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Historian of France, the Atlantic world, language, food. Squirrelly cyclist, slowfooted defenseman, working dad. Worried about the 21st century. https://utoronto.academia.edu/PaulCohen

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The incredible thing is that anyone with eyes or ears can tell that mamdani clearly loves NYC so much. The idea that he "hates America" is just so on its face ridiculous that people claiming it look particularly pathetic.

10.03.2026 14:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 489 ๐Ÿ” 60 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 18 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

TIL workout-loving women-hating Christian nationalist Nazis get their protein from Alaskan king crab

10.03.2026 15:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They get mad when people on SNAP want to buy soda

10.03.2026 04:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1344 ๐Ÿ” 614 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 45 ๐Ÿ“Œ 55

US clubs and USMNT & USWNT should be banned from all CONCACAF competitons until further notice

10.03.2026 12:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the cunning of willful ignorance

10.03.2026 12:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

except that as Jim Mattis reminds us, the enemy has a vote

10.03.2026 12:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Okay this bit is really funny

10.03.2026 11:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 512 ๐Ÿ” 63 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? 

* Yes
* No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

1. Are you currently using an AI tool for work-related tasks or projects? * Yes * No, but I would like to (PLEASE SKIP TO QUESTION 7)

My employer asks me to complete a survey on AI usage for which this is the first question (required):

10.03.2026 02:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1229 ๐Ÿ” 267 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 76 ๐Ÿ“Œ 76

En mรชme temps c'est rรฉjouissant qu'ils soient aussi cons.
Ils sont mรปrs pour gouverner les ร‰tats-Unis.

10.03.2026 12:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 42 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

should i put or should i call?

10.03.2026 12:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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On the one-year anniversary of his detention by federal authorities, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and First Lady Rama Duwaji welcomed Mahmoud Khalil, his wife Noor, and their baby boy, Deen, to Gracie Mansion to break the fast together.

10.03.2026 03:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 7930 ๐Ÿ” 1062 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 83 ๐Ÿ“Œ 86

i'm sure he regularly double checks

10.03.2026 10:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

it's been painfully clear since at least January 2025 that we are exiting one era and entering another -- but there was, in my view at least, a possibility that, were say Democrats to win commanding majorities come November, Trump neutered or removed, and a Democrat to take the WH in 2028 --

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09.03.2026 17:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 22 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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En Allemagne, les Verts conservent de justesse le Bade-Wurtemberg et infligent un revers au parti du chancelier Friedrich Merz Lโ€™รฉlection de dimanche, premiรจre dโ€™une sรฉrie de cinq scrutins rรฉgionaux devant se tenir enย 2026, constituait un test pour le gouvernement conservateur au pouvoir depuis maiย 2025.

Magnifique remontada des Verts allemands dans le Land de Bade-Wurtemberg, lร  oรน les sondages prรฉdisaient leur dรฉfaite il y a encore quelques semaines !

En Allemagne comme en Angleterre, les รฉcologistes sont l'avenir de la gauche pour battre la droite et l'extrรชme droite ๐ŸŒป

09.03.2026 22:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 131 ๐Ÿ” 30 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 5
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Map of European Territories By The Number of Years Spent Being Part of France

For The Growth, Decline & Transformation of Franceโ€™s Borders see: brilliantmaps.com/the-growt...

10.03.2026 05:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 57 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

pump and dumping an actual war and oil crisis from the white house is pretty impressive, i can't lie. like i have to be amazed

09.03.2026 23:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 345 ๐Ÿ” 58 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
Despair.com parody motivational poster.

It is a close up of two men in suits shaking hands. It says:

โ€œConsulting: If youโ€™re not part of the solution, thereโ€™s good money to be made in prolonging the problem.โ€

Despair.com parody motivational poster. It is a close up of two men in suits shaking hands. It says: โ€œConsulting: If youโ€™re not part of the solution, thereโ€™s good money to be made in prolonging the problem.โ€

09.03.2026 20:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 51 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

that's what Putin would do

10.03.2026 00:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

we have the Clausewitz we deserve

10.03.2026 00:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
French History Seminar/Seminaire d'histoire de France. "Reforming the Republican Empire.โ€ Speaker: Prof. Katie Edwards, Tulane University. When: 27 March. 2026, 4-6pm EDT, location: 108 N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7. In centre of poster, a headshot of a white woman with straight light brown hair and a smile. Bottom of poster lists financial sponsors at YorkU and UofT.

French History Seminar/Seminaire d'histoire de France. "Reforming the Republican Empire.โ€ Speaker: Prof. Katie Edwards, Tulane University. When: 27 March. 2026, 4-6pm EDT, location: 108 N, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7. In centre of poster, a headshot of a white woman with straight light brown hair and a smile. Bottom of poster lists financial sponsors at YorkU and UofT.

Announcing our final seminar of this year -- please join us in person on March 27th, 4-6 pm, for Dr. Katie Edwards' talk "Reforming the Republican Empire." More info and registration link here: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/reform... ๐Ÿ—ƒ๏ธ #frenchhistory #indochine #colonialism

09.03.2026 23:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

two can play at the tariff game

10.03.2026 00:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Bygmalionย : le tribunal dรฉcide que Nicolas Sarkozy doit purger sa peine ferme Lโ€™ancien chef de lโ€™Etat avait demandรฉ la confusion de ses peines de port dโ€™un bracelet รฉlectronique dans les dossiers Bygmalion et Bismuth, pour lesquels il a รฉtรฉ dรฉfinitivement condamnรฉ.

joie et allรฉgresse

www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

09.03.2026 22:27 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I can't compete with this.

09.03.2026 16:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 10040 ๐Ÿ” 1704 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 224 ๐Ÿ“Œ 400
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Pictures emerging from todayโ€™s heavy bombing of Isfahan. Damages to the mirror works, tiles, floors, and carved wooden doors of Safavid palaces of Aali Qapu and Chehelsotoon. Both of these are within the UNESCO Heritage complex of Naqsh-e Jahan Square. These are 16th-17th century bldgs.

09.03.2026 16:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 398 ๐Ÿ” 233 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 42
Feels like 1930s France

Feels like 1930s France

Crate&Barrelโ€™s marketing team really didnโ€™t think this one thru huh

08.03.2026 23:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 781 ๐Ÿ” 119 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 42 ๐Ÿ“Œ 27

* helm

09.03.2026 18:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

which is why it is so desperately important to put an end to this mad, murderous war as soon as possible -- for the sake of the Iranian people first and foremost, but for the whole world, and not least for the future of the United States

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09.03.2026 18:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

take place

the Iraq War was a disastrous turning point which utterly transformed the US, and in whose dark shadow we still live

Trump's war in Iran too will I fear prove a terrible turning point, from which there will be no return

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09.03.2026 18:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

America played with happier futures, before fumbling the present and opting yet again for darkness

Trump 2 signaled that any national renewal would be a titanic effort

the war in Iran makes it far more difficult to discern -- at least to my sad worried eyes -- how such a reconstruction could

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09.03.2026 18:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

will be deeply and enduringly diminished

the US has offered itself a number of occasions to save itself from at least some of its worse demons since 2003 -- Obama's election, Biden's election, the prospect of true consequences for those responsible for Trump I and January 6th -- and each time

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09.03.2026 18:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0