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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · Aug 28

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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · Aug 28

share of likely republican voters that approve of trump running for an unconstitutional third presidential term: 53%
-data for progress

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Eamon Aloyo @eamonaloyo.bsky.social · Aug 24

Gaza City and Surrounding Areas Are Officially Under Famine, Monitors Say

A “raw, tensely plotted, profound high-wire act of a book” (Téa Obreht) on the intricacies of marriage, class, and race, and just how far ...

Eamon Aloyo @eamonaloyo.bsky.social · Aug 24

If you're looking for a novel to read, I recommend The Uproar not only because a friend wrote it, but more importantly because it's a terrific, timely, and captivating book.

The Uproar

www.hachettebookgroup.com

Opinion | The World Must See Gaza’s Starvation

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · Aug 13

Here is the chart showing the growth of reported protest over time, 2025 vs. 2017, referenced in the piece below.

Line chart showing a steep blue line indicating the growth of the number of protests in 2015 over time, compared with a green line showing a more modest growth of the number of protests in 2017.

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Nick Kristof @nickkristof.bsky.social · Jul 24

It's not just that Israel is imposing a policy of starvation on Gazans; it's also that the U.S. is underwriting this horror and is utterly complicit in it, in both the Biden and Trump administrations. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/o...

Being Too Helpful At Work Can Hurt Your Career—Here’s How To Say No

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Amy Diehl, Ph.D. @amydiehl.bsky.social · Jul 7

In a study of professors, women got 378 new work requests over 4 weeks vs 118 for men. Women spent more time on service, advising & teaching; men on research. Orgs should track who is taking extra duties & ensure they are rewarded and distributed fairly. www.forbes.com/sites/kimels...

Women are more likely to take on behind-the-scenes duties at work—extra tasks like onboarding or event planning—and it's hurting their careers. Here's how to say no.

www.forbes.com

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Eamon Aloyo @eamonaloyo.bsky.social · Jul 4

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Reducing Crime Through Environmental Design: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment of Street Lighting in New York City - Journal of Quantitative Criminology

Objectives This paper offers novel experimental evidence that violent crimes can be successfully reduced by changing the situational environment that potential victims and offenders face. We focus on ...

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Zeke Hausfather @hausfath.bsky.social · Jun 30

This comparsion in the NYTimes today is pretty stark. China is racing ahead to be a high-tech exporter of 21st century technologies, while the US is doubling down on being a petro-state exporting the technologies of the 19th century: www.nytimes.com/inte...

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Kenny Torrella @kennytorrella.bsky.social · Jun 4

Billions of animals are tortured for meat each year. Millions of slaughterhouse workers suffer too -- physically and mentally: www.vox.com/future-perfe...

This quote really stands out: “Public demand for meat creates ongoing, present, and future exposure to trauma and continual retraumatization.”

What slaughtering animals all day does to your mind

The meat industry has a PTSD problem.

www.vox.com

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Tom Louwerse @tomlouwerse.nl · May 20

🚨 JOB ALERT 🚨
Universitair Docent in de Politieke Wetenschap (2x)

Vragen? 👉 Ik beantwoord ze graag, of vraag het @mdigiuseppe.bsky.social

www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Assistant Professor of Political ScienceThe Institute of Political Science at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Leiden University is currently looking for at least two (2) assistant professors in Poli...

An Escalation of Extermination : Daily Brief

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Andrew Stroehlein @andrewstroehlein.bsky.social · May 15

Today, everyone knows what’s happening in #Gaza. Israel has been committing atrocities - war crimes, crimes against humanity, acts of genocide… The new plan makes Israel's intentions even more obvious.

Other countries have obligations that are just as obvious… www.hrw.org/the-day-in-h...

If Israel’s abhorrent plan to “destroy” #Gaza is implemented, the future question will be, “How could world leaders have allowed that to happen?” – “And everyone will know the answer,” writes Andrew S...

www.hrw.org

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Eamon Aloyo @eamonaloyo.bsky.social · May 12

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/10/c...

What’s the Cost to Society of Pollution? Trump Says Zero.

Opinion | No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · May 8

Always read @stevelevitsky.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social & @lucanway.bsky.social: "No One Has Ever Defeated Autocracy From the Sidelines." Gift link here:

LUCIR lecture: Prosecution of Heads of State: What Happens After?

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Eamon Aloyo @eamonaloyo.bsky.social · May 7

We're welcoming @geoffdancy.bsky.social and Timo Thoms to Leiden University on 27 May at 16:00: "Prosecution of Heads of State: What Happens After?" Register here www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20... @polscileiden.bsky.social @lucir.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social @buitelaartom.bsky.social

Is it beneficial to prosecute current and former heads of state for atrocity? Some argue that prosecutions are a necessary response that affirms the rule of law and sets boundaries of appropriate beha...

Rules for a lawless world? The international legal order in an age of great-power struggle for normative primacy

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Gjovalin Macaj 🍉 @gjovalinmacaj.bsky.social · May 2

Join us for what promises to be an inspiring exchange with two leading voices on human rights in our dark times.

All welcome, but prior registration is required.

@amnesty.org @franceskalbs.bsky.social @unileiden.bsky.social

Agnès Callamard, Secretary General at Amnesty International Dr Agnès Callamard is Secretary General at Amnesty International. She leads the organization’s human rights work and is its chief spokespers...

25 million deaths: what could happen if the US ends global health funding

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Alexander Berger @albrgr.bsky.social · Apr 17

Article here: www.nature.com/articles/d4...

Full preprint here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers...

Nature - Models estimate the ginormous potential impact of foreign-aid cuts.

www.nature.com

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Alexander Berger @albrgr.bsky.social · Apr 17

New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause:
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths

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Eamon Aloyo @eamonaloyo.bsky.social · Mar 19

Job Alert:
www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

Assistant Professor: Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution, and International Relations

Assistant Professor in Peace Studies, Conflict Resolution, and International Relations (0.8 - 1.0fte)The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) is looking for an assistant professor with rese...

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/h...

Eamon Aloyo @eamonaloyo.bsky.social · Mar 3

U.S.A.I.D. Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign Aid

The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.

Opinion | The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.bsky.social · Feb 6

The world's richest man is taking food and medicine from the world's poorest children
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

I’ve seen U.S.A.I.D. operate around the world, and it’s not woke — it’s lifesaving.