Rosalie Rubio, PhD
@rosalierubio.bsky.social
She/They | Associate Director of the Centennial Center at
@apsa.bsky.social | alt-alt-academic (?) | part-time comedian, full-time pagliacci| Benito’s personal assistant 🐾| Views (and shitposts) Mine
@apsa.bsky.social | alt-alt-academic (?) | part-time comedian, full-time pagliacci| Benito’s personal assistant 🐾| Views (and shitposts) Mine
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
With due respect to the authors, this article further affirms the bankruptcy of terrorism studies in being a) value-neutral on "the state" and b) drawing artificial divisions with other forms of political violence.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Left-Wing Terrorism Is on the Rise
For the first time in more than 30 years, attacks by the far left outnumber those by the far right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
With due respect to the authors, this article further affirms the bankruptcy of terrorism studies in being a) value-neutral on "the state" and b) drawing artificial divisions with other forms of political violence.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
Israel to close West Bank crossing to Jordan indefinitely starting Wednesday.
The closure of Allenby effectively seals off the non-Jewish population of the West Bank from the outside world, as IDF attacks and settler pogroms accelerate.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
The closure of Allenby effectively seals off the non-Jewish population of the West Bank from the outside world, as IDF attacks and settler pogroms accelerate.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
Israel to close West Bank crossing to Jordan indefinitely starting Wednesday | CBC News
Israel will indefinitely close the only crossing between the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Jordan from Wednesday, days after reopening it following a shooting that killed two Israeli soldiers.
www.cbc.ca
September 24, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Israel to close West Bank crossing to Jordan indefinitely starting Wednesday.
The closure of Allenby effectively seals off the non-Jewish population of the West Bank from the outside world, as IDF attacks and settler pogroms accelerate.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
The closure of Allenby effectively seals off the non-Jewish population of the West Bank from the outside world, as IDF attacks and settler pogroms accelerate.
www.cbc.ca/news/world/i...
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
We should honestly start with the working assumption that the Trump administration murdered these people and buried them in a mass grave. Then, go from there. Make them prove they're alive. If they are, it should be easy to demonstrate.
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We should honestly start with the working assumption that the Trump administration murdered these people and buried them in a mass grave. Then, go from there. Make them prove they're alive. If they are, it should be easy to demonstrate.
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
September 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
"…and Magda Goebbels made a great strudel.”
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
Thank you for sharing, Will! I wish I had thought of this sooner, but it didn’t occur to me until I worked the info desk yesterday and noticed a pattern!
Hopefully we can film something like this in advance next year, especially now that we’ve learned that there’s a need and it’s helpful!
Hopefully we can film something like this in advance next year, especially now that we’ve learned that there’s a need and it’s helpful!
September 13, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Thank you for sharing, Will! I wish I had thought of this sooner, but it didn’t occur to me until I worked the info desk yesterday and noticed a pattern!
Hopefully we can film something like this in advance next year, especially now that we’ve learned that there’s a need and it’s helpful!
Hopefully we can film something like this in advance next year, especially now that we’ve learned that there’s a need and it’s helpful!
Happy Day 4 of #APSA2025!
Here’s a longer tutorial on navigating the convention center! Hope this helps!
I’ll be at registration and at some panels and events! I’m happy to help if you have any questions!
s/o to Lilly
for editing this video youtu.be/59zD-bpTUSg?...
Here’s a longer tutorial on navigating the convention center! Hope this helps!
I’ll be at registration and at some panels and events! I’m happy to help if you have any questions!
s/o to Lilly
for editing this video youtu.be/59zD-bpTUSg?...
#APSA2025 navigation tutorial
YouTube video by Rosalie Rubio
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Happy Day 4 of #APSA2025!
Here’s a longer tutorial on navigating the convention center! Hope this helps!
I’ll be at registration and at some panels and events! I’m happy to help if you have any questions!
s/o to Lilly
for editing this video youtu.be/59zD-bpTUSg?...
Here’s a longer tutorial on navigating the convention center! Hope this helps!
I’ll be at registration and at some panels and events! I’m happy to help if you have any questions!
s/o to Lilly
for editing this video youtu.be/59zD-bpTUSg?...
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
car washes as a form of entertainment are a recession indicator. I will not be elaborating on this.
September 13, 2025 at 4:55 AM
car washes as a form of entertainment are a recession indicator. I will not be elaborating on this.
#APSA2025 Tried to film a lil tutorial on navigating EAST VCC but was interrupted because someone needed directions lol.
A fuller length version of this video is hopefully coming soon! In the meantime here’s a mini guide on the signs! Signs are hard to make for big spaces! Hope this helps!
A fuller length version of this video is hopefully coming soon! In the meantime here’s a mini guide on the signs! Signs are hard to make for big spaces! Hope this helps!
September 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
#APSA2025 Tried to film a lil tutorial on navigating EAST VCC but was interrupted because someone needed directions lol.
A fuller length version of this video is hopefully coming soon! In the meantime here’s a mini guide on the signs! Signs are hard to make for big spaces! Hope this helps!
A fuller length version of this video is hopefully coming soon! In the meantime here’s a mini guide on the signs! Signs are hard to make for big spaces! Hope this helps!
If you've won a Centennial Center Grant in the past, won one this year, or hope to win one in the future.... stop by the Centennial Center Reception TONIGHT (Friday, September 12) at 7:30 - 9:30 PM PT at the Pan Pacific Vancouver, Ocean View 5!
I can promise food, drinks, and a good hang! #APSA2025
I can promise food, drinks, and a good hang! #APSA2025
September 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
If you've won a Centennial Center Grant in the past, won one this year, or hope to win one in the future.... stop by the Centennial Center Reception TONIGHT (Friday, September 12) at 7:30 - 9:30 PM PT at the Pan Pacific Vancouver, Ocean View 5!
I can promise food, drinks, and a good hang! #APSA2025
I can promise food, drinks, and a good hang! #APSA2025
#APSA2025 I'll be working the information desk at the Pan Pacific Hotel (lobby level by the crystal pavilion) stop by if you have any questions or want to say hello!
I'm here to help and armed with a good sense of direction, chargers, and an HDMI adapter if you need me!
I'm here to help and armed with a good sense of direction, chargers, and an HDMI adapter if you need me!
September 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
#APSA2025 I'll be working the information desk at the Pan Pacific Hotel (lobby level by the crystal pavilion) stop by if you have any questions or want to say hello!
I'm here to help and armed with a good sense of direction, chargers, and an HDMI adapter if you need me!
I'm here to help and armed with a good sense of direction, chargers, and an HDMI adapter if you need me!
#APSA2025 Lots of folks have been getting lost on their way to the exhibition hall.
If you're looking at the water, VCC West is on your left east is on your right.
In VCC East, you're going to stay on the GROUND floor and walk to the back of the building toward the water. Hall is on the right!
If you're looking at the water, VCC West is on your left east is on your right.
In VCC East, you're going to stay on the GROUND floor and walk to the back of the building toward the water. Hall is on the right!
September 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#APSA2025 Lots of folks have been getting lost on their way to the exhibition hall.
If you're looking at the water, VCC West is on your left east is on your right.
In VCC East, you're going to stay on the GROUND floor and walk to the back of the building toward the water. Hall is on the right!
If you're looking at the water, VCC West is on your left east is on your right.
In VCC East, you're going to stay on the GROUND floor and walk to the back of the building toward the water. Hall is on the right!
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
The reporters involved would know that if they had bothered to contact me.
They could have asked if there were distinctions & authentically given their readership the info it needs in a context of extreme violence, threat, fear, & mis/disinformation in the US.
Instead, they said close enough 3/4
They could have asked if there were distinctions & authentically given their readership the info it needs in a context of extreme violence, threat, fear, & mis/disinformation in the US.
Instead, they said close enough 3/4
September 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The reporters involved would know that if they had bothered to contact me.
They could have asked if there were distinctions & authentically given their readership the info it needs in a context of extreme violence, threat, fear, & mis/disinformation in the US.
Instead, they said close enough 3/4
They could have asked if there were distinctions & authentically given their readership the info it needs in a context of extreme violence, threat, fear, & mis/disinformation in the US.
Instead, they said close enough 3/4
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
I'm now "quoted" in a piece a/b Charlie Kirk's death. It notes I previously spoke to the outlet; they didn't bother to reach out.
Kirk isn't being dehumanized; he is being individually lionized & memorialized. His dehumanization & hatred of others is being whitewashed.
V. different dynamics 2/4
Kirk isn't being dehumanized; he is being individually lionized & memorialized. His dehumanization & hatred of others is being whitewashed.
V. different dynamics 2/4
September 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I'm now "quoted" in a piece a/b Charlie Kirk's death. It notes I previously spoke to the outlet; they didn't bother to reach out.
Kirk isn't being dehumanized; he is being individually lionized & memorialized. His dehumanization & hatred of others is being whitewashed.
V. different dynamics 2/4
Kirk isn't being dehumanized; he is being individually lionized & memorialized. His dehumanization & hatred of others is being whitewashed.
V. different dynamics 2/4
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
Just learned that a reporter reused a quote from correspondence we had 2 years ago (Oct. 9, 2023, to be exact) today.
The context I was initially asked a/b involved info & images spreading online of mass violence against Palestinians and Israelis. I spoke about dehumanization & desensitization. 1/4
The context I was initially asked a/b involved info & images spreading online of mass violence against Palestinians and Israelis. I spoke about dehumanization & desensitization. 1/4
September 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Just learned that a reporter reused a quote from correspondence we had 2 years ago (Oct. 9, 2023, to be exact) today.
The context I was initially asked a/b involved info & images spreading online of mass violence against Palestinians and Israelis. I spoke about dehumanization & desensitization. 1/4
The context I was initially asked a/b involved info & images spreading online of mass violence against Palestinians and Israelis. I spoke about dehumanization & desensitization. 1/4
Realizing conferences are just open mics for academics.
It’s just throwing paint at the wall and saying, “is this anything?”
It’s just throwing paint at the wall and saying, “is this anything?”
September 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Realizing conferences are just open mics for academics.
It’s just throwing paint at the wall and saying, “is this anything?”
It’s just throwing paint at the wall and saying, “is this anything?”
This app feels a little too serious for a silly guy like me… but hopping on to send a friendly reminder that I still work at APSA and will be posted up at the Pan Pacific Info Desk allllllllllllllll day if you need help while at #APSA2025
September 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This app feels a little too serious for a silly guy like me… but hopping on to send a friendly reminder that I still work at APSA and will be posted up at the Pan Pacific Info Desk allllllllllllllll day if you need help while at #APSA2025
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
I can't get over how weak so many capitalists are when the backbone to a lot of their profits -- federal investment and safety nets -- are being gutted. Probably aligns with the death of long term value plays as everything descends into rents and looking for exit liquidity.
February 5, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I can't get over how weak so many capitalists are when the backbone to a lot of their profits -- federal investment and safety nets -- are being gutted. Probably aligns with the death of long term value plays as everything descends into rents and looking for exit liquidity.
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
“President Trump regards people who take their constitutional oath seriously as, by definition, his political enemies. His attack on public service is not about reform; it’s a first strike against a key obstacle to authoritarianism”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Total Contempt for Public Servants
Trump and Musk do not understand the value of an apolitical service that must obey the Constitution and the law.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
“President Trump regards people who take their constitutional oath seriously as, by definition, his political enemies. His attack on public service is not about reform; it’s a first strike against a key obstacle to authoritarianism”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Maybe the norms are the friends we made along the way
February 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Maybe the norms are the friends we made along the way
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
Why are we still listening to David Axelrod and Rahm Emmanuel why have they not been excommunicated from the Democratic Party?
Very serious Democratic strategists advise the party to allow Trump to illegally dismantle USAID -- a decision that will result in the unnecessary deaths of people around the world.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
February 4, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Why are we still listening to David Axelrod and Rahm Emmanuel why have they not been excommunicated from the Democratic Party?
Reposted by Rosalie Rubio, PhD
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency