Not Colossus - I think he mispronounced it. It was supposed to be colossal... as in colossal idiot.... colossal warmonger.... colossal adulterer.... colossal threat.

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Don't travel to the USA - that is the best tip and trick I can give at this point in time.

Fantastic!

So.... anyone else taking bets on whether or not the US mid-term elections happen this year?

ABSOLUTELY

It hasn't been since 2003 when Jean Chrétien announced that Canada wouldn't be invading Iraq with the US that I've felt so proud to be Canadian. Thanks for reminding me, PM Mark Carney.

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

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Believe the testimonies included in this piece. An NGO worker specialised in mental health I interviewed today told me that 8 out of 10 refugees who left Mali for Mauritania since the Russian deployment suffer from serious mental health issues. This is a deliberate campaign of terror. This is Russia

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Bayreuth Peace Talk with Lina Benabdallah It will be discussed whether in today's geopolitical moment South-South cooperation is truly a path of alterity for Global South states or if it is indelibly caught in extractive and exploitative competition over resources and markets

So the US is fighting against drug trafficking by freeing a guy convicted of using the presidency to facilitate large-scale drug trafficking. Makes total sense. What JOH ally got in Trump's ear to set this up? www.pbs.org/newshour/wor...

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I wish I didn't already have something going on! This will be a great talk. I hope it is recorded.

This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ

No Samaritans in SLC, apparently. Not on that day.

Governance through Graft. That is at the centre of the US regime.

#JNIM explicitly banned the transport company "Diarra Transport". Yesterday, the jihadist group announced strict conditions for the company to restart business. The company must ensure that women riding on its buses are veiled, and that it and its clients do not collaborate with the military. 1/2

Or - just don't go. Don't take the risk. Don't support the US economy.

[Média] "Mali : 2025, année de la culture, mais quelle culture ?" Une chronique de Bokar Sangaré, Chercheur à SciencePo ULB (REPI Recherche et Etudes en Politique Internationale) à Libération. www.liberation.fr/internationa...

Today it has been 500 days since researcher/humanitarian Joseph Figuera Martin has been unjustly imprisoned in the Centr. Afr. Republic. We call for his immediate release: www.demorgen.be/meningen/hum... And we must talk about researcher safety! @kristoftiteca.bsky.social @abi-freiburg.bsky.social

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at this point you have to acknowledge that there is no way that these guys don't try to mess with the 2026 midterms. there is absolutely no respect for the legitimacy of the opposition

The attack has really hit home. Thanks to all of those that reached out to me personally. God bless you.

100% correct.

I study political violence. I knew this day would sometime come. Even though I have never attended sacrament service at this building, I feel like members of my family were killed. God be with you til we meet again, brothers and sisters.

Now this asshole is securitizing sofas and loveseats.

Someone anti-ICE shot the people ICE was detaining and happened to drop bullets with the words "anti-ice" written in pen. Got it.

Done.

Depuis le 3 septembre, les jihadistes imposent un blocus sur les routes de l'ouest du #Mali. Une opération inédite et révélatrice de la nouvelle stratégie du #JNIM : asphyxier les poumons économiques du pays et contraindre les forces armées à se disperser. www.jeuneafrique.com/1721333/poli...

It is amazing how much worthless research there is published on JNIM's politics and practices in the #Sahel. So few are based on fieldwork. So few interviews conducted. Few article engage with the literature in French. Honestly.... it's depressing.

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Slightly diminish a band: Hubbub at the Disco.

Really nice explanation in this video.

To the 205 other applicants to a recent job in the UK in conflict & security that got rejection letters today: I feel you! Something will stick. The academic job market blows. Just remember - keep at it!

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Our 3rd workshop for young peace and conflict researchers, held last week at Augsburg. Once again – a great opportunity for discussing PhD research, getting feedback, and meeting peers! Thanks to the #BMFTR for the financial support.

In Burkina Faso, on the other hand, the military government passed a law to formalise the role of vigilante groups in order to bolster their fight against the Sahelian jihadist insurgency. @pmfrowd.bsky.social has written lucidly about this: academic.oup.com/afraf/articl...

What do healing crystals in Sweden have to do with the Taliban in Afghanistan? Our co-coordinator Prof. Dr. Florian Kühn answers this question on Swedish television. Find out more 👇 conflicts-meanings-transitions.de/en/growing-t...

I'm on Team "How". Team "the ways in which" can suck it.

Put it on your reading lists, folks!

I wonder how long it will take for #JNIM to capture these vehicles...

I'm just a boring ol' Political Scientist. I do not have degrees from MIT in "nuclear, chemical, and math".