Matthew Jagel
@matthewjagel.bsky.social
Historian - US Foreign Relations, Cold War, Cambodia, Vietnam, Southeast Asia
Adjunct Instructor - Saint Xavier University
Author - Khmer Nationalist
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769337/khmer-nationalist/#bookTabs=1
I like music.
Adjunct Instructor - Saint Xavier University
Author - Khmer Nationalist
https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501769337/khmer-nationalist/#bookTabs=1
I like music.
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Matthew Jagel
@matthewjagel.bsky.social
· Jul 27
Khmer Nationalist by Matthew Jagel | Paperback | Cornell University Press
Khmer Nationalist is a political history of Cambodia from World War II until 1975, examining the central role of Sõn Ngọc Thành. It is a story of nationalistic independence movements, political...
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It is here! Covering French Colonialism, Japanese Empire, the Cold War, coup attempts, the CIA, US Diplomacy, the war in Vietnam, and more, Khmer Nationalist looks at how Cambodia navigated the post-WW2 era. CODE 09BCARD FOR 30% OFF
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Friday night jam is @pearljam.com Vault #4, 5/10/2000. Love Ed's voice in this era, and 2000 could be the tightest the band ever was.
December 27, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Friday night jam is @pearljam.com Vault #4, 5/10/2000. Love Ed's voice in this era, and 2000 could be the tightest the band ever was.
Tuesday night jam is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social Tonight's the Night 50. Closes out The Ditch Trilogy...an immensely dark album (mostly) that is probably in my top 10 of all time.
December 24, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Tuesday night jam is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social Tonight's the Night 50. Closes out The Ditch Trilogy...an immensely dark album (mostly) that is probably in my top 10 of all time.
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"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
December 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
"This promise of an AI future, is really just a collective anxiety that wealthy people have about how well they're gonna be able to control us in the future."
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
- @tressiemcphd.bsky.social with an absolute mic drop moment about AI bullshit.
Incredible words.
Listen to all of it!
Saturday night jams is the Rolling Stones Bridges to Bremen. A bit low energy compared to others I've heard from this tour (including the show I saw non-humble brag). Still has the indescribable swag that only the Stones possess.
December 14, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Saturday night jams is the Rolling Stones Bridges to Bremen. A bit low energy compared to others I've heard from this tour (including the show I saw non-humble brag). Still has the indescribable swag that only the Stones possess.
Enjoying Mike Millard's 1975 live recording on the new Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here set. Had this on bootleg cassette ages ago...sounds fantastic (for what it is). Mike recorded some of the best bootlegs ever, including several from the Zeppelin 1977 LA run
December 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Enjoying Mike Millard's 1975 live recording on the new Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here set. Had this on bootleg cassette ages ago...sounds fantastic (for what it is). Mike recorded some of the best bootlegs ever, including several from the Zeppelin 1977 LA run
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
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As with the stories about ChatGPT assisted suicide and AI psychosis, universities will do absolutely nothing with this information and continue to push ‘strategic relationships’ with OpenAI
“When participants used ChatGPT to draft essays, brain scans revealed a 47% drop in neural connectivity across regions associated with memory, language, & critical reasoning.
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
Their brains worked less, but they felt just as engaged—a kind of metacognitive mirage.”🧪
December 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
As with the stories about ChatGPT assisted suicide and AI psychosis, universities will do absolutely nothing with this information and continue to push ‘strategic relationships’ with OpenAI
Pre-Thanksgiving jams continue with Pete Townshend and @davidgilmour.com.web.brid.gy live 1986
November 27, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Pre-Thanksgiving jams continue with Pete Townshend and @davidgilmour.com.web.brid.gy live 1986
Well, the wife and daughter aren't back yet, so pre-Thanksgiving jams continue with @mymorningjacket.bsky.social The Waterfall II
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Well, the wife and daughter aren't back yet, so pre-Thanksgiving jams continue with @mymorningjacket.bsky.social The Waterfall II
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if Homer had just looked one ad down, he could have seen the Dead at the Capital City Stadium
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
if Homer had just looked one ad down, he could have seen the Dead at the Capital City Stadium
Pre-Thanksgiving jam is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social and Promise of the Real. Guy still has it
November 27, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Pre-Thanksgiving jam is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social and Promise of the Real. Guy still has it
"comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project that was instrumental to our victory in World War II"
Ugh
Ugh
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
"comparable in urgency and ambition to the Manhattan Project that was instrumental to our victory in World War II"
Ugh
Ugh
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This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Senate reaches deal on ending the shutdown
Democrats are coalescing around a bipartisan agreement to fund the government.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This is not a deal — it's an empty promise.
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump and his Republican Congress are making healthcare more expensive for the middle class and ending it for working families.
Time for Democrats to stand tall for affordable healthcare. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Will someone say no to this criminal grifter?
November 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Will someone say no to this criminal grifter?
Friday night jams is Joni Mitchell Archives Volume 4 LP box. Far out era for her.
November 8, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Friday night jams is Joni Mitchell Archives Volume 4 LP box. Far out era for her.
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This is a politically bizarre issue to lean into. Trump is emphatically making the GOP the pro-children-starving party. Soullessness is their brand.
NEW: Trump is asking Supreme Court to act by 9:30pm tonight to block the ruling that requires SNAP payments to be made.
November 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
This is a politically bizarre issue to lean into. Trump is emphatically making the GOP the pro-children-starving party. Soullessness is their brand.
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This is one of those times when social media is important. I don't trust most major news organizations to do much with this photo, even though it speaks volumes about this moment in our nation's history. But the image going viral will get it seen, and might push news orgs to use and discuss it.
November 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is one of those times when social media is important. I don't trust most major news organizations to do much with this photo, even though it speaks volumes about this moment in our nation's history. But the image going viral will get it seen, and might push news orgs to use and discuss it.
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It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
November 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
It’s okay to be glad that restaurants are doing stuff like this AND absolutely furious about the utter failure of the United States government.
@danbernstein.bsky.social your Mark Andrews game!
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 AM
@danbernstein.bsky.social your Mark Andrews game!
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“America is a country defined and enriched by its faith communities…not THOSE ones, however.” It’s an American story as old as time, the Know Nothings, the KKK, and now this.
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
“America is a country defined and enriched by its faith communities…not THOSE ones, however.” It’s an American story as old as time, the Know Nothings, the KKK, and now this.
This still works, although modern-day Congress is doing most of its destruction by allowing the executive to do illegal acts with impunity.
October 27, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This still works, although modern-day Congress is doing most of its destruction by allowing the executive to do illegal acts with impunity.
@danbernstein.bsky.social but we need to test ourselves against the best!
Sources: Ravens QB Lamar Jackson ran the scout team on Friday, an indication that the two-time MVP is a week away from returning despite having a full practice.
Tyler “Snoop” Huntley, signed off the practice squad, would be in line to start vs. the Bears if Jackson can’t go.
Tyler “Snoop” Huntley, signed off the practice squad, would be in line to start vs. the Bears if Jackson can’t go.
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
@danbernstein.bsky.social but we need to test ourselves against the best!
Live Yes on a Friday night AGAIN!
October 25, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Live Yes on a Friday night AGAIN!
A little thing I wrote about the research process for my book about Son Ngoc Thanh and Cambodia. Check it out in the latest @iias.bsky.social newsletter
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Researching the Mystery of Son Ngoc Thanh | IIAS
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October 24, 2025 at 1:53 PM
A little thing I wrote about the research process for my book about Son Ngoc Thanh and Cambodia. Check it out in the latest @iias.bsky.social newsletter
www.iias.asia/the-newslett...
www.iias.asia/the-newslett...