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uoft european and eurasian studies | eng/рус

[ben @spoogles___]

@ForTullos @Russgh2 @AnarchoPaul @9mmballpoint this is a section of a wikipedia article that is about the war planning for a contingency operation in case the japanese didn't surrender -- which they were, again, on the verge of doing. none of this supports your claim, nor invalidates the counter-claims

[Micke Andersson @TetsuoIronman]

@policytensor The Arabian plate is converging with the Eurasian so the Hormuz strait will close by itself in a few millions years effectively rendering this entire issue irrelevant.

[Vaxatious Litigant 💉⚖️👨‍⚖️ @ExposingNV]

‘Succulent Chinese meal’ speech added to Australia’s National Film and Sound Archive | Music | The Guardian https://t.co/WBCatC9EMf

[Neil Renic @NC_Renic]

Adding my article references manually

[Dr. Alexander S. Burns @KKriegeBlog]

You literally can't make this stuff up

[Joe @JoePostingg]

The Tsar is bad, but the boyars are also bad. Tough break for the country.

[isaac Samuel @rhaplord]

Jared Diamond’s map of Africa’s “races.”

Diamond uncritically reproduces antiquated theories of colonial scientific racism, despite acknowledging the limitations of this highly unscientific division of Africa into arbitrary races.
https://t.co/wMcEidnPiX

[Peter Raleigh @PetreRaleigh]

That we currently have more or less a weekly Dreyfus Affair these days is not in my opinion necessarily What You Want

[Fredda @PunishedFredda]

Dumbass conservatives thinking "liberal arts" means "leftist gay art school" will never stop being funny.

Plenty of people go to liberal arts universities to learn economics and become evil Republicans too!

[ben @spoogles___]

@fakehistoryhunt it's quite good! it is far more tabletop wargame than simulator wargame, but medieval combat rarely gets this kind of treatment -- especially beyond a western european facsimile of the medieval period. the breadth of history and geography it covers is quite impressive

[Brandy Jensen @BrandyLJensen]

really good https://t.co/pkziX4PWPR

[ben @spoogles___]

@theserfstv and start at 1960 hmmmm

[ben @spoogles___]

@mosscircle love blooms at bloor & brunswick... congrats guys :)

[Madeleine Baker @madeleineebaker]

Genuinely do not understand how anyone could regard the state of permanent semi-war the US has declared against every state that defies its wishes as anything but profoundly evil

[Dr Sarah Jilani @sarahjilani]

Thomas but I really think you'd have gotten more out of this course if you had come to class having done the prerequisite reading

[Polling Canada @CanadianPolling]

"Do you agree or disagree that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip?"

Agree: 49%
Disagree: 21%

Unsure: 30%

Leger / June 8, 2025 / n=1511 / Online

[Combination K @Combination_K]

Route plans for the deployment of pipelines from Hairatan to Bagram: