Here's a wild anecdote: while teaching high school students about genocide in 1993, Walz had them use GIS data to predict where the next one would occur. They said Rwanda. (the NYT verified this via interviews with some of those students in a 2008 story)

I am also loosing my mind over this. And I am losing my mind over the door-to-door search that the Venezuelan security forces are doing, arresting arbitrarily, jailing and torturing. It also receives almost no attention. It must be possible to do both.

Even more good news from #Bangladesh: human rights defender persecuted by Awami League has been appointed to the interim government. Adilur Rahman Khan is a lawyer and founder of Odhikar, one of the only remaining human rights organisations in the country. Since 2013, the state

Want to know more of Bangladesh’s history? See ⁦Krishnendu Bose⁩ tremendous Bay of Blood about the 1971 genocide that gave it birth. It really is time some platform bought it Bay of Blood (2023) - IMDb imdb.com/title/tt311242…

Existing research 'has largely overlooked the complex interplay between #climate change, #conflict-affected states and #peacebuilding'. Read our article in International Affairs that offers a unique lens into the relationship b/w climate change & peacebuilding: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

One of the biggest failures of the Indian media in the past decade is that it does not have a dedicated correspondent in a single South Asian country.

Parts of my recent interview on the film Bay of Blood, which appeared in the Telegraph newspaper, seems to uncannily foretell the chilling developments in Bangladesh. telegraphindia.com/life/template-…

Afghanistan has one of the world's highest rates of childhood lead exposure, which causes permanent brain damage. Nearly all children here have significant lead poisoning. Researchers in the US have found the source of the lead. But nobody has told the Afghan public. Thread.

1. Twenty years ago, I sat at an airport bar and met a Johnson & Johnson sales rep whose wrenching story led me to do stories that changed federal law and finally to write “No More Tears,” a book about J&J that goes on sale April 8. Pre-order here: rb.gy/9r0119.

This is a very credible place to send money if you want to help people in Feni 🇧🇩

So proud to launch this report on the effects of COVID-19 on women and on research on women in transitional countries GCRF Gender, Justice and Security Hub Luisa Salazar Escalante María Gabriela Vargas thegenderhub.com/publications/h…

Elon Musk has complied after all and provided a list of X Holding Corp shareholders who helped the billionaire buy Twitter. And who do you think turned out to be the investors of the X platform? That's right, Petr Aven and Vadim Moshkovich. Now it is absolutely obvious where Musk

Naomi Hossain I'm with you! Coming from an island nation hit by typhoons & flooding (with bad public response), I think resilience is often used (in the Philippines' case) to justify patience w/ bad governance. It shouldn't be used to justify giving up or being satisfied w/ the status quo.

A month ago I pitched an article about what we know about elections and violence. Today it was the lead article in my favorite magazine of all time. newyorker.com/news/the-weeke…

Professors: how are you handling LLMs in your classes? Please email me at megan.mcardle at washpost.com. On or off the record!

A month after the elections in Venezuela, things have deteriorated sharply in the country. A 🧵for those who have lost track of what's going on.

I went to Memphis to see Musk's xAI supercomputer and learn how it got fast-tracked. This whole story is bananas. The city council didn't know, the utility company signed NDAs, it doesn't have permits for methane gas generators... And all this is for Grok npr.org/2024/09/11/nx-…

An opportunity for a Bangladeshi scholar to visit SOAS University of London SOAS South Asia Institute - deadline for application 18th September so get your skates on! Subir Sinha soas.ac.uk/study/student-…

Excited to share my new book: 'Syndicates and Societies: Criminal Politics in Dhaka' (Cambridge University Press) More details here: cambridge.org/core/books/syn…

Nice to see my new book published online and open access books.google.com.ng/books?hl=en&lr… By clicking "Buy ebook NOK 0.00" you get free access. Some basic info on the book is found here: e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/clima… POLLEN Noragric, Norwegian University of Life Sciences NMBU Hanne Svarstad