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Matthew Jagel

@matthewjagel.bsky.social
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Historian - US Foreign Relations, Cold War, Cambodia, Vietnam, Southeast Asia Instructor - Aurora University; Waubonsee CC Author - Khmer Nationalist www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9… I like music.

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Jim Laurie @jimlaurie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Time for a reminder of a fascinating story. Available thru Amazon books. #booksky Soc Sinan was an amazing survivor. I was privileged to know her. From French style gentility to the horrors of the killing fields. Read her story in THE LAST HELICOPTER: TWO LIVES IN INDOCHINA. #Cambodia in the 70's
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Pathetic, yet unsurprising. But perhaps reminding the public that it is possible to react to overtly illegal acts committed by a president and his administration is a good thing.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Ben Johnson. Damn.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Ms. Collins, a moderate, is not close to Mr. Trump and has often sought to distance herself from some of his policies." Never fails. They always sneak this crap in.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Agree
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Amazing opportunity! Thanks to outsourcing thinking to AI, they want little ol' me to write for them (i wrote a review for American Historical Review of the book in question...NOT THE BOOK ITSELF).
While reviewing scholarship that may be well suited to Journal Press, I read The Third Indochina War An International History. It seemed a worthwhile starting point for a publishing conversation, so I wanted to contact you directly.

Recognizing how well your research aligns with our journal's focus, our Editorial Board is considering you as an Invited Author. Our indexed and hardbound journal, London Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (CrossRef DOI: 10.34257/LJRHSS), is renowned for its rigorous peer-review process. Over 21,000 authors have benefited from our adherence to Library of Congress DTD standards
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Friday night jam is the new Claypool Lennon Delirium. Concept album about the trappings of AI and the internet. Odd (not surprising) mash of prog, Floyd, psychedelia. Good message for our times.
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Justin Gage @justingage.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The History Department at the University of Arkansas (my department) is hiring an Assistant Professor in U.S. Latino/a/e History! The U of A is setting enrollment & graduation rate records each year. Please help spread the word 🗃️: uasys.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UAF_Ex...
An aerial view of the University of Arkansas campus during the fall.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Someone hook a guy up with Soundgarden's halftime performance. Thx
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Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I'm a white-knuckle hater of the "both parties are the same/uniparty" blackpill, which really crumbles if you compare GOP state trifectas and Dem trifectas for 10 seconds.
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This “game” on the White House website, a version of Snake where you play as a white man in a suit and you run around picking up identifiably black, Asian, and Latino men and putting them in orange jumpsuits, might be the most openly white supremacist thing I’ve ever seen the US government produce
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Absolute giant of the feminist movement www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
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Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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Pearl Jam @pearljam.com · 27/08/2026
30 years of No Code today and the 144 polaroids lining its art.
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Sarah Spain ✨ @sarahspain.com · 25/08/2026
First, I genuinely don't understand how prediction markets are legal in the first place - folks betting on fucking wildfires and kidnapped world leaders and shit. And pro sports teams partnering with them? With the amount of things you can bet on (green dildos anyone)? Just unthinkable.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
New @qotsa-official.bsky.social on the way.
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South Park Character Says 'Nice.'
Alt: South Park Character Says 'Nice.'
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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
“It’s an unmitigated disaster, to be thrown atop the towering, rapidly accumulating heap of all of President Trump’s other disasters and atrocities. But Trump’s “war” on Canada is more than just a policy blunder and economic dick-stepping. It genuinely is a scandal, and…
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wondering why data centers are as unpopular as nuclear waste? It's not the data centers. The problem is both more obvious and more fundamental: The daily lived experience of the AI boom sucks. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ai-is-maki...
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AI is making everything worse
The political problem isn't the data centers — it's that AI is a turd mountain looming over daily life.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
conference proposal // conference paper
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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I sat down for an interview with Ava last year, during the first few days of the LA occupation. Honored to participate, and looking forward to the premiere. variety.com/2026/film/bo...
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Ava DuVernay’s ’14th’ Documentary to World Premiere at New York Film Festival
Ava DuVernay's documentary "14th" will host its world premiere at the New York Film Festival.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Saturday night jam is Zappa Halloween 78. Past peak Zappa (and the keyboards...no). But the band is crazy good per usual. Vinnie Colaiuta crushes on drums. You get a good sense of what a crazy fun show this was.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Excited to report that I have been selected as an Education Ambassador with the @cfr.org International relations is a big part of what I teach, and I am looking forward to the opportunity! www.cfr.org/education/in...
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2026-2027 CFR Education Ambassadors | CFR Education Blog
Meet the new cohort of educators joining the CFR Education Ambassador program to champion global affairs literacy.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Getting into the home stretch of finalizing grades for my three summer courses, which will leave me with about 5 days to get everything prepped for four fall classes, which begin next week! What summer break?
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Just introduced the boy to Dark Side. Very proud moment.
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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
New episode! Was the Maginot Line a colossal failure or an unappreciated work of genius? Dr. Kevin Passmore breaks down its history and its role in France's strange defeat. www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/the-maginot-...
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The Maginot Line Reevaluated with Dr. Kevin Passmore
Was the Maginot Line a colossal failure or an unappreciated work of genius? Dr. Kevin Passmore breaks down its history and its role in France's strange defeat.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Saturday night jam is @neilyoungarchives.bsky.social As Time explodes. The voice is vulnerable like never before but the jamming is top notch. Cool setlist with rare plus obligatory. Hurricane!
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Brian Beutler @brianbeutler.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Wrote about this. www.offmessage.net/p/andrew-tat...
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The Tate Brothers' Should Be The Trumps' Second Epstein Scandal
The truth is much worse than most people realize, and they knew a lot of it.
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Caryn Rose @carynrose.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
on Glen Hansard & that time he covered "Beneath the Southern Cross" jukeboxgraduate.com/glen-hansard...
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Glen Hansard, 1970-2026
...who walked through the callow mist.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Oh man. What a shock. Was fortunate enough to see him a few times. Always a great performance.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 27/07/2026
So, what happens if I'm a parent and I know that my kid needs highly paid teachers, a library full of books with diverse characters, trans-inclusive bathrooms and extracurriculars, and a curriculum unpacking topics like systemic racism, colonial oppression, economic inequality, and climate change?
Facebook post from the U.S. Department of Education, saying "Parents know best" with a picture of a cartoon White, two-parent, heteronormative family, featuring a dad in a tie and sweater vest and a mom in a dress and pearls.
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Brad Simpson @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This is so wildly, instantly impeachable and illegal that I am astonished that they admitted this in court documents. It’s like admitting to murder or armed robbery. Any Democratic president who tried this would be instantly put on trial, and Democrats would join.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Saturday night jam is @mymorningjacket.bsky.social Peacelands. Basically Jim demo stuff but timely and solid as always
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BBC Sport {bot} @bbcsport.xmirror.bot · 17/07/2026
Bryson DeChambeau was given a two-shot penalty at the Open for "inadvertently improving his lie", having been accused of trampling on long grass close to his ball on the fifth hole.
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Napalm in the Morning @napalmpodcast.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Don't forget @matthewjagel.bsky.social has a fantastic book Khmer Nationalist! US Foreign Policy, CIA, Cambodia! www.amazon.com/Khmer-Nation... Eric Jones dives into Dutch East Indies and colonialism! www.amazon.com/Wives-Slaves...
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
In collaboration with the Munk School, I am sharing a ten-lecture course I taught at @utoronto.ca this past year. The course is called “Hitler and Stalin Today.” Watch the first lecture here: snyder.substack.com/p/new-lectur...
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Scheffler press conferences at The Open Last year: "What does it all mean?" This year: "We're all gonna die."
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
A White House report has defended the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, pushing back against its characterization by a Smithsonian Institution exhibit that the law was racially motivated. www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...
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White House Defends 1882 Immigration Law Excluding Chinese Immigrants
The Trump administration is defending the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act against the charge that the law had a racist intent.
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Christina Henderson @chenderson.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I wish more journalists would point out that Sen. McConnell and Rep. Tom Kean (missed 4 months of work) are/were essentially on paid sick & medical leave. The same employment protection they’ve spent their careers blocking other Americans from having.
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Dean Obeidallah @deanobeidallah.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Michael Fanone's take on Lindsey Graham is one of the most powerful I've read:
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karl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
When someone tells you it has always been this bad, the correct response is to point out that the Voting Rights Act passed with 98 votes in the Senate in 2006 and its main sponsor was a Republican who worked with the ACLU to build a comprehensive record in defense of its most “controversial” parts
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Just shot 88 on a pretty tough course and I'm beat and fairly impressed with my mediocrity.
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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INSTANT KARMA! (WE ALL SHINE ON). (Ultimate Mix, 2020) - Lennon/Ono with The Plastic Ono Band
YouTube video by johnlennon
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George Gantsoudes @pedsortho.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I haven’t seen so many ineffective crosses in Mexico since Hernán Cortés couldn’t convert the Aztecs in 1519
Dennis Miller
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Napalm in the Morning @napalmpodcast.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Drs Jones & @matthewjagel.bsky.social discuss magic bullets, bad lawyering, and conspiracies as they dive deep into pt 4 of Oliver Stone's JFK. Special guest @evanbernick.bsky.social fights the law. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the 14th Amendment #history soundcloud.com/user-6075520...
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Napalm in the Morning Presents: JFK, Part 4
Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss magic bullets, bad lawyering, and conspiracies as they dive deep into Oliver Stone's JFK. Special guest Evan Bernick fights the law. Come for the historical analysis, stay
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Napalm in the Morning @napalmpodcast.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Episode 4 of our dive into Oliver Stone's JFK drops tomorrow! Help us celebrate the founding of the nation by examining judicial and cinematic malpractice. A special guest helps us get into all the nitty-gritty lawyering stuff! #history #vietnam #jfk #conspiracy #14th soundcloud.com/user-6075520...
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Napalm in the Morning - Vietnam War through Film
2 Historians DIVE DEEP on films about the war(s) in Vietnam. Laughs and historical analysis await! https://bsky.app/profile/napalmpodcast.bsky.social
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Matthew Jagel @matthewjagel.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Looks like @musicologyduck.bsky.social is experiencing REAL ILLINOIS FUN
Screen shot of a duck at the Illinois boothMy daughter has buried my son in corn
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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The Supreme Court is an illegitimate institution built on minority rule. 5 of the 6 Republican justices were appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote for their first term and confirmed by senates that Republicans controlled despite Democrats winning more votes and representing more people
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Rachel Hope Cleves @rachelcleves.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
An open letter, to readers, about Charity and Sylvia. I am very pained to feel the need to write this. #queerhistory #pride
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National Security Archive @nsarchive.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
MKUltra: Declassification Task Force Should Focus on Real Secrets, Not Conspiracy Theories nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
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MKUltra: Declassification Task Force Should Focus on Real Secrets, Not Conspiracy Theories
Washington, D.C., June 29, 2026 - On Tuesday, June 30, the congressional Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets chaired by Florida Republican Anna Paulina Luna will hold a special heari...
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