Reposted by Jason "Red5" Lyall🍁🍂 🎃 Diva for the Season 💚💙🏈🫶👠👑 @queenofthinair.bsky.social · 6hAnd this is also setting incentives and habits in the military organizational culture that is not easily undone. It also further erodes what little culture of academic freedom and critical obedience is still possible. Those arguing this can just be reversed are missing the larger picture. 042
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallAnne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...thecut.comWhat It Feels Like at Cornell Right NowAs a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big. 4629471038
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21074652433
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJim LaPorta @jimlaporta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Def. Sec. Hegseth signed a memo today that CBS News obtained two months ago eliminating civilian tenure at military service academies. The Daily Wire was first to report on Tuesday that Hegseth signed the memo CBS News first reported on. Story: www.cbsnews.com/news/dod-pen... 1818376
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 29/09/2026static.klipy.comSpec SaversALT: Spec Savers 0172
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants. 20752321418
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Hard to imagine what that would be like 23774911250
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 27/09/2026Google finally updated some of its satellite images of Gaza and my god, it's horrific. The entirety of Rafah has been demolished. The majority of Khan Younis is in ruins. Entire towns completely leveled and erased of the map. 9352123192
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallMoira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 28/09/2026You know when public attention can reverse a prosecutorial decision like this you almost get the sense that the decision to shrug it off in the first place was not based on an assessment of the quality of the evidence so much as an assessment of the seriousness of the crime. 363576829
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Deeply ashamed by Cornell, my alma mater. Deserves to be sued into oblivion for its institutional cowardice and heartlessnesscornellsun.comCornell, Chi Phi Sued by Victim of Alleged Gang Rape, Drugging in 2024A former Cornell student filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that she was gang raped after being coerced into consuming drugs by several men at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in 2024. 24017
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Doesn't fit The Narrative™️, doesn't get the coverage 435054
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Deeply ashamed by Cornell, my alma mater. Deserves to be sued into oblivion for its institutional cowardice and heartlessnesscornellsun.comCornell, Chi Phi Sued by Victim of Alleged Gang Rape, Drugging in 2024A former Cornell student filed a lawsuit on Monday, alleging that she was gang raped after being coerced into consuming drugs by several men at the Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell in 2024. 24017
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Front page news, Boston Globe: Ivy provost leading charge to infuse AI into higher ed discovered using AI in academic & public work w/out disclosure--an action for which a student could fail a course or worse. Free link: archive.is/JoJbA 918152
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I mean, did you at least ask for your F-35 parts back? 1548
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallLarry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The NY Times has repeatedly used the phrase “to heel” in reference to Trump’s crackdown on universities, implicitly clarifying that Trump goal is to establish dominance. And what exactly constitutes this “woke” ideology in higher education? 20866181
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 25/09/2026The Pentagon cover-up of US military casualties in Trump’s catastrophic Iran War continues. 37 troops have been quietly added to the public tally of wounded personnel bringing the total to 861. 27621338
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Your moment of early autumn Vermont Zen 0353
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ChatGPT gave the Tumbler Ridge school shooter tips on how to evade its own safeguards around violence, even helped plan the attack for maximum lethality and media coverage “Don’t use real-world locations,” ChatGPT said, later adding: “You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” 16735
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallClaire Zagorski, PhD, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I hate it so much. This can happen to you too. A year ago, almost everyone doubted this would happen. I had faculty at other schools telling me I was hysterical. (Irony!) Watch for the installation of right wing figureheads without an academic background. Watch for assaults on faculty governance. 19722286
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026ChatGPT gave the Tumbler Ridge school shooter tips on how to evade its own safeguards around violence, even helped plan the attack for maximum lethality and media coverage “Don’t use real-world locations,” ChatGPT said, later adding: “You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.” 16735
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallEvidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) @egap.bsky.social · 24/09/2026And in our final spotlight on #conflict research, @jaylyall.bsky.social, Kosuke Imai & @yangyangzhou.bsky.social ask if economic aid interventions—unconditional cash transfers and livelihood training—affect individual support for combatants during wartime. Read more about their #RCT: buff.ly/sf2hlPYegap.orgBrief 60: Reducing Youth Support for Violence through Training and Cash Transfers in Afghanistan – EGAPEGAP researchers: Jason Lyall, Kosuke Imai 011
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24/09/20268 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says. The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. Rear Adm. Donald J. Guter... described the eight suicide attempts as a “disturbingly high number indicating a serious stress level”nytimes.com8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy SaysThe aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. 19839
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24/09/20268 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy Says. The aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. Rear Adm. Donald J. Guter... described the eight suicide attempts as a “disturbingly high number indicating a serious stress level”nytimes.com8 Sailors in U.S.S. Lincoln Strike Group Attempted Suicide, Navy SaysThe aircraft carrier with its crew of about 5,000 sailors has spent more than 300 days at sea. 19839
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 24/09/2026static.klipy.comDr. Evil: One Million Dollars!ALT: Dr. Evil: One Million Dollars! 1233
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallMatthew Kavanagh @matthewkavanagh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This is so important. Kindof blowing me away as I sit in NY at the UNGA where governments are convening to talk pandemics. 02411
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026How Much Has the U.S. Spent on the War in Iran? The Pentagon has given its most detailed estimate to date of the cost of the Iran war: $43.6 billion. Here’s how that breaks down. (No question that this is an underestimate of the true cost).nytimes.comU.S. Estimates It Spent $43.6 Billion on Iran War. Here's a Breakdown.A detailed look at the $43.6 billion the Pentagon has spent so far. 1209
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 22/09/2026How Much Has the U.S. Spent on the War in Iran? The Pentagon has given its most detailed estimate to date of the cost of the Iran war: $43.6 billion. Here’s how that breaks down. (No question that this is an underestimate of the true cost).nytimes.comU.S. Estimates It Spent $43.6 Billion on Iran War. Here's a Breakdown.A detailed look at the $43.6 billion the Pentagon has spent so far. 1209
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This seems like a pretty big deal: donors made illegal contributions to Susan Collins and then were awarded lucrative contracts after her office intervened with the Navy. An FBI investigation was dropped under Trump. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-... 6226691081
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026AI propaganda wagon from Google Gemini was wheeling around Dartmouth today. Even had a practice example that looked ripped from our in-class exams for Intro to IR about the Treaty of Westphalia (zoom in to see) 3195
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The provost of Dartmouth, at which I teach, has been using AI to write both academic papers & national op-eds, according to brave reporting by @thedartmouth.bsky.social. Many students are already bitter about AI. This leaves us as faculty no ground to stand on. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2026...thedartmouth.comOp-eds, academic articles by Provost Santiago Schnell flagged as ‘AI-written’ by ‘near-zero error’ AI detector PangramSchnell said he used artificial intelligence for “making writing processes more efficient,” but that AI was not a “substitute” for his own “intellectual judgment or authorship.” 711481490
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026AI propaganda wagon from Google Gemini was wheeling around Dartmouth today. Even had a practice example that looked ripped from our in-class exams for Intro to IR about the Treaty of Westphalia (zoom in to see) 3195
Reposted by Jason "Red5" Lyallsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Yes having our fertilizer shipped from a Russian proxy dictator half the world away is surely a better way to arrange things than getting it from our democratic, once-friendly neighbor here in the North America 752246480
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Timeline of Strategic Genius: Wednesday: Trump against helping Saudis fight Houthis Thursday: Gets a call from Crown Prince Salman, decides to join the fight Mid-day Sunday: Trump calls off airstrikes right as they were about to begin, declines to help Saudis (again)nytimes.comTrump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military HelpThe president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom’s cooperation in his war against Iran. 1525860
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallElizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Takes my breath away every time I think about it. Not that the architecture was so great or would last forever. But the speed. Just non-believable except we all watched it live on truth social. 920928
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Timeline of Strategic Genius: Wednesday: Trump against helping Saudis fight Houthis Thursday: Gets a call from Crown Prince Salman, decides to join the fight Mid-day Sunday: Trump calls off airstrikes right as they were about to begin, declines to help Saudis (again)nytimes.comTrump Gets Caught in a Dilemma Over a Saudi Plea for Military HelpThe president vacillated but decided on Sunday not to join Saudi Arabia, for now, in joint strikes against the Houthis in Yemen. But he also needs the kingdom’s cooperation in his war against Iran. 1525860
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You're in charge of a war that you're losing, the Houthi are on the march to Riyadh, you've run the Navy ragged, you've lost almost all your bases in the Middle East, you're out of missiles (mostly) that you need in case China steals a march on Taiwan...and you're at a fucking football game. 571671422
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You're in charge of a war that you're losing, the Houthi are on the march to Riyadh, you've run the Navy ragged, you've lost almost all your bases in the Middle East, you're out of missiles (mostly) that you need in case China steals a march on Taiwan...and you're at a fucking football game. 571671422
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallFared Al Mahlool | فريد المحلول @faredalmahlool.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This video was filmed in Palestine. My heart struggles to comprehend such cruelty and the heartbreaking disregard for human life. No human being should have to endure this. 5629311395
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026In Significant Escalation, Houthis Attack Saudi Capital The Houthis, an Iranian-backed militia, said they had fired a wave of missiles and drones at Riyadh, and on Saudi oil facilities.nytimes.comIn Significant Escalation, Houthis Attack Saudi CapitalThe Houthis, an Iranian-backed militia, said they had fired a wave of missiles and drones at Riyadh, and on Saudi oil facilities. 1156
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Scholars whose parents did not graduate from college are less likely to land tenure-track jobs at major research universities & less likely to get tenure Researchers...found disadvantage of being a 1st-gen college grad could be even greater than disadvantages associated w being female or nonwhite"nytimes.comThe Working Class Face a ‘Class Ceiling’ in Elite Occupations (Gift Article)Being female or a person of color has long been seen as a disadvantage in hiring and promotion. A new study of college professors shows that class may loom as large. 42816
Reposted by Jason "Red5" LyallJason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Lethality maxxxing 1286