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Aviel Roshwald
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History Professor.

Comparative study of nationalism.

Latest book—Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Cambridge Univ. Press, 2023)
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Aviel Roshwald is an American historian and professor of history at Georgetown University.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · Oct 10
I’m a history professor focusing on 20th-century Europe, with a particular interest in the comparative history of nationalism and of responses to Nazi aggression. My most recent book is Occupied: European and Asian Responses to Axis Conquest, 1937-1945 (Camb. Univ. Press, 2023).

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 2h
The adoring masses hail their leader.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 3h
You can really make out the lyrics in this version.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 4h
Trump confuses using food stamps with inheriting millions from a racist-landlord father.
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Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5h
Trump claims that food stamps "puts the country in jeopardy. People that are able-bodied can do a job, they leave their job because they figure they can pick this up, it's easier."

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The Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com · 14h
Southern Utah stands to benefit from a new project aiming to build a statewide freeway system for bicycles.
UDOT unveils plans to expand southern Utah’s already-sprawling bike paths, linking to rest of state
Southern Utah stands to benefit from a new project aiming to build a statewide freeway system for bicycles.
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d
Memoir of a rabbi about his first gig with a small-town congregation: All Nudniks Great and Small

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Senator Elissa Slotkin @slotkin.senate.gov · 1d
Tonight, I am voting no on a procedural vote on an appropriations deal that would re-open the government. Since July, I have been clear: to earn my vote, Republicans would have to do something to bring down the cost of health care for working and middle-class Michiganders. (1/4)

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d
Ceauşescu had a warmer reception at his last public appearance.
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Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d
Trump and Hegseth booed mercilessly for 2 minutes straight tonight by Washington Commanders fans.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d
Half the Beltway got shut down for this jackass.
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Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

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Ben McAdams Memorial Act(THE NECROMANCY ARCH) @purrtah.bsky.social · 1d
Moulton is a no

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 1d
Trump getting booed at the Commanders game

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Ariella Elm @ariellaelm.bsky.social · 1d
Keep tagging them and commenting on their posts, it is having an impact!!!!

And thank @slotkin.senate.gov !!!! remember honey catches more flies than vinegar

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Dems backed Trump into a corner where he’s advocating for starving Americans and hemorrhaging support. If they vote to let him off the hook in exchange for nothing it’s a cataclysmic failure. I know people are in pain but insulating Republicans from political consequences is not the answer.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d
Apparently Watson just sort of spiraled into bigotry.
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 2d
Calling in God’s support hardly makes for a fair fight, does it now?

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2d
Seems like the ones waging a "war on Christianity" are Republicans, huh?

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Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 2d
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Arash Azizi writes. Now it’s almost gone:
The Battle Iranian Women Are Winning
The mandatory veiling of women was once a pillar of the Islamic Republic. Now it’s almost gone.
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 2d
It is Mel Gibson’s native language after all.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 2d
OpenAI suffers from Artificial Indigence.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 2d
Sounds like Japan is basically under the control of bears now.

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Mike Melton @mikemelton.bsky.social · 2d
One of my favorite things about the tropical dry forests of Guanacaste are the winter visiting Scissor-tailed Flycatchers. They're later than a lot of other N American migrants, but they're starting to show up in good numbers now. When it gets too wet in Bijagua, I just head down to the sun. #birds
Slim bird with a very long tail, gray head, white breast, and orange sides perched on a weathered tree stump against a soft green background.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 2d
As long as they keep paying us alimony, they can keep their damn antimony.

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The Borowitz Report @borowitzreport.bsky.social · 2d
It’s unfair that Trump gets to sleep through his presidency and the rest of us have to be awake for it

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Reuters @reuters.com · 2d
China suspends ban on exports of gallium, germanium, antimony to US reut.rs/3WHVhpA
China suspends ban on exports of gallium, germanium, antimony to US
China has suspended a ban on approving exports of "dual-use items" related to gallium, germanium, antimony and super-hard materials to the U.S., the commerce ministry said on Sunday.
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Japan Times Unofficial @japantimes.skyfleet.blue · 2d
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
A surge in bear attacks in Japan may be nothing new, revealing a complex mix of ecology, policy and culture.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 2d
Iran, facing its worst drought in decades, is planning intermittent cuts to water supplies to try to stave off the evacuation of Tehran.
Iran plans water cuts for Tehran amid worst drought in decades
Iranian officials on Saturday were drawing plans for periodic water supply cuts to Tehran neighbourhoods a day after President Masoud Pezeshkian warned that the Iranian capital might have to be evacua...
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The American Prospect @prospect.org · 2d
“OpenAI is getting ready to run hat in hand to the taxpayer for subsidies.” After losing more than $13 billion this year, OpenAI officials are angling for a bailout. From @ryanlcooper.com:

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OpenAI Is Maneuvering for a Government Bailout - The American Prospect
For artificial intelligence to ever pencil out, some truly enormous revenue streams will be required. And if you need trillions of dollars for data centers forever, there’s only one entity to turn to: Uncle Sam.
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 2d
There’s no daylight between what Candace says here about “the Jews” & what Nazi propagandists & Father Coughlin said about the Jews in the 1930s. Her show is one of the top 5 “conservative” podcasts in the US. She has 5.5 million subscribers on YouTube and 7.3 million followers on X.

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Brittany Trang @brittanytrang.com · 2d
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.

Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."

Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com