Timothy Snyder

@timothysnyder.bsky.social

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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 · 6h

Bomb threats in Springfield, Ohio. Much like what happened after Vance, Trump, and Nazis told lies about Haitians in September 2024. Reportage here. See my substack for background.
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Bomb threats, suspicious packages in Springfield prompt evacuations

Bomb threats that said Haitian immigrants should be gone from Springfield were sent to several Clark County offices Monday morning, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said at a press conference.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 6h

The data.
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National data, local stories: ICE detention in 2026

Statistics and stories from ICE's archipelago of detention centers, based on the first data release since "Operation Metro Surge" arrived in Minneapolis.

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Sara Silverstein @sarasilverstein.bsky.social · 1d

One way concentration camps become zones where law doesn't apply is by neglecting policies & standards that would protect health & provide healthcare. You deny laws & norms & dehumanize your victim.
Read "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Alexopoulos
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Two tuberculosis cases detected at Camp East Montana ICE facility

Eighteen cases of COVID-19 were also identified. U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar on Friday visited the 5,000-bed tent facility on the Fort Bliss Army base and said she saw many "chronic issues."

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d

Russia’s full-scale invasion began 4 years ago. It began in winter, and so this winter is the 5th. And, for civilians, the worst. Russia launches missiles and drones at energy infrastructure to force Ukrainians to endure the freezing cold. Here's how you can help
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The Long Ukrainian Winter

How You Can Help

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Serious people abroad taking PET (Putin-Epstein-Trump) seriously.
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Poland to probe possible links between Epstein and Russia, PM Tusk says

Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tues...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Upside for Yale — this freshman journalist has published an unforgettable last sentence.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

Given her background, totally unsurprising.
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NSA detected phone call between foreign intelligence and a person close to Trump

Whistleblower says that Tulsi Gabbard blocked agency from sharing report and delivered it to White House chief of staff

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

We are deciding right now whether we want to be a country with ethnic cleansing and concentration camps.

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 4d

The banality of evil is shocking. An ex-Big Lots warehouse for cheap consumer junk is bought by ICE to ship as many as 7,500 handcuffed human beings, as the Trump regime builds a U.S. gulag archipelago

The unthinkable comes to Pa. coal country. My special report www.inquirer.com/opinion/ice-...

From Big Lots to warehousing humans: ICE plan sparks fear in Schuylkill County | Will Bunch

A massive warehouse in Tremont. Pa. that once moved cheap goods will now detain migrants in an $119 million ICE deal.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

There are lots of important books about concentration camps; two that I have used in my own teaching are "KL" by Nikolaus Wachsmann and "Illness and Inhumanity in Stalin’s Gulag" by Golfo Alexopoulos.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 2d

On a day with so much awfulness just taking a moment to note with admiration a dignified leader

Savchenko Volodymyr @savchenkoua.bsky.social · 3d

🇲🇩🇺🇦 Moldovan President Sandu said that she is against her nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, because there are more worthy candidates - Ukrainian prisoners of war.

Sandu emphasized that it is Ukrainians who are truly sacrificing themselves for the sake of peace and security in Ukraine and the EU.