Thank goodness APSA is taking on this challenge!

4/ More importantly, the US foments much of the conflicts that it laments that the UN cannot solve through its policies. Maybe Rubio should look inward.

3/ The Security Council has the greatest power to solve problems in Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Libya, or elsewhere but is hamstrung by the veto. The P5 do not seem interested in reforming that.

2/ Does he realize that the failures of the UN are due, in large part, because of its very design where five states have exorbitant power over the system?

1/ Rubio’s MSC speech included the following:

“The United Nations still has tremendous potential to be a tool for good in the world. But we cannot ignore that today, on the most pressing matters before us, it has no answers and has played virtually no role. It could not solve the war in Gaza.”

Sometimes social media is good crazy. LOL

It is Kappa, a well regarded brand from Italy. Besides the US ski team, they also feature prominently in football (soccer) sponsoring Genoa, Fiorentina, Nice, and Monaco.

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya talks 'replication crisis' at Duke panel, omits funding cuts Throughout the second Trump administration, the NIH has frozen billions of dollars in research funding to universities. Those cuts were not the topic of discussion at a Duke Clinical Research Institut...

These undergraduate journalists at Duke appear to have more courage than institutional officials in calling out the current NIH Leadership™.

www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...

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Where is @sethmagaziner.bsky.social? It is time to lead for Rhode Islanders.

Great analysis and very interesting

Russia is running out of money Go behind the propaganda, and the intensifying strain is evident

@martinsandbu.ft.com on the state of RUS economy

"The picture is clear. The RU economy is under enormous strain, & is running out of resources. ... The message for the west — what remains of it — is that the medicine (sanctions) is working, but the dose should be increased."

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#UkrainianView

Interesting article. The EO is illegal but will this radical activist court rule appropriately?

Live updates: Two deceased in active shooter incident at Brown University Serving the Brown University community since 1891

Kudos to the Brown University students who are posting continuous live updates, spaced just minutes apart, on the campus shooting. A lot of grace and professionalism under immense pressure.

www.browndailyherald.com/article/2025...

I am a student at Brown in communication with a friend at RIBC.

There is an urgent need for blood donations to support RI. Donations in NY, NJ, MN, NB, DE or NJ can help supply RI.

Spread the word.

www.ribc.org/donate-blood/

I teach Sociology of Childhood, and when we talk about school shootings, my students tell me about how they also do these checks in their classes--noting locks on doors, thinking about how to escape and where to hide. I hate that they have to mind those risks while trying to learn.

Everything about the shooting at Brown is horrific & should make America ashamed of the slaughterhouse we’ve become. But I’m especially holding in my heart the parents who were eagerly planning for their kids to get home for break. Getting them holiday gifts. Planning to cook their favorite meals.

DECEMBER 13, 6:05PM: At 4:22 p.m., we alerted our campus to an active shooter incident near Barus & Holley Engineering. We informed our community to shelter in place by locking doors, silence phones and stay hidden until further notice. This remains an active crime scene, and law enforcement continues to search for the suspect. The situation is ongoing, and all members of the community should continue to shelter in place. We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals. Our first priority is the safety of our community and coordinating closely with local law enforcement and medical personnel to ensure their safety. We are working immediately to determine who was in the building at the time of the shooting. We had multiple exams scheduled in that building from 2 pm to 5 pm. We can confirm that support services are on site. Senior administrative leaders from across the university are convened in emergency command to mobilize ongoing response and support for our community. We are establishing support for our community and families. We have been and continue to be very grateful to law enforcement and emergency medical personnel. We have relocated students to get support services at a secure location. Please continue to take all steps to remain safe. Follow the instructions of law enforcement personnel and avoid the area.

Longer statement from Brown University:

"We are very sorry to share that we have confirmed reports of multiple shooting victims, but we are not able to share their condition. They have been transported to local hospitals."

Very scary situation. Deeply tragic. Best wishes for safety and security to those at Brown and the all of the first responders.

Active shooter situation at Brown University | ABC6 (WLNE)PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WLNE) — Police are currently responding to an active shooter situation at Brown University. Brown’s Emergency Information alerts that said shots had been reportedly fired near ...

Active Shooter at Brown University. Shelter in place and stay safe!

www.abc6.com/active-shoot...

A throne fit for a clown

Destroying the White House during a government shutdown. Disgusting!!!

This!!!!!

Find the extremists Cartoon by Shields

NO KINGS DAY!!!!!

Website of Housing and Urban Development blaming the shutdown of government on the left instead of GOP tax cuts for billionaires.

Complete bullshit from HUD website. The reason is fiscally irresponsible GOP tax cuts for billionaires paid for by decimating the rest of society.

CFR Education Ambassador 2025-2026

I am honored to be a 2025-2026 CFR Education Distinguished Ambassador! My fellow ambassadors and I will bring global education to the classroom and prepare students to engage the world. Learn more about the program: education.cfr.org/blog/announc... #RWU @cfr.org @cfreducation.bsky.social

Opinion | When Is It Genocide?

🚨🚨This is a very heavy but absolutely brilliant and nuanced conversation between Philippe Sands and Ezra Klein on the meaning of #genocide, particularly within the context of Israel's attacks, killings and starvation of the #Gazan population.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/o...

Katabasis by RF Kuang review – a descent into the hellscape of academia — Guardian US The bestselling author’s sixth novel is far from perfect, but this journey into the underworld is delivered with heretical glee

Is this too much for the start of the semester or just what we need?

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United Methodist Building (by the Capital) in Washington DC with a marquee that reads “Don’t balance the budget on the backs of the poor.”

JWR in front of the Capital lobbying for funding for foreign assistance

Here are two from May

He called the CDC a cesspool of corruption that lied about the COVID vaccines. Now someone has committed violence because of the same misinformation.