Anton Strezhnev
@astrezh.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, UW-Madison Political Science. http://www.antonstrezhnev.com
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Anton Strezhnev
@astrezh.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Put together a quick starter pack for political methodologists (broadly defined) who have made their way over to BlueSky. If I've missed folks, please let me know!
go.bsky.app/JBavA7x
go.bsky.app/JBavA7x
The Star Trek model is really helpful here in that “the Computer” often helps move the plot forward but it’s never the architect of the narrative and is not infrequently the foil
January 29, 2026 at 4:53 AM
The Star Trek model is really helpful here in that “the Computer” often helps move the plot forward but it’s never the architect of the narrative and is not infrequently the foil
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Minneapolis is a place that means a lot to me, so I wrote a short Substack about the city, its people, and what we all owe them.
benansell.substack.com/p/my-minneap...
benansell.substack.com/p/my-minneap...
My Minneapolis
An ode to a city that knows who it is
benansell.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Minneapolis is a place that means a lot to me, so I wrote a short Substack about the city, its people, and what we all owe them.
benansell.substack.com/p/my-minneap...
benansell.substack.com/p/my-minneap...
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Population Estimates Thread:
1/ We got new Census Bureau population estimates today, and they confirm what we already suspected... population growth slowed dramatically in 2025.
Census estimates the population grew by 1.38M in 2025, vs. a projection of 1.90M a year ago.
1/ We got new Census Bureau population estimates today, and they confirm what we already suspected... population growth slowed dramatically in 2025.
Census estimates the population grew by 1.38M in 2025, vs. a projection of 1.90M a year ago.
January 27, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Population Estimates Thread:
1/ We got new Census Bureau population estimates today, and they confirm what we already suspected... population growth slowed dramatically in 2025.
Census estimates the population grew by 1.38M in 2025, vs. a projection of 1.90M a year ago.
1/ We got new Census Bureau population estimates today, and they confirm what we already suspected... population growth slowed dramatically in 2025.
Census estimates the population grew by 1.38M in 2025, vs. a projection of 1.90M a year ago.
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For those unfamiliar with Edina this is the Minneapolis equivalent of a Westchester socialite walking down Fifth Avenue singing "John Brown's Body."
They got Edina Moms excoriating the Administration and signing off with a a land acknowledgement. They are so fucked lol
January 25, 2026 at 3:32 PM
For those unfamiliar with Edina this is the Minneapolis equivalent of a Westchester socialite walking down Fifth Avenue singing "John Brown's Body."
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Over here in discount Minnesota, AKA Wisconsin, I just wanna say that I love Minnesota, I love my friends in the Cities, and the idea that the Cites as some crime-ridden hellscape is and always was a lie.
January 25, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Over here in discount Minnesota, AKA Wisconsin, I just wanna say that I love Minnesota, I love my friends in the Cities, and the idea that the Cites as some crime-ridden hellscape is and always was a lie.
Canada should just have its own Board. Possibly more than one.
January 23, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Canada should just have its own Board. Possibly more than one.
The Spring 2026 course website for my grad causal inference class is up and running. Was inspired by @andrew.heiss.phd and @mattblackwell.bsky.social to move my materials over to a standalone site and use as little of Canvas as possible.
www.antonstrezhnev.com/ps813/
www.antonstrezhnev.com/ps813/
PoliSci 813
www.antonstrezhnev.com
January 22, 2026 at 11:09 PM
The Spring 2026 course website for my grad causal inference class is up and running. Was inspired by @andrew.heiss.phd and @mattblackwell.bsky.social to move my materials over to a standalone site and use as little of Canvas as possible.
www.antonstrezhnev.com/ps813/
www.antonstrezhnev.com/ps813/
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I am molten with rage that the land of the free has become home of the Okhrana disappearing people off the streets for not having their papers.
January 21, 2026 at 11:28 PM
I am molten with rage that the land of the free has become home of the Okhrana disappearing people off the streets for not having their papers.
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I've increasingly come to view cynicism as the seedbed of totalitarianism, both because it can paralyze the opposition and because it implicitly validates the might-makes-right ethic of the authoritarian.
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I've increasingly come to view cynicism as the seedbed of totalitarianism, both because it can paralyze the opposition and because it implicitly validates the might-makes-right ethic of the authoritarian.
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Modern writers watching TNG: where’s the found family? Why are they acting out of a sense of obligation and duty rather than friendship and love?
January 16, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Modern writers watching TNG: where’s the found family? Why are they acting out of a sense of obligation and duty rather than friendship and love?
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Presumably you saw this going around
January 14, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Presumably you saw this going around
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[guy who’s spent the past 72 hours watching videos on Gnosticism]: gonna be a huge year for Gnosticism I think
January 14, 2026 at 1:21 AM
[guy who’s spent the past 72 hours watching videos on Gnosticism]: gonna be a huge year for Gnosticism I think
Crimes of the Future (2022)
January 13, 2026 at 4:33 AM
Crimes of the Future (2022)
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I see this take around from time to time and totally disagree. ICE just murdered a woman standing up to them. No Kings is among the largest protests in history.
The complacency is coming from elites in media, business, universities, and the Democratic leadership
The complacency is coming from elites in media, business, universities, and the Democratic leadership
January 11, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I see this take around from time to time and totally disagree. ICE just murdered a woman standing up to them. No Kings is among the largest protests in history.
The complacency is coming from elites in media, business, universities, and the Democratic leadership
The complacency is coming from elites in media, business, universities, and the Democratic leadership
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I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
IMO the wellness stuff is a real hidden minefield in the culture - I had my undergrads do an assignment where they applied a research design concept (measurement, confounding, etc…) to some fact/claim they saw on their social media and most wrote about some health/nutrition thing.
It's such a grim sign of where things stand that I opened up the Sweetgreen app, saw that they've got a new line of meals "designed by Dr. Mark Hyman", looked up his opinions on vaccines and links to RFK, Jr. and... YUP.
January 8, 2026 at 5:40 PM
IMO the wellness stuff is a real hidden minefield in the culture - I had my undergrads do an assignment where they applied a research design concept (measurement, confounding, etc…) to some fact/claim they saw on their social media and most wrote about some health/nutrition thing.
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babe wake up, new update to the US hegemonic suicide dropped:
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 12:25 AM
babe wake up, new update to the US hegemonic suicide dropped:
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abolish ice is the moderate position to be honest. whichever candidate promises to nuremberg the ice agents has my vote at this point
January 7, 2026 at 8:39 PM
abolish ice is the moderate position to be honest. whichever candidate promises to nuremberg the ice agents has my vote at this point
This is why “Quiet Posters” is the best feed.
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
I'd be happy with big non politics accounts.
January 6, 2026 at 2:57 AM
This is why “Quiet Posters” is the best feed.
Not looking forward to the eventual diff-in-diff
In a few years we're all going to see one of the worst graphs we've ever seen
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Not looking forward to the eventual diff-in-diff
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Many critical AI resources are written for teachers, rather than students. I wrote this for undergrad students dealing with “AI literacy” in the humanities, hoping to raise more fundamental questions about what it means to write. People have added it to syllabi, so maybe you’ll find it useful, too.
Human Literacy
Something I Can Tell Students Now That I Am Not Teaching
You and I probably both keep hearing that students should be working toward AI literacy. That you should know what to type into prompt windo...
mail.cyberneticforests.com
January 4, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Many critical AI resources are written for teachers, rather than students. I wrote this for undergrad students dealing with “AI literacy” in the humanities, hoping to raise more fundamental questions about what it means to write. People have added it to syllabi, so maybe you’ll find it useful, too.
Personalist regime commits the mirror-image fallacy
APNewsAlert: CARACAS, #Venezuela (AP) — No visible signs yet that US is running Venezuela after Trump claims, as country's security forces control key sites.
January 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Personalist regime commits the mirror-image fallacy
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The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.
They didn’t even bother to ask for an AUMF, impeachment
January 3, 2026 at 6:53 AM
The reason you go scorched-earth on this is the same reason we should have gone scorched-earth on impoundment; you can't stop it from happening, but you absolutely need to stop it from becoming a normal part of politics. You have to draw a line.