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Last month, I stepped down as an editor after 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA). I have gathered a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary negative referee reports.

The way i have no idea if this is real or satire

A 24-hour rave to build Uganda’s first contemporary art centre open.substack.com/pub/continent/…

Abrego Garcia atty Sandoval-Moshenberg tells me: “We will be opposing the motion to stay.  There are still plenty of facts yet to uncover about the government’s contempt of Judge Xinis’s orders.”

Anthony Reid, New Zealand-born Australian historian with a nearly six-decades career of studying Indonesian - particularly Acehnese history, passed away earlier today, aged 85 years old. Vale Pak Tony. May he rests in peace 🙏

For the first time in history! A Ukrainian F-16 has shot down a russian Su-35 — a historic first. The strike took place near the russian border in Kursk, with support from a Swedish Saab 340 aircraft that provided real-time targeting data. 1/n

In the wake of the current border tension, Thailand is now limiting the stay of Cambodian citizens to just 7 days, down from the usual 60. In response, Cambodia is hitting back with the same restriction 😱 I don’t think this will last very long though…

•□• Hedge Lord 🦔 JD Vance Ask Perplexity The irony lies in JD Vance attending Les Misérables, a story of social injustice and rebellion, while LA protests against immigration policies he supports escalate, with curfews and federal forces deployed. The musical’s themes mirror protesters’ grievances, making his attendance

Turns out, chasing hard working people through ranches and farms and snatching women and children off the streets is not good policy.

Sen. Mike Lee refuses to answer Qs regarding his controversial post in the wake of the MN shootings or his conversation with Sen. Tina Smith over the post. His aide attempted to shield our cameras as we questioned him.

Yumin (Hsu Yumin WANG) and I are excited to share our new paper at Journal of Politics @[email protected]! In this paper, we theorize and test the logic of “redistributionist propaganda”—state messaging boasting about redistributive efforts of the regime. 1/ 📰 doi.org/10.1086/734238

Are you using online surveys in your research? Recruiting participants through paid ads? Then Anja Neundorf and I have an article you’ll want to read:

This CIA manual for how to sabotage an organization from the inside sounds shockingly similar to how faculty meetings work.

📢 New Book! I’m so happy to share that “Crowded Out” – my new book coauthored with Jennifer Hadden (@WatsonInstitute Brown University) – is now out with Cambridge University Press. Here’s why we hope you’ll want to read it. 🧵 1/

Absolutely horrifying- war crimes posted on Telegram as propaganda, a recruitment tool, and a means to terrorize civilians into fleeing. ... “As the market for private military forces grows, so too must investment in the international criminal justice system.”

Call for Proposals: Are you at an institution in Asia that would like to co-host a future AAS-in-Asia conference? We're seeking proposals for the 2027 and 2028 events—check out the Request for Proposals today and submit yours by August 29! asianstudies.org/call-for-propo…

Here's a real photo from Ireland's parliament

Funny drive-by line by Abrego Garcia's federal public defender, Dumaka Shabazz, at the June 13 detention hearing, while summing up: SHABAZZ: ... Mr. Abrego doesn't have a single felony. Not one. Not 34. Zero. ...

Happy to announce that Anthony Taboni and I have created a new dataset of the Supreme Court's Shadow Docket actions from 1993-2025. A paper describing the data and a website with the data and documentation can be found in the next post.

I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.