M R
trulyappalled.bsky.social
M R
@trulyappalled.bsky.social
A concerned citizen
October 21, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Check out the latest paper from @middleburycollege.bsky.social @ctecmiis.bsky.social that explores intersections between violent misogyny and antisemitism. 📖👇🏻
New from CTEC: Binary Breeding Grounds: How the Manosphere Manufactures Modern Antisemitism. A review on how misogynist online ecosystems braid antisemitic frames via recommender systems & influencer escalation—and what platforms, researchers, and educators can do. www.middlebury.edu/institute/ac...
Binary Breeding Grounds: How the Manosphere Manufactures Modern Antisemitism
This study examines how the manosphere has become a digital breeding ground for modern antisemitism, systematically integrating conspiracy theories with masculine grievance narratives. Through analysi...
www.middlebury.edu
August 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Researchers have linked almost 500 child sextortion cases to scam compounds operating in Southeast Asia

Article: www.wired.com/story/child-...

Report: www.ijm.org/nexus-report
493 Cases of Sextortion Against Children Linked to Notorious Scam Compounds
Scam compounds in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Laos have conned people out of billions. New research shows they may be linked to child sextortion crimes too.
www.wired.com
August 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Could Josh Turek beat Jodi Ernst in Iowa? Here’s his launch ad. Pretty damn good.
August 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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CTEC Executive Director and @middleburycollege.bsky.social Prof @jason-blazakis.bsky.social spoke with @npr.org about the normalization of political violence and how it has emboldened extremists. www.keranews.org/news/2025-07...
Shooting at Alvarado ICE facility, other attacks: The new normal?
More than a dozen people face federal charges over a shooting at the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado. Experts say political violence has become more common.
www.keranews.org
July 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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MAGA hypocrisy, as always.
Exotic Dancer Reveals Affair With MAGA Rep. Who Authored Texas Abortion Ban—And Claims He Paid For 'Several' Abortions
The hypocrisy is off the charts.
www.comicsands.com
July 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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This is a beautiful and beautifully written essay, and I'd love to see tons of people reading it.
Aman
For a few months when I was 21, I stood in the doorway of a Times Square movie theater every night and chatted with a man named Aman, who’d emigrated to the United States from Afghanistan the year bef...
open.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Wasn’t expecting that….love it 🔥….the kids are alright!
May 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Hi there Blue Sky folks! I'm new here, Here's some Bach Cello Suits in the west of Ireland winter sun. Is what you're into? Would you like to hear more? I'm finding it too upsetting to open up Twitter these days...
January 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Almost every line of this story would have been simply unbelievable a few months ago:

—Pioneering cancer researcher;
—*Arrested* at airport in Boston;
—Now indefinite ICE detention in Louisiana;
—"Crime": not declaring some frog-embryo samples for research.

Read it.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
New images could change cancer diagnostics, but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them
Without scientist Kseniia Petrova’s expertise, no one can fully unlock the data’s potential, putting crucial advancements in early cancer detection at risk.
www.nbcnews.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Penguin Island’s answer to Trump’s tariffs

youtu.be/HJ8qGOe2K0o
Democratic Penguins Republic - Trade War (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by demonflyingfox
youtu.be
April 19, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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Replace ‘Harvard’ with ‘churches’ and he’s onto something…
April 15, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Democracy isn’t dying in darkness it’s being dismantled at the hands of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. @allisonjriggs.bsky.social won this election fair and square back in November. Her opponent is a petulant Confederate cosplayer who can’t handle losing. Concede Jefferson Griffin.
April 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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(carefully pouring a drop of wine back into the glass) I am announcing a 90 day pause on the FROGS, but the LOCUSTS will remain in place
April 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Foreign influence just got a lot less transparent 😖

responsiblestatecraft.org/foreign-infl...
Foreign agent disclosures already down more than 30%
After the Trump administration said it won't make enforcing the law a priority, the results are coming in
responsiblestatecraft.org
April 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
March 31, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Signal Leak
YouTube video by Jesse Welles
youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The decline of the American empire continues 😖
March 21, 2025 at 12:33 AM
March 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM