I love seeing people share their work. This looks like a great book, too.

#RomanFortThursday On a day we send humans back to the moon, another remarkable feat of human endeavour The remains of Milecastle 39 on Hadrian's Wall, west of Sycamore Gap, part of the 73 mile frontier wall & accompanying forts & installations built by Roman troops 😮 📷 My own, May 2025

Once upon a time, it was clear what was an April Fools’ joke and what was just the news. Kind of hard to tell, now.

Every time I’m here I’m reminded of a different CPLR related humiliation. Today, the time when I walked into a Queens Supreme courtroom to try to get an OSC, and a man in the pews yelled “not today!” And I thought “what business is that of yours” but jokes’ on me it was the judge.

The poll of the weekend? The main Alaska pollster, ASR, released a poll of Alaska’s Senate race with Mary Peltola leading by 5 against GOP Senator Dan Sullivan. Even just putting this one in play is a big deal for Dems and their difficult path to a Senate majority.

After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics, she got hundreds of invitations. She accepted three. One was advising WNBA players on a labor deal. She helped players land the biggest % raise in US sports history. www.wsj.com/economy/wnba...

The #NoKings protests in #Pasadena have looked remarkably like 4th of July parades. (For those not from here: Pasadena is #LosAngeles County, #California.)

It seems that the #nokings day is going to be great for bars in #Pasadena. Lots of people sitting outside, signs propped up against chairs, having a beer at the end of the protest.

Was able to grab a copy of @mkn.bsky.social’s new book today and dove right in. You should too. #booksky

CA Democratic gubernatorial candidates should really be calling Mamdani for advice.

The first experiment, we asked respondents about the pardon of Binance founder CZ and the benefits he gave Trump. This info treatment shifted Rs away from "Ds are more corrupt" to "Both are equally corrupt", and Ds toward "Rs are more corrupt" from "equal" www.survey160.com/methodologic...

Interesting new bot-detection strategy in online samples: academic.oup.com/jcr/advance-...

Altadena, CA

Try again tomorrow.

Russia has about 5,500 nuclear warheads. I think it might be an important language to speak.

Cross Bronx Expressway from @gmtgames.bsky.social by @nbsp1618.bsky.social down at @metrowargamers.bsky.social. Played 1950s to 60s and we lost by bankrupting the city. With three copies owned by members, we’re considering a tournament. Team that makes it furthest in a six decade game wins.

So, the easiest way to achieve the main goal of the war would have been not to start the war

I went to visit a friend rebuilding in #Altadena today. Amazing how little has happened since the fire. Where I should have been hearing hammers, all I could hear were birds. 1/2

Feb. 12, 1910 NYT Headline: "ALLDS TWICE SOUGHT BRIBE, SAYS CONGER: SENATORS ARE IMPRESSED." You could read that two ways!

I think Gallup should start measuring presidential approval again.

This is a good article.

Back at #HereIStand (@edbeach23.bsky.social @gmtgames.bsky.social)! (Kohlrabi sticks not included in the game.)

I've interviewed more than a dozen hydrologists and climatologists across the West the past 10 days. A sense of panic is starting to set in. Wildfires and water shortages will start mounting this summer. Adverse impacts are expected from not only this heat wave, but the historically warm winter.

The (drunk?) accordion player is currently being ejected from the coffee shop. “Sir… you can’t just come and play that thing in here.”

5 of 5 stars to Into the Heart of Middle-earth - A Companion to J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: A Spiritual Journey for the Hobbit at Heart by Kaitlyn Facista

truly incredible that strava leaks are still happening after all this time

Writing about politicians in NY from 1890-1920 makes me think that the skill level of American politicians has diminished over the last century. Al Smith would run circles around most politicians today.

A selection of final games as the Wargaming & Simulation module concluded yesterday. Ten fantastic weeks exploring various games, their design, and the potential strengths & limitations of wargaming in PME. Great discussions, insights, challenge & also just good fun - hugely enjoyed! #Wargaming

New paper with Don Green and @ethanvporter.bsky.social in the QJPS. After much deliberation, we went with a title that just states the result. 📝 journal: www.emerald.com/qjps/article...

“John Stuart Mill, of his own free will, On half a pint of shandy was particularly ill.”

Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!

For about a year I've been working with some of the best reporters and editors in L.A. to build a brand new city news outlet. It launches tomorrow. Is it possible to operate a sustainable local journalism business in 2026? Let me know! lamaterial.com

I'm reading a biography of former NYS Governor Hughes today. An older spirit of politics: "He never lost the conviction that [...] to be fit for high office a man must be willing to forgo it or to leave it at any time." (Pusey 1951, Vol. 1., 239).

This remains an amazing story: www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

I'm trying to resist the temptation to write more about this---but, just to note, it seems like attention is increasing on the CA gubernatorial election, and that is a good thing. If you are looking for a good news source on CA politics, check out Calmatters: calmatters.org

Great thread.

"Where have the respondents gone? Perhaps we ate them all" Absolutely incredible title, 10/10, no questions asked.

Possible scenario for women in the Senate: McMorrow, Letlow, & Mills win primaries & generals (+2). Dems win tossup Senate seats + Alaska (+1). Blackburn, Klob, & Bennet become governors and nominate female replacements (+1). Stratton cancels out Pappas and Senate hits 30% female for first time.

For a little while, it is probably a good idea for Democrats to respond to these posts with "if you can't lead Democrats in California, how will you lead the country?" #Newsom has been missing in action in the California gubernatorial primary--which risks handing California to the Republican Party.

Wait, so, until this moment, did Mullin — who *serves in the U.S. Senate with Paul* — think that dueling was…legal?

I'll write something at more length later, but--as someone who has studied the top-2 in CA for a long time--it is worth saying clearly here that the CA Democratic Party is really being reckless with the governor's race in this state. A two-Republican victory is *unlikely,* but not *impossible.* 1/3

Dolores Huerta's statement on Cesar Chavez: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for... I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences"

Tuscany landscape, Italy, watercolour painting. A sunlit Tuscan hillside bursts with wildflowers, where cypress trees and a lone pine stand in serene harmony beneath a soft, endless sky. #Italy #Tuscany #Italianlandscape #Watercolour #Painting

Meaningful democracy always requires at least two candidates—someone has to give it their all and face the heartbreak of defeat so that voters can have a real choice. More often than we do, we should thank those who volunteer to stand for office.

Last June, members of the club kicked off a game of Empires In Arms. Some nine months later, the game is still going strong. #wargaming #napoleonicwargaming #empiresinarms #avalonhlll

Me getting really into Illinois politics after one primary

Interesting.

As usual, the best election-night information is here:

Well, that's a quotation.

“‘Unfortunately, Keir is not Winston Churchill,' Trump said, gesturing to his bust in the Oval Office during a meeting with Ireland's Taoiseach Micheál Martin on St Patrick's Day.” — President with no idea how the Irish think about Winston Churchill