Elizabeth M.F. Grasmeder
@emfgrasmeder.bsky.social
www.egrasmeder.com
IR, Security, Foreign Policy. Duke University and USG. Really likes #legionnaires, forests, and just about every animal.
Keep your hat on, we may end up miles from here. - Kurt Vonnegut
IR, Security, Foreign Policy. Duke University and USG. Really likes #legionnaires, forests, and just about every animal.
Keep your hat on, we may end up miles from here. - Kurt Vonnegut
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“Moderna’s CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: ‘You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market.’ Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
Moderna chief: Company won’t invest in new late-stage vaccine trials
Moderna has already been facing declines in sales after a boom during the COVID-19 pandemic.
www.cidrap.umn.edu
February 13, 2026 at 2:14 PM
“Moderna’s CEO announced the company will no longer invest in new Phase 3 vaccine trials for infectious diseases: ‘You cannot make a return on investment if you don’t have access to the U.S. market.’ Vaccines for Epstein-Barr virus, herpes, and shingles have been shelved.”
WH: We can't end child hunger in America but we can *absolutely* scrounge up the cash for a 35 ft tall gold statue for a rapacious goblin.
He was arrested by the Inquisition-era Spanish for crimes against humanity and mismanaging the New World territories
February 6, 2026 at 11:12 PM
WH: We can't end child hunger in America but we can *absolutely* scrounge up the cash for a 35 ft tall gold statue for a rapacious goblin.
Absolutely fascinating, compellingly written, and deeply researched. @bostonreview.bsky.social
This @bostonreview.bsky.social piece by @adambonica.bsky.social and @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social is an absolute must-read, as are many of the responses to it.
Spread this one far and wide.
Spread this one far and wide.
How Not to Defeat Authoritarianism
Moderation used to help Democrats win, but its advantages now have been greatly exaggerated.
www.bostonreview.net
February 4, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Absolutely fascinating, compellingly written, and deeply researched. @bostonreview.bsky.social
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As an aside to the above note, just today I saw some dudes still seethingly furious about something I wrote in 2012, on how being a straight white dude in the US is the Lowest Difficulty Setting in the game of life. That's longevity in writing for you!
whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/s...
whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/s...
Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is
I’ve been thinking of a way to explain to straight white men how life works for them, without invoking the dreaded word “privilege,” to which they react like vampires being fed a …
whatever.scalzi.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:57 AM
As an aside to the above note, just today I saw some dudes still seethingly furious about something I wrote in 2012, on how being a straight white dude in the US is the Lowest Difficulty Setting in the game of life. That's longevity in writing for you!
whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/s...
whatever.scalzi.com/2012/05/15/s...
Having looked at more than 300 of these, governments never with this kind of subterfuge when things are going well...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
‘I didn’t know how to shoot’: how African men have been tricked into fighting for Russia
Exclusive: Lured by false job adverts, they are unknowingly enlisted on arrival and put in mortal danger
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Having looked at more than 300 of these, governments never with this kind of subterfuge when things are going well...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
January 15, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Koh: Trump has now spent $30 billion from the last bill for 10,000 more I.C.E. Agents that are going to be on the streets. That $30 billion would cover all the ACA subsidies for a year. It would eliminate all co-pays for prescription drugs for people from a year, and eliminate all medical debt.
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New historical scholarship traces resistance to slavery from Africa to the Americas. Laurent Dubois on what can be learned from a broader perspective on rebellion:
The New History of Fighting Slavery
What we learn by tracing rebellions from Africa to the Americas
bit.ly
January 9, 2026 at 11:10 PM
New historical scholarship traces resistance to slavery from Africa to the Americas. Laurent Dubois on what can be learned from a broader perspective on rebellion:
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fate, universe, and all associated parties: i beg you for opportunities to use this as a gif VERY frequently in the coming years
January 9, 2026 at 11:54 PM
fate, universe, and all associated parties: i beg you for opportunities to use this as a gif VERY frequently in the coming years
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The aftermath of Jan 6 is a story of power protecting power and a deep-seated reluctance to holding elites accountable.
America has constructed two justice systems: one offering extraordinary leniency for the elite, the other operating with swift severity for the disadvantaged.
America has constructed two justice systems: one offering extraordinary leniency for the elite, the other operating with swift severity for the disadvantaged.
An Exceptional Failure of Democratic Accountability: How American Institutions Protected Power While Global Democracies Upheld Justice
How Elite Deference Eroded America's Rule of Law, Defying the Global Norm.
open.substack.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:41 PM
The aftermath of Jan 6 is a story of power protecting power and a deep-seated reluctance to holding elites accountable.
America has constructed two justice systems: one offering extraordinary leniency for the elite, the other operating with swift severity for the disadvantaged.
America has constructed two justice systems: one offering extraordinary leniency for the elite, the other operating with swift severity for the disadvantaged.
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Fun little delivery from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Order your copy today, and ask your library to do the same! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
January 6, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Fun little delivery from @princetonupress.bsky.social. Order your copy today, and ask your library to do the same! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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A deluge of work on regime change after the 2003 invasion of Iraq yielded strong (and rare) agreement in IR: it doesn't work & has terrible consequences. @profdownes.bsky.social's book Catastrophic Success lays it out, but it's right there in the title. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
January 3, 2026 at 1:41 PM
A deluge of work on regime change after the 2003 invasion of Iraq yielded strong (and rare) agreement in IR: it doesn't work & has terrible consequences. @profdownes.bsky.social's book Catastrophic Success lays it out, but it's right there in the title. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
Russia continues systematically recruiting foreign fighters for war, Ukraine says share.google/Oetp5fU24RUY...
Russia continues systematically recruiting foreign fighters for war, Ukraine says
Russia is continuing to systematically recruit foreign nationals for its war against Ukraine, said Oleh Ivashchenko, head of Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service, on Dec. 26.
share.google
January 1, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Russia continues systematically recruiting foreign fighters for war, Ukraine says share.google/Oetp5fU24RUY...
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BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
December 31, 2025 at 7:02 PM
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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New research found that wolves in the Midwest and Canada not only keep deer populations in check, but they also alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives.
The hidden way the big, bad wolf protects us
A new line of research has revealed a surprising finding about how the presence of wolves helps keep people safe.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
New research found that wolves in the Midwest and Canada not only keep deer populations in check, but they also alter deer behavior in ways that help prevent car crashes and save human lives.
Russia increases efforts to recruit foreign legionnaires via social media - more from ABC News share.google/Suv6NppMbGQA...
Foreigners recruited by Russia end up in 'Moscow meat grinder'
Through a targeted social media campaign, Russia is offering citizenship and money to foreigners who join its fight in Ukraine, but experts say it is a desperate measure.
share.google
December 9, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Russia increases efforts to recruit foreign legionnaires via social media - more from ABC News share.google/Suv6NppMbGQA...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
A unique risk to being a foreign legionnaire for Russia... fratricide...
A unique risk to being a foreign legionnaire for Russia... fratricide...
4 Russian Soldiers Sentenced to Prison for Killing Texan Who Fought for Moscow
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
A unique risk to being a foreign legionnaire for Russia... fratricide...
A unique risk to being a foreign legionnaire for Russia... fratricide...
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⚡️Czech POW sentenced to 13 years in jail by Russian court for fighting for Ukraine.
21-year-old Czech-Vietnamese volunteer soldier Hoang Tran was captured in the village of Chervonyi Lyman, north of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, in August 2025.
21-year-old Czech-Vietnamese volunteer soldier Hoang Tran was captured in the village of Chervonyi Lyman, north of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, in August 2025.
Czech POW sentenced to 13 years in jail by Russian court for fighting for Ukraine
Tran's case is just the latest case of Russian prosecution of a captured foreign fighter as a mercenary, which, in Moscow's interpretation of international law, deprives them of the rights traditional...
kyivindependent.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
⚡️Czech POW sentenced to 13 years in jail by Russian court for fighting for Ukraine.
21-year-old Czech-Vietnamese volunteer soldier Hoang Tran was captured in the village of Chervonyi Lyman, north of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, in August 2025.
21-year-old Czech-Vietnamese volunteer soldier Hoang Tran was captured in the village of Chervonyi Lyman, north of Pokrovsk in Donetsk Oblast, in August 2025.
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A Ticking Time Bomb: Restrictions on Abortion Rights and Physical Integrity Rights Abuses
A Ticking Time Bomb: Restrictions on Abortion Rights and Physical Integrity Rights Abuses By Nazli Avdan, University of Kansas, Amanda Murdie, University of Georgia and Victor Asal, University at Albany Do…
A Ticking Time Bomb: Restrictions on Abortion Rights and Physical Integrity Rights Abuses By Nazli Avdan, University of Kansas, Amanda Murdie, University of Georgia and Victor Asal, University at Albany Do…
A Ticking Time Bomb: Restrictions on Abortion Rights and Physical Integrity Rights Abuses
A Ticking Time Bomb: Restrictions on Abortion Rights and Physical Integrity Rights Abuses By Nazli Avdan, University of Kansas, Amanda Murdie, University of Georgia and Victor Asal, University at Albany Do abortion restrictions augur broader crackdowns on human rights? We examine the relationship between restrictions on abortion and future Physical Integrity Rights (PIR) abuses. We argue that abortion restrictions both directly and indirectly influence PIR.
politicalsciencenow.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A Ticking Time Bomb: Restrictions on Abortion Rights and Physical Integrity Rights Abuses
A Ticking Time Bomb: Restrictions on Abortion Rights and Physical Integrity Rights Abuses By Nazli Avdan, University of Kansas, Amanda Murdie, University of Georgia and Victor Asal, University at Albany Do…
A Ticking Time Bomb: Restrictions on Abortion Rights and Physical Integrity Rights Abuses By Nazli Avdan, University of Kansas, Amanda Murdie, University of Georgia and Victor Asal, University at Albany Do…