The Better Government Lab is hiring a post-doc with data science skills and an interest in public management to work on reducing administrative burden in safety net programs. Interest in tech a plus. Start: August 26 or earlier @sebjilke.bsky.social @pamherd.bsky.social apply.interfolio.com/185941

Just got one of my favourite email types: *Hi prof, the final project I did for your class got me a job.* Only an internship this time, but it was a first year undergrad, so still a great feeling.

Well deserved! Congrats to Chagai and to @uoft-poli-sci.bsky.social

📢 Postdoc opportunity at @UB-IPERG (University of Barcelona) 1-year position in Historical Political Economy. 💶 €35–40k | Start: Fall 2026 🗓️ Deadline for Expressions of Interest: June 5, 2026 All the info: 🔗 www.ub.edu/iperg/postdo...

Interesting. This has not been my experience in Toronto at all. Perhaps because I already lived here, so friends and neighbo(u)rs already know I'm not on board. They want to talk about Trump with me more than they would if they didn't know I'm American, but no one has been confrontational about it.

New report! Canada needs gentle-density housing that works for families of all shapes and sizes. But regulatory barriers and other issues prevent it from reaching scale. Here is how we can change that. Read here: www.missingmiddleini...

Page proofs. We argue that electoral democracy itself is the reason why people from working-class jobs almost never go on to hold office. Elections are burdensome and gatekeepers pass over workers; rare gains in worker representation are fleeting. More in October. (with @noamlupu.bsky.social )

Of interest to @pearl-uoft.bsky.social

Just asked copilot a question about OneNote settings. I finished with the pic below. It started writing a real response (with a laughing/crying emoji and everything) and then this happened.

Behind the acid blood and jump scares of the Alien franchise is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power. How Weyland-Yutani helps explain monopsony — and the rise of inequality on Earth. n.pr/4dGFaCl

Hire more religion reporters.

Woke Libs: get rid of three strikes laws. Make it seven. Leo: My boss says to go seventy seven. Trump: SOFT ON CRIME!

Concerning new documents out for YongeTOmorrow that seems much less focused on pedestrianization. The project originally envisioned having portions of Yonge between College and Queen be at least partially pedestrianized. www.toronto.ca/wp-content/u...

Had a lot of fun doing the (tiny share of) work on this. Congrats to Abel for doing the (greatest share of) work on this!

The song really does present quite a structured argument: 1. This war is ordained by God 2. The Union Army is consecrated to His purpose 3. He will lead the Union to victory against Satan 4. Many of us will die for this victory 5. By dying as liberators we recapitulate Christ’s sacrifice

from 1868 to 2025 there was little dispute about what the birthright clause meant and the idea that the past year has been some great scholarly debate is absurd. a handful of partisans and hacks have churned out junk so that the president can get what he wants. that’s it.

🎓 3 Tuition Grants funded by the Juan Linz Institute & the Dept. of Social Sciences Covers tuition equivalent to EU fees 📅 Deadline: May 31, 2026 You can apply for both a full scholarship and a tuition grant. Apply 👇 ijlinz.es/en/postgradu...

Re-upping this. We're hiring a Lecturer in the Honors College here at UMaine. Please share widely and consider applying if it matches your interests! Happy to answer any questions! #academicjobs

11yo needs a new bike, and we’re looking in the adult section. I’m old

Postdoc job! I'm looking to recruit a postdoc to work on a project about research evaluation & metadata. More info here: www.yorku.ca/research/wp-... Salary: CDN$70,000 (+ benefits) Location: Toronto, ON (can be remote in ON) Length: 18 months Deadline: 31 March 2026 Start date: 1 July 2026

Insane. Like someone just clearly misunderstands what an academic journal is for...

Akhil Amar on birthright citizenship: ”Unless and until our Constitution is amended, our government is simply not allowed to punish innocent babies guaranteed full and equal citizenship by the Constitution itself.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/o...

Someone should explain to the @nytimes.com that Vancouver does not share the same climate as Calgary or Ottawa.

@ttcalerts.bsky.social what’s going on with the 168?

Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...

Purchased!

Political Scientists: Canada announced a new program to attract top talent: www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl... UofT has a small number it can nominate, but the Dean wants nominations from any department that can identify someone who fits. Internal deadline is SOON (Jan 14), so reach out if interested.

There is no legal justification, whatsoever, to use military force against a NATO ally like Greenland. If any military member participates in this without congressional authorization, they are following illegal orders.

Postdoctoral positions: Our team at the University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public is accepting applications for up to two postdoc positions, starting in Fall 2026. Priority deadline is Jan 15. If you know someone who might be interested, let them know!

🚨 We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Political Science ⏰ Deadline 4th January 2026 🙋‍♀️ Any questions, please reach out 👇

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Bari Weiss doesn't want you to see this unless it includes "the other side" from an administration official

Second day in a row I saw a person with Browns paraphernalia at the gym. In Toronto! I asked the second guy if he was from Cleveland, but no, just a Shadeur fan. This world is weird.

Prepping for a new course next semester: what's the best writing on the politics of working from home vs commuting? No geographic restrictions, can be academic or popular

Attn profs: tell your undergrads interested in policy or global affairs to get a Toronto/Columbia dual degree (2 degrees, 2 alumni networks, etc. for the price of 1). munkschool.utoronto.ca/news/bright-...

Prepping a syllabus for a first year course next year. Need good readings on politics and siblings, ideally not too scholarly. Any good deep dives on the Milibands or the Ford bros? Anybody but the Kennedys

A model of careful analysis, though as a regular Risk player, the failure to properly spell Kamchatka is evidence that Ben is probably a Madagascar or Argentina starter, rather than a more adventurous Eastern Australia or Siam starter.

This has been my gripe for a long time now. If you took the words seriously, rigorously, if we established a clear right to housing in the Charter, then you'd basically nuke municipal zoning nearly in its entirety — certainly as it's practiced in Ontario.

How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods & other watering down of good ideas. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

I know the NYT doesn't think the Athletic should be held to high standards, but they shouldn't print lies: www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...

racist tradcath has to be seen, I think, as its own form of heresy

❗️Please share widely: TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T... Deadline: 10 Dec 2025

We are in a timeline in which People Magazine is publishing legit hard-hitting news headlines while CBS and CNN publicly humiliate themselves. I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.

One of the best descriptions of the current instantiation of co service “intellectualism” I’ve seen.

8yo trying to stay up for the game. Just changed the subject from Vladdy’s batting average by saying, with no context, “Did you know Copenhagen is in Denmark?” He might be getting delirious.

Homeless shelters reduce crime. "Our findings suggest that shelter functions as a public good with high social benefits." www.nber.org/papers/w34376