Thomas Worth
@tsworth.bsky.social
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of the Pacific. University of Wisconsin-Madison PhD. Gender, US foreign policy, public opinion, international security, and gender measurement. On the job market. www.thomassworth.com
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Thomas Worth
@tsworth.bsky.social
· Feb 7
Worth-GenderIR-Syllabus-Spring2025-2-6.pdf
drive.google.com
After a marathon 22 hours of work over the past 54 hours, I'm pleased to have finished the syllabus for my Spring semester undergraduate seminar on Gender and International Relations!
drive.google.com/file/d/1NoZn...
drive.google.com/file/d/1NoZn...
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Also, every service.
Basically every visit to see my mom is 50% working through 2FA systems with her so she can pay utility bills.
Basically every visit to see my mom is 50% working through 2FA systems with her so she can pay utility bills.
We're drowning in passwords & multi-factor authentication & chatbots & "unusually high call volume" & robots ignoring "representative!"
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
We should think more carefully about how Social Security uses these tools with our parents & grandparents.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/aint-no-pa...
Ain't No Party Like an Administrative Burden Party
You are cordially invited to Admin Night - bring your paperwork
donmoynihan.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Also, every service.
Basically every visit to see my mom is 50% working through 2FA systems with her so she can pay utility bills.
Basically every visit to see my mom is 50% working through 2FA systems with her so she can pay utility bills.
Serenity 2. No question. Have it focus on the re-emergence of the independence movement led by Mal and Zoe, using River to help other genius prisoners escape and fight back against the Alliance.
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Serenity 2. No question. Have it focus on the re-emergence of the independence movement led by Mal and Zoe, using River to help other genius prisoners escape and fight back against the Alliance.
Great thread here trying to pull apart what the hell's going on in the White House RE: the Russo-Ukraine war.
Ukraine relations get even more chaotic. Two factions - Kushner/Witkoff and Vance/Driscoll - are both freelancing to set US policy: cutting out the State Dept, pushing Ukraine to surrender, then leaking to press to claim they are official. Why? Putin is desperate and has called in his assets. A 🧵 1/
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Great thread here trying to pull apart what the hell's going on in the White House RE: the Russo-Ukraine war.
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
Mark Kelly: "My wife, Gabby Giffords, meeting with her constituents, shot in the head. Six people killed around her, a horrific thing. She spent six months in the hospital. We know what political violence is and we know what causes it too, The statements that Donald Trump made incites others."
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Targeting Kelly is one of those “this is why we’ll win” moments, bc it shows how politically impetuous this admin is.
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
There’s clearly no adult in the room to say “wait, maybe don’t go after the charismatic war hero turned literal astronaut who ran after his wife was a victim of political violence.”
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DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
DOGE was created for data theft and infrastructure dismantling and it wildly succeeded on both counts within the first few weeks of its existence. It will take a generation to rebuild what it destroyed and the breach of data is unprecedented.
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
Very insightful analysis here on the ideological (and non-ideological) policy (and party) preferences of voters.
Good morning. I've got a banger new post out today that develops a new method for placing voters on the left-right ideological spectrum, and adds a new, "non-ideological"/affordability axis to usual way we chart & think about US voters (esp swing voters). www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
Not just left vs right: Most voters think about affordability and material wellbeing, not in ideological terms
Most voters want a party that emphasizes cost of living issues and makes the world a better place. Few Americans think in solidly ideologically terms. "Moderates" are mostly non-ideological.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Very insightful analysis here on the ideological (and non-ideological) policy (and party) preferences of voters.
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If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
BREAKING: Deputy White House Chief of Staff James Blair said the administration is eyeing ways to give millions of Americans $2,000 dividend checks from tariff revenue without congressional approval, per Bloomberg.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
If the President can impose his own taxes and use the proceeds to spend on his own projects, all without Congress, we have a dictatorship not a constitutional republic.
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Massie: “It may be tempting for [Senators] to get cute and to do things that will limit the release of these documents. They are afraid that people will be embarrassed. That's the whole point here. They need to be brought to justice, and embarrassment is no reason to stop it.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Massie: “It may be tempting for [Senators] to get cute and to do things that will limit the release of these documents. They are afraid that people will be embarrassed. That's the whole point here. They need to be brought to justice, and embarrassment is no reason to stop it.”
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man good luck hosting a world cup or an olympics, let alone something like a sxsw
NEW: An Irish tourist visiting the US was jailed by ICE for 3 months after overstaying 3 days due to medical issue. Thomas agreed to be deported, but instead went to federal prison where he recounted horrific conditions + no medical care.
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
“Nobody's safe from the system if they get pulled into it"
Irish tourist jailed by Ice for months after overstaying US visit by three days: ‘Nobody is safe’
Exclusive: For roughly 100 days, Thomas says he faced harsh detention conditions, despite agreeing to deportation
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:28 PM
man good luck hosting a world cup or an olympics, let alone something like a sxsw
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this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
President Trump walking past the flag at the Whitehouse which has fallen to the ground
November 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
this would have been a month-long scandal in 2011
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So much in the world would be so different if men could just be normal about women.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
So much in the world would be so different if men could just be normal about women.
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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Email the president a picture of your outfit everyday to check if it’s in compliance with ‘gender’ expectations
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Email the president a picture of your outfit everyday to check if it’s in compliance with ‘gender’ expectations
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Eight Senate Democrats saw charts like these and decided "oh yes, now that public opinion is on our side and our opponent is facing electoral consequences for their policy choices, now is a great time to give up all of our leverage in health care negotiations" www.gelliottmorris.com/p/donald-tru...
November 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Eight Senate Democrats saw charts like these and decided "oh yes, now that public opinion is on our side and our opponent is facing electoral consequences for their policy choices, now is a great time to give up all of our leverage in health care negotiations" www.gelliottmorris.com/p/donald-tru...
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Trump: we’re ruining your Thanksgiving so we can double your healthcare premiums
Republicans rejecting the Dem shutdown offer (1 year extension of ACA subsidies while long-term solution is worked on) universally, digging in as their position has clearly been rejected at the ballot.
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Trump: we’re ruining your Thanksgiving so we can double your healthcare premiums
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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Pulitzer Prize photo right here.
November 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Pulitzer Prize photo right here.
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The sweetener is we'll rehire the people we illegally fired lmao
I swear to God if anyone agrees to any of this you're a mark-ass mark
I swear to God if anyone agrees to any of this you're a mark-ass mark
SHUTDOWN NEWS: Republicans made a new offer to Senate Democrats Thursday with a fresh sweetener — the potential reversal of federal worker firings.
@jordainc.bsky.social
www.politico.com/live-updates...
@jordainc.bsky.social
www.politico.com/live-updates...
November 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The sweetener is we'll rehire the people we illegally fired lmao
I swear to God if anyone agrees to any of this you're a mark-ass mark
I swear to God if anyone agrees to any of this you're a mark-ass mark
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Ta-Nehisi Coates continues to inspire. Don't be a coward. Live your life doing the right thing.
October 28, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates continues to inspire. Don't be a coward. Live your life doing the right thing.
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Why not just cut to the chase and pull the plug on the networks entirely and send the reporters to go spit-polish boots at the white house
October 27, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Why not just cut to the chase and pull the plug on the networks entirely and send the reporters to go spit-polish boots at the white house
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“There is some reason to think the doctrine may disappear in the tariffs case.”
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Will Trump’s Tariffs Survive Supreme Court’s ‘Major Questions’ Test?
www.nytimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:22 AM
“There is some reason to think the doctrine may disappear in the tariffs case.”
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