Laura Iesue
@lauraiesue.bsky.social
Asst Prof #SHSU CJ. Researching violence, coping strategies, and policy-responses to violence in international contexts. #OH www.stopglobalviolence.org
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My two-year-old niece correctly identified a giraffe and an elephant in pictures, displaying a level of cognitive mastery that can only be described as presidential.
December 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My two-year-old niece correctly identified a giraffe and an elephant in pictures, displaying a level of cognitive mastery that can only be described as presidential.
In 1933 FDR closed out a fireside chat with: “I think this would be a good time for a beer.” In this chat he highlighted his accomplishments and struggles in his presidency.
December 18, 2025 at 3:59 AM
In 1933 FDR closed out a fireside chat with: “I think this would be a good time for a beer.” In this chat he highlighted his accomplishments and struggles in his presidency.
That’s a wrap for 2025!
Across countries, pandemic strain directly increased intimate partner victimization and violence. The risk was consistent globally—but how stress translated into violence differed by context.
#PolicyRelevantResearch #ComparativeCriminology #ViolencePrevention #GlobalHealth
Across countries, pandemic strain directly increased intimate partner victimization and violence. The risk was consistent globally—but how stress translated into violence differed by context.
#PolicyRelevantResearch #ComparativeCriminology #ViolencePrevention #GlobalHealth
December 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
That’s a wrap for 2025!
Across countries, pandemic strain directly increased intimate partner victimization and violence. The risk was consistent globally—but how stress translated into violence differed by context.
#PolicyRelevantResearch #ComparativeCriminology #ViolencePrevention #GlobalHealth
Across countries, pandemic strain directly increased intimate partner victimization and violence. The risk was consistent globally—but how stress translated into violence differed by context.
#PolicyRelevantResearch #ComparativeCriminology #ViolencePrevention #GlobalHealth
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They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
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I am heartbroken for the Ukranian children and the families that pray everyday for their return.
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Russia sends stolen Ukrainian children to North Korea to become militarized.
December 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
I am heartbroken for the Ukranian children and the families that pray everyday for their return.
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Don’t know about you but I’m at the “bringing Tupperware to campus events” stage of the semester 🤷🏽♀️
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Don’t know about you but I’m at the “bringing Tupperware to campus events” stage of the semester 🤷🏽♀️
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The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
Colombian family files first known formal complaint over deadly US strike in Caribbean | CNN
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission o...
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December 3, 2025 at 4:31 AM
The family of a Colombian man believed to have been killed in a US strike in the Caribbean has filed what’s believed to be the first complaint against such attacks with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR).
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Sex Crimes. State Crimes. War Crimes.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
Sex Crimes. State Crimes. War Crimes.
We’re detecting a pattern with this administration.
open.substack.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sex Crimes. State Crimes. War Crimes.
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
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Michigan was more worried about guarding the M logo on midfield after the game then they did about not getting their ass whooped 😂😂😂
November 29, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Michigan was more worried about guarding the M logo on midfield after the game then they did about not getting their ass whooped 😂😂😂
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
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The FBI infiltrated an encrypted chat of immigration court watchers in New York. Then it issued intelligence calling them violent extremists—terrorists.
As I told @theguardian.com, this targeting of people who show up for immigrants is straight COINTELPRO:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
As I told @theguardian.com, this targeting of people who show up for immigrants is straight COINTELPRO:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The FBI infiltrated an encrypted chat of immigration court watchers in New York. Then it issued intelligence calling them violent extremists—terrorists.
As I told @theguardian.com, this targeting of people who show up for immigrants is straight COINTELPRO:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
As I told @theguardian.com, this targeting of people who show up for immigrants is straight COINTELPRO:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
What happens when the U.S. steps back from global crime and justice partnerships?
Join us at the American Society of Criminology conference for a panel on:
Rethinking U.S.–Global South Crime and Criminal Justice Partnerships in an Era of Disengagement
📅 Thursday | 12:30 PM
📍 Judiciary Square M3
Join us at the American Society of Criminology conference for a panel on:
Rethinking U.S.–Global South Crime and Criminal Justice Partnerships in an Era of Disengagement
📅 Thursday | 12:30 PM
📍 Judiciary Square M3
November 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
What happens when the U.S. steps back from global crime and justice partnerships?
Join us at the American Society of Criminology conference for a panel on:
Rethinking U.S.–Global South Crime and Criminal Justice Partnerships in an Era of Disengagement
📅 Thursday | 12:30 PM
📍 Judiciary Square M3
Join us at the American Society of Criminology conference for a panel on:
Rethinking U.S.–Global South Crime and Criminal Justice Partnerships in an Era of Disengagement
📅 Thursday | 12:30 PM
📍 Judiciary Square M3
Teaching in TX has been a little exhausting, politically speaking. But today a student told me they appreciated me and was the best professor they’ve had at SHSU. So there’s that, I suppose. 🥲 #academicchatter
a close up of a man in a suit and tie with a sad look on his face .
ALT: a close up of a man in a suit and tie with a sad look on his face .
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November 7, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Teaching in TX has been a little exhausting, politically speaking. But today a student told me they appreciated me and was the best professor they’ve had at SHSU. So there’s that, I suppose. 🥲 #academicchatter
Talking about atavism and physical stigmata in labeling criminals in my criminology class next week. What better way to bring my ancestors into the mix as an example than my great-great grandfather’s prison intake form?!
October 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Talking about atavism and physical stigmata in labeling criminals in my criminology class next week. What better way to bring my ancestors into the mix as an example than my great-great grandfather’s prison intake form?!
Phenomenal workshop on Global Mental Health and Trauma through the Harvard/MGH Program in Refugee Trauma and Harvard Medical School this week!
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Phenomenal workshop on Global Mental Health and Trauma through the Harvard/MGH Program in Refugee Trauma and Harvard Medical School this week!
@djrothkopf.bsky.social @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social instead of responding to ‘how are you’ the same way we have been, it’s time to use the reliable Midwest “living the dream”
September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
@djrothkopf.bsky.social @thedsrnetwork.bsky.social instead of responding to ‘how are you’ the same way we have been, it’s time to use the reliable Midwest “living the dream”
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Important episode of Deep State Radio with David Rothkopf, Norm Ornstein & the inimitable Laurie Garrett. Laurie's explanation of the cancerous effects of the 9/11 tragedy is succinct & eye opening for the lay person @djrothkopf.bsky.social @normornstein.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social
September 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Important episode of Deep State Radio with David Rothkopf, Norm Ornstein & the inimitable Laurie Garrett. Laurie's explanation of the cancerous effects of the 9/11 tragedy is succinct & eye opening for the lay person @djrothkopf.bsky.social @normornstein.bsky.social @lauriegarrett.bsky.social
POV: criminology students watching me talk the US crime drop…then Covid…then post-covid crime. OMG don’t forget the age crime curve!!
September 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
POV: criminology students watching me talk the US crime drop…then Covid…then post-covid crime. OMG don’t forget the age crime curve!!
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This hits harder than when I saw this movie the first time.
#CaptainAmerica
#CaptainAmerica
September 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
This hits harder than when I saw this movie the first time.
#CaptainAmerica
#CaptainAmerica
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Astounding bravery on the part of the women and a very well-done and spartanly told story. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
How 36 Mayan Women in Guatemala Came Together to Prosecute Their Attackers
Systematically assaulted during Guatemala’s civil war, 36 Mayan women made a final bid for justice.
www.nytimes.com
July 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Astounding bravery on the part of the women and a very well-done and spartanly told story. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Hi, I worked at USAID. 👋
Airdrops are universally acknowledged as probably the worst and least efficient way to get aid to people. You airdrop when you a) want to want to so something but can’t, or b) you don’t want to do anything but want to look like you are.
Airdrops are universally acknowledged as probably the worst and least efficient way to get aid to people. You airdrop when you a) want to want to so something but can’t, or b) you don’t want to do anything but want to look like you are.
"Airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation," UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini wrote on X on Saturday. "They are expensive, inefficient & can even kill starving civilians. It is a distraction & screensmoke."
www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...
www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-...
Israeli military says airdrops of aid into Gaza set to begin tonight amid increased starvation deaths
For months, the U.N. and experts have warned that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition.
www.cbsnews.com
July 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Hi, I worked at USAID. 👋
Airdrops are universally acknowledged as probably the worst and least efficient way to get aid to people. You airdrop when you a) want to want to so something but can’t, or b) you don’t want to do anything but want to look like you are.
Airdrops are universally acknowledged as probably the worst and least efficient way to get aid to people. You airdrop when you a) want to want to so something but can’t, or b) you don’t want to do anything but want to look like you are.