Mauricio Castro
@castrohistorian.bsky.social
Associate Professor of History at Centre College. Author of Only a Few Blocks to Cuba: Cold War Refugee Policy, the Cuban Diaspora, and the Transformation of Miami. Opinions my own, not my employer's.
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Only a Few Blocks to Cuba – Penn Press
In Only a Few Blocks to Cuba, Mauricio Castro shows how the U.S. government came to view Cuban migration to Miami as a strategic asset during the Cold War, i...
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Wow. A lot of new followers. I guess I should introduce myself.
I'm a historian of the United States, particularly focused on immigration/refugee, political, foreign policy, and urban history.
My book Only a Few Blocks to Cuba came out in March
www.pennpress.org/978151282572...
I'm a historian of the United States, particularly focused on immigration/refugee, political, foreign policy, and urban history.
My book Only a Few Blocks to Cuba came out in March
www.pennpress.org/978151282572...
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Remarkable. Seems pretty clear that someone wanted to make an example of him.
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Remarkable. Seems pretty clear that someone wanted to make an example of him.
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
So, a few things
1. This was literally a Black Mirror episode
2. I don't want an uncanny valley shiny skin version of a loved one with no idea who my loved one was. LLM's can't help but hallucinate citations, but they'll make it feel like I'm talking to the real person from a three minute video?
1. This was literally a Black Mirror episode
2. I don't want an uncanny valley shiny skin version of a loved one with no idea who my loved one was. LLM's can't help but hallucinate citations, but they'll make it feel like I'm talking to the real person from a three minute video?
November 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
So, a few things
1. This was literally a Black Mirror episode
2. I don't want an uncanny valley shiny skin version of a loved one with no idea who my loved one was. LLM's can't help but hallucinate citations, but they'll make it feel like I'm talking to the real person from a three minute video?
1. This was literally a Black Mirror episode
2. I don't want an uncanny valley shiny skin version of a loved one with no idea who my loved one was. LLM's can't help but hallucinate citations, but they'll make it feel like I'm talking to the real person from a three minute video?
Pretty sure this is how we got mad cow.
oh wow that’s crazy
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
oreos with bits of
of oreos. in them
Real Bits of Oreos
November 14, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Pretty sure this is how we got mad cow.
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
Assistant Professor in Environmental History (111009-1125) at University of Warwick
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November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
🚨#History #envhist Job Alert: My Department is hiring an Assistant Professor in Environmental History.
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
🗃️
Come work with us at Warwick. You'll get both excellent colleagues and great students!
See details below... And do not hesitate to spread the word...
👇👇👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DPK289/a...
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your first response might be that bari weiss is incredibly incompetent, but your second response should be that this is exactly what she was hired to do
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
your first response might be that bari weiss is incredibly incompetent, but your second response should be that this is exactly what she was hired to do
"...Pulte arrived at President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach Golf Club with a roughly 3-by-5 posterboard in hand. A graphic of former President Franklin Roosevelt appeared below '30-year mortgage' and one of Trump below '50-year mortgage.' The headline was 'Great American Presidents.'”
November 11, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"...Pulte arrived at President Donald Trump’s Palm Beach Golf Club with a roughly 3-by-5 posterboard in hand. A graphic of former President Franklin Roosevelt appeared below '30-year mortgage' and one of Trump below '50-year mortgage.' The headline was 'Great American Presidents.'”
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
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Dick Durbin suffers from a terminal case of Senate Brain, in which the big prize is a handshake deal with your distinguished colleagues where they'll allow you to hold a meaningless vote that you can then point to with pride to your constituents as they go broke from crushing medical bills.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Dick Durbin suffers from a terminal case of Senate Brain, in which the big prize is a handshake deal with your distinguished colleagues where they'll allow you to hold a meaningless vote that you can then point to with pride to your constituents as they go broke from crushing medical bills.
So, any of the inevitable news stories about who exactly said what and threatened to cave out yet?
Not that it much matters. Every Senate Dem owns this one until they prove they don't. I can think of a few who most likely fought it, but at this point no one gets the benefit of the doubt.
Not that it much matters. Every Senate Dem owns this one until they prove they don't. I can think of a few who most likely fought it, but at this point no one gets the benefit of the doubt.
November 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
So, any of the inevitable news stories about who exactly said what and threatened to cave out yet?
Not that it much matters. Every Senate Dem owns this one until they prove they don't. I can think of a few who most likely fought it, but at this point no one gets the benefit of the doubt.
Not that it much matters. Every Senate Dem owns this one until they prove they don't. I can think of a few who most likely fought it, but at this point no one gets the benefit of the doubt.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Just SCREAMING at their voters "do not mobilize for us, it is a waste of your time and energy"
November 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Just SCREAMING at their voters "do not mobilize for us, it is a waste of your time and energy"
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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The cave caucus is giving a presser right now and they’re like “Look we tried to pressure the GOP into extending those tax credits but they just wouldn’t budge! Oh well.”
That’s the wrong damn fight.
That’s the wrong damn fight.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 AM
The cave caucus is giving a presser right now and they’re like “Look we tried to pressure the GOP into extending those tax credits but they just wouldn’t budge! Oh well.”
That’s the wrong damn fight.
That’s the wrong damn fight.
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The most Democrat consultant-brained piece of this was making it a procedural fight about ACA subsidies — that, if extended for a year, would help the GOP in the 2026 midterms anyway — instead of making it stand against Trump’s lawlessness and corruption.
But that would require believing in things.
But that would require believing in things.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
The most Democrat consultant-brained piece of this was making it a procedural fight about ACA subsidies — that, if extended for a year, would help the GOP in the 2026 midterms anyway — instead of making it stand against Trump’s lawlessness and corruption.
But that would require believing in things.
But that would require believing in things.
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
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you can see why fascism is so popular when the other option is The Loser Party That Loves Losing
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
you can see why fascism is so popular when the other option is The Loser Party That Loves Losing
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I think if senate mods want to break, they will break, but it's really important they do it without cover from the caucus or leadership
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I think if senate mods want to break, they will break, but it's really important they do it without cover from the caucus or leadership
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Mamdani is going to implement Shania law, and that don’t impress me much.
Mamdani is going to implement Shalamar law. He’s going to make it a night to remember
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Mamdani is going to implement Shania law, and that don’t impress me much.
I seem to have missed some stuff in my book. Apologies.
November 5, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I seem to have missed some stuff in my book. Apologies.
Is that a "live, laugh, love" font?
It’s like they wake up every day and ask themselves “how can we make this place look even cheaper and tackier and less historic?”
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Is that a "live, laugh, love" font?
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And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
NEWS: Federal agents crashed with woman’s car, pointed guns at her, dragged her out by legs, tossed her in a minivan, held her and (eventually) let her go without charges. This as Chicagoans say the immigration blitz is out of control. (DHS blames her.)
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/03/c...
Chicago woman dragged out of her car after colliding with ICE demands accountability
The arrest of Dayanne Figueroa highlights growing concerns about the use of force against U.S. citizens and due process. She was released after a few hours without charges.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And again, a pattern of putting out statements accusing people of serious Federal crimes and then releasing them hours or days or weeks later with no charges. And no retraction.
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not now, highly aggressive infected monkeys
October 28, 2025 at 11:38 PM
not now, highly aggressive infected monkeys