Had a blast joining the Science of Politics podcast to discuss my forthcoming book: Rural Pain, Republican Gain. Thank you @mattgrossmann.bsky.social for the invite!

obviously this story wouldn't have been any less dark if this wasn't true, but I really wasn't prepared for one of the victims to have been Dolores Huerta

Just want to give a shout out to this classic.

Thrilled to see our paper abt comparative factional conflict out!

Opinion | Has Trump Thrown the Democrats a Lifesaver?

Some words of mine are featured in Thomas Edsall's new opinion essay on how Trump is undermining his multi-racial coalition www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/o...

Thrilled to see our paper abt comparative factional conflict out!

Measuring factional conflict: A comparative approach using party leadership contests - Mike Cowburn, Amelia Malpas, Rachel M Blum, 2026 Intra-party factions have attracted increased scholarly attention in the twenty-first century as party systems have fragmented. Yet, we lack a comparative appro...

🚨🎉 New Publication! 🎉🚨

Measuring Factional Conflict: A Comparative Approach Using Party Leadership Contests

w/ @malpas.bsky.social & @blumrm.bsky.social

Out now in Party Politics. 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1354...

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Boylan's campaign video reminds me of Ossof's "Epstein class" comment. Interesting -- and potentially quite effective -- rhetorical moves to tie economic and sexual predation together. We should have a world free from both

pretend i spelled Ossoff correctly

Boylan's campaign video reminds me of Ossof's "Epstein class" comment. Interesting -- and potentially quite effective -- rhetorical moves to tie economic and sexual predation together. We should have a world free from both

A side by side of two photos of the same book, being held by each author with a box of more books in the background.

A book never feels real until you hold it in you hands. @profsorelle.bsky.social & I can now confirm that Uncivil Democracy is real! If you care about #peoplepower #housingjustice, #tenantorganizing & transforming our perverse political economy, this is a book for you.

Order here: bit.ly/3NLYCCw

thinking of Jessica Cisneros this morning and what could have been if those 2020 and 2022 primaries had gone slightly differently!

James Barnor Has Photographed Ghana Since the 1940s. He Remembers Everything.

Reading: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/t... And enjoying. Below.

Who were the Bondi beach shooting victims? What we know Authorities say two rabbis, a Holocaust survivor and a 10-year-old girl were among the victims.

Heartbreaking reading

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

thinking of Jessica Cisneros this morning and what could have been if those 2020 and 2022 primaries had gone slightly differently!

Wait this is wild. I learned about Cheney earlier but had no idea abt Netanyahu

I thought the problem with the Democratic Party was that it had vague off-putting messaging??

like wtf does this slogan mean? i'm not sure i've heard a collection of English words that reeks more of consultant-speak

I thought the problem with the Democratic Party was that it had vague off-putting messaging??

like wtf does this slogan mean? i'm not sure i've heard a collection of English words that reeks more of consultant-speak

Collegiate Punctuation Marks Trying to Be the Next Oxford Comma The Notre Dame semicolon, Sarah Lawrence quotation marks, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop em dash, and others.

Some all-new collegiate punctuation marks to rival the Oxford comma, from New Yorker Humor. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/g2qa5v

No, thank you for advice! There are definitely interesting ideas here and I'm trying to draw those out in my report alongside what could be improved.

Ha fair! I'm trying to be nice. But it is not a good paper and I cannot recommend publication in good conscience!

This is ... not good! "Theory" section does not explain how independent and dependent variables are logically linked + other major problems

reviewing my second ever article and I'm afraid I'm reviewer 2 here

Haha it's such a gorgeous place! Totally different vibe from Berkeley but so lovely. I hope you get invited to give a talk there !!

UC Santa Cruz, the other UC with redwoods, is the most beautiful campus in my opinion

one of my funnier moments living in New Haven was defeating this guy's brother, who was also a city alderman at the time, in beer pong at a party

looks great! will read with interest

Delighted to see this paper out in @carlsengames.bsky.social - working with @grattonecon.bsky.social was fantastic; I learned a lot! We develop the argument that technocracy can serve as an intertemporal insurance device for groups who fear their majority status is ephemeral. Because technocrats

It’s even funnier honestly bc this is not something I am good at. Like, at all.