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Timothy Snyder
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Temerty Professor of Modern European History, Munk School, University of Toronto; Permanent Fellow, IWM Vienna; Emeritus Levin Professor, Yale. Author of "On Freedom," "On Tyranny," "Our Malady," "Road to Unfreedom," "Black Earth," and "Bloodlands" .. more

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Timothy David Snyder is an American historian specializing in the history of Central and Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Holocaust. He holds the inaugural Chair in Modern European History, supported by the Temerty Endowment for Ukrainian Studies, at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Toronto. From 2017 to 2025 he was also the Richard C. Levin Professor of History at Yale University. .. more

Political science 62%
Sociology 16%
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15h
When Ukrainian soldiers are wounded in action, Russian drones target both them and the people who come to rescue them.
Join me in a fundraising campaign for vehicles with drone-jamming equipment.
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Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job
Help save the lives of the courageous
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Freedom is Action -- Finishing the Job

Help save the lives of the courageous Here is a simple chance to save courageous life.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d
I want to thank a generation for bringing the expression “cringe” into the mainstream
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Just a little more gold and it will be perfect
Trump in the Oval Office of the White House with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The walls are decorated with tacky gold bullshit https://flic.kr/p/2rE6s9j

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d
Congratulations to @karenattiah.bsky.social
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Karen Attiah
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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 2d
Just a little more gold and it will be perfect
Trump in the Oval Office of the White House with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The walls are decorated with tacky gold bullshit https://flic.kr/p/2rE6s9j

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d
Glencoe, IL: On Monday, November 10th, I will be speaking at the Illinois Holocaust Museum's Kristallnacht Commemoration.
www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events/ellen...
Ellen V. & Philip L. Glass Holocaust Commemorative Series | Memory and Warning: A Kristallnacht Commemoration - Illinois Holocaust Museum
On the night of November 9–10, 1938, a wave of coordinated, state-sponsored violence swept across Germany, Austria, and the Sudetenland. Known as Kristallnacht, or the “Night of Broken Glass,” this po...
www.ilholocaustmuseum.org

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Elon Musk’s new pay package would feed all forty million Americans on SNAP for the next ten years. He wouldn’t notice the difference but the country would.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 3d
"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse"

From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone

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Terror Returns to Darfur
Only American pressure can stop the killing in Sudan.
www.foreignaffairs.com

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
This is not the country we should be.
lyndab08.bsky.social Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 4d
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d
Dr Amy Acton not only very much should but very much could beat Vivek Ramaswamy in the race for the office of governor of Ohio. Please consider supporting her if you can with a monthly donation.
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Dr. Amy Acton for Governor
Join our campaign to bring power back to the people of Ohio.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 4d
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

Reposted by Timothy Snyder

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 4d
“More people could have died in the past week in El Fasher, and this is without hyperbole, than died in the past two years in Gaza,” says Nathaniel Raymond, Executive Director at Yale’s Humanitarian Research Lab, who joins Mehdi remotely.”

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Sudan's Death Toll Could Exceed Gaza’s. Here’s Everything You Need to Know
Two experts on Sudan explain how the killing in El Fasher is worse than anyone knows.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · 4d
actual communism
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Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d
In the election for mayor of Cincinnati the Republicans put up JD Vance’s half-brother against incumbent Aftab Pureval. The Republicans got absolutely crushed — Pureval got more than 80% of the vote.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d
Good people working hard in Ohio and getting results.
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Huge movement in the formerly red suburbs of Greater Cincinnati tonight.

School board flips. Local city hall and township seats. Judicial flips.

All historic.

Flashing red light in what used to be biggest GOP strongholds in Ohio.

2026 is coming!!!!!
a large wave in the ocean is breaking
ALT: a large wave in the ocean is breaking
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d
"How 'War' Becomes War: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Ours of Us"
"From the moment the armed services violently engage their first civilians, their prestige will be gone forever, and service members will be destroying the Republic they are sworn to serve."
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How “War” Becomes War
Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and Ours of Us
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d
Here are some "On Tyranny" free resources to use and to share
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timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · Jun 8
"On Tyranny" free resources linked here:
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Text card saying: "Don't be a bystander: Share the rules" With a QR code and below that a weblink: timothysnyder.org/resources

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 5d
"On Tyranny" is #1 on the WaPo bestseller list this week. I wish it weren't necessary, but I'm glad that people are finding the book useful.
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...
Washington Post paperback bestsellers
A snapshot of popular books.
www.washingtonpost.com

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David Pepper @davidpepperoh.bsky.social · 6d
🚨 🚨

Huge movement in the formerly red suburbs of Greater Cincinnati tonight.

School board flips. Local city hall and township seats. Judicial flips.

All historic.

Flashing red light in what used to be biggest GOP strongholds in Ohio.

2026 is coming!!!!!
a large wave in the ocean is breaking
ALT: a large wave in the ocean is breaking
media.tenor.com

Reposted by Timothy Snyder, Richard S.J. Tol, Simon Lester

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Sam Shirazi @samshirazi.bsky.social · 6d
Looks like wipe out for Virginia House of Delegates Republicans

Dems on track to get at least 60 seats, if not more

GOP had 66 seats in 2017 before the elections then

Now will be below 40 in second Trump era

Will have full break down tomorrow