Victor Asal
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@UAlbany Prof. Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy. Bluesky is @victorasal .bsky.social
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My synagogue's Rosh Hashanah service just ended because of a bomb threat 😡
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Hey
#AcademicTwitter
here is a phenomenal resource for your students. It is a “how to read” article I assign to my students that has made the lives of many students easier- here is the link (and very possibly worthwhile for you to read as well
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Who else is going bonkers thinking about how the fall semester might go?
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If I am elected president in 2020 I will ban all Christmas music till December 15th. Do I have your vote?
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Nothing as nice as feeling like you look like a duck right before your first in person class in a while 🦆
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It is awful that tonight when I went to a Holocaust memorial at a synagogue there had to be police there standing guard. It shouldn't have to be this way 75 years after the Shoah.
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I was wondering what google thinks of my chosen profession
#AcademicTwitter
#academia
My findings underline that sometimes you don't want to know
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I have done a LOT of reviews in 2021. Just finished two more reviews so my total for this year is:
49 journal reviews
4 other non journal reviews
10 promotion reviews.
Time to take a nap until 2022 yes?
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Does anyone else agree with me that starting your first term as president at the age of 79 is just way way too old?
Seriously.
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So today is my birthday and for the first time my students all knew.
@futuredrwillis
emailed my 190 + students in world politics and they sang Happy birthday to me when I came in and gave me a card and candy
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After 4 years I have stepped down as Chair of
@RockefellerColl
Public Administration dept & can actually seriously get back to research & actually do work -HOPEFULLY soon enough that my co-authors like
@brian_jphillips
&
@nikkipjah
&
@futuredrwillis
&
@kretheme
don't kill me
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Hi Everyone,
Tonight is the start of the Jewish Rosh Hashanah (New Year) a 2 day holiday.
I wish everyone a Shana Tova (happy new year) and may this new year be better for the world than the last one (Please please please)!
Key holiday food - apples dipped in honey - yum
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Who is with me on renting a cabin far away from everywhere with lots of great books but no TV or radio and no internet access and stay there till December?
@julia_azari
you with me?
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Is anyone else horrified that the news has already seemed to have moved beyond 12 people killed in a bar for nothing or the 2 people killed in a Kroger for being black or 11 people killed in a shul for being Jewish. Our country (all of it) should still be in pain
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Anybody else having the HARDEST TIME FOCUSING ON GETTING RESEARCH DONE IT MAKES YOU WANT TO SCREAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM?
just curious
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@ProfXtian_ASI
@PhDVoice
@AcademicChatter
NO NO NO NO
I tell my students when they apply to doctoral programs only go if:
1. they get at least 3 years of funding
2. There is at least 2 profs there whose research they find interesting and would like to work with
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To all my Twitter friends, I hope you have a wonderful day and lots of love in your life!
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A photo of you in January 2020 (actually early February because I couldn't find a January one) without imagining what would come next
A photo of you in January 2020 without imagining what would come.
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Passover and Easter just ended & Ramadan is about to begin. It's a good time to note that all 3 religions are connected & each says in one way or another love thy neighbor as thyself
and treat a stranger well.
Let us try and do this MORE
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Between research, teaching and service demands anyone else afraid their brain will explode? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
Right now I need serious sleep 😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
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Just had a former student email me and tell me how great things are going for her in her work- and how useful some of my advice was. MADE MY DAY.
#AcademicTwitter
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to everyone I was following -
@twitter
in addition to kicking me off just reduced my following # from 11000+ to 279. I will try to follow all of you back but it may take a while. My apologies
@TwitterSupport
can you help please?
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so
@SocialSciNerd
took a picture of me with my zoom background and I thought i would share 😈- - and if you are not following
@SocialSciNerd
you DEFINITELY SHOULD!
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German city of Dresden declares a “Nazi emergency.”
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For all of you celebrating the birth of a little Jewish boy tonight and tomorrow may you have a wonderful holiday and may this coming new year be better for everyone.
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"Infest," "Violent," "Shithole": This Is The Language Trump Uses To Talk About Immigrants
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Chag Sameach and Happy Hanukkah to everyone. May the tradition of standing up to oppression continue on and may there be more light in the world 🕎
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Anybody else want a machine that will let you sleep for a certain set of time and guarantee that you won't keep waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the world and not be able to fall back asleep- or is that just me?
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@martyargyle1
That is awful. My condolences to you and your family. May his memory forever be a blessing to you and your family.
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Can the COVID era go away NOW please?
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My father at 6 yanked the chair as a Nazi soldier bivouacked at his was sitting down and the Nazi fell on the floor. He then pointed a gun at my father but decided not to shoot. Tunis 1942.They were on the list to be sent to a camp but thankfully the country was liberated first
My ancestors were part of the anti-Nazi resistance in Prague during World War II. Most of them went to Theresienstadt for it, but they resisted nonetheless.
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To all of you celebrating the birth of a Jewish refugee child I wish you a happy holiday and may more caring come into the world here and everywhere
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You know what sucks?
When you are a grown up and you sit in a seat and your feet dangle 👿
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Went to the poll at 540am this morning because my mail in ballot was not accepted. voted and was out by 615 am.
GO VOTE
#BidenHarris2020
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Everyone, If you are wearing a mask and not covering your nose IT DOESN'T HELP.
COVER YOUR NOSE WITH YOUR MASK PLEASE!😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷😷
I am so tired of seeing all these people wandering around the supermarket with their mask covering only their mouth 🤬🤬🤬
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I got nothing against people celebrating the birth of a Jewish boy but he ain't my messiah. I am getting some pastrami and deli and
@sgadarian
is getting Chinese. Bagels are for a different day. Enjoy your holiday & don't crap on the Jewish people please.
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Just came back from the supermarket
WHY THE HELL DO PEOPLE THINK IT IS OK TO GET SIX INCHES AWAY FROM YOU IN THE STORE
STOP DOING THIS PEOPLE!!!!!
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
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"favorite" conversation with student getting C's as his advisor:
Me:What do you want to do as a career?
Him:I want to be a professor
Me:why?
Him: Professors only work what 3-8 hours a week and you don't work during the summer- that rocks.
#AcademicTwitter
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White supremacist Richard Spencer hails Trump's 'de-Judaification' of Holocaust
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People why should I be seeing tweets like this on X in 2024?
UGH 😡
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-Flight delayed.
-Now I have 10 minutes to get to my connecting flight
- please keep your fingers crossed for me 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞
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what is
#JewishPrivilege
?
It is getting beat up as a kid & being called a kike and a christ killer by a bunch of other kids. It is learning your father was two weeks from being sent to a concentration camp and was saved by the allied invasion of Tunisia. It is... so much more
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Any other political scientists out there kind of ecstatic they are in a field other than American Politics at the moment?
#politicalscience
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Hi
#AcademicTwitter
,
for those of you teaching intro classes or classes that will challenge your students beliefs this is a very useful comic to have them read at the start of class - really
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To all who are observing Yom Kippur this evening and tomorrow I hope you have an easy fast and a good new year. I hope the entire world has a better year.
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You know what sucks- not having electricity in your house for more than 2 days 🙄
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Second day of graduation ceremonies. With the mask I kind of look like a crook yes?
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Hi I'm a political scientist. You may know me from my greatest hits including. 'No, I don't know who will win in 2020', 'I'm not the right person to explain cloture- I'm a comparativist w/ a focus on violence & discrimination' & 'yes you do need to read'
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WHAT KIND OF DESPICABLE HUMAN BEING WOULD THINK THAT LGBTQ+ PEOPLE DO NOT DESERVE THE SAME HUMAN RIGHTS AS ALL OF US?
oh right ALITO THOMAS KAVANAUGH VOTED NO
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I have written 8 letters of recommendation so far today and I am not done yet.
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Can people in supermarkets PLEASE keep social distance space PLEASE?
Seriously!
🙄😳🤬
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Our book
@brian_jphillips
@kretheme
with
@OUPAcademic
is now on their website!
Insurgent Terrorism: Intergroup Relationships and the Killing of Civilians
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I just had someone tell me very seriously that they believe that coronavirus was created by Hillary Clinton in order to become president.
seriously
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To all of you celebrating the birthday of a little Jewish baby born tonight/tomorrow and his bris on new years day -
Happy Holiday!!!!!
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I have a deep and abiding love of grading
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I think each Monday we should nominate someone as a
#MondayMensch
- someone who is a good person on Twitter as opposed to some of the nasty people. My first nominee is
@SocialSciNerd
who truly is a Mensch!
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You know what this is? EVIL. Seriously forcing a rape victim to contact their assailant for ANY reason is unconscionable
Arkansas can soon force rape victims to notify their assailants before terminating their pregnancy.
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You know what's fun? being chair of an academic department (said almost no one ever)
#AcademicTwitter
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I am excited to announce that in conjunction with
@APSAtweets
Educate effort
@JPSE_Editors
now has an Inclusive Classroom Reading List that discuss classroom approaches related to teaching about race, racism, social justice and civic action.
See here
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The Paris attacks have nothing to do with refugees: This operation was planned by people who know Paris.
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If elected president in 2020 I will pass a law that it cannot snow after February and the temperature cannot fall below 40 degrees Fahrenheit - and I will have the space force enforce this mandate. Do I have your vote?
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Sooooooo it has been 11 months and I have been nervous to go to the barber (who also trims my beard). Is it time?
Poll below 😎
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Dear academic twitter I did something I almost never do- I turned down a request for a review.
Thanks
@MiaMBloom
for reminding me that I don't have to always say yes 🤓
and I still have 9 reviews to do 😏
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Not ‘Glorified Skype’
Faculty members say they’re working harder than ever to meet students’ needs through remote instruction, even if critics of the model don’t know it.
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Can I take a nap till Wednesday January 21, 2021?
Please?
Seriously.
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to everyone whether observing Yom Kippur or not - If I have sinned against you knowingly or unknowingly I apologize. In this New Year I will try harder
I very much hope this New Year will be a better one for everyone
גמר חתימה טובה
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Happy New Year to everyone!
I truly hope it is a better year for all of us and that @#$&. Covid goes AWAY!
Let us all promise -
To be nice to people!
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To all of you whose semester is over and are done grading- I am jealous 👿
That is all.
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Why does getting down to 12 emails in my inbox fill me with such a sense of accomplishment? 🤔🤔🤔
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My new article with
@Shkolnik_M
is out!
Crossing Battle Death Lines: Why Do Some Insurgent Organizations Escalate Violence to Higher-Intensity Armed Conflicts?
There are 50 free pdfs that can be downloaded at the link below. Let me know what you think!
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No professor should be in this financial situation.
Universities do better. Pay your people what they need to live all year
Feeling exceptionally bitter today, as I pay the bills I can and resent the fact that every summer of my life is broke. I worked too damn hard to live dollar-to-dollar. And this time I saved all year! But you can only save what is leftover...
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Just saw the Joker.
I do not recommend it. It demonizes mental illness in a way that I think is very damaging
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10 more letters of recommendation written today
very very very tired people
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@amydjohn
make connections with your fellow doctoral students - a group of supportive people can make a tremendous difference
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This is the last weekend of the Trump presidency.
Thank goodness.
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