Stanford University Press (where I used to be an academic editor) has put out a list of their books on Iran which I 100% recommend:
blog.sup.org/middle-east-...
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Stanford University Press (where I used to be an academic editor) has put out a list of their books on Iran which I 100% recommend:
blog.sup.org/middle-east-...
The proper way to translate this, if you want to assimilate the value of America's higher education sector into brute economic terms, is:
"Exports of one of America's world-leading industries dropped by more than a third this year."
Where's that headline in the business press?
Yesterday I filmed several baby birds walking across a street directly at my camera and asked Bluesky to suggest music
Several dozen folks did
Some even dubbed music over the original clip.
I haven't been able to get this out of my head.
So I give you
A Bluesky exclusive:
Reservoir Ducks
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Remarkable find, this cache of emails from Paul Bremer to his wife, showing his knowledge of Iraq and judgement were as bad as you thought they were. Constant complaints of ungrateful Iraqis not even saying thank for you being liberated.
In all fairness, it makes perfect sense, and has plenty of historical precedent, we just don't like the parallels it requires.
Having some of the most thoroughly redacted thoughts of my life.
Contesting Imperialism(s) - Central and East European ISA conference in Sarajevo, BiH, June 17-19, 2026. Deadline for proposals - April 10, 2026. There will be a pre-conference workshop for young scholars. For info, please visit: ceeisa2026.com
I am a 100% sure that Steve Kerr would be a far more effective president of the @uofcalifornia.bsky.social system than James Milliken, the marzipan dildo in a suit currently holding the office, for the simple reason that he has principles and a spine.
"Punitive cuts to research funds, censoring of curricula, intimidation of university leaders and faculty, and the deployment of federal enforcement officers on college grounds are dividing our campuses and detracting from teaching and learning....Stand for Campus Freedom"
@uofcalifornia.bsky.social leadership should be ashamed that this letter from a bunch of sports coaches offers a more forceful condemnation of "acts of political interference" that "threaten the independence of our colleges and universities" than anything they have been willing to say to date.
So let me get this straight ...
1. US bombs Iran
2. Oil price goes up a bit, benefitting Russia's petrostate
3. Russia gives Iran targeting info
4. Oil price shoots WAY up
5. US unsanctions Russian oil
🧵Feels like shouting into the void, but it is essential to note that the Trump/Rubio gutting of the State Department and blowtorching of US diplomatic capacity and credibility is an accelerant to this spiraling war and will seriously undercut US/allied efforts to pick up the pieces after. 1/
if there is a god i'm pretty sure the plan involves gonzales ending up in hell
A reminder that @upittpress.bsky.social will be gracing the halls of #AAG2026 in Mick-spatial form (@mickodopolous.bsky.social). Let's book a time to talk about books:
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We need better Democrats.
Not a single dollar more for Trump’s illegal war.
"I asked God to forgive me, which he has."
Honestly this is the biggest perk of serving in Congress. Most people have to ask forgiveness and wonder. If you're in Congress you get a same day answer from the big guy.
I read almost all the major essay collections of Ralph Waldo Emerson over one weekend at an autostrada gas station in Italy.
If anyone is friends with any Georgian air traffic controllers, buy them a nice bottle of wine. As guardians of pretty much the only narrow gap still available between Europe and Asia that avoids both Iran, the Gulf, Ukraine and Russia, they are under some substantial pressure.
We've been tracking nearly 200 lawsuits against the Trump administration over its attempts to leverage federal funding to impose the president's agenda.
The most startling pattern: The administration seems entirely undeterred when it loses in court.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
h/t to the political scientists who still cannot classify this as war until we reach 1000 battlefield casualties
The approximate cause of death for Anne Frank was the Nazis. The specific cause of death was the outbreak of Typhus at Bergen-Belsen camp, which overtook her (and others) from chronic malnutrition and medical abuse. These conditions are not, in character, unlike our system of immigration camps today
Good question as an unstated assumption in geopol/IR lit is that foreign policy actors are fundamentally competent (if rationally bounded). The frameworks seem inadequate for understanding the actions/rationales of the dementia-addled narcissist and smooth-brained sycophants driving this clown car.
Somebody was saying that watching establishment Democrats learn that saying obviously true things about foreign policy is popular is like watching a toddler take its first steps
Lots of people are suddenly convinced that Claude is going to fundamentally disrupt academic work, but I will believe that when Claude can spend four months going back and forth with the business department about whether expenses from a conference were properly labelled in Concur.
The real US national security strategy lies in the revealed preferences.
huh, maybe aligning with this genocidal warmongering regime in the middle east is antithetical to US interests.
New rule: you can't start a war with a country if you can't name the country (challenge level: impossible) bsky.app/profile/atru...
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