Christopher Albi
@hvcanuck.bsky.social
I stand with 🇺🇦! Elbows up 🇨🇦! Historian of Latin America. I believe in democracy and the rule of law, as well as victory for my favorite sports teams!
We thought in 1994 that maybe things could change for the better in Chiapas. 30 years later they are much worse.
Padre Marcelo’s Last March | Peter Canby
For decades, an activist priest from Chiapas campaigned for the state's indigenous poor and against the violence of its cartels. Last year, he himself was assassinated.
www.nybooks.com
July 13, 2025 at 12:08 AM
We thought in 1994 that maybe things could change for the better in Chiapas. 30 years later they are much worse.
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Catholics across the region celebrated the historic announcement Thursday that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area.
The White Sox, Aurelio's Pizza and St. Mary's Mass: A South Sider becomes pope
Robert Prevost’s Catholic roots were planted in Chicago’s south suburbs, where he lived in Dolton and attended St. Mary’s parish before becoming Pope Leo XIV.
www.chicagotribune.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Catholics across the region celebrated the historic announcement Thursday that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the church was born and raised in the Chicago area.
I guess better late than never but it has been obvious for decades that the conservative movement in the US is dominated by anti-intellectual Yahoos turned on by destruction.
When David Brooks joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won, Brooks writes.
I Should Have Seen This Coming
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April 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I guess better late than never but it has been obvious for decades that the conservative movement in the US is dominated by anti-intellectual Yahoos turned on by destruction.
Balanced view of Mexico’s Sheinbaum. A cool head. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
Opinion | Is Claudia Sheinbaum the Anti-Trump?
In a world lurching rightward, Mexico’s president offers progressives hope.
www.nytimes.com
April 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Balanced view of Mexico’s Sheinbaum. A cool head. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/04/o...
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Ovechkin dedicates his record-breaking goal to the brave men and women bombing Ukrainian hospitals
Ovechkin dedicates his record-breaking goal to the brave men and women bombing Ukrainian hospitals
NEW YORK CITY – Alexander Ovechkin has scored his 895th career goal, surpassing Wayne Gretzky’s record and making him first all-time among NHL superstars with terrible personal politics.
www.thebeaverton.com
April 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Ovechkin dedicates his record-breaking goal to the brave men and women bombing Ukrainian hospitals
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The Winnipeg home where media theorist Marshall McLuhan spent his childhood will be converted to a museum and living space for a scholar in residence.
McLuhan childhood home to become museum
The Winnipeg home where media theorist Marshall McLuhan spent his childhood will be converted to a museum and living space for a scholar in residence.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The Winnipeg home where media theorist Marshall McLuhan spent his childhood will be converted to a museum and living space for a scholar in residence.
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COLE PERFETTI ARE YOU SERIOUS? 🤯
March 30, 2025 at 10:35 PM
COLE PERFETTI ARE YOU SERIOUS? 🤯
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With Trump back in office, Greeks celebrate no longer being civilization that has fallen the furthest
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/with...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/with...
With Trump back in office, Greeks celebrate no longer being civilization that has fallen the furthest
ATHENS, GREECE ― Following Trump’s inauguration and the steep decline in American character it represents, Greece is looking on with a mixture of horror and guilty relief, new polling suggests.
www.thebeaverton.com
March 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
With Trump back in office, Greeks celebrate no longer being civilization that has fallen the furthest
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/with...
www.thebeaverton.com/2025/03/with...
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When they do a 'Hamilton' remake about 2020s instead of late 1700s, here will be the principals they have to work with:
March 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
When they do a 'Hamilton' remake about 2020s instead of late 1700s, here will be the principals they have to work with:
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"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant
March 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
"We don’t want your Nazi cars / take a one-way trip to Mars" is a pretty good chant
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This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The men disappeared to El Salvador because of their tattoos
The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.
www.motherjones.com
March 26, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is a fantastic piece of rigorous, in-depth reporting. It will make you want to pass out with rage. But definitely read it.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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My friend @davidlat.bsky.social just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:
March 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
My friend @davidlat.bsky.social just published an email Paul Weiss chair Brad Karp sent to the firm. This excerpt is the most chilling. This is how constitutional republics die -- when rivals see a violation of fundamental rights not as an injustice, but as a business opportunity:
Especially not in the winter! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Invading Canada Is Not Advisable
We’ve tried before. It didn’t work out.
www.theatlantic.com
March 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Especially not in the winter! www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
This is called the rule of law. It is tough to live up to but we won’t be free without it.
The most depraved and dangerous criminal is owed a hearing before he is punished, and we are all at risk if he doesn't get it.
March 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
This is called the rule of law. It is tough to live up to but we won’t be free without it.
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Terrific from Richard Evans on Christopher Hill and his generation of Marxist historians.
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
The thwarted Marxist of Balliol
Christopher Hill was much better at analysing the revolution than he was at fomenting one.
www.newstatesman.com
March 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Terrific from Richard Evans on Christopher Hill and his generation of Marxist historians.
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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The attempt to destroy Columbia (opinion) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
The attempt to destroy Columbia (opinion)
The Trump administration has the symbolic fight it wants, Brian Rosenberg writes.
www.insidehighered.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The attempt to destroy Columbia (opinion) www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Donald Trump’s threats seem to be stirring a kind of patriotic resolve in Canada that is showing itself in everything from widespread scorn for Wayne Gretzky’s visits to Mar-a-Lago to a rekindled affection for Justin Trudeau.
Canada, the Northern Outpost of Sanity
Justin Trudeau, in his final week as Prime Minister, tells Donald Trump to shove it.
www.newyorker.com
March 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Donald Trump’s threats seem to be stirring a kind of patriotic resolve in Canada that is showing itself in everything from widespread scorn for Wayne Gretzky’s visits to Mar-a-Lago to a rekindled affection for Justin Trudeau.
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This isn't about Zelenskyy, a patriot and hero. This is about an American administration penetrated and compromised by America's enemies.
March 1, 2025 at 3:43 AM
This isn't about Zelenskyy, a patriot and hero. This is about an American administration penetrated and compromised by America's enemies.
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There is no way to understate what is happening in America – a sinister alliance between a demagogue, the world’s richest man, and right-wing activists is remaking the federal government.
It Keeps Getting Worse—and No One Is Safe
Donald Trump and Elon Musk aren’t just inflicting pain on poor people abroad or imagined “enemies within.” Their parade of cruelty is coming for MAGA country too.
newrepublic.com
March 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
There is no way to understate what is happening in America – a sinister alliance between a demagogue, the world’s richest man, and right-wing activists is remaking the federal government.
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Trudeau invites Zelensky to friendly pick-your-brain coffee chat about being invaded by warmongering neighbour
Trudeau invites Zelensky to friendly pick-your-brain coffee chat about being invaded by warmongering neighbour
KYIV, UKRAINE - Citing a desire to “connect face to face”, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently reached out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy with an aim to “share some insights” a...
www.thebeaverton.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trudeau invites Zelensky to friendly pick-your-brain coffee chat about being invaded by warmongering neighbour
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If you’ve watched his first four weeks and think Donald Trump’s not capable of finding a way to stay in office, well, you’re not paying attention.
Trump Wants to Be President for Life—and He’s Already Preparing for It
No, he’s not “joking” when he portrays himself as a king and muses about staying in office past 2028. Just look at everything he’s done this past month.
newrepublic.com
February 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
If you’ve watched his first four weeks and think Donald Trump’s not capable of finding a way to stay in office, well, you’re not paying attention.
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This is an amazing piece. Catholicism in action free of self-serving priests. And a searing indictment of the administration of justice in Texas.
Lawrence Wright follows the spiritual journey of the women condemned to Texas’s death row—and the nuns who minister to them. #NewYorker100
The Nuns Trying to Save the Women on Texas’s Death Row
Sisters from a convent outside Waco have repeatedly visited the prisoners—and even made them affiliates of their order. The story of a powerful spiritual alliance.
nyer.cm
February 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This is an amazing piece. Catholicism in action free of self-serving priests. And a searing indictment of the administration of justice in Texas.
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Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."
The Government’s Computing Experts Say They Are Terrified
Four IT professionals lay out just how destructive Elon Musk’s incursion into the U.S. government could be.
www.theatlantic.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Four government IT employees tell Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel that Elon Musk's incursion into the U.S. government may be worse than anyone realizes: “This is the largest data breach and the largest IT security breach in our country’s history."