Abby Wood
@yesthatabbywood.bsky.social
Law & politics, campaign finance, bureaucracy, transparency. Writing a book about government allocation of risk. Here in my personal capacity.
My brain is so fried at this point in the semester that I accidentally ordered ~85 lbs of turkey over the past week.
November 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My brain is so fried at this point in the semester that I accidentally ordered ~85 lbs of turkey over the past week.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Bring back imposter syndrome
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Bring back imposter syndrome
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A short thread of observations using Max Andrew's tool to explore the network of relationships revealed in the Epstein estate email cache. @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A short thread of observations using Max Andrew's tool to explore the network of relationships revealed in the Epstein estate email cache. @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
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Another reason why we need powerful women in academia. Women who fight these guys and, equally importantly, protect the next generation. Always, always make things better for them
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Another reason why we need powerful women in academia. Women who fight these guys and, equally importantly, protect the next generation. Always, always make things better for them
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Tonight, I got to hold the galleys for my forthcoming book Coverage Denied! Feeling so grateful to have such wonderful support from @rblaifeder.bsky.social and the whole team at @universitypress.cambridge.org @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org, and friends and mentors who’ve helped make this possible.
November 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Tonight, I got to hold the galleys for my forthcoming book Coverage Denied! Feeling so grateful to have such wonderful support from @rblaifeder.bsky.social and the whole team at @universitypress.cambridge.org @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org, and friends and mentors who’ve helped make this possible.
Imagine a world with consequences!
In between things I've been checking in on the emails that mention "university" and uhh did we all know about this connection?
![Screenshot from the Epstein Document Search which reads: House_Oversight_029401
From: Donald Rubin
Sent: 1/22/2017 7:31:32 PM
To: jeffrey E. [jeeyacation@gmail.com]
Subject: Republican health care experts dismiss Donald Trump's ideas
Importance: High
https://www.statnews.com/20 1 6/03/04/trump -repub cans-health-care/? s camp aign=trendmd
Jeffrey,
This cannot be true, can it? This guy must be as dumb about this stuff as a tampon laced with arsenic!!
HELP!
Great meeting yesterday — really enjoyed it.
And happy birthday again, Don
Donald B. Rubin
John L. Loeb Professor of Statistics
Department of Statistics, Harvard University
1 Oxford Street
Cambridge MA 02138
HOUSE OVERSIGHT 029401](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ozma3timm5c32fa7bimb4zaj/bafkreiezajc6f2rgwxrdx2242izbelpumkgdruc52pzu236rhovlcyfmde@jpeg)
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Imagine a world with consequences!
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I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
Postdoctoral Talent Initiative – School of Graduate Studies Postdoctoral Fellows
postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
I just taught Allen v. Wright today. It’s about these segregation academies, though the court doesn’t say that part out loud. So I was thrilled to see this thread and am looking forward to reading this paper.
GL on the market, Danielle!
GL on the market, Danielle!
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
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Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I just taught Allen v. Wright today. It’s about these segregation academies, though the court doesn’t say that part out loud. So I was thrilled to see this thread and am looking forward to reading this paper.
GL on the market, Danielle!
GL on the market, Danielle!
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can’t wait to tell my students in the middle of class, “hold on—gotta email the chancellor before I can answer your question“
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:22 PM
can’t wait to tell my students in the middle of class, “hold on—gotta email the chancellor before I can answer your question“
Never Ending Story theme song on the organ. Well done, organist!
October 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Never Ending Story theme song on the organ. Well done, organist!
I hope that Sonoda-San is wearing his shobu pantsu! Yamamoto wasn’t supposed to pitch! 😅
www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
Commentary: Yamamoto’s interpreter almost quit after 2 days. Now he's hoping his underwear can help in World Series
Yoshihiro Sonoda has been Yoshinobu Yamamoto's interpreter since the start of the 2024 season. Sonoda's superstitions when Yamamoto pitches are only part of the story.
www.latimes.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I hope that Sonoda-San is wearing his shobu pantsu! Yamamoto wasn’t supposed to pitch! 😅
www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
www.latimes.com/sports/dodge...
Helen Norton is so smart, and if you ever get a chance to have a meal with her, you should do it.
Norton on Fear and Free Speech
Helen L. Norton (University of Colorado Law School) has posted Fear And Free Speech (98 Southern California Law Review 1351-78 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Speakers who fear the prospect of the government’s punishment often express themselves less—or…
Helen L. Norton (University of Colorado Law School) has posted Fear And Free Speech (98 Southern California Law Review 1351-78 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Speakers who fear the prospect of the government’s punishment often express themselves less—or…
Norton on Fear and Free Speech
Helen L. Norton (University of Colorado Law School) has posted Fear And Free Speech (98 Southern California Law Review 1351-78 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Speakers who fear the prospect of the government’s punishment often express themselves less—or express themselves differently—than they would if they were not fearful. This, in turn, harms the speaker’s and the public’s First Amendment interests by stifling the delivery of opinions, facts, and ideas.
legaltheoryblog.com
October 22, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Helen Norton is so smart, and if you ever get a chance to have a meal with her, you should do it.
@austincollege.bsky.social I saw retired sociology professor Janet Lowry in this NYT article. AC isn’t mentioned, so I figured you might have missed it! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/b...
Shutdown With No Clear End Poses New Economic Threat
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@austincollege.bsky.social I saw retired sociology professor Janet Lowry in this NYT article. AC isn’t mentioned, so I figured you might have missed it! www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/b...
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University of Arizona also rejects the Trump administration's "Compact" 💪
president.arizona.edu/news/update-...
president.arizona.edu/news/update-...
Update on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
The University of Arizona was one of nine universities invited on October 1 by the U.S. Department of Education to provide feedback on their proposal to advance excellence in higher education.
president.arizona.edu
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
University of Arizona also rejects the Trump administration's "Compact" 💪
president.arizona.edu/news/update-...
president.arizona.edu/news/update-...
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Moreover, I have recently been awarded an ERC starting grant towards the project GETGOV to work further on this, so expect more data on cabinet members in the future. I am currently hiring two PhDs and two postdocs:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
Jacob Nyrup awarded EU funds to research political elites
- Department of Political Science
Jacob Nyrup from the Department of Political Science has been granted a substantial 18 million Norwegian kroner by the EU's research council to examine political elites in countries before and after d...
www.sv.uio.no
October 20, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Moreover, I have recently been awarded an ERC starting grant towards the project GETGOV to work further on this, so expect more data on cabinet members in the future. I am currently hiring two PhDs and two postdocs:
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
This whole thread describes an ambitious and interesting data source, but this post caught my eye. We’ve known that our deregulated campaign finance system correlates to having fewer working class MCs, but seeing it up against a country with a different system is pretty stark.
Or do different countries represent different groups? We compare Norway and the US and see that Norway has had a fair share of ministers who had working class occupations before joining politics, while this is not the case in the United States.
October 20, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This whole thread describes an ambitious and interesting data source, but this post caught my eye. We’ve known that our deregulated campaign finance system correlates to having fewer working class MCs, but seeing it up against a country with a different system is pretty stark.
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Good morning! Our database is now LIVE. Please flag us any social media posts, news reports, or official reports of crowd counts.
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October 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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HOLD THE LINE EGGHEADS
DARTMOUTH OUT!
We are at 6 rejections. Vanderbilt is the only private left standing "considering" the compact along with UT Austin and the University of Arizona.
We are at 6 rejections. Vanderbilt is the only private left standing "considering" the compact along with UT Austin and the University of Arizona.
October 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Ellis also says she's modifying the restraining order:
"All agents who are operating in operation midway blitz are to wear body worn cameras and they are to be on."
"All agents who are operating in operation midway blitz are to wear body worn cameras and they are to be on."
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ellis also says she's modifying the restraining order:
"All agents who are operating in operation midway blitz are to wear body worn cameras and they are to be on."
"All agents who are operating in operation midway blitz are to wear body worn cameras and they are to be on."
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What regard do you owe another who has no regard for you?
October 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
What regard do you owe another who has no regard for you?
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oh goodie more locker room talk
October 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
oh goodie more locker room talk
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In other words, nice university you've got there, it would be a real shame if anything happened to it.
But the federal government cannot fight all universities at once.
It's trying for snowballing agreement. But it risks snowballing defiance.
That is why MIT's move today was so inspiring—
But the federal government cannot fight all universities at once.
It's trying for snowballing agreement. But it risks snowballing defiance.
That is why MIT's move today was so inspiring—
@mit.edu has done an incredibly important service to the nation by being willing to be the first school to reject the administration's "compact."
President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
President Kornbluth focuses—and she's right—on the principle that "scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone."
October 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
In other words, nice university you've got there, it would be a real shame if anything happened to it.
But the federal government cannot fight all universities at once.
It's trying for snowballing agreement. But it risks snowballing defiance.
That is why MIT's move today was so inspiring—
But the federal government cannot fight all universities at once.
It's trying for snowballing agreement. But it risks snowballing defiance.
That is why MIT's move today was so inspiring—
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Among many other things, what Dr. Kornbluth has done with her strong statement is make it a bit more difficult for _other_ schools to say "yes" to this.
Do you not care about academic freedom the way MIT does?
Do you—unlike MIT—want a leg up in research funds instead of competing on the merits?
Do you not care about academic freedom the way MIT does?
Do you—unlike MIT—want a leg up in research funds instead of competing on the merits?
October 10, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Among many other things, what Dr. Kornbluth has done with her strong statement is make it a bit more difficult for _other_ schools to say "yes" to this.
Do you not care about academic freedom the way MIT does?
Do you—unlike MIT—want a leg up in research funds instead of competing on the merits?
Do you not care about academic freedom the way MIT does?
Do you—unlike MIT—want a leg up in research funds instead of competing on the merits?