Are you traveling to the ISA meeting next month? Be sure to add these @ispjournal.bsky.social panels to your calendar:
Sunday 10:30-12:15
SB97: Publishing in the Age of AI: Perspectives from Leading IR Journal Editors
Wednesday 4:00-5:45
WD15: Publishing in Leading Journals: Meet the Editors
You can find our full reading list for this season and support your local bookstore here: bookshop.org/shop/wereadt...
Academics: You don't want to miss our latest episode of We Read That.
We're chatting about academic fiction, the perils of tenure, and cannibalistic sororities as we dish on Olivie Blake's Girl Dinner @torbooks.bsky.social. What could go wrong?
#academicsky
open.spotify.com/episode/1GqP...
They are easily available for all to search.
TW: Graphic Sexual assault
Donald Trump, the president, had parties at
Maralago called 'calendar girls' Jeffrey Epstein
would bring the children in and trump would auction
them off. He measured the children's vulva and
vaginas by entering a finger and rated the children
on tightness.
The unknown man gave
Victim 1 a drink and Victim 1 woke up naked and
sore with $300 on the bed. Victim 1 didn't remember
how she got to the room. She remembered seeing
'a flash' of Trump's face
From the same documents:
Complainant reported
Donald Trump participated regularly in paying
money to force her to perform sex acts with him and
alleged Trump was present when her uncle
murdered her newborn child.
Source: www.justice.gov/epstein/file...
The Epstein files are publicly available to search. Within 30 seconds I found this:
[Redacted] an unidentified female friend
who was forced to perform oral sex on President
Trump approximately 35 years ago in NJ. The friend
told Alexis that she was approximately 13-14 years
old when this occurred.
This week on the podcast @drjostojski.bsky.social and I are chatting about The Compound by Aisling Rawle, talking about reality TV, and dissecting Jenny's ability to read 15 books at once.
open.spotify.com/episode/5EMC...
My colleague got into Trump's sprawling family detention camp, which is full of toddlers, kids, & teens.
- Kids have cut themselves or talked about suicide
-There's worms & mold in food
-300 kids have been held for 30+ days, far longer court settlement allows
www.propublica.org/article/life...
@drjostojski.bsky.social and I started a passion project: a podcast where we talk about fiction books!
Our first episode just dropped so give it a listen. This episode we‘re chatting about Lisa Jewell’s The Family Remains, Evan Peters, & mountaineering disasters!
open.spotify.com/episode/1OiH...
Marimar Martinez is a hero.
She was shot 5 times by ICE.
The agent told her to “do something b*tch” before opening fire.
He later bragged “5 shots, 7 holes”.
DHS tried to smear her reputation but video footage vindicated her.
Next week she will testify in Washington about ICE’s brutality.
Really fantastic piece by @vox.com: "Authoritarianism feels a lot like normal, predictable life — until it doesn’t. There’s a hidden tripwire you can step on, but you often don’t realize you’ve stepped on it until you find yourself with a gun in your face."
ICYMI: Be sure to check out this incredibly work by Nikola Mirilovic and Myunghee Kim
academic.oup.com/isp/advance-...
this pretty much sums up winter this year:
my expectation of democratic senators is that they find 1/10th of the bravery of your average 70 year old lutheran lady following ICE around mpls in her subaru crosstrek
“Shot dead” is passive. “murdered” names the actor. Words matter, especially when the state is pulling the trigger.
ICE and DHS are out of control and making our communities less safe.
I will not support funding for DHS without clear accountability and stronger controls over the agency.
It is time for the Senate to do its job and rein in this lawlessness.
We've launched our official facebook page! Be sure to follow it for more updates, including author summaries and other tidbits:
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National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
7. Register to vote and make a plan. Help your friends and family make one, too.
Be sure you are registered to vote and make an action plan for how you will vote. Even if you registered before, make sure you check that you are still registered.
www.vote411.org/make-your-plan
6. Make sure you and your neighbors know your rights.
Information is power. Share it.
immigrantjustice.org/for-immigran...
5. Call your senator and representative. And your state representatives too!
Yes, it can feel futile, but we have to keep up the pressure. @5calls.org (5calls.org) has easy to read scripts you can call in with.
4. Attend a protest.
You don't have to make a sign. You don't have to chant if you don't want to. Just be there. It will connect you with like minded people and the more people who show up, the more visibility pro-democracy movements have.
3. Join your local @indivisible.org group and show up to meetings.
Maintaining civil society is one of the best ways to combat authoritarianism. And indivisible is doing incredible work.
2. Become a poll watcher (www.eac.gov/election-off...) or volunteer to serve as a poll worker.
Free and fair elections are one of the cornerstones of democracy, and they are under threat in the US. How the midterms playout & the extent to which we are able to combat voter intimidation is critical.
Are you feeling helpless in the face of incredible political uncertainty? Are you angry with what's happening in America right now and want to channel that energy? Here's some ways you can make a difference right now:
1. Volunteer or donate for an election campaign.
Local elections matter too!
