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Ross Caputi

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Ross Caputi @rosscaputi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
"If we truly care for our soldiers and don’t want their lives wasted on wars of choice, then we need to reckon with the culture of Memorial Day and the nationalistic and militaristic undercurrents to the way we mourn the dead." substack.com/@rosscaputi/...
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The Propaganda of Memorial Day
On Memorial Day We Need to Mourn the Dead, Not Honor Them
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The Intercept @theintercept.com · 23/04/2026
Disclosed only at the bottom of both sites behind an “About” link, the outlets note that they are “a product of an international media organization publicly funded from the budget of the United States Government.”
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These Middle Eastern News Sites Are Actually U.S. Government Propaganda Operations
Al-Fassel and Pishtaz News publish pro-U.S. coverage about the war on Iran and the Trump administration’s plan to redevelop Gaza.
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Ross Caputi @rosscaputi.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Would love to hear a digital archivist’s take on this. How hard would it be to pull the XML out of Word doc from some deprecated version of MS Word? And what do you do with native Word docs? Copy and paste into an open doc before you archive it?
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Dave-Inder Comar @daveindercomar.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
We need to “pattern disrupt” the way we look at our warming world. Warming is getting much worse, quickly. We need to discuss hard adaptation and an urgent halt to fossil fuel use. No easy choices. Only hard ones left. This is the “post-Holocene” www.nbcnews.com/weather/heat...
nbcnews.com
As Western heat wave ends, scientists try to make sense of its length and intensity
The heat dome set more than 1,500 temperature records across 11 states. Temperatures were 20 to 30 degrees above average in some places.
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Dave-Inder Comar @daveindercomar.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
Record heatwaves are now all over the news. What's scary is that it only gets warmer—much warmer—in the coming years. I urge people to treat the "post-Holocene" as here and now, requiring a completely different attitude and relationship with the planet.
yaleclimateconnections.org
Record-torching March heat 'virtually impossible' without climate change » Yale Climate Connections
Friday's spring equinox may seem like a quaint notion to those already enduring furnace-like 90-110°F summer heat.
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Dave-Inder Comar @daveindercomar.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Thrilled to share a recording from our 6 March side event at the Human Rights Council on climate tipping points and human rights Honored to share the floor with scientists from TipESM, the special rapporteur on climate chsnge and human rights, and OHCHR www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSe0...
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Human Rights and Climate Tipping Points - side event at 61st session of the UN Human Rights Council
YouTube video by TipESM
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Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
"On the anniversary of the 2003 invasion, Iraq finds itself trapped between the same external powers that have defined — & destroyed — its last quarter-century." moderndiplomacy.eu/2026/03/21/p...
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Post-Saddam Iraq at 23: The War It Never Wanted Is Back
On the anniversary of the 2003 invasion, Iraq finds itself trapped between the same external powers that have defined — and destroyed — its last quarter-century
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
A timely read: "The claim by David Kay—'we were almost all wrong’—reflects how most people still think of the events of 2002–2003: as a story of faulty & inadequate intelligence, rather than robust & reliable intelligence information ignored." -Robert E. Kelley www.sipri.org/commentary/e...
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Twenty years ago in Iraq, ignoring the expert weapons inspectors proved to be a fatal mistake
In this SIPRI Essay, former nuclear inspector Robert Kelley describes how the case for invading Iraq in 2003 was built on false claims about weapons of mass destruction.
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Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"But the history of Iraq should serve as a cautionary tale & underscores that the critical ingredient in a fair & equitable process for Kurds will be that international players stay invested in the process." @lilyhindy.bsky.social @us.theconversation.com theconversation.com/kurdish-gain...
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Kurdish gains in Syria could disappear without international support − just as they did in Iraq decades ago
Despite risks, Kurds in Syria have the best chance in a generation to protect their national rights. Their success may hinge on the international community.
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Dave-Inder Comar @daveindercomar.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Scientists now argue that warm-water coral reefs are in irreversible decline at 1.4°C. Up to eight more tipping points could be triggered below 2°C. Tipping points will define the "Post-Holocene". Transformed planetary geography will also produce historic geopolitical shocks.
theecologist.org
Climate nears tipping points
Global warming must peak below 2°C to limit tipping point risks.
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Dave-Inder Comar @daveindercomar.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The ICJ, the ICC, the UNFCCC treaty — today, none of these can compel a single Great Power to cut emissions. This is not a failure. It is by design. Great Powers have unshackled themselves from the environment and human rights precisely at the moment when oversight is most needed.
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Dave-Inder Comar @daveindercomar.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
The rate of global warming has doubled. The UK is now openly preparing to stockpile food for climate shocks and war. "Net Zero" was a soft policy illusion. We have officially entered the era of "hard adaptation."
theguardian.com
UK must stockpile food in readiness for climate shocks or war, expert warns
Prof Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable
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Ross Caputi @rosscaputi.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
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Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social · 20/04/2025
Tomorrow April 21 3:30-4:30pm EST, Alissa Walter discuss her new "Contested City," published by @stanfordpress.bsky.social. Free but registration required. @rosscaputi.bsky.social of "Archive Iraq" & @cohntexts.bsky.social of "NYU Cultures of War" are main organizers. www.umass.edu/humanities-a...
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Ross Caputi @rosscaputi.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Posting mostly for my own reference later. There are a lot of good sources mentioned here that I want to check out. youtu.be/6uEGvZQTjNA
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What Good Is the National Interest? Rethinking the Roots of Peace, Democracy, and War
YouTube video by Havens Wright Center for Social Justice
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Ross Caputi @rosscaputi.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
www.dropsitenews.com/p/archive-ga...
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Archiving Gaza: The Race to Save Evidence of War Crimes and Mass Destruction
Inside the dangerous effort to dodge censorship and document the horrors of Israel's war against Gaza.
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Michael Morisy @morisy.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
New York Wants to Lock Up Vital Records — Again! @reclaimtherecords.org raises the alarm: mailchi.mp/reclaimthere... #FOIA
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Reclaim The Records
We’re Reclaim The Records, a new not-for-profit activist group of genealogists, historians, researchers, and open government advocates. We identify important genealogical records sets that ought to be...
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Ariel Kennan @arielmai.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
The digital infrastructure of the United States Government is both critical and fragile. Many of us who work in digital government have been trying to figure out what’s going on as norms and protocols are being subverted — Thread on some of what we know so far:
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Ross Caputi @rosscaputi.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
4 years ago I submitted a FOIA request for documents on US information operations in Fallujah. Last year I finally got a lawyer to pressure CENTCOM to comply. Just got a notice that it will take 3 to 6 more years to complete my request. Why is FOIA so broken?
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Fitchburg Historical Society @fitchhistsocy.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Sign up now for our free event next weekend: www.eventbrite.com/e/black-hist...
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Black History Month Trivia
This fun party featuring trivia answers about Fitchburg's Black local history
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Fitchburg Historical Society @fitchhistsocy.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We will be celebrating Black History month with a fun trivia event on February 8: www.eventbrite.com/e/black-hist...
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Ross Caputi @rosscaputi.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Hello world. I'm a doctoral candidate in history, coauthor of The Sacking of Fallujah, and cofounder of Archive Iraq. I'm here to chat about US foreign policy, pedagogy, martial arts, and Star Wars.
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