Ian Tyrrell generously gave his time to chat with me and David Goodman about his career and life. Shout-out to Ruth Morgan for editing a whole issue about Ian's work and influence. www.jstor.org/stable/48844...

Interesting development. Can we also make sure the initial primary states reflect the diversity of our party? In other words, not Iowa or New Hampshire!

I will forever bristle that academia and especially my discipline typically doesn’t pay attention to warnings about this country until a white dude says it. Every time i read “nobody could have anticipated…”I want to burst into flames.

Just imagine the consequences if these vile men had abused and trafficked boys rather than girls. #MeToo

Proofs of the Afterword by @cwaldby.bsky.social and me for the social survey in global perspective book have arrived. Edited by Charlotte Greenhalgh, @clarecorbould.bsky.social and me, published in 2026 by @berghahnbooks.bsky.social www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Greenh...

I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”

Crikey, one hour later I was literally describing that legislation & its effects to a potential new research student. And people say studying history isn’t any use!

Starting to suspect that the “All Lives Matter” messaging wasn’t in good faith.

I mean. How else to behave after a bunch of excellent wins last week than bending over backwards to accommodate GOP nonsense 🤯

As a professor of African American Studies, I endorse this message ✊🏾🤭✊🏾

I love that Mamdani is what the right claimed Obama was: A Muslim socialist born in Africa. The right practically manifested Mamdani into existence.

“Indeed”

The Roberts Court has been reaching for Taney Court status for a while now. At this point, they're just leaning into it.

UM EXCUSE ME LAWYERS BUT WHO DIED AND MADE YOU THE BOSS OF WHAT COUNTS AS HISTORICAL FACT

A New York socialist Muslim has Kentuckians so excited to vote that they called and emailed and messaged their officials to find out how to vote today. And their Secretary of State makes fun of them. Anyway, what do I know?

This may be the funniest election in 100 years www.npr.org/2025/08/29/n...

Yep, tonight’s numbers might shut the door on Republican gerrymandering efforts — even, thanks to Dem flips of state senate seats in Mississippi, in places where lawmakers looked set to target districts protected by the Voting Rights Act.

Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006. They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents. The margins? 62% to 38% in both.

Looking forward to learning all about how the right should move left to win elections tomorrow. They should maybe dye their hair pink, learn to love pronouns.

It's been... some time in coming. But ehh it's a history book so the topics are just all a little longer ago than planned. "The Social Survey in Global Perspective." Coming soon; but for now, please recommend it to a librarian for purchase! ftp.berghahnbooks.com/title/Greenh...

one thing that other candidates need to learn from mamdani is how to deliver the most cold blooded attacks on an opponent with a smile on your face

Mayor Clapsaddle. Tee hee.

ngl: that radio interview about breaking news in US politics was the most cheerful in years. let's go

"The day NYC elects a Muslim Mayor will be the day I die." --Dick Cheney probably

Earle-Sears ran what felt like 12 billion ads about how much she hated trans kids and I didn’t hear a single pundit say she should stick to real issues that affect real people.

Mississippi Democrats look set to flip a third seat in the Legislature in tonight's special elections. With 95% of the vote in, Democrat Justin Crosby leads Republican incumbent Sen. Jon Lancaster for House District 22 by a 53%-47% margin.

WOW. 81% of women 18-29 voted for Mamdani, 80% for Sherril, and 78% for Spanberger. Gen Z women aren't playing around.

"They're freaking the f*ck out, this is their worst nightmare.” @anandwrites.bsky.social and @mizzwelch.bsky.social explain how Andrew Cuomo would purposely ‘dis-pronounce’ Mamdani’s name and how his election is a Republican’s worst nightmare.

I recently discussed this in a talk. On one side of tech, there is a real move to develop system redundancies. You need them for security, trust, safety, etc. On the other side, tech is telling education it can & should strip its redundancies. Watch what they do as much as you hear what they say.

What evidence did Jillian Segal, the Aust Gov’s so-called Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, rely on for her recent Special Report? Andrew Dean and Marc Mierowsky dig deep & find her sources wanting. sydneyreviewofbooks.com/essays/ancie...

Presidency Upending: season 2 with colleague Dr Zim Nwokora is a go! Ep 1: a brilliant talk with Prof Ned Foley about his distinguished research in US election law & recent discovery of a 19th century Australian voting model to prevent polarization. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpQk...

Vanity Fair: What scares Guillermo del Toro? Guillermo del Toro: People with nice suits and horrible souls.

by the time i read the news this morning, about 7:50am, both kids were already well aware of the assassination of Kirk. the elder one advised immediately i probably wouldn't want to watch the video 😲. their lives are so saturated with US culture and politics.

Covfefe, revealed. Finally!

I would read an academic murder book in which the murder was solved by reading the syllabus

The Gilded Rage

Look, if we are doing authoritarianism then doing Kremlinology comes with it for free. I don’t make the rules.

Facebook: it could rain tomorrow. Here’s three ads about umbrellas. Mastodon: here’s 14 Linux distros that anyone can install in less than a week. Bluesky: IS HE DEAD YET? IS HE DEAD? I HEARD THAT HE’S DEAD, IS HE DEAD?

I’m not kidding when I say I love a formal synthesis. This one is spot-on. Some of what’s happening is people are trying to have a historical gaze for events that are still happening. Is it definitionally authoritarian? Cannot know until bodies stop dropping. But you can know it feels authoritarian

Smashed this year’s Miles Franklin book award winner. It’s full of heart, so sharp, and lol funny. “Four hours of meandering footage of the swelling seas… ‘Don’t Encourage Him’ is the Director’s retelling of Moby Dick, only from the whale’s point of view.” Siang Lu, Ghost Cities.

So much of my own job interpreting Trumpism for the public is just reciting elementary second wave insights about masculine domination very slowly and loudly for people who have never been exposed to them before.

they do share a certain number of, checks notes, youthful interests

There’s something to be said for billionaire governor hey.

Big ups to The Conversation (aunz.theconversation.com‬), which is largely funded by universities, for publishing this piece. Well worth a read. theconversation.com/universities...67

baking hack that made me actually lol. Then I thought—I bet this person could change my life if I knew ALL her other tricks. youtube.com/shorts/hJghs...

Melb cafe, Sat morning: 4 ppl in their 80s racing to do the NYT Spelling Bee & considering whether the maker will respond positively to an entreaty to accept Australian words. Sole woman is adamant Sam Ezersky will make amendments. A companion declares he’s too arrogant to reply. It’s quite…lively.

Just thinking about the round-the-clock outrage that Fox News and other MAGA media have devoted to Mamdani's proposal to open a handful of city-run grocery stores. Meanwhile, the president literally just nationalized Intel.

Louisiana has to build three new natural gas power plants to accommodate the "AI" data center that Meta just crammed through because said center will use *Three Times* as much electricity (and, thus, attendant resources) as the *Entire City Of New Orleans*, every year. Y'all this isn't sustainable.

Wow! Gun sales down. I guess with a fasc*st strongman in charge, a whole lotta MAGA no longer feel the need to start or augment their personal arsenal.