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Sally Dukes

@sallydukes.bsky.social
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back in Charlottesville, ICC enthusiast, leader of the anti-IR realism coalition, now I speak Dutch! (een beetje) 🇺🇸 🇱🇺

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Lisa Needham @snipy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
To be scrupulously fair to Alito, he doesn't really believe women are people, so I guess it isn't surprising that he doesn't think they have concrete reliance interests.
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Mujtaba Rahman @mijrahman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The violent school protests which closed 900 (one in four) lycées and led to 2,000 arrests on Thursday have invaded the French presidential campaign. The high-school students say their anger is justified. The government claims manipulation by the Far Left, including Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s LFI 1/
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Sam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 30/09/2026
I think repealing the AUMF is a good idea but I’m afraid I see no evidence at all that it isn’t working exactly as intended
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Scare Smith 💀 @evilgalprods.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FATALITY
A tweet from Joyce Carol Oates: overall takeaway from the Curtis Yarvin profile is that there must be millions of smart-aleck show-offy kids who annoy their teachers and go on to annoy other adults through their lives with their “contrarian” pose that hardens to a carapace over their faces; until, as adults, they still harbor a delusion that, if there is a king, or a fuhrer, he’d be impressed with the guys motor mouth and appoint him to his cabinet rather than deleting him with a negligent swipe of his wrist as Stalin did routinely.
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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think about this interview with the distinguished philosopher Conan O'Brien a lot. I actually think this is a healthy way to live your life! www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/a...
Is this how you want to go out, with a show that gets smaller and smaller until it’s gone?

Maybe that’s O.K. I think you have more of a problem with that than I do. [Laughs.] At this point in my career, I could go out with a grand, 21-gun salute, and climb into a rocket and the entire Supreme Court walks out and they jointly press a button, I’m shot up into the air and there’s an explosion and it’s orange and it spells, “Good night and God love.” In this culture? Two years later, it’s going to be, who’s Conan? This is going to sound grim, but eventually, all our graves go unattended.

You’re right, that does sound grim.

Sorry. Calvin Coolidge was a pretty popular president. I’ve been to his grave in Vermont. It has the presidential seal on it. Nobody was there. And by the way, I’m the only late-night host that has been to Calvin Coolidge’s grave. I think that’s what separates me from the other hosts.

I had a great conversation with Albert Brooks once. When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. I said, you make movies, they live on forever. I just do these late-night shows, they get lost, they’re never seen again and who cares? And he looked at me and he said, [Albert Brooks voice] “What are you talking about? None of it matters.” None of it matters? “No, that’s the secret. In 1940, people said Clark Gable is the face of the 20th Century. Who [expletive] thinks about Clark Gable? It doesn’t matter. You’ll be forgotten. I’ll be forgotten. We’ll all be forgotten.” It’s so funny because you’d think that would depress me. I was walking on air after that.
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Judah Grunstein @judah-grunstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
For reference: "Keynes was known for changing his mind often, though. One joke about his time was that if the UK parliament asked six economists for an opinion, they always got seven answers, two from Keynes."
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Letter: Keynes changed his mind, even if the quote isn’t his
From Alexander Ineichen, Zug, Switzerland
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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
It’s okay to date the school shooter if he’s hot.
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Sally Dukes @sallydukes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
folks, I’m back in Charlottesville. feeling very refreshed after not living in the US for the past four years.
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Bo Salomons🔻 @bosalomons.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Homoseksuele mannen werden na bevrijding uit de concentratiekampen na WO2 opnieuw geïnterneerd zodat ze hun straf konden uitzetten. Het verbod op homoseksualiteit bestond al voor de nazi-periode en werd door de geallieerden niet gezien als een nazi-wet. petertatchellfoundation.org/the-nazi-war...
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The Nazi war on gay people: Survivors speak out - Peter Tatchell Foundation
The film Paragraph 175 reveals the forgotten ‘Holocaust’
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
On Sep 11 in Alamo, Texas, Luis Ochoa and another teen stopped to film ICE agents during a vehicle stop near a school. Agents pulled one from their car, struck him, used pepper spray, and detained them for 8 hrs even after they proved their citizenship, one ICE agent stating, 'I don’t give a damn.'
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Mother of teen detained in viral Alamo ICE arrest video deported
The mother of a 17-year-old detained by ICE in a viral Alamo, Texas incident has been deported to Mexico, raising concerns among legal experts about potential retaliation for speaking out.
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Sally Dukes @sallydukes.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Andrés Pertierra @andrespertierra.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
UN report sheds a light on deaths in custody and repression under Daniel Ortega's regime in Nicaragua. apnews.com/article/nica...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"The disappeared*" was a term for those the military dictatorship in Argentina imprisoned/tortured/murdered during the dirty war. *"detenidos-desaparecidos" (detained-disappeared)
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Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW: In ‘24, the FBI sought to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump eviscerated the FBI & DOJ public corruption teams. ProPublica unearthed the investigation and you can read it 👇 www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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Mai El-Sadany @maitelsadany.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today marks 9 years since the Mashrou' Leila concert at which the late Sarah Hegazi raised the rainbow flag in a moment of pure joy. Thinking of those who Egyptian regime repression has driven to lives underground, to lives in exile, and to lives no longer lived. We remember. 🤍
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Robert Farley @drfarls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Americans Aren’t as Skeptical of Foreign Aid as Washington Thinks foreignpolicy.com/2026/08/27/a...
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Americans Aren’t as Skeptical of Foreign Aid as Washington Thinks
Today’s political debate rests on a faulty assumption.
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Kevin M. Levin @civilwarmemory.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Hey Charlottesville friends, I will be in town next Wednesday to talk about Robert Gould Shaw at UVA. It should be a lot of fun. Hope to see you there. 🗃️ naucenter.as.virginia.edu/2026-27-croz...
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2026-27 Crozer Lecture with Kevin M. Levin
On Wednesday, September 23, historian Kevin M. Levin will deliver our annual Crozer Lecture. He will discuss his forthcoming book, A Glorious Fate: The
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Sam (ABeardedPanda) @abeardedpanda.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It is genuinely baffling how Western Marxist historiography just refuses to grapple with the fact that the victims of communist dictatorships were often other communists within their own borders
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🖥️🐈
cat sitting on a stack of books looking at a computer screen
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Overly focusing on whether the attack on Minab school violated LOAC or amounted to a war crime risks distracting from a more self-evident legal conclusion: Trump’s entire war on Iran is illegal. But for Trump’s illegal war, those kids wouldn’t have been killed. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/w...
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U.S. Strike on Iranian School May Have Been War Crime, U.N. Report Says (Gift Article)
Mistakes that led to the deaths of more than a hundred children “went beyond negligence,” investigators said. They also cited a separate strike the same day that killed a reported 22 civilians.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Pleased to speak with John Hudson about the Trump administration's planned sale of 2000-pound bombs to Israel. "Given the way Israel conducted its air war in Gaza and, to some extent, in southern Lebanon, there are real concerns about how such weapons would be used in densely populated areas."
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opfuchs.gay @opfuchs.gay · 13/09/2026
The US has longed loved the idea that conventional notions of territoriality, jurisdiction and sovereignty do not or should not apply to it because it is a benevolent overlord. We are now seeing that presumptuousness more bluntly.
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Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergfeed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Covered a lot of ground here: On the 9/11 case, the frustrated families and the coming first ever capital trial at Guantánamo Bay. (No, not the trial everybody's been talking about.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSJL...
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New York Times journalist Carol Rosenberg discusses covering 9-11 plotters being held in Cuba
YouTube video by WPLG Local 10
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
NEW: Once exceptionally rare, illegal deportations — in defiance of court orders or due to ICE screw-ups — are now a routine part of President Trump's mass deportation push. It happened 3 times this past week and more at least 30 times in recent months. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...
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Sally Dukes @sallydukes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
why are belgians always listening to dire straits?
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Jay Zedbee @jayzedbee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
i think that the daily mail journalists shouldnt have to fear for their lives. thats my take, as leftist.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Protect trans kids.
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Steven Heydemann @stevenhyde.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/...
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As SDF disband in Syria, Kurds ponder how to secure their rights
As the Kurdish forces dissolve, experts express concern if their rights will be won through democratic means.
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AFL-CIO @aflcio.org · 10/09/2026
An immigrant doesn’t stand between you and a good job. A billionaire does.
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Adam Isacson @adamisacson.com · 10/09/2026
The boat strikes death toll hits 230. This is the first strike announcement not attributed to a *person* who ordered it, like Gen. Donovan. Don't know what that means. These have been happening for over a year. Still no deterrence. This is neither "peace" nor "strength." It's gruesome.
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On September 9, under the direction of #SOUTHCOM, Joint Task Force Western Hemisphere executed a lethal kinetic strike on a go-fast vessel operating along established narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean. Confirmed intelligence revealed the vessel's active involvement in narco-trafficking. The operation killed three narco-terrorists.
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Chatham Harrison dba TRUMP DELENDUS EST @chathamharrison.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The good news is nothing of value was lost
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 08/09/2026
For years, New Yorkers have demanded access to City records about the lasting health impacts of the horrific September 11th attacks. For years, they have been denied and ignored. That ends today. nyc.gov/sept11docs
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September 11 Docs
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Baltic Takes (formerly badbaltictakes) @baltictakes.com · 09/09/2026
A Chinese official attempted some of that Wolf Warrior Diplomacy ™ shit. It did not go well. Philippines' Defence Minister Gilberto Teodoro was speaking up for smaller nations and international law at a forum in Korea when he was handed a note from a Chinese official, meant as intimidating.
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Lotfi El Hamidi @lotfielhamidi.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Alsjeblieft Myrthe, wat krijg ik van je?
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Tyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 09/09/2026
"christ on a cracker" is such a weird expression, christ IS the cracker
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Friend just found out that his dad’s family home in south Lebanon was entirely obliterated by Israel
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
My 2nd piece on Belfast is now out. I spoke to activists to try and understand how they came together to respond to the racist pogroms. I also look at the sectarian elephant in the room and how the state is (not) responding to well-documented threats by fascists. shado-mag.com/articles/opi...
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How Belfast came together after the pogrom
An online and print magazine, shado stands for See | Hear | Act | Do and promotes the engagement between arts, activism and academia. %
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Happy 60th anniversary to the brilliant universe of Star Trek, and all who made it possible. Live long and prosper. 🖖
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"U.S. Vows to Defeat Whoever It is We're At War With" An evergreen headline for the past 25 years.
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Nick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Meanwhile, there's an agreement under congressional review that could allow the Saudis to enrich uranium (with US assistance) and doesn't include the IAEA Additional Protocol.
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
NEW RESEARCH: Europe has spent decades worrying about how to keep buildings warm. The harder question now is how to keep them cool. Today I'm publishing a new briefing on Europe's cooling challenge and how to solve it. The numbers are concerning but the solutions exist. A 🧵
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Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
It may seem odd that the AfD has both former Stasi officers and ex(?)neo-Nazis in its ranks of elected officials, but what brings these people together is their hatred of the liberal democratic constitutional and social order that came out of 1989.
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Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 08/09/2026
The images from Ratko Mladić’s funeral yesterday in Belgrade were shocking. Ratko Mladić was a convicted war criminal. He was responsible for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. He died while serving a life sentence for the Srebrenica genocide and other crimes.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This was the point I emphasised about Palantir when I wrote about tech soverignty - their model is to make bits of the state dependent on them and them jack up the price. samf.substack.com/p/sovereignt...
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Sovereignty for sale
Tech monopolies and the future of the nation state
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
this show had the juice. They didn't always have the timing, but boy did they have the juice. Balls to the wall all the way, left it all out there. Nobody can accuse them of not trying, and you gotta respect someone who truly loves the game like this.
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Fared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
📍 Visiting Syria? I work in Syria as a fixer and photographer, providing professional support and a range of services for visitors traveling across the country.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The post-9/11 lionization of Giuliani rings hollow for many of us who lived and worked in lower Manhattan that day. He and his staff (along with Bush's EPA) frequently reassured us that the air quality was fine. It wasn't, as was apparent to anyone who was there on 9/11 and the weeks thereafter. 1/
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El Faro English @elfaroenglish.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
When the Nicaraguan regime expelled dozens of political prisoners to Guatemala in September 2024, many were resettled in the U.S. or Spain. One group, denied U.S. resettlement, lives in miserable conditions in Guatemala. #efPhoto by Carlos Barrera. beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...
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Exiled in Guatemala, Stateless Nicaraguans Live in Misery
When the Ortega-Murillo regime expelled dozens of Nicaraguan political prisoners to Guatemala in September 2024, many were resettled in the U.S. or Spain. One group, denied U.S. resettlement, lives…
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Augustine, City of God:
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