Shervin Malekzadeh
@swarthy-bastard.bsky.social
Pitzer prof. Former kindergarten teacher, & sometime swarthy bastard. I work on democratic movements and the politics of postrevolutionary schooling in Iran.
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Opinion | A Different Iranian Revolution (Gift Article)
Americans have to stop looking at the Tehran demonstrations through the prism of 1979.
www.nytimes.com
Only a handful of anonymous op-eds have been published by The New York Times. I had the (hidden) honor of being one of those authors with my piece, "A Different Iranian Revolution," written in hope & fear at my aunt's dining room table during the early stages of the 2009 Green Movement in #Iran.
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The only defense is offense. The only way to fight this fire is with solidarity. Unmitigated principled stances. Without compromise
December 1, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Look, there is no way to avoid TPUSA. You can give trolls a C-, B, B+. It won't matter. They can even get an A overall but if you give the feedback the very constructive OU instructor did, you're on the list. The assignment could be 2% of the grade (it might be in that class!). There is no defense.
December 1, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Look, there is no way to avoid TPUSA. You can give trolls a C-, B, B+. It won't matter. They can even get an A overall but if you give the feedback the very constructive OU instructor did, you're on the list. The assignment could be 2% of the grade (it might be in that class!). There is no defense.
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They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
It’s wild how the press is ok with the president abusing the pardon power. That used to be one of the most scrutinized things about a presidency.
December 1, 2025 at 5:20 AM
They demonstrated pretty conclusively that they understand how to cover pardons as if they are huge scandals when they ran multiple days of banner headlines and scolding op-eds and follow ups when Biden pardoned Hunter exactly one year ago.
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
They just choose not to for trump because they like him
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Can’t over emphasize how thoughtful and professional Professor Curth is here. Save the opinions for the op eds, what’s your *falsifiable* argument and how do you support it using *evidence and reason?* If you submit personal beliefs to that rigor, fine! Profs want you to *think critically!*
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Can’t over emphasize how thoughtful and professional Professor Curth is here. Save the opinions for the op eds, what’s your *falsifiable* argument and how do you support it using *evidence and reason?* If you submit personal beliefs to that rigor, fine! Profs want you to *think critically!*
Incredible
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
November 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Incredible
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An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
Jamie Dimon says JPM hasn't given to the ballroom because "anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived." Adds "And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with."
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:17 AM
An important part of arresting the consolidation of authoritarianism is convincing corporations and institutions that Trump will eventually be out of power and at that point they’ll face consequences for their actions and by that standard this is a good sign
So sick of this shit
Oh, so this is why the Department of Labor decided to deploy the term bizarre term "Americanism" in its winking neo-Nazi post today
November 29, 2025 at 10:50 PM
So sick of this shit
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To say nothing of the labor involved in constructing such a response.
November 29, 2025 at 6:29 PM
To say nothing of the labor involved in constructing such a response.
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There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
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Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
November 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.
Can’t over emphasize how thoughtful and professional Professor Curth is here. Save the opinions for the op eds, what’s your *falsifiable* argument and how do you support it using *evidence and reason?* If you submit personal beliefs to that rigor, fine! Profs want you to *think critically!*
November 29, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Can’t over emphasize how thoughtful and professional Professor Curth is here. Save the opinions for the op eds, what’s your *falsifiable* argument and how do you support it using *evidence and reason?* If you submit personal beliefs to that rigor, fine! Profs want you to *think critically!*
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Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Trump drops 11 points - 11 points! - in the past month in Gallup. Just a staggering decline. 1/
holy shit
h/t @adamwren.bsky.social
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
Michael Bohacek, a Republican state senator from Indiana who has a daughter with down syndrome, says he will vote against redistricting in Indiana after Trump used the word "retarded."
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
holy shit
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look, I’ve been operating on the assumption that we cannot reach Bush 2 numbers because the media environment makes the floor much higher than it was back then (and Fox won’t throw him overboard the same way)
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
Gallup poll | 11/3-11/25
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
President Trump approval
Disapprove 60% (+6)
Approve 36% (-5)
news.gallup.com/poll/699221/...
November 28, 2025 at 4:53 PM
look, I’ve been operating on the assumption that we cannot reach Bush 2 numbers because the media environment makes the floor much higher than it was back then (and Fox won’t throw him overboard the same way)
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
but, uh, we aren’t through year one and…
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in a reasonable world the Trump admin would be catching enormous amounts of shit for their decision to deploy the national guard now that this has happened, rather than the media helping manufacture consent for them ending all refugee programs
I am not holding my breath
I am not holding my breath
The Trump DOJ played down the risk of deploying the National Guard to DC, despite warnings, and now one of them is dead. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
in a reasonable world the Trump admin would be catching enormous amounts of shit for their decision to deploy the national guard now that this has happened, rather than the media helping manufacture consent for them ending all refugee programs
I am not holding my breath
I am not holding my breath
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Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Going to end on one of the most beautiful commercials ever made with the reminder and a call to remember the small things. They make a big difference to others.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Love all, help all.
Go Jackets.
Presidencies have expiration dates!
More and more elite Republicans are realizing that their interests and Donald Trump's are diverging, which is why we'll see more of them breaking with him in the coming days.
My latest for Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/post-trump...
My latest for Public Notice: www.publicnotice.co/p/post-trump...
Why MAGA is coming apart at the seams
Turns out they're not in it for Trump, they're in it for themselves.
www.publicnotice.co
November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Presidencies have expiration dates!
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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How ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ inspired Victorian Hedonists
How ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ inspired Victorian Hedonists
The Rubáiyát brought to mind sensuous embraces in jasmine-filled gardens on balmy Arabian nights, accompanied by cups of cool, intoxicating wine
dlvr.it
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
How ‘The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ inspired Victorian Hedonists
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They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
They'll build a statue to the first reporter who tells this old dumbass to eat shit on camera
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It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
It's easy to be numb because it's par for the course nowadays, but repeatedly calling a reporter who asks a reasonable question "stupid" is conduct unbecoming for a small-town mayor, let alone the President of the United States.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
The press exists to play a watchdog role, not be a supplicant.
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Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
Apparently she offered to cover other people's shifts so they could go home to their families for the holiday.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/27/u...
Two National Guard members were tasked with serving the nation. One is dead as the other fights for his life after shooting | CNN
On a day when many families gather across the country to give thanks, a National Guard member’s family is mourning her death after an ambush-style shooting in Washington, DC, as her colleague fights f...
www.cnn.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Let's not confuse the people giving the stupid orders with the people who have to deal with following them, who are often good and decent people.
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how many shooting of national guard members did we have before trump deployed a bunch to dc? less than now right? and he said he deployed them to completely stop gun violence ? huh
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
how many shooting of national guard members did we have before trump deployed a bunch to dc? less than now right? and he said he deployed them to completely stop gun violence ? huh
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I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.
November 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.