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Michael Waters

@michaelwwaters

historian // copywriter by day // author of THE OTHER OLYMPIANS (out now from @fsgbooks!)

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I love these 1936 newsreel clips of Zdeněk Koubek, a Czech track star who publicly transitioned gender after his transition, he came to New York to perform on Broadway. this seems to be the only surviving video Koubek is the center of my book, THE OTHER OLYMPIANS — out June 4!


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This should be on every major news site.

mamoun_linda's tweet image. This should be on every major news site.

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DSA chapters across the nation need to instantly be reviewing their core cadre and sorting by hotness in advance of an all out nationwide electoral push


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election day 🤝 E•MO•TION anniversary

chrisrosecas's tweet image. election day 🤝 E•MO•TION anniversary

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Time to make sure he actually delivers on this promise.

MAMDANI: “As Mayor I would have Netanyahu arrested if he came to New York!” WTF?



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Already back out protesting for Palestine. What a legend.

🚨‼️BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil marches to the gates of Columbia University—just moments after a powerful welcome home rally surrounded by friends, family, and community members who stood by him and continue to stand with Palestine.



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NEW: "Where is the outrage over Skrmetti?" On the far right's campaign to create uncertainty over gender-affirming medical care for minors — and the powerful institutions that helped along the way. Tonight, at Law Dork. lawdork.com/p/where-is-the…


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I wrote abt u-mich hiring undercover investigators to spy on pro-Palestinian campus groups. Investigators drove a car at a student, pretended to be disabled, accused a student of robbing them, etc. Incl jaw dropping video theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…


i will always love Edmund White for being such an iconic gossip throughout CITY BOY but the thing I will never forget is his description of the perfect day job in the early 1970s

michaelwwaters's tweet image. i will always love Edmund White for being such an iconic gossip throughout CITY BOY but the thing I will never forget is his description of the perfect day job in the early 1970s

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Read this horrifying testimony from Israel's massacre of people just trying to get food:

prem_thakker's tweet image. Read this horrifying testimony from Israel's massacre of people just trying to get food:

Our teams joined the mass casualty response in Nasser hospital, Gaza, today, after another disastrous food distribution resulted in people getting shot by Israeli forces. Hear from patients: msf.org/dozens-palesti…



in one week: to celebrate the paperback of The Other Olympians, @9BillionTigers, @Hugh_Ryan, Sabrina Imbler, and I are presenting on our research obsessions hear about historical love affairs, sexually active popes, and much more June 3 @ 7 pm! lu.ma/lnnvrmoh

michaelwwaters's tweet image. in one week: to celebrate the paperback of The Other Olympians, @9BillionTigers, @Hugh_Ryan, Sabrina Imbler, and I are presenting on our research obsessions

hear about historical love affairs, sexually active popes, and much more

June 3 @ 7 pm! lu.ma/lnnvrmoh

you unfortunately just know the party is going to be filled with gay boys the moment you walk in and see this

michaelwwaters's tweet image. you unfortunately just know the party is going to be filled with gay boys the moment you walk in and see this

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Noor Abdalla was eight months pregnant when her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested, in March. She hasn’t seen him since, and now has a one-month-old son. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/u3dZ7c

NewYorker's tweet image. Noor Abdalla was eight months pregnant when her husband, Mahmoud Khalil, was arrested, in March. She hasn’t seen him since, and now has a one-month-old son.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me/u3dZ7c

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