John Katsos
@katsosjohn.bsky.social
Business professor, researcher on business and conflict. I study #organizations/#sustainability/#crisis. Likes are not endorsements. #NYR fan ☦️🇦🇪🇺🇸🇬🇷
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I was very moved Friday while editing this reported in-depth article on a less-known aspect of Syria's brutal prison system.
Francisco Serrano pitched it a month ago. The ending turned out much differently than it would have had he filed it any earlier.
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Francisco Serrano pitched it a month ago. The ending turned out much differently than it would have had he filed it any earlier.
Gift link.
Assad’s Brutal Prison System Was Also a Mass Extortion Racket
The Assad regime used its brutal prison system to extort the families of prisoners, impoverishing thousands.
www.worldpoliticsreview.com
December 16, 2024 at 2:05 PM
I was very moved Friday while editing this reported in-depth article on a less-known aspect of Syria's brutal prison system.
Francisco Serrano pitched it a month ago. The ending turned out much differently than it would have had he filed it any earlier.
Gift link.
Francisco Serrano pitched it a month ago. The ending turned out much differently than it would have had he filed it any earlier.
Gift link.
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This newspaper unveiled that Saudi universities were paying up to €70,000 a year to prestigious researchers to artificially pump up Arab institutions in international academic rankings
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Dozens of the world’s most cited scientists stop falsely claiming to work in Saudi Arabia
This newspaper unveiled that Saudi universities were paying up to €70,000 a year to prestigious researchers to artificially pump up Arab institutions in international academic rankings
english.elpais.com
December 9, 2024 at 7:22 PM
This newspaper unveiled that Saudi universities were paying up to €70,000 a year to prestigious researchers to artificially pump up Arab institutions in international academic rankings
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Great points and great interview by @liedra.net
Here I am back again saying critical things about genAI loudly! hellorayo.co.uk/greatest-hit...
Staffordshire AI expert warns parents not to post photos of their children online
Parents across Staffordshire and Cheshire are being warned not to post...
hellorayo.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 10:27 AM
Great points and great interview by @liedra.net
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Autogolpes happen when democratically elected heads of state undemocratically seize dictatorial powers.
Tunisia experienced one in 2021. Peru dodged one in 2022.
South Korea is in danger of it now. Its parliament is behaving valiantly. But if Pres. Yoon steamrolls it, he's attempting an autogolpe.
Tunisia experienced one in 2021. Peru dodged one in 2022.
South Korea is in danger of it now. Its parliament is behaving valiantly. But if Pres. Yoon steamrolls it, he's attempting an autogolpe.
December 3, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Autogolpes happen when democratically elected heads of state undemocratically seize dictatorial powers.
Tunisia experienced one in 2021. Peru dodged one in 2022.
South Korea is in danger of it now. Its parliament is behaving valiantly. But if Pres. Yoon steamrolls it, he's attempting an autogolpe.
Tunisia experienced one in 2021. Peru dodged one in 2022.
South Korea is in danger of it now. Its parliament is behaving valiantly. But if Pres. Yoon steamrolls it, he's attempting an autogolpe.
For major foreign businesses in #korea, they need to communicate with their business and government partners that democratic Korea that is a bit of a mess is to be preferred to #martiallaw and a return to the 1980s
December 3, 2024 at 3:35 PM
For major foreign businesses in #korea, they need to communicate with their business and government partners that democratic Korea that is a bit of a mess is to be preferred to #martiallaw and a return to the 1980s
Reading the President’s declaration of martial law in #Korea and one could easily see a #trump declaration reading very similarly www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...
Read President Yoon’s Speech Declaring Martial Law in South Korea
President Yoon Suk Yeol made the extraordinary declaration in an unannounced speech to the nation on Tuesday night.
www.nytimes.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Reading the President’s declaration of martial law in #Korea and one could easily see a #trump declaration reading very similarly www.nytimes.com/2024/12/03/w...
This
Why does it matter? It may help inform you about why Americans watch the news they consume: It should be informational & interesting. They don’t want to see people sitting behind a desk pontificating. Viewers prefer original reporting, human interest stories & boots on the ground investigations.
Fun fact: More people watch Inside Edition every night than CNN, Fox News and MSNBC combined.
November 23, 2024 at 7:02 AM
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Either Museveni had Besigye abducted while he was in Nairobi without telling anyone there, or Kenya greenlighted the operation.
Either way, the potential repercussions are major.
It also says something that Museveni's back to having Besigye arrested, which seems very 2010s.
Either way, the potential repercussions are major.
It also says something that Museveni's back to having Besigye arrested, which seems very 2010s.
Kenya investigating how Uganda opposition figure was 'abducted'
Kenya's government has said it was investigating how a prominent Ugandan opposition leader was spirited out of Nairobi this week, amid growing criticism that it had failed to protect foreign dissidents on its soil.
www.reuters.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Either Museveni had Besigye abducted while he was in Nairobi without telling anyone there, or Kenya greenlighted the operation.
Either way, the potential repercussions are major.
It also says something that Museveni's back to having Besigye arrested, which seems very 2010s.
Either way, the potential repercussions are major.
It also says something that Museveni's back to having Besigye arrested, which seems very 2010s.
Best written long form piece I’ve read in a long time from @vincenzobarney.bsky.social in Vanity Fair on Cormac McCarthy’s muse, Augusta Britt. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
Cormac McCarthy’s Secret Muse Breaks Her Silence After Half a Century: “I Loved Him. He Was My Safety.”
When he was 42, Cormac McCarthy fell in love with a 16-year-old girl he met by a motel pool. Augusta Britt would go on to become one of the most significant—and secret—inspirations in literary history...
www.vanityfair.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Best written long form piece I’ve read in a long time from @vincenzobarney.bsky.social in Vanity Fair on Cormac McCarthy’s muse, Augusta Britt. www.vanityfair.com/style/story/...
@bsky.app how do you folks keep bots out of here? It seems like everyone in here is actually a real person
a bald man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a blue wall .
ALT: a bald man in a suit and tie is sitting in front of a blue wall .
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:08 AM
@bsky.app how do you folks keep bots out of here? It seems like everyone in here is actually a real person
Pay the man #NYR
Forgot to post this the other day -- Igor Shesterkin got close to a goalie goal against SJ, only to have his attempt batted down by 2024 No. 1 pick Macklin Celebrini.
Asked Shesterkin on Saturday if he saw it was Celebrini who stopped him.
"He should be in school."
#NYR
Asked Shesterkin on Saturday if he saw it was Celebrini who stopped him.
"He should be in school."
#NYR
November 19, 2024 at 4:54 PM
Pay the man #NYR
A very well researched and reported example of business behaving badly with political consequences www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...
The Middlemen Linking Migrants in the U.S. to Your Shopping Cart
The incoming Trump administration promises an immigration crackdown. But for years, the on-demand economy has been fueled by unscrupulous staffing agencies exploiting migrant workers.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2024 at 2:32 PM
A very well researched and reported example of business behaving badly with political consequences www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/u...
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Help needed! I'm building a Starter Pack on business and society researchers that could use some more weight - please circulate and suggest additions! Including CSR, ESG, BHR scholars as well.
go.bsky.app/6JEpopf
go.bsky.app/6JEpopf
November 11, 2024 at 8:19 AM
Help needed! I'm building a Starter Pack on business and society researchers that could use some more weight - please circulate and suggest additions! Including CSR, ESG, BHR scholars as well.
go.bsky.app/6JEpopf
go.bsky.app/6JEpopf