This was a rough year, personally, so I wish that 2024 lands gently for all of my pocket friends. Happy new year.

Have a favorite freezer meal, polisky academicsky? Send it along and I'll include it in the fun!

Hi folks! You can preorder my book for 20% off at this link www.routledge.com/Nostalgia-Na... It covers the history of the modern militia movement, members' key ideas and practices, and what we can likely expect from the movement as the 2024 Presidential election approaches.

Hi all - I’m teaching global security and diplomacy in the spring and looking for undergrad accessible articles. Self-promotion encouraged! Thanks! #polisci

OUT TODAY: My new paper "Lawful Extremism: Extremist Ideology and the Dred Scott decision" is live today on the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism (CTEC) website! Indulge me in my first big BlueSky thread... www.middlebury.edu/institute/ac...

It’s Four Seasons Total Landscaping Anniversary Day, y’all! Celebrate accordingly.

Free access to the first chapter of our book, Religious Minorities at Risk We hope our analyses of how minority depriviation, discrimination & inequality lead to grievances & non- v violent mobilization will be illuminating in these dark times doi.org/10.1093/oso/... polisky | polrel | conflictsky

polisky I am looking for textual transcripts for use in my teaching when I teach qualitative methods and CAQDAS (computer-assisted-qualitative-data-analysis). Suggestions?

Question for PoliSky: I’ve not been following the discipline closely enough to know what’s the, like, best/most interesting/readable/enlightening/etc book in the discipline from the last few years. Any suggestions?

The Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) has joined Bluesky. Follow @ucdp.bsky.social for updates from the world’s main provider of data on organized violence in the world. Polisky Conflictsky

Hey polisky! I’ve got a few copies of our book I would love to give away. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested. Preference will be given to grad students and non-TT folks, but otherwise it’s first come, first served.

Happy MPSA extension day to all who celebrate. #polisky

I've been writing about a very unusual situation tonight in a case over an execution that Texas wants to carry out Tuesday. Currently, federal courts won't let them kill Jedidiah Murphy.

“Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild With a faery, hand in hand, For the world's more full of weeping than you can understand.”

"This situation is terrible for everyone except terrible people." is such an elegant, succinct way of putting it. That one's going to stick with me for a while.

Hey all - is there a list of credible news reporters that have migrated here? The former site is virtually unusable for breaking news.

FEMA/FCC are testing emergency alerts on all TVs, radios, & cell phones TOMORROW Oct. 4, 2023, at ~2:20pm Eastern Time. If you live in the US & have a phone you need kept secret for any reason, make sure it's powered off during this time, and *Do Not Turn It On Again Until You Are Alone And Safe*…

Anyone on Polisky have recs for textbooks for background reading in a class on International Organizations (MA-level)? I have some ideas, but would love to learn what you are using! Would be ideal if focus was more on the orgs themselves than generally on global governance, but open to everything!

Global Extremist Symbols Database globalextremism.org/global-extre...

3 dead, plus shooter in racially motivated mass shooting at Kings Rd. Dollar General www.actionnewsjax.com/news/local/h...

NOT NOW EARTHQUAKE WE ARE HAVING A HURRICANE WAIT YOUR GODDAMN TURN [Pointing fiercely at wildfires, riots]: AND YOU! FUCK RIGHT OFF

Does anyone have the link to withdraw from APSA with a refund, or a screen shot of the message where they said that would be possible?

Check out this drawing I did a few years back (I know I’ve posted it before but I’m super proud of it)

Any have a syllabus/teaching materials for their undergrad Congress class that they're willing to share? I'm teaching the class for the first this coming semester (which is approaching more quickly than I would like) and need some inspiration!

Very excited that my forthcoming book with @hoffmanbruce.bsky.social is now available for pre-order. We cannot wait to share our analysis of rising far-right terrorism and hopefully contribute to efforts to end the horrific violence.

Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen’s induction into the baseball HOF was amazing and so positive. Love them.

What is a postdoctorate degree? Anybody know?

How do people date in the 40s? Where do you meet people? Asking for a friend…

I have decided that I do not like multiple life events all at once…even when they are by choice. Gonna need to space this shot out a little in the future.

Adley Rutschman switch hitting in the first round of the home run derby was awesome. He’s a gem.

I had never broken a steel belt in my tires until I moved to the East Coast and now it’s happened twice. Why is this a thing?

Am I….am I now the demographic for the 4th of July music?!