Sally Dukes
@sallydukes.bsky.social
American in Belgium, ICC enthusiast, leader of the anti-IR realism coalition, no I do not speak French 🇺🇸 🇱🇺
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Sally Dukes
@sallydukes.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I see I’ve gotten a bunch of new followers so let me introduce myself: I’m a grad student from Charlottesville now living in Belgium. I research non-state actors and genocide. Mostly I post mostly about international conflict, cats, and stuff I see around Europe.
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Epstein was obviously the story of the day but it’s wild that we got confirmation the CIA was engaged in biological warfare in Afghanistan for at least a decade
Inside the CIA’s secret mission to sabotage Afghanistan’s opium
In a decade-long operation, the CIA modified poppy seeds and dropped them by the billions from aircraft over Afghanistan in an attempt to weaken the potency of the country’s opium crop.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Epstein was obviously the story of the day but it’s wild that we got confirmation the CIA was engaged in biological warfare in Afghanistan for at least a decade
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"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal" edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:31 PM
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal" edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Well it's been a pretty intense day of academic administration I guess I'll just check in on the news events of the day ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?! www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Jeffrey Epstein claims he gave Russians insight into Trump
Newly released emails show the late convicted sex offender’s extensive network of foreign contacts, whom he corresponded with about Trump’s policy decisions.
www.politico.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Well it's been a pretty intense day of academic administration I guess I'll just check in on the news events of the day ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME?!?! www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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From today's Chronicle of Higher Ed briefing. I am *never* an advocate of cutting programs. But I am curious to see if there will be the same type of "students aren't majoring in this, so let's cut the program" discourse around computer science as there always is for the arts and humanities.
November 11, 2025 at 12:38 PM
From today's Chronicle of Higher Ed briefing. I am *never* an advocate of cutting programs. But I am curious to see if there will be the same type of "students aren't majoring in this, so let's cut the program" discourse around computer science as there always is for the arts and humanities.
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Workers in Merced County, CA are harvesting sweet potatoes. There's so much work at this time of year that there are multiple shifts. These workers start at 4 a.m. when it's still dark. Lamps hung on the tractor give them enough light to sort the potatoes by size into boxes. #WeFeedYou
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Workers in Merced County, CA are harvesting sweet potatoes. There's so much work at this time of year that there are multiple shifts. These workers start at 4 a.m. when it's still dark. Lamps hung on the tractor give them enough light to sort the potatoes by size into boxes. #WeFeedYou
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“”The Biden administration deliberately looked the other way in the face of overwhelming evidence that war crimes were being committed with U.S. weapons in Gaza,” @vanhollen.senate.gov
of Maryland, told Reuters.
of Maryland, told Reuters.
US intel found Israeli military lawyers warned there was evidence of Gaza war crimes, former US officials say
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 AM
“”The Biden administration deliberately looked the other way in the face of overwhelming evidence that war crimes were being committed with U.S. weapons in Gaza,” @vanhollen.senate.gov
of Maryland, told Reuters.
of Maryland, told Reuters.
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If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Saied is tightening the belt of authoritarian repression in Tunisia even more.
Today, the Geneva-based World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) was forced to suspend assistance to torture victims in 🇹🇳 & cease its work. I’ve known its director many years. They did great work 💔
Today, the Geneva-based World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) was forced to suspend assistance to torture victims in 🇹🇳 & cease its work. I’ve known its director many years. They did great work 💔
Tunisia suspends another rights group in ongoing crackdown
The World Organisation Against Torture becomes the latest in a number of organisations to have its operations suspended by Tunisian authorities.
www.newarab.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Saied is tightening the belt of authoritarian repression in Tunisia even more.
Today, the Geneva-based World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) was forced to suspend assistance to torture victims in 🇹🇳 & cease its work. I’ve known its director many years. They did great work 💔
Today, the Geneva-based World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) was forced to suspend assistance to torture victims in 🇹🇳 & cease its work. I’ve known its director many years. They did great work 💔
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The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
Geolocating Darfur Killings of Those Escaping Al Fashir - bellingcat
Warning: Contains written descriptions of extreme violence including murder. All graphic footage has been omitted. A Bellingcat investigation has identified and verified the exact location of a mass k...
www.bellingcat.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Social media footage and satellite imagery show killings as Rapid Support Forces took over Al Fashir (El Fasher). Bellingcat geolocated one incident on the city’s outskirts and showed it to the UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/11...
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looking forward to the fights that break out over this
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
looking forward to the fights that break out over this
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Thinking about that in in Afghanistan when Cheny came to visit and everyone meeting him had to turn in their weapons because they were worried about a troop assassination
November 4, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Thinking about that in in Afghanistan when Cheny came to visit and everyone meeting him had to turn in their weapons because they were worried about a troop assassination
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Let's all allow Dick Cheney's peaceful passing at the ripe old age of 84 to remind us of the importance and joy of speaking ill of the dead when the dead were assholes.
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Let's all allow Dick Cheney's peaceful passing at the ripe old age of 84 to remind us of the importance and joy of speaking ill of the dead when the dead were assholes.
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"Every architectural choice conveys an ideology of order, cleanliness, and control. The chaos of Cairo has been erased. Air is filtered, the light precise, the crowds disciplined. It is an Egypt without noise, an Egypt without Egyptians."
Glory on Display, Ruin Outside: Egypt Opens the Grand Museum
Mummies for the Living: How Sisi’s Regime Turned the Pharaohs into Propaganda
Egypt Security Sector Report
open.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"Every architectural choice conveys an ideology of order, cleanliness, and control. The chaos of Cairo has been erased. Air is filtered, the light precise, the crowds disciplined. It is an Egypt without noise, an Egypt without Egyptians."
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We live in the dystopian world Dick Cheney made. Alligator Alcatraz, masked ICE agents disappearing brown people, blowing up random boats of people declared "enemy combatants" in a "war" with no borders, unfettered presidential power. Cheney created the lawless executive power Trump now exploits.
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We live in the dystopian world Dick Cheney made. Alligator Alcatraz, masked ICE agents disappearing brown people, blowing up random boats of people declared "enemy combatants" in a "war" with no borders, unfettered presidential power. Cheney created the lawless executive power Trump now exploits.
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we ended up where we are now for a number of reasons, but one was that Dick Cheney realized he could go on camera, lie about saying things he’d previously said on camera, and TV interviewers would just sputter
November 4, 2025 at 1:20 PM
we ended up where we are now for a number of reasons, but one was that Dick Cheney realized he could go on camera, lie about saying things he’d previously said on camera, and TV interviewers would just sputter
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In my brain this headline was "Cheney Shoots Old Man in the Face, Blames Him"
www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/p...
www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/p...
Cheney Shoots Fellow Hunter in Mishap on a Texas Ranch (Published 2006)
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:48 PM
In my brain this headline was "Cheney Shoots Old Man in the Face, Blames Him"
www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/p...
www.nytimes.com/2006/02/13/p...
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One of the lamentable casualties of the war in #Ukraine has been the credibility of far too many former leading lights of the global left.
Sigh. This was literally the easiest gullibility test in 80 years. And I too used to thing Sachs was a reasonably smart guy and not a grifter.
Sigh. This was literally the easiest gullibility test in 80 years. And I too used to thing Sachs was a reasonably smart guy and not a grifter.
We have reached peak "NATO expansion propaganda". Jeffrey Sachs claims he was personally told by someone he didn't meet that there was a broken promise to a person who says it wasn't made.
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
One of the lamentable casualties of the war in #Ukraine has been the credibility of far too many former leading lights of the global left.
Sigh. This was literally the easiest gullibility test in 80 years. And I too used to thing Sachs was a reasonably smart guy and not a grifter.
Sigh. This was literally the easiest gullibility test in 80 years. And I too used to thing Sachs was a reasonably smart guy and not a grifter.
in celebration of dick cheney’s death, I’d like to recommend the book “The Dark Side” by Jane Mayer about the bush admin’s use of rendition and torture. also “The Smartest Guys in the Room” is a good read to remind yourself about some of the other crimes we often forget cheney did
November 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
in celebration of dick cheney’s death, I’d like to recommend the book “The Dark Side” by Jane Mayer about the bush admin’s use of rendition and torture. also “The Smartest Guys in the Room” is a good read to remind yourself about some of the other crimes we often forget cheney did
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Waking up to the news that a member of the Bush administration has died rather than see a Muslim elected Mayor of New York
November 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Waking up to the news that a member of the Bush administration has died rather than see a Muslim elected Mayor of New York