Tim Ruback
@profruback.bsky.social
IR theory / historical IR / Pedagogy / Maine / Dogs. Views=mine. Trying to practice kindness here. Also here to remind everyone that Thucydides never said that.
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Tim Ruback
@profruback.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Here's a I posted on the old place about why IR scholars are so weird about Thucydides. Some folks seemed to find it useful when I posted it in 2020. so I'm re-creating it here before deleting the other acct. Here we go. Buckle up. I don't thread often, but when, I do I thread long.
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As we all crawl through the Cloudflare slowdown, it is a powerful reminder that the international economy is not flat but built around key chokepoints. And those chokepoints are sites of vulnerability as well as opportunity.
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www.amazon.com/Underground-...
Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
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November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
As we all crawl through the Cloudflare slowdown, it is a powerful reminder that the international economy is not flat but built around key chokepoints. And those chokepoints are sites of vulnerability as well as opportunity.
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
www.amazon.com/Underground-...
Top 5 Movie Genres are:
- detective takes the case, finds moral ambiguity
- hey, it's the Mid-Atlantic Accent
- don't ask about the plot; the cinematography is the point
- this one is also filmed in Monument Valley
- 70s paranoia
- detective takes the case, finds moral ambiguity
- hey, it's the Mid-Atlantic Accent
- don't ask about the plot; the cinematography is the point
- this one is also filmed in Monument Valley
- 70s paranoia
Top 5 movie genres are:
-nothing happens but it’s devastatingly sad
-dancing
-road trip
-family at the holidays
-is it comedy? is it drama?
-nothing happens but it’s devastatingly sad
-dancing
-road trip
-family at the holidays
-is it comedy? is it drama?
Top 5 movie genres are:
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Top 5 Movie Genres are:
- detective takes the case, finds moral ambiguity
- hey, it's the Mid-Atlantic Accent
- don't ask about the plot; the cinematography is the point
- this one is also filmed in Monument Valley
- 70s paranoia
- detective takes the case, finds moral ambiguity
- hey, it's the Mid-Atlantic Accent
- don't ask about the plot; the cinematography is the point
- this one is also filmed in Monument Valley
- 70s paranoia
We've been celebrating the 2nd anniversary of Grover's gotcha day all this week. The trip to the beach today was a highlight. I swear I've never known a happier pup than my buddy here.
November 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM
We've been celebrating the 2nd anniversary of Grover's gotcha day all this week. The trip to the beach today was a highlight. I swear I've never known a happier pup than my buddy here.
Tomorrow is Grover's gotcha day, and we're gonna be giving him a nearly 3' tall rubber chicken. Will the house survive intact? Stay tuned to find out.
November 10, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Tomorrow is Grover's gotcha day, and we're gonna be giving him a nearly 3' tall rubber chicken. Will the house survive intact? Stay tuned to find out.
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The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The #1 lesson from yesterday’s blowout:
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
Humanities majors killed on the job market
1) Mamdani- Africana Studies
2) Spanberger -French
3) Sherill - Global History
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Attention is understandably elsewhere this evening, but it's a good night up here too (DSA-backed $19 minimum wage passes in Portland as well)
BDN says it's over. www.bangordailynews.com #MEpolitics
November 5, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Attention is understandably elsewhere this evening, but it's a good night up here too (DSA-backed $19 minimum wage passes in Portland as well)
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I feel like Moxie shouldn't be a good answer for this. I also feel like it's probably a good answer for this.
What foods do you love that you fully acknowledge make you a pervert for loving them?
October 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I feel like Moxie shouldn't be a good answer for this. I also feel like it's probably a good answer for this.
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AND I ONLY AM ESCAPED ALONE TO TELL THEE
September 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
AND I ONLY AM ESCAPED ALONE TO TELL THEE
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This recipe is excellent. I love sheet pan recipes. Accessible for these working parents.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017...
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017...
Oven-Roasted Chicken Shawarma Recipe
Here is a recipe for an oven-roasted version of the flavorful street-side classic usually cooked on a rotisserie It is perfect for an evening with family and friends Serve with pita and tahini, choppe...
cooking.nytimes.com
September 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM
This recipe is excellent. I love sheet pan recipes. Accessible for these working parents.
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017...
cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017...
Grover's a VERY high energy pup. And at 95 lbs, that's a lot of zoomie puppo. So, when we really need him to relax we've only found one thing that consistently works: watching Chinatown. I don't understand why this calms him, but I'm glad for it.
September 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Grover's a VERY high energy pup. And at 95 lbs, that's a lot of zoomie puppo. So, when we really need him to relax we've only found one thing that consistently works: watching Chinatown. I don't understand why this calms him, but I'm glad for it.
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A reminder that nominations for the @intlethics-isa.bsky.social Emerging Scholar Award are still open. If you are, or you know, a fantastic early career scholar in international ethics send their name to [email protected].
@isanet.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @ethicsjournal.bsky.social
@isanet.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @ethicsjournal.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A reminder that nominations for the @intlethics-isa.bsky.social Emerging Scholar Award are still open. If you are, or you know, a fantastic early career scholar in international ethics send their name to [email protected].
@isanet.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @ethicsjournal.bsky.social
@isanet.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social @ethicsjournal.bsky.social
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I would read an academic murder book in which the murder was solved by reading the syllabus
I love this idea and also want a list of academic murder books. Please reply with recs
Hear me out: a dark academia murder book that opens at a department beginning-of-the-year celebration on a boat (I know a department that does this) and a professor goes overboard. The intrepid department chair must figure out who did it. Everyone is a suspect, including the chair herself.
August 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I would read an academic murder book in which the murder was solved by reading the syllabus
Q: What's your biggest concert flex?
A: Morphine @ Central Square World's Fair (06 June 1999) -- last ever show in the US. You can actually stream it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncmT...
A: Morphine @ Central Square World's Fair (06 June 1999) -- last ever show in the US. You can actually stream it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncmT...
August 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Q: What's your biggest concert flex?
A: Morphine @ Central Square World's Fair (06 June 1999) -- last ever show in the US. You can actually stream it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncmT...
A: Morphine @ Central Square World's Fair (06 June 1999) -- last ever show in the US. You can actually stream it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncmT...
Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title:
Tom Clancy's Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Tom Clancy's Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Tom Clancy’s Eat Pray Love
Ruin a book by adding “Tom Clancy’s” to the title
Tom Clancy’s Autobiography of Malcolm X
Tom Clancy’s Autobiography of Malcolm X
August 27, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title:
Tom Clancy's Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Tom Clancy's Oh, The Places You'll Go!
Grover is refusing to come inside without his stick.
August 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Grover is refusing to come inside without his stick.
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A new flyer and promo code for 20% off my forthcoming book at the @stanfordpress.bsky.social website: www.sup.org/books/politi...
August 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
A new flyer and promo code for 20% off my forthcoming book at the @stanfordpress.bsky.social website: www.sup.org/books/politi...
Last week on this very same dogwalk, we saw a murder; this week, it seems like everybody herd.
August 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Last week on this very same dogwalk, we saw a murder; this week, it seems like everybody herd.
Slightly diminish a band:
No La Tengo
Jog-D.M.C.
G. Love & Sauce
No La Tengo
Jog-D.M.C.
G. Love & Sauce
Slightly diminish a band: The Only Mostly Dead Kennedys
Slightly diminish a band: The Beach Toddlers
August 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Slightly diminish a band:
No La Tengo
Jog-D.M.C.
G. Love & Sauce
No La Tengo
Jog-D.M.C.
G. Love & Sauce
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We were on our usual dog walk, just minding our own business, when it happened: we saw a murder.
August 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
We were on our usual dog walk, just minding our own business, when it happened: we saw a murder.
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Nope! I have zero sympathy for Breslow. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
July 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Nope! I have zero sympathy for Breslow. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...
Thread is 200 Thucydides takes deep -- so far -- and still complete🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
One like, one Thucydides opinion.
One like, one history opinion
July 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Thread is 200 Thucydides takes deep -- so far -- and still complete🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
WOODS GOT STICKS! TELL EVERYBODY!
July 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
WOODS GOT STICKS! TELL EVERYBODY!
More from today's dog walk: the trails behind the house are pretty wonderful, especially when you see ducks in the river. On this, Grover and I agree.
July 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
More from today's dog walk: the trails behind the house are pretty wonderful, especially when you see ducks in the river. On this, Grover and I agree.