Josh Busby
@busbyj2.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former Senior Climate Advisor DOD. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy. Author of States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security (Cambridge, 2022).
The Austin American-Statesman endorses Democratic candidate Caitlin Rourk to be the next U.S. Representative from Texas' 10th congressional district!
Rourk aims to serve U.S. House 10 from the 'radical middle' | Endorsement
Caitlin Rourk offers a practical approach to problem-solving and a commitment to making Congress more responsive to the people it serves, the Editorial Board writes.
statesman.com
"obscene medieval spectacle" Pretty much
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayOssoff: "I think Pete Hegseth is frankly a deeply unwell person who seems to relish this kind of brutality all the while he's running a department that is falling into chaos. The guy cannot run the military competently and is spending his time with this kind of obscene medieval spectacle."
jesus christ i have never heard a democratic talk this bluntly about an opponent
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · yesterdayOssoff: "If John Lewis were marching today from Selma to Montgomery, Mike Collins would be grabbing a billy club"
Coping with the news as a public opinion researcher...
Sixth video in my Nature of the International System class on collective action and international organizations. youtube.com/watch?v=15DIyZG-yPQ&feature=youtu.be
NIS Week 6 - International Organizations and Collective Action
YouTube video by Josh Busby
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Update on US-Ecuadorian maritime ops: "An Ecuadorian judge declared 32 crew members of two vessels that were intercepted and bombed by the United States in Pacific waters innocent on Wednesday." efe.com/mundo/declar...
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Thread on WSJ story. It's remarkable and not given the breadth and depth of corruption of the Trump administration which is grifters all the way down.
Yashar Ali 🐘@yasharali.bsky.social · 2d ago1. NEW An incredible, but not surprising, story in the Wall Street Journal about Kimberly Guilfoyle, US Ambassador to Greece.
Grim thread on X about the danger to Brazil from the loss of the Amazon, which I think Bolsonaro's edge and potential/probable victory makes more likely. x.com/Olivergill4B...
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Kim Guillyfoyle asking a donor for $100K to cover her credit card debt before starting in her new role as Ambassador to Greece. "Deters didn’t ultimately make the payment, telling Guilfoyle it would cost him his marriage." www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Thread.
Dan Nexon@dhnexon.net · 2d agoWe've been running @duckofminerva.bsky.social for about 20 years. Its "golden age"ended ~10 yrs ago, but it's had periods of revival. Right now @busbyj2.bsky.social & Peter Henne are doing heroic work to keep it alive. I keep on thinking I'll start hustling again... yet now there's a new challenge
Beginning of last week we were getting coordinated stories on more oil coming through the Strait and now Iran's going after the ships again. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
Oil Was Pouring Out of Hormuz Again. Then Attacks on Ships Resurged.
Iran’s targeting of ships has improved, according to a U.S. official, making transits through the Strait of Hormuz riskier.
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Mike Patton doing Juan Gabriel with a mariachi band in Mexico. youtu.be/TsvXrEqyG1A?...
"Hasta que te conocí" Mike Patton | 54 Festival Internacional Cervantino
YouTube video by Canal22
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Sen. Thom Tillis calls the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, “despicable” and “disgusting.” “The people that led the charge, the people that assaulted police officers, I wish they were still in prison and serving a very long sentence” www.cbsnews.com/news/senator...
Terrific book on private sector fusion with the state in this book.
