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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 · 6h
State Department to disseminate Nazi propaganda.
reuters.com Reuters @reuters.com · 7h
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 6h
Guess Which Muppet is Coming to Dinner
squillium.bsky.social Squillium @squillium.bsky.social · Dec 2
We don't need more remakes of old movies. We need more MUPPETS remakes of old movies.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 7h
Exclusive: The US State Department is developing an online portal to enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propaganda, sources told Reuters reut.rs/4cySsA6
Exclusive: US plans online portal to bypass content bans in Europe and elsewhere
The U.S. State Department is developing an online portal that will enable people in Europe and elsewhere to see content banned by their governments including alleged hate speech and terrorist propagan...
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robrakove.bsky.social Rob Rakove @robrakove.bsky.social · 9h
I'm happy to announce the publication of my article about a curious early episode in the U.S.-Afghan relationship: the Inland oil concession. In 1936, the Afghan government offered the Inland Exploration Company – the local arm of a mid-sized domestic U.S. firm – an exclusive concession across 🇦🇫.

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Frida Ghitis @fridaghitis.bsky.social · 8h
This is no small matter: The Trump administration let its guard down in Syria. It allowed the new Syrian govt to push out the Kurds who were guarding ISIS detention camps. Now thousands of ISIS prisoners and families have escaped. What could possibly go wrong?
news.sky.com/story/syrian...
Syrian government acknowledges widespread escapes from ISIS-linked al Hol camp
A Syrian government official has told Sky News that the detention camp, which housed tens of thousands of women and children linked to ISIS, was largely emptied by escapes after it was seized from Kur...
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Reposted by Holger Nehring, James Cameron, Aviel Roshwald

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Rob Rakove @robrakove.bsky.social · 9h
I'm happy to announce the publication of my article about a curious early episode in the U.S.-Afghan relationship: the Inland oil concession. In 1936, the Afghan government offered the Inland Exploration Company – the local arm of a mid-sized domestic U.S. firm – an exclusive concession across 🇦🇫.

Reposted by Aviel Roshwald

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 9h
I hope people understand that this is a major success for those who would attack democracy and media. I realize that the CPB was quite technical. But what we are looking at here is the decimation of a gigantic infrastructure for distribution and transmission of journalism and information.

Reposted by Aviel Roshwald

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 10h
Love actually is all around – and those who think that cruelty can destroy it are incapable of understanding the power of a nation moved by it.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 11h
The AI craze is indeed reminiscent of belief in The Rapture.
theguardian.com The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h
Countries that do not embrace AI could be ‘left behind’, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Countries that do not embrace AI could be ‘left behind’, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, warns former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm The former chancellor George Osborne has warned that countries that do not embrace the kind of powerful AI systems made by his new employer, OpenAI, risked “Fomo” and could be left weaker and poorer. Osborne, who is two months into a job as head of the $500bn San Francisco AI company’s “for countries” programme, told leaders gathered for the AI Impact summit in Delhi: “Don’t be left behind.” He warned that without AI rollouts they could end up with a workforce “less willing to stay put” because they might want to seek AI-enabled fortunes elsewhere. Continue reading...
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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 11h
I can’t believe you think it’s okay for non-citizens to purchase beer.

Reposted by Isabelle Bourgeois, Michael D. McDonald, Aviel Roshwald

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Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social · 11h
I imagine it was extremely disturbing

Reposted by Shannon Vallor, David M. Schultz, Will Jennings , and 10 more

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 12h
Countries that do not embrace AI could be ‘left behind’, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Countries that do not embrace AI could be ‘left behind’, says OpenAI’s George Osborne
Without AI you will be a ‘weaker and poorer nation’, warns former UK chancellor two months into job at US firm The former chancellor George Osborne has warned that countries that do not embrace the kind of powerful AI systems made by his new employer, OpenAI, risked “Fomo” and could be left weaker and poorer. Osborne, who is two months into a job as head of the $500bn San Francisco AI company’s “for countries” programme, told leaders gathered for the AI Impact summit in Delhi: “Don’t be left behind.” He warned that without AI rollouts they could end up with a workforce “less willing to stay put” because they might want to seek AI-enabled fortunes elsewhere. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com

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ACLU @aclu.org · 12h
BREAKING: The Department of Education has ended its directive that attempted to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts in schools nationwide.

This is a victory for academic freedom and education equity.

Reposted by Rebecca Solnit, Richard E. Lenski, Joe R. Feagin , and 8 more

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Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 13h
notorious radical left communist rag says tax the rich

Reposted by Mark Rice, Greg Linden, Aviel Roshwald

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Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd.bsky.social · 14h
The website for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) is completely scrubbed and gone! They didn't even leave a legacy statement.
cpb.org

Reposted by Aviel Roshwald, Nathan P. Kalmoe, David Darmofal

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 16h
I’m so sick of seeing kids walking around with clean hands.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."

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drug doc @pkpd-babe.bsky.social · 16h
The FDA has reversed course and told Moderna it would review its application for a new flu vaccine. 🧪 🛟

A good reminder to KEEP THE PRESSURE ON.

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/18/u...
U.S. FDA reverses course, will review Moderna's modified flu vaccine application
Moderna said on Wednesday the U.S. Food and ⁠Drug Administration has agreed to review its influenza vaccine application, reversing an ​earlier decision.
www.cnbc.com

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 16h
ProPublica published children's letters and drawings documenting their sadness and suffering at Dilley. And Dilley staff are now retaliating by confiscating kids' letters and drawings.

www.sacurrent.com/news/san-ant...
Report: Staff at Dilley raiding cells to confiscate kids' letters and drawings detailing conditions inside

Reposted by Michael Jones‐Correa

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d
Whenever I hear that Trump’s approval rating has gone way down, I think “Oh, so 6% support him now?” But the floor is always at 37%, which also happens to mark the high point of Hitler’s electoral success in free elections.

This leaves me feeling rather pessimistic about 37% of humanity.

Reposted by James Goodwin, Aviel Roshwald

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Sen. Mike Rounds makes the case for voter ID: "Look, I can't even buy a Coors Light without showing my ID"

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d
Differential erosion.

Georgetown, Washington, DC. Feb. 2026
Photo of melting ice mound

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d
60 Minutes to be retooled as 60 Seconds in an attempt to compete with Tik Tok.
stevenbeschloss.bsky.social Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d
Anderson Cooper’s exit from 60 Minutes is another sign that Bari Weiss is ruining CBS News in service to an authoritarian regime that wants no accountability journalism. What a disgrace.

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Aviel Roshwald @avielroshwald.bsky.social · 1d
ICE dancing is not just for the Olympics.

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Mark Condos @mark-condos.bsky.social · 1d
Are you interested in how revenge and honour shaped British and French colonial warfare? Then check out my new book, Empire with a Vengeance, published with @hurstpublishers.bsky.social.

Available now for pre-order from Waterstones: www.waterstones.com/campaign/feb...

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Book cover of Empire with a Vengeance, by Mark Condos. The coveri mage is a reproduction from the cover of Le Petit Journal, depicting the allied punitive expedition to Baoding during the Boxer Rebellion in China, featuring the execution of a Chinese official and destruction of the city's walls.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Florida AG James Uthmeier: "We need to focus on getting people into the workforce even earlier. We passed legislation last year to help high school students get their hands dirty and get on job sites more quickly."

Reposted by Jason Mittell, Steve Peers, Michael Bérubé , and 6 more

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 1d
The regime is now dictating what political views are acceptable to air on television and paramount/cbs are collaborating in that censorship bsky.app/profile/ditz...
ditzkoff.bsky.social Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 1d
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 1d
The interview with Talarico has been posted to YouTube: youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…
YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 1d
Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by David R. Miller, Aviel Roshwald

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 2d
Anderson Cooper’s exit from 60 Minutes is another sign that Bari Weiss is ruining CBS News in service to an authoritarian regime that wants no accountability journalism. What a disgrace.