Justin S. Casey
@justinscasey.bsky.social
Swarthmore VAP | Georgetown PhD | International Relations, Propaganda and Disinformation, Ideology, Power Politics, the Far Right | they/them | celiac | retro games (currently FFVII) | 1st gen, working class
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Justin S. Casey
@justinscasey.bsky.social
· Sep 22
"Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen"
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In another @foreignaffairs.com piece, @justinscasey.bsky.social compare current wave of "reactionary populism" to the rise of international fascism in the later 1920s and 1930s. Here we argue that the genie isn't going back into the bottle, and pro-democracy forces need to adjust to that reality. /🧵
The Vexing Rise of the Transnational Right
Lessons from interwar Europe.
www.foreignaffairs.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
In another @foreignaffairs.com piece, @justinscasey.bsky.social compare current wave of "reactionary populism" to the rise of international fascism in the later 1920s and 1930s. Here we argue that the genie isn't going back into the bottle, and pro-democracy forces need to adjust to that reality. /🧵
Brezhnev's Trump impression
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Brezhnev's Trump impression
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“Ideological Topography in World Politics: A Guide to the End of the Unipolar-Homogenous Moment.”
by @justinscasey.bsky.social & @mrldolan.bsky.social in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social (2023)
#AutumnReading
by @justinscasey.bsky.social & @mrldolan.bsky.social in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social (2023)
#AutumnReading
Ideological Topography in World Politics: A Guide to the End of the Unipolar-Homogeneous Moment
Abstract. The immediate post–Cold War era was defined by the material and ideological dominance of the United States. Thirty years on, challenges to both t
academic.oup.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Ideological Topography in World Politics: A Guide to the End of the Unipolar-Homogenous Moment.”
by @justinscasey.bsky.social & @mrldolan.bsky.social in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social (2023)
#AutumnReading
by @justinscasey.bsky.social & @mrldolan.bsky.social in @isq-jrnl.bsky.social (2023)
#AutumnReading
Fun fact about me for prospective employers: I just started my aged egg nog for the office holiday party
November 22, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Fun fact about me for prospective employers: I just started my aged egg nog for the office holiday party
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If you want to understand the importance of the media in (U.S.) politics, just compare the media framing today with that during Biden about a year ago on two issues: inflation and age/cognitive decline of president. 🚨
NPR: "Wholesale prices for a turkey have jumped 40% from a year ago, according to the Department of Agriculture."
Turkey sticker shock
Wholesale prices have jumped 40% from a year ago
laist.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If you want to understand the importance of the media in (U.S.) politics, just compare the media framing today with that during Biden about a year ago on two issues: inflation and age/cognitive decline of president. 🚨
Embracing radio in general and WPRB (their fund drive is on now!) in particular
Three songs generated by artificial intelligence topped music charts this week, reaching the highest spots on Spotify and Billboard charts.
AI slop tops Billboard and Spotify charts as synthetic music spreads
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Embracing radio in general and WPRB (their fund drive is on now!) in particular
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trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
April 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app
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it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
it's so funny that alex jones was totally right about everything, the government is a bunch of drug-addled pedophiles and masked regime thugs are grabbing people off the streets, and now he has to pretend it's all a hoax
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"Kindly take 10 minutes to provide us your thoughts about generative AI in the classroom -"
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
"Kindly take 10 minutes to provide us your thoughts about generative AI in the classroom -"
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in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
More grist for my mill; another example of domestic battles over bias ultimately threatening a valuable geopolitical asset (the World Service)
Mail Online reports Nigel Farage says that the BBC may have no future.
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
He imagines bringing to an end century of public service broadcasting in the UK - because the populist politician and his US political ally Donald Trump do not want the BBC to survive
No thanks, Nigel.
No thanks, Donald
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
More grist for my mill; another example of domestic battles over bias ultimately threatening a valuable geopolitical asset (the World Service)
Reposted by Justin S. Casey
The BBC will also find out that they will never be far right enough for its critics.
Tim Davie resigns as BBC director general after accusations of ‘serious and systemic’ bias in coverage
Davie says departure is ‘my own decision’, while head of news also quits. Insiders say it ‘feels like a coup’ by broadcaster’s enemies
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The BBC will also find out that they will never be far right enough for its critics.
The world wants me to publish and be creative and then sends an army of leaf blowers to destroy my quiet and steal my leaves :(
November 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The world wants me to publish and be creative and then sends an army of leaf blowers to destroy my quiet and steal my leaves :(
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Love using this line in class/when grading
November 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Love using this line in class/when grading
VOTER FRAUD
A poll worker tried to prevent me (a celiac) from voting by dropping a crumb of muffin on my ballot
A poll worker tried to prevent me (a celiac) from voting by dropping a crumb of muffin on my ballot
November 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
VOTER FRAUD
A poll worker tried to prevent me (a celiac) from voting by dropping a crumb of muffin on my ballot
A poll worker tried to prevent me (a celiac) from voting by dropping a crumb of muffin on my ballot
finally some good news
One of science’s biggest dinosaur debates may finally be settled
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...
One of science’s biggest dinosaur debates may finally be settled
For decades, paleontologists debated whether fossils were of a young T. rex or a species called nanotyrannus. A new study settles it: Nanotyrannus is real.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:13 AM
finally some good news
Reposted by Justin S. Casey
Radio Free Asia will shut down its news operations on Friday for the first time since its founding in 1996, removing one of the few independent journalism outlets in Asian countries with limited press freedoms. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Radio Free Asia Will Halt News Operations Amid Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Radio Free Asia will shut down its news operations on Friday for the first time since its founding in 1996, removing one of the few independent journalism outlets in Asian countries with limited press freedoms. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/u...
Me when I am sending students paper sources from google scholar and I keep having to prove that I'm not a robot by selecting pictures of motorcycles
October 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Me when I am sending students paper sources from google scholar and I keep having to prove that I'm not a robot by selecting pictures of motorcycles
when the next journal on the list has formatting recs that raise the word count drastically
a skeleton sits at a table with a cup of coffee in front of it
ALT: a skeleton sits at a table with a cup of coffee in front of it
media.tenor.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
when the next journal on the list has formatting recs that raise the word count drastically
you do not, in fact, need to engage seriously with people with toxic ideas.
You don’t “engage”, you amplify, mainstream and normalize.
Don’t pretend you do this for anything else than 💰💰💰
Don’t pretend you do this for anything else than 💰💰💰
October 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
you do not, in fact, need to engage seriously with people with toxic ideas.
To prospective employers: Sorry I'm not published more I've had to optimize my workflow by replacing all of my toxic dissertation-era work habits with productive, sustainable ones.
October 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
To prospective employers: Sorry I'm not published more I've had to optimize my workflow by replacing all of my toxic dissertation-era work habits with productive, sustainable ones.
Me after my first cup of coffee in weeks explaining why ideology is power political to the random undergrad from another institution who emailed me for an interview for an assignment
a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .
ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is pointing at a bulletin board with a lot of papers on it .
media.tenor.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Me after my first cup of coffee in weeks explaining why ideology is power political to the random undergrad from another institution who emailed me for an interview for an assignment