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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 5h

Great way to find out that months' worth of work went directly into the trash

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C Ó Gallachóir @cgallaher.bsky.social · 6h

A big thanks to @mit.edu. Their saying NO to the compact will hopefully make it easier for smaller schools to say no as well. This is a collective action problem & MIT is signalling they're choosing cooperation over self interest. Too bad @columbiauniversity.bsky.social didn't do this earlier

Regarding the Compact | MIT Organization Chart

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 12h

It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 16h

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 1d

Everyone who studies research methods just had an aneurysm

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."

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Lauren Prather @laurenrprather.bsky.social · 1d

Excited to share the launch of my new center at UCSD focused on trust and transparency in U.S. elections. We will be supporting research on election administration and voter confidence through research-practice partnerships. More to come! today.ucsd.edu/story/uc-san...

UC San Diego Launches Nonpartisan Center to Build Trust in US Elections

The Center for Transparent and Trusted Elections, with the support of a $2.5 million grant from the Election Trust Initiative, will test new ways to strengthen public confidence in U.S. elections acro...

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Cas Ⓜ️udde @casmudde.bsky.social · 1d

A professor is threatened online, has his flight canceled mysteriously, and this is all his university has to say:

“Rutgers University is committed to providing a secure environment (...) where all members of our community can share their opinions without fear of intimidation or harassment,

US anti-fascism expert blocked from flying to Spain at airport

Rutgers University professor who published book on antifa was informed at boarding gate that his trip was cancelled

www.theguardian.com

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 3d

Literally, the central cleavage in American politics:
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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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Bryan Based International Order 🇨🇦 @bryanpeeler.bsky.social · 3d

Expel. The. Ambassador.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Trump: "We're competing for the same business. That's the problem. That's why I keep mentioning one way to solve that problem is a very easy way."

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Gustav Meibauer @meibauir.bsky.social · 3d

Neorealism, liberalism, constructivism.

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Chris Jackson @chrsjcksn.bsky.social · 4d

A couple I play soccer with - of hispanic lineage but born US citizens with parents born US citizens - was driving to one of their parents, were spotted by people in masks in an unmarked SUV (presumably ICE?) who then followed them to the parents and then sat outside the parents house for hours

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 4d

Immergut: You're an officer of the court. Do you believe this is appropriate way to deal with my order?

Hamilton: I'm not a policy maker

Immergut: You're a lawyer

In response, Hamilton basically argues no geographic limit to federalization of CA guard...

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 5d

What a vile piece of shit

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d

Hello, fellow cadets

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 5d

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 5d

This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 5d

Are there any San Diego-based independent journalists I should follow?

Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 6d

Finally

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 6d

In what appears to be the first major challenge to the new $100,000 fee required for H-1B visa applications, a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university professors and others filed a federal lawsuit Friday to stop the plan.

Lawsuit seeks to stop Trump's $100,000 fee for H-1B visas

In what appears to be the first major challenge to the new $100,000 fee required for H-1B visa applications, a coalition of health care providers, religious groups, university professors and others filed a federal lawsuit Friday to stop the plan.

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 6d

All these job applications I am writing, how many of these job searches will be pulled at some point in the process

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 7d

DePaul University is immediately reducing operating spending following a 30% drop in international enrollment, school officials told faculty Tuesday.

DePaul University to cut spending after 30% drop in international students

Chicago-based DePaul University is immediately reducing spending following a 30% drop in international enrollment.

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Bryan Based International Order 🇨🇦 @bryanpeeler.bsky.social · 7d

Oh.

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 7d

The US president has extended his deadline for the group to sign the 20-point ceasefire agreement, backed by Israel, while Arab nations distanced themselves

Trump to Hamas: accept Gaza deal by Sunday or ‘all hell’ breaks loose

The US president has extended his deadline for the group to sign the 20-point ceasefire agreement, backed by Israel, while Arab nations distanced themselves

www.thetimes.com

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Alex Prichard @profalexp.bsky.social · 7d

Powerful call to action from @dhnexon.bsky.social

The State of the Union is Grim

Americans are living in a consolidating authoritarian regime. I'm terrified that pro-democracy political elites don't seem to understand the implications.

duckofminerva.substack.com

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 8d

To my point

This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 8d

This is such an absolutely disgusting response to the proposed 'compact'. A board of regents/governors that acts this way is operating against the spirit of higher education.

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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 8d

This is such an absolutely disgusting response to the proposed 'compact'. A board of regents/governors that acts this way is operating against the spirit of higher education.

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Susie Colbourn @susancolbourn.net · 8d

Applications are now open for the 2026-27 predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowships with the America in the World Consortium!

Applicants from all disciplines whose research bears directly on American grand strategy, broadly defined, are welcome to apply.

Deadline: December 1

AWC Pre- and Post- Doctoral Fellowships 2025-2026

The America in the World Consortium at Duke University, Johns Hopkins SAIS, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Florida seeks applications from current Ph.D. students for its Pred...

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 8d

Purely based on the ads that I am seeing, there are a large number of polisci jobs being advertised in Florida and Texas, which just sucks.

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Darin Self @darinself.com · 8d

We edge closer and closer to some of the worst atrocities we've seen in history

Walter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 8d

“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”

It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.

ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground

ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.

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Frieder Dengler @friederdengler.bsky.social · 9d

Devastating

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 9d

Here is the January-June 2025 APSA eJobs report for the #polisky people: apsanet.org/wp-content/u...

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