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Afsoun Afsahi

@afsounafsahi.bsky.social
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Assistant Prof in Political Theory @UBCPoliSci working on Democratic Theory, Historical Injustice, Gender, Race, and Disability. Formerly @UniAmsterdam. Uninvited settler. Dog lover and gardening enthusiast. She/her

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Michael Crider @michaelcrider.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This isn't mine, and I can't definitively find the original source. But I love this little bit of wisdom: "If you're a fifteen-minute walk from a coffee shop, but the server there has to drive an hour to get to work, you don't live in a walkable city. You live in a theme park."
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
The White House posted an AI-altered picture of an ICE protester under arrest, made to look like she was sobbing remorsefully. The episode reveals something deeply disturbing about the unrestrained sadism of MAGA and this moment in American politics.
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Sadism Saturates Trump’s America
The White House posted an AI-altered picture of an ICE protester under arrest, made to look like she was sobbing remorsefully. The episode reveals something deeply disturbing about the unrestrained sadism of MAGA and this moment in American politics.
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David Temin @davidtemin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
Abolition is the reform
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Brought to you by the lady who famously didn’t know what habeas corpus is… thehill.com/policy/natio...
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Find someone who looks at you the way Trump looks at Mamdani...
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Delighted that my article is out at @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉🎉 Thanks to @lalamur.bsky.social for posting about it! 💜
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
I’ve been taking photos of the cats that I see on my walks with Lihue (my dog)…I thus present my ongoing collection: “Cats of Kitsilano”
Black cat Tuxedo catSiamese cat accidentally left in the washing machine…Long haired business cat…
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Nothing to add.
I can't stop thinking about 1 sentence in today's UN report regarding Israel's genocide in Gaza.

"Israeli security forces shot at & killed civilians, including children who were holding makeshift white flags. Some children, including toddlers, were shot in the head by snipers.”
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Cockwomble thought this would be an appropriate post today 🎯 #donaldtrump #Scotland
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
If the sentiments on the t-shirts are accurate, I recommend some serious couple's therapy for incest and infidelity...or, alternatively, you can just read the wikipedia entry on Hera and Zeus and change your relationship goals 🤷‍♀️
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Thrilled to share that my project, “Unequal Voices, Unequal Rules: Reimagining Democracy’s Boundaries,” has been funded by SSHRC! Grateful for the support and excited to work with students on investigating democracy’s hidden boundaries. Send me a message if you’d like to know more ☺️
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
This is not what I call breaking news for which I need a notification!
AP’s dumb notification on how “a good shower is a simple shower”
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/07/2025
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?" English is the official language of Liberia...
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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 07/07/2025
'Vacations.' The word is 'vacations.'

FAST COMPANY Article: 

While retirement typically occurs, after
completing a career and saving and investing for it, a new trend is emerging among Gen Z career professionals
called "micro-retirement." Micro-
retirements involve taking a one to two- week break from work every 12 to 18 months.
Gen Z is using micro-retirement to avoid burnout, find greater fulfillment in their work, and enhance their overall well-being. However, it's not just Gen-Z:
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
In light of the news on my first day of sabbatical: gender is a social construct, trans women are women, no amount of complying with authoritarians who pretend they will only strip some people but not you of rights will keep you safe. And in 2025 university administrators should know all of that.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody.
ICE press release:

Johnny Noviello, a 49 year old Canadian, has died in the custody of ICE. The cause of death is under investigation.
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
What an unserious person. I will never be able to unsee the people suffocating in their own bodies because the virus melted their lungs. Whole families showing up together at the brink of death. Myself & my colleagues putting on garbage bags & months-old N95 to resuscitate them in hospital driveways
A refrigerator truck filled with body bagsA refrigerator truck being loaded with multiple, stacked carts of body bags
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
I will be damned if I allow a bunch of Confederate-waving January 6th apologists give the American people a lecture on flag waving. There is ZERO reason to enter an argument about patriotism with people who still worship traitors to America 150+ years later. They. Are. Breaking. The. Law.
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Rick @rickylongthread.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
As Aristotle taught us, there are four kinds of regime: aristocracy, democracy, kingship, and two rich blowhards with fragile egos.
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David Jesse @reporterdavidj.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
BREAKING: The Florida higher education system Board of Governors rejects the hiring of Santa Ono as University of Florida president. Vote was 6 yes, 10 no.
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Karen Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
In my first op-ed for @nytimes.com, I argue that the alliance between Silicon Valley & the US government is a threat to democracy. The Republican tax bill now up in the Senate, which would ban states from regulating AI for a decade, will only cement that trajectory. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...
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Opinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point
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Canililac🍁🇨🇦 @canililac.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Ted Schmidt, Charlie’s former teacher & organizer of a weekly protest at Victoria Park & Kingston Road Toronto, Thurs morning at 8 am substack.com/@charlieangu...
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Bearing Witness Against Genocide
"One day, when it's safe, when there's no personal downside to calling a thing what it is, when it's too late to hold anyone accountable, everyone will have always been against this."
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Government run journals for scientific output…what could possibly go wrong? If you’re a young or aspiring scientist, why in the world would you ever choose to study or work in the US?
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I wrote one of my comprehensive exam answers on his work...
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Let me correct it for you: Exit poll shows liberal mayor and *PiS stooge who lied about being an independent* are front-runners in Poland presidential election
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Exit poll shows liberal mayor and historian are front-runners in Poland presidential election
Liberal Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski and a conservative historian, Karol Nawrocki, are the front-runners in a presidential election in Poland on Sunday, an exit poll shows. They will face off in a s...
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
If you wanted the bed, you should’ve put a paw on it. #YouSnoozeYouLose #SorryNotSorryCat
Lihue, a black dog, stealing the cat’s bed!
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Job Listing: I'm seeking a Research Associate to join the Public History Lab at the Munk School, University of Toronto. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...
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Research Associate, Public History Lab (One Year Term)
Research Associate, Public History Lab (One Year Term)
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
55000 / 547 = 100 140 > 100
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/05/2025
Trump demands that Walmart “EAT THE TARIFFS” and not raise prices
Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain. Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected. Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, “EAT THE TARIFFS,” and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I’ll be watching, and so will your customers!!!
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
This is what hell looks like… Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
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Hospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion ban
A pregnant woman in Georgia was declared brain-dead after a medical emergency and doctors have kept her on life support for three months to allow enough time for the baby to be born and comply with Ge...
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
WOW! 1 vote margin 🤯 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Quebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals by one vote after judicial recount | CBC News
After a judicial recount, sources tell CBC News the Quebec riding of Terrebonne has flipped to the Liberals, who have beaten the Bloc Québécois by one vote. The result means the Liberals have 170 seat...
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Cool...😒 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...
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University of Michigan President, Santa Ono, Set to Lead University of Florida
The University of Michigan’s president, Santa Ono, is set to leave for the University of Florida to become one of the highest-paid public university presidents ever.
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Gander Social @gandersocial.ca · 22/04/2025
After a long bit of toiling, we're proud to announce the launch of Gander Social—a project to bring a new kind of social to Canadians. Canadian owned and hosted, a feed you control, privacy-first, consent-based, respectful by default. Join the Early Access program: gandersocial.ca
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Gander: The Social Media You Want, Built for Canada
Fun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your data taking an unexpected trip south.
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Academic bluesky: does anyone have access to a complete (not excerpted) PDF of Przeworski's "Minimalist Conception of Democracy: A Defense" and is willing to share it with me?
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Congratulations to the United States of America! your metamorphosis into a religious fascist state is nearly complete… seriously, waking up to this made me flashback to my childhood growing up in Iran. Yikes.
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Many thanks and congratulations to the the lovely people of Carleton 💕🎉
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Oh my God! Does he think the “st” after “51st” means street? Why the period???? 😱😱😱😱
Trump’s Truth post encouraging Canadians to vote for him and putting a weird period after 51st indicating that the Chief Moron of the United States might actually think the “st” in “51st” refers to street.
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Toby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
My latest for @liberalcurrents.com We need to stop listening to commentators who spent a decade being arrogantly wrong about the fascist threat www.liberalcurrents.com/trump-alarmi...
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Trump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So.
Commentators who got it wrong wouldn’t listen, won’t learn, and can’t lead.
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Poster warning people not to vote for PP and connecting him to Elon Musk.
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PEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is the sickening behaviour of Poilievre MAGA CON supporters. Attacking the Prime Minister's wife. Disgusting low life people. #cdnpoli
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Another bright move by the stable Genius…. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Trump reinserts himself into Canadian politics, saying 'as a state, it works great' | CBC News
Days before the federal election and after more than a week without commenting on Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump resurfaced his 51st state rhetoric Wednesday afternoon.
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
This👇!!!!!
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
I needed to laugh today...
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 09/04/2025
NEW POST: Misguided lawsuit against UBC evokes culture war nonsense emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/misguided-...
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Misguided lawsuit against UBC evokes culture war nonsense
Small group of professors is suing the University of British Columbia to stop the university from engaging in “political activity.” According to the CTV story on the legal challenge (I have not seen t...
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Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
56% of New Yorkers want him to resign. He has 20% approval but ok… www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
politico.com
Adams to skip New York City’s Democratic primary, run for reelection on nonpartisan line
The mayor has been at odds with his party and wants time to recover from now-dismissed federal charges.
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