Jon Wlasiuk
@riotnerrrd.bsky.social
Historian, author, rust belt enjoyer
I grew up a @clebrowns.bsky.social fan during the Kosar era and was heartbroken when they left for Baltimore. Plundering taxpayer funds for $600 million while our state libraries are defunded and our public schools can't bus students is worse than anything Art Modell did.
September 7, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I grew up a @clebrowns.bsky.social fan during the Kosar era and was heartbroken when they left for Baltimore. Plundering taxpayer funds for $600 million while our state libraries are defunded and our public schools can't bus students is worse than anything Art Modell did.
History is now restricted in the USA.
June 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
History is now restricted in the USA.
The "revolution" has become the secular left's version of the rapture. Voting matters. Wild that I have to say that.
June 2, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The "revolution" has become the secular left's version of the rapture. Voting matters. Wild that I have to say that.
Reposted by Jon Wlasiuk
A tiny but wild snapshot of the current chaos
May 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A tiny but wild snapshot of the current chaos
I've never seen this level of anxiety and fear in my profession. Lives are being destroyed because of a self-destructive political vendetta.
#skystorians
#skystorians
May 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
I've never seen this level of anxiety and fear in my profession. Lives are being destroyed because of a self-destructive political vendetta.
#skystorians
#skystorians
"Pseudo-pacifism refers to the tendency of those not under threat to refuse to assist those facing destruction under the pretext of not multiplying violence and to direct blame at the victims"
trafo.hypotheses.org/52545
trafo.hypotheses.org/52545
An Angry Ukrainian Syndrome: Stereotypes About War, Peace, and Injustice
By Olena Komar. In this article, the author aims to demonstrate that a set of prejudices exists in Western countries against Ukrainians, which she terms the "Angry Ukrainian Syndrome" (similar to the ...
trafo.hypotheses.org
May 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"Pseudo-pacifism refers to the tendency of those not under threat to refuse to assist those facing destruction under the pretext of not multiplying violence and to direct blame at the victims"
trafo.hypotheses.org/52545
trafo.hypotheses.org/52545
Reposted by Jon Wlasiuk
Wolves in a Ukrainian zoo howl in response to air raid sirens, signaling a possible Russian attack.
May 3, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Wolves in a Ukrainian zoo howl in response to air raid sirens, signaling a possible Russian attack.
Today is the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl NPP disaster. ☢️
Russia attacked Chornobyl Nuclear Plant in February, damaging confinement. Can it be fully restored?
The confinement over the fourth nuclear reactor at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant has not been functioning properly as a protective shield for almost three months.
On Feb. 14, on the day of the Mu...
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April 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today is the 39th anniversary of the Chernobyl NPP disaster. ☢️
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An Alternative History of Cleveland
Dive into Cleveland’s deep past and return with a new vision for how we should think about the region today.The land we call “northeast Ohio” was originally forged through eons of glacial pressure, ge...
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April 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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2/4. The entire practice of the Holocaust of the Jews involved zones of statelessness. It is easier to move people away from law than it is to remove law from people. Almost all of the killing took place in artificially created stateless zones.
April 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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To all my Michigan folks ⬇️
April 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
To all my Michigan folks ⬇️
The modern GOP is almost Maoist as they pursue their own version of a cultural revolution.
Ohio Gov. DeWine signs higher ed bill regulating classroom discussion and banning diversity efforts • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed a massive higher education bill that would ban diversity and equity and prohibit faculty from striking into law into law Friday afternoon. The bill will take effect in 90 ...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The modern GOP is almost Maoist as they pursue their own version of a cultural revolution.
🚨 Climate Crisis Panel Discussion! 🚨
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@literarycleveland.bsky.social
@rustbeltlab.bsky.social
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The Story of The Land: How Literature Confronts the Climate Crisis
in partnership with Orion Magazine, Literary Cleveland, and Mac's Backs
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March 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
🚨 Climate Crisis Panel Discussion! 🚨
Join us to discuss the urgent challenges of climate change and explore the role of literature in this moment. Registration is free in the link below!
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@beltpublishing.bsky.social
@literarycleveland.bsky.social
@rustbeltlab.bsky.social
Join us to discuss the urgent challenges of climate change and explore the role of literature in this moment. Registration is free in the link below!
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@beltpublishing.bsky.social
@literarycleveland.bsky.social
@rustbeltlab.bsky.social
My first book is on LibGen and I'm thankful. The publisher decided to not issue a second printing and the price has doubled. LibGen is making scholarship far more accessible and should be protected.
IF YOU FOUND YOUR NOVEL IN THE LIBGEN DATABASE, YOU MAY BE A CLASS MEMBER FOR THE KADREY ET AL V. META PLATFORMS CLASS ACTION
Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member:
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800
Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com
Law firms you can contact if you're a potential class member:
Joseph Saveri Law Firm, LLP (415) 500-6800
Mathew Butterick (323) 968-2632 mb@buttericklaw.com
March 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My first book is on LibGen and I'm thankful. The publisher decided to not issue a second printing and the price has doubled. LibGen is making scholarship far more accessible and should be protected.
All of my students just happen to be reading Donald Worster's The Dust Bowl this week. I've taught it for years, but this time it hits different.
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
Blowing dust storm in the Mesilla Valley. Maybe 0.25 mile visibility. #DustBowl2025
March 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
All of my students just happen to be reading Donald Worster's The Dust Bowl this week. I've taught it for years, but this time it hits different.
#Skystorians
#Skystorians
The March issue of Cleveland Magazine is in stores now and includes my essay "Finding the Source" on the city's relationship to nature. This essay is an excerpt from An Alternative History of Cleveland, available from @beltpublishing.bsky.social.
#Skystorians
#Cleveland
#Skystorians
#Cleveland
March 10, 2025 at 10:10 PM
The March issue of Cleveland Magazine is in stores now and includes my essay "Finding the Source" on the city's relationship to nature. This essay is an excerpt from An Alternative History of Cleveland, available from @beltpublishing.bsky.social.
#Skystorians
#Cleveland
#Skystorians
#Cleveland
Reposted by Jon Wlasiuk
March 8, 2025 at 3:37 PM
March 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
H5N1 killed 6% of all California Condors in the wild during 2023. 🦤
The threat of avian influenza H5N1 looms over global biodiversity - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
The highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 is an emerging and unexpected threat to many wild animal species, which has implications for ecological processes, ecosystem services and conservation of thr...
www.nature.com
March 5, 2025 at 5:48 AM
H5N1 killed 6% of all California Condors in the wild during 2023. 🦤
There are not enough pączki in Cleveland for these times.
March 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
There are not enough pączki in Cleveland for these times.
What happened today at the White House was disgraceful. The US has elected 80s-era bullies straight from central casting to run the government.
February 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
What happened today at the White House was disgraceful. The US has elected 80s-era bullies straight from central casting to run the government.
Not sure if this is piercing the political noise, but H5N1 has been identified in wild geese, ducks, rats, chickens on factory farms as well as backyard flocks, cattle, and even indoor house cats. It is in the food supply and can spread on the wind over a distance of five miles. 1/2
February 27, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Not sure if this is piercing the political noise, but H5N1 has been identified in wild geese, ducks, rats, chickens on factory farms as well as backyard flocks, cattle, and even indoor house cats. It is in the food supply and can spread on the wind over a distance of five miles. 1/2
Three years of Ukrainian apartments, hospitals, nuclear power plants, dams, and churches attacking Russian missiles. Слава Україні 🇺🇦
February 24, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Three years of Ukrainian apartments, hospitals, nuclear power plants, dams, and churches attacking Russian missiles. Слава Україні 🇺🇦
Трамп і Путін - хуйло!
🔴 For the first time in three years, the U.S. opposed calling Russia an aggressor in the G7 statement for the third anniversary of the full-scale invasion.
February 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Трамп і Путін - хуйло!
I’m at the desperately-rereading-Hope-in-the-Dark-by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social and-throwing-the-book-across-the-room-at-the-mention-of-Glenn-Greenwald-as-a-hero stage of grief. 📖💨👋
February 16, 2025 at 6:19 AM
I’m at the desperately-rereading-Hope-in-the-Dark-by @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social and-throwing-the-book-across-the-room-at-the-mention-of-Glenn-Greenwald-as-a-hero stage of grief. 📖💨👋