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I finally finished this article and it is a doozy, especially learning that one harrasser was hired "...despite knowing he had stood down as dean of the business school at Cornell University...following a personal relationship with a junior employee..."

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
Oxford University Has Failed Women Over Harassment Concerns, Staff Say
The university has repeatedly been slow to act against male academics accused of sexual misconduct and inappropriate behavior, a Bloomberg investigation found.
www.bloomberg.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Look around. The case for more, not less, liberal arts education - actual, real education in reading, writing, thinking, arguing, analyzing, & synthesizing by doing the actual hard work for which there is no substitute - is stronger than it’s ever been at any point in human history.
November 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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There was a time in our history when Black people had to carry freedom documents to prove their status. Today, Latinos are going through the same thing. Just wanted to put this out there for the Latinos for Trump.

Congratulations, y'all Black now.

Next time, listen to us.🔥☕️
November 1, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The best thing about this World Series for me is that my neighbors and students are slowly starting to realize there is more than one team and one player in MLB. I wish the Los Angeles Ohtani`s well, but still....
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 AM
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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Japan, ostensibly one of the least religious countries in the world, had its political order upended by the lay Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai. That is THE story about Friday's epochal shift in Japanese politics (thread follows):
October 10, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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When Stephen Miller hijacks the Major League Baseball social media account
October 6, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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For every horrific act of fascist abuse you’ve seen video of in recent months, there are hundreds that you’ll never even hear about.
A WILD ONE: A man broke his leg during an arrest by ICE at a car wash south of L.A.

ICE has held him under 24/7 guard at a hospital, registering him under a pseudonym, for *37 days* without telling him why.

A judge has ordered his immediate release.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 5, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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holy shit they did the meme
September 29, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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So many echoes from this article for US politics....
September 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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September 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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13 Nov 4:30 pm EST
#강경화 #KangKyunghwa #AsiaSociety @AsiaSocietyNY
A chance to listen to one of Korea's foremost politicians and diplomats
More info and zoom reg link: korea.fas.harvard.edu/event/koreas...
Korea's Place in an Uncertain World: Challenges and Opportunities | Korea Institute
korea.fas.harvard.edu
September 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."

www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.
UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.
www.nbcnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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Brookings just published my analysis of Taiwan politics after the first wave of recalls. The main point: the recalls have resolved some remaining political uncertainty, & all 3 political parties have some incentives to tack towards the middle.

www.brookings.edu/articles/tai...
Taiwan after the great recalls: Toward a new political equilibrium? | Brookings
After the recall vote, Taiwan’s political combatants now have an opportunity for a political reset. Let us hope that they seize it.
www.brookings.edu
August 16, 2025 at 4:06 AM
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As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
August 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Largely an updated and more finely theorized version of my previous work--all errors in it are solely mine and not that of my fantastic co-author (who is not on Bluesky). Thanks to @vdeminstitute.bsky.social for their fantastic data set!
The Evolution and Institutionalization of Violence Entrepreneurism: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the South Korean Case
South Korea, recognized for its advanced democratic status, has demonstrated significant political developments since the democratic transition in the late 1980s. But political violence persists, c...
www.tandfonline.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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Nothing disturbs me more than the glorification of stupidity.

- Carl Sagan
July 19, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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We're hiring! The Graduate School of Social Sciences at Hitotsubashi University is seeking a non-tenure track lecturer. The application deadline is August 31, 2025 (JST). For more information, see: jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJor...
JREC-IN | A Lecturer (non tenure-track) in political science
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July 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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In May I had the pleasure to discuss a series of papers on South Korea's martial law crisis by my esteemed colleagues. After the event, Nan Kim asked me if I was interested in typing up my thoughts for a special thematic section of the venerable journal Critical Asian Studies. 1/4
Converging Histories: South Korea’s Martial Law Crisis in a Global Conjunctural Frame
This article advocates the use of a “global conjunctural frame” (Hart 2020) to explore the martial law crisis provoked by the actions of South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol in December 2024. It d...
www.tandfonline.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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Everything old is new again.
June 30, 2025 at 1:04 PM