James Old
@jamesold.bsky.social
Political Scientist @ Valpo
Ex-pat yooper
Interests: fiction, religion, politics, hockey, beer - not necessarily in that order
#SlavaUkraini
Ex-pat yooper
Interests: fiction, religion, politics, hockey, beer - not necessarily in that order
#SlavaUkraini
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
November 26, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Introduce yourself with four spaceships
My alma mater finding new and clever ways to degrade my degree.
August 22, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My alma mater finding new and clever ways to degrade my degree.
It's not really a recent thing.
June 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
It's not really a recent thing.
"Improper ideology" is doing a lot of work here.
March 28, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"Improper ideology" is doing a lot of work here.
And this is why we need newspapers... and Political Science Departments.
March 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
And this is why we need newspapers... and Political Science Departments.
I have discovered the source document for the Trump Administration's foreign policy. They Walk Among Us!
March 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I have discovered the source document for the Trump Administration's foreign policy. They Walk Among Us!
Probably? And I will probably not get Chris Hemsworth's abs by doing 1 sit up.
March 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Probably? And I will probably not get Chris Hemsworth's abs by doing 1 sit up.
The amount of fentanyl seized at the entire northern border is basically nothing. January 25 < 0.5 pounds. We may as well tell Canada to go on a snipe hunt.
March 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The amount of fentanyl seized at the entire northern border is basically nothing. January 25 < 0.5 pounds. We may as well tell Canada to go on a snipe hunt.
No pathetic, insecure, wanna be tyrants deporting anyone who disagrees with him here. Nope. Totally normal.
March 4, 2025 at 1:52 PM
No pathetic, insecure, wanna be tyrants deporting anyone who disagrees with him here. Nope. Totally normal.
Martin Marty was such an important scholar for the study of religion. So much of his work has been important to mine, including multiple books in the Fundamentalism Project. Link to obit in comments.
February 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Martin Marty was such an important scholar for the study of religion. So much of his work has been important to mine, including multiple books in the Fundamentalism Project. Link to obit in comments.
Chief JAG office for all three military services being replaced at once. I've been staying calm so far. This.... This is not good.
February 22, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Chief JAG office for all three military services being replaced at once. I've been staying calm so far. This.... This is not good.
Just more of the same old Trump-hating, lefty hand-wringing from all those Communists at... checks notes... the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal? Hmmm.
February 3, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Just more of the same old Trump-hating, lefty hand-wringing from all those Communists at... checks notes... the Editorial Board of the Wall Street Journal? Hmmm.
So... things are going well so far. And if today's crashing market wasn't enough fun for you, just wait until they get into the Treasury Department's payment system.
January 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
So... things are going well so far. And if today's crashing market wasn't enough fun for you, just wait until they get into the Treasury Department's payment system.
We are paying too much for eggs, so let's pay even more for all this stuff too! #Columbia #Trumpflation
January 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
We are paying too much for eggs, so let's pay even more for all this stuff too! #Columbia #Trumpflation
Goodnight Bluesky. That's enough for one day.
January 21, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Goodnight Bluesky. That's enough for one day.
And the Trump administration cares about inflation too!
December 27, 2024 at 7:32 PM
And the Trump administration cares about inflation too!
Your new Attorney General designate.
November 13, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Your new Attorney General designate.
At this point, I just assume this will be followed with plagues of frogs and locusts.
March 12, 2024 at 10:01 PM
At this point, I just assume this will be followed with plagues of frogs and locusts.