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@iasmingoes.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Colorado State University. Political economy, natural resources, international organizations, statistical capacity, Latin America, bikes, running, sourdough, tofu. From 🇧🇷 via 🇩🇪🇪🇸 She/her
www.iasmingoes.com
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Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate. n.pr/45EkyF3
African Union backs campaign to replace Mercator map that distorts Africa's size
Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate.
n.pr
August 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global influence — and is just plain inaccurate. n.pr/45EkyF3
I wrote a whole paper about revisions! They are a statistical best practice but can erode public trust in institutions. Governments don't revise their data unless they're forced to - which is why revisions are more prevalent among democracies (see Ireland, Greece)
www.iasmingoes.com/papers/Goes-...
www.iasmingoes.com/papers/Goes-...
August 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I wrote a whole paper about revisions! They are a statistical best practice but can erode public trust in institutions. Governments don't revise their data unless they're forced to - which is why revisions are more prevalent among democracies (see Ireland, Greece)
www.iasmingoes.com/papers/Goes-...
www.iasmingoes.com/papers/Goes-...
This was a fun paper to write and we are very grateful for the recognition!
Outstanding Article Award: @iasmingoes.bsky.social and Terry Chapman, “Can “Soft” Advice from International Organizations Catalyze Natural Resource Sector Reform?” International Studies Quarterly, doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
June 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This was a fun paper to write and we are very grateful for the recognition!
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there's no stopping the Latin American meme machine
May 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
there's no stopping the Latin American meme machine
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Hello from Barbados, where I had the privilege of asking Prime Minister Mottley what developing countries must do in the face of the US and other rich countries abandoning their responsibility to act on climate change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
With Rich Nations in Disarray, Barbados Calls for Climate Action in Global South
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called on developing countries to work together on climate as a way to counteract absent leadership and cuts in funding from rich countries.
www.bloomberg.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Hello from Barbados, where I had the privilege of asking Prime Minister Mottley what developing countries must do in the face of the US and other rich countries abandoning their responsibility to act on climate change. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There’s a Term for What Trump and Musk Are Doing
How regime change happens in America
www.theatlantic.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Since writing this article, I have received messages from federal civil servants who tell me it is accurate, and that they are frightened. Please share this with anyone who doesn't understand the scale of the transformation.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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"the crucial question is: What $1tn problem will AI solve?"
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(via @edzitron.com)
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(via @edzitron.com)
February 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
"the crucial question is: What $1tn problem will AI solve?"
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(via @edzitron.com)
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(via @edzitron.com)
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“We’ve always been told that North American institutions are really strong – but the institutions that showed themselves to be truly strong were the Brazilian ones, which did not allow a coup to take place,” says @freixomarcelo.bsky.social
Brazilians hail strength of democracy as Bolsonaro is called to account
‘In Brazil coup-mongers go to jail. In the US they get back into the White House,’ says one leading politician
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
“We’ve always been told that North American institutions are really strong – but the institutions that showed themselves to be truly strong were the Brazilian ones, which did not allow a coup to take place,” says @freixomarcelo.bsky.social
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If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
February 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.
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The left map shows the parts of Germany with the highest percentage of Syrian refugees.
The right map shows public support for the anti-migrant AfD.
Something to keep in mind when reading stories that posit a direct link between refugee numbers and support for the far-right.
The right map shows public support for the anti-migrant AfD.
Something to keep in mind when reading stories that posit a direct link between refugee numbers and support for the far-right.
February 10, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The left map shows the parts of Germany with the highest percentage of Syrian refugees.
The right map shows public support for the anti-migrant AfD.
Something to keep in mind when reading stories that posit a direct link between refugee numbers and support for the far-right.
The right map shows public support for the anti-migrant AfD.
Something to keep in mind when reading stories that posit a direct link between refugee numbers and support for the far-right.
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Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
January 30, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Assuming we make it through the next couple of decades, this will be an incredible image for future historians/students of the Trump era
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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The one thing you can say about oil and gas in the US is that it has been "unleashed" for years. In fact, 2023 broke a new record, and 2024 probably broke that record.
January 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The one thing you can say about oil and gas in the US is that it has been "unleashed" for years. In fact, 2023 broke a new record, and 2024 probably broke that record.
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FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY TARIFFS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY TARIFFS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY TARIFFS.
January 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY TARIFFS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY TARIFFS. FOREIGN COUNTRIES DO NOT PAY TARIFFS.
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Important insights against the “young men have it so bad now that they have to support the far right” narrative
Despite patriarchy's persistence, growing numbers of men believe they have it worse off than women. And, new research shows this "male victimhood" ideology is most common among men who aren't facing hardship. Which means what they're really feeling is status loss. 1/
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www.psypost.org/male-victimh...
Male victimhood ideology driven by perceived status loss, not economic hardship, among Korean men
Research published in Sex Roles suggests that male victimhood ideology among South Korean men is driven more by perceived socioeconomic status decline rather than objective economic hardship.
www.psypost.org
January 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Important insights against the “young men have it so bad now that they have to support the far right” narrative
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scoop: will oklahoma be the first state to ban renewable energy? its becoming increasingly likely.
as investments from the inflation reduction act flow into red states, we're seeing backlash. republicans are disliking renewables *more* than before.
cc @heatmap.news
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as investments from the inflation reduction act flow into red states, we're seeing backlash. republicans are disliking renewables *more* than before.
cc @heatmap.news
heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
The Growing Push to Ban Renewable Energy in Oklahoma
Will this renewable energy powerhouse become the first state to ban renewable energy?
heatmap.news
January 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
scoop: will oklahoma be the first state to ban renewable energy? its becoming increasingly likely.
as investments from the inflation reduction act flow into red states, we're seeing backlash. republicans are disliking renewables *more* than before.
cc @heatmap.news
heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
as investments from the inflation reduction act flow into red states, we're seeing backlash. republicans are disliking renewables *more* than before.
cc @heatmap.news
heatmap.news/plus/the-fig...
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Gov. Abbott has spent billions on a border wall. But it's a fragmented mess, more gap than wall. Immigrants don't have to scale it; they can just walk around it. @texastribune.org did the digging that shows this project purely symbolic and utterly wasteful.
apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
Landowner resistance forces Texas to build wall in remote areas
At least a third of landowners approached by state officials have refused to let wall be built on their properties. That’s forced the state to largely build on ranchland in remote areas, or erect sect...
apps.texastribune.org
December 20, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Gov. Abbott has spent billions on a border wall. But it's a fragmented mess, more gap than wall. Immigrants don't have to scale it; they can just walk around it. @texastribune.org did the digging that shows this project purely symbolic and utterly wasteful.
apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
apps.texastribune.org/features/202...
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With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
November 9, 2024 at 2:26 PM
With science falling under increasing attack, this medical historian is here to remind people of the power of vaccines. THREAD👇
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
Hard-hitting polio advert from 1958. In the first half of the 20th century, polio was the leading cause of death in children and young adults. 1/7 #history #skystorians
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[Robbie Williams voice] "And through it all, it has kept paying interest" ... on.ft.com/3OQkmL1
Happy 400th birthday to the world’s oldest bond
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on.ft.com
December 11, 2024 at 10:13 AM
[Robbie Williams voice] "And through it all, it has kept paying interest" ... on.ft.com/3OQkmL1
I rewatched the prequels recently and they're surprisingly less terrible than I remembered
November 26, 2024 at 4:20 PM
I rewatched the prequels recently and they're surprisingly less terrible than I remembered
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I really hate how many time's I've had to say this in the past month, but MAGA seems to want to become 1900s Argentina
Going into the 1900s Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world - it has flatlined for over a century now due to terrible monetary & trade policies that Trump likes
Going into the 1900s Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world - it has flatlined for over a century now due to terrible monetary & trade policies that Trump likes
The IMF's estimate is that Argentina saw its real GDP decrease 3.5% this past year.
As a comparison the US's real GDP decreased 2.6% in 2009 which was widely viewed as the largest economic catastrophe the US experienced since the Great Depression
As a comparison the US's real GDP decreased 2.6% in 2009 which was widely viewed as the largest economic catastrophe the US experienced since the Great Depression
November 25, 2024 at 9:38 PM
I really hate how many time's I've had to say this in the past month, but MAGA seems to want to become 1900s Argentina
Going into the 1900s Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world - it has flatlined for over a century now due to terrible monetary & trade policies that Trump likes
Going into the 1900s Argentina was one of the wealthiest countries in the world - it has flatlined for over a century now due to terrible monetary & trade policies that Trump likes
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Gisèle Pelicot graces the cover of vogue Germany, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #16daysofactivism
November 26, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Gisèle Pelicot graces the cover of vogue Germany, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women #16daysofactivism
Brainstorming what 🇧🇷 did right that 🇺🇸 did not: impeached/convicted candidates can’t run for office. Supreme Court with term limits is less ideological. Multiparty system provides alternatives. Hypervigilance due to a history of coups. No illusions about the strength of our young, messy democracy
I have always thought Brazil's democratic institutions were stronger than what I was taught in grad school. The trajectories in democratic quality between the two largest countries in the Americas could not be more different.
Brazilian police indict former President Bolsonaro and aides in alleged 2022 coup attempt
Brazil’s federal police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro and 36 other people on charges of attempting a coup to keep him in office after his electoral defeat in the 2022 elections.
apnews.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:18 AM
Brainstorming what 🇧🇷 did right that 🇺🇸 did not: impeached/convicted candidates can’t run for office. Supreme Court with term limits is less ideological. Multiparty system provides alternatives. Hypervigilance due to a history of coups. No illusions about the strength of our young, messy democracy
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A vast deportation campaign will begin in 11 weeks.
The new US president will order national guard troops to sweep public and private locations across the homeland, to seize and deport "millions per year".
🧵 A thread on research about the economic impacts to expect
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/u...
The new US president will order national guard troops to sweep public and private locations across the homeland, to seize and deport "millions per year".
🧵 A thread on research about the economic impacts to expect
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/u...
Sweeping Raids, Giant Camps and Mass Deportations: Inside Trump’s 2025 Immigration Plans
If he regains power, Donald Trump wants not only to revive some of the immigration policies criticized as draconian during his presidency, but expand and toughen them.
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2024 at 8:19 PM
A vast deportation campaign will begin in 11 weeks.
The new US president will order national guard troops to sweep public and private locations across the homeland, to seize and deport "millions per year".
🧵 A thread on research about the economic impacts to expect
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/u...
The new US president will order national guard troops to sweep public and private locations across the homeland, to seize and deport "millions per year".
🧵 A thread on research about the economic impacts to expect
www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/u...
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Some misinformation in today's US presidential debate about who bears the cost of tariffs. So let's talk about how tariffs affect what you pay for a suit. 🧵
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September 11, 2024 at 5:23 AM
Some misinformation in today's US presidential debate about who bears the cost of tariffs. So let's talk about how tariffs affect what you pay for a suit. 🧵
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