Twitchy Squirrel
@twitchysquirrel.bsky.social
Beleagured Sociology department head.
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Just a reminder that I can't fire @timgill924.bsky.social even if I wanted to (I don't), so don't ask.
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September 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Your voice matters in every election, not just the presidential ones. 🗳 This #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, take a moment to be sure you’re registered and ready to vote. To register or confirm your status, visit @legaldefensefund.bsky.social’s resources at voting.naacpldf.org.
Vance may have gone to Yale, but @georgetakei went to Berkeley.
The law specifies a census every ten years, not whenever you feel like it could help your party.
August 11, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Vance may have gone to Yale, but @georgetakei went to Berkeley.
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July 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Our first publication for our @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social project on the Nantucket Wapanoag (forthcoming in @contexts.org) centers on this map, here with my co-author Shaylee Hodges at the Nantucket Whaling Museum.
July 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Our first publication for our @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social project on the Nantucket Wapanoag (forthcoming in @contexts.org) centers on this map, here with my co-author Shaylee Hodges at the Nantucket Whaling Museum.
Starting Week 3 in the Nantucket Archives on a great project to solve a 263-year-old medical mystery with @sjryan3.bsky.social and others for @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Starting Week 3 in the Nantucket Archives on a great project to solve a 263-year-old medical mystery with @sjryan3.bsky.social and others for @nsfappexcenter.bsky.social
I requested an external review for a P&T candidate, and the scholar replied with a demand for payment. And you thought @timgill924.bsky.social was over the top in his parody of a**hole professors. He's barely scratched the surface.
April 17, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I requested an external review for a P&T candidate, and the scholar replied with a demand for payment. And you thought @timgill924.bsky.social was over the top in his parody of a**hole professors. He's barely scratched the surface.
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As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
"activist leaders have told him and colleagues that they fear protests against Trump might eventually be used as a predicate for declaring martial law. Other House Democrats echoed this privately"
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Something something in advance
www.cnn.com/2025/02/16/p...
Democrats confront their powerlessness as Trump flexes authority | CNN Politics
Amid Democrats’ shock and bickering over how much to respond to President Donald Trump is a deeper question rippling through leaders across the Capitol and across the country: How much should they rel...
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February 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As a political scientist who studies countries that managed to stop the slide into authoritarianism, I can assure you that ***refraining from provoking the authoritarian*** is not how it works.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
Without further ado, I will now go tear out another chunk of hair.
@ipums.bsky.social is the real hero.
February 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
@ipums.bsky.social is the real hero.
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
Federal health workers are expressing fear and alarm after a website called “DEI Watch List” published the photos, names and public information of a number of workers across health agencies, describing them as “targets.”
Federal health workers terrified after ‘DEI’ website publishes list of ‘targets’
The site calls out workers who have been involved with DEI initiatives. A majority are Black.
www.nbcnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government
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Congressional Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Urge your Senator to Fight Trump's destruction of the US government:
1. Oppose All Nominees.
2. Reject Unanimous Consent Requests.
3. Vote NO on All Cloture and Procedural Votes.
4. Request Quorum Calls at Every Opportunity
Urge your Senator to Fight Trump's destruction of the US government:
1. Oppose All Nominees.
2. Reject Unanimous Consent Requests.
3. Vote NO on All Cloture and Procedural Votes.
4. Request Quorum Calls at Every Opportunity
February 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Congressional Switchboard: 202-224-3121
Urge your Senator to Fight Trump's destruction of the US government:
1. Oppose All Nominees.
2. Reject Unanimous Consent Requests.
3. Vote NO on All Cloture and Procedural Votes.
4. Request Quorum Calls at Every Opportunity
Urge your Senator to Fight Trump's destruction of the US government:
1. Oppose All Nominees.
2. Reject Unanimous Consent Requests.
3. Vote NO on All Cloture and Procedural Votes.
4. Request Quorum Calls at Every Opportunity
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If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
January 31, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If you are in danger unless you comply with a regime, you are in danger whether you comply or not
Things I did not have on today's shock doctrine bingo card: everyone on Bluesky losing their sh** over onesies. #feelthebern
January 29, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Things I did not have on today's shock doctrine bingo card: everyone on Bluesky losing their sh** over onesies. #feelthebern
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Your challenge is to work the phrase “are you supportive of these onesies” into one conversation this weekend
January 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Your challenge is to work the phrase “are you supportive of these onesies” into one conversation this weekend
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This sums it up, yes.
December 22, 2024 at 12:40 AM
This sums it up, yes.
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If you’re one of the millions of users who are new to Bluesky, you may find this blog useful. 🦋
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November 29, 2024 at 2:38 PM
If you’re one of the millions of users who are new to Bluesky, you may find this blog useful. 🦋
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To all those people who've just discovered Bluesky: Welcome! Feel free to leave your coat on the bed. Beer and wine are in the cooler.
November 14, 2024 at 12:47 PM
To all those people who've just discovered Bluesky: Welcome! Feel free to leave your coat on the bed. Beer and wine are in the cooler.
Just a reminder that I can't fire @timgill924.bsky.social even if I wanted to (I don't), so don't ask.
March 31, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Just a reminder that I can't fire @timgill924.bsky.social even if I wanted to (I don't), so don't ask.
Winter storm brain freeze. Accidentally texted my Dean instead of my Admin to get dinner reservations for a job candidate changed. (He did it.)
January 17, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Winter storm brain freeze. Accidentally texted my Dean instead of my Admin to get dinner reservations for a job candidate changed. (He did it.)
Oh, joy! Unbenounced to me, my computer changed every instance of "deductive" to "seductive." Thought I was writing statistical theory. Turns out, I was writing porn.
November 28, 2023 at 8:54 PM
Oh, joy! Unbenounced to me, my computer changed every instance of "deductive" to "seductive." Thought I was writing statistical theory. Turns out, I was writing porn.
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As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).
October 20, 2023 at 11:38 PM
As well-meaning publishers try to navigate the coming storm of state laws against diversity, I hope they'll consider Timothy Snyder's Rule #1 (from his slim book ON TYRANNY).
Perhaps the best thing about attending @sda-demography.bsky.social's annual meeting is seeing so many young Black and Latinx scholars choosing the field and making great contributions. #SDA2023
October 19, 2023 at 7:39 PM
Perhaps the best thing about attending @sda-demography.bsky.social's annual meeting is seeing so many young Black and Latinx scholars choosing the field and making great contributions. #SDA2023
So I asked my Ojibwe husband how he wanted to celebrate Indigenous People's Day and he said, "Well, I think I'll drink this beer," and that seems like as good an idea as any.
October 9, 2023 at 9:08 PM
So I asked my Ojibwe husband how he wanted to celebrate Indigenous People's Day and he said, "Well, I think I'll drink this beer," and that seems like as good an idea as any.