As someone who studies resolve, the historical record does not support this statement.

🚨New preprint and our results are rather concerning..

We find the "boiling frog" equivalent of AI use. Using large-scale RCTs, we provide *casual* evidence that AI assistance reduces persistence and hurts independent performance.

And these effects emerge after just 10–15 minutes of AI use!

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Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say Troops with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska are preparing after President Donald Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.

I increasingly wonder if US civ-mil is now operating in full Huntingtonian mode: civilians dictate political goals & mil leaders advise on technical/tactical options to implement them while siloed off from the political implications or wisdom of that advice.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Really important questions.

I served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Education and Training for three years before the office was disestablished last year. I owned the policy on professional military education for all five services. I have listened to Secretary Hegseth's announcement. I have thoughts. 🧵

Apparently Ted Cruz left, so we're doomed.

Important warning about changes to funding rules being considered by Department of Labor that could pressure participation in religious activities. Sadly, this shouldn't be a surprise since the DoL is literally holding prayer services: publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-labor-p...

PSA: You do NOT have "until Jan 30th" to call your reps about ICE. The House is voting on the DHS appropriations bill TODAY (1/22) 🚨🚨

Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.

This is a dying empire shit.

Fascinating
1. Admin may not have informed Congress but has been talking regime change w US oil industry
2. Oil at $60, US firms not excited about major capex to get VZ heavy sour crude
3. Sounds like WH wants to prod oil firms to make their vision happen, more than WH doing US oil's bidding

None are on bluesky but had a great day discussing these articles on my intro classes yesterday

Kieun Lee & Harry Mottram's "American Immigration Attitudes & NIMBYism"

Kira Sanbonmatsu "Understanding Black Women & Latina's Perspectives on Political Giving."

#politicalsciencesky

And our final paper presented by Gielt Algra on behalf of several coauthors. "The road back: return journey of Dutch veterans."

How to help veterans on their return journeys to Serbia

Up next is karishma jivraj on the perceived value of military service on post-service life in the UK.

Ask what are the benefits of service and the perceived value of their service? Utilizes focus groups of 53 individuals.

Up 1st is Jeanette Harvie "a holistic MTC transition framework: a study of resource needs"

Advancing concept of holistic military transition.
Exploratory results focused on resource needs & community building.

Chairing this #IUS2025 panel on Military Civilian transitions in veterans.

#civmilsky #veteransky

The richest man on earth owns X.

The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.

The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.

The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.

See the problem here?

And next is @profteigen.bsky.social with David Leal on recruitment motivation and racial attitudes among veterans.

Racial resentment higher in 21st century among veterans compared to desegregation era. Builds off Nteta & Tarsi 2015.

Up next is @proflupton.bsky.social "the veteran effect how military service shapes congressional foreign policy"

New project to look at role of military experience & preferences/ behavior in elites.

And up again @risabrooks12.bsky.social @heidiurben.bsky.social

How vets portray military service when run 4 office & how its perceived (2 RQ). Builds dataset of congressional campaign ads & has experimental portion.

Up next is @risabrooks12.bsky.social & @heidiurben.bsky.social assessing internal accountability in the US military

Is the military evading accountability or lying? (Question born out of Whitlock's Afghanistan papers).

Argue something more complicated at work

Up 1st @rebeccabestir.bsky.social & @profteigen.bsky.social military vs civ messengers affect uptake of messages about diversity (and gender).

Looking at women's roles in military. Anticipate messages from both military leaders and civ academics will move public opinion in direction of elites pref.

Judging by the audience, @heidiurben.bsky.social & @proflupton.bsky.social panel is going to be 🔥

#civmilsky #IUS2025

Up next is Maggie Shepherd "advancing inclusive leadership and global stability through WPS"

Inclusive leadership leads to strategic advantage.

Now Alan Okros presenting his work "GBA plus and the desperate search for data"

Gender based analysis/approach created in Canada after 1996 Beijing Platform for Action as an analytical tool to inform major govt decisions but not without fault.

Side note but shout out to Alan for a great job presenting on behalf of Meaghan and Vanessa.

Up next is Alan Okros representing Meaghan Shoemaker & Vanessa Brown's work who couldn't be here on "navigating feminist backside through strategic language mobilization".

Seeing backlash against gender equality in multiple places.

Up 1st Claire Metelits with Vanessa Brown "the disjuncture in Arms Trade Regulation."

Post-lunch #IUS2025 panel on applying gender analysis

#gendersky #civmilsky

Recruitment patterns (the crooked smile) doesn't mirror population patterns in the US.

3 problematic social changes: decline in Republicanism as civic virtue, decline in civilian oversight, creation of new warrior caste

And we end with Scott Efflandt "from the avf to new warrior caste".

2022 worst recruitment year on record, 2025 best recruitment year. How do we have these polar diff?

Gates commission assumed how goes the army goes the armed forces. Army failed to meet recruiting goals 26 of 50 years in AVF