To give you a sense of how big a departure this year, the government doesn't do this for wanted criminals.

There isn't a single problem "solved" by edtech that couldn't be fixed with smaller classes led by well-paid teachers given real academic freedom

Past weekend projects: grading, voting, Frankenstein, and an oratorio

Retired intelligence analysts confirm what the political scientists are telling us — and what the world outside is telling us — the goal of these people is the end of law, the end of democracy, and the end of a recognizable republic. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A few signs from NYC. The start was tough as people didn’t realize or struggled to go down from a huge mass that needed to be funneled onto one street after Duffy Square. We eventually went around to move forward. A lot of people probably waited a while at that bottleneck.

🚨The Graduate Student Support Grant is now open 🚨 If you are a graduate student in political science with an urgent financial need-please apply today! Awards are given to applicants on a lottery basis. It doesn't hurt to apply. connect.apsanet.org/graduate/gra...

LA Times: "'It backfired,' said one senior administrator at UCLA, reflecting the sense of whiplash. .... 'Within hours of announcing our settlement, the DOJ was on our back.' WHO COULD'VE SEEN THIS COMING www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/0ypqo...

22 boxes closer to NYC

Currently doing the I'm-about-to-switch-academic-institutions-mega-library-download shuffle. RIP my downloads folder and devonthink.

I cannot overstate how much growing up in TX colors my view of politics and the work I do on trust and democracy. My experience was repeatedly having my representatives lie to me and others, watching my state government act anti-constitutionally and consolidate power through gerrymandering.

Posting here is all well and good, but have you texted/facetimed/called your friends and fam reminding them to call their reps? Remind them that their voices matter!

Me: I should get some writing done. All branches of the US government: 🌪️ 🌀 🔥 🌊 🚩💩🦟☄️⛈️

Packing for a move means going through old papers to trash or keep. I am reminded that I boldly titled my dissertation prospectus “Built to Fail: The American Founding and a Crisis of Political Trust” 😅

First big dinner party (~10 people) in a while since the job market was all consuming this year. I missed it. Cooking, gathering, eating…that’s the stuff.

We're standing in solidarity with @seiu509.bsky.social @seiu1199nw.bsky.social to call for SEIU CA President David Huerta's immediate release and an end to ICE raids. Join us for this emergency rally on Monday June 9th at 1:30pm at Boston City Hall.

Military style ICE raids in our communities. David Huerta was beaten and dragged away. Because he saw them and stood up for justice. Because he’s not afraid. Neither are we. On MONDAY let's #FreeDavidHuerta, #FreeThemAll 11:00 AM @ Grand Park in Downtown LA (200 N Grand Ave)

I was an immigration lawyer for about fifteen years. The people I met… the way they wanted to give their absolute best to this country, and then DID. Skills, ideas, beauty, culture… that’s what they bring. America is a nation of immigrants, and immigration is what made America.

The live stream of Good Night, and Good Luck left me reflecting on all of the examples I see of people who are concerned with truth, and who—when they see lies and injustice—act. It’s not easy in fearful times. Friends and communities make it easier.

What a conglomeration of people on CNN’s post Good Night, and Good Luck. Happy to see Jorge Ramos included!

I’ve started keeping a folder with examples of politicians lying and being deceptive for my book project. The lying from the current presidential administration is overwhelming.

Two days now!

Finally getting around to reading @cjdenial.bsky.social A Pedagogy of Kindness thanks to the wonders of ILL! What a balm.

Eagerly awaiting the Star Wars series wherein we follow a grad student excavating the buried stories of the rebellion to trouble our understanding of the empire’s fall

Grades are submitted. I ran one of my seminars with a combination of tutorials and in-class writing for assessment and it worked well. The students, on the whole, want to learn. They crave conversations—challenging and rich ones. Many want time away from their electronics.

“They don’t even bother to lie badly anymore. I suppose that’s the final humiliation.” -Andor S2E7 (Dan Gilroy)

BostonU signed on

Heads up!!!

Every time our shouts of “hands off” echoed through the plaza reminded us of our community’s strength. I caught the tail end of one (which uploaded before as just a photo…oops):

What Devon said. It is much harder to protest in conservative places. Urban and suburban sprawl, limited transit, less powerful organizing structure (especially where unions are nonexistent or weak), higher potential for violence including more guns, etc.

It’s been a morning. I can’t adequately describe what it felt like to be amid a throng of people protesting in support of democracy. Our shouts echoed through the streets.

After weeks of organizing, it’s time to march! See you in Boston. pic from @bensilverstein.bsky.social

New from Mary Jo MacDonald: "Acknowledging Sexual Equality: Hobbes's and Cavendish's Amazons" in Hobbes Studies brill.com/view/journal...

Reading The Federalist and the US Constitution with the students right now is an experience.

Show up.

Here's a picture of someone being pulled off the street in broad daylight during the rule of the Argentine junta. If you do it in public, during the day, it's because you want people to see

One of the funny things about negotiating a union contract for non-TT workers in higher ed is that just trying to provide for the normal protections that any union contract would provide (job security + dismissal only for just cause) sounds really radical, b/c it sounds like you're asking for tenure

Thank you to @warren.senate.gov and @markey.senate.gov for voting no on cloture. I called a lot. I asked friends to call. Thank you for listening and voting no. How long until we find a new leader for Senate Democrats?

The Dems who joined the GOP on today’s cloture vote: Cortez Masto (NV), Durbin (IL), Fetterman (PA), Gillibrand (NY), King (ME), Hassan (NH), Peters (MI), Schatz (HI), Schumer (NY), Shaheen (NH).

This vote hurts. But giving up hope in its wake would be worse. Organize. Organize. Organize.

Is he chewing gum at the mic of the senate floor?

I thought I’d see a lot of Severance/Schumer “devour feculence” posts, but I see none.

It’s hard to describe what it means to me to see this archive go live at Princeton. It is the culmination of two decades of research starting with my first research grant as an undergrad. library.princeton.edu/about/librar...

Is it veering too far into wishful thinking to hope that the “will be forever changed” part could be because we’ll impeach AND remove him, finally using the removal power? And then maybe add some pro-democracy constitutional amendments?

To be clear—this is not a rescinded offer. I have no idea where they were in the search process. I only know from this email that they have closed down the search and will not be filling the position.

At least one position at Columbia with an active search has been withdrawn.

Columbia called the cops on students— *like trump wanted*— & this is how Trump responds. One should never comply with evil, but if even your complicity with evil will not save you— & it will not— then why comply? Do not comply; not in advance, not at all. Fight for the right thing, no matter what.