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 copyeditor's decision to list Washington University in St. Louis as being in Seattle, WA, does not give me confidence.

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.

The answer to every tech problem is to unplug it and plug it back in....which ChatGPT eventually suggested after going through some serious WiFi diagnostics

Someone please submit a paper next year titled: “Rolling the Legislative Dice: Agenda Control via Bingo Balls in Missouri” The Missouri House Rules Committee is truly living the randomization dream. missouriindependent.com/2025/04/04/m... @mpsa.bsky.social #MPSA2025

with apologies to @xkcd.com

Quite a jump from the content of my first slide today to my last in Campaigns and Elections (Money in Politics). Million Dollar Man to teaching how to interpret an interaction term.

⚾️ Happy Opening Day from the SLU/YouGov Poll Team! Back in August 2024, we asked 900 likely Missouri voters to name their favorite baseball team. 🔴 41% picked the Cardinals 🔵 20% went with the Royals Play ball! (1/5)

All the same if normal.

The high school classes of 2020 and 2021 have so much reason to complain. After losing the end of HS due to the pandemic, a "hybrid" college experience, now applying to graduate school in arguably the worst time in decades.

Time to"spring forward," but MO voters don't want to. The Feb. 2024 SLU/YouGov Poll found that 78% of likely voters want either DST or standard time year-round Listen to Erik Herzong (Wash U) & @steverogersinfo.bsky.social (SLU) discuss w/ @stlpublicradio.bsky.social www.stlpr.org/show/st-loui...

Long shot, but I recently saw posts that called for job apps from graduating undergrads interested in political data positions. Today, I learned that a stats & poli sci major would be interested, but I am struggling to find the posts. If you know them, could you DM or reply to this message?

My polling place for an uncompetitive St. Louis primary election was moved (I did not learn until I showed up at my reg. polling place), & I will have to pay for street parking at my new polling place. So I would walk, but it is raining (Gomez et al)! C is really challenging that D in pB + D > C

Next year, the EU will require cars to have buttons & dials -- not just touchscreens -- to get a top safety rating. This is a great move. Drivers can fiddle with knobs & buttons without taking their eyes off the road, but they can't do that with touchscreens. (Even better: Tesla will hate this)

Would any Political Science Bluesky folks have lectures/slides on voter knowledge that they would be willing to share?

In the halftime show, my 81 year old father's greatest concern is what year the oldsmobile is

More state legislative incumbents lost in the primary than general election last year... Different type of accountability there...

Are you interested in U.S. legislative history? Newly-available complete dataset on all persons serving as legislators in the 50 state houses between 1900 and 2016: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...

Me, talking about the Napster ban

I agree with moving the game in light of the tragedy in LA. However, for the few Rams fans in St. Louis left... It is quite something that the LA (formerly St. Louis) Rams playoff home field will be in the Arizona (formerly St Louis) Cardinals stadium.

My shovel broke yesterday. Due to the lack of a working shovel, I could not drive to get a new one. However, I admit some pride in how I fixed it: Zip ties to hold it together.

An endnote from the preface/acknowledgements of Accountability in State Legislatures.

I appreciate that you can overhear the clerk/teller saying "Game On" before the vote www.youtube.com/watch?v=sS4U...

Gotta find the right place to use this clip... www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pHD...

Sending an email to two colleagues, and Outlook gives me this message. Academia is definitely not a 9-5 job.

This is exceptionally cool for one of my best friends and former college roommate. Brett subscribed to the Economist even in college (still remember him reading avidly), and now his research is on the cover. WTG Brett.

I’ve had bad luck with Honeycrisps for the past few years and thought maybe I was just doing something wrong, but it’s not just me! Honeycrisp apples have been getting Red Delicious-ified!

Came all the way over here to say: You know who I miss? Matt Gaetz.

Sarah Binder on recess appointment strategy. newrepublic.com/article/1885...