Timothy Snyder
@TimothyDSnyder

Temerty Prof @munkschool @UofT; Fellow @IWM_Vienna; Emer. Levin Prof @Yale "On Freedom" "On Tyranny" "Our Malady" "Road to Unfreedom" "Black Earth" "Bloodlands"

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Joined March 2015
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1/20. Democracy is precious and exceptional.
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Post-human necropolitics by the numbers economist.com/graphic-detail…

In MAGA-land people are dying faster than they are being born

Our analysis suggests Trump country is only growing because of migration

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Data centers on the gubernatorial ballot in Ohio. Acton against, Ramaswamy for (and personally invested in). dispatch.com/story/opinion/c…

Ramaswamy is in bed with data center owners. He'll get richer at your expense | Amy Acton

Amy Acton: Vivek Ramaswamy is bought and paid for by data center owners. He'll never get everyday Ohioans like I do.

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Just made donations to three Ohio campaigns I care about. If you can, please pick some candidates in close races and do the same.
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Unsurprisingly the Russians are paying off the Americans to take their side in the Russia’s criminal war of aggression. nytimes.com/2026/10/03/us/po…

U.S.-Russia Talks on Ukraine Now Involve an Oil Deal Tied to Trump Allies

President Vladimir V. Putin brought up a sale of Russian energy assets with President Trump’s envoys, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, pushing a deal that raises new questions about conflicts of...

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It appears that the National Guard shot and killed an unarmed man (in the back). bbc.com/news/articles/cp93zm…

Autopsy shows National Guard fatally shot Memphis man in the back

The report conflicts with the authorities’ initial account, which said Tyrin Johnson had been shot in the chest.

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Join me live now for a conversation with @harrylitman about politics in the US and the world. snyder.substack.com
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So Americans pay more taxes in order to get AI centers in their backyards. nytimes.com/2026/09/30/techn…

How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

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Of course Trump flatters AI. It flattered him first.
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Oct 1
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
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The Kyiv Independent
@KyivIndependent
Sep 29
“Fascist imperial Russia has not seen and does not see Western companies as partners for mutual benefit, only as targets for weaponization, manipulation, and confiscation,” write Bennett Freeman, co-founder and Steering Committee member of B4Ukraine, and Nataliia Popovych, co-founder & Steering Committee member of B4Ukraine, in this op-ed. kyivindependent.com/after-ne…

After Nestle and Auchan seizures, Russia is coming for others

The recent Russian seizure of assets belonging to corporate giants Nestle and Auchan made headlines, all the more striking given the companies' years of loyalty to the Kremlin regime, including...

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Good to be reminded of the young people who helped bring communism in central Europe to a peaceful end. substack.com/home/post/p-218…
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Got your Super Intelligence right here at the origins of the Iran War. AI also implicated in the signature war crime the US committed.
Charlie Warzel
@cwarzel
Oct 1
For a long time I've wanted a sense of how trump has or hasn't interacted with chatbots (we know he posts a lot of slop sure). And this TIME anecdote about Grok arguably leading Trump into war is just extremely bracing
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My conversation with @RBReich about Trump, power, and what comes next. snyder.substack.com/p/trump-…
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Timothy Snyder
@TimothyDSnyder
Sep 30
#NoKings October 17th! Make a plan for October 17th. Make a plan to vote. nokings.org

No Kings

For more than a year, millions of people have come together to send a clear message: in America, we have no kings. Power doesn't belong to billionaires, strongmen, or politicians who think they're...

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Join us live now!
Timothy Snyder
@TimothyDSnyder
Oct 1
Honored and very happy to be speaking with the great @minjinlee11 about her new novel "American Hagwon" today, 10/1, on Thinking Live... at 12:00pm ET. snyder.substack.com
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Honored and very happy to be speaking with the great @minjinlee11 about her new novel "American Hagwon" today, 10/1, on Thinking Live... at 12:00pm ET. snyder.substack.com
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We are ruining our own institutions, which is sad for us and great for our enemies.
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Aug 27
In a lawsuit filed this week, a civilian geography professor claims he was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change. (from @Rose_Lori) stripes.com/branches/army/20…
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Anne Applebaum has been right about a lot of things and this is one. theatlantic.com/magazine/202…

MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption

Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.

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I will be joining @RBReich for a wide-ranging conversation today, 9/29, at 1pm ET. robertreich.substack.com
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I'll be speaking with Sharon McMahon about politics in the US on The Preamble at 1:45pm ET, today, 9/28. Join us! thepreamble.com

The Preamble | Sharon McMahon | Substack

News, politics, and history from #1 NYT-bestselling author Sharon McMahon. Breaking down government and law in straightforward ways you won’t find anywhere else. If you want clarity and context —...

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