kim yi dionne (she/her)
@dadakim.bsky.social
Teach/research/write African politics & pandemics.
Editor, Good Authority https://bsky.app/profile/goodauth.bsky.social
Host, Ufahamu Africa Podcast https://bsky.app/profile/ufahamuafrica.bsky.social
Editor, Good Authority https://bsky.app/profile/goodauth.bsky.social
Host, Ufahamu Africa Podcast https://bsky.app/profile/ufahamuafrica.bsky.social
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Across Africa, post-election disputes, opposition stifling, and fragile democratic institutions continue to challenge fair political competition.
Contested elections last year highlighted five important takeaways.
Read them here: goodauthority.org/news/five-le...
Contested elections last year highlighted five important takeaways.
Read them here: goodauthority.org/news/five-le...
Five lessons from Africa's 2025 elections
Five lessons from Africa's 2025 elections. Africa’s 2025 electoral cycle saw some post-coup transitions, along with efforts to stifle opposition candidates.
goodauthority.org
January 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Across Africa, post-election disputes, opposition stifling, and fragile democratic institutions continue to challenge fair political competition.
Contested elections last year highlighted five important takeaways.
Read them here: goodauthority.org/news/five-le...
Contested elections last year highlighted five important takeaways.
Read them here: goodauthority.org/news/five-le...
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Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
January 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Political cartoonists are not fuckin’ around this week. (thread)
1. Pat Bagley
1. Pat Bagley
An ICE agent shot and killed a woman Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “We’re demanding ICE to leave the city immediately. We stand rock solid with our immigrant and refugee communities.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “We’re demanding ICE to leave the city immediately. We stand rock solid with our immigrant and refugee communities.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Live updates: Frey, Walz dispute that ICE killed woman in self-defense
ICE officials say the woman was shot and killed Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis after attempting to run over agents with her car. Mayor Jacob Frey called ICE’s version of what happened “garbage...
www.mprnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
An ICE agent shot and killed a woman Wednesday morning in south Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “We’re demanding ICE to leave the city immediately. We stand rock solid with our immigrant and refugee communities.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: “We’re demanding ICE to leave the city immediately. We stand rock solid with our immigrant and refugee communities.”
www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Great @jeffcolgan.bsky.social analysis of Trump's return to petro-imperialism, for @goodauth.bsky.social
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Trump made a clear choice: return to petro-imperialism
Trump made a clear choice: return to petro-imperialism. To understand what just happened in Venezuela, look at oil politics and U.S. foreign policy.
goodauthority.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Great @jeffcolgan.bsky.social analysis of Trump's return to petro-imperialism, for @goodauth.bsky.social
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
goodauthority.org/news/trump-m...
Chaser is this piece @hsulli.bsky.social wrote about charter cities for @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/freedom...
January 5, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Chaser is this piece @hsulli.bsky.social wrote about charter cities for @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/freedom...
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Can we just stop and put this into perspective:
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
January 5, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Can we just stop and put this into perspective:
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
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The foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship. There are no constraints.
Trump in a single gaggle on Air Force One just threatened:
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
-- a second strike against Venezuela
-- Cuba
-- Mexico
-- Colombia
-- Iran
-- Greenland (which in turn would be an attack on the EU and Denmark)
January 5, 2026 at 2:08 AM
The foreign policy of a personalist dictatorship. There are no constraints.
FYI, if your adult child gets back to college without their luggage (& they don't have a car), you can purchase essentials for them from Target and have same day delivery. You can then submit receipts to United to be reimbursed. You can also be on hold for 2 hours with United. Happy new year.
January 5, 2026 at 1:02 AM
FYI, if your adult child gets back to college without their luggage (& they don't have a car), you can purchase essentials for them from Target and have same day delivery. You can then submit receipts to United to be reimbursed. You can also be on hold for 2 hours with United. Happy new year.
A friend of mine wrote this in June 2025. A fun take on rejection letters: necessaryfiction.com/stories/the-...
The Flamingo of Cape Cod – Necessary Fiction
necessaryfiction.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:59 PM
A friend of mine wrote this in June 2025. A fun take on rejection letters: necessaryfiction.com/stories/the-...
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"You have to think of [the capture of Maduro] in the context of today, the decline of American democracy, the weakening of guardrails. ..This is playing with fire in a totally different setting than previous precedents," says @profsaunders.bsky.social.
January 4, 2026 at 12:59 AM
"You have to think of [the capture of Maduro] in the context of today, the decline of American democracy, the weakening of guardrails. ..This is playing with fire in a totally different setting than previous precedents," says @profsaunders.bsky.social.
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New piece in @goodauth.bsky.social on what Trump's actions in Venezuela might mean.
goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...
goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...
What happens now in Venezuela – and the world?
What happens now in Venezuela – and the world? Trump’s no-guardrails foreign policy raises big questions about the global order, not just about who will run Venezuela.
goodauthority.org
January 3, 2026 at 9:27 PM
New piece in @goodauth.bsky.social on what Trump's actions in Venezuela might mean.
goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...
goodauthority.org/news/what-ha...
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"And with that, the 2025 season comes to an end..."
Here are Good Authority's top 10 articles of the year.
goodauthority.org/news/good-au...
A super thread 🧵
Here are Good Authority's top 10 articles of the year.
goodauthority.org/news/good-au...
A super thread 🧵
Good Authority’s top 10 posts of 2025
Thermostatic politics, democracy under attack, Venezuela, South Africa, and more – the analysis Good Authority readers counted on in 2025.
goodauthority.org
December 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
"And with that, the 2025 season comes to an end..."
Here are Good Authority's top 10 articles of the year.
goodauthority.org/news/good-au...
A super thread 🧵
Here are Good Authority's top 10 articles of the year.
goodauthority.org/news/good-au...
A super thread 🧵
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Number 1 for @3streamsblog.bsky.social in 2025 has been the MSIRA partnership with @dadakim.bsky.social Marissa Brookes and Jennifer Merolla and their team of excellent research assistants cc @cmwitko.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social @billresh.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/str...
Streamlining with strings attached?
Recent research shows allies of major powers often come out ahead when the World Bank reforms.
medium.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Number 1 for @3streamsblog.bsky.social in 2025 has been the MSIRA partnership with @dadakim.bsky.social Marissa Brookes and Jennifer Merolla and their team of excellent research assistants cc @cmwitko.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social @billresh.bsky.social medium.com/3streams/str...
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Not enough conversation about the Mali jerseys IMO.
CAN 2025: le Mali se qualifie au petit trot, le Maroc bien au rendez-vous des huitièmes de finale
CAN 2025: le Mali se qualifie au petit trot, le Maroc bien au rendez-vous des huitièmes de finale
Pas de vainqueur ni de but, lundi 29 décembre, lors de la troisième et dernière journée du groupe A entre les Comores et le Mali, dans la CAN 2025. Un troisième match nul consécutif qui suffit aux Aigles pour accrocher la deuxième place, qualificative pour les huitièmes de finale. Dans l'autre match, le Maroc n'a laissé aucune chance à la Zambie (3-0). Les Lions de l'Atlas terminent en tête et sont aussi qualifiés. Zambiens et Comoriens sont éliminés.
rfi.my
December 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Not enough conversation about the Mali jerseys IMO.
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“The worst outbreaks of measles and whooping cough (or pertussis) in many years are festering around the country, and not only is the federal government AWOL, but Kennedy is expending great effort to make these outbreaks worse, and add more diseases.”
measles and whooping cough are running riot around the country, and RFK has stacked the CDC and the national vaccine oversight panel with anti-vaccine conspiracy theorists: prospect.org/2025/12/15/k...
The Kennedy Center of Contagious Diseases - The American Prospect
Measles and whooping cough are spreading around the country. The man in charge of American public health is making everything worse.
prospect.org
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
“The worst outbreaks of measles and whooping cough (or pertussis) in many years are festering around the country, and not only is the federal government AWOL, but Kennedy is expending great effort to make these outbreaks worse, and add more diseases.”
“If UC’s leaders have preached restraint, its faculty has opted for open defiance.” www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
Trump’s DOJ Pressured Lawyers to “Find” Evidence that UCLA Had Illegally Tolerated Antisemitism
An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
www.propublica.org
December 15, 2025 at 4:12 PM
“If UC’s leaders have preached restraint, its faculty has opted for open defiance.” www.propublica.org/article/ucla...
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Looking for conversations on cutting edge #GlobalHealth #Politics issues to add to your syllabi this Spring? Check out podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @dadakim.bsky.social @jeremyyoude.bsky.social @aliciay.bsky.social @catworsnop.bsky.social @profmarycollier.bsky.social @yanlong-soc.bsky.social
The Global Health Politics Podcast
Social Sciences Podcast · Updated Monthly · Hosted by Joseph Harris, the Global Health Politics podcast features intimate, one-of-a-kind conversations with leading scholars, practitioners, policymaker...
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December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Looking for conversations on cutting edge #GlobalHealth #Politics issues to add to your syllabi this Spring? Check out podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @dadakim.bsky.social @jeremyyoude.bsky.social @aliciay.bsky.social @catworsnop.bsky.social @profmarycollier.bsky.social @yanlong-soc.bsky.social
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I wrote about the violence reaching the capital of Mali @goodauth.bsky.social
- Peacebuilding failed
- This doesn’t mean all interventions are doomed, just under some conditions (even in Mali!)
- Not too late for international community to think creatively about helping civilians in Mali
- Peacebuilding failed
- This doesn’t mean all interventions are doomed, just under some conditions (even in Mali!)
- Not too late for international community to think creatively about helping civilians in Mali
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I wrote about the violence reaching the capital of Mali @goodauth.bsky.social
- Peacebuilding failed
- This doesn’t mean all interventions are doomed, just under some conditions (even in Mali!)
- Not too late for international community to think creatively about helping civilians in Mali
- Peacebuilding failed
- This doesn’t mean all interventions are doomed, just under some conditions (even in Mali!)
- Not too late for international community to think creatively about helping civilians in Mali
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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Thanks Eric! Apply here for more details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thanks Eric! Apply here for more details: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
December 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Read this as an American woman and then go break something.
Someone some time in the past found a vendor that could print faces onto African wax fabric (and you could order online). Anyone have info on this? cc @texasinafrica.bsky.social @rachelstrohm.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Someone some time in the past found a vendor that could print faces onto African wax fabric (and you could order online). Anyone have info on this? cc @texasinafrica.bsky.social @rachelstrohm.bsky.social
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🧵 A dean is abruptly removed. Her account goes viral. At first, it looks like a fight over the humanities. But the more I reported on the University of Tulsa, the clearer it became: this controversy was just the entry point for a far larger institutional unraveling. (1/14)
December 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
🧵 A dean is abruptly removed. Her account goes viral. At first, it looks like a fight over the humanities. But the more I reported on the University of Tulsa, the clearer it became: this controversy was just the entry point for a far larger institutional unraveling. (1/14)
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🚨 Applications are open for the 2026–27 Good Authority Fellowship! 🚨
Political scientists passionate about public engagement will receive a $2,500 stipend and mentorship in writing for broad audiences.
Apply by Jan 9, 2026, 5pm PT.
Apply at the link👇
goodauthority.org/news/announc...
Political scientists passionate about public engagement will receive a $2,500 stipend and mentorship in writing for broad audiences.
Apply by Jan 9, 2026, 5pm PT.
Apply at the link👇
goodauthority.org/news/announc...
Announcing the 2026-2027 Good Authority fellows program!
Apply by Jan. 9, 2026 to join the Good Authority team of contributors.
goodauthority.org
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🚨 Applications are open for the 2026–27 Good Authority Fellowship! 🚨
Political scientists passionate about public engagement will receive a $2,500 stipend and mentorship in writing for broad audiences.
Apply by Jan 9, 2026, 5pm PT.
Apply at the link👇
goodauthority.org/news/announc...
Political scientists passionate about public engagement will receive a $2,500 stipend and mentorship in writing for broad audiences.
Apply by Jan 9, 2026, 5pm PT.
Apply at the link👇
goodauthority.org/news/announc...