It would be great if Jews were even permitted to mourn undisturbed. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...

I think this is my favorite daf'yomi from @miriamanzovin.bsky.social so far. I think I'm gonna use it as an example to my students on how bonkers we can go with commentary. youtu.be/jJNf5sdCtvs?...

You'd have to be crazy not to apply to this!

Hey #Polisky - I'm trying to put together a panel for APSA 2026 that focuses on antisemitism. Is anyone interested in contributing an abstract? If so, let me know!

Hi #polisky - I am teaching a course this semester that involves student-directed research on issues of human rights, peace, and justice in Israel and Palestine. Are there any scholars here that might be willing to serve as experts, responding to a student-developed survey in March/April?

Hey @timmiller.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social - the VP is part of the cabinet.

Currently watching Clear and Present Danger, which feels like it’s a real @radiofreetom.bsky.social flick. Man, we made great movies back then.

Betteridge's Law strikes again

A new PNAS paper finds that polarization increased immediately after the invention of smartphones and the advent of social media, which both appeared around the same year, 2008. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Listening to @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social tell @jvl.bsky.social that he has “big feelings” about Christmas movies made my day.

In 1931 in Kiel, Germany, Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took this picture. On the back of the photograph she wrote: “‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says. ‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.” The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah.

This is just so heartbreaking; shocking, though sadly not entirely surprising anymore. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

One of my favorite things about having sons is that every time I run the wash, I need to check pants pockets for acorns and rock collections.

Like many hostages, Segev Kalfon’s account of his 738 days in Hamas captivity included numerous examples of physical and mental abuse. The captors broke his teeth, starved him and pressured him to convert to Islam. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/w...

Well, @jvl.bsky.social , you were right about the Superman movie

"The evidence is front and center - again, we predicted it - that he was going to weaponize the Department of Justice against his political enemies. We would never, nor should we ever, consider taking that approach." @kamalaharris.com to @timmiller.bsky.social on Trump's corruption of justice:

This is a really excellent piece by @joshyunis.bsky.social, recently featured by @phoebebovy.bsky.social joshyunis.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...

#OpenAccess on #FirstView - "Rulers’ Age and the Stability of Governments: A Survival Analysis" - cup.org/49e24ib by Marco Improta & Elisabetta Mannoni

It is insane to me that in 2025, these responses are somehow considered acceptable by a non-trivial portion of the American public.

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Washington State University is HIRING an Associate or Full Professor of American Politics who will also serve as the Director of our excellent Foley Institute. An awesome opportunity to be right at the nexus of research and policy! wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?

Just unbelievable horror and evil here. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...

Very cool listening to @frankfukuyama.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com today, and they ended it by discussing sci-fi. Hey FF - have you read @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social or Ray Nayler?

I was flattered to be asked to discuss some of the basics of protest dynamics with @usatoday.com last week ahead of the No Kings protests that happened over the weekend. www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...

A very interesting analysis about finding a path to move forward. It has implications for electoral victory, but also for what I suspect are broader, moral issues related to our politics. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...

It is so heartwarming to see all the videos of families reunited. Let us hope we can move forward on a new path that brings some form of peace and healing to everyone.

For the first time in years, I do not have any manuscripts to review for journals! Now I'm just going to deactivate my email for the rest of the year.

Let us hope this is the first step toward something meaningful. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

To all observing Yom Kippur, I wish you an easy fast and a meaningful holiday during these tough times. G’mar Chatimah Tovah.

Awesome work by two awesome Africanists!

If you don’t want to be called a Nazi, stop acting like one.

The never ending march of self-appointed useful iditos who obviously know better continues…

Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...

Such an absolutely incredible read. I've thought about having my students read it in my African politics course.

stop calling everything a distraction youtube.com/shorts/yyFjN...

APSA-bound #polisky: register for the Pol. Psych Pre-Conf by Friday (8/15)! Featuring @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social , @mjcohen.bsky.social, @agtheodoridis.bsky.social, S. Feldman, M. Pickup, L. Stephenson, T. Ollerenshaw, & O. Christley! www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-polit...

I'm a fan of @theatlantic.com, but the faux naïveté of this article is baffling. Why entertain the illusion that deploying the military to DC/LA/etc. has anything to do with safety? The article actually suggests practical changes, as if the admin. simply got the policy wrong. Embarrassing.

@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social has been really good about talking about this youth bulge crisis and how it is going to reshape our politics. Dems need to address this as a serious policy position.

Calling @ceaubin.bsky.social

Hey @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social - Great episode of The Next Level. Take a look at Tobias Cremer's "The Godless Crusade" about religion, populism, and right-wing identity politics. It directly addresses your convo on Chr. Nationalism. doi.org/10.1017/9781...

(This is my actual view, the above is just my snarky reply to those who whine about recognizing Palestine being a “reward” for 10/7)

I’ll repeat it until I’m blue in the face: it’s very important that recognition of Palestine not be taken as rewarding Hamas for 10/7. We must instead be clear that it’s punishing Israel for its hyper-aggressive intransigence over the past year+.

“It is time for American Jewry to take an accounting of how many of our communal institutions and leaders are continuing to defend and support a war that has left an unbearable path of death and destruction in its wake.” @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social

I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating. I was in Afgh. for a short time for USAID and had the pleasure to work with incredible Afghanis. I wrote letters to support their green cards. Their treatment by this administration is morally repugnant. Absolute betrayal

A stain upon our nation. Shame on us. www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

Eye opening, even for those of us tuned in to the radicalization of the right.

This is exactly right. This has to be some of the mealiest-mouthed reporting in a long time.

To all of those think-tankers writing solemn papers about how to get to a ceasefire: The war will not end until Ukraine wins

Calling all political psych and political behavior #polisky scholars! Don't forget to register for the pre-conference this year before APSA. We have an excellent speaker lineup and we'll be discussing the psychology of authoritarianism.