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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.

18.10.2025 18:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15634    ๐Ÿ” 4515    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Ok, last final call.

We host these once a year. And working on/from the Middle East is tough now for lots of reasons. So I'm over-posting.

@pomeps.bsky.social workshops are designed to support MENA scholars in turning working papers into published articles.

Apply today, and please share!

15.10.2025 13:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gaza peace plan risks borrowing more from Tony Blairโ€™s failures in the Middle East than his success in Northern Ireland The former British leader was tapped to lead redevelopment efforts in Gaza if a deal is agreed upon.

My article on the 20 point gaza "peace plan" is now out. Let me tell you why peace processes in the Israeli Palestinian conflict seem to keep failing, with a focus on Tony Blair the menace of the middle east

theconversation.com/a-gaza-peace...

09.10.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 169    ๐Ÿ” 84    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Humorous costumes and symbols do powerful work in anti-authoritarian protest.

They symbolically erode the power of the regime, humanize protesters, and promote viral sharing of images countering regime claims.

โ€œDismantling their narrativeโ€ captures it well.

See: Turkeyโ€™s Pikachu. And penguins.

10.10.2025 02:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
Bar chart showing terrorist attacks in the United States by perpetrator, 1970โ€“2020. The top panel highlights the ten most active groups, with Anti-Abortion extremists leading at over 200 attacks, followed by Left-Wing Militants, White supremacists/nationalists, FALN, NWLF, Black Nationalists, ALF, JDL, Student Radicals, and ELF. The middle panel shows abortion-related groups, where Anti-Abortion extremists dominate compared to smaller groups like Army of God, Phineas Priesthood, Pro-choice extremists, and Christian Liberation Army. The bottom panel shows Islamist/Jihadi groups, led by Jihadi-inspired extremists (about 40 attacks), with smaller contributions from Muslim extremists, Jamaat-al-Fuqra, Al-Qaida, Hanafi Muslims, AQAP, TTP, and Islamist extremists. Bars are color-coded: blue for abortion-related groups, red for Islamist/Jihadi groups, and gray for others. X-axis is number of attacks, Y-axis lists groups.

Bar chart showing terrorist attacks in the United States by perpetrator, 1970โ€“2020. The top panel highlights the ten most active groups, with Anti-Abortion extremists leading at over 200 attacks, followed by Left-Wing Militants, White supremacists/nationalists, FALN, NWLF, Black Nationalists, ALF, JDL, Student Radicals, and ELF. The middle panel shows abortion-related groups, where Anti-Abortion extremists dominate compared to smaller groups like Army of God, Phineas Priesthood, Pro-choice extremists, and Christian Liberation Army. The bottom panel shows Islamist/Jihadi groups, led by Jihadi-inspired extremists (about 40 attacks), with smaller contributions from Muslim extremists, Jamaat-al-Fuqra, Al-Qaida, Hanafi Muslims, AQAP, TTP, and Islamist extremists. Bars are color-coded: blue for abortion-related groups, red for Islamist/Jihadi groups, and gray for others. X-axis is number of attacks, Y-axis lists groups.

According to the โ€œGlobal Terrorism Database (GTD)โ€”arguably the most widely-used dataset in the study of political violenceโ€”anti-abortion activists constitute the single most common perpetrators of terrorist attacks in the United States.โ€

Source: jkertzer.sites.fas.harvard.edu/Research_fil...

15.09.2025 20:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 237    ๐Ÿ” 110    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4
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Call for Applications: Spring 2026 Virtual Research Workshops - Project on Middle East Political Science The POMEPS Spring Virtual Research Workshop convenes online discussions of groups of three thematically linked journal article-length papers focusing on topics/cases in the MENA region. To provide fee...

Apply now for the Spring 2026 POMEPS Virtual Research Workshops! The deadline to apply is October 15, 2025. For more information on how to apply, visit:
pomeps.org/call-for-app...

04.09.2025 23:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Judge reverses Trump administration's cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University A federal judge in Boston has ordered the reversal of over $2.6 billion in federal funding cuts to Harvard University.

โ€œA review of the administrative record makes it difficult to conclude anything other than that (the government) used antisemitism as a smokescreen for a targeted, ideologically-motivated assault on this countryโ€™s premier universities." apnews.com/article/harv...

03.09.2025 22:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 47    ๐Ÿ” 24    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐Ÿ“Š New dataset and paper alert!
Weโ€™re proud to launch the Opposition Movements and Groups (OMG) Dataset, 1789โ€“2019: a global dataset covering 1,452 mass mobilization movements. It was just published in Comparative Political Studies. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Below follows a ๐Ÿงต

29.08.2025 11:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 94    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Families identify the two children killed in shooting at Annunciation Church Fletcher Merkel loved family, friends and fishing; Harper Moyski doted on her younger sister.

Fletcher Merkel loved family, friends and fishing; Harper Moyski doted on her younger sister.

29.08.2025 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 22    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
New It Could Happen Here ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

@danaelkurd.bsky.socialโ€ฌ outlines what is happening in higher education, how and why the Trump administration is attacking universities, and the role Palestine plays in all of this.

https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/palestine-and-the-american-university-feat-290777357/

New It Could Happen Here ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ @danaelkurd.bsky.socialโ€ฌ outlines what is happening in higher education, how and why the Trump administration is attacking universities, and the role Palestine plays in all of this. https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-it-could-happen-here-30717896/episode/palestine-and-the-american-university-feat-290777357/

New It Could Happen Here ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ

@danaelkurd.bsky.social โ€ฌoutlines what is happening in higher education, how and why the Trump administration is attacking universities, and the role Palestine plays in all of this.

www.iheart.com/podcast/105-...

26.08.2025 20:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 50    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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2,000-plus Pima County kids get free books through Dolly Parton's program Even her biggest fans have trouble choosing Dolly Partonโ€™s greatest hit.

Itโ€™s my opinion that humanitarian and musical genius Dolly Parton (as well as Chef Josรฉ Andrรฉs) deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. tucson.com/life-enterta...

23.08.2025 16:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24492    ๐Ÿ” 4973    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

If youโ€™re someone who still reads for pleasure, you are a marvel. If youโ€™re able to unplug from all the chaos of our entertainment culture and disappear into the warmth and solace of a book, that is a rare gift and Iโ€™m very glad to know you.

22.08.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5919    ๐Ÿ” 620    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 341    ๐Ÿ“Œ 62
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'No Other Land' Contributor Odeh Hadalin Killed in West Bank Settler Attack Odeh Hadalin, a contributor to the Oscar-winning documentary 'No Other Land,' was reportedly killed in an attack by Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

Palestinian activist Odeh Hadalin (a.k.a. Awdah Hathaleen), who was featured in the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was shot to death in the West Bank on Monday.

29.07.2025 18:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1005    ๐Ÿ” 627    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45
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Paul Musgrave ยฎ @profmusgrave
Around the department:
Americanists: how bad can it be really?
Comparativists: dictatorship, purges
International relations: nuclear war
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Americanists: haha but seriously
IR and comparative: who is joking
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Jacob T. Levy @jtlevy โ€ข 2017-10-10
Replying to @profmusgrave
Theorists: "We will go and view the city of tyranny, and once more take a look into the tyrant's soul."
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Daniel W. Drezner @ @dandrezner โ€ข 2017-01-12
Political theorists: oh, so now you want to talk to us, do you?
Paul Musgrave @@profmusgrave
Around the department:
Americanists: how bad can it be really?
Comparativists: dictatorship, purges
International relations: nuclear war
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V Paul Musgrave ยฎ @profmusgrave Around the department: Americanists: how bad can it be really? Comparativists: dictatorship, purges International relations: nuclear war 2017-01-12, 9:18 AM 708 Retweets 944 Likes Paul Musgrave @profmusgrave โ€ข 2017-01-12 Replying to @profmusgrave Americanists: haha but seriously IR and comparative: who is joking t189 ยฉ 194 L Jacob T. Levy @jtlevy โ€ข 2017-10-10 Replying to @profmusgrave Theorists: "We will go and view the city of tyranny, and once more take a look into the tyrant's soul." 01 Daniel W. Drezner @ @dandrezner โ€ข 2017-01-12 Political theorists: oh, so now you want to talk to us, do you? Paul Musgrave @@profmusgrave Around the department: Americanists: how bad can it be really? Comparativists: dictatorship, purges International relations: nuclear war L789 โ€ข 236

Sigh. We fucking warned you.

06.02.2025 21:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 889    ๐Ÿ” 173    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 33    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

๐Ÿง  โšก๏ธ ๐Ÿง 

22.10.2023 02:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@reustis.bsky.social highlight of the day is finding you on here!!
Hi ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿ‘‹

21.10.2023 23:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you so much! Iโ€™ll definitely take you up on that!

20.10.2023 19:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

#AddGardener

10.10.2023 01:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nowโ€ฆjust gotta figure out how to join these groups ๐Ÿ˜‚ :::shouts into social media void: WHERE ARE MY PEOPLE::::

09.10.2023 15:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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