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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

What I would like to know is how socioeconomic standing correlates wtih participation. What about the reasons people don't participate in politics, civic life, etc.?

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Highly recommend. A good reminder that the powerful set the rules of the game. Massot also shows how competitive edges are built and come at a cost and positions at the top of the economic hierarchy are not all the same.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

What does it say about me that I regularly fail those 'captcha' 'verify you are human' tests where you have to click on the squares with crosswalks and shit

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Everyone who was feigning disinterest at this third place match … that had to be one of the most entertaining games in history

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Man in pink bunny hat smiles and laughs

ALT: Man in pink bunny hat smiles and laughs

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Was glad to get a chance to talk about this and put in the point that ordinary Chinese citizens, especially working class folks, are still waiting to benefit from China's economic success and are disproportionately affected when its economy is squeezed.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Don’t worry, my fellow Americans! We’ll just have Trump make another call and reverse all four of those Belgian goals… ⚽️🇧🇪🥳

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Yuen Pau Woo @ypwoo.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Modern exclusion is more subtle, but no less dangerous. It seeks to distinguish between “good Chinese” and “bad Chinese.” Can you list the differences? Hint: It has nothing to do being a law abiding citizen. Other minorities also face this problem. www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

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Why Chinese-American success stories still provoke prejudice and fear

Almost a century and a half has passed since the notorious Chinese Exclusion Act, but anti-Asian prejudice is still rife.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

My 5yo while we’re listening to NUEVAYoL in the car “Mom is this grumpy bunny?” “Yep”

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

My colleague in @sppga.ubc.ca Rashid Sumaila and co-authors "call for ocean science to move beyond observation toward active engagement by forging strategic alliances, centring storytelling, and acknowledging the political nature of science." www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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The ocean crisis demands a new kind of science - npj Ocean Sustainability

npj Ocean Sustainability - The ocean crisis demands a new kind of science

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I’m no poet but the Lincoln memorial reflection pool situation seems like a beautiful metaphor…

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

More great coverage of the Lao PDR's economic shifts, struggles with foreign debt, and engagement with China from Keith Barney and Simon Creak. eastasiaforum.org/2026/03/24/c...

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Can Laos de-risk from China on its own terms?

Vientiane’s de-risking strategy balances diversification abroad with the preservation of its statist system at home.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

If you have appreciated artwork used by the Journal of Peasant Studies or just appreciate activist artwork you may have encountered Philippine activist painter BoyD's work. He's been ill and his family is reaching out for donations for medical expenses. www.gofundme.com/f/help-phili...

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Donate to Help Philippine activist painter BoyD with life-saving care, organized by Philippine Knowledge and Activity Center Netherlands

Federico ‘Boy’ Dominguez, or more popularly, ‘BoyD’ is a Fili… Philippine Knowledge and Activity Center Netherlands needs your support for Help Philippine activist painter BoyD with life-saving care

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Based in Canada? Care about the environment? Please consider commenting on this plan to weaken the Species at Risk Act www.canada.ca/en/one-canad...

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Getting Major Projects Built in Canada - Discussion Paper on Proposed Legislative, Regulatory, and Policy Reforms - Canada.ca

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Super interesting read in a moment when I often wonder what is the role of the university in geopolitics.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

A good friend of mine wrote a piece on her struggles to decide when to have a baby and how to return to the PhD postpartum. The experience is so varied, so nuanced, I feel it helps to see and embrace how little control we have over the experience. oneextrayear.substack.com/p/ella-patel...

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Ella Patelli

University of British Columbia, Sauder School of Business

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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It's a very odd feeling to read that the cost of your firing was $20 billion to the US economy. Studies like this are so important. It's hard to put a value on a public service. Trustworthy economic data is vital to so much economic activity in a $29 trillion economy. Worth your time to read.

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

A message from Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina projected onto Jeff Bezos’s $120 million penthouse before tonight’s #MetGala, chaired by Bezos.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Happy May the Fourth day y'all! @forestry.ubc.ca please make us 5/4 swag already

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

As part of an NSERC Create grant, IBioS will be hiring a 2-year post-doc. This post-doc will work with PIs on research projects, and will also assist with the new Collaborative Conservation Leadership (CCL) program: ibios.ubc.ca/ccl-program/ This post-doc is ideal for ...

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Benjamin Balthaser @blbalthaser.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The problem is not that older faculty are sticking around - it’s that they are not being replaced. The argument of this piece is quite pernicious as it substitutes a class war btw workers and a neoliberal administration w an age war btw different ranks of workers

Professors Are Too
Old
The academy's gerontocracy problem is worse than anyone admits.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

We Reject the Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence for Reflexive Qualitative Research Four hundred and nineteen experienced qualitative researchers from 32 countries invite readers of Qualitative Inquiry to consider their position on use of ... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Happy to announce @anabuchadas.bsky.social last phd chapter is out! Together with an amazing team, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social, @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @profjulietlu.bsky.social, @arnimscheidel.bsky.social & many more - read the paper here: ecologyandsociety.org/vol31/iss2/a...

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Is backsliding into the vice economy in the face of flagging health in more fundamenta, socially beneficial sectors on your bingo sheet of "declining US imperialism" today? If so, you're in luck!

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Happy to have been a very small contributor to Ana's paper on Failed Land Investments, it's a great baseline for a potential broad set of explorations of the post-land grabs moment (if we can call it that). Check it out! Email for access if needed. doi.org/10.5751/ES-1...

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Ecology & Society: Unpacking the role of failed land investments in driving tropical deforestation

Tropical and subtropical forests and savannas support millions of forest-dependent people. These ecosystems are under rising pressure from deforestation, primarily due to agricultural expansion. Yet, ...

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mspwhistles.bsky.social @mspwhistles.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Today is day 125 of the ICE occupation of MN. Today, as rapid responders stood watch outside Easter services, we’re thinking of the thousands of families wrenched apart by the immigration surge. Many of our neighbors have already been deported, creating huge holes in the fabric of our communities.

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Half of those arrested by federal agents in Minnesota this winter have already been deported

The federal government moved at a rapid pace to deport nearly 1,700 people picked up during a surge of immigration enforcement in Minnesota this winter, according to data analyzed by APM Reports and M...

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I don't know how to say this or what the point is, but I feel the need to be on the record saying I'm absolutely against my country's actions in Iran.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Trump is just making all the classic authoritarian mistakes. First fucking with the winter people in Minnesota. Now this.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Here’s that Princess Bride quote you were grasping for today: “You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous of which is, ‘Never get involved in a land war in Asia,’” youtu.be/7LUUk6wVNrY?...

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Princess Bride - Land Wars in Asia

YouTube video by technomage116

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

"Enough IS abundance" I think about this, the email signature of Louise Fortmann, all the time and thought maybe you would like to as well.

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Reading for a conference panel paper Jun Borras's TNI piece on ICARRD+20 (recommended by co-organizer) comments on land tenure programs: "There is nothing inherently good or bad with this process. The problem comes in when formalization of land tenure is pursued without the policy of redistribution

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I've been reminded by a few events bring @aasasianstudies.bsky.social and @sppga.ubc.ca experts together this week of the longer historical tail of our current political moment. Taomo Zhou recommended the audience at our Indo-Pacific Symposium consult 'Trade Wars are Class Wars' and I am rereading

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This was just shared with me, and it's a very cool source: lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/cag/research...

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Juliet Lu (she/her/hers) @profjulietlu.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Next Thursday March 12, UBC's Institute for Asian Research w/ @sppga.ubc.ca & @asiapacificfdn.bsky.social present our 2nd "Indo-Pacific Symposium: Shifting fault lines?" featuring regional specialists in town for @aasasianstudies.bsky.social conference. Join us! sppga.ubc.ca/events/event...

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