Academic regalia

The political psych conference is getting a refresh this year! Please consider presenting your work. Junior faculty -- this is an EXCELLENT opportunity to build your professional network. Abstracts are due this Friday.

pairs well w the post I just saw from @dannagal.bsky.social

Paul Revere waved at me today and warned me about the regulars.

I've genuinely contemplated using season 1 or 3 (on the Big Dig and the New England fishing industry, respectively) as the basis for a semester-long policy process class.

(no shade towards season 2, on the Massachusetts state lottery; everyone should listen to that one too!)

Paul Revere's midnight ride to be reenacted — but in broad daylight and with a police escort The reenactor, dressed in Colonial costume and accompanied by another horseman, will roughly trace the route taken by Revere 251 years ago.

When the kids were little, we'd spend Patriot's Day walking to a neighborhood restaurant (called Paul Revere restaurant), getting pancakes, watching the marathon on tv, and then seeing Paul Revere ride by, right outside the restaurant, on a horse. Highly recommend.
www.wbur.org/news/2026/04...

@pfmanna.bsky.social

Statue of Medford Revolutionary War heroine Sarah Bradlee Fulton installed at City Hall The statue of Sarah Bradlee Fulton was installed at Medford City Hall on April 14. It will be dedicated Monday, April 20, at 10:15 a.m.

New Sarah Bradlee Fulton statue being dedicated in Medford today, Patriot’s Day. (And yay for coverage in local journalism)
www.gottaknowmedford.com/statue-of-me...

American Democracy and Voter Suppression - Luis Ricardo Fraga, Ricardo Ramírez, Bernard L. Fraga, 2023 We review the history, magnitude, and scope of voter suppression in the United States., showing that, when it is attempted, it targets the voting rights of a di...

I also like this one: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Gary Gulman On How The States Got Their Abbreviations | CONAN on TBS YouTube video by Team Coco

It's harder than it sounds...

I am a sucker

I am a sucker

Finally hiked the entire Skyline Trail in the Middlesex Fells on one go yesterday (7.7 miles). Both me and the dog are ready to do a whole lot of nothing today but watch the snow (!)

Next season will be about health care and Romney!

With ‘The Big Dig,’ Ian Coss puts Massachusetts at the center of podcasting - The Boston Globe “Boston has an outsize mythology and presence in the national story,” Coss says.

Political scientists, if you haven’t listened to @iancoss.bsky.social podcasts, you’re missing out.

www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/17/a...

Thrilled to have one of our students in this group!

Thrilled to have one of our students in this group!

Just recommended your book to an undergrad last week.

🤚

Turkey on the grass on the side of the road with his feathers all fluffed out

Just a regular passerby on the morning walk.

In our house, the tooth fairy left a $2 bill and gum for a first tooth. A few dollars and gum after that.

given all of the gross things dogs like, you probably don't have to worry about social desirability bias

If you are a person who wrote me a very polite email at any point in the last year asking when new Vital Statistics on Congress data was coming (you know who you are), today is your lucky day!

It wasn’t me this time! But I’m still very happy at this news. Thank you.

driving through NH yesterday, I saw several anti-T highway overpass protesters in multiple locations, a few no kings signs, and only one T sign.

Andrew Brook trail. Had to stop a little shy of the summit. Where the trail meets the ski runs still had a lot of snow.

I can’t believe I never hiked sunapee until today.

Took my new boots on their maiden voyage to Lake Solitude on Mt. Sunapee. Some lingering ice and snow on the trail. Porcupine quills on the trail too. Summit candy: Ritter sport pretzel.

Hiking trail with blue and black sap lines running across it.

Hiking in NH means you sometimes have to dodge maple sap lines.

I was offline hiking to a place called Lake Solitude