Today the Supreme Court hears oral argument on state bans on transgender athletes. In our recent paper, Fiona Rodger and I find that the public distinguishes between different kinds of trans policies, but only about a quarter of Americans oppose those bans. www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

The Republican Study Committee is using AI to predict and I assume get around Byrd rule violations. Pretty interesting.

My semiannual post that if you are looking for primary documents for a class, check out the American Congress Digital Archives Portal (congressarchives.org), and the Campaign Television Advertisement Project for presidential campaign ads (campaigntvads.org). More documents here (bit.ly/4raCssr)

i have a new article out in @psrm.bsky.social with Scott Blatte exploring respondent attentiveness in the Cooperative Election Study. we find fairly low rates of inattentiveness but our intervention failed to nudge respondents to pay more attention (thread) www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I'm looking to update some readings for my state politics(ish) class. Is there anything relatively new related to term limits, polarization, budgets, and maybe legislative professionalism? This is an upper division class where students intern in the state legislature.

RIP to Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who unexpectedly passed. Unexpected deaths in a narrowly-divided Congress have an impact on policy outcomes, as @NicholasNapolio and I show in our research on past Congresses with unexpected deaths. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Apparently they only read about McKinley's tariff and not some of the other stuff he did.

Area dad doesn’t understand why it takes so long to leave the house.

I am hard to shop for so I asked for a subscription to the Onion. I’m a little disappointed it no longer features the drunk of the week.

When you fill up your bookshelves but don’t want to get rid of books you need to make new ones. Up and over the door is a fun build.

We have a pen that signed the voting rights act.

It turns out my chop saw stand on an old dresser lasted approximately 8 years and .9 trips from the shop to the house and back.

I’ve been reading one presidential biography a year in order. Here is my 2025 read.

At a kid’s birthday party and just realized all my kiddo’s friends are going from six to seven. What a time to be alive.

My only contribution to the academic hiring discourse is that people who do the hiring say things all the time that they shouldn’t. This is less true now but more so in the recent past. There is a reason why we have to go through training now.

This is wild. Impact factor of 1 but acceptance rate of 10%.

It's worth remembering that if Johnson goes down after after a midterm loss by the Republicans, electing a minority leader is much easier since you do not need a majority of the chamber to win the position.

New candidate for worst chart just dropped

When you get something for your kiddo to eat, but they won't eat it, so you do but they are gross. I'm looking at you Eggo Buttery Maple Belgian Style Street Waffles.

Out Now! "A History of the Cherokee Nation" by Rachel Caroline Eaton and edited by David Berry, Martha Berry and Patricia Dawson. www.oupress.com/978080619606...

Apparently 9:30 on the day of a 1:30 final is the time students wake up and realize they have a test today.

Apparently OK Dems filed the paperwork to allow non-affiliated to vote in Dem primaries but the election board says they didn't.

Interesting move here by OK Dems. They used to allow independents to vote in their primaries. Reps have always been closed as far as I know.

And now the Norman public schools just canceled because of football.

The only acceptable workout at an airport is a 12 oz curl.

Now that you can't fail with the Bible, and we are moving finals for football, the questions, "Is Oklahoma in the south?" has officially been answered.

The president was using simultaneous play when Cuellar was playing an extensive form game.

Kids are wild. Last night my kiddo told me she sometimes sits backwards on the toilet.

Not good

Ten years ago today a student tried to light sparklers in class. lol.

There are two types of people in this world. One drinks out of the same coffee mug every day and the other keeps buying new mugs. They, of course, marry each other.

Sure running on affordability might work but what about headlight regulation? Someone needs to poll voters with astigmatism.

Has anyone tried the Kenji Lopez Alt mayo turkey? I’m thinking about giving it a try.

Coke salad. It’s dark cherry jello, dark cherries in syrup, crushed pineapple and a cup of coke instead of cold water in the jello.

I went to my kid's elementary school Thanksgiving lunch today and it was wild. Kids are yelling 6-7 at no one, telling you their family business (Lisa S., I hope your mom's surgery goes ok), my kid just ate two cookies for lunch, and after 20 mins they just get in line and walk out.

Oklahoma sure sticks out here, especially compared to Texas.

White Betty which is weird because my dog’s name is Betty White.

Not my town anymore but this was great in college.

Pardoning Darryl Strawberry is the best example of the president’s mindset being stuck in 1980s era New York. www.cnn.com/2025/11/07/p...

Just like my memories of the show, my Troy and Abed in the Morning mug is fading away.

By what authority can the Speaker unilaterally shut down the House? Max Spitzer, who worked in the House Parliamentarian's office, explains the backstory of this immense power. www.understandingcongress.org/2025/11/11/t...

No you just googled “how do tardigrades reproduce?” Different ways as it turns out.

Following up from my September post on shutdown politics - what I got wrong and (I think) right. My latest @misofact.bsky.social. open.substack.com/pub/misofact...

Today we honor military veterans of the United States Armed Forces. This is a painting of my paternal grandfather from just after WWII. He came to the US as a child when him family left Turkey in 1920. Thank you to all who served, including my cousins Dave and Jacob.

I’ve been reading one presidential biography a year in order. William McKinley is next. Any suggestions?

So all of this so a few Senate Republicans will go on the record as a no on the enhanced subsidies. Great job everyone.

Asleep on the job yet again.

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi just announced she will not seek reelection after nearly 40 years serving in congress and leading the Democrats for 20. Former Carl Albert Center Directors Ron Peters and Cindy Simon Rosenthal published a book about her time in office in 2010.

Why are there snipers on campus is a question I've never really wanted to have to ask. www.oudaily.com/news/conserv...

Update: Breadstick the dog pic is in Delta Faucet support group chat.