Really good poem about a fish in here

thanks to elon, we'll finally have a political party to represent the 0.7% of americans who would rather live in the second picture than the first one

I’m in Montreal and the place I went to dinner had all the US wines crossed out lol

📣 Event reminder! Join us this time NEXT WEEK for the open keynote session of an upcoming Participedia workshop. More info on the poster below. 😊 📚 “Speaking for Others: The Ethics of Informal Representation” 📆 March 27 ⏰ 11:30am-1:00pm EST 📍 @umontreal.ca and Virtual

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... This is really scary. Legitimacy requires criticism.

Idk I kinda feel like people should have stopped reading the Washington Post a long time ago anyways

Earthquake in Vancouver, BC just now. One way to get your adrenaline up!

From a snowshoe the other day

"Meta admits some people can’t unfollow Donald Trump on Instagram Users including Gracie Abrams have said they never asked to follow presidential account – and are unable to stop" www.independent.co.uk/tech/instagr...

Duke Political Science is accepting submissions for a Frontiers Workshop in Democratic Theory! Please share widely!

Here's the reality about the #LAFires this week: this isn't the first time ANY of these places have burned. Not even close. In 2018, we mapped CA fire history to look at fire frequency across SoCal. Santa Monica Mtns area burns more than anywhere else -- up to once per decade in a given spot. 🧵

being on bluesky

Remember when Bluesky was all about positivity? Funny reading the comment sections to viral posts nowadays. Take a look at the comments on this one - everyone is just fighting. What happened?

Is there a starter pack for academics who also like sports? Looking to combine my two reasons for being on social media lol

It’s funny to see the contrast between US vs. Canadian airlines. US airlines are (surprisingly) more fair in my experience. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Someone should do to Instagram what Bluesky did to X

Has to be embarrassing to drive a Tesla truck… right?

“There was then the high-speed chase, scattering chickens in small villages” Fascinating.

Democracy scholars starter pack 2nd major update. From 50 accounts last time I posted to now 136/150 political philosophy/ science/ theory & adjacent accounts. I check each account before adding to avoid hoarding inactive accounts. Sharing/nominating still welcome! go.bsky.app/LYfpRV7

Did my Masters at Edinburgh. Miss the city dearly! (Even with the rain and the darkness)

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This is what I thought when Trump started Truth Social.. but no. He still won

What I hope for this website is that the developers decide that it is good enough as is and don't try to innovate with any new features. Just keep it like this. We're good.

On popular demand, here is part two! go.bsky.app/3mESMAN

Making a starter pack of people associated with UBC Political Science! Let me know who I forgot/if you want to be added go.bsky.app/Fh2AJmQ

⏰ Please share widely! We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq) wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!

Snow on the mountains!

Help!! I am looking for some information. Does your Political Science PhD program require a course/credit in political theory?

Follow my friend Iñaki (@inakigoni.bsky.social) if you are interested in the intersections between STS and deliberative democratic theory!

1/ X's algorithm was changed in mid-July 2024 to systematically boost Republican-leaning accounts and Elon Musk's own account following his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to a newly released computational study of engagement from the Queensland University of Technology.⬇️

One of UBC’s brightest PhD students is now on Bluesky! Follow Sarah if you’re interested in public admin, drug policy and Canadian politics generally…she may also have a lot of anecdotes about the failures of our current models of representation 😉 bsky.app/profile/sara...

Hello Bluesky community! We're excited to share our work here 🦋 Follow us @delibdemjournal.bsky.social 👋 You can also learn more about us in: ➡️ Web: delibdemjournal.org ➡️ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/jour... ➡️ Twitter: @delibdemjournal ➡️ Email: [email protected]

Check out this democracy scholars starter pack!

Who else just found out that Dick Van Dyke was still alive?

Shared this on the other app but figured I’d share it here too now that everyone left! politics.ubc.ca/news/apply-n...

Why did it take everyone so long?

Please don't abandon writing assignments in your courses because students are using AI. Calculators didn't stop us from teaching math.