Kevin Moss
@kevinvt.bsky.social
Retired Professor of Russian & LGBTQ studies at Middlebury College
Good news from Vermont!
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Judge releases detained Palestinian Vermonter Mohsen Mahdawi - VTDigger
Mahdawi was detained earlier this month by federal immigration authorities after attempting to complete the process of becoming an American citizen. He faces a separate deportation case in immigration...
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April 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Good news from Vermont!
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Excellent in-depth article on the long road to Civil Unions and eventually marriage equality. Nice to see an article that really does highlight how groundbreaking Vermont was on so many issues.
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Vermont Marks 25 Years Since it Passed Civil Unions Law | Seven Days
On April 26, 2000, the eyes of the world were on Montpelier. There, governor Howard Dean signed the civil unions bill with only his staff in attendance
www.sevendaysvt.com
April 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Excellent in-depth article on the long road to Civil Unions and eventually marriage equality. Nice to see an article that really does highlight how groundbreaking Vermont was on so many issues.
www.sevendaysvt.com/news/vermont...
www.sevendaysvt.com/news/vermont...
The end of LGBT-free zones in Poland!
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“LGBT-Free Zones” In Poland Became History! - Campaign Against Homophobia
At today’s Council session, the Łańcut County repealed the last discriminatory Local Government Family Rights Charter. Six years after the first resolution targeting the LGBT+ community was introduced...
kph.org.pl
April 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The end of LGBT-free zones in Poland!
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How Fran Morelli was killed in Kastav (perhaps a lesson for modern times)
Kastav had its law since 1400 granting citizens rights, but in 1666 the local potentate, “Captain” Fran Morelli made his own laws, ignoring the old rights (sound familiar?). They drowned him in this well.
Kastav had its law since 1400 granting citizens rights, but in 1666 the local potentate, “Captain” Fran Morelli made his own laws, ignoring the old rights (sound familiar?). They drowned him in this well.
April 25, 2025 at 8:49 AM
How Fran Morelli was killed in Kastav (perhaps a lesson for modern times)
Kastav had its law since 1400 granting citizens rights, but in 1666 the local potentate, “Captain” Fran Morelli made his own laws, ignoring the old rights (sound familiar?). They drowned him in this well.
Kastav had its law since 1400 granting citizens rights, but in 1666 the local potentate, “Captain” Fran Morelli made his own laws, ignoring the old rights (sound familiar?). They drowned him in this well.
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This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
The CFPB Has Been Gutted
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau terminated the positions of 1,406 employees at the congressionally mandated agency.
www.wired.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This is getting fewer headlines than it should. After coming to power promising to help working people, the president is revealing his real priorities by actively making it easier for banks to rip people off.
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April 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The Hungarian model. So much winning!
What did 14 years of autocratic populism produce in Hungary?
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Poverty and corruption
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The Hungarian Model
MAGA conservatives love Viktor Orbán. But he’s left his country corrupt, stagnant, and impoverished.
www.theatlantic.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
The Hungarian model. So much winning!
Sad to learn of the death of Svetlana Broz, one of the Good People in an Evil Time. Amazing person. Neka počiva u miru!
March 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Sad to learn of the death of Svetlana Broz, one of the Good People in an Evil Time. Amazing person. Neka počiva u miru!
Please proceed! I wonder if he includes Phil Scott among those radical Marxists running our state?
March 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Please proceed! I wonder if he includes Phil Scott among those radical Marxists running our state?
Our local SAQ/provincial liquor store in Montreal. Guess what wine used to be on that shelf (not that I ever bought it, with all the alternatives)
March 12, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Our local SAQ/provincial liquor store in Montreal. Guess what wine used to be on that shelf (not that I ever bought it, with all the alternatives)
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Yes Jasmine!! 👏
Jasmine Crockett Hilariously Shades Trump With Trolling Question About 'Immigrant Crime' During Hearing
That is how you do it!
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March 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Yes Jasmine!! 👏
There were more mixed-race marriages in 1967 than trans athletes in 2025. Over 80% disapproved of them. Didn't make it right to be a bigot or to coddle the bigots.
March 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
There were more mixed-race marriages in 1967 than trans athletes in 2025. Over 80% disapproved of them. Didn't make it right to be a bigot or to coddle the bigots.
My sentiments exactly!
February 11, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My sentiments exactly!
According to some HS classmates (not in the advanced group) I'm an idiot for not seeing that Biden and Harris were authoritarian fascists.😜
February 9, 2025 at 9:10 PM
According to some HS classmates (not in the advanced group) I'm an idiot for not seeing that Biden and Harris were authoritarian fascists.😜
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Definitely nothing to see here 🫣
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February 6, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Definitely nothing to see here 🫣
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Adriana Zaharijević explains why the Serbian student protests should inspire us all: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Serbia’s students are showing the world how to restore democratic hope | Adriana Zaharijević
An authoritarian regime has been rocked by an anti-corruption movement generating society-wide anger and indignation, says philosopher Adriana Zaharijević
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February 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Adriana Zaharijević explains why the Serbian student protests should inspire us all: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I keep repeating this over and over. Something like 20% of the population, far from half the country. A MINORITY.
February 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I keep repeating this over and over. Something like 20% of the population, far from half the country. A MINORITY.
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
Just eliminate the words "transgender," "LGBT," and "climate change," and they no longer exist, right?
January 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just eliminate the words "transgender," "LGBT," and "climate change," and they no longer exist, right?
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We don’t have any standards on who we’re putting in charge of our government now. And that’s putting stress on the people already there.
January 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
We don’t have any standards on who we’re putting in charge of our government now. And that’s putting stress on the people already there.
Don't forget that only 31.8% of eligible voters and something like only 22% of the US population voted for this nonsense. Most people don't want any of it.
January 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Don't forget that only 31.8% of eligible voters and something like only 22% of the US population voted for this nonsense. Most people don't want any of it.
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Remember how Elon Musk said the biggest scandal in internet history was a government occasionally _asking_ platforms to curb deadly disinformation? So where’s his outcry—or anyone’s—over a top Trump aide, Stephen Miller, _summoning_ Zuckerberg to _dictate_ new Meta policies in lieu of _prosecution_?
How Zuckerberg Sucked Up to Stephen Miller Before Changing Meta Rules
Mark Zuckerberg reportedly met with the senior Trump adviser just before publicly announcing all the changes to Meta.
newrepublic.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Remember how Elon Musk said the biggest scandal in internet history was a government occasionally _asking_ platforms to curb deadly disinformation? So where’s his outcry—or anyone’s—over a top Trump aide, Stephen Miller, _summoning_ Zuckerberg to _dictate_ new Meta policies in lieu of _prosecution_?
1/4 It used to be in the long-ago 20th century that one of the major distinctions between Russia/the USSR and the US was our reliance on empirical facts and media vs the Russian tendency to place signs and words as primary, while what we call reality was irrelevant.
January 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
1/4 It used to be in the long-ago 20th century that one of the major distinctions between Russia/the USSR and the US was our reliance on empirical facts and media vs the Russian tendency to place signs and words as primary, while what we call reality was irrelevant.
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Sore-winning syndrome has reached epidemic levels in the US, but, oddly enough,only Republicans seem to be afflicted.
January 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Sore-winning syndrome has reached epidemic levels in the US, but, oddly enough,only Republicans seem to be afflicted.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
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January 4, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post cartoonist Ann Telnaes announces she's quit the paper because her editors wouldn't print a cartoon going after Big Tech and media oligarchs paying tribute to to Trump
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
A new low in mainstream media's post-Trump meltdown anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...