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Troy Nahumko
@troynahumko.bsky.social
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Essayist, traveler and musician. Author of 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐚́𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 published by the University of Alberta Press. Also been known to play the Blues.
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troynahumko.bsky.social
Apparently Franco is “cool” again. Yes… really.
In my new column I dig into Spain’s strangest revival trend.
🇪🇸 / 🇬🇧 ➜ Links below 👇
troynahumko.com/the-great-fr...
#OpinionColumn #SpanishHistory #HistoricalMemory #memoriahistorica #conFrancosevivamejor
December 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
troynahumko.bsky.social
For anyone looking for the definition of tone deaf.
acyn.bsky.social Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d
US Ambassador to Canada: But let me tell you, I go around the country and people will say, “Pete, you just don’t understand why we’re so mad about the 51st state.” And it’s kind of like, “Yeah, you’re right. I don’t.
November 27, 2025 at 7:06 AM
troynahumko.bsky.social
He had me until number 7...He said we may laugh, and I did.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
or in Spanish elpais.com/opinion/2025...
My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
troynahumko.bsky.social
MTG: "But she never did get the joke on the biggest joke in town, the joke that MAGA is about anything more than manipulation, exploitation, corruption, lust, and cruelty. She seems to have sincerely believed the lies that shrewder players merely mouthed."
- David Frum The Atlantic
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November 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
troynahumko.bsky.social
I wrote a bedtime story about a Bolivian coronel who gets lost and enroute loses his mind.
rabble.ca/politics/can...
#AbPoli #CdPoli #AlbertaExit #SovereigntyAct #Petrostate
November 20, 2025 at 8:16 PM
troynahumko.bsky.social
Amazing
infolibre.es infoLibre @infolibre.es · 11d
'50 años'

🎨 El análisis de la actualidad por el artista gráfico @javirroyo.bsky.social  https://f.mtr.cool/qumekqlysu
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Reposted by Troy Nahumko
audacityofdespair.bsky.social
This is sobering but precise.

From Ludlow to Haymarket to Flint, the 20th Century gave us the 40-hour week, discretionary income and ultimately the American middle class. We will accept the slide back into subsistence poverty or we will have to fight the 20th Century all over again.
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17d
Increase in productivity since 1979: 87%

Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32%

Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%.

As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Reposted by Troy Nahumko
thebreakdownab.bsky.social
“Canada has lost its measles elimination status, the Public Health Agency of Canada says”

Congratulations Alberta! We did it! Thanks Dani!

#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
Canada loses measles elimination status | CBC
www.cbc.ca
November 10, 2025 at 3:13 PM
troynahumko.bsky.social
Thrilled that my piece “Everywhere and Nowhere: Following Ibn Battuta Across Marbella” is a finalist with @IntrepidTimes 🌍

A journey through travel, memory & belonging — and what it means to trace history’s footsteps.

👉 intrepidtimes.com/2025/11/ever...

#TravelWriting #Storytelling
Everywhere and Nowhere: Following Ibn Battuta Across Marbella - Intrepid Times
Inspired by Ibn Battuta's travelogue, "The Rihla," an author seeks to find an authentic Marbella beyond its shallow facade.
intrepidtimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:35 PM
troynahumko.bsky.social
You're sitting on the throne and realize you're out of TP.
Which do you reach for?
November 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
troynahumko.bsky.social
Remember when this was the paragon of evil?? How naive..
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Teatro vacío, 650.000 € públicos y aplausos de cartón: la Bienal Vargas Llosa en Cáceres convirtió la cultura en decorado. Condenan las fake news mirando a Trump, nunca a casa.

📣Menos perfumes ideológicos y más apoyo a la cultura real.

🖋 Troy Nahumko

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October 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
troynahumko.bsky.social
Which one is AI?
October 31, 2025 at 1:51 PM
troynahumko.bsky.social
Una bienal con 650.000 € de dinero público, un teatro vacío y Vargas Llosa proyectado como santo patrón del “liberalismo”.
Poca cultura, mucho decorado.
La verdad huele a polvo y a poder viejo.
📖 En @ctxt_es
👉 ctxt.es/es/20251001/...
#CulturaSubvencionada #VargasLlosa #Extremadura #BienalVargasLlosa
October 29, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Reposted by Troy Nahumko
swajones.bsky.social
‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after Spain’s deadly floods
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘Mud on our hands; blood on his’: fury lingers one year after Spain’s deadly floods
Survivors in Valencia call for consequences, particularly for regional president, after country’s worst natural disaster this century
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
troynahumko.bsky.social
Sin duda, el mejor resumen del panorama electoral extremeño que he visto hasta ahora.El primer párrafo por sí solo es oro.
Si hay un escenario mejor que el de Extremadura para demostrar lo tóxico que es el funcionamiento de los partidos políticos, lo desconozco.
#Extremadura
#eleccionesextremadura
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
troynahumko.bsky.social
Richard Ray Farrell showing what the Blues is also for.
youtu.be/uNlkbIOnlqY?...
#StopICE
#FuckICE
Ice Man
YouTube video by Richard Ray Farrell - Topic
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October 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
troynahumko.bsky.social
This photograph by Pablo Monge in El Pais is a Spanish update of Grant Wood's American Gothic painting.
October 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Reposted by Troy Nahumko
anntelnaes.bsky.social
The “sane-washing” is for the news media
October 18, 2025 at 11:32 PM
troynahumko.bsky.social
About time?
Let's hope it's catchy
#NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
troynahumko.bsky.social
Los “violentos” se disfrazan de unicornios y ranas.
Los que sueñan con Hitler van en traje.
El mundo es un chiste malo, pero al menos aún sabemos reírnos.
🦄 ¡Soltad los unicornios! 👉 www.hoy.es/opinion/troy... #NoKings #SoltadLosUnicornios #AbsurdResistance #PunkNotPower
October 18, 2025 at 9:18 AM
troynahumko.bsky.social
You can scrub the wall, but not the memory. My new piece for @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social looks at what happens when states try to erase dissent — and why the scars always remain.
👉 counterpunch.org/2025/10/16/censorship-is-chaos-disguised-as-order

#Censorship #ArtAsResistance #Banksy #FreeSpeech
October 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Reposted by Troy Nahumko
audacityofdespair.bsky.social
Do Whatcha Wanna, Portland.
thetnholler.bsky.social The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · Oct 16
Portland has fallen!
October 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
troynahumko.bsky.social
Remember the days when they pretended they didn't buy elections? I'm starting to see what they mean when they talk about transparency.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 14
Trump on Milei: "If he loses, we will not be generous with Argentina."
October 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Reposted by Troy Nahumko
theatlantic.com
Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns’s new PBS series, “The American Revolution,” tells the nation’s founding story. Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg asks Burns: What would the Founding Fathers make of this political moment in America?

Watch the full discussion: https://bit.ly/3J6Yqfc
October 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM