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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 4h

Inflation would like a word 😂

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ACLED @acleddata.bsky.social · 6h

Mali’s Dozo groups have become militarized actors amid weakening state authority & the escalation of conflict across the #Sahel. Now active across central #Mali, they fight jihadist groups & have carried out attacks against civilians.

Full insights: acleddata.com/report/hunte...

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 6h

a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls making a funny face .

ALT: a close up of a stuffed monkey wearing a green shirt and overalls making a funny face .

media.tenor.com

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Erin Cook @erincook.bsky.social · 15h

Christ, the Philippines can't catch a break. That is enormous, fingers crossed for the next few hours

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 16h

Philippines earthquake: tsunami warning issued after 7.4 quake hits Mindanao

The Philippines seismology agency said it strongly advises people in coastal towns in central and southern Philippines to immediately evacuate Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the earthquake in the Philippines. A quake measuring 7.4 has struck the Mindanao region, triggering a tsunami warning. The Philippines seismology agency has warned of damage and aftershocks after the quake struck the southern island. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 20h

I doubt that is the true motive

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Jason E. Dunlap, Valeyard @redeyedjedi.bsky.social · 23h

David Simon said

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah I need to switch back

Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 1d

Oh it wreaked the havoc that Project 2025 planned

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Did DOGE save us $2 trillion?

“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/tari...

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 1d

The corruption is just astounding.

Paulson raises $50million for Trump. Trump gives back $70million. At the cost of Alaskan wildlife and native tribes.

Trump approves mining road, delivers $70 million windfall to MAGA billionaire

On April 6, 2024, a procession of Range Rovers, Aston Martins, and Bentleys rolled up to the Palm Beach mansion of billionaire John Paulson. The occasion was a glitzy fundraiser for Donald Trump’s pre...

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Nic Duquette @nicduquette.bsky.social · 1d

Anybody who wants to do this can get my code here

www.nicolasduquette.com/datacode.html

Note, I don't currently track my own work this way because I don't like the answer

Nicolas J. Duquette

www.nicolasduquette.com

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Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social · 1d

Yes indeed. Code is from @nicduquette.bsky.social! (there are three books on there, FYI)

Average time from project start to publication: 3.69 years
Median time: 2.84
Minimum: 3 months
Max: 11 years

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Catie Haunted Haus-man 👻👻👻 @catiehausman.bsky.social · 1d

Job posting!

apply.interfolio.com/173947

Assistant or Associate Professor of Global Environmental Policy

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor: School for Environment and Sustainability

Come be a Wolverine! In Tree Town! In the Mitten!

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 1d

I meant production but you get the idea haha.

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 1d

Ofc! 2 years is probably an understatement. My first book took 3.5 years to contract because of shenanigans at OUP. I always tell jr people to shop those book proposals by year 2 because you never know…

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 1d

There’s a large variance. I published a piece last year that took multiple years and multiple r&r’s. I’ve had other pieces get a straightforward r&r in 2 months and be accepted by the 5-6 month window. The higher the rejection number, obviously the longer the window.

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 1d

I think @mirya.bsky.social had a tracker for her stuff? There was another person who was posting that, but I can’t remember who…They had graphs over time for each paper and what stage it was in, including time in each stage.

If you aim at top journals, I think 2 years is a reasonable expectation.

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Betcy Jose @betcy.bsky.social · 2d

#KeepEyesOnSudan

Global Voices @globalvoices.org · 2d

The armed conflict in Sudan seems to be one of the world's most forgotten civil wars. The reigning silence surrounding this conflict plunges the population into daily turmoil.

Sudan is bleeding in silence: A humanitarian crisis the world cannot ignore

The armed conflict in Sudan seems to be one of the world's most forgotten civil wars. The reigning silence surrounding this conflict plunges the population into daily turmoil.

globalvoices.org

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 2d

Yes university administrators. Please apply academic ideas to this fight. Don’t act like we haven’t studied authoritarianism and how to fight and defeat it.

Katy Glenn Bass @katygb.bsky.social · 2d

"The greatest weapon that the forces of regime change possess is the fear of inevitability. If everyone believes that Mr. Trump will succeed in reshaping America, he will." @himself.bsky.social on how civil society can win by sticking together (gift link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

www.nytimes.com

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murderedbybluesky.bsky.social @murderedbybluesky.bsky.social · 2d

"Speaker Mike Johnson’s abrupt closure of the House may have more to do with stalling a congressional investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking operation than previously reported, and appears to have been a direct response to the Treasury’s surrender of Epstein’s financial records."

SCOOP: Johnson closed House hours after Congress received Epstein’s financial records

The decision to shut down the House — and by extension the government — came hours after the Oversight Committee received documents from the US Treasury.

www.beltway.news

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d

Monstrous.

"federal agents detained nearly every resident of the 130-unit building—including children and babies—placing them in zip ties and separating them by race into vans for more than two hours early Tuesday morning."

Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 2d

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 2d

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

"It is going to be disastrous if this continues"

Nobel Prize physics laureate John Clarke says Trump cuts will 'cripple' US scientific research

u.afp.com/SmAy

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 2d

Please vote her out

Deb Cares 4 Iowa @debcares4iowa.bsky.social · 2d

#Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.” She has faced questions for months over when she’ll hold a public town hall after promising to do so in April.

www.cnn.com/2025/10/06/p...

A swing-district Iowa Republican says she’ll hold town halls ‘when hell freezes over’ | CNN Politics

Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks told Johnson County Republicans in an August meeting that she’ll hold town hall meetings “when hell freezes over.”

www.cnn.com

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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 3d

Here’s a full summary of the hearing:

Senate: you’re doing all the things you said you would NOT do during your confirmation hearing!

Pam Bondi: yup

Senate: ok

You’re all caught up.

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Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social · 2d

Yay!

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