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PhD student at Australian National University's Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs; Nieman Fellow 2023 @harvard; Fulbright/Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow 2018 @ASU; written for @AlJazeea,@ABC,@Nikkei Asia, and others.
Plants in containers surround a conservatory and a view takes one's attention down the garden where two ladies are chatting over coffee.
A garden painting with my old green bike, a couple of friends chatting and some of the usual clutter to be seen through the glass of the conservatory. Oil on board. I don't like the white aluminium conservatory so I hung lengths of ivy down it to break up the lines.
Governments in low-income countries often struggle to raise enough taxes to fund development.
In this @voxdev.bsky.social article @nmeriggi.bsky.social & co-authors explore if getting citizens involved in budget decisions can help in Sierra Leone.
We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. It’s not “close.” You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
"They’re taking Shirly": An Army sergeant thought his family was safe. Then ICE deported his wife. [Published with our friends @thewarhorsenews.bsky.social]
LOL! The real lesson of 1939 is that, if you get out, don't get out to a neighboring country.
Although not happy with the use of the "F-word", and a skeptic of "open letters" and "petitions," I decided to sign this particular open letter, as I do think it has an important message.
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This looks like an 80s comedy where John Belushi & some stoners steal a tank for shits & giggles
The squeaky tanks driving past quiet, empty stands is amazing
Turns out my talk at @renner-institut.at on the situation in the U.S., and the lessons for Europe, is also online. 👇
You can now watch my lecture "Rethinking the Far Right" on the @iwm.at YouTube channel. Hope it explains and empowers.
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
How is it possible U.S. citizens are being held as illegal aliens in America even after they produce their birth certificate? This is intolerable. www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/...
Sign: IS THIS THE REAL LIFE? Books include: Erasing History, Autocracy, Inc, Fascism: A Warning, How Democracies Die
Sign: IS THIS JUST FANTASY? Books include; It Can’t Happen Here, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaid’s Tale
Barnes & Noble in Georgetown with a stark “Bohemian Rhapsody”-referencing book display this weekend.
Careless People by Sarah Wynn Williams book cover
This is already a fascinating read. Pick up a copy.
Thank you Gerry!
Trump planning to revoke temporary legal status for some 240,000 Ukrainians who fled Russia's atrocity-ridden invasion.
Reuters: www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
China vows it will ‘fight to the end’ with US in trade war – or any other war
Canada goose fights off bald eagle in rare, symbolism-laden battle on ice
Let this sink in.
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Almost 30 years to the day, I published my first "major" academic article. It was an English language summary of my Dutch language M.A. thesis.
A short thread on how it came about. 🧵
I borrowed this metaphor, but I don't know from where paulkrugman.substack.com/p/america-is...
Steve Levitsky gives the canonical answer about whether defending democracy is the right answer electorally for Democrats - that can't be the question. *Society* has to defend democracy and the Constitution, or they could cease to exist. nymag.com/intelligence...
Steve Levitsky on how unprecedented the concentration of power in Musk is - "at least in democracies, I’ve never seen a concentration of political, economic, and media power as vast as this," only comparison is "old-fashioned dictatorships"
These business leaders are the economic equivalent of the fools who promised everything would be fine when Trump tried to overturn an election he lost
WTF. Weather prediction is essential to aviation, agriculture, emergency/disaster management, and so many other vital activities. Insanely reckless.
And it is *possible* for the opposition to win in competitive authoritarian systems, particularly unconsolidated and semi-consolidated ones.
