Dear MAGA Americans, I was a ...

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 1d

New Yorker cartoons nail it again.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Certainly—makes sense that they would curate his fake-news feed along these lines, augmenting whatever rubbish he watches on Fox TV.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Mina is more of a cafe hound than a lounge lizard.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely not a bubble.

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 1d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

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Paul Connolly @thepaulconnolly.bsky.social · 1d

If Pynchon wins the Nobel Prize for Literature, presumably his acceptance speech will be sent to Stockholm using a clandestine postal service then read out by a small child claiming to be the last living descendent of Werner von Braun

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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 1d

"No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it." @acls1919.bsky.social statement on the White House "compact" proposed to universities. www.acls.org/news/acls-st...

ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

ACLS stands firmly against this latest White House effort to divide faculties by giving special privileges to students in “hard science programs” and its demand that institutions abolish “units that p...

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d

I think Trump remains perfectly capable of making up garbage himself.

I'm James, I cook, I VFX. @jdhattin.bsky.social · 1d

They are showing Trump footage of old protests or violent events maybe not even from this country or this century.

They are filling him up with falsehoods to get him to act.

He is in no way working at a capacity to be able to make rational decisions when Stephen Wormtongue Miller is hissing bile

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