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Ben Rosher @benrosher.bsky.social · 22m

Pals! @nataliejester.bsky.social and @ubaspehlivan.bsky.social have launched the BISA Critical Alternatives for World Politics Working Group.

CAWP is an experimental, creative research space for IR. learn more here www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...; here @cawpbisa.bsky.social and twitter at @cawpbisa

Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP)

The Critical Alternatives for World Politics (CAWP) Working Group aims to foster a welcoming space for experimental, creative, and non-mainstream research and researchers at the margins of Internation...

www.bisa.ac.uk

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Charmaine N. Willis @cnwillis.bsky.social · 1d

With @poliscikeith.bsky.social

Journal of Political Science Education @jpseeditors.bsky.social · 1d

Are older adult learners that different from undergrads? We share insights from teaching OLLI courses that keep older adults engaged—and help us grow as educators. More below! @cnwillis.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/1551...

Learning at Any Age: Political Science Education and Older Adult Learners

While most pedagogical research in political science focuses on teaching undergraduate and graduate students, teaching political science to older adult learners is often overlooked. However, this i...

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Journal of Political Science Education @jpseeditors.bsky.social · 1d

Are older adult learners that different from undergrads? We share insights from teaching OLLI courses that keep older adults engaged—and help us grow as educators. More below! @cnwillis.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1080/1551...

Learning at Any Age: Political Science Education and Older Adult Learners

While most pedagogical research in political science focuses on teaching undergraduate and graduate students, teaching political science to older adult learners is often overlooked. However, this i...

doi.org

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Charmaine N. Willis @cnwillis.bsky.social · 1d

I reviewed a book! This is a great volume on Japanese activism/civil society that asks us to broaden our definitions and ideas about what these concepts refer to/look like in practice: pacificaffairs.ubc.ca/book-reviews...

ALTERNATIVE POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: New Directions in Social Movements | Edited by David H. Slater and Patricia G. Steinhoff

book review of ALTERNATIVE POLITICS IN CONTEMPORARY JAPAN: New Directions in Social Movements | Edited by David H. Slater and Patricia G. Steinhoff

pacificaffairs.ubc.ca

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 5d

Posted to her Instagram account on 9/21/2025
Jane Goodall Institute 🇨🇦

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Sam Wang @samwang.bsky.social · 10d

The equivalent of what in political science are called Americanists. They can only imagine normal life, and don’t know what to do when things go off the rails.

Brian Klaas @brianklaas.bsky.social · 11d

So much has gone wrong in US press reporting on Trump because the White House reporters are people who have exclusively covered US politics.

They need people who have worked in Hungary, Turkey, etc. The relevant knowledge isn't Reagan factoids; it's the dynamics of competitive authoritarianism.

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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 8d

Lots of things suck! Let out some rage by emailing an anti-union dean to let her know you stand with workers demanding fair wages. This form lets you send a message with just one click. act.seiu.org/a/smfa-9-25

Image of a yellow rhino typing on a laptop. Yellow text on a purple background reads "Email Dean Fultineer. Demand fair pay and more say for PoPs at the SMFA."

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David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 8d

I’m from Ohio. Abortion is *not* why Ohio has shifted so red under Trump. Ezra Klein thinks it is. I’m not one for Ohio diner stories. But Ezra Klein would really benefit by getting out of NYC & visiting an Ohio diner.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 8d

The Department of Labor has released its plan in the event of a government shutdown.
Key takeaway for econ data: There will NOT be a jobs report on Friday (or any subsequent data releases) if funding isn't restored in time. #NumbersDay #EconSky
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...

www.dol.gov

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 10d

Threads is starting to surpass X/Twitter in worldwide daily active users, according to Similarweb.

Chart of daily active users on X and Threads

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Kevin Foster @kevinhfoster.bsky.social · 10d

Portland ICE Facility: Federal agents made a violent arrest dragging a protester all the way across the driveway. They also deployed pepper balls on the crowd. It’s currently unclear why this person was arrested.

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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 14d

More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site

As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.

www.miamiherald.com

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Democracy Action Network @democracyactionnet.bsky.social · 14d

Top Democrats are demanding concessions on health care in exchange for their support on a bill to fund the government. Mr. Trump called the demands “unserious.”

Trump Cancels Meeting With Democrats as Government Shutdown Nears

Top Democrats are demanding concessions on health care in exchange for their support on a bill to fund the government. Mr. Trump called the demands “unserious.”

www.nytimes.com

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 14d

AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15d

Performative public lying is a hallmark of far right authoritarian parties

Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social · 15d

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 17d

One time, the Missouri Ethics Committee investigated me over a $30 donation…

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 18d

“if he can order the Navy to operate as a presidential hit squad on the high seas, any number of grim hypotheticals could become reality sooner than Americans might expect,” @radiofreetom.bsky.social argues:

A Rogue Nation on the High Seas

Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries.

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Jon Cryer @mrjoncryer.bsky.social · 18d

And again, why are these agents kitted out like they are going into Mogadishu?

shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 19d

moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 23d

Take that Paramount! Stephen Colbert wins best variety talk series at #Emmys weeks after CBS canceled show. "Sometimes you only truly know how much you love something when you get a sense that you might be losing it...my friends, I have never loved my country more desperately."

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 23d

American soybean farmers don’t have a single order from China as they head into harvest season. China usually buys 25% of the entire crop.

Crisis looms for the farmers and there’s only one man responsible.

Farmer says 'we're in a very dire situation' ahead of harvest—with zero soybean orders from China, historically the largest buyer | Fortune

Caleb Ragland says his pleas to the Trump administration have fallen on deaf ears.

fortune.com

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Mariah 🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋🇺🇸🦋 @mariahbrown.bsky.social · 24d

U.S. DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST

Sorry – the killing of Charlie Kirk was wrong, but having his body flown on Air Force 2, flags at half-mast, having him lie in state, putting a statute of him in the Capitol, and giving him a Presidential Medal of Freedom are all entirely inappropriate.

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · Aug 29

Basically the end of August APSA eJobs check-in #polisky (8/1-8/29)

I remove non-ac positions & PhD studentships from the count & try not to miss individual listings with multiple jobs.

August 2024: 156 positions (118 open to asst. TT)

August 2025: 116 positions (82 open to asst. TT)

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · Aug 14

Halfway through August APSA eJobs check-in #polisky (8/1-8/14):

August 2024: 65 positions (51 assistant TT positions)

August 2025: 51 positions (38 assistant TT positions)

It's interesting that the ratio of positions seems stable, but the overall number of positions available is down

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · Jul 31

End of the month APSA eJobs update #polisky (there may be a few others listed today, will add later)

July 2024: 93 positions (62 assistant TT positions)

July 2025: 58 positions (40 assistant TT positions)

I exclude non-academic positions / PhD studentships from the total count.

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Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 27d

Political violence is bad because civil conflict is absolutely fucking terrible for everyone. It empowers the worst people within a society and feeds into endless cycles of escalating violence that get harder and harder to stop.

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