Currently in FirstView: In “Extractive versus Generative Language Models for Political Conflict Text Classification,” P. Brandt, S. Alsarra, F. D’Orazio, @dagmarheintze.bsky.social, L. Khan, S. Meher, @javierosorio.bsky.social, & M. Sianan review and benchmark the ConfliBERT model.

On the weakness of state terror: once ppl internalize the regime's lawless brutality, that they are no safer in their homes than in the streets (& vice versa), and that their unwavering defiance is what confounds & disempowers the regime, they also realize they have nothing to lose but their fear.

Let’s start the new year with a new website look! 🤩 Check it out!! javierosorio.net Give it a ❤️ if you like it. All done on @github.com

Venga pues!!

Lola and Elmer wish you a happy new year!!! May 2026 fill your heart with gratitude, compassion, generosity, love, and meaningful connections! 🥰

#OpenAccess from @polanalysis.bsky.social - Extractive versus Generative Language Models for Political Conflict Text Classification - https://cup.org/44SZCKZ - Patrick T. Brandt, S,Alsarra, F.D’Orazio, @dagmarheintze.bsky.social, L.Khan, S.Meher, @javierosorio.bsky.social#OpenAccess& M.Sianan #FirstView

"One protesting strategy has been shown time and again to be most effective in the US: nonviolence" 🙄 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

*new publication* When Cities Become Battlegrounds: The Civilian Cost of Urban Operations against Organized Crime in Latin America @ipinst.bsky.social theglobalobservatory.org/2025/12/when...

Anyway the single best check on your espoused prescriptions for social change is whether you yourself are doing what you say others need to do. It's extremely clarifying and usually very humbling.

From an Olympic Snowboarder to an Accused Drug Kingpin and Killer www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/w...

Do not miss this fascinating post by @adiazcayeros.bsky.social on the Virgin of Guadalupe in Mexico. I learned a lot. It is so good! adiazcayeros.medium.com/notes-on-gua...

This is sick!!! 😡🤮 As a former USIP fellow, I will always stick to its former name and its true spirit. Trump Renames Institute of Peace for Himself www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...

Thinking about shopping on Amazon for Cyber Monday? Watch this first. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FaRBjqYsXRE

If you are flying for Thanksgiving, well… good luck!!!! Here is an explanation of what is happening 🦃🦃

As part of a special issue of @iojournal.bsky.social w/ an amazing cast of scholars, Rebecca Cordell & I wrote a piece on the future of human rights given the rise of authoritarian powers and alliances. Check out "Authoritarianism, Global Politics, and the Future of Human Rights" open access here:

Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other. Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq

US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say

My first baby spinach!!! 🤩🌱

🔥Higher education fails at collective action 🔥 "It is past time to recognize that university administrators are not going to lead the way out of this. [...] This sets the stage for leadership to emerge from the faculty, staff, and students" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#OpenAccess - 'The Birth of Democracy in South America' by Raul L. Madrid. Examines how the military and political parties played a central role in the birth of democracy in South America. 📚 cup.org/47k3ULY 📚

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - Demand and Supply of Criminal Governance: Experimental Evidence from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador - https://cup.org/4o0aw9r - @javierosorio.bsky.social & @brewerosorio.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

Brief, clear, brave, and honorable. This is Dartmouth’s response to Trump’s “Compact” letter. I hope the UofA will have the integrity to follow this example. president.dartmouth.edu/news/2025/10...

I want a frog costume for Halloween!! 🐸

No se olvida!

Spain and Italy are stepping up to safeguard the Global Sumud Flotilla

It was like 2 scandals ago now, but some folks might recall that the US government "designated" antifa as a "domestic terrorist organization" yesterday. Traveling, so a few quick thoughts: Is it now a crime to be a "member" of antifa? Can the govt seize antifa funds? (lol) Are there sanctions? 🧵

#NuncaMás | Hoy la JEP dictó sentencia contra el último secretariado de las FARC por 21.396 secuestros y otros crímenes cometidos en el contexto del cautiverio. Fue una audiencia histórica en la que siete excomandantes reconocieron responsabilidad.

For no particular reason, I’ve been thinking about the guy who obsessed about killing racial justice protesters, searched online about killing racial justice protesters, & told friends he may kill a racial justice protester. Then he killed a racial justice protester. And Gregg Abbott pardoned him.

Brazeu! Zeu! Zeu!!! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷 Bolsonaro Sentenced to 27 Years in Prison for Plotting Coup in Brazil www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/w...

JOBS! Notre Dame is searching for a two-year postdoc in POLITICAL THEORY. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/171503

Hummers in the sketchbook 🤎

TAKE THAT!! #TheNerd’sRevenge 🤓🤓🤓🤓 Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

TAKE THAT!!!! #TheNers’sRevenge 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓 Judge Rules Trump Administration Illegally Canceled Harvard Funding www.nytimes.com/2025/09/03/u...

This horror must end!!! www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

I stand with Chicago. I stand with Mayor Johnson. 🚨 NEW: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson just signed an executive order to resist Trump’s federal invasion and occupation of the city. Details in 🧵

Mexico’s President Struggles to Escape Trump’s Growing Demands www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/w...

As we begin another semester, changes abound on campus, but UA Resist continues. We are regrouping, staying organized, and fighting back. We want to re-introduce ourselves to you all—friends, communities, and comrades.

✨News from the LGBTQ+2S Resource Center ✨ Re-posting an important update from Instagram:

Privileged to write this editorial with @gretchentg.bsky.social of @ucs.org in @science.org: "Scientists’ role in defending democracy." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Learn more about the history of the foreign policy provision in the INA this new bill seeks to repeal & how the Trump administration has been using the provision to attempt to ideologically deport students in this @lawfaremedia.org article. ⬇️ 🗃️ www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Mexico sends a new batch of 26 cartel members to the US www.wsj.com/world/americ...

This is what you get when eugenics (mis)guides your marketing strategy www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Israel claimed responsibility for killing five Al Jazeera staff in Gaza, including Anas al-Sharif, in a strike on their media tent outside al-Shifa Hospital, bringing the total journalists killed to 237 since the war began. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1490et

#tdih 2014 African American teen Michael Brown was fatally shot 💔 by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri. #BlackLivesMatter "We who believe in freedom cannot rest." -- Ella Baker #TeachOutsideTextbook about history of policing. Lessons, more ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/mi...