Reposted by Nick KapurRick Perlstein @rickperlstein.bsky.social · 02/10/2026University of Michigan today. The most tipping-point image I've seen to exemplify our fascist descent. And the surrender was won with the weapon of false antisemitism charges against people protesting genocide--making administrations complicit in genocide. A moral nadir. This is how republics die. 35613
Reposted by Nick KapurDonovan Schaefer @feelingtheory.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Never before have "marketing gimmick" and "mass psychosis" so totally converged 35810
Reposted by Nick Kapuremptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 02/10/2026WaPo reports that Trump is stealing money again, this time money appropriated for (among others) Eastern Europe and sending it to Latin America. But I think stealing $$ from Iraq is just as important. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec... 11353125
Reposted by Nick KapurNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026NARRATOR: It wasn't actually mind-boggling. 0427
Reposted by Nick KapurModern Japan History Association @modernjapanhist.bsky.social · 01/10/2026On Thursday, October 8! Don't miss Jordan Sand's 2026 MJHA Distinguished Annual Lecture, "The Stuff of Japanese History: Materialist Approaches". From 7:00-8:30 pm ET (Friday, 10/9, 8:00-9:30 am JST)! Register for Zoom here: mjha.org/event-6695701 033
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For those in Tokyo, I'll be giving a talk (in Japanese) next month at the Junkudō bookstore in Ikebukuro! The topic is the Japanese translation of my book "Japan at the Crossroads," out soon from Misuzu Shobō. Renowned historian Nakakita Kōji (Chūō University) will be the discussant. 1105
Reposted by Nick KapurNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Another version of my book's cover, now with 100% more OBI 1235
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is from Cornell University's own report on sexual assault (p. 4). 35% is pretty staggering, and far out of line with recent figures at similar schools. 240
Reposted by Nick Kapursirosenbaum.bsky.social @sirosenbaum.bsky.social · 30/09/2026thinking about Shakespeare's sonnets about immortality and realizing how weird it is that the AI cult believes in the idea of preserving human consciousnesses while actively destroying the only technology we currently have to do that: Art 6519139
Reposted by Nick KapurSanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Google and Apple immediately update their maps. 392474545
Reposted by Nick KapurKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776432129
Reposted by Nick KapurLuke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all 7359792004
Reposted by Nick KapurNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Japanese used bookstores are reporting a massive uptick in bulk purchases of used Japanese books by overseas buyers, seemingly without any regard to their contents. The only logical conclusion is that these books are being stripped, scanned, and discarded to train AI models. 416896
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Japanese used bookstores are reporting a massive uptick in bulk purchases of used Japanese books by overseas buyers, seemingly without any regard to their contents. The only logical conclusion is that these books are being stripped, scanned, and discarded to train AI models. 416896
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Another version of my book's cover, now with 100% more OBI 1235
Reposted by Nick KapurOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 19/09/2026make the John Brown season of Reacher you cowards 465346951
Reposted by Nick Kapurg0m @g0m.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A world where a twist ending is repurposed as a video title. where a thing's climax has been removed, leaving an advertisment for the gap where it used to be. such things are commonplace in. the twilight zone 137149473448
Reposted by Nick KapurSteven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise. 160191213861
Reposted by Nick KapurMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026🚨👀 Lot worse than we collectively imagined: The Trump regime is looking into “data center-related proposals covering at least 17,600 acres of public land across six states — Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Wyoming.”washingtonsun.comTrump Is Considering More Data Centers on Public Lands Than Previously KnownThe data center proposals cover at least 17,600 acres of public lands across six Western states. 47237
Reposted by Nick KapurPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 18/09/2026Next Trump will demand to have a plaque added to JFK’s plot at Arlington or he’ll extinguish the eternal flame. 2032539
Reposted by Nick KapurKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 17/09/2026once you see this regime as the collective equivalent of an abuser then the whole of its rhetoric and actions makes perfect sense 1029567
Reposted by Nick KapurEric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Trump is dead serious. See this chart from March: www.politico.com/news/2026/03... 451267492
Reposted by Nick KapurWOR$T GIRL IN ACADEMIA @medievaliste.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Once again, the median pay for an adjunct professor in the United States of America is $3,500 per course. Not per month, per course. 181270440
Reposted by Nick KapurJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 15/09/2026“If you don’t rename the Kennedy Center after me I will close it forever” Again living in DC is experiencing the constant humiliation of “what if Robert Moses had the most gaudy taste possible and randomly got obsessed with musical theatre” 1341452
Reposted by Nick KapurNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Air pollution is now legal, it seems 1102
Reposted by Nick KapurGrudgie the Wail @grudgie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Most of Russia’s oil comes from places nowhere near Ukraine and all of Russia put together produces just a fraction of what passes through Hormuz. It’s all such obvious bullshit. 720345
Reposted by Nick KapurBolts @boltsmag.org · 13/09/2026Maine and Vermont, two states with the highest proportions of white residents, never disenfranchised people with felony convictions. That’s no coincidence, says an advocate for incarcerated Mainers: “The Maine model ain’t happening in Louisiana."boltsmag.orgMaine Prisoners Organize to Protect Their Rare Right to Vote - BoltsMaine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process. 312938
Reposted by Nick KapurMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 12/09/2026This new, shocking action by the US Administration just one part of a portfolio of severe taxes and restrictions on high-skill immigration to the United States. The resulting blow to our ability to attract global talent, and thus for the US economy to innovate & grow, will be terrible & permanent. 1752154
Reposted by Nick KapurDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A recurrent theme in this excellent story about China’s progress is that people there regard Trump as essential to their success, including his ability to drive scientific talent from the US www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 361742738
Reposted by Nick Kapursteven monacelli @stevanzetti.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Texas is delaying its typical September 1 release of maternal mortality data until December 1, conveniently timed to be after the midterm election. Recent reports have shown a sharp rise in ectopic pregnancy deaths after the abortion ban went into effect. www.austinchronicle.com/news/texas-p...austinchronicle.comTexas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms • The Austin ChronicleTexas’ Pregnancy Death Report Set to Release After Midterms 20538492141
Reposted by Nick KapurNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Japanese translation of my book has a cover! Coming this October from @misuzu_shobo 1478
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The Japanese translation of my book has a cover! Coming this October from @misuzu_shobo 1478
Reposted by Nick KapurRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 08/09/2026TFG is depleting our oil reserves to offset his stupid, unwinnable war, while paying renewable energy firms to stop production, while waging an equallly stupid trade war. Presidents are often unfairly blamed when the economy goes south. But we’ve never had a president *try* to ruin it. 12434107
Reposted by Nick KapurDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 03/09/2026Ahead of the November midterm elections, Republican officials in the third most populous county of Texas have voted to slash the number of polling sites by nearly one-third. Tarrant County, which includes Fort Worth, will have just 224 polling sites for 1.3 million voters. democracynow.org“Modern-Day Poll Tax”: Dem. Texas Commissioner Slams GOP Vote to Close 92 Polling SitesAhead of the November midterm elections, Republican officials in the third most populous county of Texas have voted to slash the number of polling sites by nearly one-third. Tarrant County, which incl... 412975
Reposted by Nick Kapurslate @pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 03/09/2026he got him. he finally fucking got him 8657861300
Reposted by Nick KapurPaul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social · 03/09/2026I love assigning and discussing “If Men Could Menstruate” (October 1978), particularly in my large US survey class. In some ways, it’s aged very well. In other ways, it’s aged very poorly. The same could be said for the brand of feminist politics that Steinem embodied. RIP. 🗃️ 2217
Reposted by Nick KapurNick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Philadelphia's natural history museum (the Academy of Natural Sciences) is closing forever Sept. 30, after nearly 200 years of operation, after Elon Musk's DOGE abruptly zeroed out its federal funding. Future generations of Philly kids won't get to see dinosaur skeletons or animal dioramas 😢💔 22710
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Trump is trying to give part of Yosemite National Park away to a real estate developer 161
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Kinda terrifying - after a 2016 law gave the FDA more wiggle-room to approve new drugs, the average number of drug trials for approved drugs fell from 3 trials to just 1, and drug industry-funded trials surged from less than half to 80%. 152
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026America's insurance companies are making record profits while raising rates to record heights. This eye-opening video investigates where all that money is going: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr9T...youtube.comWhat State Farm and Liberty Mutual Don't Want You To KnowYouTube video by More Perfect Union 050
Reposted by Nick KapurPile Of Garbage @pileofgarbage.net · 01/09/2026I love how Werner Herzog is ALWAYS like this: 10869471793
Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Philadelphia's natural history museum (the Academy of Natural Sciences) is closing forever Sept. 30, after nearly 200 years of operation, after Elon Musk's DOGE abruptly zeroed out its federal funding. Future generations of Philly kids won't get to see dinosaur skeletons or animal dioramas 😢💔 22710
Reposted by Nick KapurChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Changing the law surrounding third-country removals is a must-do change when we get to that point. 12721178
Reposted by Nick KapurModern Japan History Association @modernjapanhist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Mark your calendars!!! Jordan Sand (Georgetown) will give the Modern Japan History Association's 2026 Distinguished Annual Lecture, "The Stuff of Japanese History: Materialist Approaches," on Thursday, Oct. 8 (Oct. 9 in Japan). REGISTER FOR ZOOM HERE: mjha.org/event-6695701 0114
Reposted by Nick KapurThe Upshot @upshot.nytimes.com · 28/08/2026“This is so ridiculous, it makes you sick,” said Don Neubacher, a former supervisor at Yosemite. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...nytimes.comTrump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer (Gift Article)The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed. 38407202