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Lecturer IR / Polic Sci SFSU and Adjunct at the Fall Program for Freshmen at UC. University of Florida alum. @SFGiants & @Warriors fan.
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The new Neil Halloran documentary on Smallpox has completely changed how I see the RFK Jr. version of the world. Neil (softly) argues that realizing that disease isn't the fault of the sick /or/ the fault of the Gods ushered in a new future where we felt the authority to care for each other.

Holy shit... I'm literally speechless.

🚨New exciting job opportunity! Applications are open for our Postdoctoral Fritz Fellowship in Digital Competition Research! This position will work with KGI & @gtowntechlaw.bsky.social based at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Apply here today: kgi.georgetown.edu/postdoctoral...

Last week the Calstate Northridge Faculty Senate passed a resolution I led, objecting to the CSU's adoption of ChatGPT Edu as undermining our educational goals and misusing scarce funds, calling for the CSU to drop the $16.9 million subscription live-csu-northridge.pantheonsite.io/sites/defaul...

Ya ever think you've circled the wagons so much you can't even see the praerie anymore?

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This story requires a great deal more attention. The Trump administration is doing everything it can to get Russian gas back into Europe. This is Washington and Moscow now in full strategic alignment via a shared vision of a fossil fuel future.

I'll just take this moment to point out that the US Institute of Peace, just a few weeks ago, contained one of the finest concentrations of US expertise on India and Pakistan, and crisis management in South Asia.

MASSACHUSETTS FOLKS:

For everyone saying this is good because trans people shouldn't serve an imperial military, this is your reminder that I am already seeing opposing counsel cite this as justification for discrimination against trans and gnc people in housing, employment, and determining criminal charges

Assistant Professor in Modern European History- Dublin City University - School of History & Geography #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY230/a...

Answer: Pro-Palestine students at Columbia have staged a sit-in at Butler library. Large media presence--and soon, I predict, heavy policy presence.

@pattonoswalt.bsky.social famously quoting his dearly departed wife, "Life is chaos, be kind". Words to live by in these tattered times. In dealing with students, in dealing with our community, all of it. Be kind weirdos, we're all we got.

What we're witnessing from Donald Trump right now is the most corrupt scheme we've ever seen from a president of the United States. He is literally selling access to the presidency for his own personal profit. We're introducing a bill to stop him.

An Israeli app used by then-U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz to archive chats on Signal was easily hacked and his messages accessed by a hacker, new reporting reveals.

We’re hiring! 🥳 The Arnold Ventures Criminal Justice team is hiring an Economic Policy & Innovation Fellow. This 2-year position will focus on applying insights about incentives and market forces, to identify innovative strategies that address public safety. Please share with your networks!

They had CPAC in Hungary... Y'all are just now waking up to the GOP's alignment with the international authoritarian right?

Don't know about y'all, but my students are tired, overwhelmed, and barely hanging on. Lead with empathy, please, showing grace is the pinnacle of good pedagogy.

The Conway Lab (NIH) and Butts Lab (UMD) are seeking a brilliant postdoc to study high-acuity vision combining large-scale electrophys and deep computational modeling. Prior experience (broadly speaking) is recommended: please email Dan Butts with CV and brief research statement.

Hot legal job alert 🔥🔥 secure6.saashr.com/ta/6191828.c... LAJC is one of my favorite orgs and a great place to work

"it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels" www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/new-...

We are hiring 2 PhD candidates working on resilience of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning across landscapes. Daily supervision by myself, @dominic-martin.bsky.social @iris-hordijk.bsky.social @lucianachr.bsky.social and Merel Hofmeijer. Details & application here: www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

Five Fully Funded PhD Research Studentships- University of Hertfordshire - Centre for Future Societies Research #skystorians www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT230/f...

Stop everything the animate catcher's mitt Muppet has words about... Oh goodness, no...