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Here is a new article just published co-authored w/@grantmitchell.bsky.social & @sharilfranke.bsky.social
We developed new measures of party institutionalization & party strength that cover both democracies & autocracies around the world since 1970. #polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We developed new measures of party institutionalization & party strength that cover both democracies & autocracies around the world since 1970. #polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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November 11, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Here is a new article just published co-authored w/@grantmitchell.bsky.social & @sharilfranke.bsky.social
We developed new measures of party institutionalization & party strength that cover both democracies & autocracies around the world since 1970. #polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We developed new measures of party institutionalization & party strength that cover both democracies & autocracies around the world since 1970. #polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
BYU offense and special teams can walk home today.
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 PM
BYU offense and special teams can walk home today.
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the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
October 19, 2025 at 10:19 PM
the Muppets have been real quiet since the Louvre heist
Either my statistical model is wrong (which is saying that more drinking and less time outdoors leads to increased odds of a person flourishing) or the world is really messed up. Normally I’d say my model is wrong, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the world is just really messed up 😭
June 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Either my statistical model is wrong (which is saying that more drinking and less time outdoors leads to increased odds of a person flourishing) or the world is really messed up. Normally I’d say my model is wrong, but I wouldn’t be surprised if the world is just really messed up 😭
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BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
June 13, 2025 at 12:59 AM
BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
June 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
House Democrats need to bring articles of impeachment against Kristi Noem, while Senate Democrats need to bring that chamber to a fucking halt.
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This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
April 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is Utah in case anyone’s wondering how pissed off people are. I have never seen anything like this.
This is crazyyyy not my stats class telling us to get feedback from ChatGPT on our paper
March 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
This is crazyyyy not my stats class telling us to get feedback from ChatGPT on our paper
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From Bulgaria’s best cartoonist, Christo Komarnitski
March 1, 2025 at 12:34 AM
From Bulgaria’s best cartoonist, Christo Komarnitski
Why doesn’t anybody ask Elon to wear a suit in the Oval Office? Or at least take off his weird ass hat?
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Why doesn’t anybody ask Elon to wear a suit in the Oval Office? Or at least take off his weird ass hat?
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Government workers when DOGE shows up.
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Government workers when DOGE shows up.
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My friend who works at a women's shelter and helps victims of sexual assault and domestic violence just got her grants frozen. In case you were wondering how things are going.
January 28, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My friend who works at a women's shelter and helps victims of sexual assault and domestic violence just got her grants frozen. In case you were wondering how things are going.
Now we are doing it via linear algebra (not calculus anymore)
Why am I learning how to do freaking OLS by hand
January 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Now we are doing it via linear algebra (not calculus anymore)
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We’ve reached the point in the semester where I have energy drinks and little Debbie snacks for breakfast
(The semester has been going for a week)
(The semester has been going for a week)
January 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We’ve reached the point in the semester where I have energy drinks and little Debbie snacks for breakfast
(The semester has been going for a week)
(The semester has been going for a week)
Why am I learning how to do freaking OLS by hand
January 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Why am I learning how to do freaking OLS by hand
*pleading* with the academic soldier within me (that’s carried me for 15.5 years of school) to get me through one more semester. The soldier is going AWOL
January 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
*pleading* with the academic soldier within me (that’s carried me for 15.5 years of school) to get me through one more semester. The soldier is going AWOL
Nobody:
Professor: wow, look at Russia in 1789. That’s a big boy.
Professor: wow, look at Russia in 1789. That’s a big boy.
January 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Nobody:
Professor: wow, look at Russia in 1789. That’s a big boy.
Professor: wow, look at Russia in 1789. That’s a big boy.
I had a suppressed memory of Google+ reappear in my mind and it feels like a fever dream. I’d pay money to see what 10-11 year old Shari posted on Google’s social media platform back then.
January 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I had a suppressed memory of Google+ reappear in my mind and it feels like a fever dream. I’d pay money to see what 10-11 year old Shari posted on Google’s social media platform back then.