Randy Renstrom
@randyrenstrom.bsky.social
Political and social psychologist. College professor in Iowa by way of Chicago & Youngstown. Alum of @OhioState, @UChicago, & @LoyolaChicago.
It's kind of ironic that Jonathan Swift wrote a modest proposal on eating instead of highlighting the divide between the rich and the poor. A real missed opportunity!
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
It's kind of ironic that Jonathan Swift wrote a modest proposal on eating instead of highlighting the divide between the rich and the poor. A real missed opportunity!
Faculty and students should get to walk into graduation ceremonies like the Olympics Parade of Nations. Announce everyone by discipline, dress us in fancy athletic wear, let us wave some tiny flags around.
February 7, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Faculty and students should get to walk into graduation ceremonies like the Olympics Parade of Nations. Announce everyone by discipline, dress us in fancy athletic wear, let us wave some tiny flags around.
The Olympics are great but a true test of every nation's athleticism would be to take a totally random cross-section of citizens from each country and randomly assign them to compete in an Olympic event. I'd watch the hell out of that, every sport.
February 7, 2026 at 1:50 AM
The Olympics are great but a true test of every nation's athleticism would be to take a totally random cross-section of citizens from each country and randomly assign them to compete in an Olympic event. I'd watch the hell out of that, every sport.
"For Your Consideration" is one of Christopher Guest's lesser films, but it's worthwhile to watch just for Catherine O'Hara's botox face, which she somehow made without prosthetics or digital effects. RIP to a legend.
January 30, 2026 at 7:34 PM
"For Your Consideration" is one of Christopher Guest's lesser films, but it's worthwhile to watch just for Catherine O'Hara's botox face, which she somehow made without prosthetics or digital effects. RIP to a legend.
Bovino being shown his retirement office...
January 27, 2026 at 12:56 AM
Bovino being shown his retirement office...
Reposted by Randy Renstrom
A public service announcement:
January 8, 2026 at 11:48 PM
A public service announcement:
All you can take with you is that which you've given away
January 1, 2026 at 4:33 AM
All you can take with you is that which you've given away
Starting to think it was a bad idea to make Dr. Spaceman the HHS Secretary
December 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Starting to think it was a bad idea to make Dr. Spaceman the HHS Secretary
"Hail, St. Nick"
December 13, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"Hail, St. Nick"
Happy 70th anniversary to the invention of the flux capacitor
November 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Happy 70th anniversary to the invention of the flux capacitor
Move right? Move left? Drop certain issues? Highlight others? Those all matter but not as much as simply waiting for the party-in-power to become unpopular.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Move right? Move left? Drop certain issues? Highlight others? Those all matter but not as much as simply waiting for the party-in-power to become unpopular.
These results underscore why Dems need good 2026 Senate cands in those "reach" states (IA NE OH TX FL AK SD): their coalition is now super-charged for off-year elections. Reliable, high educ, suburban voters have steadily moved to Dems. And if indies disapprove of Trump, map gets crazy real quick.
Looks like the Dems will pick up 12 seats in the VA House of Delegates, which will go from 51-49 to 63-37 D-R. That's an honestly shocking result.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
These results underscore why Dems need good 2026 Senate cands in those "reach" states (IA NE OH TX FL AK SD): their coalition is now super-charged for off-year elections. Reliable, high educ, suburban voters have steadily moved to Dems. And if indies disapprove of Trump, map gets crazy real quick.
All the neighborhood houses conspiring together to each give Charlie Brown a rock is just a tremendous commitment to the bit.
November 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
All the neighborhood houses conspiring together to each give Charlie Brown a rock is just a tremendous commitment to the bit.
Ozymandias but instead of trunkless legs of stone in the sand it's a presidential library submerged in the rising seas of climate change.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is taking steps to bring a future Donald Trump presidential library to downtown Miami.
Trump Presidential Library Site Proposed by DeSantis in Miami
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is taking steps to bring a future Donald Trump presidential library to downtown Miami.
bloom.bg
September 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Ozymandias but instead of trunkless legs of stone in the sand it's a presidential library submerged in the rising seas of climate change.
