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just got an article rejection after 2 years with the journal, two rounds of R&R. I don't mind rejections, but this was sort of ridiculous. Both for the lack of time and the editor wasting my, and the reviewers' time. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I love the Halloween movies, and watch them each October. But I just can't get through The Curse of Michael Myers. Whenever Paul Rudd is there, I just see Paul Rudd. Maybe that's not fair. Did anyone see it before he became famous? What did you think of him?

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I've seen a lot of use of the term "hegemonic suicide" to describe Trump's policies. Has anyone written this up, maybe in a Foreign Affairs-type piece? It'd be useful for my lecture on hegemonic stability theory #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I'm 75% done with a paper and want to get it finished today. So I decided to reorganize my bookshelf #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I feel like I'm seeing more awkward word choices in student papers. Words that aren't completely wrong, but also aren't the right word for the sentence and are not something you'd say in conversation. Is this AI? #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

the whole "iced coffee in interviews" thing is likely overblown social media rage bait, but it did get me thinking about the pushback I receive from students, mostly Gen Z, over formatting and citation requirements. THREAD #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

excited to have a new article out in Security Studies, an automated content analysis of religious rhetoric in the Bush Administration's war on terrorism, and its impact on US relations with Muslim countries. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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Religion as a Tool in Interstate Crises

Numerous studies have documented the impact of religious motivations and concerns on international security, but the extent to which states can use religion as a tool in interstate crises remains u...

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

recent academic exchange: [third party introduces me to someone] me: oh, [X], you teach [Y class], right? X: I used to, not this year me: Oh, ok. Well I run the program that had listed it. We've exchanged emails. X: [nods] me: So I wanted to say hi. X: [nods] me: Ok, good chat #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

interesting to see the discourse about this book, and I'm looking forward to reading it. This is a conversation I've been having with fellow Christians. And some here in VT are acting out their faith- www.wcax.com/2026/09/04/7...

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7 clergy protesting Williston ICE facility arrested

Several clergy members were arrested during a protest at the Department of Homeland Security building in Williston Friday morning.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

my new post in @duckofminerva.bsky.social , the 1st of 2 post-APSA reflections. In this piece I discuss my concerns with experimental approaches to international politics #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

For anyone at APSA this year, the @cornellupress.bsky.social booth has a great book on display... #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

oh, I also did a week-long travel study trip. Forgot about that

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

this post may be off-putting, but I think it's useful to be transparent about what does and does not get done over the summer as academics. #academicsky 1/4

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I just submitted an article review. I wrote a brief paragraph summarizing my points, a brief overview of the argument, and then a few paragraphs touching on major points. I don't get why so many reviews are line by line attacks on an article. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

struggling with some R code and wondering what the ethical distinction is btw going to ChatGPT/Claude or Googling/asking on Substack. When I've gotten useful answers on Substack I don't feel like I'm learning, since it's often stylized to my exact Q rather than the general concept 1/2 #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

8 year old: "so as a Full Professor, are you able to fire people now?" #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

every summer I get my course prep done by the beginning of August so I don't have to worry about it, then spend the rest of August worrying I forgot something #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Alright my joke about Vermont- where I live- got me called a racist and misogynist over on Threads so I'm just nuking it here too. Social media isn't worth it.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I've been wondering why the baristas at my regular spot are chatty with all these middle aged guys, but our relationship is friendly but business-like. I worried I wasn't friendly enough.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

TSA's security theater continues. Now they're taking away kids' squishy toys- www.today.com/parents/fami... I wrote about this ridiculous system a few years ago at @duckofminerva.bsky.social - www.duckofminerva.com/2023/06/secu...

today.com

The TSA Rule That’s Leaving Kids in Tears at Airport Security

Parents say they had no idea a certain toy violated TSA rules until it was taken away at the security checkpoint.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I was asked to do a book review by a journal, but the press would only send a link to an e-book. Gotta say, this is pretty annoying. I'm basically doing free advertising for them. They can spare one copy. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

at the beginning of August I share my course syllabi with students through the LMS. I always hide a music trivia question in the intro course for a participation point. I like to see how long it takes for a student to answer- this year it was 1 week. Impressive. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

My wife is meeting me while I'm getting coffee and working. I thought about taking a four person table so we'd have space but went with a two person one to be considerate. Then a guy by himself plopped down on the four person. Am I the only person who cares about the rules?

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Big Lebowski: Smokey, This Is Bowling

ALT: Big Lebowski: Smokey, This Is Bowling

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

It's lonely being a dad at camp drop-off. The moms all gather and chat and the dads stare at their phones. I made a joking comment to one about the girls just wanting us to leave instead of waving bye and he muttered something and turned away

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

It's my daughter's first day of camp and she was nervous. I bought her a fun cake to have tonight to celebrate/cheer her up if things weren't great. And...I dropped it

A crab-shaped cake smashed when I dropped it

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I'm updating my readings for the fall, and it's amazing how much of a closed shop Foreign Affairs seems. There's one guy who's had six articles this year. I understand wanting to hear from experts, but it's nice to get different viewpoints. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

So I'm currently working on 2 book reviews (because I can't say no) and am wondering if there's a point to these. Does anyone read them? I feel like they're mostly listed under the book entry in the CV #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

one of the more common attack lines I've heard from conservative evangelicals as a progressive Christian is that we ignore Biblical passage that are "inconvenient" to our political beliefs. But w/ Trump I'm seeing, as w/ so much else, that's basically projection

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

someone explain to me the impulse among many southern evangelicals to rush to forgive adults who harm children, and claim we must show "grace" to them by letting it go. I've seen it w/ abuse of children, and it's also coming up w/ reactions to the Camp Mystic disaster.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

my University has multiple layers of admin between the college and Uni levels, and none of them seem to be able to do anything but cc each other when asked to resolve something. "I wonder why tuition is so high?" #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

you'd think with the thousands of dollars Universities pay to journal publishers they could just look up the page numbers of a journal article themselves as part of the proofing process. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

so I asked Copilot to make a GANTT chart for a project I'm starting out of a text narrative. The first attempt looked right, but it broke it down by week, not semester as I specified in the text. The second attempt broke it down by semester but it didn't look like a GANTT chart.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Watching the kids. The younger one is in half-day camp this week. The tween wanted a week "off." We made a big schedule of all the fun stuff we'd do. It's 10:00 and she's still asleep. I can't decide if I should let her sleep as long as she wants, or if she'll be annoyed I let her sleep so long.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I love it when people release a "replicable" dataset with a "codebook" that doesn't even discuss most of the variables. I LOVE IT. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

I saw someone with a "stomp on my flag I'll eat your a#$" bumper sticker. I feel like he may want to think that threat through

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

serious question: was there ever a "revolutionary" tech breakthrough that required as much effort to get people to adopt as Gen AI? I had been working on a shared Word doc in Teams, but now I can't access Word in Teams w/o a Copilot license.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

my annual Eurovision post, about the well-deserved win by Bulgaria's Dara.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I cursed out an AI chatbot today. I don't feel great about it.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

just submitted my final grades for the semester. Waiting for the emails to come... #academicsky

A scene from Jurassic Park in which Arnold says "Hold onto your butts"

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I'm approaching the age where a mid-life crisis should start, but I don't think I could afford it. How did Boomers pull off buying Corvettes and boats and nice jackets?

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

My intro final is half multiple choice, half essay. A student came up after the multiple choice part and said they didn't feel like doing the essay. They were a senior, and calculated the effect on their grade; they said they could live with it. I just had to say "fair enough" #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

For my finals, I provide 9 prompts ahead of time, pick 3 for the exam and they write 1. Sometimes I end up with 2/3 of the class using the same prompt, which means it was a bad prompt--they think it's easy, but it isn't and I get a lot of bad essays. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I've found myself listed as an expert on a few research centers/foundations. I can't remember ever communicating with them, although it's possible I forgot. What should I do? Ask them? Just put it on my CV? #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

so we all complain about Gen Z and Alpha having 0 computer literacy. Proctoring exams basically means being an IT person. Should we start requiring computer literacy training in year 1, alongside writing and such? #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

For the second year in a row my daughter and I went to see Mamma Mania, a great ABBA tribute act. Women (I was one of the few men) kept coming up and telling me how great a dad I am. Little did they know I'm a massive ABBA fan who can sing along to all the songs.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

I have students do group projects with a presentation in my Terrorism and Counterterrorism course. One ended with this slide. I'm not sure how to take that. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I'll probably never win a teaching award. My teaching evals always end up below the Department average. But for both my classes this semester I got applause from the students at the end of the closing lecture. I can live with that. #academicsky

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

I remember when I was at Vassar, some students argued that it's ok to steal from the dining hall because we were standing up to corporate greed (I think it was Aramark running it). The rest of us--18-21 year olds who self-selected into a progressive college--thought it was a dumb argument.

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Peter Henne @pehenne.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

I'm fighting a losing battle to get my international relations students to stop using "allyship" as a synonym for "alliance" #academicsky

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