To 'Vance'; verb, to fuck up.

It's scary to think that if anything happens to Bibi Netanyahu, JD Vance would become president of the United States.

Megan Kate Nelson's The Westerners: Mythmaking and Belonging on the American Frontier new book on a table with a cup of coffee. The cover has a view of mountains in the background and people on a wooden raft in a lake.

@mkn.bsky.social look what I found in my mail just out there be-bopping on its own.

Big deliveries today @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org Elements by @ladyprofessor.bsky.social and @fthames.bsky.social; @yesolakweon.bsky.social & @jeonghyunkim.bsky.social; and @lizziebrannon.bsky.social & Jakana Thomas arrived in my mailbox!! 💌📥📚

@dzobrien.bsky.social & I love these deliveries 📬

Do the clothes make the candidate? In my paper with Steven Perry, we find candidates who dress more formally were perceived as more politically sophisticated, & indirectly had increased support. The text complexity of candidate messages had no effect.

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the corruption is staggering

Jesus Clarifies Return Will Be Strictly Limited To Carpentry Business JERUSALEM—In an effort to soften the blow for a human race eagerly awaiting His glorious arrival, Jesus Christ, the Son of God, clarified Monday that His return would be strictly limited to His carpen...

“While I will soon appear once more upon the earthly realm, My sole focus during this Second Coming will be various woodworking projects and not the establishment of a messianic kingdom,” said Christ, the Light of the World

Hearty congratulations to my old friend, @unlawfulentries.bsky.social, whose important book has already sold out its paperback copies on the first day of release. She’s worked long and hard on this—and deserves this success!

Designed in a lab to convince you to subscribe.

Can of spam flavored macadamia nuts

None of those can possibly taste as good as these. Courtesy of @bpetrova.bsky.social

Southwest Airlines Begins Assigning Chores DALLAS—Saying the decision had been reached following an extensive internal review of the company’s boarding procedures, Southwest Airlines confirmed Tuesday that passengers would now be assigned chor...

Southwest Airlines Begins Assigning Chores

The Greatest of All Plagues How the great political thinkers have persistently warned against the dangers of economic inequality

And @princetonupress.bsky.social is now shipping the paperback edition of the book at: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

Southwest Airlines Begins Assigning Chores DALLAS—Saying the decision had been reached following an extensive internal review of the company’s boarding procedures, Southwest Airlines confirmed Tuesday that passengers would now be assigned chor...

“There has always been a degree of chaos around passengers having to choose right as they’re boarding how they’re going to help keep the plane tidy,” said Southwest representative Martin Nieman

Political Science's academic job market having its worst post-Covid year -- almost 20% fewer jobs than at the same point in the previous cycle (which itself was bad!)

Data scraped from APSA ejobs pdfs.

Barleywine from Brooklyn is way better.

Aging in America: Who Are the Family Caregivers? Family members are increasingly caring for aging parents or spouses as the U.S. population gets older. Caregivers' experiences differ by gender.

Sooo.. Ppl who take on caregiving responsibilities for a parent feel closer to the parent, but their emotional well being, physical health, finances & social life all decrease, particularly for women (relationship with partner was sort of a wash). There has to be a better way. tinyurl.com/5x9ccvem

Bobby Pulido is the Best Story in Politics Right Now This guy knows community.

It there's one thing @charlotteclymer.bsky.social knows, it's Texas. Don't mess w/the quinceaneras, and especially don't mess with people who love Tejano music.

Bobby Pulido is the Best Story in Politics Right Now
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The train has left the station: Agentic AI and the future of social science research | Brookings A new era of agentic AI agents has begun. What does it mean for social scientists? Solomon Messing and Joshua Tucker discuss.

Are you a social scientist who has been hearing about Claude Code but hasn't checked it out yet? Or are you a social scientist who has been playing with Claude Code and has been wondering what it means for the future of social science research?

www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

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a man in a suit and tie is wearing a crown and saying yeah boyy ! Alt: Flavor Flav says YEAH BOOYYYEEEE,!!!

If the USA Women’s Hockey team wants a real celebration and invite ,,, I’ll host them in Las Vegas. Do some nice dinners and shows and good times.

I’m sure I can get a hotel and airline to help me out here and celebrate these women for real for real. 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

I’m down with any recipe that calls for fatty pork

Rich Eisen just showed this photo of SportsCenter anchors, we believe from 1997 ish.

Of the 14, how many of them can you name?

Conflict and Maternal Health Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Conflict and Maternal Health

In this Element, @fthames.bsky.social + @ladyprofessor.bsky.social takes a large-N approach to exploring whether inequality variation in states at conflict leads to variation in women's health outcomes. Free to download now! 2/

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Finally one of the Dem Senate candidates is coming to Lubbock! I hear Crockett might be making plans, too.

Philadelphia, you are the best

Sesame Street - I Am Somebody YouTube video by LittleJerryFan92 *RETIRED CHANNEL*

I show this in almost every single class I teach to demonstrate the simple values behind the dignity of all people and how at odds our culture's norms are to the idea. I have cried over how hard it is to believe myself when I repeat after Rev. Jackson, "even if I make a mistake, I am somebody." RIP.

Conflict and Maternal Health Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Conflict and Maternal Health

Next up @fthames.bsky.social and @ladyprofessor.bsky.social new Element is officially on the website and free to download for the next two weeks! 👇📚 Get it here!! www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Is It All Just Envy? The sides of the inequality debate continue to talk past one another, as Don Boudreaux's recent criticisms demonstrate.

I’ve written a new piece for @liberalcurrents.com in response to an open letter from the economist Donald Boudreaux. I address ways in which criticisms of egalitarianism err. It’s not enough to accuse them of envy or economic illiteracy. There are serious moral, social, and political concerns.

This is a post about animal excrement and the English language.

bull$#!% = nonsense/lies
chicken$#!% = petty or cowardly
horse$#!% = nonsense/lies
dog$#!%= low quality
ape$#!% = wild
bat$#!%= crazy

Ordered above from oldest to newest: bull$#!% (1914), bat$#!% (1971).

Look if Minnesota is the hub then it's a Purple Revolution.