I am spending my sabbatical year working on Cory Booker's foreign policy team. What he pulled off with his 25-hr speech was extraordinary. I feel proud and incredibly privileged to have contributed. Here's a bit of the national security section my team worked on: youtu.be/GnKDC5xzAi0?...

New publication! @reyhuang.bsky.social and I ask a tough ethical question of ourselves and conflict scholars: Are we marketing rebellion? A few years ago, we discovered we both were grappling with this question. doi.org/10.1080/1467... 1/8

Initial 2 reactions. Good: Wow, an AI that has read my syllabus and all my slides/readings will probably give better answers to my students than rando internet AIs at 3am. Evil: Wow, a lot of people think this AI could replace TAs. I guess we finally have a solution to the overproduction of PhDs.

Someone please help Mr Lizard get Big Scooter to make things right (preferably not Luigi-style).

Holy cow, when was the last time a state collapsed this fast under rebel group pressure?

Perfect way to kick off Thanksgiving weekend (and preburn a few thousand calories, Denny's Cove, Tennessee) #climbsky

This is all the reason anyone needs to stay off the birdsite. www.semafor.com/article/11/2...

This is probably why I really left. For months I blocked/muted every one of these ad accounts, but they were infinite. I screenshotted them for about a week before I said eff that. Just an awful information experience overall. Wasn't gonna last.

This place is so much better at connecting peers than Twttr/X ever was. My follower count is recovered after only a week, I'm finding interesting folks I never knew about and, they are mostly not bots. It's all signal and very little noise around here. So much better.

Just found this over there. I think he means it as a diss, but it's not a diss, and anyway he's right.

I've been thinking about this argument of Arendt's a good bit lately. (Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1973)

If a Trump HHS really wanted to do something they'd get universal credit for, it would not be to ban fluoride from our water, but micro-plastics. But then they'd have to take on big oil, so...

Sorry, @andrew-yang.bsky.social, ranked choice voting lost practically everywhere. Folks just prefer to keep their party extremists... www.washingtonpost.com/elections/re...

I've thought this too, and I sincerely hope it plays out.

one silver lining to trump winning a popular vote victory is it might actually persuade republicans that they don't have to dump free and fair elections to win (the silver in this lining is dull and very tarnished)

Okay, I'm moving in for real this time.

I'm shy on Twitter, and not too popular, but I've been here since 2009. I loved it here. But I just don't anymore. The ads are ghastly, my fave posters are buried in algorithmic garbage, and most the good ones don't post anymore either. I'm moving on. I'll still be over at 🦋

3 normy siblings spontaneously texted me today: - "Blown away...seems like a genuine person." - "Gave a B- speech...in the context of her-or-trump she sounds pretty good." - "She doesn't seem like a libtard." In this clan, this is really quite significant. #DNC2024CHICAGO

Exciting news! This month, I start as a @CFR_org fellow by joining @CoryBooker's foreign policy team to work on research, legislation, oversight, and policy advising, especially on Sen. Booker's work as chair of the @senatefrc subcommittee on...

Nothing has made me more demoralized about the future of AI than these @Google use case ads of children using Gemini to write letters to their role models. #OlympicGames #Paris2024

"It's slicker than snot on teflon out here!" as my TN dad says. Gotta feel for the @TeamUSA women triathletes. #Paris2024

My parents' 50th anniversary is coming up, my aunt's making a quilt, and I decided to try my hand at some diwani calligraphy on my contribution. How'd I do?

In the last 4 yrs, this woman has - left an abusive marriage - left an abusive religion - raised/supported 4 boys - started a new career and - finished her bachelor's! She seized control of her life. I'm so amazed by my big sis Jessica for her exceptional grit and optimism!

Hard to express how honored I am to have been named University Teacher of the Year by @SetonHall. I will continue to do my damnedest to educate and empower our excellent students at @shuDiplomacy (after a quick 1yr sabbatical🙃)

4.8 earthquake in Lebanon, NJ! Clearly felt in NYC. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?currentFeatureId=at00sbh3yv&extent=39.69873,-75.78918&extent=41.53737,-71.52649

Damn, that was a decent shake!!! 4.8! #NJEarthquake https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=39.69873,-75.78918&extent=41.53737,-71.52649

Ah, the ol' Sports+Scandal formula. @SetonHall is seeing if @USC's proven publicity strategy can work for it too. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/07/nyregion/ex-president-seton-hall-university-lawsuit.html

“Be there for your students, not for a cause”. The Setonian did a swell job of covering my approach to teaching on Israel/Gaza. www.thesetonian.com/article/2024...

“Be there for your students, not for a cause”. The @Setonian did a swell job of covering my approach to teaching on Israel/Gaza. https://www.thesetonian.com/article/2024/02/international-conflict-discussions

📢Announcing Good Authority Teaching Resources📢 Today @goodauth.bsky.social launches new polisky resources: new Good to Know explainers, Good Playlists, topic guides, & more. We accept proposals for explainers & playlists. Details on new resources page. Bookmark it! goodauthority.org/news/good-au...

Come be my colleague for a very cool position. @setonhall.bsky.social is hiring a TT asst prof for human rights law and international law. Deadline is Jan 15. jobs.shu.edu/cw/en-us/job...

Come be my colleague! @SetonHall @shuDiplomacy/@SetonHallLaw is hiring a TT asst prof for human rights law and international law. Deadline is Jan 15. https://jobs.shu.edu/cw/en-us/job/496057/assistant-professor-international-human-rights-law-public-international-law cc:...

Guys, we got a ways to go yet. 💀💀💀

Last night on Steve Adubato, I made the case that Israel's current violence is what Hamas wanted, got into the weeds about terrorism, history, and conflict dynamics, and talked a bit about what it all means for New Jersey. (recorded Oct 17) youtu.be/taExEjl_4f4?...

Last night on @NJPBS @SteveAdubato, I made the case that Israel's current violence is what Hamas wanted, got into the weeds about terrorism, history, and conflict dynamics, and talked a bit about what it all means for New Jersey. (recorded Oct...

Tonight my discussion with Steve Adubato about the Israel-Hamas conflict will air on NJPBS WHYY WNET at 7pm and 12:30am EST. It'll be on their sites after it airs as well.

Tonight my discussion with @SteveAdubato about the Israel-Hamas conflict will air on @MyNJPBS @whyy @ThirteenWNET at 7pm and 12:30am EST. It'll be on their sites after it airs as well.

It's kind of uncanny.

In which ChatGPT gives me a good topic summary, names articles, but refuses to cite. Then when I push back, says don't take it too seriously, read the articles myself, and use critical thinking. Critical thinking: more important than ever, and now much harder to teach. 🪡

SWEET I just scored a last-minute tic to see #Oppenheimer in IMAX 70mm.

So happy to see my @ip_palgrave article “Determined Diplomacy” is first-viewable today. One of my personal faves. Argues aspiring state diplo strategy is based on group’s balance of legal/norm foundations and land/material control. Read: https://rdcu.be/dhV1m ⬇️Abstract, Theory

Conflict scholars, we're writing a paper about research dilemmas and collecting anecdotes from researchers who got the impression that their work might be used to support parties to conflict. If you are willing to share a story, can you fill out this...

CONGRATULATIONS DIPLOS! #SetonHall2023 @shuDiplomacy @SetonHall

Congrats Esther! #SetonHall2023

Congrats Diplos! #SetonHall2023

Turns out, @SetonHall students really like shoving pies in professors' faces.

It always comes down to ball bearings in the end, doesn't it? https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2023/04/19/whats-perfectly-round-made-of-metal-and-keeping-russia-from-replacing-the-2000-tanks-its-lost-in-ukraine/?sh=26547c223f21

I love how I can write and rewrite a paper 9 times, put it through peer review at least 3 times, get it through 2 rounds of copy-editing, look at proofs twice before approving, and then reread at least a dozen times before I notice this, 2 years after publication.

@shuDiplomacy seeks a new prof of practice in security, to expand our grad/undergrad security offerings and help shape our curriculum (incl. new major). Long term position. No obvious job board, so please boost ⬇️ with anyone who makes sense....

I can't think of anything better, so I'm stealing my favorite announcement. ***ahem*** I no longer assist professors. Now I associate with them. I'm tenured yall! ✌️🏼