🚨I have a new article! Here I explain how looted art objects have over time become objects of stigma for some grand European imperial museums, while for others (*cough* the British Museum) they keep on keeping on.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Great thread by @michaelallen.bsky.social discussing the U.S. military's role in public diplomacy (and how it can lead to both positive and negative effects)
As such, every overseas deployment is also a massive public diplomacy experiment.
#InternationalRelations #PoliticalScience #MilitaryBases
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The new Bezos WaPo: Firing reporters who cover the actual news, but publishing editorials in favor of limiting the choices of people on food stamps:
wapo.st/475zi1b
"And rather than rallying resistance, academic administrators are aiding and abetting a hostile takeover of higher education."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/o...
Hard agree with this. Re-criminalization is not the answer, but regulation and norms are. If sitting in a children's playground chugging a bottle of whiskey is not okay, then doing the same while smoking a joint shouldn't be either.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
Yes, because América is the whole continent, not just the United States 🌎
his name is Jonathan Ross and he shouldn't get a good night's sleep for the rest of his life www.startribune.com/ice-agent-wh...
Impeach Kristi Noem.
"Secret police" is often misunderstood to mean a force that operates covertly, with all their operations secret.
But a secret police force's actions are often public. The secret part is hiding their identities, because they're breaking laws to hurt politically disfavored people, and fear reprisals.
It's not "Democracy Dies in Darkness", it's "Bezos Kills it in Broad Daylight" (and we all calmly keep shopping on Amazon while he does)
Abysmal statement from Canada on the illegal US action in Venezuela.
It doesn’t matter how much you dislike Maduro, that doesn’t justify a violation of international law and the UN Charter. You can’t call on “all parties” to respect international law and not call out US lawlessness.
Some thoughts on what Trump has done in Venezuela and what it might mean for US national security. Caveat: not a Latin America scholar so this is focused on US policy. Clearly huge consequences for Venezuela that others can address.
First, despite the buildup, I didn't think Trump would do it.
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"Mexico strongly condemns and rejects the military actions carried out unilaterally ... by armed forces of the United States of America against targets in the territory of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, in clear violation of Article 2 of the [UN] Charter"
www.gob.mx/sre/prensa/m...
A quick reminder that "Cartel de los Soles" is a term used to describe corruption, NOT an actual drug cartel:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/u...
Awesome! Bookmarking this for my civ-mil seminar
Also, I want to know if everyone who canceled their WaPo subscriptions over Bezos also canceled their Amazon Prime subscriptions. If you didn't, I'm def judging you
I've never used the fireplaces in my house, and I live in Buffalo. Wood fires sound cozy in theory, but they're not that great for the environment.
I did notice these when people started posting them, and am not surprised to see that it was a coordinated attack. A good reminder that social media is not the real world
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Huge congrats to ISA President-elect @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social !! This is such great news! Looking forward to the great work he will be sure to do! 🎉🎊
Looking forward to another year of Foreigner Thanksgiving, which involves chilling at home, eating vegan food, and doing absolutely nothing. Days off when it's not your holiday are the absolute best.
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who does this, lol. Mine include graphics. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/w...
My mom's cousin is my "tío segundo" and I will absolutely never refer to him as my "first cousin once removed" regardless of which language I'm speaking. Some people really can't seem to understand the concept of different linguistic cultures.
There is literally no other way to describe your father’s cousin in English thats accurate. Second cousin is not a culturally relevant term. “Aunt” is a class of person, not a single bond of relation. “Uncle” is a class of person, not a single bond of relation.
More illegal boat strikes by the US, this time killing 14 (with one survivor) in four separate attacks off eastern Mexican coast. Once again, no evidence or legal justification provided. Bears repeating that these strikes are illegal, immoral, and ineffective
Our #JHR dataset on police, military, and paramilitary human rights abuses in LATAM, divided by actor and by type of abuse is now up on dataverse: w/ @ghashiakiyani.bsky.social & Paola Fajardo
dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
I too saw the big Yayoi Kusama pumpkin this weekend at AKG in Buffalo
