Michael Hall
@mishahall.bsky.social
Bostonian expat living in New York. Human rights. Academic freedom. Languages/linguistics. Russia, Central/Inner Asia. Politics of memory/commemoration. Books. The occasional lighthouse. Personal account, views expressed are my own. Repost≠endorsement. 🇺🇦🍉
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The House of the Satrap
King, Rhyne. 2025. The House of the Satrap: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire. Oakland: University of California Press. Starting in the sixth century BCE, the conquests of the Persian kings Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius transformed the lives of humans on a continental…
King, Rhyne. 2025. The House of the Satrap: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire. Oakland: University of California Press. Starting in the sixth century BCE, the conquests of the Persian kings Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius transformed the lives of humans on a continental…
The House of the Satrap
King, Rhyne. 2025. The House of the Satrap: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire. Oakland: University of California Press. Starting in the sixth century BCE, the conquests of the Persian kings Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius transformed the lives of humans on a continental scale, as their empire reached from the Iranian plateau to eastern Europe, Central Asia, and North Africa.
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June 17, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The House of the Satrap
King, Rhyne. 2025. The House of the Satrap: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire. Oakland: University of California Press. Starting in the sixth century BCE, the conquests of the Persian kings Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius transformed the lives of humans on a continental…
King, Rhyne. 2025. The House of the Satrap: The Making of the Ancient Persian Empire. Oakland: University of California Press. Starting in the sixth century BCE, the conquests of the Persian kings Cyrus, Cambyses, and Darius transformed the lives of humans on a continental…
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The technology that powered Covid vaccines may also lead scientists to a cure for H.I.V.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/h...
MRNA, Used in Covid Shots, May Help Rid the Body of H.I.V.
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The technology that powered Covid vaccines may also lead scientists to a cure for H.I.V.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/h...
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History teaches us that alliances between oligarchs and fascists, while initially beneficial to each other, usually don't end well.
June 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
History teaches us that alliances between oligarchs and fascists, while initially beneficial to each other, usually don't end well.
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Breaking: Men officially deemed too emotional for positions of power
June 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Breaking: Men officially deemed too emotional for positions of power
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I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
June 5, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
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Public pressure works! Keep it going.
May 25, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Public pressure works! Keep it going.
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Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
May 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Today is the 111th birthday of Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre
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“I just don't feel safe going to the U.S. right now.”
The Trump administration's immigration policies are pushing international students away from U.S. universities. That's a big problem.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
The Trump administration's immigration policies are pushing international students away from U.S. universities. That's a big problem.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
Trump Is Driving International Students Away from U.S. Universities. That's a Big Problem.
“I just don't feel safe going to the U.S. right now.”
www.teenvogue.com
May 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
“I just don't feel safe going to the U.S. right now.”
The Trump administration's immigration policies are pushing international students away from U.S. universities. That's a big problem.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
The Trump administration's immigration policies are pushing international students away from U.S. universities. That's a big problem.
Read more: www.teenvogue.com/story/trump-...
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Your moment of calm at the Twin Lighthouses with the sounds of waves crashing against the rocks
@stormhour.bsky.social @photohour.bsky.social
@stormhour.bsky.social @photohour.bsky.social
April 23, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Your moment of calm at the Twin Lighthouses with the sounds of waves crashing against the rocks
@stormhour.bsky.social @photohour.bsky.social
@stormhour.bsky.social @photohour.bsky.social
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Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
April 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Abrego Garcia's wife: "I will not stop fighting until I see my husband alive. Kilmar, if you can hear me, stay strong. God hasn't forgotten about you. Our children are asking when you will come home ... they miss their dad so much."
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I fully endorse this thread on how to keep your stuff. The Cloud is *never* enough. It's your life's work!
Not worried? Our govt is crushing knowledge systems like a mob of monster cybertrucks smashing into the front door of the library.
Kate Ozment tells you how to make your stuff recoverable.
Not worried? Our govt is crushing knowledge systems like a mob of monster cybertrucks smashing into the front door of the library.
Kate Ozment tells you how to make your stuff recoverable.
Hi! Are you a US researcher who spent time thinking about humans? Then your work is in danger of censorship and loss. I'm here to walk you through basic self-archiving.
Maybe you think I am being hyperbolic. You only worked on bacteria! Not your problem. Do me a favor and join me anyway.
Maybe you think I am being hyperbolic. You only worked on bacteria! Not your problem. Do me a favor and join me anyway.
April 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I fully endorse this thread on how to keep your stuff. The Cloud is *never* enough. It's your life's work!
Not worried? Our govt is crushing knowledge systems like a mob of monster cybertrucks smashing into the front door of the library.
Kate Ozment tells you how to make your stuff recoverable.
Not worried? Our govt is crushing knowledge systems like a mob of monster cybertrucks smashing into the front door of the library.
Kate Ozment tells you how to make your stuff recoverable.
"If the government can disappear anyone it wishes, dump him in a Salvadoran dungeon and prevent any court in this country from providing relief, we all should be very, very afraid."
Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago (Gift Article)
He is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.
www.nytimes.com
April 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"If the government can disappear anyone it wishes, dump him in a Salvadoran dungeon and prevent any court in this country from providing relief, we all should be very, very afraid."
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🔔 Join us this Thursday, April 10 at 10 am EST for a virtual discussion ahead of the two year anniversary of the war in Sudan.
Register now: timep.org/2025/04/03/t...
Scroll down and meet the speakers!
Register now: timep.org/2025/04/03/t...
Scroll down and meet the speakers!
April 9, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🔔 Join us this Thursday, April 10 at 10 am EST for a virtual discussion ahead of the two year anniversary of the war in Sudan.
Register now: timep.org/2025/04/03/t...
Scroll down and meet the speakers!
Register now: timep.org/2025/04/03/t...
Scroll down and meet the speakers!
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This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
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This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
March 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This week, my Somerville constituent Rümeysa Öztürk was abducted in broad daylight by DHS officials and sent to Louisiana to be locked in a detention center. She has not been charged with any crime.
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New open access book from @ucpress.bsky.social :
Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires by Sidney Xu Lu
www.ucpress.edu/books/collab...
Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires by Sidney Xu Lu
www.ucpress.edu/books/collab...
March 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
New open access book from @ucpress.bsky.social :
Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires by Sidney Xu Lu
www.ucpress.edu/books/collab...
Collaborative Settler Colonialism: Japanese Migration to Brazil in the Age of Empires by Sidney Xu Lu
www.ucpress.edu/books/collab...
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First Pulitzer ever awarded for lurking in a group chat
March 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
First Pulitzer ever awarded for lurking in a group chat
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Here’s the correct link 🤦♂️: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
March 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Here’s the correct link 🤦♂️: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
March 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff
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I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.
I am glad that Senators are grilling DNI Gabbard and CIA Director Ratcliffe today.
Today should be the start of a 4-year drum beat on Trump's team putting US troops in jeopardy by sharing operational war plans with a reporter before undertaking the operation.
Too much is not enough.
Today should be the start of a 4-year drum beat on Trump's team putting US troops in jeopardy by sharing operational war plans with a reporter before undertaking the operation.
Too much is not enough.
March 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I am BEGGING people to frame this properly. The issue here is not one colossal blunder where a reporter got info. The issue is it’s clear these people are all routinely ignoring the most absolutely basic security protocols, and WE HAVE NO IDEA what breaches this has already enabled.
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Great, questions for the Press Sec.
1. If it turns out "war plans" WERE discussed, what would be the appropriate punishment?
2. If it turns out classified material WAS sent, what would be the appropriate punishment?
3. Will the administration continue to use Signal to discuss top secret info?
1. If it turns out "war plans" WERE discussed, what would be the appropriate punishment?
2. If it turns out classified material WAS sent, what would be the appropriate punishment?
3. Will the administration continue to use Signal to discuss top secret info?
March 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Great, questions for the Press Sec.
1. If it turns out "war plans" WERE discussed, what would be the appropriate punishment?
2. If it turns out classified material WAS sent, what would be the appropriate punishment?
3. Will the administration continue to use Signal to discuss top secret info?
1. If it turns out "war plans" WERE discussed, what would be the appropriate punishment?
2. If it turns out classified material WAS sent, what would be the appropriate punishment?
3. Will the administration continue to use Signal to discuss top secret info?
