Stéphanie Martel
@smartel.bsky.social
Associate Professor, Political Studies (IR), Queen's University | IR; Southeast Asia; ASEAN; WPS; diplomacy; global governance; narratives. Mom of 2 (4YO & 1YO). Hobbies include (not being particularly good at) ballet & embroidery. She/Elle.
*paging Carol Cohn (as every IR feminist updates their teaching slides)*
These are good. And with apologies I did tweet something on the hellsite that appears to have gone viral: x.com/dandrezner/s...
I keep on reading this and seeing Operation Husky Fanboy
Also
Operation Trouser Snake
Operation Pocket Pool
Operation Nothin' Up My Sleeve
Also
Operation Trouser Snake
Operation Pocket Pool
Operation Nothin' Up My Sleeve
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
*paging Carol Cohn (as every IR feminist updates their teaching slides)*
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The UK outright engaged in stationary banditry, stealing from the poor to give to the rich, all in order to appease the most petty xenophobe bigots on earth. And I feel sure it won't even work on the Home Secretary's terms, ultimately all this will strengthen not weaken Reform.
The Sun has been told Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will on Monday propose confiscating jewellery, watches, necklaces from asylum seekers to meet asylum costs
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
This reflects the most controversial aspect of the Danish scheme - the Jewellery Law. The toughest Labour MPs thought this was OTT
November 17, 2025 at 7:44 AM
The UK outright engaged in stationary banditry, stealing from the poor to give to the rich, all in order to appease the most petty xenophobe bigots on earth. And I feel sure it won't even work on the Home Secretary's terms, ultimately all this will strengthen not weaken Reform.
"Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has analysed leaked military documents, secret recordings and rare insider testimonies to expose how military leaders are struggling to defend Myanmar’s largest cities from urban rebel groups."
Myanmar’s urban assassins: The fighters hunted by the military
Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit exposes military attempts to crush rebel underground groups operating in big cities.
www.aljazeera.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has analysed leaked military documents, secret recordings and rare insider testimonies to expose how military leaders are struggling to defend Myanmar’s largest cities from urban rebel groups."
"They spend their days arresting schoolteachers and tear-gassing kids from a safe distance away. [...] That said, they also are little babies, because they don’t believe there should be any consequences for their actions, and even the smallest harm they suffer is an outrage".
New in PN: The softest Nazis you ever did see
"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
"Call it tough guy in the streets and widdle guy in the sheets (of paper for court filings). Truly, nothing revealed this better than the DC Sandwich Guy, Sean Dunn, who a jury found not guilty yesterday."
The softest Nazis you ever did see
They're tough guys in the streets and delicate little babies in court.
www.publicnotice.co
November 7, 2025 at 2:40 PM
"They spend their days arresting schoolteachers and tear-gassing kids from a safe distance away. [...] That said, they also are little babies, because they don’t believe there should be any consequences for their actions, and even the smallest harm they suffer is an outrage".
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We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
We strongly condemn @CondéNast’s consolidation plans for Teen Vogue, a move that is clearly designed to blunt the award-winning magazine’s insightful journalism at a time when it is needed the most. More from our statement:
Look, it's impossible to get just how stupid this is into a single headline, but I tried, okay?
60 Minutes Edits Donald Trump Telling Them 60 Minutes Should Edit Donald Trump Talking About How 60 Minutes Paid Him For Editing Kamala Harris
60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…
60 Minutes is under new management and things are getting stupid faster than you might expect. Last night’s episode featured President Trump, which is…
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and kindly reply to this invitation within one week of receipt of this email. If you accept the invitation to review, you will be notified via e-mail about how to access Manuscript Central.
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗
November 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and kindly reply to this invitation within one week of receipt of this email. If you accept the invitation to review, you will be notified via e-mail about how to access Manuscript Central.
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Brutal loss. Gutting. But a brilliant season for the Jays and an all-timer World Series. A stunner of a team.
Bring it home next year.
Bring it home next year.
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Brutal loss. Gutting. But a brilliant season for the Jays and an all-timer World Series. A stunner of a team.
Bring it home next year.
Bring it home next year.
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This game isn’t gonna end until they send Gausman out to pitch.
November 2, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This game isn’t gonna end until they send Gausman out to pitch.
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I'm drinking a lot of whisky but it's Canadian so, that should do it.
November 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I'm drinking a lot of whisky but it's Canadian so, that should do it.
Very that.
FUCK WHY DID YOU GUYS LET ME TRY THIS IVE NEVER BEEN SO STRESSED IN MY FUCKING LIFE
Ok I gave this “baseball” thing another shot and maybe it’s not so bad
November 2, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Very that.
How do you real fans out there even surviving this. It's the first time I've ever been emotionally invested in baseball, I'm home watching this alone, it's not even my city, and I feel like my heart is going to explode.
November 2, 2025 at 3:45 AM
How do you real fans out there even surviving this. It's the first time I've ever been emotionally invested in baseball, I'm home watching this alone, it's not even my city, and I feel like my heart is going to explode.
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On the one hand it obviously wasn’t intentional but on the other hand that was the third pitch in that at-bat that was *real* high and inside. I get why Jimenez was pissed.
I know everyone in that park is on edge right now but there is no way pitchers are intentionally hitting guys in a fucking Game 7 that is still up for grabs.
Benches and bullpens clear after Wrobleski hit Gimenez
November 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
On the one hand it obviously wasn’t intentional but on the other hand that was the third pitch in that at-bat that was *real* high and inside. I get why Jimenez was pissed.
In hindsight I am even happier about my decision to put kiddo to bed right after that one...and before what followed.
YEAAAAAAHHHH. BICHETTE!
November 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In hindsight I am even happier about my decision to put kiddo to bed right after that one...and before what followed.
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Springer hit him back! LOL
November 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Springer hit him back! LOL
"« Vous n’aimez pas votre pays ! » Quand je pense aujourd’hui à ces mots, j’ai dans la gorge quelque chose qui se serre. Non, je ne l’aimais pas, [...] si c’est ne pas aimer que d’exiger que l’être aimé s’égale à la plus belle image que nous avons de lui."
The best summary of this thinking, and the inevitability of authoritarian defeat to liberalism I've yet encountered was, unsurprisingly, written 82 years ago.
Camus' Letters to a German Friend, a Warning for Our Times
In the midst of WWII, Albert Camus wrote 4 letters to a fictitious German. Here is the first, predicting the triumph of truth over falsehood.
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October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"« Vous n’aimez pas votre pays ! » Quand je pense aujourd’hui à ces mots, j’ai dans la gorge quelque chose qui se serre. Non, je ne l’aimais pas, [...] si c’est ne pas aimer que d’exiger que l’être aimé s’égale à la plus belle image que nous avons de lui."
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I'm throwing this into the universe after a quick glance at my inbox this morning: Students, please know- if you use AI to draft cold emails asking for graduate supervision, but you haven't actually done the homework, Profs will absolutely be able to tell. Template ask leads to template reply.
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I'm throwing this into the universe after a quick glance at my inbox this morning: Students, please know- if you use AI to draft cold emails asking for graduate supervision, but you haven't actually done the homework, Profs will absolutely be able to tell. Template ask leads to template reply.
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We had a NATO coalition and tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan for 20 years and never managed to stop the cultivation of opium.
I have no idea what sort of brain damage the Trump administration has that makes them think they’re going to drone strike their way into ending cocaine use.
I have no idea what sort of brain damage the Trump administration has that makes them think they’re going to drone strike their way into ending cocaine use.
October 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
We had a NATO coalition and tens of thousands of troops in Afghanistan for 20 years and never managed to stop the cultivation of opium.
I have no idea what sort of brain damage the Trump administration has that makes them think they’re going to drone strike their way into ending cocaine use.
I have no idea what sort of brain damage the Trump administration has that makes them think they’re going to drone strike their way into ending cocaine use.
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Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
Our recent poll found that women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average. Nearly 80 percent of Gen Z women want abortion to be legal and seven in 10 want gender-affirming care to be accessible for trans adults.
Gen Z women are the most liberal group in the country
On issues like abortion and gender-affirming care, women 28 and younger skew substantially more left than the national average.
19thnews.org
October 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Political parties must shift immediately and dramatically to the left to avoid alienating these frustrated and abandoned young women. Am I doing this right?
J'attends avec grande impatience les multiples interventions et prises de position publiques des défenseurs* de la méritocratie dans nos universités sur le sujet...
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Professeurs d’université | Les femmes touchent moins de primes que les hommes
Les femmes qui enseignent à l’université sont bien moins nombreuses que les hommes à recevoir des « primes de marché », selon des données de La Presse.
www.lapresse.ca
October 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
J'attends avec grande impatience les multiples interventions et prises de position publiques des défenseurs* de la méritocratie dans nos universités sur le sujet...
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I guess even Kissinger is woke now.
Trump: "The problem with Vietnam, we, you know, we stopped fighting to win. We would've won easy. We would've won Afghanistan easy. We would've won every war easy. But we got politically correct. 'Oh, let's take it easy.' We're not politically correct anymore, just so you understand."
October 6, 2025 at 12:25 AM
I guess even Kissinger is woke now.