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Michael Vann: Orca 5th Columnist @michaelgvann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I wrote this about AI scam compounds and human trafficking in Southeast Asia.

Michael Vann: Orca 5th Columnist @michaelgvann.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My interview with the great @kimatiwagner.bsky.social takes a meta-ironic turn with social media censoring the images of colonial violence events us to confront.

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The Palestinian homes and streets illustrated in Joe Sacco’s cartoons have largely been reduced to rubble. In an interview, Sacco spoke to Jacobin about the place of Palestine in his work, and why it’s journalists’ job to confront the powerful.

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Joe Sacco’s Indictment of Western Blindness on Gaza

Widely regarded as one of the pioneers of comics journalism, Joe Sacco has focused his work heavily on Palestine. He spoke to Jacobin about the West’s complicity in Israel’s crimes and why it’s journalists’ job to talk about it.

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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The Rohingya genocide in Myanmar was the sharpest expression of a political order built on Burman-Buddhist supremacy and a center that has always treated its ethnic peripheries as territory to be subdued rather than nations to be included.

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The Fate of the Rohingyas Is Crucial for Myanmar’s Future

The military dictatorship in Myanmar has lost control over much of the country to rebel forces. The status of the Rohingya people, victims of genocide, will be a crucial test of the new political order that appears to be taking shape.

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Napalm in the Morning @napalmpodcast.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Drs Jones and @matthewjagel.bsky.social discuss bad witnesses, last name rules, and conspiracies as they dive deep into Oliver Stone's JFK. @michaelgvann.bsky.social uses race science. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the scared fighter people. #history #jfk soundcloud.com/user-6075520...

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Napalm in the Morning Presents: JFK, Part 3

Drs. Jones and Jagel discuss bad witnesses, last name rules, and conspiracies as they dive deep into Oliver Stone's JFK. Michael Vann uses race science. Come for the historical analysis, stay for the

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The Chronicle has been full of a lot of crapola lately. But it was fun to see my friend & past coauthor @michaelgvann.bsky.social lauded as Sac State's "faculty fighter" (& they mean in a literal sense!). www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

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When College Gets Gory

On the campy, violent, inspiring, dismaying, downright-confusing world of Sacramento State’s Combat U.

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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

I love spending years of my life carefully researching massacres and atrocity photography - making the argument that choosing not to look at images of graphic violence helps sustain historical amnesia. And then Facebook proves my point in the most meta-way conceivable... @michaelgvann.bsky.social

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

conference proposal // conference paper

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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I don't usually post selfies but it's an absolute privilege to be at My Lai with one of my favourite people in the world - @michaelgvann.bsky.social

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Kim A. Wagner @kimatiwagner.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

@michaelgvann.bsky.social and I made it into Vietnamese TV during their coverage of the 58th anniversary of the My Lai Massacre last week. As far as 15 minutes of fame goes, I'll take it...

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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Reading @michaelgvann.bsky.social's THE GREAT HANOI RAT HUNT 🐀 to prep for class... & damn, I'm still jealous that Dave Del Testa & Eric Jennings actually got drawn into the graphic history 😆 while I only have a place of honor in the acknowledgments. I mean that's cool, but not like being a cartoon!

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

among the issues with people not having any knowledge of hybrid regimes in the global South is the fact that everyone assumes contemporary authoritarian governance looks like 20th century totalitarianism

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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 04/09/2025

First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.

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RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer

First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.

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Raimo Kangasniemi @rk70534.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

"...in #Gaza, #Israel ’s assault on Gaza City has continued – pushing ever more Palestinians out & killing others who did not leave... Across Gaza, 76 Palestinians were reportedly killed in the last 24 hours. In the south, some died as they went to collect water." www.channel4.com/news/76-pale...

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76 Palestinians killed across Gaza in last 24 hours – reports

Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza have been protesting in Tel Aviv, calling for President Trump to secure a ceasefire.

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Michael Vann: Orca 5th Columnist @michaelgvann.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

"The distance between what is said and what is known to be true has become an abyss. Of all the things at risk, the loss of an objective reality is perhaps the most dangerous. The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil."

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Michael Vann: Orca 5th Columnist @michaelgvann.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

“Did several tours” is putting it mildly. I went with: As a young officer, he led a Special Forces commando unit in the brutal occupation of East Timor. Prabowo’s team of ‘Ninjas,’ irregular troops who dressed in black and operated at night, terrorized the population. jacobin.com/2024/02/prab...