Janet Laible 🇨🇦 🇲🇽 🇺🇦 🇺🇸
@janet-laible.bsky.social
Political scientist, Lehigh U. British politics, EU, nationalism, health policy. Popehat fan-club. Also baseball. Profile mural "Calma" in Bethlehem, PA by @theartofpau Living on unceded Lenapehoking (Munsee territory).
If they make this retroactive to 1890, I am golden.
Nova Scotia I am HERE FOR YOU!
Nova Scotia I am HERE FOR YOU!
December 15, 2025 at 10:37 PM
If they make this retroactive to 1890, I am golden.
Nova Scotia I am HERE FOR YOU!
Nova Scotia I am HERE FOR YOU!
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Doing an end of semester reflection with my intro to emergency management students and I ask about memorable disasters they read about…
Student: Love Island
Me: Love CANAL
Time for the semester to end, kids!
Student: Love Island
Me: Love CANAL
Time for the semester to end, kids!
December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Doing an end of semester reflection with my intro to emergency management students and I ask about memorable disasters they read about…
Student: Love Island
Me: Love CANAL
Time for the semester to end, kids!
Student: Love Island
Me: Love CANAL
Time for the semester to end, kids!
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Calling health politics/policy folks- we're soliciting articles for two new special issues!
1. "Political Economy of Health Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" Guest editors: Ashley Fox, Elize Massard da Fonseca, Jessica Rich, and Sakshi Thorat
Deadline to submit: January 9
1. "Political Economy of Health Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" Guest editors: Ashley Fox, Elize Massard da Fonseca, Jessica Rich, and Sakshi Thorat
Deadline to submit: January 9
December 4, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Calling health politics/policy folks- we're soliciting articles for two new special issues!
1. "Political Economy of Health Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" Guest editors: Ashley Fox, Elize Massard da Fonseca, Jessica Rich, and Sakshi Thorat
Deadline to submit: January 9
1. "Political Economy of Health Reforms in Low- and Middle-Income Countries" Guest editors: Ashley Fox, Elize Massard da Fonseca, Jessica Rich, and Sakshi Thorat
Deadline to submit: January 9
"ICE has often been arresting children at 26 Federal Plaza behind closed doors."
On-going horror of this Administration must be exposed again and again. Thank you to the journalists bringing these stories to our attention.
On-going horror of this Administration must be exposed again and again. Thank you to the journalists bringing these stories to our attention.
A 6-year-old boy is missing after ICE arrested him and his dad in NYC last week and shipped them off to separate facilities. www.thecity.nyc/2025/12/02/i... @thecity.nyc @gwynnefitz.bsky.social
ICE Arrested and Separated Chinese Father From 6-Year-Old Son, Advocates Say
The father and son were detained at an ICE check-in on Nov. 26, advocates say. The son’s location is currently unknown, while the father is being held at an upstate ICE facility.
www.thecity.nyc
December 4, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"ICE has often been arresting children at 26 Federal Plaza behind closed doors."
On-going horror of this Administration must be exposed again and again. Thank you to the journalists bringing these stories to our attention.
On-going horror of this Administration must be exposed again and again. Thank you to the journalists bringing these stories to our attention.
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Steve Cropper died. If you've never seen video from the Stax/Volt Europe tour 1967 you owe it to yourself. Absolutely electric. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUk1...
Stax Volt Tour 1967 feat. Otis Redding, Booker T. & The MGs, Sam & Dave
YouTube video by bobbynoe1
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Steve Cropper died. If you've never seen video from the Stax/Volt Europe tour 1967 you owe it to yourself. Absolutely electric. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUk1...
[bows in respect]
One of the all-time greats - guitarist, songwriter, producer, icon. Rest easy, Steve. variety.com/2025/music/n...
Steve Cropper, Legendary Guitarist for Booker T. & the MG’s, Otis Redding and the Blues Brothers, Dies at 84
Steve Cropper, guitarist for Booker T. & the MG's, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers and many more, has died. He was 84.
variety.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:58 PM
[bows in respect]
People are not garbage.
December 3, 2025 at 7:57 PM
People are not garbage.
I used to think I lacked the skills and ability - I suppose the administrative know-how? - to serve in the US government. But now. . .
#RuleBy12YearOlds
#RuleBy12YearOlds
December 1, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I used to think I lacked the skills and ability - I suppose the administrative know-how? - to serve in the US government. But now. . .
#RuleBy12YearOlds
#RuleBy12YearOlds
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On 10 December, 18:00, join @timbale.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & @psurridge.bsky.social to discuss "The British General Election of 2024".
Join us to explore how the election was won, where it was lost & what's changed since July 2024.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
Join us to explore how the election was won, where it was lost & what's changed since July 2024.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
December 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
On 10 December, 18:00, join @timbale.bsky.social @stephenkb.bsky.social @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & @psurridge.bsky.social to discuss "The British General Election of 2024".
Join us to explore how the election was won, where it was lost & what's changed since July 2024.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
Join us to explore how the election was won, where it was lost & what's changed since July 2024.
www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/events/m...
TIS THE SEASON!
"Exploding w uncontainable joy"
"Exploding w uncontainable joy"
Shops at Aura tree. Snow dusted wonderland under (for now) Canada’s tallest residential bldn. Formal skirt transitions to snow fam exploding w uncontainable joy in witnessing drive-by action Santa. A perfect scene to visit & revisit, each time seeing more. 11/10
#EveryCorporateChristmasTreeInToronto
#EveryCorporateChristmasTreeInToronto
November 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
TIS THE SEASON!
"Exploding w uncontainable joy"
"Exploding w uncontainable joy"
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Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
Donate - Native Organizers Alliance
Supporting organizing and advocacy initiatives for Indigenous justice.
nativeorganizing.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Every year around this time, I ask folks to consider doing something in support of Native people. This year, please join me in supporting the Native Organizers Alliance as they build grassroots power, defend Native voting rights, and equip our people for collective struggle through skill-building.
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just like in Chicago before, these folks in St. Paul are standing up to armed goons in full tactical gear in nothing but pajamas
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
just like in Chicago before, these folks in St. Paul are standing up to armed goons in full tactical gear in nothing but pajamas
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Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
November 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Zohran flip your hair again we need healthcare get him to give us healthcare.
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Here is a round-up of some of the work North Carolina did in just the past week:
Thousands of students stage massive high school walkout
Thousands of students stage massive high school walkout
JUST IN: A tidal wave of 30,000 students hit the streets in Charlotte, walking out to confront ICE with sheer numbers and zero hesitation.
This is a generation refusing to be controlled.
This is a generation refusing to be controlled.
November 21, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Here is a round-up of some of the work North Carolina did in just the past week:
Thousands of students stage massive high school walkout
Thousands of students stage massive high school walkout
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Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
This JAG is an incredibly brave patriot.
As we knew all along, these were murders.
“The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.”
“The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources.”
Top military lawyer raised legal concerns about boat strikes
The lawyer at U.S. Southern Command, which oversees the operations against alleged drug-smuggling boats near Venezuela, disagreed that the strikes are legal and was overruled, according to six sources...
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This JAG is an incredibly brave patriot.
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/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
November 20, 2025 at 4:58 PM
/13 Why? For proximity to power. For prestige. For attention.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
Some tongues were made to praise God. Some tongues were made to sing. Some were made for poetry, some for prose, some to agitate and some to soothe.
But some tongues were made for the boot.
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This battle to get these recordings released is important just for admirers of Dick Gaughan’s music, but for music fans in general. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘I never wanted to sing into a vacuum’: Scottish folk pioneer Dick Gaughan’s fight for his lost music
A skilled interpreter and social justice champion, Gaughan is a hero to the likes of Richard Hawley and Billy Bragg. Yet much of his work has been stuck in limbo for decades – until a determined fan s...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:42 PM
This battle to get these recordings released is important just for admirers of Dick Gaughan’s music, but for music fans in general. www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
In the midst of all the garbage news/events right now:
if any of you in the UK catch a gig on the 50th anniversary tour of Bad Manners, POST PICTURES!
if any of you in the UK catch a gig on the 50th anniversary tour of Bad Manners, POST PICTURES!
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In the midst of all the garbage news/events right now:
if any of you in the UK catch a gig on the 50th anniversary tour of Bad Manners, POST PICTURES!
if any of you in the UK catch a gig on the 50th anniversary tour of Bad Manners, POST PICTURES!
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
November 18, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Chicago has had one 9/11 worth of people disappeared since the attacks began in September. Los Angeles has had two 9/11s since June.
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[BBC Scotland] reaction to [4]-2 K. McLean 90+7
November 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
[BBC Scotland] reaction to [4]-2 K. McLean 90+7
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Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
Please help Bryan, a decent and hardworking person who was just kidnapped off the street in DC. He has been in this country since he was a child. He has a business and a family. He does not deserve such shameful cruelty. Please share.
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
www.gofundme.com/f/help-bryan...
Donate to Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom, organized by Kira Tewalt
Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
My name is Kira, and I’m asking for your help on… Kira Tewalt needs your support for Help Bryan Fight for His Freedom
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Of all my posts, this is the one that I wish would be shared widely. I hope people will donate to Bryan's legal defense, but even if you don't, it's important to be aware of the human rights horrors that are going on around us on a daily basis.
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We are accepting submissions for two special issues!
1. Political economy of health reform in low- and middle-income countries - submissions due 1/9 assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
2. The politics of private health insurance - due 2/1 assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
1. Political economy of health reform in low- and middle-income countries - submissions due 1/9 assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
2. The politics of private health insurance - due 2/1 assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
November 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We are accepting submissions for two special issues!
1. Political economy of health reform in low- and middle-income countries - submissions due 1/9 assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
2. The politics of private health insurance - due 2/1 assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
1. Political economy of health reform in low- and middle-income countries - submissions due 1/9 assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...
2. The politics of private health insurance - due 2/1 assets-us-01.kc-usercontent.com/f7ca9afb-82c...