Dustin Gilbreath

Polling Consultant.
Nonresident senior fellow, Fmr Dep Research Dir @crrcgeorgia.
Comms @Transparify.
Teach @IliaStateUni and @ISET_PI.
Tweets, my own views.

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

Saturday the 13th, at bagelin, we have A is for Adjara Hop water and Koko doko rice lager!

Koko doko in Japanese is roughly where am I?!? But in a cute sort of way.

This was the question we asked ourselves making beer in the basement of a bagel shop in Tbilisi.

See you there!

[Tolerance&Diversity Institute @TDI_Georgia]

Today, 29 May 2026, the Tbilisi Court of Appeals is scheduled to review TDI's appeal in the precedent-setting case of Margaret (Maggie) Osdoby Katz - a former U.S. Embassy and OSCE official denied entry to Georgia on 12 July 2025 - without an oral hearing.

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

Two life goals unlocked at once. If you’re in Tbilisi Friday, come try my beer and hop water at Bagelin from 6 pm. Brew DAO has made the first hop water in Georgia, which we’re calling A is for Adjara, featuring mandarin hops. #Adjaraisthegreatestplaceonearth

[Lauren Gilbert @notanastronomer]

I'm hiring for @indevmag's first not-me hire.

Help shape the future of development journalism; edit pieces that do serious cost-effectiveness analysis AND have jokes.

Up to $90k USD, fully remote worldwide.

https://t.co/URNWwG0l4p

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

If you're not following @indevmag and are interested in policy, development, and the big issues (migration and the economy today), its had *only* top notch pieces so far. Worth the follow.

[Lauren Gilbert @notanastronomer]

This week in @indevmag, @charlesjkenny writes about the second age of mass migration - and how migration can be used to support growth in *both* the sending and receiving country.

https://t.co/X2LtIYaC9B

[Lauren Gilbert @notanastronomer]

This week in @indevmag, @charlesjkenny writes about the second age of mass migration - and how migration can be used to support growth in *both* the sending and receiving country.

https://t.co/X2LtIYaC9B

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

@cblatts @MeganTStevenson They also use academic research to think a great deal about tactics. I think this is underappreciated, b/c academics don't often engage with parties, and parties don't often engage with academics directly.

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

@cblatts @MeganTStevenson I think where academic research actually has an impact is on politics rather than policy. That's arguably more important. It influences the narrative and direction which society goes. Parties have people reading academic research to see what's popular when developing messaging.

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

Bus dog

[Climate Risk Economics @climateconomics]

Unpriced carbon costs are a material risk to corporate earnings and valuations: global corporate emissions place more than 20% of EBITDA at risk, according to a new report by https://t.co/Jq99Iu1JNZ

https://t.co/vvq2l1bEyD

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

@zazaabashidze Based on the watermark of the company that did the poll, almost definitely not a GD internal poll.

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

@notanastronomer Who has these?

[Lauren Gilbert @notanastronomer]

Less than 20% of the population had access to transit in 2015; now 90% do. Jakarta has one of the most used bus rapid transit networks in the world.

How did they do it? Nithin Coca explains in @indevmag: https://t.co/2uSpgwZDDK

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

What I think people miss about Musk is this is a tried and tested playbook - you just aren’t used to the combination of extreme relative wealth and political power if you haven’t been living in hybrid and authoritarian contexts for extended periods.

[Lauren Gilbert @notanastronomer]

Time for a hot take from @indevmag! Daniel Yu argues that more young people who want to do good in the world should start companies, rather than work in aid. https://t.co/8BoGk66CXj

[Lauren Gilbert @notanastronomer]

tomorrow morning

[Dustin Gilbreath @GilbreathDustin]

@Econ_4_Everyone 15 + @aliaksandr_k

[Lauren Gilbert @notanastronomer]

And she’s live