I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

disappointing that many reposts doesn't = many messages in my inbox! i know it's a tough ask. i'm trying to reach a relatively small group of ppl who feel v. vulnerable rn, might be nervous talking to a journo they don't know...anyway, share widely elsewhere if u think it might reach the right ppl!

Call for Papers: Fourth Women in Central Banking Workshop invites submissions from female PhD and postdoctoral students. Mexico City | November 6–7, 2026 Deadline: July 3, 2026 Submit to: [email protected] Travel and accommodation for presenters will be covered, subject to a cap.

I quote-tweeted this without even noticing that one of the authors was a doctoral advisee from UMich Econ Congrats, Josh!

Another unfair story about discrimination #Deezer link.deezer.com/s/32HeUYQ9U0...

That's about half of what it cost for USAID for a whole year www.nytimes.com/live/2026/03...

Nature Report, Killed by Trump, Is Released Independently www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/c...

This is a dangerous escalation by DHS.

Since this will likely come up in the SOTU: Yes, US stock markets are up since Trump took office (14%). But in the rest of the world, markets are up WAY more. Cumulative market gains are more than triple ours (43%)

until recently, you could tell cheaters apart because they used the open internet rather than the closed intranet

Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

“In the criminal justice system, some offences are considered especially heinous" chaser.com.au/world/man-li...

NSF Update Funding curve overall. A little bit of progress in the past week, but only a little bit. Now by Directorate... 1/11

I started making this R package 6 years ago. I finally have it in a state I'm happy with, thanks to Claude Code #Rstats github.com/MattCowgill/...

Now posted ahead of print: "Conceptualizing Academic Freedom," forthcoming, Annual Review of Political Science. (Uncorrected proofs, so a few minor edits different from the version that will be published in June.) doi.org/10.1146/annu...

So the same reason the rest of us write NSF proposals?

2026 Pre-Doctoral Economics Conference – Yale University Bringing together pre-doctoral fellows worldwide to present research, get feedback, and network. Submission deadline: April 6, 2026 (abstracts or paper drafts) Read more here: theeconomicmisfit.com/2026/02/14/2...

It's not an exaggeration to say this will result in genocidal-scale death. And I don't mean in the distant, speculative future. Just the tens of thousands of pollution deaths in the relative near-term (Free link.) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/c...

Suleiman Baraka in Gaza says this about his work: “I decided to fight the killing of the children by educating the children.... astronomy “is also a window for breathing freedom that we were denied for our whole life". I think this is the reason the world needs it. All of us need his example.

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance featured a sugar cane field, a wedding, a pan-American parade and more. The show placed his beloved Puerto Rico at the center of a communal celebration. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/a...

Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer: 1) boasts about the poor place he’s from; 2) boosts the value of agriculture; 3) celebrates small town life; 4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and 5) promotes marriage. And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.

Holding us accountable for the shameful failure to restore power to PR

Happy perfect grid February to all those who celebrate

The group bike ride for Alex Pretti is about to depart in Minneapolis, stopping at his memorial, then Renee Good’s, and finishing at the VFW. If you can join, hop on anywhere. It’s a warm 17° & sunny! I’ve never seen this many cyclists for a group ride. ⚡️✊🏽⚡️🚲⚡️✊🏽⚡️ #RIPPretti

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We ran a massive, uncontrolled social experiment on kids with social media. Outcomes: anxiety, comparison, fractured attention. Jon Haidt called the direction of travel. We’re doing it again with AI, outsourcing thinking and social skills, to act surprised later. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...

the things to understand here -Benfica needed to win by 2 to qualify for the knockouts -up until this last moment they were wasting time and acting like they had no idea a one-goal win did nothing while their fans screamed their heads off at them cinema

Just visited with Liam and his father at Dilley detention center. I demanded his release and told him how much his family, his school, and our country loves him and is praying for him.

ICE in minneapolis are causing international incidents because agents don’t understand what a consulate is and tried entering ecuador’s the country has put out a statement in spanish

The US government lost more than 10,000 STEM PhDs last year, according to an analysis by Science of newly released OPM data, with 11 departures for every hire. And many OPM calls "voluntary" separations were probably pushed. www.science.org/content/arti...

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, the man fatally shot by federal agents in Minneapolis on Saturday, was a U.S. citizen with no criminal record, an official said. He was a registered nurse who worked in the intensive-care unit at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Minneapolis. nyti.ms/4t3ekJW

I wish I hadn't watched that video. I never watched the killing of Renee Good and hope I never have to. I don't need to see it to fight it. Today at least four federal agents were beating a man and then one of them (I think) shot him point blank while he was on the ground. More agents present.

Federal agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis resident on Saturday, the city’s police chief said. The shooting prompted clashes between law enforcement and protesters, as Minnesota officials renewed demands that the Trump administration end its immigration crackdown. trib.al/u8ESi4Q

Just called Slotkin and Peters. Wrote them yesterday as well. Here’s the Capitol switchboard (202) 224-3121. Try your senators’ local offices though, as the DC office mailboxes tend to get full. I had no problem getting through to the Lansing offices of both.

He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.

I was one of Alex's nursing faculty at MCTC. This is simply devastating. He was a good student and I knew he'd be a good nurse. Im so sorry for you and his VA family. May his memory be a blessing and an example of what a nurse is.

Don't watch the video unless you want to feel sick. But be very very angry because they executed a man who was just directing traffic.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

There is no undocumented immigrant problem in Minneapolis, only reason for ICE to be there, their only mission, is to terrorize Democrats & minorities. They are not failing their mission by killing civilians, rather than arresting immigrants, because violence & killing & terror is their mission.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Tomorrow's front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 24, 2026

ICE detained a 2-year-old girl in Minneapolis and put the child on a flight to a detention center in Texas, despite a court ordering her release: www.startribune.com/agents-detai...

Since September, my 9-year-old and 11-year-old have at least temporarily lost 2 lunchboxes, a couple of hats coats and gloves, a binder, a homework folder, and a school-issued planner. I can only imagine the stress that would result if they also had to keep track of their passports every day.

a sweet angel BABY

Spraying pepper spray directly into the eyes of a detained person who’s already fully subdued

America, the land that is catching up with developing countries.

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

Incredible and inevitable— Police chief says ICE agents violated his own officers' civil rights while off-duty. A female officer was boxed in by ICE agents who demanded her papers, pulled their guns on her, and knocked her phone down as she tried to film.