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Jason "Red5" Lyall

@jaylyall.bsky.social

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Prof @Dartmouth. Director, FieldLab. Carnegie Fellow. Diversity and military effectiveness, war, humanitarian aid, USAID, sci fi. Author, DIVIDED ARMIES (2020, http://amzn.to/2Y80f25). 🇨🇦 #FirstGen #VermontZen Website: www.jasonlyall.com .. more

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PritzkerPosting @pritzkerposting.bsky.social · 15h

Chicago: Zero Regard for Safety, ICE Escalation in Chicago Leaves Baby in Harm’s Way

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 16h

Murder, in other words

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 18h

These strikes are illegal for about 7 reasons:
1. Not self-defense
2. No (or any) Congressional authorization
3. No evidence of criminal wrongdoing
4. Occurred in int'l waters
5. No open state of hostilities
6. Criminal groups are not terrorists legally
7. No id on people killed or group targeted

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 18h

U.S. Military Kills Another 6 People in 5th Caribbean Strike, Trump Says

www.nytimes.com

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Nicholas Slayton @nslayton.bsky.social · 22h

Trump and Hegseth announce a fourth strike on boats in the Caribbean. Claim 6 were killed. If the White House's figures are accurate, that brings the total killed to 27. With no evidence presented by the US proving they're drug traffickers. x.com/PeteHegseth/...

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 23h

I worry that with Trump news 24/7, we're missing out on important trends, etc., that don't get enough traction in the daily news cycle. This feels like one of those stories.

Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

"Roughly half of geostationary satellite signals, many carrying sensitive consumer, corporate, and government communications, have been left entirely vulnerable to eavesdropping"

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypte...

www.wired.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

"Roughly half of geostationary satellite signals, many carrying sensitive consumer, corporate, and government communications, have been left entirely vulnerable to eavesdropping"

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

www.wired.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

Rare moment of journalist solidarity as major news outlets, including WaPo, NYT, CNN, Newsmax, The Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal, NPR, Reuters and the Guardian, along with the trade publications Task & Purpose and Breaking Defense, all reject new Pentagon reporting rules (no word from Fox yet)

News outlets broadly reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new media policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Reposted by Will Jennings, Jason Lyall, Jesse D. Berman

Phil Plait @philplait.bsky.social · 1d

Holy crap. This is terrible.

The article states it's "not related to the current U.S. government shutdown". But of course it is: they are both connected by the GOP destroying everything good about this country from the top down and the bottom up.

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Reposted by Valerie M. Delmotte, Kimberly A. Prather, Peter Thorne , and 5 more Valerie M. Delmotte, Kimberly A. Prather, Peter Thorne, Amir Attaran, Trevor A. Branch, James Goodwin, Jason Lyall, Paul Nightingale

Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers reut.rs/4302N2L

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to lay off about 550 workers

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Monday it will cut nearly 550 jobs as part of a restructuring, not related to the current U.S. government shutdown.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 1d

569 Dartmouth faculty members have signed a petition urging College President Sian Leah Beilock not to sign the Trump administration’s “Compact”

More than half of Dartmouth faculty members sign petition against Trump compact

The petition states that signing the compact would “undermine” the College’s “academic freedom.”

www.thedartmouth.com

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Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Jane E. Fountain, Greg Woolf , and 5 more Michael A. Clemens, Jane E. Fountain, Greg Woolf, Janet Murray, Julia Lynch, Anne Norton, Jason Lyall, Robert L. Tsai

Laprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 2d

Courtesy of colleagues at Penn

A variation on Benjamin Franklin’s 1754 engraving in the Pennsylvania Gazette, published in Philadelphia, in an effort to foster cooperation among the various colonies against the tyrant king of Britain, with the American colonies replaced by the nine universities selected for special collaboration opportunities

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

STEPHANOPOULOS: I didn't insinuate anything. I asked you whether Tom Homan accepted $50k as was heard on an audio tape recorded by the FBI in September 2024. You did not answer the question. Thank you for your time.

VANCE: No, George, I sai--

STEPHANOPOULOS: We'll be right back

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 3d

I've seen how this movie ends in Rome, English Revolution, and Prussia (among others) and I don't like it

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3d

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 3d

That's a first-ballot winner for the Both Sides hall of fame

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 12 more Ben H. Ansell, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Tom Clark, Juan Cole, Michael Kevane, Robert C. Richards, David R. Miller, Michael D. McDonald, Jason Lyall, David Rosnick, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Aviel Roshwald, Stella M. Rouse, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 3d

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Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan , and 10 more Anne Applebaum, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Rosemary A. Joyce, Joseph Schafer, Daniel W. Drezner, Jason Lyall, Sarah Roberts, Aurélien Mondon, Michael J. Hicks, Matthew P. McAllister, Meredith Farkas, David R. Shumway

Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 3d

Should the New York Times be sold to Pennysaver and its editors sent to work in Amazon warehouses? It depends on who you ask.

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Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Scott L. Greer, Robert C. Richards , and 2 more Brendan Nyhan, Scott L. Greer, Robert C. Richards, David R. Miller, Jason Lyall

Emily Galvin-Almanza @galvinalmanza.bsky.social · 3d

Seriously, Judges *do no do things like this*

They don't give their opinion to the media

They don't criticize how SCOTUS works

This is them breaking the emergency glass, folks
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

www.nytimes.com

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Reposted by Shannon Vallor, Lisa W. Fazio, Nandita Sharma , and 36 more Shannon Vallor, Lisa W. Fazio, Nandita Sharma, Jonathan A. Eisen, Jocalyn Clark, Will Jennings, Jennifer A. Richeson, Julie L. Lockwood, Karen R. Lips, Joshua S. Weitz, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Benjamin Mason Meier, Philip N. Cohen, Philip Nel, Daniel W. Drezner, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Robert C. Richards, Alan Richardson, Silvia Secchi, Aaron Sojourner, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Margot C. Finn, Jason Lyall, Mark Rice, Kent Johnson, Brian Weatherson, Mary Jane Curry, Claire L. Adida, Larry W. Hunter, Emily Evans, Richard M. Carpiano, David S. Tanenhaus, Aviel Roshwald, Jae-Young Son, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Timothy D. McBride, Melinda Baldwin, David Darmofal

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d

Afghanistan’s Taliban-led government has accused Pakistan of launching air strikes on its capital Kabul, in a major escalation of tensions with its longtime former backer.

Afghanistan accuses Pakistan of air strike on Kabul

Alleged attack comes amid mounting tensions between the Taliban and its former supporter Islamabad

www.ft.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d

Kid Rock looks like an extra in a RoboCop commercial

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott , and 2 more Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott, Robert Black, Jason Lyall

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 4d

Kid Rock: Do you know what is stupid… these chicks running around on campuses with blue hair, five nose rings.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 4d

Now it's our turn, Dartmouth! No negotiations, no compromise, no dialogue, no nothing.

MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding

MIT is one of nine schools that were asked to agree to adopt conservative priorities and policies in exchange for funding perks.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Reposted by Dani Rodrik, Stephen M. Walt, Cas Mudde , and 51 more Dani Rodrik, Stephen M. Walt, Cas Mudde, Ben H. Ansell, Jan W. Mueller, Guntram B. Wolff, Christian Odendahl, Richard S.J. Tol, Colin F. Camerer, Robbert Sanderman, David Brady, Gabriel Felbermayr, Steven Van de Walle, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Alistair Munro, Michael A. Clemens, Cyrus Samii, Lucas Leemann, Francesco Saraceno, Laia Balcells, Andrew Curry, Paul Lehmann, Guy Grossman, John Mullahy, Joshua Goodman, David Dorn, Ingo Rohlfing, Daniel W. Drezner, Iikka Korhonen, Robert C. Richards, Aaron Sojourner, Daniel Huppmann, Julia Lynch, Rita Hamad, Stephen D. Murphy, Nazita Lajevardi, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Miguel Á. Malo, Henry Farrell, Dean Eckles, Maria Abreu, Dana R. Fisher, Jason Lyall, Brian Weatherson, Brooke Harrington, Bård Harstad, Christina Pagel, Jürgen Janger, Nicolai von Ondarza, Karsten Mäuse, Dietmar Fehr, Bartosz Bartkowski, Adam Tooze, Anita Gohdes

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 5d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Reposted by Anne Applebaum, Joanna Bryson, Joe R. Feagin , and 44 more Anne Applebaum, Joanna Bryson, Joe R. Feagin, Brendan Nyhan, Jesse H. Kroll, Patrick A. Jansen, Daniel L. Millimet, David Feldman, Eric Goldman, Fabián Muniesa, Jacob Montgomery, Bruce D. Baker, Juan Cole, Erwin Dekker, Sanford F. Schram, John Foot, Devon Greyson, W. Andy Knight, Nazita Lajevardi, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Scott A. Imberman, Caroline Fohlin, Florian Keller, Michael D. McDonald, Jason Lyall, Kate Starbird, Victor Pickard, Thomas Masterson, Nils Zurawski, Nelson Flores, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Arlene Stein, Federica Genovese, Richard M. Carpiano, Olivier Jourdan, Klaus Oschema, Meredith Farkas, Brandon Whitcher, Daxton R. Stewart, Albin Wagener, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Manisha Sinha, Aviel Roshwald, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Bruce Buchan, Southern Africa

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 5d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 5d

No money for starving kids in Gaza, South Sudan, or Afghanistan but, sure, $50 million for polar bears in Greenland (that's $100k per bear). Make it make sense.

Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50 million for Greenland’s polar bears

Documents reviewed by The Post show the administration may spend millions to protect vulnerable wildlife, proposals that stunned critics of its moves to gut foreign assistance.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 6d

Hegseth’s sprawling hunt for Charlie Kirk critics spans nearly 300 investigations

The inquiry, resulting in a smattering of disciplinary action so far, follows an extraordinary directive aimed at silencing criticism of the slain activist and Trump supporter.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Jason "Red5" Lyall @jaylyall.bsky.social · 7d

Attention university presidents and boards of trustees:

"Those who oppose authoritarianism have to play a different game, creating solidarity among an unwieldy coalition, which knows that if everyone holds together, they will surely succeed."