Friends: University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment is hiring...and definitely looking for social scientists. Apply!

Folks, I'm very pleased to share a trio of recent, open-access, papers that investigate - and demonstrate - the relationship between military medicine and military effectiveness:

Just got my copy of @erinsikorsky.bsky.social 's new book and am excited to dig in! www.bloomsbury.com/us/climate-c...

Hot off the presses...one of three new articles on military medicine and military effectiveness.

So many thanks to @ryangrauer.bsky.social for organizing this roundtable and to @jcaverley.bsky.social, Neta Crawford, Karin Warner, and Peter White for their extraordinarily thoughtful reviews.

Something I really appreciated about this conversation with @carnegiecouncil.org was the focus on values and agency in a time when it is all too easy to feel overwhelmed by the workings of the world.

Congratulations to this year's Carnegie Fellows. Gratitude to @carnegiecorp.bsky.social for supporting research on democracy and polarization. www.carnegie.org/news/article...

An obituary of sorts for the norm against territorial conquest. I’d be happy to be wrong. www.foreignaffairs.com/russia/conqu...

Crowdsourcing: what literature do you recommend on democratic backsliding & armed conflict (intra or intrastate)? (am thinking of an analog to the democratization and war literature, but in reverse, but focusing on the process of regime change rather than "democracies & war" or "autocracies & war")

Insightful piece from @profsaunders.bsky.social. This bit caught my eye: "We also know what is unlikely to happen: GOP pushback." Leadership matters in both its presence and its absence. goodauthority.org/news/trump-a...

I'm looking forward to reading the final version of Lemke's book, especially in this time when the prospect of violent state death has (unfortunately) been in the news.

Folks, @angietorres.bsky.social is on 🔥 *Three* ISA paper awards! "Punishment Preferences in Gendered Settings: Evidence from Mexico." - Women’s Caucus Graduate Student Best Paper Award - Feminist Theory and Gender Studies Best Graduate Student Paper Award plus

I'm trying to put together a session for Intro IR on foreign aid and development, using the jigsaw method, where each student in a group brings a different piece of the "puzzle." What undergrad-friendly readings/podcasts/videos etc would you recommend that cover a range of contemporary cases?

For a thumbnail of @profmichaelross.bsky.social new @worldpolitics.bsky.social review essay on climate, see 👇🏾

Folks, @worldpolitics.bsky.social has joined @iojournal.bsky.social and @apsrjournal.bsky.social on Bluesky!

HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio. Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.

Folks: does anyone know of any studies on whether academics move more than people in other professions? TIA.

Bookmarking. I've been trying to get students to work on this question for years. Delighted that @oonahathaway.bsky.social is tackling it.

Postdoc opportunity! The University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment postdoc application is open. It's a terrific program, and I'd love to see more social scientists apply. sites.google.com/umn.edu/ione...

Long-shot request: Does anyone have daily (weekly? monthly?) casualty reports for Russia and Ukraine since the start of the 2022 invasion that they can share?

Why (why why) do we need a different login/password for each journal on editorial manager?

Interesting article about the politics - and challenging mechanics - of counting casualties (with a focus on deaths) in war. We still don't know much about the wounded. Underlines importance of military medicine for Ukrainians bc many fewer Ukrainians than Russians. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/w...

This looks like a cool project.

Our local wine store has announced a 10% discount on all alcohol for today only. I'm not entirely sure how to read that.

I love voting.

A good-news(ish) climate change story, just in time for Halloween: www.usgs.gov/news/science...

"Unusual signs of autumn in the Twin Cities" (from reddit)

At @goodauth.bsky.social, Campbell & I show that Black adolescent girls consider @kamalaharis.bsky.social a role model, and that exposure to Black women politicians leads both Black and white girls to express more interest in running for office themselves. goodauthority.org/news/kamala-...

Really interesting thread about the “Norwayfication” of the US economy (but not in a way that gives us all health care)

I just had the nicest TSA agent at MSP. Good APSA omens.

Report on COVID shot (Pfizer, in combination with flu shot), in case helpful: Got the shot on Saturday afternoon. Started to feel a little worn down and achy by Saturday evening. Lasted through Sunday evening, by which time I was feeling much better. Basically, my typical rxn, maybe a bit shorter

Asking for a syllabus: Might be too early, but can anyone point me to the climate platforms/plans for the two major presidential candidates?

Friends - if you're looking for something to distract you from the Veepstakes, please register for - and attend (virtually or in person) - Wednesday's even on my new book at the Library of Congress. loc.zoomgov.com/webinar/regi...

Hello DMV Civil War buffs! I'll be giving a book talk at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine on July 26. Please do spread the word. I'd love to see some familiar faces in the audience! www.civilwarmed.org/event/milita...

Polisky methods q: does anyone know of software that compares large batches of documents and scores them in terms of similarities/differences? I feel like this kind of thing must exist….

DC folk: I’ll be giving a book talk at Women in International Security on Wednesday at 11am eastern. Can also join via zoom! Register here: ow.ly/63ME50Slf53

At National History Day Finals with my kiddo and it’s such a heartening vibe.

Read a free chapter here: academic.oup.com/book/56295/c... And, discount code for the whole book! AAFLYG6

Just *occasionally* gross...

Wordle 1,058 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 (Broken clocks and all that...)

There is a recent article on differences in retention packages/offers by race/gender. Can someone point me to it please?

IR Book of the Week! "Military Medicine and the Hidden Costs of War" by @tanishafazal.bsky.social. War is violence resulting in not only death, but serious injuries. The latter would seem obvious, but it is an often overlooked aspect of war and war-making decisions.

Hear @smsaideman.bsky.social & me chat about the ins and outs of military medicine!

So many thanks to @labdelaaty.bsky.social for inviting me on the New Books podcast (see next post for discount code for book): newbooksnetwork.com/military-med...

Tomorrow!

Chicagoland: Please join @profsaunders.bsky.social and me for joint book events on May 8 at UChicago at noon (feat. @carsonaust.bsky.social) and Evanston Public Library at 6pm (thanks to @danigilbert.bsky.social et al.). Tell your friends!

Really interesting crowd at the Minneapolis Convention Center today, given State History Day finals, dance competition, and GeekCon…