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Delta wants to upsell me on "next-level" travel to #ISA2026 and, respectfully, I'm not sure I need more than one level of Columbus, Ohio. #polisky

Ring, Amazon, & Flock, but also Nest/Google. My eyebrows went way up when Nest suddenly retrieved "deleted" security camera footage in a certain high-profile crime.

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"What are they doing now? This looks absolutely mental." --Me, a non-winter-sports person, every time I turn on the Olympics.

For those paywalled out of the story, this facility in GA is planned to detain up to 10,000 people, and the government bought it w/o completing a study on utilities/water impact in this town of ~5000 people.

Warehousing people, warehousing data. More of an economy being propped up by smoke and mirrors (and cruelty).

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵

Scientists played Bach to newborns, and found they can anticipate rhythms at two days old Your two-day-old could be secretly judging your sense of timing, as new research finds we develop rhythm earlier than we first thought.

I looked up the paper and I am crushed to report that it is not titled, "Babies Got Bach." #academicsky

www.classicfm.com/composers/ba...

Especially galling to see all the very senior, elite-affiliated, male academics in the Epstein files after being told for the past year and a half that academia's biggest problem was all the DEI. 🙄

Kind of you to offer! I'm trying to get it through ILL though. 😆

Being paywalled out of reading an article about finding joy in academic work feels about right for 2026. #AcademicSky #Polisky

How deepfakes and gendered disinformation exclude women from public and political life As generative AI makes deepfakes cheaper and easier to produce, synthetic content is increasingly used to discredit, silence, and exclude women, especially in contexts where traditional gender norms a...

Great piece by one of my co-authors and her student-- #polisky

bindinghook.com/how-deepfake...

📢 for @isanet.bsky.social members! Feb 9 is the deadline for nominations for the Women's Caucus exec comm. I know many of us are ambivalent about ISA at the moment, but I think WCIS' mission of amplifying women in the profession is even more so important. Happy to answer qs about exec comm work!

Holy moly this chart: Cumulative US measles cases

A reminder that Feb. 9 is the deadline for nominations for the WCIS exec comm @isanet.bsky.social.

You do *not* need to attend the annual conference to participate in caucus leadership! This is a great way to meet colleagues and contribute to mentorship/awards/professional development. #polisky

Looming US rule changes may curb pregnant worker supports Nearly three months pregnant, Kennisha just needed to sit down.

"But why aren't more people having children?" 🤔
www.reuters.com/business/wor...

Data centers are supposedly being pushed all over the country to support consumer use of generative AI... but the majority of US adults don't use gen AI on a regular basis.

Ask whose data is being collected on such a massive scale--and for what purpose.

On CNBC, President Trump said Wednesday he had reached a “concept of a deal” involving Greenland, but offered few details, other than to describe the duration of the agreement as “forever.”

Quite a concept of a decade we're all having.

on the evening of 9/11 i worked in the operations center at the state department helping field incoming calls & cables. ally after ally promised support under the north atlantic charter. trump is shredding the bonds that make that kind of support natural.

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📢 ISA Members: The Women's Caucus is now accepting nominations for 5 executive comm positions, including Program Chair/Incoming Chair for 2026-2028. As current program chair/incoming chair, I'd be happy to answer any questions about our work. Join us! @isanet.bsky.social

Backlash Against the Women, Peace and Security Agenda This Open Access book offers a timely and rigorous examination of theglobal backlash against the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda.

New and #Openaccess: Backlash Against the Women, Peace and Security Agenda, eds. Annika Björkdahl, Jenny Lorentzen, Inger Skjelsbæk. Immediately added to my reading list. 📖 #polisky #IR
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

You can pick up some great poli sci/IR titles here: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/politics-and...

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Today's cringe brought to you by the headline article in the NYT informing U.S. readers that Venezuela has *terrain.*

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They ordered people with web-based jobs "back to the office" and then didn't have office space for them. Almost seems like a poorly envisioned policy.

Georgia colleges see more employee departures after return to office mandate Resignations and retirements at Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Georgia Southern and Georgia State universities increased significantly.

You know what is also not good customer service? Not having employees. 🫠
www.ajc.com/education/20...

2/2 What is the end result of an accelerated buildup of cyberweapons, #AI, surveillance tech, etc., without attendant focus on ethics, law, foreign policy, social outcomes, etc.? I can't help but think of the pre-WWI years. Lots of blunt tools, no critical introspection on how to use them.

Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip

A caveat is the note in this article that Chinese universities are increasing output through massive investment in STEM. U.S. universities wanting to draw back foreign students are pursuing the same strategy... 1/2
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/u...

Chinese Universities Surge in Global Rankings as U.S. Schools Slip

US higher education was a crown jewel, generating knowledge, wealth, prestige, and power unrivaled by anyone.

And the US is throwing it away, because Americans elected a govt ideologically opposed to truth, science, merit, and racial/gender equality, preferring to weaken the country to reduce that.

World Affairs Council of Atlanta The World Affairs Council of Atlanta is a non-partisan, non-profit civic organization dedicated to amplifying informed thought leadership that prompts new thinking on critical global issues. We achiev...

7/x Kudos to the #ATL World Affairs Council for getting this event together quickly. Check their channel on YouTube, recording may be up soon.
www.youtube.com/@WorldAffair...