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
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New paper: "Dynamic Policy Evaluation and Learning with Spatio-temporal Data," where we estimate the optimum allocation of reconstruction aid during the war in Iraq using our new R package ("geocausal") It's here: arxiv.org/abs/2609.15718 0166
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Just following your gps is a tricky proposition in Vermont 1190
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Well, that can't be good for LeTHaLitY 271367223
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Generational damage being done right now 23665216
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Gas now almost touching $6 a gallon in NH for the good stuff 2152
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Another moment of #VermontZen, just because 0200
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Your moment of Vermont zen, teaching-my-son-to-drive-in-the-back-country edition 1140
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Given recruitment difficulties and losses from disease, George Washington literally mandated smallpox inoculation for all troops in 1777 1220554
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 14/04/202618 seconds of liquid Vermont zen, courtesy of our first decent spring rain of 2026 2282
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 08/04/2026Your moment of Vermont zen, ceasefire edition 1240
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Your moment of Vermont zen, rush hour edition 0331
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 01/04/2026So delighted to hear that our edited volume, Speaking Science to Power, has been shortlisted for the 2026 Book of the Year prize by the Conflict Research Society. All credit goes to our amazing coeditors, @oliverkaplan.bsky.social & Rachel Epstein ➡️ conflictresearchsociety.org/the-conflict... 0276
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 28/03/2026Mighty #NoKings protest in Hanover, NH. Despite the chilly temp, folks lined the street for more than a mile. Saw puppets, animatronic dove 🕊️ mounted on a car, and even a drone (a friendly one). 210416
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I believe it was @beijingpalmer.bsky.social who recommended this, but Alyagon's Inked is a revelation. Tells the story of the rise & fall of the Song Dynasty through the medium of soldiers' tattoos. If you teach a War + Society class, or believe social structures matter for militaries, check it out 1152
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 12/03/2026This is literally the "nothing to see here, please disperse" meme from Naked Gun come to life 0268
Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Small-town political scientist here, just with a friendly reminder that yes, this is a war (Congressman Greg Landsman edition) www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a... 0201