Sylvia Parusel
@g-masp.bsky.social
Sociologist studying the intersection of substance use and socio-economic struggles.
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A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
January 8, 2026 at 1:05 AM
A friend in Minneapolis just sent me this video. Looks like thousands have come together for a vigil after an ICE agent shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This was my neighborhood for several years before coming to Portland.
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The US has attacked a country, kidnapped its head of state, and is seizing its oil. Trump has invoked the Monroe Doctrine.
This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.
This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.
January 3, 2026 at 6:31 PM
The US has attacked a country, kidnapped its head of state, and is seizing its oil. Trump has invoked the Monroe Doctrine.
This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.
This is a moment for Canada to stand up: condemn this act of imperialism. Reject impunity and the politics of brute force.
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On the "boots on the ground" question and Trump saying that it will mainly be about protecting oil operations.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
January 3, 2026 at 5:38 PM
On the "boots on the ground" question and Trump saying that it will mainly be about protecting oil operations.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
Given this framing, we should expect a massive payday for politically connected mercenary companies, who will use this to expand their private armies.
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BREAKING: How Canada Quietly Planted It's Flag In Greenland Under Trump's Orange Nose
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BREAKING: How Canada Quietly Planted It's Flag In Greenland Under Trump's Orange Nose
The story of how Ottawa dismantled MAGA’s Greenland fantasy without firing a shot
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January 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
BREAKING: How Canada Quietly Planted It's Flag In Greenland Under Trump's Orange Nose
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...
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San Diego sunset, December 29, 2025. Ocean Beach Pier
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surf
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surf
December 31, 2025 at 6:29 PM
San Diego sunset, December 29, 2025. Ocean Beach Pier
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surf
#SanDiego #sunset #OceanBeach #landscapelovers #surf
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FINALLY someone says the truth
December 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
FINALLY someone says the truth
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Russia just bombed the main highway leading into Kharkiv - heavy traffic with families returning home after Christmas - cars are burning with people in them.
And we discuss signing something with them?
And we discuss signing something with them?
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Russia just bombed the main highway leading into Kharkiv - heavy traffic with families returning home after Christmas - cars are burning with people in them.
And we discuss signing something with them?
And we discuss signing something with them?
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Put bluntly, why does Ukraine matter?
If the aggressor prevails, we return to a world where “might makes right”—something we haven’t lived in for decades.
Others are already watching. In that case, international law, starting with the UN Charter, becomes as ineffective as the Budapest Memorandum
If the aggressor prevails, we return to a world where “might makes right”—something we haven’t lived in for decades.
Others are already watching. In that case, international law, starting with the UN Charter, becomes as ineffective as the Budapest Memorandum
December 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Put bluntly, why does Ukraine matter?
If the aggressor prevails, we return to a world where “might makes right”—something we haven’t lived in for decades.
Others are already watching. In that case, international law, starting with the UN Charter, becomes as ineffective as the Budapest Memorandum
If the aggressor prevails, we return to a world where “might makes right”—something we haven’t lived in for decades.
Others are already watching. In that case, international law, starting with the UN Charter, becomes as ineffective as the Budapest Memorandum
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I’m talking to Canadian radio audiences this morning about the latest in the Russo-Ukrainian war and from the hosts’ shocked reaction, I’m realizing that few have heard about the Ru army’s « human safari » campaign in Kherson. More attn is needed. www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
A ‘human safari’: The Russian drones targeting Ukraine’s civilians
Ukrainians on the frontline in Kherson tell Olga Tokariuk how they withstand daily enemy attacks – by sheltering under trees, staying indoors on clear days and with netting over the roads.
www.chathamhouse.org
December 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I’m talking to Canadian radio audiences this morning about the latest in the Russo-Ukrainian war and from the hosts’ shocked reaction, I’m realizing that few have heard about the Ru army’s « human safari » campaign in Kherson. More attn is needed. www.chathamhouse.org/publications...
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
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the unfreedom, humiliation, and hopelessness seep into every individual's life and they are all-encompassing and constant. For those who survive the deportations, famines, show trials, and gulags, I mean.
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
the unfreedom, humiliation, and hopelessness seep into every individual's life and they are all-encompassing and constant. For those who survive the deportations, famines, show trials, and gulags, I mean.
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Westerners are lucky to have never lived under Ru occupation so they don't fear it. They imagine it as a distant, theoretical limit that doesn't affect individuals' lives. The leftists imagine it can't be worse than living in/under the American empire. In reality...
December 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Westerners are lucky to have never lived under Ru occupation so they don't fear it. They imagine it as a distant, theoretical limit that doesn't affect individuals' lives. The leftists imagine it can't be worse than living in/under the American empire. In reality...
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Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
December 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Last week, ICE arrested and separated a father and son after a routine check-in. Six-year-old Yuanxin had just enrolled in the first grade at an elementary school in Astoria. Now he's in custody, alone. ICE won't say where. This cruelty serves no one. It must end.
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Dedicated to fighting wokeness.
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Dedicated to fighting wokeness.
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This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
This book has been so soothing. I have probably learned more about the foreign policies that shape the world just in the first three chapters than I have in at least the last 15 years of news media. 🙃 It's helped clarify a lot of the absolutely batshit nonsense of the current timeline. COMFORT READ
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November 29, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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RIP Sarah Beckstrom.
November 28, 2025 at 12:11 AM
RIP Sarah Beckstrom.
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The Kremlin-drafted plan is illegal. You've done nothing, your tweet is about nothing. Thank you for wasting our time.
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The Kremlin-drafted plan is illegal. You've done nothing, your tweet is about nothing. Thank you for wasting our time.
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We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
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Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
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November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We are in a bizarre moment of diplomatic history. The purported "peace plan" that appeared a few days ago beings in Russian unreality and American weakness. Demanding everything of Ukraine and nothing of Russia, its purpose is imperialism and profiteering.
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
snyder.substack.com/p/russian-un...
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Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Results are in for Iowa City’s two-year pilot of free public transit…
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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A few thoughts from Chicago.
November 22, 2025 at 10:08 PM
A few thoughts from Chicago.
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My position is clear: I am unequivocally opposed to any new fossil fuel development — including LNG.
We must have the courage to say this to every government, of any stripe: if you’re building new pipelines or fossil infrastructure, this shall not pass.
#cdnpoli
We must have the courage to say this to every government, of any stripe: if you’re building new pipelines or fossil infrastructure, this shall not pass.
#cdnpoli
November 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
My position is clear: I am unequivocally opposed to any new fossil fuel development — including LNG.
We must have the courage to say this to every government, of any stripe: if you’re building new pipelines or fossil infrastructure, this shall not pass.
#cdnpoli
We must have the courage to say this to every government, of any stripe: if you’re building new pipelines or fossil infrastructure, this shall not pass.
#cdnpoli
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They stole nine of my books. Nine! But why not Doppelganger? Not good enough for these mass doppelganger machines?
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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November 19, 2025 at 3:24 AM
They stole nine of my books. Nine! But why not Doppelganger? Not good enough for these mass doppelganger machines?
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We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
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How to Negotiate with Russia
Account for history, law, and above all Ukraine
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November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We hear that Putin and Trump (or their emissaries) have been secretly consulting about a settlement to the war. Given the inherent traps of allowing an aggressor to decide the outcome of his war, I try here to give a sense of how negotiations might actually work.
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...
snyder.substack.com/p/how-to-neg...