Lemon update:

Lemon update:

I myself don’t have the stomach to watch the report myself, so I appreciate @akivamcohen.bsky.social providing this live-posting

This has been made available, so for purposes of commenting on Bari Weiss's decision to spike the story, here's a live-post of that segment. It begins with a "you may recall" summary of the deportation to el Salvador. Describes the admin's claim that it could deport the men without due process

Imagine if just by refusing to comment, you could stop any story from running. You would literally never find out anything unflattering about anybody. It amounts to asking people for their blessing to publish your reporting about them.

CBS News chief Bari Weiss pulls 60 Minutes story Weiss said investigation had to include comments from Trump administration 60M's ⁦‪Sharyn Alfonsi‬⁩ said multiple US agencies refused to comment - and this lets WH veto coverage My NPR story www.npr.org/2025/12/22/g...

When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.

“These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless.”

Amazing work from whoever was up in N6914W over Ohio … www.flightaware.com/live/flight/...

You are paid to read! It is your job. what are you doing not reading

This was his doing

A November UnidosUS poll found that four of the top five priorities for Hispanic voters were economic-related, including the cost of living, jobs and housing; 64 percent disapproved of Trump’s job performance in the survey. www.politico.com/newsletters/...

<some time ago> “I would struggle to trust an academic who doesn’t know how to get his wife to type his manuscript. Which is not the same as not being critical.”

It's your birthday, Duane.

A political environment in which a decisive number of voters are mad all the time and think everything's awful, no matter current material conditions or personal experience, presages years of swinging back and forth, accomplishing nothing, satisfying no one but entrepreneurs of chaos and decline.

THIS interior? In Ann Arbor?!?

In the wake of this news from UNC, I'm seeing some talk about copyright ownership and faculty scholarship. If you're interested in the topic, here's a good explainer from from @authorsalliance.bsky.social:

14 two-year postdocs for academics of any nationality who cannot continue their research due to US politics. Do share if you know of such.

Nenko Gantchev should still be alive—home with his family. After 30 years contributing to Chicagoland as a small business owner and taxpayer, ICE detained him, ignored his medical needs, and he died in custody. This system is cruel, reckless, and must be held accountable.

Bulgarian Chicago business owner dies in ICE custody, sparking calls for 'immediate investigation' https://abc7chicago.com/post/bulgarian-chicago-business-owner-nenko-gantchev-dies-ice-custody-family-congresswoman-call-immediate-investigation/18301520/

UMich consumer sentiment (current conditions) at 50.4 is a new all-time low -- going back to data from the 1970s.

For the last few months, I've been working on a story about January's crash near Washington, D.C. What I learned was that it was simply an accident waiting to happen. Special Report: The night everything at DCA finally went wrong (via @theaircurrent.com) theaircurrent.com/aviation-saf...

I will not be participating in the current job market discourse, as I find that minding my own business is stressful enough.

Our neighbours at @tcdpoliticalsci.bsky.social are hiring 3 (!) tenure-track faculty members: – Assistant Professor in Political Economy – Assistant Professor in International Politics – Assistant Professor in Political Science Deadline: 15 Jan 2026 More details: jobs.tcd.ie @tcddublin.bsky.social

Because my friends are extremely normal people who are not online, my posts will be the only ones on here with the link to support them through bone cancer. This site has saved my life more than once, and now I’m hoping it can do the same for them.

I will not be participating in the current job market discourse, as I find that minding my own business is stressful enough.

New paper with Salvo Nunnari which aims to detect (partisan) motivated reasoning (MR) using experimental designs based on information order. This provides a flexible way to detect deviations from Bayesian updating which can be explained by MR. osf.io/preprints/so...

Excited that "Race, Gender, and Nascent Political Ambition" is now out in @bjpols.bsky.social. W/ survey of white, Hispanic, and Black American respondents, we show primary gap in nascent political ambition is not between men and women but between white men and the majority of the polity.

You'll never believe what event Christmas actually commemorates

Officially out with @mayasen.bsky.social! We find defendants assigned to former public defenders are less likely to be incarcerated, providing insight into the relationship between criminal legal disparities and judicial characteristics. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Golden opportunity for anyone interested in labor markets, inequality, orgs in the US context

I missed the address. I assume that it was inspiring and levelheaded.

A little counter programming - one of the students in my class did her project on food insecurity on campus - how many of our students need help and do they know about the resources available for them? She works on the free fridge program in Austin www.atxfreefridge.com

Shameful.

I shan’t be viewing the address tonight, but I look forward to reading everyone’s takes

SCOOP: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. Research included reducing sudden infant deaths and identifying autism early. Me and @Paigecunningham.Bsky.Social www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Public opinion literally being driven downwards.

New from @juliaazari.bsky.social at Can We Still Govern? Democrats are divided about pursuing a third Trump impeachment. But Trump’s second term actions — abuses of federal power amidst a racial backlash — fits well with previous historical patterns. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-would...

please buy so many physical copies of the album so we can tour with strings & with Carolyn & Jamie and also Nicole who sat in in LA because that would be such an utterly killer tour youtu.be/pv53gRqjvxY?...

Goob morning from a cozy Waffles.

Being the director of the FBI and releasing a couples podcast while a mass shooter is on the loose is a wild choice

I have now, finally, watched “A Few Good Men,” and let me say: Pretty great.

@ama-assn.org: “Decades of scientific evidence shows that the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine is essential to protecting all newborns. Rolling back this recommendation creates confusion and doubt about vaccines…and will undoubtedly result in completely preventable illness and death.”

The Marshall Project is exploring how menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one currently going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.

I love this for Susie

New post-doc position working with me in a new lab at @snfagora.bsky.social ! It's one year appointment, renewable for up to 5 years. The position includes data analysis and independent research, mentorship of lab members, and participation in SNF Agora Institute life. apply.interfolio.com/178796

psychologists be like "need for tree climbing scale - short version, 37 items"

Had seen this Nirvikar Jassal paper presented a while back but good to see it out in APSR. Very important work www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Forthcoming at @hcr-journal.bsky.social: "A Show for Us: How Racial and Partisan Cues About Television Audiences Affect Exposure Intentions"! More to follow once the final version is published, but just glad this will be out in the world soon! #PolComm #PoliSci #Politics #MediaStudies