Annie Boustead
@annieboustead.bsky.social
Associate Professor, School of Government and Public Policy, University of Arizona. I mostly study drugs, surveillance, and privacy - sometimes separately and sometimes together. All posts are me speaking in my personal capacity.
Good news: I found a dog food that my super-senior dog (who should put on a few pounds) is excited to eat.
Bad news: it is the smelliest thing I have ever experienced in my entire life, and I am a vegetarian. Please send help.
Bad news: it is the smelliest thing I have ever experienced in my entire life, and I am a vegetarian. Please send help.
November 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Good news: I found a dog food that my super-senior dog (who should put on a few pounds) is excited to eat.
Bad news: it is the smelliest thing I have ever experienced in my entire life, and I am a vegetarian. Please send help.
Bad news: it is the smelliest thing I have ever experienced in my entire life, and I am a vegetarian. Please send help.
Nothing says late November like baking pumpkin bread (for pumpkin bread truffles!) and outlining a pre-analysis plan.
November 21, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Nothing says late November like baking pumpkin bread (for pumpkin bread truffles!) and outlining a pre-analysis plan.
I'm teaching my last class before my sabbatical today. I really enjoy teaching, but I am SO UNBELIEVABLY excited for the research projects I have coming up.
November 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I'm teaching my last class before my sabbatical today. I really enjoy teaching, but I am SO UNBELIEVABLY excited for the research projects I have coming up.
Look, when you make the professors curse, things are not going well.
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Look, when you make the professors curse, things are not going well.
Microsoft Office has taken to randomly removing its icons from my dock, and I don't know how something can be this ubiquitous and this bad.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Microsoft Office has taken to randomly removing its icons from my dock, and I don't know how something can be this ubiquitous and this bad.
I look forward to the inevitable natural experiments from education scholars.
ChatGPT has fallen
millions of students must learn
millions of students must learn
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I look forward to the inevitable natural experiments from education scholars.
Having a whole section of laws describing what people are allowed to do in a bunch of contexts, and then another whole section describing what they are not allowed to do in those same contexts is a wildly inefficient way to organize a statute.
November 18, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Having a whole section of laws describing what people are allowed to do in a bunch of contexts, and then another whole section describing what they are not allowed to do in those same contexts is a wildly inefficient way to organize a statute.
Sunday night knitting.
November 17, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Sunday night knitting.
If this news cycle continues, I am going to have so many muted words that my entire feed will be cooking projects and pet pictures.
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If this news cycle continues, I am going to have so many muted words that my entire feed will be cooking projects and pet pictures.
How it started | How it’s going (exactly 15 years later)
November 14, 2025 at 3:29 AM
How it started | How it’s going (exactly 15 years later)
I will say I feel much better about my spelling right now.
November 13, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I will say I feel much better about my spelling right now.
I literally never say this - but I could knit this myself and it would be cheaper.
Apple and Issey Miyake announced a new offering available this Friday: the iPhone Pocket.
It’s a ribbed bag inspired by “a piece of cloth,” designed to hold a cellphone and it’ll run you $230 — and our Style writers have thoughts. https://wapo.st/4p7utez
It’s a ribbed bag inspired by “a piece of cloth,” designed to hold a cellphone and it’ll run you $230 — and our Style writers have thoughts. https://wapo.st/4p7utez
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I literally never say this - but I could knit this myself and it would be cheaper.
This is an incredibly interesting article, but it also brings up the issue that I don't know how I read, and at this point I'm afraid to ask.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This is an incredibly interesting article, but it also brings up the issue that I don't know how I read, and at this point I'm afraid to ask.
Jeremy Bentham's Panoptimus
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Jeremy Bentham's Panoptimus
The number of times I have had to mute "Nate Silver" is kind of getting impressive.
November 10, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The number of times I have had to mute "Nate Silver" is kind of getting impressive.
Hot take: pumpkin is entirely wasted in pie, and should be used in a nice Bundt cake instead.
sweet potato pie or pumpkin pie
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Hot take: pumpkin is entirely wasted in pie, and should be used in a nice Bundt cake instead.
Working on a college campus is fun because sometimes you leave your office and there’s a random marching band going by.
November 8, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Working on a college campus is fun because sometimes you leave your office and there’s a random marching band going by.
I love it when its obvious that state agencies are trying to make it easy for people to understand and comply with their regulations.
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I love it when its obvious that state agencies are trying to make it easy for people to understand and comply with their regulations.
The best part about academia is that I keep forgetting LinkedIn is a thing until someone reminds me.
you cannot LinkedIn message me in a way that matters
November 7, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The best part about academia is that I keep forgetting LinkedIn is a thing until someone reminds me.
My pilates teacher added a new move in class, and I really hope I can pick my arms up tomorrow because I certainly can’t now.
November 7, 2025 at 3:20 AM
My pilates teacher added a new move in class, and I really hope I can pick my arms up tomorrow because I certainly can’t now.
I think I might add an entire class on how to document your research to my Research Methods course next year.
November 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I think I might add an entire class on how to document your research to my Research Methods course next year.
Taking public transportation reminds me that sometimes the variance is more important than the mean.
November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Taking public transportation reminds me that sometimes the variance is more important than the mean.
I will admit it was a bit discouraging to vote again, given that the winner of the last election I voted in has still not taken office.
November 5, 2025 at 3:37 AM
I will admit it was a bit discouraging to vote again, given that the winner of the last election I voted in has still not taken office.
I’m playing loaf pan chicken (where you take a big risk on whether the amount of batter you have in is going to overflow the pan).
October 31, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I’m playing loaf pan chicken (where you take a big risk on whether the amount of batter you have in is going to overflow the pan).