Victor Asal

@victorasal.bsky.social

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UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy.

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · Sep 8

shared this in a chat on X & I realized given the world Today I should share with everyone -
There are bad people and good people in every group. I teach my students - you can hate an individual, you can hate an organization or a movement but never hate an entire people

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 13h

As you should be

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 13h

👍

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 13h

Sending you good thoughts. I hope 2026 is a MUCH better year for you

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 14h

To you as well!

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 15h

Good for her!

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 18h

Very nice

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 18h

Awful

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 19h

No Power, No Heat, No Water: Odesa’s Days of Hell Under Russian Fire

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/w...

No Power, No Heat, No Water: Odesa’s Days of Hell Under Russian Fire

www.nytimes.com

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The Resister Linda Cardwell 🦋💙 @cardwell4u.bsky.social · 22h

On this day in 1951, Florida’ NAACP President Harry T Moore, and his wife, Harriet Moore, were killed on Christmas Day when their house was bombed by a racist terrorist.

The Moores were the first NAACP members to be killed for their civil rights activism.

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 1d

Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes
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Trump’s second term is reshaping US science with unprecedented cuts and destabilizing policy changes

The Trump administration is rewriting the 80-year-old American social contract for science research.

theconversation.com

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Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 1d

Stay safe Alyssa. I hope you have a GREAT holiday!

Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social · 1d

Chasing an Economic Boom, White House Dismisses Risks of A.I.
The administration has downplayed concerns — from mass job losses, to a potential financial bubble — as President Trump cheers soaring stock prices and faster growth

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/u...