Sara Wallace Goodman
saragoodman.bsky.social
Sara Wallace Goodman
@saragoodman.bsky.social

Chancellor's Fellow & Dean's Professor of Political Science at UC Irvine. Department Chair. APSA Treasurer.

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citizenship | migration | comparative politics | Europe

Sara Wallace Goodman is an American political scientist. She is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine.

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Political science 68%
Sociology 21%

know everyone is dunking on the "common culture" part of Musk's tweet but I'm very concerned about the "dies to defend..." part. I've been enjoying not having global wars.

This is one way for men to resolve heated rivalries. I know another.

the end of apps means we come back round to matchmaking yentas. My true calling

Apropos of nothing whatsoever, I'm reminded of Trump's solution to solving COVID in June 2020: "If we stop testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any."
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground

Lucky for them the “I wrote my thesis with a quill pen by candlelight” crowd isn’t on bluesky

[me, winding myself up recalling the days of filling out paper slips to retrieve primary sources in an archive during fieldwork, or hunting down contacts for interviews]: IT’S ALREADY EASIER TO PRODUCE DECENT PAPERS

let me know when they stop submitting to journals or using publication outlet as a proxy for quality of ideas and then we’ll all follow…

America: Let’s try and put enough pressure on the government so they maybe stop killing citizens and occupying US cities with our own military

Meanwhile in Scotland:
Scotland has passed a law that all new buildings must install ‘swift bricks’ which are hollowed out bricks to help nesting swifts and other endangered birds! Swifts are especially endangered because so many chimneys now have chimney caps. Swifts return to the same nesting spot year after year.

HBD!
We put on an all-Yiddish community production of fiddler on the roof in Philadelphia and cast member and local artist Sofie Rose Seymour created the most amazing show poster that ever was

Shonda overestimated how much I’d care about Benedict. He’s not cliffhanger material
Scotland has passed a law that all new buildings must install ‘swift bricks’ which are hollowed out bricks to help nesting swifts and other endangered birds! Swifts are especially endangered because so many chimneys now have chimney caps. Swifts return to the same nesting spot year after year.

100 figures!?!?!

Congratulations!🎉🎊🎈

Reposted by Layna Mosley

A story about competing footballers: Cleated Rivalry
Patients comparing Dr care: Treated Rivalry
Two whiskey companies vie for the top prize: Peated Rivalry
A documentary about competitive Musical Chairs: Seated Rivalry
Winter sweater crochet club: Heated Ravelry

(end-of-day energy over here)

I am reporting this as misinformation.

“This is how men behave,” Anjali.
Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening

A reliable rule of thumb is that a law is good idea if you can imagine your opponents executing it fairly

My new one @slate.com : I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind.

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I Wrote a Book in Support of Nationalizing Elections. Trump Changed My Mind.
President Donald Trump on Monday escalated his rhetoric against the American electoral system.
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No Option But Sabotage coming 2/16:

Draws on 150+ interviews & historical data and it examines:

– origins of radical environmentalism

– subcultures & mobilization

– repression & tactical choice

– shrinking space for protest

Pre-order (30% off with @academic.oup.com code ASFLYQ6) ⬇️

Maybe he collects all of our birthday wishes
Surprised by the names listed for the agents involved in shooting Alex Pretti? I'm not. Because I'm reading Irene Vega's "Bordering on Indifference." Learn about her work at press.princeton.edu/ideas/irene-... & read the book on Hoopla or order at press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Irene Vega on Bordering on Indifference
In her new book, Bordering on Indifference, Irene Vega tells the story of how U.S. Border Patrol Agents and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Officers come into the work, how they are trained ...
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It’s 2026. If someone can’t see a Chotiner coming, that’s on them

Trump: "I have determined that the fastest way to bring The Trump Kennedy Center to the highest level of Success, Beauty, and Grandeur, is to cease Entertainment Operations for an approximately two year period of time, with a scheduled Grand Reopening that will rival and surpass anything."
Federal judge has ordered the release of Liam Ramos (the bunny hat boy) and his father. A brief and rather remarkable order. Clearly written to be shared widely, so please do. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

I’d watch