Jake Goodman-Palmer
@jakegp.bsky.social
Northwestern U grad student, Arsenal follower, and holder of hounds. Research in international and comparative law.
Why do you need a class when you could just watch that intro to The Office
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Why do you need a class when you could just watch that intro to The Office
True but I think that ppl quoting the line from the Melian dialogues tend to apply the “lesson” to great powers too
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
True but I think that ppl quoting the line from the Melian dialogues tend to apply the “lesson” to great powers too
BuT the StrOnG wiLl do as tHEy cAN!!
February 1, 2026 at 8:22 PM
BuT the StrOnG wiLl do as tHEy cAN!!
You don’t think Mamdani has shown that it’s possible for savvy progressives to break through?
January 30, 2026 at 9:57 PM
You don’t think Mamdani has shown that it’s possible for savvy progressives to break through?
Def not uniquely American but exacerbated here by car culture and the political power of the suburbs
January 24, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Def not uniquely American but exacerbated here by car culture and the political power of the suburbs
On a side note what do these people think the word “kinetic” means?
January 10, 2026 at 8:25 PM
On a side note what do these people think the word “kinetic” means?
Norgaard the merino of the back line
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Norgaard the merino of the back line
Sure the Times gets stuff wrong sometimes but this article calls Posobiec “winner” in the context of a “raucous hive” of far right influencers. It isn’t saying he’s a winner in any moral or political sense. Just that his voice was loudest
November 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Sure the Times gets stuff wrong sometimes but this article calls Posobiec “winner” in the context of a “raucous hive” of far right influencers. It isn’t saying he’s a winner in any moral or political sense. Just that his voice was loudest
Dang if only there were a way to tax automobile congestion
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Dang if only there were a way to tax automobile congestion
Important to stay scruffy
October 15, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Important to stay scruffy
Two kinds of people in this world
October 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Two kinds of people in this world
Egregious mistake. If I were you I’d avoid both Czechs and windows for a while
August 30, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Egregious mistake. If I were you I’d avoid both Czechs and windows for a while
Probably also the title of a Robert Ludlum novel
August 30, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Probably also the title of a Robert Ludlum novel
El hilo! Not left wing necessarily but pro-democracy and excellent reporting
August 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
El hilo! Not left wing necessarily but pro-democracy and excellent reporting
Some selection bias here: the political scientists that are loudest on social media are the ones most likely to engage in elaborate faux quantitative jargon (EFQJ, great phrase)
August 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Some selection bias here: the political scientists that are loudest on social media are the ones most likely to engage in elaborate faux quantitative jargon (EFQJ, great phrase)
Absolutely no way to know what’s happening in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong…
August 18, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Absolutely no way to know what’s happening in Xinjiang, Tibet, Hong Kong…
What is worrying but informed wonder anyway
August 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
What is worrying but informed wonder anyway
Nah our moment is much more like Hammurabi’s ouster of the Assyrian king Ishme-Dagan the first in 1765 BC.
August 15, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Nah our moment is much more like Hammurabi’s ouster of the Assyrian king Ishme-Dagan the first in 1765 BC.
ND2: Dealer’s Choice
August 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
ND2: Dealer’s Choice
How can she sit on THIS court and say that the justices deserve their seats bc they “earned” them?
August 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
How can she sit on THIS court and say that the justices deserve their seats bc they “earned” them?
Since when was Sam Alito a law prof?
August 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Since when was Sam Alito a law prof?
The Budget friendly version: Cut the beard off stonewall and you have a passable Sherman
August 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Budget friendly version: Cut the beard off stonewall and you have a passable Sherman
I would bet those exceptions aren’t soulless bc they approximate features of urban living: walkable core, relative density, some transit options.
June 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I would bet those exceptions aren’t soulless bc they approximate features of urban living: walkable core, relative density, some transit options.