i was all in on mamdani until i found out that he called his dad's cousin his "aunt" instead of using the term we all know and love, "cousin once removed"

Josh Hawley voted for historic cuts to SNAP, which is indispensable to 42 million Americans' food security.

Nothing that any university has done has "helped make it a White House target". Universities are targets bc they are *always* targeted by authoritarian regimes, and anything would have been a pretext. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/07/u...

On Monday, July 7, our lawsuit (AAUP v. Rubio) challenging the Trump admin policy of arresting & deporting students & faculty for legally protected speech goes to trial at 9AM. @knightcolumbia.org @mesa1966.bsky.social 🧵

The guy who stole my diary has died. My thoughts are with his family.

Such a great book! I

Political theorists and political philosophers, Please consider applying for an endowed professorship at WashU. I am not on the search committee, but I have a (very responsive) colleague who is, and I’m happy to answer any questions. apply.interfolio.com/166960

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She needs you to imagine the violent crimes because most of them are in fact imaginary

School Bully Shocks Nerds With Further Lunch-Money Demands

omg. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F. 18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it. We made this website to tell our story: 18f.org

Academic research essentially on hold in 70 health fields like "gene regulation in cancer" and "tumor evolution, heterogeneity, and metastasis."

In case you need a respite from all of this [gestures], here’s a pic of our new puppy, Bug.

Looking forward to this conference tomorrow !

Mrs. Dalloway?

Political theorists: WashU is hiring a tenure track assistant professor! I am serving on the search committee, and will be at APSA. I’m happy to answer any questions. apply.interfolio.com/151789

First post. I would say something profound, but I used up all my profundities on the other would-be Twitter replacements. Who's on here? Is it for real?