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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 1d

Part of getting things done is accepting that there will be unproductive days when you simply have to say, "I did the best I could."

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 2d

This looks great--congrats! 💡

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International Studies Association @isanet.bsky.social · 2d

The preliminary program for #ISA2026 has been released. Visit buff.ly/JaoFN9h to check it out! Register by 10/24 to remain in the program.

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 5d

Caught this documentary last night. A truly impressive behind-the-scenes look at Ardern's time as PM. #NZ
www.hbomax.com/movies/prime...

Watch Prime Minister (HBO) | HBO Max

Watch Prime Minister (HBO) on HBO Max. Plans start at $9.99/month. An intimate documentary chronicling Jacinda Ardern's unexpected journey as New Zealand's 40th Prime Minister.

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 6d

I feel like this is going under the radar, but it is potentially devastating for news outlets & publishers.
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Google users are less likely to click on links when an AI summary appears in the results

In a March 2025 analysis, Google users who encountered an AI summary were less likely to click on links to other websites than users who did not see one.

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 7d

Vibing on my spreadsheets like the cool kids.

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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 7d

Congrats, you invented office hours and writing workshops, only without the capacity for critical perspective and you have to drain a small town's water supply to do it.

Agent Mode in Word goes beyond existing writing, rewrite, and summarization AI features in Word. "Agent Mode in Word turns document creation into vibe writing, an interactive, conversational experience," Chauhan says. It lets Copilot draft content, suggest refinements, and clarify what elements are needed during the process of document creation.

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Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 7d

This new column by @tressiemcphd.bsky.social makes me think about when I recently had to talk to the police for yet another safety plan, I tried to “lighten” the mood by saying that we all knew this wasn’t my first rodeo. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...

For at least the past 15 years, my colleagues in academia have grappled with angry letters to university officials for doing their jobs. They have weathered campaigns for their firing. They have contended with an internet army obsessed with doxxing them, their parents, their kids. I’ve been contacted by the F.B.I. more than once in my career. Not because I hold any important state secrets or know a biker gang but because one of my colleagues has lived with so much sustained harassment from right-wing “activists” that it has become a matter of federal concern. Watch lists (one of which was constructed by Kirk’s organization) do not distinguish between public intellectuals at wealthy enclaves and hoi polloi who teach popular classes at cash-strapped schools. In either case, an army of trained provocateurs stands ready to destroy their lives to prove their bona fides as conservative activists.

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 8d

Due Tomorrow! Submit to the @poppublicsphere.bsky.social's Call for Papers, “Political Science and the University.”

How does university education shape political attitudes and behavior? How did the pandemic affect higher education? View submission guidelines and submit today: buff.ly/9X51I3v

Calls for Papers - American Political Science Association (APSA)

Calls for Papers Calls for Papers Please find any active calls for papers for Perspectives on Politics below. About Perspectives on Politics Perspectives

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 8d

HMMMM

So what's more likely? That AI is an imminently world-shattering tech innovation or that a frenzy of PR created a massive hype and over-investment bubble for what will end up a humdrum advance that shifts employment around a bit & changes some workflows? I know where I'm at, at the moment

CNN @cnn.com · 8d

The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a recent report.

Most companies aren’t seeing a return on AI investments. This tech CEO wants to change that | CNN Business

The artificial intelligence industry has a big problem: 95% of companies that try AI aren’t making any money from it, according to a report from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology last month. O...

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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 8d

“The president just said he told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that ‘we should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military,’ referring to urban areas within the United States.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

Update from Shawn McCreesh

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

What a sweetheart. ❤️ Wishing you all the best.

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

19/ There are too many books to go on with. Thanks for coming to my Ted talk or whatever. Please read & cite lots of these authors or I will go full reviewer 2 and haunt your nightmares. 👻 #polisky

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

18/ While we're here, Spike Peterson also warned you about the coming tech bro world order. 👀

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A Critical Rewriting of Global Political Economy: Integrating Reproductive, Productive and Virtual Economies

Moving beyond a narrow definition of economics, this pioneering book advances our knowledge of global political economy and how we might critically respond to it.V. Spike Peterson clearly shows how tw...

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

17/ Gender matters to war & peace, as it does to all aspects of international politics. Tickner and others have been telling us this for, like, decades.

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Gendering World Politics | Columbia University Press

Expanding on the issues she originally explored in her classic work, Gender in International Relations, J. Ann Tickner focuses her distinctively feminist app... | CUP

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

16/ Or go back to this classic by Cynthia Enloe (really, all her classics...) on the militarization of women's lives.

www.jstor.org/stable/10.15...

Maneuvers: The International Politics of Militarizing Women's Lives on JSTOR

Maneuverstakes readers on a global tour of the sprawling process called "militarization." With her incisive verve and moxie, eminent feminist Cynthia ...

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

15/ @georgetownup.bsky.social, which published Insurgent Women, has a great edited volume on women and gender perspectives in the military. (We used to have them... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

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Women and Gender Perspectives in the Military

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

14/ @brisunipress.bsky.social also has a new title on feminist foreign policy analysis.

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Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis

Feminist Foreign Policy Analysis - A New Subfield; This groundbreaking book provides the state-of-the-art in the study of gender, feminisms and foreign policy. Bringing together contributors from arou...

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

13/ For the #polisky people in American politics or foreign policy-- check out Sylvia Bashevkin's Women as Foreign Policy Leaders.

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Women as Foreign Policy Leaders: National Security and Gender Politics in Superpower America

Abstract. What is known about women’s participation as decision-makers in international affairs? Is it fair to assume, as many observers do, that female el

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

12/ Several of the all-stars on this thread are also included in the new contemporary reader of feminist IR, edited by @chichoriktputli.bsky.social and Catherine Goetze.

www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...

The Contemporary Reader of Feminist International Relations | Catherin

The Contemporary Reader of Feminist International Relations is a comprehensive volume for contemporary scholarship on feminist international relations and

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

11/ But if you want something accessible for newcomers to these ideas, I love this reader edited by Carol Cohn--
www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

10/ Narrating the Women, Peace, and Security Agenda is a beautifully executed examination of what happens when transformative ideas about gender collide with institutional process. @drljshepherd.bsky.social

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

9/ Honored that we sit alongside work like Good Victims, a feminist analysis of conflict and peace in Colombia. @rkrystalli.bsky.social

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Alexis Henshaw @profhenshaw.bsky.social · 8d

8/ Rahul Rao and Laura Sjoberg are series editors for Oxford's Studies in Gender and Int'l Relations series, in which @mhajneam.bsky.social and I published our edited volume on critical cybersecurity.
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