Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Inequality and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen Website: www.jasonlyall.com
And it's now on sale on Amazon. Get it before PT Pete bans it (again)
Elizabeth N. SaundersHegseth blocking these promotions is not just discriminatory, but also stupid, since research shows militaries are more effective *on the battlefield* when they are inclusive. Read @jaylyall.bsky.social's book. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Great new review of our edited volume, Speaking Science to Power, which looks at how to advise policy-makers ethically. Love that this is being read outside poly sci. Check out the review:
Navigating the ethical dimensions of the science-policy interfaceGuidance for researchers seeking to contribute science to the policymaking process typically focuses on technical training, such as how to write op-eds and policy briefs. An under-discussed but vital ...nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.comYour periodic reminder that Elon Musk and his DOGE minions are responsible for the ongoing deaths of millions, including children, around the world due to the illegal dismantling of USAID and the collapse of foreign aid. Source: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysisUSAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...www.thelancet.comMarisa Kabasno big deal, just elon musk saying he would've killed journalists at @theverge.com if he was, in fact, a killer
"I always wanted to visit the last days of Rome" MONKEY PAW CURLS
Spencer GrayNothing says ‘freedom’ like burning taxpayer money on dirt bikes at the White House for a billionaire’s birthday party. Bread’s expensive, rent’s worse, but sure, let’s fund a midlife crisis with fireworks and motocross. Peak empire decay. America is not a serious country.
Also the world's first trillionaire directly responsible for the deaths of potentially millions around the world due to the illegal destruction of USAID
The New York TimesBreaking News: Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire as SpaceX shares soared above $150 on its first day of trading.
New paper @pnasnexus.org w/ @brendannyhan.bsky.social & @elsavoytas.bsky.social Can we reduce support for violent extremism? And, if so, which messages work best?
Online communitarian appeals increase opposition to violent extremismAbstract. Governments and nongovernmental organizations have implemented hundreds of countering violent extremism (CVE) programs designed to combat radicaldoi.orgWell, if this doesn't cure your imposter syndrome, nothing will
The Washington PostBreaking news: President Trump is appointing Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, tapping a political supporter who heads a federal mortgage regulation agency but has no intelligence experience.
Very sorry to hear this tragic news. Raul was an irrepressible force for good, and we're much poorer for his passing. Descanse en paz, Raul.
harmodioBuen camino, profe Raúl Pacheco Vega. Fuiste y serás siempre el investigador más chido.
I see we have created the Machines Killing Humans from the cautionary sci-fi classic "Don't Build Machines to Kill Humans"
Dare ObasanjoThe idea that the US & UK militaries are lobby that same technology that tells me “I’m absolutely right” on an almost daily basis as I point out its inability to follow instructions should be allowed to kill people’s without human oversight is nuts to me. This is biggest ethical crisis of our lives
