UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy. https://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.social/post/3mjcrxa65r222Iran War Live Updates: Trump Says U.S. Will ‘Blockade’ Strait of Hormuz After Peace Talks Fail . https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/12/world/iran-war-trump-talks-pakistan?emc=edit_na_20260412&nl=breaking-news&segment_id=21811212 Apr 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:eyb3x33a6c67cixdkqo7j5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcrxa65r222https://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.social/post/3mjac5iw6222iAmerican officials, led by Vice President JD Vance, met with senior Iranian negotiators, U.S. and Iranian officials said. It was the highest-level face-to-face meeting between the countries since Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2026/04/11/world/iran-war-trump-talks-pakistan11 Apr 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:eyb3x33a6c67cixdkqo7j5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjac5iw6222ihttps://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.social/post/3mj6nuk34fk2uArtemis II’s New Views of the Moon https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/science/nasa-artemis-ii-moon-mission-photos-earth-eclipse.html11 Apr 2026 01:13 +0000at://did:plc:eyb3x33a6c67cixdkqo7j5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6nuk34fk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.social/post/3mj6eiecyfs2pInciting Fear': How the Netherlands Became a Hot Spot for Antisemitic Terrorism https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2026-04-09/ty-article-magazine/.premium/inciting-fear-how-the-netherlands-became-a-hot-spot-for-antisemitic-terrorism/0000019d-723d-d759-ab9d-7bbdd381000010 Apr 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:eyb3x33a6c67cixdkqo7j5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6eiecyfs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.social/post/3mj5s6uoy522eRanked: The World’s Largest Air Forces in 2026 https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-the-worlds-largest-air-forces-in-2026/?mc_cid=b4a068eff510 Apr 2026 16:58 +0000at://did:plc:eyb3x33a6c67cixdkqo7j5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5s6uoy522ehttps://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.social/post/3mj5r5h3huc2vMapped: Tax Burden by State in America https://www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-tax-burden-by-state-in-america/?mc_cid=2e5c5dc8e310 Apr 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:eyb3x33a6c67cixdkqo7j5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5r5h3huc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.social/post/3mj5pfj2rgs2qThe Conversation U.S. weekly news quiz https://theconversation.com/the-conversation-u-s-weekly-news-quiz-18943710 Apr 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:eyb3x33a6c67cixdkqo7j5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5pfj2rgs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.social/post/3mj5nmvuzy22qTobacco is still one of the world’s top killers – here are the key obstacles to enacting generational smoking bans @us.theconversation.com Marie Helweg-Larsen https://theconversation.com/tobacco-is-still-one-of-the-worlds-top-killers-here-are-the-key-obstacles-to-enacting-generational-smoking-bans-27801810 Apr 2026 15:36 +0000at://did:plc:eyb3x33a6c67cixdkqo7j5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5nmvuzy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/victorasal.bsky.social/post/3mj5nkipoh22tAfter ceasefire, negotiating a lasting deal with Iran would require overcoming regional rivalries and strategic incoherence @us.theconversation.com Ioana Emy Matesan https://theconversation.com/after-ceasefire-negotiating-a-lasting-deal-with-iran-would-require-overcoming-regional-rivalries-and-strategic-incoherence-28024310 Apr 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:eyb3x33a6c67cixdkqo7j5il/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5nkipoh22t