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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 4d

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 5d

My latest article, out in Slate!

Slate @slate.com · 6d

If things feel very Starship Troopers on Instagram, there's a reason for that. slate.trib.al/LqDRnqS

The Military Has No Idea What Its Place Is Right Now. You Can See That Online.

On Instagram, there’s a profound identity crisis unfolding.

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 6d

***Job Opportunity***

Assistant or Associate Professor of Chinese History, 1911 - Present, George Washington University

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Assistant or Associate Professor of Chinese History, 1911 - Present - HigherEdJobs

Jobs in higher education. Faculty and administrative positions at colleges and universities. Updated daily. Free to job seekers.

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 6d

***Attention Historians***

Tenure-track job postings in History and History-adjacent fields for October 2025.

A thread.

I will update the thread over the course of the month.

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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 7d

We're excited to announce the winner of the third annual Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize: @syrussolojin.bsky.social at @nyu.edu with “‘Are You My Kimchi Mother?’ Race, Women, and the U.S. Military’s Study Abroad Training Program in the Early Cold War.”

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 7d

2 takes:

This admin's use of the military is less immediately important than the ways that federal law enforcement (ICE) is weaponized.

& The long term impacts of politicization won't be felt with the current senior leadership, but with the men and women who are junior officers and cadets now.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Trump wraps up a speech to military leaders that represented a major escalation of his effort to weaponize the armed forces into a tool he can use to violently quash domestic dissent. Hard to imagine how anyone with a shred of dignity can keep serving after this, which of course is the point.

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 8d

The irony of Hegseth, chief author of Signalgate, calling for the military to return to promotions based on merit.

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 8d

It's like watching a bus crashing in slow motion

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Hegseth: "No more dudes in dresses. No more climate change worship ... we are done with that shit."

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 8d

I know, i know--one can dream of the comedic punchline.

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 8d

*lights shut off in the middle of the icebreaker exercise*

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 8d

If Congress can time the shut down perfectly this morning. We might be able to strand every general and admiral in Quantico with no way of paying a flight back to their deployments.

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 10d

Katrin Bennhold writes how the Trump admin inches closer to military intervention in Venezuela. Under an imperial, Western Hemisphere logic, the Trump admin may be thinking that invading Venezuela is not actually a "foreign war."

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/w...

Venezuela, America and the Specter of Regime Change

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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 14d

One interesting question: Did Homan report the $50k on his *STATE* income taxes? You have to report your income — even if it’s an illegal bribe. And if not: Could be an opportunity for state tax fraud charges in NY….

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 15d

Let’s hear the tape.

Democrats Open Inquiries Into Handling of Homan Investigation

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 14d

@connorechols.bsky.social
, in a wild story, uncovers how an obscure staffer, David Milstein, in the State Department has blocked diplomatic cables, pushed for the firing of colleagues, and hunted for US diplomats he views as insufficiently pro-Israel.

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How a little-known embassy aide hijacked US Israel policy

David Milstein, top adviser to Amb. Mike Huckabee, has stoked a culture of fear at the State Department, current and former officials say

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 17d

Have there been scholarly work on the gender politics of aircraft?

The screenshot is worth laughing at, but there's also a hypermasculine, anti-innovation politics of the A-10 at work that's totally unrelated to its military capabilities. Like the aerial version of a Chevy pickup ad.

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 17d

there's been a multi-day meltdown over on the everything app on F-35 vs A-10 and this is an accurate distillation of the whole stupid thing

apparently fat DEI-advancing pencil pushers in the USAF are the reason the service 'hates' the A-10 and likes the F-35

also everyone's favorite fash retired A-10 pilot homestead larper is rting it .

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 17d

Noah Shachtman argues forcefully why corruption is everywhere these days, and seemingly goes unpunished.

The answer? The Supreme Court.

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Opinion | Eric Adams, Donald Trump and the Case That Broke American Justice

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Washington Post Opinions @postopinions.bsky.social · 19d

"Pete Hegseth’s campaign against the military’s traditional legal structure has been one of the most-significant but least-reported aspects of his tenure as defense secretary."

The latest from David Ignatius:

Opinion | The chilling reason the military is silent now

National Guard in cities and attacks on drug boats began with ousting military lawyers called JAGs.

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 20d

Colombia announces that it will stop purchasing US arms, potentially looking to other partners like Sweden to supply its military. colombiaone.com/2025/09/18/c...

Colombia to Stop Buying US Weapons

Colombia announced it will stop buying weapons from the US in retaliation after Washington revoked the country’s drug certification.

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 23d

***Job Opportunity***

Assistant or Associate Professor – U.S. Naval History in the Pacific World
Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin

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Assistant or Associate Professor – U.S. Naval History in the Pacific World in Austin, TX for Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin

Exciting opportunity in Austin, TX for Department of History, The University of Texas at Austin a...

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 22d

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The Onion:

Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk

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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 22d

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Syrus Solo Jin @syrussolojin.bsky.social · 25d

"To speak of Kirk as a champion of reasoned discussion is also to ignore his frequent calls for the state suppression of his political opponents." Great piece by Jamelle Bouie.

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Charlie Kirk didn’t shy away from who he was. We shouldn’t either.

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Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · 26d

This post was about an article I was writing about modern McCarthyism in academia and Hollywood. As soon as I sent it for review, Kirk was murdered and now, just a few days later, UC Berkeley hands over a list of subversives to the government. It's impossible and soul crushing to keep up.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 26d

“.. I can’t remember anyone ever telling me we can’t say anything critical about a civilian like this. He was not in our chain of command or anything,” the officer said.

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