Bill Ackman has begun writing a tweet that he will finish at midnight.

No truer words have ever been said.

I've been teaching contemporary politics for nearly 40 years (Emory, Brown, now Georgetown) and *never* experienced anything even remotely like the inflection point Lepore describes. Hard to describe this as anything other than pandering to the self-appointed critics of universities.

Obama and his dog in the East Colonnade, now destroyed.

A bold new economic program for America, by Martin Carnoy, Michael Reich, and Derek Shearer irle.berkeley.edu/publications...

She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.

Brilliant, erudite, and funny. apple.news/AU7x4AK1fS3W...

question for #AcademicSky -- received an AI subsidiary aggregation addendum from my publisher for a book that came out some years ago. Are you signing these kinds of agreements? I'm inclined to reject the request, but have no feel for the consequences/implications either way.

People be like "it's an authoritarian police state but with dopes", and the subtext I'm getting is "authoritarians get misremembered as non-dopes". Like... no, my friend, authoritarianism is just what you get when impulse-driven doinks run the show. It wasn't called "Triumph of the Smarts".

Why are the Port Vale supporters booing Saka? Yes Eze! #Arsenal

Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"

Looking forward to the official launch of "The World's Worst Bet" on Sept. 9th. If you're in the Washington area, please swing by www.csis.org/events/book-...

it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season

Received this today. When I listened to it, I discovered to my horror that AI was attributing the arguments of the book's author to me, the book reviewer. I informed Academia that they might want to reconsider this new service for subscribers if they want to keep their subscribers. #AcademicSky

THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all. Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.

NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“

Watching Saving Private Ryan on the June 6 anniversary. If DOGE had been a thing back then there would’ve been nothing to talk about, because there wouldn’t have been any typists in the Defense Department pool to catch the fact that three brothers out of four had been killed in action.

Senator Foghorn Leghorn occasionally gets it right: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), when asked about the fight between Trump and Musk, said, “I have a rule, I never get between a dog and a fire hydrant.” He did not provide any specifics on who the dog is and who the hydrant is. (HuffPost)

Aircraft carriers of the world USA UK France Ukraine

Bars.

Ray Hudson is a gem, but after today’s gripping UCL semi I’ve concluded you don’t want him running the kitchen in your cosy corner trattoria. Ray, al dente does not mean overcooked. It’s exactly what you aim for.

www.chronicle.com/article/a-lo... Schools should announce they’re eliminating football, basketball (men and women), baseball, and softball to offset lost revenues. After all, austerity demands a return to the core mission of the university. Just imagine the public reaction. #AcademicSky

I really miss Roger Ebert’s writing. His reviews were always thoughtful reads, always said something, and were unmistakably him. Here is his review of the masterpiece that is Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Downfall from (hard to believe it) *twenty* years ago. #skystorians #history #filmsky

Riding weather is here! A bittersweet experience every time, though -- I can't believe how the Germans ripped me off. Fortunately for me, they screwed up and left behind this great R1250-RTP. Otherwise I'd be really ticked off.

Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

Ah, look at it this way. At current hourly billing rates, this will be over by the end of the month.

www.politico.eu/article/dona... Trump thinks Europe will roll over. In the run-up to the inevitability of "Liberation Day", I was thinking of the mental image that the Trump Administration and its supporters have of Europeans.

“My friend, Madame President: I yield the floor.”

Trump’s NATO (Rule #1: whatever it is, it was in Python first) youtube.com/watch?v=Zz0_...

Donald Trump cannot cancel the 2026 elections. But he can make it very difficult for them to be free and fair. His executive order is aimed at doing just that. Here is my promise: We are going to sue to stop him and we will win.

Always intervene. Protect each other

Lenin discovering Alexander Kerensky has accidentally added him to the Provisional Government group chat.

This is all starting to make sense now … www.huffpost.com/entry/mike-w...

🔥 PETE ON HEGSETH-GATE: “An epic fuck-up… these are not serious people… if there are no consequences, all the bluster from Trump about merit was bullshit… we deserve so much better…”

Maybe it's finally time to leave X if you're still on it?

The global pariah status we deserve.

NEW: Senior polisci colleagues @ Columbia endorse our letter on how we would respond to the Trump attack. For expidiency we 5 did not ask for other signatures. Grateful for strong show of unity. @vickymurillo.bsky.social @pagefortna.bsky.social Letter: danieldrezner.substack.com/p/guest-post...

The world hates Donold and Elon. Imagine being so despicable you piss off an entire planet. That used to only happen on Star Trek.

the clearest proof Jackie Robinson was one of the most consequential people in history is that nearly a century after he started playing baseball, cowards are still working tirelessly to shut him up

This guy, who became rich off tax money, is fine now, but thinks other peoples pain is funny and cool. Tax elon

I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired! New ride coming soon.

As do the majority of Americans, I’m guessing. This is not who we are, whatever the 24/7 barrage from the White House and the lapdog wingnut media says

Canada salutes you my American friend.

This, precisely, is what I think Dem voters want from their representatives: direct confrontation with people who are used to bullying others both as a matter of substance and style. You don't have to back down to these fucking clowns.

I swear if I see one more take on how Trump's dementia-laced incoherence is savvy politics I am going to punch a wall.

With his permission, I'm sharing Dean Treanor's response to Ed Martin's letter: