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Tamsin Shaw
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NYU, articles in NYRB, NYT etc, formerly Princeton Politics Department, Institute for Advanced Study, King's College Cambridge
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Tamsin Shaw @professorshaw.bsky.social · Sep 30
I love my students. They’re serious, open-minded, intellectually curious, hardworking. When I tell people that, they usually say “REALLY??” Because they think they’re all cancel culture militants or woke snowflakes or whatever the propaganda says this week.
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emptywheel.bsky.social
The hedgies seem to believe there is or shortly will be something called a government in VZ, and that it'll be safe for them to travel there in March.

It's almost like the hedgies knew more about this invasion than Congress.

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...
Finance Industry Eyes Investment Opportunities in Venezuela By Brian Schwartz Some on Wall Street are already considering possible investment opportunities in Venezuela following the capture of Nicolás Maduro, according to Charles Myers, chairman of consulting firm Signum Global Advisors and a former head of investment advisory firm Evercore. Myers said in an interview he is planning a trip to Venezuela with officials from top hedge funds and asset managers to determine whether there are investment prospects in the country under new leadership. The trip will feature about 20 officials from the finance, energy and defense sectors, among others, Myers said. The tentative plan is for the group to travel to Venezuela in March and meet with the new government including the new president, finance minister, energy minister, economy minister, head of the central bank and the Caracas stock exchange. Myers didn’t provide a list of individuals who were planning to travel to the country. He estimates that there will be between $500 billion and $750 billion in investment opportunities in the country for foreign investors over the next five years. "There is a huge amount of interest in Venezuela reconstruction opportunities. And it will bounce back faster as it is in our hemisphere, and the new government will be predicated on welcoming foreign direct investment from day one," Myers said.
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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sandy174.bsky.social
@barbrastreisand.bsky.social

Could you please repost this beautiful dog. Her name is MELIA. Only 3.5 years old and looking for a quiet adult only home with no dogs. Cats are ok. Waiting 843 days. 🥺

Town of Hempstead Animal Shelter
(516) 785-5220
3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
January 3, 2026 at 12:29 AM
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olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
I am reminded here to tap the sign encouraging you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free newsrooms how and where you are able
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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alexblackwell.bsky.social
I’m old enough to remember when we could keep the existence of a human source secret. I hope he/she was on the exfil. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/w...
C.I.A. Source Inside Venezuelan Government Helped Track Maduro
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 3:56 PM
professorshaw.bsky.social
Anyone else noticed armored military vehicles in NYC? Just saw one speeding down 23rd street.
January 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
professorshaw.bsky.social
AI-enabled surveillance built into operating systems. This is so bad. Why are people treating these kinds of developments as if they're inevitable? These are decisions people are taking. Very bad decisions.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ANE...
39C3 - AI Agent, AI Spy
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January 2, 2026 at 6:50 PM
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scottjshapiro.bsky.social
to Bari (verb): To attempt to bury a damaging political story—only to amplify it massively by drawing attention to the act of censorship itself.

Example:

“They tried to Bari the segment, but it got Streisanded and everyone watched it twice.”
December 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
professorshaw.bsky.social
The Russia Russia Russia problem

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/w...
Britain Is Preparing for Attacks on Its Soil. Critics Say It Must Move Faster.
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:11 PM
professorshaw.bsky.social
This VF shoot gets better and better
dieworkwear.bsky.social derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 17d
Photographer Christopher Anderson on the Vanity Fair photoshoot
An excerpt from The Washington Post's interview with photographer Christopher Anderson: Question: "Were there moments that you missed? Anything that happened that’s on the cutting room floor?" Anderson: "I don’t think there’s anything I missed that I wish I’d gotten. I’ll give you a little anecdote: Stephen Miller was perhaps the most concerned about the portrait session. He asked me, 'Should I smile or not smile?' and I said, 'How would you want to be portrayed?' We agreed that we would do a bit of both. And then when we were finished, he comes up to me to shake my hand and say goodbye. And he says to me, 'You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.' And I looked at him and I said, 'You know, you do, too.'"
December 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
professorshaw.bsky.social
This whole thread is great
perilinpink.bsky.social Gina @perilinpink.bsky.social · 18d
Me while decorating the tree: I should put the Christmas ornaments a couple feet off the ground so the cats can’t get them.

The cat:
A cat in the middle of the Christmas tree
December 17, 2025 at 4:07 AM
professorshaw.bsky.social
Such a great conversation with @johnsipher.bsky.social and Jerry O'Shea for Mission Implausible. I got to ask them some questions!
With some shoutouts to @tim-weiner.bsky.social for his fantastic book The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...
Mission Implausible
Society & Culture Podcast · Updated Weekly · Do you want to know the truth behind the world’s wildest conspiracy theories? Former CIA officers John Sipher & Jerry O’Shea try to determine where misinfo...
podcasts.apple.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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johnsipher.bsky.social
The threat is huge. The team is inept.

www.thebulwark.com/p/fbi-spent-...
The FBI Spent a Generation Relearning How to Catch Spies. Then Came Kash Patel.
As China’s spies grow more aggressive, the FBI is distracted and off-balance.
www.thebulwark.com
December 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
professorshaw.bsky.social
It was great fun talking to these guys!
December 14, 2025 at 11:22 PM
professorshaw.bsky.social
Sleep well, friends
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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seanhowe.bsky.social
Richard Viguerie: The Moonie Years
December 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
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zachsdorfman.bsky.social
Interesting story. A few thoughts:

1. Mexico City a RIS hub for a v long time. Lee Harvey Oswald futzed around there, later Boyce/Lee case centered on embassy there.

2. There’s a bit of a goose/gander issue that isn’t raised. CIA’s Mex City station has been at points one of largest in world.
The U.S. Gave Mexico a List of Russian Spies. Mexico Let Them Stay.
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:43 PM
professorshaw.bsky.social
Torture is being used as a punishment in detention centers. The techniques the Bush administration called "enhanced interrogation" are now being used in a brazenly punitive way. We're rounding people up innocent people, putting them in camps, and torturing them.

www.amnesty.org/en/documents...
USA: Torture and enforced disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at "Alligator Alcatraz" and Krome in Florida - Amnesty International
This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to southern Florida in September 2025, to document the human rights impacts of federal and state migration and asylum policie...
www.amnesty.org
December 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
Know your rights. Protect your neighbors.

New York is — and always will be — a city for all immigrants.
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
professorshaw.bsky.social
Long day. I could use a peace prize.
December 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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sandy174.bsky.social
🥺 oh baby girl, you have many Bluesky friends sharing your story. We will find you a home. Hopefully soon 🤞 Here's MELIA's bio. Please read and repost. She needs someone who will be fully committed to her. ❤️

🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 6, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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wajali.bsky.social
Elon Musk has tweeted nonstop about white babies, white genocide, population decline, and fertility rates for the past week.

This is what it's all about, folks. The supervillain plot is tweeted in real time.

White supremacy. Fear. Anxiety. Hatred. A loathing of diversity.
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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sandy174.bsky.social
❤️ MELIA needs a quiet adult only home. No dogs. she guards her food & toys. So she needs someone who is experienced to help/ train her. Shes sweet, loving and will be your loyal best friend. Be her hero ❤️🥺❤️

🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 5, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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urocklive1.bsky.social
"It was all about business. Oligarch money. Projects. Investments. And now Ukraine is about to pay the price for those conversations.

My sources are telling me that in that Miami meeting, Kushner and Witkoff are not negotiating. They’re delivering an ultimatum."
The message, as it’s been relayed to me, is simple and brutal: this is the deal, and there will not be a better one. Putin isn’t moving, Putin isn’t accepting anything else, and if Ukraine doesn’t take the offer being pushed from Trump’s side, they are being told to prepare for American support to dry up — weapons, funding, political backing. The very lifeline that has kept Ukraine alive on the battlefield is being turned into a weapon, used not against the aggressor, but against the victim. They didn’t even have the respect to sit with them in Brussels, shoulder-to-shoulder with European allies. They dragged them into a hotel in Florida to say: take this or stand alone.
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Democratic politicians need to stop accepting Trump’s white nationalist premise that immigration is bad and proudly and loudly make a positive case for why America’s identity and history as a nation of immigrants is so important.
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM