Shimon Likhtman
@likhtmans.bsky.social
phd student at notre dame, peace studies/anthro, 2025-???. umich ma 2025. southeast asia(🇰🇭 mostly) sports, environment, politics, random personal diary.
michigan state alum
русский/ភាសាខ្មេរ/a little bit of ภาษาไทย
michigan state alum
русский/ភាសាខ្មេរ/a little bit of ภาษาไทย
South Bend region (incl Elkhart Goshen etc) should really be on CST tbh, it’s not part of the Chicago area like Northwest Indiana is but I still feel like enough people travel back and forth for flights, business etc that it would still be helpful to not have a random time change part of the way in
August 28, 2025 at 1:26 PM
South Bend region (incl Elkhart Goshen etc) should really be on CST tbh, it’s not part of the Chicago area like Northwest Indiana is but I still feel like enough people travel back and forth for flights, business etc that it would still be helpful to not have a random time change part of the way in
people treating the flare-up between thailand and cambodia as some joke ("who do I root for") is really really pissing me off in a way shit on the internet rarely does anymore. fym "root for" this isn't a game, fuck you.
July 24, 2025 at 8:54 PM
people treating the flare-up between thailand and cambodia as some joke ("who do I root for") is really really pissing me off in a way shit on the internet rarely does anymore. fym "root for" this isn't a game, fuck you.
Interesting Khmer lesson today where I told neak kru about the time my first apartment in Ann Arbro got broken into and explained to her what the pre-4th of July “firework or gunshot” game is
June 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Interesting Khmer lesson today where I told neak kru about the time my first apartment in Ann Arbro got broken into and explained to her what the pre-4th of July “firework or gunshot” game is
Given the way this series has started already, Indianapolis si gonna be a zoo on Sunday. Thousands of hicks already liquored up from the race packing into Gainbridge ready to watch a rematch of one of the NBA’s nastiest rivalries. Good luck.
Pacers in the conference finals means that for the second year in a row a playoff home game with a Finals berth on the line will be happening on the same day as the Indy 500
May 23, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Given the way this series has started already, Indianapolis si gonna be a zoo on Sunday. Thousands of hicks already liquored up from the race packing into Gainbridge ready to watch a rematch of one of the NBA’s nastiest rivalries. Good luck.
Idk if it’s just bc I’m noticing them more lately but Teslas with anti-Elon stickers seem to be increasingly common around Ann Arbor
May 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Idk if it’s just bc I’m noticing them more lately but Teslas with anti-Elon stickers seem to be increasingly common around Ann Arbor
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Both Ferraris out in Q2 at Imola
May 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Both Ferraris out in Q2 at Imola
Pacers in the conference finals means that for the second year in a row a playoff home game with a Finals berth on the line will be happening on the same day as the Indy 500
May 17, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Pacers in the conference finals means that for the second year in a row a playoff home game with a Finals berth on the line will be happening on the same day as the Indy 500
Random good news: finally free from my old piece of shit laptop that stopped holding a charge this past semester 😁
May 13, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Random good news: finally free from my old piece of shit laptop that stopped holding a charge this past semester 😁
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This is obviously thinly-veiled racism. But it’s also a bullshit premise. Haitian refugees were thriving in Springfield. Bhutanese, Congolese, other refugees from Africa & Asia have reinvigorated Rust Belt towns and cities. Trump wants to send them all back.
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners?
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
May 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is obviously thinly-veiled racism. But it’s also a bullshit premise. Haitian refugees were thriving in Springfield. Bhutanese, Congolese, other refugees from Africa & Asia have reinvigorated Rust Belt towns and cities. Trump wants to send them all back.
three South Bend apartment tours scheduled in one day ✅
April 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
three South Bend apartment tours scheduled in one day ✅
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I am grateful my team made me feel things again this season.
I'm also grateful we still have this man at the helm. You've seen lots of programs try to replace their legends to pretty varied results.
Thanks to everyone on the team for this season, but especially Jaden and Jase.
I'm also grateful we still have this man at the helm. You've seen lots of programs try to replace their legends to pretty varied results.
Thanks to everyone on the team for this season, but especially Jaden and Jase.
March 31, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I am grateful my team made me feel things again this season.
I'm also grateful we still have this man at the helm. You've seen lots of programs try to replace their legends to pretty varied results.
Thanks to everyone on the team for this season, but especially Jaden and Jase.
I'm also grateful we still have this man at the helm. You've seen lots of programs try to replace their legends to pretty varied results.
Thanks to everyone on the team for this season, but especially Jaden and Jase.
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They're abducting people for the suspected views of their spouses in the middle of fucking Georgetown
SCOOP: Hooded ICE agents snatched Indian-born Georgetown postdoc Badar Suri from Rosslyn street Monday, per court filing. Like Khalil, linked to pro-Palestinian views & Rubio 'foreign policy' power, lawyer says. Then whisked to Louisiana. w/ @kyledcheney www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
Trump is seeking to deport another graduate student who is legally in the country, lawsuit says
Badar Khan Suri, a fellow at Georgetown, says he is being punished because of the suspected views of his wife, a U.S. citizen with Palestinian heritage.
www.politico.com
March 19, 2025 at 11:48 PM
They're abducting people for the suspected views of their spouses in the middle of fucking Georgetown
Impressions after being here for day and a half or so:
Madison, Wisconsin might be the greatest city on Earth
Madison, Wisconsin might be the greatest city on Earth
March 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Impressions after being here for day and a half or so:
Madison, Wisconsin might be the greatest city on Earth
Madison, Wisconsin might be the greatest city on Earth
trying to start a thesis chapter and getting bogged down at the introduction again
figuring out why and I think it's bc introductions just feel aimless...once I'm writing with a purpose, making an argument, citing sources etc I can get into a flow state easily but that doesn't work w intros. agh!
figuring out why and I think it's bc introductions just feel aimless...once I'm writing with a purpose, making an argument, citing sources etc I can get into a flow state easily but that doesn't work w intros. agh!
February 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
trying to start a thesis chapter and getting bogged down at the introduction again
figuring out why and I think it's bc introductions just feel aimless...once I'm writing with a purpose, making an argument, citing sources etc I can get into a flow state easily but that doesn't work w intros. agh!
figuring out why and I think it's bc introductions just feel aimless...once I'm writing with a purpose, making an argument, citing sources etc I can get into a flow state easily but that doesn't work w intros. agh!
GO MF GREEN RAHHHH
February 22, 2025 at 3:15 AM
GO MF GREEN RAHHHH
LAST 2 MINUTES KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND FINISH THEM
February 22, 2025 at 2:59 AM
LAST 2 MINUTES KEEP UP THE PRESSURE AND FINISH THEM
Well that’s how I found out that Scottie Pippen’s son plays for Michigan
February 22, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Well that’s how I found out that Scottie Pippen’s son plays for Michigan
Insanely refreshing to see this team fighting like cornered animals for every rebound after the last 4 years
February 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Insanely refreshing to see this team fighting like cornered animals for every rebound after the last 4 years
Our Slavic big man > their Slavic big man btw
February 22, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Our Slavic big man > their Slavic big man btw
amazing start by MSU on both ends of the floor, tears 🥹
February 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
amazing start by MSU on both ends of the floor, tears 🥹
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been thinking about my msu community a lot today. the three people we lost and everyone who will carry this trauma for the rest of their lives
COLUMN: For two MSU shooting survivors, the grieving process has been far from linear - The State News
For two students who witnessed the shooting firsthand, grieving within an institution that seemingly wants to keep the process moving has been a challenge. They don’t want what happened to fade away w...
statenews.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
been thinking about my msu community a lot today. the three people we lost and everyone who will carry this trauma for the rest of their lives
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Here's an alt Michigan State!
February 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Here's an alt Michigan State!
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Leaving Cambodia: A Conversation With Gerald Flynn archive.is/f9ylS#select...
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February 12, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Leaving Cambodia: A Conversation With Gerald Flynn archive.is/f9ylS#select...
What's being done the federal government by Trump and Musk requires a response approaching what we saw in South Korea this past December, with lawmakers standing in total defiance to illegal actions by the executive. Instead Democrats are twiddling their thumbs.
i cannot stress enough that at the very least everyone in leadership needs to go. all of them. probably most electeds over 70 too. primary them all. while we're at it can we just drop the entirety of the ny dem party on a deserted island
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February 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
What's being done the federal government by Trump and Musk requires a response approaching what we saw in South Korea this past December, with lawmakers standing in total defiance to illegal actions by the executive. Instead Democrats are twiddling their thumbs.