I did a primer on political science for Quick Civics #politics #politicalscience #civics www.youtube.com/shorts/U9YjA...

Chris Hallenbrook (@challenbrook.bsky.social) and I had a great chat with Jeffrey Church about our book, Justice Across Generations, on the Political Theory Review podcast. Check it out here: www.podomatic.com/podcasts/the...

There are so many hotels in Tucson that I am overwhelmed. Who will let me pitch a tent in their yard? Who will let me make a bonfire with the branches of a dead Mesquite that you’ve been meaning to haul away? Who will let me howl naked at the moon as the sun rises over the Rincon mountains and…

You will be proven right when it comes to all the little ways AI is making things worse, our jobs and goods and services, but also in the big ways, like how the people leading the industry are sociopaths destroying the environment and economy. Which was all very obvious from the beginning

One cool thing about unequivocally hating AI is that you will be proven right over and over again every single day

Celsius is the scientist temperature measurement in that it’s the most conceptually coherent , Fahrenheit is the engineer temperature measurement in that it’s actually optimized to be useful for it’s main use case of communicating everyday temperatures.

This is the best edited volume I've read in quite a while and will be a big help when I teach my political violence class in the fall @sbmitche.bsky.social #politicalscience #violence #teaching

This contract has less than zero value added for our students

My filibuster primer on Quick Civics #Civics #congress #politics youtube.com/shorts/8MuVS...

Did an executive orders primer for Quick Civics #civics #politics #politicalscinece #potus www.youtube.com/shorts/JIrqH...

One of the best parts of telling my infant daughter "Cleopatra lived closer in time to you than did to the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza" is watching my wife's exasperated face as I trot the fact out for the 10,000th time

"Lying on the floor feels good for my back" is a sure sign I've hit middle age

If I ever finish this book, which will bring me no obvious economic benefit, the ten or so readers can at least take comfort and joy knowing that no AI was used in its production at any point.

If you want to have an extended blue Christmas, pick this up from Anexity Press and benefit Feed the Children #gritlit #indylit

Still time to get someone you love (or hate) my book as a Christmas present! #politicalscience #justice #books #booksky

Forgot what the 3rd Amendment is? That's what Quick Civics is for! #politics #politicalscience #billofrights youtube.com/shorts/quB_K...

The 2nd Amendment is next up on Quick Civics #gunrights #guncontrol #politics youtube.com/shorts/MWtrE...

Asking your library (university or public) to buy my book is a big help and gets the ideas out there! #politcs #justice #politicalscience #booksky tidd.ly/4hET4ou

Freedom of religion has arrived on Quick Civics as I work my way through the Bill of Rights #politics #religion #billofrights youtube.com/shorts/AlmhE...

My current nightstand reading. When the beautiful pain of @jdclappwrites.bsky.social becomes to much for me, I switch over to the Bosnian genocide #literature #reader #gritlit #Bosnia @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Prop 50 returns to Quick Civics as I discuss what's next after it passed on Tuesday #politics #California #gerrymandering youtube.com/shorts/IDX3f...

dialed up a primer on term limits for "Quick Civics" #politics #politicalscience #uspolitics www.youtube.com/shorts/G8Gus...

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Publication Day came early! My #book on intergenerational justice is now published and if you buy it at the link below I get a much bigger cut of the sale price than if you buy it elsewhere! #justice #philosophy #politicalscience #booksky tidd.ly/4oFgtID

It’s been six months since the release of my debut collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social A sincere thank you to everyone who bought a copy, came to a reading, asked for an interview, wrote a review, you name it. Seriously means the world.

If you’re interested, you can purchase a copy here: www.amazon.com/Lowest-Basin...

I made a quick primer on what we mean by ideology #civics #politics #ideology www.youtube.com/shorts/hfW6l...

#mariners fans getting ready for #ALCS game 7 share.google/jr1q4A8b3Z32...

This week on Quick Civics: Federalism #civics #politics #federalism youtube.com/shorts/g2vAJ...

Political violence is a big topic for this week's Quick Civics #politics youtube.com/shorts/8Uuvg...

Freedom of Speech is my latest "Quick Civics" topic #politics #freespeech #firstamendment #billofrights www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9gx...

I'm starting doing YouTube shorts examining political concepts #politics #politicalscience youtube.com/shorts/P7_DQ...

Now on FirstView ft. @challenbrook.bsky.social! Guess what, political scientists? Small assignments that engage students in politics boost their confidence in their ability to influence the political process! doi.org/10.1017/S104... #polisky #politicalscience #academisky

Pleased announce that starting today I am the L.G. Chaffee Endowed Chair of Global and Comparative Politics here at CSUDH. Looking forward to connecting our students to the rich world of global #politics here in LA and beyond

What are the different formations you expect to see #LFC play this season? youtube.com/shorts/ecjgZ...

Sometimes I have dreams in which I think "this would make a good story. I need to remember it." Then I wake up and think "No. No it wouldn't. I'm not Soseki." #Writer #dreams #literature

Its going to take me a few days to recover from reading these beautiful tragedies #lit #gritlit #shortstories #booksky @jdclappwrites.bsky.social @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

Think about all the inhabited planets in the MCU that don’t happen to have been visited by Captain Marvel or the Guardians and have no idea why half their people disappeared then reappeared.

This book is fantastic! I strongly recommend you pick up a copy.

To celebrate finishing a first draft of my novel, I took Rucky, my 90 pound rucksack, on a 2 mile walk around my neighborhood in 106° heat

We’re still accepting submissions for our Fall issue! 📅 Submission Deadline: August 1 Send us your best fiction, poetry, book reviews, or interviews. Submit and learn more at: form.jotform.com/250644026488...

box plots are great if you want to show a lot of not terribly useful information in an un-intuitive format, but it also needs to be ugly

Hope to see you at San Pasqual Winery next week for a @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social “Night of Good Grit Lit” reading and signing with @melissacuisine.bsky.social , @jdclappwrites.bsky.social, and @fbereaud.bsky.social! Details below!

If you are in the San Diego area, I'll be reading from my forthcoming collection "All and Then None of You" with these guys who also have books out with @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social. July 10th

So getting Berkeley pricing would save cash strapped CSU campuses $1/student, which adds up fast calmatters.org/education/hi...

“Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.” - St. Augustine

This one means a lot to me. Thanks @bloodhoneylit.bsky.social for taking a chance on it (and me)!! #shortfiction #writer

Full cover reveal! Thank you again to all the amazing writers who gave their time to blurb my collection: Tara Ison, Caitlin Horrocks, Ross McMeekin, Emily Nemens, & Alberto Rios! THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES, available tomorrow from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social

It’s been one month since the release of my debut collection, THE LOWEST BASIN: ARIZONA STORIES, from @cowboyjamboree.bsky.social Thank you to everyone who ordered it. And if you haven’t, this could still be you!