James Allan
@jamespallan.bsky.social
Political scientist at Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio. Immigrant/exiled Scot. Politics/political economy, sport (various).
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BREAKING: White House announces selection of new Commissioner of Labor Statistics
August 1, 2025 at 6:38 PM
BREAKING: White House announces selection of new Commissioner of Labor Statistics
E.P.A. Plans to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM
E.P.A. Plans to Revoke the Legal Basis for Tackling Climate Change www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
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really interesting that the vice president cites as a key intellectual influence a guy who thinks black people are natural slaves
Curtis Yarvin, who has been profiled in media like Politico and The Wall Street Journal, has publicly stated in the past that he thinks black people are naturally fit to be slaves.
July 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
really interesting that the vice president cites as a key intellectual influence a guy who thinks black people are natural slaves
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On this day in 1986, Maradona scored the greatest header of all time, with what came to be known as the ‘head of God’.
Here’s how he did it…
(1/14)
Here’s how he did it…
(1/14)
June 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
On this day in 1986, Maradona scored the greatest header of all time, with what came to be known as the ‘head of God’.
Here’s how he did it…
(1/14)
Here’s how he did it…
(1/14)
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Sly Stone has died. One of the genuine pioneers of modern music, it’s hard to imagine someone like Prince without thinking of Stone.
Sly Stone, Family Stone Architect Who Fused Funk, Rock, and Soul, Dead at 82 — Rolling Stone
Wildly inventive musician and singer uplifted crowds, but would face personal demons later on
apple.news
June 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Sly Stone has died. One of the genuine pioneers of modern music, it’s hard to imagine someone like Prince without thinking of Stone.
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"Good old American know-how, as provided by good old Americans like Dr Wernher von Braun."
- Tom Lehrer
- Tom Lehrer
May 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"Good old American know-how, as provided by good old Americans like Dr Wernher von Braun."
- Tom Lehrer
- Tom Lehrer
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A new Pontiff, Kammy - BUT FROM WHERE???
May 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A new Pontiff, Kammy - BUT FROM WHERE???
That's a lot of smoke. Are they sure the Sistine Chapel isn't on fire?
May 8, 2025 at 4:18 PM
That's a lot of smoke. Are they sure the Sistine Chapel isn't on fire?
Fully agree, shouldn’t be shirtless riding on the trams.
Launch date for Tap on, Tap off system for Edinburgh trams revealed
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
www.scotsman.com/news/transpo...
Launch date for Tap on, Tap off system for Edinburgh trams revealed - here's how it works
The ‘tap on, tap off’ system going live on Edinburgh’s trams will work in conjunction with Lothian Buses
www.scotsman.com
May 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Fully agree, shouldn’t be shirtless riding on the trams.
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Thread…
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Thread…
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This is remarkably close to what we had six days ago. The average tariff rate of most European nations was about 1%.
Elon Musk hopes for a “zero-tariff” system between the US and Europe that would effectively create “a free trade zone,” he said on Saturday
Musk Hopes US, Europe Will Move to Zero-Tariff Free-Trade Zone
Elon Musk hopes for a “zero-tariff” system between the US and Europe that would effectively create “a free trade zone,” he said on Saturday, days after levies set by US President Donald Trump sent glo...
www.bloomberg.com
April 5, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This is remarkably close to what we had six days ago. The average tariff rate of most European nations was about 1%.
I guess I’ll be rejigging the international trade section of my IPE class next fall…
April 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I guess I’ll be rejigging the international trade section of my IPE class next fall…
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US politics for the last…decade? Two decades? has been one constant reel of the Democrats explaining why now isn't the right time to act, but just you wait, they're going to act soon.
March 13, 2025 at 10:58 PM
US politics for the last…decade? Two decades? has been one constant reel of the Democrats explaining why now isn't the right time to act, but just you wait, they're going to act soon.
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Fascinated by the different stock pictures of dogs that various outlets have gone for to illustrate this story.
March 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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A country doomed to buttery Chardonnay.
March 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
A country doomed to buttery Chardonnay.
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Dog bites man isn't a story.
Man bites dog is a story.
Dog shoots man is a great story.
Man bites dog is a story.
Dog shoots man is a great story.
Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed
Tennessee man shot by his dog while lying in bed
A bullet grazed the Memphis man’s thigh after his one-year-old pit bull got his paw stuck in a gun’s trigger guard
Dog bites man is hardly news, but in Tennessee, a dog recently shot a man.
In what is only the latest instance of a kind of accidental…
www.theguardian.com
March 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Dog bites man isn't a story.
Man bites dog is a story.
Dog shoots man is a great story.
Man bites dog is a story.
Dog shoots man is a great story.
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This chart seems to suggest that something is going wrong in the United States, specifically.
(www.ft.com/content/7568... )
(www.ft.com/content/7568... )
March 11, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This chart seems to suggest that something is going wrong in the United States, specifically.
(www.ft.com/content/7568... )
(www.ft.com/content/7568... )
Strong speech by Mark Carney tonight after his landslide victory. Beginning to wish I’d stocked up on more maple syrup at Costco the other day.
March 9, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Strong speech by Mark Carney tonight after his landslide victory. Beginning to wish I’d stocked up on more maple syrup at Costco the other day.
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NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
March 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
NEW: The actions of Trump and Vance in recent weeks highlight something under-appreciated.
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
The American right is now ideologically closer to countries like Russia, Turkey and in some senses China, than to the rest of the west (even the conservative west).
My column: www.ft.com/content/3046...
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The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
March 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
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Somehow this situation is only getting stupider
March 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Somehow this situation is only getting stupider
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A tragedy for America
March 4, 2025 at 1:30 PM
A tragedy for America
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The likely decline of US science is very bad news for the rest of us, although it’s also an opportunity to create new scientific lead institutions elsewhere
February 28, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The likely decline of US science is very bad news for the rest of us, although it’s also an opportunity to create new scientific lead institutions elsewhere