Siva
@sivav.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Supervises VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.
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Yes. The folks who study election rumors and conspiracy theories are worried that a forced (and false) confession by Maduro (of 2020 election fraud) is a real possibility, and we’ve already seen some (wink, wink) foreshadowing of such a move.
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 AM
Yes. The folks who study election rumors and conspiracy theories are worried that a forced (and false) confession by Maduro (of 2020 election fraud) is a real possibility, and we’ve already seen some (wink, wink) foreshadowing of such a move.
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Hard to overstate the extent to which Leon Botstein’s personal scorn for feminist anti-rape politics permeated Bard College’s culture while I was there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
A $50,000 Watch and Friendly Notes: One College Leader’s Ties to Epstein
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Hard to overstate the extent to which Leon Botstein’s personal scorn for feminist anti-rape politics permeated Bard College’s culture while I was there. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
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I wrote this thread up into an article and revived my old Medium account to host: medium.com/@katestarbir...
I explain how Bannon's comments of "ICE surrounding polls" are a strategic attempt to exploit our outrage to advance his goals of voter suppression — and how we can redirect that attack.
I explain how Bannon's comments of "ICE surrounding polls" are a strategic attempt to exploit our outrage to advance his goals of voter suppression — and how we can redirect that attack.
February 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
I wrote this thread up into an article and revived my old Medium account to host: medium.com/@katestarbir...
I explain how Bannon's comments of "ICE surrounding polls" are a strategic attempt to exploit our outrage to advance his goals of voter suppression — and how we can redirect that attack.
I explain how Bannon's comments of "ICE surrounding polls" are a strategic attempt to exploit our outrage to advance his goals of voter suppression — and how we can redirect that attack.
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The Luther Random Insult Generator was, as ever, a hit in my Reformation class this morning.
ergofabulous.org/luther/?
ergofabulous.org/luther/?
February 6, 2026 at 11:51 PM
The Luther Random Insult Generator was, as ever, a hit in my Reformation class this morning.
ergofabulous.org/luther/?
ergofabulous.org/luther/?
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A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 PM
A lot of our political discourse would be easier if we didn't extend good faith to people who would never extend it back.
Even if we get forced to accept ubiquitous AI in all areas of life and work there will still be a need for blood boys.
February 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Even if we get forced to accept ubiquitous AI in all areas of life and work there will still be a need for blood boys.
Damn these #Spurs are awesome and fun.
a mascot is wearing a spurs jersey and holding a basketball
ALT: a mascot is wearing a spurs jersey and holding a basketball
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February 8, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Damn these #Spurs are awesome and fun.
At this point in Wemby’s career he has more rebounds than Barkley did, more blocks than Olajuwon did, and more threes than Steph Curry did.
February 8, 2026 at 12:11 AM
At this point in Wemby’s career he has more rebounds than Barkley did, more blocks than Olajuwon did, and more threes than Steph Curry did.
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🚨Minneapolis Police gather up DILDOS to throw back at protesters from the street after they were thrown into the street to protest ICE, creating quite the scene.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
February 7, 2026 at 6:38 PM
🚨Minneapolis Police gather up DILDOS to throw back at protesters from the street after they were thrown into the street to protest ICE, creating quite the scene.
LIVE NOW ⬇️
LIVE NOW ⬇️
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Here is the FBI's Epstein List - by Julie k Brown
Contrary to what the FBI and DOJ have said over the past year, it turns out there really is an FBI list of other people suspected of possible wrongdoing in connection with Jeffrey Epstein.
jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/here-is-th...
Contrary to what the FBI and DOJ have said over the past year, it turns out there really is an FBI list of other people suspected of possible wrongdoing in connection with Jeffrey Epstein.
jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/here-is-th...
Here is the FBI's Epstein List
We still don't know what the FBI did to investigate these allegations
jkbjournalist.substack.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Here is the FBI's Epstein List - by Julie k Brown
Contrary to what the FBI and DOJ have said over the past year, it turns out there really is an FBI list of other people suspected of possible wrongdoing in connection with Jeffrey Epstein.
jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/here-is-th...
Contrary to what the FBI and DOJ have said over the past year, it turns out there really is an FBI list of other people suspected of possible wrongdoing in connection with Jeffrey Epstein.
jkbjournalist.substack.com/p/here-is-th...
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You heard about the prosecutor defending ICE who broke in court said “the system sucks. This job sucks.”
She isn’t the only one frustrated.
Philly’s federal judges are reaching to Greek mythology metaphors to express their frustration.
🧵 www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
She isn’t the only one frustrated.
Philly’s federal judges are reaching to Greek mythology metaphors to express their frustration.
🧵 www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Philly federal judges are growing frustrated with ICE policy to detain most undocumented immigrants
ICE “continues to act contrary to law, to spend taxpayer money needlessly, and to waste the scarce resources of the judiciary," one judge wrote.
www.inquirer.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:02 PM
You heard about the prosecutor defending ICE who broke in court said “the system sucks. This job sucks.”
She isn’t the only one frustrated.
Philly’s federal judges are reaching to Greek mythology metaphors to express their frustration.
🧵 www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
She isn’t the only one frustrated.
Philly’s federal judges are reaching to Greek mythology metaphors to express their frustration.
🧵 www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Elon did not “go crazy” as so many Tesla bumper stickers claim. He has always flouted safety regulations and let people die unnecessarily in his cars. Don’t buy Teslas.
Tesla driver’s devastating 911 call while stuck in fiery car revealed: ‘Help please … I am going to die’
A 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded with a 911 operator to save his life as he was trapped in a burning car, according to a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla filed by his mother on Wednesday.
A 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded with a 911 operator to save his life as he was trapped in a burning car, according to a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla filed by his mother on Wednesday.
Tesla driver’s devastating 911 call while stuck in fiery car revealed: ‘Help please … I am going to die’
A 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded with a 911 operator to save his life as he was trapped in a burning vehicle, according to a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla filed by his mother on Wednesday.
nypost.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Elon did not “go crazy” as so many Tesla bumper stickers claim. He has always flouted safety regulations and let people die unnecessarily in his cars. Don’t buy Teslas.
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Tesla driver’s devastating 911 call while stuck in fiery car revealed: ‘Help please … I am going to die’
A 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded with a 911 operator to save his life as he was trapped in a burning car, according to a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla filed by his mother on Wednesday.
A 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded with a 911 operator to save his life as he was trapped in a burning car, according to a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla filed by his mother on Wednesday.
Tesla driver’s devastating 911 call while stuck in fiery car revealed: ‘Help please … I am going to die’
A 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded with a 911 operator to save his life as he was trapped in a burning vehicle, according to a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla filed by his mother on Wednesday.
nypost.com
February 7, 2026 at 6:27 AM
Tesla driver’s devastating 911 call while stuck in fiery car revealed: ‘Help please … I am going to die’
A 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded with a 911 operator to save his life as he was trapped in a burning car, according to a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla filed by his mother on Wednesday.
A 20-year-old Tesla driver pleaded with a 911 operator to save his life as he was trapped in a burning car, according to a wrongful death lawsuit against Tesla filed by his mother on Wednesday.
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Please read the entire interview. Subscribe, and you will get part two in your inbox on Monday.
What's the Matter with Florida? An Interview with Zachary Levenson
A discussion about Florida's censorship of sociology and teaching under authoritarianism
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February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Please read the entire interview. Subscribe, and you will get part two in your inbox on Monday.
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I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 6, 2026 at 3:00 PM
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
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This article is another one. Attia was with Epstein for 10 days while his infant son was in ICU after being found unresponsive and his wife had to do CPR on him. Positively disgusting. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
The Longevity Influencer Who Went Into ‘Withdrawal’ Without Jeffrey Epstein
Peter Attia is all over the Epstein files.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:12 PM
This article is another one. Attia was with Epstein for 10 days while his infant son was in ICU after being found unresponsive and his wife had to do CPR on him. Positively disgusting. www.theatlantic.com/health/2026/...
Why are news organizations using “cease fire” when it is no such thing?
At least 556 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes since a U.S.-brokered truce came into effect in October, including 24 on Wednesday and 30 on Saturday, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
The Gaza ceasefire began months ago. Here’s why the fighting persists.
Since the U.S.-brokered truce came into effect, four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza, with more injured.
trib.al
February 7, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Why are news organizations using “cease fire” when it is no such thing?
This is so important and so true. I have been assigning novels in my introduction to media studies survey course and students rise to the challenge.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
Stop Meeting Students Where They Are
What I learned when I finally started assigning the hard reading again.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:41 PM
This is so important and so true. I have been assigning novels in my introduction to media studies survey course and students rise to the challenge.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
February 7, 2026 at 6:59 AM
LOL.... i wanted to hear JD getting booed at the Olympics and when i searched for it on YouTube i got this
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GUY INVENTING CURLING: So we slide the stone across the ice and whoever gets closest to the center wins.
HIS FRIEND: Sure, we’ve got lots of games like that.
RANDOM PASSBY [13 beers deep]: CAN WE USE BROOMS
GUY: Sure?
HIS FRIEND: Sure, we’ve got lots of games like that.
RANDOM PASSBY [13 beers deep]: CAN WE USE BROOMS
GUY: Sure?
February 7, 2026 at 4:32 PM
GUY INVENTING CURLING: So we slide the stone across the ice and whoever gets closest to the center wins.
HIS FRIEND: Sure, we’ve got lots of games like that.
RANDOM PASSBY [13 beers deep]: CAN WE USE BROOMS
GUY: Sure?
HIS FRIEND: Sure, we’ve got lots of games like that.
RANDOM PASSBY [13 beers deep]: CAN WE USE BROOMS
GUY: Sure?
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"In a country where politicians can endorse genocidal policies without being accused of bigotry or bias, these people can’t stop underlining their character and the severity of their agenda." organizingmythoughts.org/when-the-hea...
February 7, 2026 at 4:24 PM
"In a country where politicians can endorse genocidal policies without being accused of bigotry or bias, these people can’t stop underlining their character and the severity of their agenda." organizingmythoughts.org/when-the-hea...
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What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
Musk to Epstein: ‘What Day/Night Will Be the Wildest Party on Your Island?’
New emails show Musk has been lying about his relationship with Epstein.
www.404media.co
February 7, 2026 at 4:26 PM
What day/night will be the wildest party on your island?”
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This worthwhile piece on Holocaust memory and contemporary politics is very much in line with a piece I published last week, on reading Hannah Arendt in the age of ICE deportations: religiondispatches.org/2026/02/05/f...
The Ferocity of Responses to Tim Walz's Anne Frank/ICE Comments Are Revealing
When Minnesota Governor Tim Walz invoked Anne Frank while criticizing ICE deportations in his state, the backlash was immediate and fierce. Walz, who earned a master’s degree in Holocaust education, s...
religiondispatches.org
February 7, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This worthwhile piece on Holocaust memory and contemporary politics is very much in line with a piece I published last week, on reading Hannah Arendt in the age of ICE deportations: religiondispatches.org/2026/02/05/f...
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"By “unequivocally” rejecting all analogies, it [the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum] has erected a fence around the Holocaust that ensures that its moral lessons will be forgotten." www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
Never Again, Once Again | Peter E. Gordon
A few years ago, in the early summer of 2019, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum declared on its website that it “unequivocally rejects efforts
www.nybooks.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:08 PM
"By “unequivocally” rejecting all analogies, it [the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum] has erected a fence around the Holocaust that ensures that its moral lessons will be forgotten." www.nybooks.com/online/2026/...
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so funny to see republicans complaining about this as if they have not been pulling this shit for 15 years.
February 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
so funny to see republicans complaining about this as if they have not been pulling this shit for 15 years.