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Political Scientist. Minnesotan/Iowan. My posts really don't reflect the opinions of my employer.

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Emily Farris's avatar Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social
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Stop doing free labor. And anybody in any kind of university admin job, stop asking your colleagues to do free labor.

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I would do anything for democracy…

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They hired James Hohmann and he’s an absolute moron.

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They don’t have the collective intellect to not lose lose at tic tac toe

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To be fair, this guy does seem kind of dumb.

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He is a true service to the discipline.

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I will not click on that link and you can't make me.

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Just another reminder that Yascha Mounk may be the absolute worst political scientist alive, regardless of what criteria you use to develop your ranking.

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Aimee Mann's 4th of July is better than X's 4th of July.

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Should have paid their workers more.

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That doofus has done interviews if you really want to know.

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Carlson>Trump. And I hated Arne Carlson.

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And there is no one to break a tie in the Senate.

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I booked concerts for a year at my college and one of the highlights was getting Zuzu’s Petals. This sucks.

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Well, that would end the "should Biden drop out" debate, so I am not sure I see a downside.

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To make everyone feel better, reminder that whoever is elected will be president during America's 250th anniversary (semiquincentennial). It seems like it symbolizes something I can't quite put my finger on.

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And some of the less famous people including Powers:

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And I give her credit for dropping out when she did. She saw that there wasn't a path forward and made an early call. That is way better than Bennet, Steyer, Bloomberg, or any of the other yahoos who hung on way too long.

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That doesn't really mean much about how she would campaign in this cycle though. She will have a much better staff and a much less complex goal. Figuring out how to strategize across multiple states against multiple candidates in a nomination is much harder than running against one guy nationally.

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She had probably the single most effective moment in a debate as well. Unfortunately, I think her campaign wasn't prepared to capitalize on that moment. I think her lead campaign staff didn't have an effective plan and were too scattershot in their strategy.

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From my experience going to events, meeting candidates, and polling for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses, there was a huge difference between Harris as a candidate and the campaign she ran. In person, she was the best candidate I met (and I met basically all of them).

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This is the largest hummingbird I’ve ever seen.

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I think we underestimate the service these yahoos do in bringing the rest of us together through the massive amount of derision they receive.

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Yeah, but that only happens in a shithole country.

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Seth Cotlar's avatar Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social
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The new Slow Burn season on the Briggs Initiative is really good. And also a reminder that right wing revanchism has a long history in the US. Social movements have often triumphed over it...but not without a struggle. slate.com/podcasts/slo...

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Even a blind squirrel can find the occasional nut.

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But that would mean I would have to watch it.

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Did bird flu write this legislation?

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And, if at a large university, that teaching should include teaching a class of at least 150 students

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Total bullshit. Still a great show.

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No one hit Frank Black with boxers so there better be an encore

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You can say a lot of things about The Pixies, but they do not fuck around in concert.

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Cat Power does a really good version of Here Comes the Regular live.

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