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Posts by Jon Petkun

I know that the people who need to read this aren’t here, but here goes:

Rules of engagement aren’t for the enemy. They’re for you. They’re for your soldiers when they’re captured or wounded. They’re for your civilians when they’re in range of the enemy. They’re for your allies, to reassure.

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Empirical Researcher - School of Law University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

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@ucberkeleylaw.bsky.social is hiring an empirical pre-doc.

We have a large group of quant-oriented legal scholars, and two other pre-docs currently working with us.

Apply to be the third!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF05264

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Why Your Boss Can Block Your Unemployment Benefits And what it means for worker wellbeing and access to the safety net

Great new piece by @awhf.bsky.social and
@alixgouldwerth.bsky.social looking at a the negative effects of experience rating in unemployment insurance: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-your-b...

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Exhausted Danish infantry soldiers during operation Panther's Claws in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, July 2009

Exhausted Danish infantry soldiers during operation Panther's Claws in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, July 2009

Helmand, July 2009. Danish soldiers resting after 8 hours of breaching minefields and clearing houses. Seconds later, I had to wake them to move forward again.

To claim allies weren't on the front lines is a lie and an insult to those who served and lost.

We stepped up. That's what allies do.

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‘Secret Settlements’ Study Wins Civil Justice Award A team of scholars including Professor Jonah B. Gelbach is one of two recipients of the 2026 Civil Justice Scholarship Award for an article published in the University of Chicago Law Review last year.

A team of scholars including Professor Jonah B. Gelbach is one of two recipients of the 2026 Civil Justice Scholarship Award from the National Civil Justice Institute for an article published in the University of Chicago Law Review last year: https://bit.ly/4jS6DlL #BerkeleyLaw

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His Covid polynomial was almost downright principled in comparison to his earlier stuff! We're here arguing over Stata vs. R while Kevin was implementing regressions in MS Paint: share.google/images/8MCWT...

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A tuxedo cat with his paws stacked up in front of him

A tuxedo cat with his paws stacked up in front of him

Just a shocking number of paws

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the real glory of world war two was that it involved a warrior cult being ground down and beaten to a pulp by people who would rather have been doing something else.

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Learned a ton working with Mara & @benckrick.bsky.social. Keep an eye out for Ben's new solo working papers on Iraq!

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Our article on civilian harm and military legitimacy is now available at @iojournal.bsky.social. We believe it has timely implications for events playing out now in the Middle East and beyond.

From North Carolina to Northern Iraq, working with Jon and Mara has been a truly rewarding experience!

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Excited to share a new open-access article with @benckrick.bsky.social @jonpetkun.bsky.social in @iojournal.bsky.social, "Civilian Harm & Military Legitimacy" www.cambridge.org/core/journal.... This project started in 2018 Mosul, Iraq’s 2nd largest city, in the aftermath of a 9-month battle … 1/7

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Just a reminder that Jefferson Griffin and the NCGOP are in court fighting right now to throw out the votes of active-duty American military service members and their families - a voting method Griffin himself used while stationed abroad twice.

For shame.

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Kitten!!!

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Really proud of my new article with the extraordinary Joe Schottenfeld (coming to a job market near you in the not-too-distant future!). We consider the federal judiciary's vast "administrative" powers and offer a few modest ideas for reform. Read @ www.gwlr.org/the-judicial... (thank you editors!)

1 year ago 15 6 0 1

Congrats, Daniel! Looking forward to having you back in the Triangle!

1 year ago 1 0 0 0

It is not an attack on the judiciary to raise genuine questions about various practices, including the assignment of cases in single-judge divisions.

Our justice system benefits from the work of thoughtful, engaged people (like @stevevladeck.bsky.social) who seek to understand and improve it. ❤️

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