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John Ma 🇺🇦

@nakhthor.bsky.social

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Chinese-American anc historian, Columbia. Antiochos III & the Cities of W Asia Minor (1999), Statues & Cities (2013), Aršāma and his World (2020, co-ed), Polis: A New History (2024). Guggenheim Fellow.

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John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · Nov 24

Might as well post this here— I *think* it's still vald

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John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 8h

This

Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social · 11h

We can support @marcelias.bsky.social @democracydocket.com He and his team seem to be fighting the hardest to save democracy. They need more funding for more lawyers.

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Colleen @wildplumbay.bsky.social · 11h

We can support @marcelias.bsky.social @democracydocket.com He and his team seem to be fighting the hardest to save democracy. They need more funding for more lawyers.

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 8h

Third: civil society. People are really showing up, especially in L.A., Chicago, Portland. All those people standing up to ICE and standing up for the vulnerable and the rule of law.... (Super-sad that the Washington Post seems to be going to hell now, though.) #nokings

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12h

It seems there are two main reasons things haven’t gone completely to shit in the US: 1. Lawyers and the courts; 2. Journalists and the media. Most of us can’t do anything about the first, but we can support journalism. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe to news & donate to public media.

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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 8h

To give you an idea of how the monetary impact works out, a good rule of thumb is that $25 can fill a backpack with everything a student needs for the school year

So for every donation you make, the matchers are adding another backpack's worth on top

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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 10h

Top Trump Education Officials Are Dismantling Public Schools: ‘We’re Going to Have a Lot of Empty School Buildings’ talkingpointsmemo.com/news/top-tru...

Top Trump Education Officials Are Dismantling Public Schools: ‘We’re Going to Have a Lot of Empty School Buildings’

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11h

Pro-Tip:

If you are emailing a prospective grad school adviser and have actually read their work, sure, feel free to mention that. But if you haven't, please don't try to fake it.

I know what my departmental page says about my books because I wrote the page. You shouldn't quote it back to me.

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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 10h

Trump's nonstop threats to arrest Dems are also about sleepwalking us into forgetting that free societies don't allow for arbitrary arrests of political opponents.

As @kristyparker.bsky.social says, we need to keep reminding ourselves that this isn't how it works:

newrepublic.com/article/2015...

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 21h

Weird and amusing that the same people touting unwatchable Bari Weiss as the Authentic Voice Of The People are also claiming that Bad Bunny, the famous musician / actor / WWE wrestler, at the Super Bowl is imposing an unpopular ideology on the majority.

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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 10h

I really don't think this is going to play out the way Republicans want it to. Most people on the right didn't know who Charlie Kirk was until he got shot. They don't care enough about him for the martyrdom act to go very far, even if their politicians push it: thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/08/k...

Charlie Kirk Championed Free Speech. The Texas GOP Is Using His Murder to Crush It.

Hours after announcing ‘undercover operations’ into leftist groups, Ken Paxton compared Charlie Kirk to Jesus at a Turning Point USA event.

thebarbedwire.com

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John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 10h

Shameful

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Cf Night Owl (II) in Watchmen

John Ma 🇺🇦 @nakhthor.bsky.social · 10h

“The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 11h

Did DOGE save us $2 trillion?

“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/tari...

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 11h

It really can't be said enough: the goal of the "anti-woke" movement was always to destroy social norms against bigotry. And it worked. And there's a whole lot of purportedly "left" thinkers & commentators who helped it -- indeed, it couldn't have been done without them.

They should feel bad.

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Zach Malm @muzach.bsky.social · 22h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Sophie Scholl (1921-1943), member of the White Rose resistance movement.

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Tony @tiletony.bsky.social · 23h

They did an "Antifa Roundtable" today, and brought in the looniest of the MAGA influencers. Damn right there is gonna be a beer!😂

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Linda Marie @lindam174.bsky.social · 23h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

a woman in a striped dress is dancing in a field

ALT: a woman in a striped dress is dancing in a field

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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 23h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

Natalie Portman with a shaved head in the film V for Vendetta, which is a movie not real life, gazes at the masked anarchist revolutionary V, who again, is not real life but based on a comic book character.

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Josiah Hawthorne @josiahhawthorne.bsky.social · 22h

“the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Gabe Ortíz @tusk81.bsky.social · 11h

“The only difference between me and other recently sworn-in members is that I am the 218th signer” of the Epstein petition, says Adelita Grijalva, who easily won her Congressional seat by nearly 40 points: english.elpais.com/usa/2025-10-...

Adelita Grijalva: ‘The first thing I’ll do is sign the petition for the release of the Epstein files’

Democrats claim the Arizona congresswoman’s swearing-in is being delayed to prevent the publication of documents related to the sex offender

english.elpais.com

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Jen in Motion @jeninmotion.bsky.social · 11h

Good lord, Mike Johnson has an evil face.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Republican C-SPAN caller to Mike Johnson: "As a Republican, I'm very disappointed in my party,and I'm very disappointed in you, because you have the power to call the House back. You refuse to do that just for a show."