Christina Xydias
@cvxydias.bsky.social
Professor of political science at Bucknell University; avid runner, and eater of vegetables; I love cats. Views are my own.
Pinned
Christina Xydias
@cvxydias.bsky.social
· Jan 31
Temple University Press
tupress.temple.edu
It's quite a time to be a specialist in German politics while residing in the U.S. Lots to process. If you have a bigger attention span than mine this week, check out my book about how "left" and "right" are the wrong terms for understanding the present moment. 1/2 tupress.temple.edu/books/beyond...
Reposted by Christina Xydias
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Reposted by Christina Xydias
President Donald Trump snapped, “Quiet, piggy!” at a female reporter who attempted to ask about the Jeffrey Epstein files during a gaggle aboard Air Force One.
Testy Trump Lashes Out at Female Reporter Asking About Epstein: ‘Quiet Piggy!’
The outburst capped several days of testy exchanges over the Epstein files.
trib.al
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
President Donald Trump snapped, “Quiet, piggy!” at a female reporter who attempted to ask about the Jeffrey Epstein files during a gaggle aboard Air Force One.
Reposted by Christina Xydias
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
November 13, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Meanwhile, here's an example of the horrendous things found in Hillary Clinton's emails—the only story worth covering for any serious news outlet in 2016, apparently.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
This email is also regarding a child who suffered abuse from a grown man.
Reposted by Christina Xydias
get in bitch we're destroying the west
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM
get in bitch we're destroying the west
Reposted by Christina Xydias
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
November 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: Footage of a US citizen in Chicago being rammed then dragged from her car on her way to work.
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
Abducted, with no warrant, her family couldn’t find her for hours.
She was later released with NO CHARGE.
A DHS statement said she “violently resisted arrest, injuring two officers”.
You decide…
@reuters.com Japan is a democracy
Key facts about Japan's imperial system as Trump meets Emperor reut.rs/4hxei7G
Key facts about Japan's imperial system as Trump meets Emperor
U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet Japanese Emperor Naruhito on Monday in the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, six years after their previous meeting during the first Trump presidency.
reut.rs
October 27, 2025 at 1:22 AM
@reuters.com Japan is a democracy
Reposted by Christina Xydias
I need a montage of famous cops in movies and TV shows flashing their badges and announcing their names, followed by a stream of masked ICE guys refusing to give theirs.
a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom
ALT: a woman is getting out of a car with the nbc logo on the bottom
media.tenor.com
October 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I need a montage of famous cops in movies and TV shows flashing their badges and announcing their names, followed by a stream of masked ICE guys refusing to give theirs.
Reposted by Christina Xydias
Anxiety: I know you haven’t slept well in a few days so here’s a dream about losing your R&R
Me: Thanks. You shouldn’t have.
Anxiety: I know. I am just thoughtful like that.
Me: Thanks. You shouldn’t have.
Anxiety: I know. I am just thoughtful like that.
September 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Anxiety: I know you haven’t slept well in a few days so here’s a dream about losing your R&R
Me: Thanks. You shouldn’t have.
Anxiety: I know. I am just thoughtful like that.
Me: Thanks. You shouldn’t have.
Anxiety: I know. I am just thoughtful like that.
Reposted by Christina Xydias
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
September 6, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The President of the United States is threatening to go to war with an American city.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
This is not a joke. This is not normal.
Donald Trump isn't a strongman, he's a scared man. Illinois won’t be intimidated by a wannabe dictator.
Reposted by Christina Xydias
It seems painfully evident that we lacked legal, moral, or other justification for the killing of eleven individuals aboard a small boat in the Caribbean.
It is also entirely clear that the Trump administration, having begun by obfuscating and lying, is now simply stonewalling. They fear the truth.
It is also entirely clear that the Trump administration, having begun by obfuscating and lying, is now simply stonewalling. They fear the truth.
September 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
It seems painfully evident that we lacked legal, moral, or other justification for the killing of eleven individuals aboard a small boat in the Caribbean.
It is also entirely clear that the Trump administration, having begun by obfuscating and lying, is now simply stonewalling. They fear the truth.
It is also entirely clear that the Trump administration, having begun by obfuscating and lying, is now simply stonewalling. They fear the truth.
Reposted by Christina Xydias
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s clerks this Labor Day weekend
Can we stop to talk about how remarkable the timing was? Compliant at 1am, Judge engaged at 2am, ex parte call to the Government at 2:30am (they did not answer), TRO at 4am?
On a Sunday of a holiday weekend?!
On a Sunday of a holiday weekend?!
August 31, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Pour one out for Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s clerks this Labor Day weekend
Reposted by Christina Xydias
“End-run”
“Pushing limits”
“Unusual”
“Redefining”
“Challenging norms”
“Boldly upending”
Sounds heroic, muscular.
Our English language already contains the word illegal. No need to craft misleading/laudatory synonyms for suspending our Constitution. In this dangerous moment, we must speak clearly.
“Pushing limits”
“Unusual”
“Redefining”
“Challenging norms”
“Boldly upending”
Sounds heroic, muscular.
Our English language already contains the word illegal. No need to craft misleading/laudatory synonyms for suspending our Constitution. In this dangerous moment, we must speak clearly.
White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power.
White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power
The administration is setting up clash with Capitol Hill over its use of the "pocket rescission."
www.politico.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“End-run”
“Pushing limits”
“Unusual”
“Redefining”
“Challenging norms”
“Boldly upending”
Sounds heroic, muscular.
Our English language already contains the word illegal. No need to craft misleading/laudatory synonyms for suspending our Constitution. In this dangerous moment, we must speak clearly.
“Pushing limits”
“Unusual”
“Redefining”
“Challenging norms”
“Boldly upending”
Sounds heroic, muscular.
Our English language already contains the word illegal. No need to craft misleading/laudatory synonyms for suspending our Constitution. In this dangerous moment, we must speak clearly.
Tom Clancy’s Flowers in the Attic
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
"Tom Clancy's Love in the Time of Cholera"
"Tom Clancy's Love in the Time of Cholera"
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy's Conclave
Tom Clancy's Conclave
August 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Tom Clancy’s Flowers in the Attic
Tom Clancy’s Things Fall Apart
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
"Tom Clancy's Love in the Time of Cholera"
"Tom Clancy's Love in the Time of Cholera"
Ruin a book by adding Tom Clancy's to the title
Tom Clancy's Conclave
Tom Clancy's Conclave
August 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Tom Clancy’s Things Fall Apart
Reposted by Christina Xydias
For the first time, catastrophic levels of hunger have been confirmed in the strip
The evolution of famine in Gaza, in maps and charts
For the first time, catastrophic levels of hunger have been confirmed in the strip
econ.st
August 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
For the first time, catastrophic levels of hunger have been confirmed in the strip
Reposted by Christina Xydias
If only there were a phrase to describe the <checks notes> extra-constitutional domestic takeover of the <checks notes again> administration of legal affairs by the <checks notes one last time> armed forces 🤔
SCOOP: As the National Guard takes over the streets of DC, military officers are now going to be detailed to prosecute civilian criminal cases for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Military officers shifted to prosecute local D.C. crimes amid Trump takeover
Members of the Judge Advocate General Corps are set to join the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.
www.nbcnews.com
August 20, 2025 at 10:08 PM
If only there were a phrase to describe the <checks notes> extra-constitutional domestic takeover of the <checks notes again> administration of legal affairs by the <checks notes one last time> armed forces 🤔
Reposted by Christina Xydias
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
www.theverge.com/news/761338/...
August 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.
Reposted by Christina Xydias
Proper nomenclature for the constellation of agencies providing steroidal masked men to terrorize civilians is “Tate Force,” after Andrew Tate, the Trump-favored alleged rapist. Individual agents are correctly referred to as “Tater Tots.”
August 17, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Proper nomenclature for the constellation of agencies providing steroidal masked men to terrorize civilians is “Tate Force,” after Andrew Tate, the Trump-favored alleged rapist. Individual agents are correctly referred to as “Tater Tots.”
Reposted by Christina Xydias
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
August 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
It doesn't have to be this way.
⬇️
Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
It is insane to me that the government can find money to pay ICE agents increasingly larger sums of money, yet teachers have to buy their own pencils.
August 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
⬇️
Reposted by Christina Xydias
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
August 1, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
🤮
Study finds A.I. LLMs advise women to ask for lower salaries than men. When prompted w/ a user profile of same education, experience & job role, differing only by gender, ChatGPT advised the female applicant to request $280K salary; Male applicant=$400K.
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
thenextweb.com/news/chatgpt...
ChatGPT advises women to ask for lower salaries, study finds
A new study has found that large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT consistently advise women to ask for lower salaries than men.
thenextweb.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
🤮
Reposted by Christina Xydias
We did it. We finally found the limits on executive power. 🤡
Q: "What is stopping the administration from just...putting out what is appropriate [on Epstein]?"
Leavitt: "Those are questions for the DOJ...That's out of the president's control."
Leavitt: "Those are questions for the DOJ...That's out of the president's control."
July 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We did it. We finally found the limits on executive power. 🤡
A call for comparative info and insights on advocacy groups for older adults!
AARP has historically had considerable political influence (relative, of course) in the US context. Do advocacy orgs for older adults have similar pull elsewhere? Age UK? BAGSO in Germany? National Seniors Australia?
July 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
A call for comparative info and insights on advocacy groups for older adults!