Darin Self
@darinself.com
Assistant Professor of Political Science -- Researching democratization, autocracies, the military, and political parties.
Chair of Utah County Democratic Party -- making democracy work locally:
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This year I became the chair of the Democratic Party in Utah's second largest county.
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Oligarch backing AI which plagiarizes science, art, and is an excuse to layoff workers doesn't understand why so many people are angry at him and his class
December 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Oligarch backing AI which plagiarizes science, art, and is an excuse to layoff workers doesn't understand why so many people are angry at him and his class
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“Like prime, but with human beings”
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“Like prime, but with human beings”
“.. We need to get better at treating this like a business,” ICE acting director Todd M. Lyons said .. as efficiently as Amazon moves packages: “Like Prime, but with human beings.”
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December 24, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Indonesian food is phenomenal and its a travesty you basically can only get it in Indonesia or the Netherlands
Time to start a bluesky Christmas fight: Most over-rated and under-rated cuisine?
For me:
Over-rated: French
Under-rated (globally): Mexican
Under-rated (US specifically): Indonesian
For me:
Over-rated: French
Under-rated (globally): Mexican
Under-rated (US specifically): Indonesian
December 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Indonesian food is phenomenal and its a travesty you basically can only get it in Indonesia or the Netherlands
The LoTR scene with Christopher Lee and Ian McKellen is such a masterclass
December 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The LoTR scene with Christopher Lee and Ian McKellen is such a masterclass
Its remarkable how little people like Kavanaugh understand members of their own coalition.
What did he think Miller and Noem would do when he gave them more power?
What did he think Miller and Noem would do when he gave them more power?
Kavanaugh goes out of his way to pen a footnote not having to deal with the case at hand.
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
He appears to be trying to narrow the forces he unleashed with his prior opinion allowing for race- and ethnicity-based #KavanaughStops
December 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Its remarkable how little people like Kavanaugh understand members of their own coalition.
What did he think Miller and Noem would do when he gave them more power?
What did he think Miller and Noem would do when he gave them more power?
It is remarkable how many times one can lose scissors or tape while wrapping presents and not moving.
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
It is remarkable how many times one can lose scissors or tape while wrapping presents and not moving.
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Jail every responsible officer over the holidays for contempt and then until the agency returns her to the US. This cannot stand.
"Her family has now been told she has been deported, despite US District Judge Brendan Hurson ruling Thursday that she could not be deported pending a hearing...attorneys said Monday that they have...confirm[ed] with the hospital she was born in Maryland." https://bit.ly/3MMdJvz
ICE detains woman whose lawyer insists is US citizen. DHS says she isn't
Federal agents arrested Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales on her way home in Baltimore, Maryland.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Jail every responsible officer over the holidays for contempt and then until the agency returns her to the US. This cannot stand.
I think someone showing him his low poll numbers has really hurt him.
December 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I think someone showing him his low poll numbers has really hurt him.
Lost my uncle to pancreatic cancer around the same age. Cancer is a thief and I hate seeing our current government undermine research in beating this.
Former Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse says he doesn’t have much time left.
Sasse is just 53 years old.
Sasse is just 53 years old.
December 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Lost my uncle to pancreatic cancer around the same age. Cancer is a thief and I hate seeing our current government undermine research in beating this.
Amazing how you can make it look like the economy is growing simply by reducing imports
December 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Amazing how you can make it look like the economy is growing simply by reducing imports
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“Deportations & Latino Segregation”: @fertmortmig.bsky.social @jakerugh.bsky.social & Hao Liang examine how 287(g) enforcement slowed drops in local segregation by 1/3rd, esp. in New South states, entrenching “patterns of residential stratification & inequality.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
December 22, 2025 at 4:57 PM
“Deportations & Latino Segregation”: @fertmortmig.bsky.social @jakerugh.bsky.social & Hao Liang examine how 287(g) enforcement slowed drops in local segregation by 1/3rd, esp. in New South states, entrenching “patterns of residential stratification & inequality.” read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
Just like any country that has "Democratic" in their name
Never trust a media outlet that has two demonstrable lies in its title
December 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Just like any country that has "Democratic" in their name
NPR would not have covered Ferdinand Marcos' or Suharto's corruption this way.
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NPR would not have covered Ferdinand Marcos' or Suharto's corruption this way.
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Via @ulaakuzi.bsky.social: Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high —> religionnews.com/2025/12/21/e...
Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high
(RNS) — Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir is one of four people who died in immigration detention over a four-day period this month, raising alarm among advocates about deteriorating conditions at immigration fa...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Via @ulaakuzi.bsky.social: Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high —> religionnews.com/2025/12/21/e...
Reactionary Conservatives are so mad about losing status that they're turning the Unites States into Hungary
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Reactionary Conservatives are so mad about losing status that they're turning the Unites States into Hungary
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So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 3:05 AM
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
Even my local Fox station is covering this story.
I honestly still can’t believe they did this
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
it’s just photos on a desk! it’s not even in the same league as his fucking birthday note! removing it after the fact is the biggest possible “we are covering shit up” signal they could possibly send, couldn’t look guiltier if they tried
This photo, file 468, from the Epstein files that includes Donald Trump has apparently now been removed from the DOJ release.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
AG Bondi, is this true? What else is being covered up? We need transparency for the American public.
December 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Even my local Fox station is covering this story.
BYU fans watching the NCAA playoffs today
a bald man in a plaid shirt and vest is sitting in a crowd with his hands on his hips .
ALT: a bald man in a plaid shirt and vest is sitting in a crowd with his hands on his hips .
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December 21, 2025 at 2:17 AM
BYU fans watching the NCAA playoffs today
I can't tell the Oklahoma and Alabama coaches apart
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
I can't tell the Oklahoma and Alabama coaches apart
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🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
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December 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Any social scientists on here use the survey firm Centiment to conduct surveys in other countries?
December 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Any social scientists on here use the survey firm Centiment to conduct surveys in other countries?