Excited to announce my latest publication: "Challengers in a Pandemic: COVID-19 States of Exception, Opposition Parties, and Outcomes in Southern Africa." It's available now! academic.oup.com/afraf/advanc...

This approach to politics - derisive, condescending, mean-spirited - is precisely the opposite of what we need. If we want to build a coalition to bring back a decent politics and impress upon people the value of democratic norms, we ourselves need to be decent and uphold norms of civility.

A good talk, I thought, with @andycraig.bsky.social. The case for impeachment. www.theunpopulist.net/p/the-case-f...

@jeffcannata.bsky.social I’m holding the flame. Best GM ever, man.

The brave Hungarian freedom fighters of 1956 were brutally crushed by the Soviet Union. But their Revolution was the "first tear in the Iron Curtain." May the people of Hungary succeed today, 70 years later, in defeating those seeking to impose a new iron curtain on the free world.

Upcoming APCG Online Colloquium (in French)! We'll be discussing Koffi Adaba's paper on trust in political institutions on May 7 at 12 PM EDT / 4 PM GMT. Please join us: forms.gle/iywPGAxbNY7b... @africanpoliticscg.bsky.social

@jeffcannata.bsky.social I didn’t realize you were on here! (I’m the guy that sent you that mini at the end of season 1). Just restarted S1 and it’s bringing back all the warm feels.

This is a really well done piece. Thought provoking.

The time lapse is uncanny. @thebulwark.com , @eggerdc.bsky.social , @willsommer.bsky.social

Slaughtering our golden goose: massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...

We are hiring! The Department of Inequality, Transformation and Conflict under @steffenmau.bsky.social is looking for Postdoctoral & Doctoral Researchers (m/f/d). Find out more & apply via www.ips.mpg.de #MaxPlanck #Postdoc #PhD #Sociology #SocialScience #PoliticalScience #Inequality #Conflict

Awards nominations are open for African Politics! Please share widely! @jsteend.bsky.social @stephaniewanga.bsky.social @evlieb.bsky.social @africasacountry.bsky.social @jsas-journal.bsky.social @chinemeluokafor.bsky.social @thelauram16.bsky.social @woldense.bsky.social

Due to a series of unfortunate events, I have both kids at the office today. My youngest son is having a blast as he unpacks my recycling bin and pulls journals from my shelf like a rabid raccoon.

I recently finished Mamdani’s, “A Slow Poison.” Incredibly disappointing - it read as an apologia for Idi Amin. It focused over and over again on weak defenses based on Amin’s popular support while downplaying his erratic behavior and overlooking his incredible cruelty and mass murder.

My book—No Option But Sabotage: The Radical Environmental Movement and the Climate Crisis—comes out today! It's the result of 3+ years of research and 150+ interviews with 100+ activists and experts.

I have a new paper. We look at ~all stats articles in political science post-2010 & show that 94% have abstracts that claim to reject a null. Only 2% present only null results. This is hard to explain unless the research process has a filter that only lets rejections through.

Our new cat, Tevye, has been biddy biddy bumming all around the house this week.

I’m excited to share that I’ll be doing a book talk and launch with @jjgreenjr.bsky.social for my new book: *No Option But Sabotage* at Politics and Prose (The Wharf) next Friday, 1/30. politics-prose.com/thomas-zeitz...

Excellent work by @galbeckerman.bsky.social at @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

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.

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/...

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...

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...

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

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!

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

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...

(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)

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.