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Afsoun Afsahi
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Assistant Prof in Political Theory @UBCPoliSci working on Democratic Theory, Historical Injustice, Gender, Race, and Disability. Formerly @UniAmsterdam. Uninvited settler. Dog lover and gardening enthusiast. She/her
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · Jul 18
Thrilled to share that my project, “Unequal Voices, Unequal Rules: Reimagining Democracy’s Boundaries,” has been funded by SSHRC! Grateful for the support and excited to work with students on investigating democracy’s hidden boundaries. Send me a message if you’d like to know more ☺️
afsounafsahi.bsky.social
Find someone who looks at you the way Trump looks at Mamdani...
billkristolbulwark.bsky.social Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 1d
The 2028 ticket of the new MAGA-DSA party.
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
afsounafsahi.bsky.social
Delighted that my article is out at @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉🎉

Thanks to @lalamur.bsky.social for posting about it! 💜
October 15, 2025 at 2:01 PM
afsounafsahi.bsky.social
I’ve been taking photos of the cats that I see on my walks with Lihue (my dog)…I thus present my ongoing collection: “Cats of Kitsilano”
Black cat Tuxedo cat Siamese cat accidentally left in the washing machine… Long haired business cat…
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
Nothing to add.
I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza. "Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”
September 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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antifapatriot.bsky.social
Cockwomble

thought this would be an appropriate post today 🎯

#donaldtrump #Scotland
July 26, 2025 at 5:25 PM
afsounafsahi.bsky.social
If the sentiments on the t-shirts are accurate, I recommend some serious couple's therapy for incest and infidelity...or, alternatively, you can just read the wikipedia entry on Hera and Zeus and change your relationship goals 🤷‍♀️
blowdart.me Barry Dorrans @blowdart.me · Jul 22
Oh Instagram no
An advertisement for two T-shirts. One says “I am her Zeus”, the other “I am his Hera”.
July 22, 2025 at 11:19 PM
afsounafsahi.bsky.social
Thrilled to share that my project, “Unequal Voices, Unequal Rules: Reimagining Democracy’s Boundaries,” has been funded by SSHRC! Grateful for the support and excited to work with students on investigating democracy’s hidden boundaries. Send me a message if you’d like to know more ☺️
July 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
afsounafsahi.bsky.social
This is not what I call breaking news for which I need a notification!
AP’s dumb notification on how “a good shower is a simple shower”
July 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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thebulwark.com
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?"

English is the official language of Liberia...
July 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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merriam-webster.com
'Vacations.'

The word is 'vacations.'
FAST COMPANY Article: While retirement typically occurs, after completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals called "micro-retirement." Micro- retirements involve taking a one to two- week break from work every 12 to 18 months. Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z:
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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dlknowles.bsky.social
I see the WSJ Opinion pages are managing a wide variety of topics
July 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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sjjphd.bsky.social
In light of the news on my first day of sabbatical: gender is a social construct, trans women are women, no amount of complying with authoritarians who pretend they will only strip some people but not you of rights will keep you safe. And in 2025 university administrators should know all of that.
July 1, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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nkalamb.bsky.social
A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.
ICE press release: Johnny Noviello, a 49 year old Canadian, has died in the custody of ICE. The cause of death is under investigation.
June 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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dandrezner.bsky.social
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
June 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
What an unserious person. I will never be able to unsee the people suffocating in their own bodies because the virus melted their lungs. Whole families showing up together at the brink of death. Myself & my colleagues putting on garbage bags & months-old N95 to resuscitate them in hospital driveways
A refrigerator truck filled with body bags A refrigerator truck being loaded with multiple, stacked carts of body bags
June 12, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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aoc.bsky.social
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving.

There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later.

They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
June 11, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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June 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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blakeprof.bsky.social
As Aristotle taught us, there are four kinds of regime: aristocracy, democracy, kingship, and two rich blowhards with fragile egos.
June 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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reporterdavidj.bsky.social
BREAKING: The Florida higher education system Board of Governors rejects the hiring of Santa Ono as University of Florida president. Vote was 6 yes, 10 no.
June 3, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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karenhao.bsky.social
In my first op-ed for @nytimes.com, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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canililac.bsky.social
Ted Schmidt, Charlie’s former teacher & organizer of a weekly protest at Victoria Park & Kingston Road Toronto, Thurs morning at 8 am substack.com/@charlieangu...
Bearing Witness Against Genocide
"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
substack.com
May 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
afsounafsahi.bsky.social
Government run journals for scientific output…what could possibly go wrong? If you’re a young or aspiring scientist, why in the world would you ever choose to study or work in the US?
May 28, 2025 at 8:19 PM
afsounafsahi.bsky.social
I wrote one of my comprehensive exam answers on his work...
May 22, 2025 at 9:47 PM
afsounafsahi.bsky.social
Let me correct it for you: Exit poll shows liberal mayor and *PiS stooge who lied about being an independent* are front-runners in Poland presidential election
Exit poll shows liberal mayor and historian are front-runners in Poland presidential election
Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, are the front-runners in a presidential election in Poland on Sunday, an exit poll shows. They will face off in a s...
www.ctvnews.ca
May 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM