The week I spent in Reykjavik was nowhere near long enough.

a compelling argument

Writing a book is so much more of a joint venture than most us realize. Or at least, more than I realized. Revising chapter 1 of my manuscript now in light of in-depth comments from four different colleagues.

It's just satisfying to say aloud.

How is it already time to put together next year's @apsa.bsky.social proposals?

a wonderful essay about the power, politics, and possibilities of close reading, via @bonniehonig.bsky.social

Planning on starting this later.

Yet another book I'm debating reading over break.

You know, I'm not too stressed about it.

Quitters never win etc. etc.

That sound you heard was the physical recoiling of all scientists, political and otherwise, at the notion that science identifies "fixed rules."

This looks excellent!

Give me your recommendations for recent work in contemporary political theory and history of political thought, please!

So what you're saying is I'm basically fluent. #merriamouibster

Honestly can't believe (I can) that this didn't do numbers.

Well deserved.

Misread this as "horticultural" and was, for a moment, desperately, delightfully confused.

Well, that was wild. I bet my teeshirt helped!

I can't get away from John Locke lately.

Highly specific nerd klaxon! Zotero has updated to the 18th edition of the Chicago Manual and places of publication are OUT.

One more chapter to draft (plus the intro and conclusion)! It's really coming along.

Academia.edu, feel free to assume that when I deleted my account, I wanted to be unsubscribed from your emails.

I closed my Academia account ages ago. This is a sign to think about closing yours.

best correction or the best correction? @nybooks.com

"There is something about the hard corners and gray background of Berlin’s transit map that seems to echo the city’s architecture; I find that pleasing in the same way as when a dog resembles its owner to an alarming degree."

draft of chapter 2: donezo! ✅

"When evening comes, I return home and enter my study; before I go in I remove my everyday clothes, which are very muddy and soiled, and put on clothes that are fit for a royal court. Being thus properly clad, I enter the ancient courts of the men of old, in which I am received affectionately..."

Writing 500 words a day is such a flex for me, as I'm usually far too terse. Why didn't I start doing this sooner?

Happy National Rescue Dog Day! #adoptdontshop

I have three emails I should send today so that will only take, what, four or five hours tops?

"You overpaid for the Magna Carta" is such a power move. 😂

In Dot’s Reading Corner, she recommends @juliakbrock.bsky.social's new book about hunting in the South, “Closed Seasons," from @uncpress.bsky.social. Get your paws on it!

Life advice from someone over 30? That's easy. Read a book and wear sunscreen.

Sharing both for the title and the follow through.

what do you call that moment of recognition?

One year after deciding to focus on it exclusively, I've finished a draft of my manuscript's fourth chapter! (Alas, I am not writing in sequential order.) Time to put it in the metaphorical drawer for a few weeks and pick up another chapter.

pertinent to many folks' interests: Fiona Apple covers "Heart of Gold"

a movie you've watched more than six times

500 words ✅

If my inbox is to be believed, the best way to celebrate Earth Day is through the ceaseless accumulation of stuff. 🌎

Five hundred words a day, five days a week. Let's go!

Many thanks to Eliza Griswold and @newyorker.com for this lovely new Easter feature on Mary Magdalene. (Scroll to the end to read about my research...and song lyrics 😆) www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Whatever you think about Catherine Hall's relationship to Stuart Hall (which began when she was 17 and he was 31), it'd be cool if reviews of her new book didn't begin with four substantial paragraphs solely about him.

Our annual viewing of the Brutalist Easter Bunny in Jyväskylä, Finland. www3.jkl.fi/taidemuseo/v...

Writing the acknowledgments for your book 1) counts as writing and 2) in no way jinxes your project, right? ...Right?

I'm devising a new UG class on politics and emotions, with an emphasis on social movements. Please send me your reading recommendations! #poltheory

Specifically work about neoliberalism and subject formation (broadly construed)!

Asking this on a Saturday morning is probably foolish but: what are your favorite readings on neoliberalism to come out since, say, 2021?

My department at Smith College is hiring a one year VAP in Political Theory. Full time (2:3) and benefited position. Specialization is open but particularly interested in candidates in either American Political Thought and/or Comparative Political Theory. Apply here apply.interfolio.com/164854

sixty years since Bloody Sunday