Colbert guest hosted a public access TV show in Monroe, Michigan a day after the Late Show ended. Guest star: Jeff Daniels Special appearance by: Eminem Musical director: Jack White Genius. youtu.be/jJTXB5uT_C4?...

I am at the point of grading, where I am giving myself the reward of grading the material I do not want to grade if I am a good boy, and first grade the material I *really* don't want to grade

If you think you had a rough day at work, just be thankful you are not the head of IT at a university today.

15% of state legislative incumbents who face a primary challenger lose, but less than 9 percent of incumbents who face a general election challenger lose. (Figure below from Chapter 2 of Accountability in State Legislatures)

St Louis has the best weather people. Sound needed

Hey people of the Internet. The great @opensecrets.org has been nominated for a Webby! You can vote here. Please consider doing so to support transparency and accountability in government and data. vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting...

💸 Big hearing today on asking voters whether to replace the state income tax with a sales tax. Our 2025 SLU/YouGov Poll asked voters: "Would you support or oppose eliminating Missouri's state income tax?" 52% support, 25% oppose, but 73% of Reps support it vs. 23% of Dems📊(1/5)

⚾ Happy Opening Day, Missouri! 🎉 In August 2024, Missouri voters told the SLU/YouGov Poll their favorite baseball teams: ⚾️41% are Cardinals fans ⚾️20% back the Royals ⚾️26% have no favorite team PLAY BALL! 📊

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A ban on gender-affirming treatments for minors appears to be the strongest selling point in a Missouri ballot measure that would outlaw abortion, according to a new poll that suggests the issue could be key to persuading voters to back it. #moleg #mogov

Reinstalling Office, and Microsoft still lists the Skype icon is still listed in the installer:

#AcademicSky #PsychSciSky Looking for field study, for class, using unobtrusive observation for DV? Our new paper, led by Siobhan Murray (w Rose Meleady) is for you! Cafeteria allowed menu boards with & without animal images Odds of choosing vegetarian meals rose 22% if animal image present.

Happy Birthday Jake!

Way to feel old? Seeing your grade school did a millineal day featuring "history" showing off computers you used when attending that school 30 years ago www.instagram.com/reel/DVO-sxt...

nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up

Glad to be part of the 2%

End of an era. Big time series loss.

At US Figure Skating championship. Awesome to see the heavyweight championship nature of the intros for the final group.

Survey 160 is launching a research fellowship program. We are looking for creative researchers who can pursue research questions that can advance the science of public opinion surveys using text messages. Details are here: www.survey160.com/survey-160-r...

Google just reminded me that this happened a year ago today. #NFLLive @minakimes.bsky.social www.youtube.com/shorts/ui8cV...

🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education… dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social

@caraspencer.bsky.social. Love your recycling changes. Pets next?

Penn State published a nice article on my recent book with Amanda Driscoll and Jay Krehbiel about the public's support for the rule of law and why it matters: www.psu.edu/news/liberal...

Really proud of our new article in @apsrjournal.bsky.social!! @nicoravanilla.bsky.social @matthewjnanes.bsky.social What does citizen contact do to police attitudes in conflict settings? For those interested in bureaucrats, embeddedness, conflict, mixed methods: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

In honor of Cloudflare www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQp...

Just learned about the passing of one of my all-time favorite message boarders, the great Moon Man. He apparently passed over the last few months. Smart, quick the barb, kind of heart, and one of the funniest motherfuckers around. A true treasure, gone way too soon. RIP, good sir.

Less time than it takes for two hot pockets! (Lean pockets too!)

Rex Douglass is a free agent. Rex is a data bulldozer and champion of science, plus no bs palantir overhead. Get him before he gets got.

The Politics of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is back! Volume 2 explores the political messages, cultural debates and real-world implications of Marvel’s Phase 4 films and series. Co-edited by @carnes.bsky.social and @gorenlj.bsky.social sanford.duke.edu/story/new-bo... #BookSky #NewBook

For all those #APSA people on planes...Does someone have a scatter plot that shows the economy (e.g., GDP or change in real disposable income) and presidential vote share that includes the 2024 election? [Needed for a teaching slide]

Sneaky title Princeton Alumni Club. Getting a better open rate during Fantasy Football Draft Weekend

First day of class, finicky clicker. Targus Clickers seem to have about a 5-year life span (I think I lost the first one). Originally recommended by @carnes.bsky.social in Grad School. New one arrives tomorrow.

This month's IT training: Avoiding TOAD attacks...thankfully we already took the frog training, so this should be a cinch

Listen to the roar of the #STLCards fans in Busch Stadium tonight when Adam Wainwright came out to pitch for the Savannah Bananas.

Stephen Colbert is a profoundly good and deeply talented man with a great staff and an excellent show. They all deserve better.

With this news, which diplomatic, real-life couple would you want on your team? Madam Secretary or The Americans?

Senate GOP tactics to make 2017 tax cuts "permanent" required nuclear move on Senate floor-- weakening authority of the parliamentarian, blowing hole in Byrd Rule, & possibly making future debt crisis more likely. New @goodauth.bsky.social post on fallout from OBBB goodauthority.org/news/three-b...

📚 Missouri voters are on board with public high schools discussing sexual orientation, according to our Aug 2023 SLU/YouGov Poll. Support drops, though, when it comes to middle and elementary schools.

A bird feeder in a window is like adding a cable package to cat TV

🏟️ State stadium funding? What do Missouri voters think (SLU/YouGov Poll Aug. 2024): 🔸 50% say team owners should cover at least 75% of stadium costs 📉Only 36% think the state should pay even 25% & fewer than 1 in 10 believe the state should pay 50% or more. A thread 🧵 (1/4)

🔥 Memorial Day weekend is here—time to fire up the grills and smokers! 🍖 When it comes to BBQ, Missouri voters aren’t shy about their pick: Kansas City style beats St. Louis style by more than 2 to 1, according to the SLU/YouGov Poll. t.co/T6HJh1mGPb

There are two weeks left in the UFL. Battlehawks now host the conference and league championships. They get conference because of stadium availability. They got league because of our attendance. So last two weeks of the league are pretty meaningless.

It's Kentucky Derby hat day in the Missouri State Legislature. Photos from Alisa Nelson with Missourinet.com

Journalism came in the second to the State (Sovereignty)

Really hoping we don't end up with symbolic outcome where Journalism on a muddy track ends up going to the glue factory.