Michigan has two open statewide elections this fall. The US Senate Dem primary (August) is a 3-way dead heat, and the gubernatorial race will also be a 3-way competition with Detroit mayor Duggan running as an independent. Much to watch!
We all love you Don. And big congrats on this well-deserved honor.
His quick concession speech was a vitamin jolt to the legitimacy of the democratic electoral process
I love this work
Congrats on the forthcoming book, Matt; it sounds great! When does it come out? when can I read it? ;)
SFI External Professor Mark Newman (University of Michigan) has been awarded the 2026 SIAM John von Neumann Prize, for his contributions to the theoretical and algorithmic foundations of network science and their application to real-world systems.
Their GATZ is coming to Ann Arbor this month & I can’t wait.
Scottie and I want to see you while you’re in town!
The footnotes are one of the real joys of legal writing.
I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
Yes. Also—your photography just keeps getting more beautiful!
"Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy." @owasow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...
thanks---I needed that
If you need some hope today — and don’t we all? — read @adambonica.bsky.social . As a bonus, you’ll also find an agenda and a source of resolve to make it happen.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
Here is a poem Renee Good, under her earlier name Renee Macklin, wrote, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." It won a prize. It's really good. "it’s the ruler by which i reduce all things now; hard-edged & splintering from knowledge." poets.org/2020-on-lear...
This looks like a fantastic book, and couldn’t be more timely. I look forward to reading it.
I love all the Hoosier love coming from you right now
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Oooh. Yes. This is what I was needing. Thanks, Jake.
Yikes.
💯 Phil
any idea why the governor hasn't addressed it yet? It's a 180 from his national-audience messaging.
From interim President Mahoney's letter: "We seek no special treatment.... the integrity of science ... depends on merit-based assessment." Yay UVa.
"We seek no special treatment ... the integrity of science depends on merit-based assessment..." That's the way to do it, UVa.
Much appreciate the update
Could you say more about what you're seeing Zander?
No one in this Bluesky world will be surprised to hear how much the students loved your presentation and benefited from your guidance. On the misinformation examples that pop up daily: talk about abundance!
My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences.
Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.
If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...
I am looking forward to reading it!
