Steven Seegel
@stevenseegel.bsky.social
professor & associate chair of Slavic and Eurasian Studies at the University of Texas at Austin, dog lover, slow marathon runner, opinions mine
I wish I were half as productive as they are as scholars. Both of them are living libraries.
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I wish I were half as productive as they are as scholars. Both of them are living libraries.
Born in Dnipro(petrovsk). Yes. Watch out for those AI deep fakes floating around. Let’s not surrender ourselves or our brains yet to the robots. Please.
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Born in Dnipro(petrovsk). Yes. Watch out for those AI deep fakes floating around. Let’s not surrender ourselves or our brains yet to the robots. Please.
Weird. That’s not Plokhy. Check your photo.
November 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Weird. That’s not Plokhy. Check your photo.
I believe it’s called “strategic ambiguity” a la Merkel, which translates as “We will ingratiate ourselves to everyone, and do business with basically anyone no matter how evil until they come to our homes and places of business and try to kill us. Then we’ll readjust.” Shameless and spineless.
October 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I believe it’s called “strategic ambiguity” a la Merkel, which translates as “We will ingratiate ourselves to everyone, and do business with basically anyone no matter how evil until they come to our homes and places of business and try to kill us. Then we’ll readjust.” Shameless and spineless.
In which case, my liberal arts college could learn a lot from you ;)
September 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In which case, my liberal arts college could learn a lot from you ;)
I'm sensing a need to add "power, money, and corruption" to course titles
September 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I'm sensing a need to add "power, money, and corruption" to course titles