Justin Zimmerman
@jztidecat.bsky.social
UAlbany, SUNY Assistant Professor of American Politics. Researching Black Politics, Distrust, and Neighborhood Institutions.
There’s a kind of audacity for any white person to think their opinion on the Black National Anthem matters. Like…Not one Black person in this world cares what any of you think of that song?
February 10, 2026 at 3:37 PM
There’s a kind of audacity for any white person to think their opinion on the Black National Anthem matters. Like…Not one Black person in this world cares what any of you think of that song?
I finally got my hands on Minneapolis Reckoning by @michellesphelps.bsky.social. This is the type of book I’m trying to make.
February 10, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I finally got my hands on Minneapolis Reckoning by @michellesphelps.bsky.social. This is the type of book I’m trying to make.
If I Had Legs I would Kick You makes parenthood look like hell. Tempted to give mine back. 😂
February 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
If I Had Legs I would Kick You makes parenthood look like hell. Tempted to give mine back. 😂
There‘s always one student that thinks I’m playing about them needing to read until they see that I’m not. If you’re in college get acquainted with books. Lord.
February 9, 2026 at 9:15 PM
There‘s always one student that thinks I’m playing about them needing to read until they see that I’m not. If you’re in college get acquainted with books. Lord.
Funny, not funny story. We got a call
asking why Miles wasn‘t in school. We said he is in school. A few minutes later, “oh, they we hit the wrong button.” Oh, the hell they saved themselves from. 🙃
asking why Miles wasn‘t in school. We said he is in school. A few minutes later, “oh, they we hit the wrong button.” Oh, the hell they saved themselves from. 🙃
February 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Funny, not funny story. We got a call
asking why Miles wasn‘t in school. We said he is in school. A few minutes later, “oh, they we hit the wrong button.” Oh, the hell they saved themselves from. 🙃
asking why Miles wasn‘t in school. We said he is in school. A few minutes later, “oh, they we hit the wrong button.” Oh, the hell they saved themselves from. 🙃
I've become one of the go to professors for participation in student Black History Month programming. Life comes at you fast, I remember being the student sending those late ass requests. 😂
February 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I've become one of the go to professors for participation in student Black History Month programming. Life comes at you fast, I remember being the student sending those late ass requests. 😂
I didn’t realize so many people have so much anxiety about not understanding the language spoken in the room. Like…Relax and trying to learn a different language/dialect if it’s that deep (it’s not that deep btw).
February 9, 2026 at 3:22 PM
I didn’t realize so many people have so much anxiety about not understanding the language spoken in the room. Like…Relax and trying to learn a different language/dialect if it’s that deep (it’s not that deep btw).
I'm stopping by to say I have ideas again! Writing is hard and it's flowing again. Yaaay, because it's this job or showing elbows on OnlyFans for me.
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I'm stopping by to say I have ideas again! Writing is hard and it's flowing again. Yaaay, because it's this job or showing elbows on OnlyFans for me.
Reposted by Justin Zimmerman
I'm teaching my Political Storytelling class this semester. Thank you Bad Bunny for dropping this performance right between the classes on political identity and the one on stories of personhood - we'll be talking about it for weeks. #PoliticalStorytelling
February 9, 2026 at 2:37 PM
I'm teaching my Political Storytelling class this semester. Thank you Bad Bunny for dropping this performance right between the classes on political identity and the one on stories of personhood - we'll be talking about it for weeks. #PoliticalStorytelling
The high of halftime and the low of actually watching this game. 🤣
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 AM
The high of halftime and the low of actually watching this game. 🤣
I just think it’s really special to be able to feel someone‘s music even if you don’t know exactly what they are saying.
February 9, 2026 at 1:42 AM
I just think it’s really special to be able to feel someone‘s music even if you don’t know exactly what they are saying.
Reposted by Justin Zimmerman
As usual love the Pan-Latinx spirit incorporated in his halftime show. #SuperBowl60
Bad Bunny did great…again.
February 9, 2026 at 1:34 AM
As usual love the Pan-Latinx spirit incorporated in his halftime show. #SuperBowl60
Bad Bunny did great…again.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Bad Bunny did great…again.
This is why I desperately wanted the LA Rams to win the NFC. Stafford can THROW. Sigh
February 9, 2026 at 12:42 AM
This is why I desperately wanted the LA Rams to win the NFC. Stafford can THROW. Sigh
Can we have some more funny commercials? I get it, you want us to use AI. Enough.
February 9, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Can we have some more funny commercials? I get it, you want us to use AI. Enough.
One of the mysteries of the world is that so many don’t seem to understand the song was about dubyah. 🤣
They sang “American Idiot”
Green Day avoids making political statement during Super Bowl 2026 opening performance
February 9, 2026 at 12:11 AM
One of the mysteries of the world is that so many don’t seem to understand the song was about dubyah. 🤣
I’ve never been more disinterested of two teams in a championship game. 🤣
February 8, 2026 at 11:50 PM
I’ve never been more disinterested of two teams in a championship game. 🤣
Higher ed in Florida is spiraling and I hope those students and administrators are ignoring such a silly demand.
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Higher ed in Florida is spiraling and I hope those students and administrators are ignoring such a silly demand.
I saw Bad Bunny live in Chicago against my will. It was one of the best concerts I’ve been to. He’s very good live.
February 8, 2026 at 2:54 PM
I saw Bad Bunny live in Chicago against my will. It was one of the best concerts I’ve been to. He’s very good live.
Are folks really going to turn away from the Super Bowl to listen to Kid Rock’s shrill voice? 🤣🤣🤣
February 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Are folks really going to turn away from the Super Bowl to listen to Kid Rock’s shrill voice? 🤣🤣🤣
Miles wants to come to class with me. He’s so eager to be bored. 😂
February 8, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Miles wants to come to class with me. He’s so eager to be bored. 😂
I don’t mean to toot my own horn (toot toot), but the Speaker Series committee has really added needed life to the PoliSci department at UAlbany. We are getting great researchers.
February 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I don’t mean to toot my own horn (toot toot), but the Speaker Series committee has really added needed life to the PoliSci department at UAlbany. We are getting great researchers.
Reposted by Justin Zimmerman
lol I don't think a lot of white people believe that Black people are reliable narrators of our own stories.
And IMO this comes from white people wanting to downplay how much anti-Black racism shapes Black people's lives.
And IMO this comes from white people wanting to downplay how much anti-Black racism shapes Black people's lives.
How do white people delude themselves into believing that they can identify anti-Black racism better than a Black person? Enough to refute the validity of a Black person’s claim of anti-Black racism??? Like…how does one get to that level of ability to lie to themselves?
February 7, 2026 at 2:57 PM
lol I don't think a lot of white people believe that Black people are reliable narrators of our own stories.
And IMO this comes from white people wanting to downplay how much anti-Black racism shapes Black people's lives.
And IMO this comes from white people wanting to downplay how much anti-Black racism shapes Black people's lives.
I feel like this is why some states are getting rid of tenure too. Lowering the bar because most of the nuts they want to hire just don’t have the right credentials.
one way of thinking about this is that the acceleration of educational polarization brought about by Trump's takeover of the GOP has made it increasingly difficult for Republican administrations to recruit competent, educated professionals for critical government jobs
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I feel like this is why some states are getting rid of tenure too. Lowering the bar because most of the nuts they want to hire just don’t have the right credentials.
I honestly think Vance is more hated than Trump which is quite the accomplishment.
Regardless of one’s feeling about it, such a public response to a political leader is news, and deliberately failing to mention it is self-censorship. It’s like if reporters agreed not to report on the man who threw a shoe at George Bush. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
NBC appears to cut crowd’s booing of JD Vance from Winter Olympics broadcast
The US vice-president, JD Vance, was greeted by a chorus of boos during when he appeared at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Milan on Friday
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2026 at 2:56 PM
I honestly think Vance is more hated than Trump which is quite the accomplishment.