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Can people please calm down? Calling what's happening at Columbia University "terrorism" is a vast exaggeration that risks escalating tensions and could lead to violence if police or National Guard are called in (as Johnson seems to be hoping).

Hilarious - the university that administers the Pulitzer Prizes is restricting the press from reporting on the protest.

Admin from journalism school outside Pulitzer Hall trying to stick it out. NYPD directing student reporters to enter buildings, they are trying to get mobility. Insta: WKCR_oncampus livestream is up.

Fringe is a historical category. Nelson Mandela was on the US terrorist watchlist until 2008. When Columbia students occupied Hamilton Hall for 21 days in 1985 for divestment from South Africa, and they won, it was common for top politicians to say it was a terrorist movement.

Lots of coverage of the Bishimbaev trial in Kazakhstan linked the trial w/ important legislation to protect victims of domestic violence. But jury reform also coincided with the trial. I wrote about juries and political culture in KZ for The Diplomat: thediplomat.com/2024/05/viral-…

Looks like a really interesting workshop for PhD students more than 3 years out from defending -- workshop is looking at how to overcome deep divisions resulting from polarization worldwide. Proposals due 5/31.

Who writes about local politics in Turkey? Any scholars or news analysts looking at political party landscape, what issues are big, how tech/social media plays a role? Surface level coverage, deep ethnographic work--any and all recs, please :)

Has anyone written about Palestinians' use of Instagram to crowdfund? Like at an app infrastructure level, how does it work for posts to rack up views/when and how do Palestinians link up with western influencers/have families been successful in raising funds?

SO BASICALLY PUBLIC LIBRARIES ARE JUST 0.4% OF THE NEW YORK CITY BUDGET, BUT THE MAYOR IS TRYING TO CUT THE LIBRARY'S BUDGET WAY BACK. I’M TALKING $58.3 MILLION! LIBRARIES ARE ALREADY CLOSED ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS CUTS AND MOST BRANCHES WILL BE OPEN FOR JUST FIVE DAYS A

why are there multiple "go back to poland to explore roots and family trauma" movies coming out this fall? this + lena dunham's return to acting. like why poland? (to clarify, i will gladly watch both and will devour any and all essays about them)

tried to start a new audiobook about 1988-89/collapse of the iron curtain, but the narrator kept pronouncing Soviet as SoviETTE. worse than nails on a chalkboard, honestly i hope the narrator was actually an AI bot because how embarrassing if not

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my college flags thousands of fraudulent applications that in the last year alone led to more than $1 million of federal/state financial aid dispersed (and unable to get back). now multiply that by 1167 community colleges in the US. where is the investigative journalism on this?

It’s my first author meets critics panel! Join me, Colleen Wood , Elizabeth Plantan, TBURD.ETH🪚👻🎮, & Jeffrey Kopstein on Sun, Sept 8th @ 10am in PCC 107B to talk all things ‘Post-Soviet Graffiti’. Comparative Politics APSA More about the book & preorder here: utorontopress.com/9781487525422/…

Did anyone teaching undergrad American Government assign students to watch/engage with the presidential debate? How'd it go/what did you have them do?

📢 Humanitarian Research Lab (HRL) at YSPH confirms high intensity combat is occurring within El Fasher Sudan between RSF and SAF forces currently, including massive aerial bombardment of city. RSF reported to be attacking city from multiple directions. Both parties have turned ELF into free fire zone. 🚨

Has someone reworked this so the chart also show change in turnout? I want to share this with my students but think it’s dangerous to not address the turnout angle visually