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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I do not understand how the firm drew the line between inappropriate and offensive and harassment. The only policy they cite is on offensive behavior, which includes harassment!

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Asking a subordinate to meet you at a bar on a Saturday and then demanding that they choose whether or not to be your friend, and whether or not to keep their job, is not normal behavior.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This same pattern of "not recalling" and then later forcefully denying is also present in the allegations about discussing breasts with the deputy. For some reason the summary credits the follow up statements as somewhat credible.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The standard here should not be that you can touch colleagues upper legs so long as they never tell you it's not fine to do that. That's not a reasonable interpretation of expectations of professional behavior.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Mayor Her reviewed her on-its-face inappropriate communications and concluded they were not inappropriate. Ok!

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Following the Rose Avenue (note: not Rose Street) incident in which SPPD officers were accused of working with ICE, the Mayor brought egg rolls to SPPD to "recognize how hard their work is." This reads to me as an apology for the investigation and seems to undermine an ongoing accountability process

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Is this how people felt during the 2000s? Was the creation and progression of systemic risk this obvious?

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Conclusions from Her investigation leave lots of questions. First and foremost: where is the line between offensive and inappropriate and harassment? www.stpaul.gov/sites/defaul...

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I successfully defended my dissertation today. There are many, many people to which this is owed: my advisor, @mcopelov.bsky.social, my husband, my family, my best friend @mollycoleman.bsky.social for believing in me more than I ever believed in myself. I also owe it to the people of Minnesota.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

This is the current NYT description of the latest incidents in the Straight of Hormuz. How is this sufficient reporting for the Paper of Record?

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Saw a photo of a painted bunting on here; tried to paint it. First oil painting I’ve tried since 14

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Apropos of nothing at all, here is one of five "core, vital national interests" per Trump's national security strategy. On a scale of 1-10 how do we think we're doing here guys

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Case. In. Point. re: our national news media never being up to the task. Prioritizing their own book profits over reporting ESSENTIAL news to the American public. What did they know and when did they know it? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The NYT front page right now. I am so ashamed of this country. There are so very many people who deserve blame for the horror this man is unleashing on the world, not least of all our national media who have never managed to understand and convey the stakes.

New York Times front page discusses Trump's threat to wipe out a whole civilization and the Iranian response, paired next to an article that discusses the First Lady Melania Trump's outfits at Easter.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Un fucking real country that we live in.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I sure wish there was more distance between Maunz's view here and Roberts' jurisprudence.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

I feel like we are in a Catch-22 simulation. “We don’t have a warrant to detain you, but if you do not allow us to illegally detain you, then we don’t need a warrant to detain you.”

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

NYT failing us, again. What triggered the “unrest,” NYT? Why was there a “confrontation” between protestors and federal agents? Was the forced deployed on both sides equal? Was there, in fact, any force deployed against federal officials at all?

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

I have been thinking about this so much. Especially as a Minnesotan, this is the first time really we have been in such an adversarial position with the federal government. And it is a righteous fight.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Third best thing: this sign

Sign at an anti-ICE protest says “Nazgûl out of Minnesota”

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

WI Human Subjects Research training declares that only quantitative research can be used for theory and hypothesis-testing, and that qualitative research is purely theory-generating.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

NYT has decided to compete with WSJ for the home of corporate propaganda, I see.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

Two weeks ago on the North Shore at Tettegouche State Park. It was so peaceful.

Lake Superior at twilight in late October from Tettegouche State Park. Trees on the shoreline are a mix of pine and leaf-less birch. Water appears calm.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 25/01/2024

How are these two things in the top half of the NYT online front page. I can think of literally one thousand other more important things that readers could be pushed to learn about.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Had lots of creative and funny memes from students but this one takes the cake for me because it’s so specific and obscure. Credit to Mac for hitting the perfect tone here:

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

Gave the last lecture today for my first semester as lead instructor for IPE @ UW-Madison. It was generally a blast and I had lots of very engaged students. Cheers to the end of the semester 🥃

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

I won't claim to rival @mcopelov.bsky.social's "Definitive IPE Playlist" but we did do a mini "IPE Eras Tour" that is coming to an end today. Relieved to report I have lots of Prince fans in class, devastated to learn I had zero takers on Willie Nelson *OR* Motown.

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

Had the incredible privilege of helping Jessica Weeks organize & host Journeys in World Politics @ UW-Madison this weekend. Thank you to all of our brilliant participants, senior mentors, & especially @sbmitche.bsky.social & Kelly Kadera for building such a powerful, game-changing event/community

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Many gems in this paean to private equity (from, of course, the chief lobbyist for private equity). A particular favorite is the notion that this is the first time antitrust regulation has become political www.ft.com/content/7911...

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Allie Myren @amyren.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

In honor of Pinoe's last USWNT game. An honor to watch her in her peak at the 2019 World Cup. Thanks for giving us 1 thing we could enjoy being patriotic about during those years!!!

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