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Chris McIntosh

@therealchrismci.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at Bard College | Critical security, time, war, temporality and quantum social theory | Writing (slowly) a book on abolition and war | All the soccer/football

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social
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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day
Take five minutes to not destroy civilization
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
1/ This @propublica.org story is just gobsmacking. As table stakes: why does a family of billionaires need help paying for weddings? And why would they accept from Russian oligarch with ties to Putin and FSB? www.propublica.org/article/dona...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian Oligarch
The oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Whether we want to admit it or not, every NFL game is a snuff film. It's long past time fans of the sport faced up to a reality that becomes clearer every day: American football is simply too dangerous. This year, turn off the NFL. Our latest in @theguardian.com @us.theguardian.com.
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CTE in football players is a health crisis. It’s time for us to stop watching
A new study offers more evidence that America’s biggest sport produces life-altering head trauma. The NFL will never turn itself off, so it’s on fans to do so
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Polly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
My latest article, open access! 'Humanitarianism at the End of (This) World' examines the collapsing liberal world order through a decolonial lens and argues that this is just one end of many ends of worlds, suggesting productive ways forward towards future humanitarianisms doi.org/10.1093/ips/...
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Humanitarianism at the End of (This) World
Abstract. Western humanitarianism’s spatiotemporal zone of action and mode of operations is crisis. Western humanitarianism and humanitarians should be in
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Alexandre Christoyannopoulos @alexchristoy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🎙️Looking forward to contributing to #EISAPEC26 roundtable on "How Should We Think About #Violence Today?" with Birgit Poopuu, @sladjanalazic.bsky.social, Zeus Hans Mendez, & Moara Assis Crivelente, in a few mins: eisa-net.org/pec-2026/
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 23/08/2026
I hope everyone caught this Lancet study confirming that Elon Musk & DOGE are responsible for genocidal levels of suffering & death.
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Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...
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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL AKA PRESIDENT FOOTBALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
had a friend who was a concierge at the Four Seasons and he had two special jobs whenever Elton came to town 1. Always know the score of the Braves game when they were playing so he could update Elton 2. Pick out his glasses for the day for him
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
As a poststructuralist IR scholar who writes on the War on Terror, temporality, and Butler I know I may be biased, but this is f*cking A+, 14/10, inspiring work. I'll be assigning this in multiple classes, thank you
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Injured my eye, gave me a blind spot/damaged my vision Doctor: “Come back in 6 months and we’ll look” Me: “What if it isn’t any better?” Doctor: “Oh, then it’s permanent” Me: “Wait, what, isn’t there something we can do?!?” Doctor, starts laughing: “If I could fix that I’d win a Nobel prize”
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
College is still silent on what his role actually is...
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
My internal reactions: 1. “Hell, yes!” 2. “Wait, they allow elementary school kids to use AI *in school*???” 3. “I need to talk to my son’s teacher…”
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
It’s July 1st, the day after Botstein’s contract ended—is he still an employee of Bard College or not?
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I--and apparently, the UNITED STATES CONGRESS--are once again asking how this man can be fired for his actions re: Epstein but remain a member of the faculty? It's wrong, embarrassing, and putting the entire institution in a bad position. Fix this, now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Harvard and Bard face fresh questions from lawmakers over ties to Epstein
Democrat Jamie Raskin seeks ‘comprehensive accounting’ and requests interview with outgoing Bard president
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Schera Wyss 💀 SLUG HUMAN @scherawyss.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
This might be one of the most insane scandals in game history When Pokemon Go players scan PokeStops, theyve been unknowingly building a detailed visual model of the world which is being sold to a military contractor to build a no-GPS positioning for the new generation of unmanned killing machines
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
The man got a ONE MILLION DOLLAR “salary advance”, meanwhile they have raised faculty health insurance contributions by 15% because of “finance concerns” www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
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Complaint to attorney general alleges Bard ignored conflicts of interest
The college covered millions in American Symphony Orchestra debts and paid Leon Botstein a $992K advance the same year he said he donated Epstein-related money.
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K.B. Spangler @kbspangler.com · 28/05/2026
Dang, this line from @sarahkendzior.bsky.social is such a tidy framing to describe the “Just let the South rot they’re already lost to us lol” crowd. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/overriding...
John W.S.: Are we heading into a Civil War?

SK: Not in a North/South sense – and be very wary of anyone who claims that, promotes secession, or tries to get you to abandon The South. There is a cohort of liberal racists content to let marginalized communities suffer without voting rights under the tyranny of the minority and then pretend their goal is to “punish Republicans” when the GOP leadership in Southern states won’t suffer at all. You should support Southern civil rights activists instead
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
My annual reminder that my I peaked as a critical security scholar in elementary school
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This is alarming, particularly regarding the role he will play going forward and is at odds both with his public statements and the evidence from the released files
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
My latest on Bard, Botstein, and the board: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Bard’s board voted to end Botstein’s tenure as president after independent review of Epstein ties
Botstein announced his retirement on the day the results of the inquiry into his connections with Epstein were released
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
The announced succession plan is ridiculous—no permanent replacement until 2028 and no clarity re: what his role will be going forward Editorial: Leon Botstein's last lesson www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...
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Editorial: Leon Botstein's last lesson
Driven out of the top job at Bard College amid new information about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, Leon Botstein's exit should be a teachable moment for managers everywhere.
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Louise Amoore @amoorelouise.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
If you are the editor of a journal and you have received a submission from me that looks a bit weird (weirder than usual) please assume it is a LLM-generated paper from a ghost author. This has happened four times in recent weeks. In each case it is possible to see how a genuine published paper 1/2
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
This is really well done on the way authority structures preclude pushback www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Bard’s Crisis Reveals How Presidents Can Escape Oversight
Long tenure plus fundraising power plus board alignment equals an authority structure that few in higher education know how to interrupt.
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Perhaps someone can explain to me why his ties to Epstein were sufficient to warrant removal from the presidency, but *not* enough to prevent him from teaching, leading musicians, living on my campus, etc.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Leon Botstein, longtime friend of pedophile sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, has resigned as president of @bardcollege.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
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Bard College’s President Will Retire After Epstein Revelations
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Great credit is due to the Bard College community of undergraduate anti-rape activists—organizing as “Take Back Bard”—who insisted on Bostein’s resignation even in the face of widespread indifference from the faculty and sneering mockery of their efforts in the New York Times. I admire them.
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Listen, this reporter has demonstrably been soft pedaling Leon stories for awhile now but it’s over now #LeonOut www.nytimes.com/2026/05/01/u...
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Bard College’s President Will Retire After Epstein Revelations
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Casey Michel @cjcmichel.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"The people who will get Taiwan right may not be China hands but people asking what happens to aging autocrats with long-standing grievances and pliant elites."
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
www.factcheck.org/2026/03/is-t...
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Is the U.S. at 'War'? Politicians Disagree - FactCheck.org
Americans are getting conflicting messages from the Trump administration and congressional leaders about whether the U.S. is at "war" with Iran.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
New — I wrote about the terror and loss of the last few days, mostly so we don’t forget. www.thehandbasket.co/p/trump-iran...
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Yet another awful legacy of nuclear deterrence, any threat is legitimate as long as it is to "insure the peace"
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The president of the United States is vowing mass genocide as a negotiating tactic:
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I think we might now need to be cognisant of the fact that there is absolutely nothing, morally or intellectually, stopping him from wanting to use a nuke, and increasingly nothing stopping him, structurally or procedurally, from achieving this any time he wants.
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This article vastly mischaracterizes what’s going on here, and ignores the power politics of who can and cannot speak. It’s insulting and bad reporting www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/s...
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A College Is Split Over Its President and His Epstein Ties
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Casey Seiler @caseyseiler.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
The newly disclosed chummy communications between registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Bard College president Leon Botstein has revived past criticism of Botstein’s handling of sexual misconduct on campus. Sarah Trafton reports. www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley...
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Epstein revelations revive decades of sexual assault controversies at Bard
Student protests over Leon Botstein’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein are reigniting scrutiny of how Bard College has handled sexual assault allegations for decades.
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"Countries heavily reliant on US aid see a 10.5% increase in maternal mortality following a switch from a Democratic to a Republican administration—about 44.7 additional deaths per 100 000 live births." gh.bmj.com/content/11/3...
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US Presidential Party switches are mirrored in global maternal mortality
In this observational study, we provide estimates of the impact on the maternal mortality ratio of swings in US aid for family planning and reproductive health driven by changes in the implementation ...
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Sarah T Roberts, PhD @ubiquity75.xyz · 26/03/2026
A phenomenal article that is frightening to its core. “The constitutional question of who authorised this war and the legal question of whether this strike constitutes a war crime were displaced by a technical question that is easier to ask and impossible to answer in the terms it set.”
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AI got the blame for the Iran school bombing. The truth is far more worrying
LLMs-gone-rogue dominated coverage, but had nothing to do with the targeting. Instead, it was choices made by human beings, over many years, that gave us this atrocity
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
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Epstein victim says Bard president helped legitimize sex offender
Leon Botstein’s communications and relationship with Epstein under review by WilmerHale law firm, while Bard president says he never witnessed anything inappropriate
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
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Students Want to “Take Back Bard” From President Botstein
As its president is investigated for his ties to Jeffrey Epstein, Bard College students are drawing attention to what they call a culture of sexual harassment on campus.
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
It sounds strange to say this given the subject, but holy hell is this good. AI, fascism, performativity, and what makes life, well, life and the all important remainder that cannot be captured and must be fought for defector.com/the-new-evan...
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The New Evangelists | Defector
In close-up for much of The Testament of Ann Lee, her eyes brimming with light, Ann Lee seems to be in a persistent state of shuddering. The founder of the Shaker religious sect, played by Amanda Seyf...
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
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Epstein files give glimpse into dark side of Bard College
As Bard College awaits the outcome of an independent investigation into links between convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and its longstanding coll...
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
New, at Can We Still Govern?: Christian Gläßel and @ascharpf.bsky.social have studied the formation of secret police in other countries. They explain the parallels with Trump's immigration enforcement. The key factor is career incentives not ideology. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-secret...
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The Secret Police Playbook
How DHS reflects historical lessons from dictatorships
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Over a week now…
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
3 days and no response from the Board of Trustees…
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Times Union @timesunion.com · 05/03/2026
Faculty want trustees to create a fund for sexual violence initiatives with Epstein-linked money and plan for a “transition in leadership” from Leon Botstein.
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Bard faculty urge trustees to use Epstein-linked funds for sexual violence initiatives
Faculty want trustees to create a fund for sexual violence initiatives with Epstein-linked money and plan for a “transition in leadership” from Leon Botstein.
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Stephanie Kirchgaessner @skirchy.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
My latest on Bard and Botstein and the Epstein files www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Bard faculty call for ‘transition’ plan for college president linked to Epstein
Faculty members stop short of calling for Leon Botstein to resign in wake of revelations about ties with sex offender
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Please share and sign if you agree with my open letter calling for Botstein’s immediate resignation katemanne.substack.com/p/an-open-le...
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An Open Letter to the College President Who Maintained Close Ties with Epstein
If you agree with my general sentiments here, please comment below—just “signed” or “seconded” is sufficient.
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Chris McIntosh @therealchrismci.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
So why are academics with even *deeper* ties still holding their position(s)? www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...
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Lawrence Summers Will Resign From Harvard After Epstein Revelations
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Notes from the World @notesfromtheworld.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Leon Botstein Must Go: The Bard College President's Extensive Relationship with the Sexual Predator Jeffrey Epstein - And More - Makes His Position Untenable michaeldeibert.substack.com/p/leon-botst...
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Leon Botstein Must Go
The Bard College President's Extensive Relationship with the Sexual Predator Jeffrey Epstein - And More - Makes His Position Untenable
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Kate Manne @katemanne.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Botstein palled around with Epstein for years and helped launder his reputation. The Epsteins cannot exist without the Botsteins. It's time for accountability katemanne.substack.com/p/bards-pres...
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Bard’s President Should Resign Today
Leon Botstein has been revealed to have deep ties to Epstein. It’s time for accountability.
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