Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiMichael Crider @michaelcrider.bsky.social · 28/01/2026This 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." 4765601752
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 23/01/2026The 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.jacobin.comSadism Saturates Trump’s AmericaThe 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. 07826
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Brought to you by the lady who famously didn’t know what habeas corpus is… thehill.com/policy/natio...thehill.com 011
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 22/11/2025Find someone who looks at you the way Trump looks at Mamdani... 030
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Delighted that my article is out at @ejprjournal.bsky.social! 🎉🎉 Thanks to @lalamur.bsky.social for posting about it! 💜 1112
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 14/10/2025I’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” 280
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Nothing to add. 10653341
Reposted by Afsoun Afsahiamerica.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Cockwomble thought this would be an appropriate post today 🎯 #donaldtrump #Scotland 219368
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 23/07/2025If 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 🤷♀️ 221
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Thrilled 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 ☺️ 1131
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025This is not what I call breaking news for which I need a notification! 120
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 09/07/2025Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?" English is the official language of Liberia... 83645861347
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiMerriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 07/07/2025'Vacations.' The word is 'vacations.' 228107463092
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiSarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 01/07/2025In 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. 71506351
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiNathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025A 49 year old Canadian has died while in ICE custody. 59184604822
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 26/06/2025www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty... 211508338
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiRyan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 12/06/2025What 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 171577248
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025I 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. 136910265821944
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiBlake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 06/06/2025As Aristotle taught us, there are four kinds of regime: aristocracy, democracy, kingship, and two rich blowhards with fragile egos. 1532
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiDavid Jesse @reporterdavidj.bsky.social · 03/06/2025BREAKING: 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. 4738368
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiKaren Hao @karenhao.bsky.social · 30/05/2025In 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...nytimes.comOpinion | Silicon Valley Is at an Inflection Point 14781254
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiCanililac🍁🇨🇦 @canililac.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Ted Schmidt, Charlie’s former teacher & organizer of a weekly protest at Victoria Park & Kingston Road Toronto, Thurs morning at 8 am substack.com/@charlieangu...substack.comBearing 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." 2356
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Government 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? 130
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025I wrote one of my comprehensive exam answers on his work... 040
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 18/05/2025Let 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 electionctvnews.caExit poll shows liberal mayor and historian are front-runners in Poland presidential electionLiberal 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... 011
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 17/05/2025If you wanted the bed, you should’ve put a paw on it. #YouSnoozeYouLose #SorryNotSorryCat 030
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiTimothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Job 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-...jobs.utoronto.caResearch Associate, Public History Lab (One Year Term)Research Associate, Public History Lab (One Year Term) 22662262
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 17/05/2025Trump demands that Walmart “EAT THE TARIFFS” and not raise prices 10963578663
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025This 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...ctvnews.caHospital tells family brain-dead Georgia woman must carry fetus to birth because of abortion banA 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... 020
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 11/05/2025WOW! 1 vote margin 🤯 www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caQuebec riding of Terrebonne flips to Liberals by one vote after judicial recount | CBC NewsAfter 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... 040
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Cool...😒 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/u...nytimes.comUniversity of Michigan President, Santa Ono, Set to Lead University of FloridaThe 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. 000
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiGander Social @gandersocial.ca · 22/04/2025After 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.cagandersocial.caGander: The Social Media You Want, Built for CanadaFun, private, and ethical. We're changing the way social media is done around here, all without your data taking an unexpected trip south. 83520296
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 03/05/2025Academic 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? 010
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Congratulations 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. 010
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Many thanks and congratulations to the the lovely people of Carleton 💕🎉 030
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Oh my God! Does he think the “st” after “51st” means street? Why the period???? 😱😱😱😱 130
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiToby Buckle @polphilpod.bsky.social · 23/04/2025My 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...liberalcurrents.comTrump ‘Alarmists’ Were Right. We Should Say So.Commentators who got it wrong wouldn’t listen, won’t learn, and can’t lead. 672135547
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiPEIPolitical 🇨🇦 @peipolitical.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This is the sickening behaviour of Poilievre MAGA CON supporters. Attacking the Prime Minister's wife. Disgusting low life people. #cdnpoli 4412557
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Another bright move by the stable Genius…. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...cbc.caTrump reinserts himself into Canadian politics, saying 'as a state, it works great' | CBC NewsDays 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. 000
Reposted by Afsoun AfsahiEmmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 09/04/2025NEW POST: Misguided lawsuit against UBC evokes culture war nonsense emmettmacfarlane.substack.com/p/misguided-...emmettmacfarlane.substack.comMisguided lawsuit against UBC evokes culture war nonsenseSmall 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... 54115
Afsoun Afsahi @afsounafsahi.bsky.social · 03/04/202556% of New Yorkers want him to resign. He has 20% approval but ok… www.politico.com/news/2025/04...politico.comAdams to skip New York City’s Democratic primary, run for reelection on nonpartisan lineThe mayor has been at odds with his party and wants time to recover from now-dismissed federal charges. 000