Dr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez
@devoncantwell.bsky.social
Postdoc @ University of Copenhagen. @uOttawa PhD. Global city climate gov, #FirstGen, she/her, Fulbright 🇻🇳 Alum. 🇺🇸 in 🇨🇦.
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Shabbat Shalom! First Shabbat as DOCTOR Cantwell-Chavez and it feels AMAZING. This has been 8 years in the making and the combination of relief, gratitude, and happiness is overwhelming.
We do this too and call these "stunt" challahs lol
January 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
We do this too and call these "stunt" challahs lol
So I double proof- I do a proof right after making or 1.5 hours (with a punch down half through), then shape, then another 1 hour rise before baking.
With this, I would proof, shape, and then freeze. Your plan should work to defrost in the fridge!
With this, I would proof, shape, and then freeze. Your plan should work to defrost in the fridge!
January 15, 2026 at 3:09 PM
So I double proof- I do a proof right after making or 1.5 hours (with a punch down half through), then shape, then another 1 hour rise before baking.
With this, I would proof, shape, and then freeze. Your plan should work to defrost in the fridge!
With this, I would proof, shape, and then freeze. Your plan should work to defrost in the fridge!
So my suggestion would be to proof and shape in a prior day and freeze before proofing in shaped form. On Friday, you can take it out and let it defrost 3-5 at room temp then it should proof to double size in like 1-2 hours after that and cook.
January 15, 2026 at 2:28 PM
So my suggestion would be to proof and shape in a prior day and freeze before proofing in shaped form. On Friday, you can take it out and let it defrost 3-5 at room temp then it should proof to double size in like 1-2 hours after that and cook.
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There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
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I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 PM
I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen
*Everyone has stories like this*
I know! I was also in Birmingham from like 2012-2016, so even closer spitting distance!
January 12, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I know! I was also in Birmingham from like 2012-2016, so even closer spitting distance!
After 7 long years and thousands of pounds of fur vacuumed up, I think our vaccum has gone to the big Best Buy in the sky. Hit me with your best vacuum recs for folks with pets
January 12, 2026 at 9:04 PM
After 7 long years and thousands of pounds of fur vacuumed up, I think our vaccum has gone to the big Best Buy in the sky. Hit me with your best vacuum recs for folks with pets
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+1 Excellent work @apsa.bsky.social!
I was at a mental health first aid training this AM and hearing from grad students about how working on research 24/7 is expected and taking time off for self-care is seen as lazy, unmotivated, and worthy of censure. We need a cultural shift. #MentalHealth
I was at a mental health first aid training this AM and hearing from grad students about how working on research 24/7 is expected and taking time off for self-care is seen as lazy, unmotivated, and worthy of censure. We need a cultural shift. #MentalHealth
January 12, 2026 at 7:24 PM
+1 Excellent work @apsa.bsky.social!
I was at a mental health first aid training this AM and hearing from grad students about how working on research 24/7 is expected and taking time off for self-care is seen as lazy, unmotivated, and worthy of censure. We need a cultural shift. #MentalHealth
I was at a mental health first aid training this AM and hearing from grad students about how working on research 24/7 is expected and taking time off for self-care is seen as lazy, unmotivated, and worthy of censure. We need a cultural shift. #MentalHealth
Really happy to see that @apsa.bsky.social is hosting a webinar on depression and anxiety in graduate school (and beyond). These events are FREE and open to everyone!
politicalsciencenow.com/webinar-anxi...
politicalsciencenow.com/webinar-anxi...
Webinar: Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond | Thursday, February 5, 2026 -
“Anxiety and Depression: Graduate School and Beyond” Thursday, February 5, 2026 | 2:00 pm EST (11:00 am PST) Register Here A recent APSA survey found that anxiety and depression are common among political scientists. Join [...]
politicalsciencenow.com
January 12, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Really happy to see that @apsa.bsky.social is hosting a webinar on depression and anxiety in graduate school (and beyond). These events are FREE and open to everyone!
politicalsciencenow.com/webinar-anxi...
politicalsciencenow.com/webinar-anxi...
“The particular rage women elicit when they undermine male authority figures, and the way they are then read as bitches who deserve to be shot, is an archetypical example of a distinctively gendered dynamic that we ignore to our peril.“ - @katemanne.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
“The particular rage women elicit when they undermine male authority figures, and the way they are then read as bitches who deserve to be shot, is an archetypical example of a distinctively gendered dynamic that we ignore to our peril.“ - @katemanne.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
open.substack.com/pub/katemann...
Moved there in early 2016 and we had our place there until Dan moved to SLC to join me in 2019 (so I was back and forth between Jackson and SLC for two years).
January 12, 2026 at 1:29 AM
Moved there in early 2016 and we had our place there until Dan moved to SLC to join me in 2019 (so I was back and forth between Jackson and SLC for two years).
Yesterday, the temple we used to attend in Jackson, MS was set fire to by an arsonist. The library has burned down seven Torahs were damaged and destroyed. Please donate to help rebuild the temple here: bit.ly/beth-israel-...
Beth Israel Rebuilding Fund - Beth Israel Congregation
bit.ly
January 11, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Yesterday, the temple we used to attend in Jackson, MS was set fire to by an arsonist. The library has burned down seven Torahs were damaged and destroyed. Please donate to help rebuild the temple here: bit.ly/beth-israel-...
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we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
January 11, 2026 at 5:27 PM
we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff
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Yep, a much better “hope machine” is decarceration. The story framing is an adoption of corporate techno utopianism instead of an examination of how dystopian it is to lock people in cages
That prisons are by design and policy so bereft of stimulation, education, entertainment, joy and connection makes it very difficult to say this is bad actually however it does not make it impossible to say this is not uplifting and heartwarming actually
VR headsets are 'hope machines' inside California prisons
Prisoners are now taking regular trips to far-flung, exotic locales such as Thailand
abcnews.go.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:01 PM
Yep, a much better “hope machine” is decarceration. The story framing is an adoption of corporate techno utopianism instead of an examination of how dystopian it is to lock people in cages
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An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Predawn fire reduces parts of Mississippi's largest synagogue to charred ruins - Mississippi Today
A fire heavily damaged Jackson’s only synagogue before dawn Saturday – the same house of worship that was firebombed by the Ku Klux Klan in 1967 because the rabbi had been an advocate for civil rights...
mississippitoday.org
January 11, 2026 at 3:59 AM
An arsonist hit a Mississippi synagogue Saturday. Seven Torahs were damaged or destroyed in the fire.
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
One Torah, from the Holocaust, was in a glass case and wasn't touched.
The same synagogue was bombed by the KKK in 1967.
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/10/f...
Shabbat shalom! Absolutely ready to say goodbye to this week between everyone circling back and the ratcheting up of US fascism. I will be reading and napping with my dogs if you need me.
January 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Shabbat shalom! Absolutely ready to say goodbye to this week between everyone circling back and the ratcheting up of US fascism. I will be reading and napping with my dogs if you need me.
Seeking help on getting Gemini out of my Google workspace (especially Drive). Smart features are turned off and I've also deselected Opal and Gemini. Why am I still getting force fed Gemini in my Google Drive?
January 8, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Seeking help on getting Gemini out of my Google workspace (especially Drive). Smart features are turned off and I've also deselected Opal and Gemini. Why am I still getting force fed Gemini in my Google Drive?
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With an annual budget that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending for the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. Here’s what they are buying. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
ICE Is Going on a Surveillance Shopping Spree
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has a new budget under the current administration, and they are going on a surveillance tech shopping spree. Standing at $28.7 billion dollars for the
www.eff.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 PM
With an annual budget that is 10 times the size of the agency’s total surveillance spending for the last 13 years, ICE is going on a shopping spree, creating one of the largest, most comprehensive domestic surveillance machines in history. Here’s what they are buying. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Looking forward to teaching my next round of my grad security studies class in Denmark 🤡
January 7, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Looking forward to teaching my next round of my grad security studies class in Denmark 🤡
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What is just crazy about this, aside from the need for this statement at all, is that Greenland already IS in the US sphere of influence. It's far cheaper for the US, in material, security, and reputational terms, to have Denmark continue administering Greenland and work within NATO on security.
Joint Statement of major EU/NATO countries on Greenland, together with Denmark:
January 6, 2026 at 12:49 PM
What is just crazy about this, aside from the need for this statement at all, is that Greenland already IS in the US sphere of influence. It's far cheaper for the US, in material, security, and reputational terms, to have Denmark continue administering Greenland and work within NATO on security.
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Alongside my @brookings.edu colleagues, I weigh in on the U.S. military operation in #Venezuela. I discuss the limits of int’l law—and the possible end of the rules-based int’l order as we’ve known it since WWII—after the attack and the capture of Pres. Maduro and First Lady Flores.
(link below)
(link below)
January 5, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Alongside my @brookings.edu colleagues, I weigh in on the U.S. military operation in #Venezuela. I discuss the limits of int’l law—and the possible end of the rules-based int’l order as we’ve known it since WWII—after the attack and the capture of Pres. Maduro and First Lady Flores.
(link below)
(link below)
So far the lesson I’m getting from Pluribus is to be more of a hater
January 5, 2026 at 12:36 AM
So far the lesson I’m getting from Pluribus is to be more of a hater
Anyways, give this a watch. It will definitely be a new addition to my syllabi.
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Anyways, give this a watch. It will definitely be a new addition to my syllabi.
One other thing from this doc that stopped me in my tracks: the labeling of covered humans (i.e. homeless folks) as objects, not human.
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
One other thing from this doc that stopped me in my tracks: the labeling of covered humans (i.e. homeless folks) as objects, not human.
I’m always amazed about the paradox of the Global South simultaneously undergoing massive data extraction and data surveillance while also remaining excluded from techno-social designs.
January 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I’m always amazed about the paradox of the Global South simultaneously undergoing massive data extraction and data surveillance while also remaining excluded from techno-social designs.