@polticalux.bsky.social
I just boost news, politics, and public transit. I sometimes have jokes but they tend to be bad. Reposts are full unequivocal endorsements of every position that person has ever had.
To America's true soft power, convincing others to try our pumpkin pie
OK - pie discourse - best pie story:
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
In 2016, we were living in Andover, in the UK. My wife was assigned as an exchange officer at the Army Air Corps base at Middle Wallop (yes, really).*
The US Army has a tradition: senior leaders, in dress uniform, serve junior troops Thanksgiving dinner.
/1
November 26, 2025 at 4:28 PM
To America's true soft power, convincing others to try our pumpkin pie
Mississippi is like being in an airport. You are just waiting for something to do, random people will just start talking to you, the food is mediocre but there is a lot of it the shops are weird, and drinking in the morning is normalizes
October 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mississippi is like being in an airport. You are just waiting for something to do, random people will just start talking to you, the food is mediocre but there is a lot of it the shops are weird, and drinking in the morning is normalizes
Reposted
Been avoiding the commentary on this album out of anticipatory exhaustion, but I knew I’d want to make an exception for Kelsey McKinney and I’m glad I did
No good art comes from greed: defector.com/taylor-swift...
No Good Art Comes From Greed | Defector
The packages arrived square and thin and carefully wrapped on Saturday afternoon. There were three of them, but only one was mine. If I could have rejected my package, sent it back from whence it…
defector.com
October 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Been avoiding the commentary on this album out of anticipatory exhaustion, but I knew I’d want to make an exception for Kelsey McKinney and I’m glad I did
Reposted
This is a drum I have been banging for a few years with those who do administration: the "blowback" you are getting about a particular online thing is often more perception than reality, and the more national that blowback is the more likely it is that it's an astroturfing campaign. ...
Data on Sydney Sweeney Ad Controversy Shows How MAGA Weaponizes Social Trends
Manufacturing outrage.
gizmodo.com
October 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is a drum I have been banging for a few years with those who do administration: the "blowback" you are getting about a particular online thing is often more perception than reality, and the more national that blowback is the more likely it is that it's an astroturfing campaign. ...
Reposted
The Washington Post has fired @karenattiah.bsky.social — the last Black woman on their opinions staff — for quoting Charlie Kirk’s racist words in the aftermath of his shooting (in a series of skeets decrying gun violence and political violence).
Support her by signing up for her class.
Support her by signing up for her class.
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
September 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
The Washington Post has fired @karenattiah.bsky.social — the last Black woman on their opinions staff — for quoting Charlie Kirk’s racist words in the aftermath of his shooting (in a series of skeets decrying gun violence and political violence).
Support her by signing up for her class.
Support her by signing up for her class.
Reposted
1/
🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?
We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?
We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
Home Page - A Political Science Experiment
www.PoliticsExperiment.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
1/
🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?
We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?
We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources
🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com
Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!
Reposted
Farm fact 1: the South makes biscuits because low-protein, high-starch wheats grow better here.
Bread & pasta need more protein (gluten) to get their shape. And high-protein wheat does NOT like it down here
Bread & pasta need more protein (gluten) to get their shape. And high-protein wheat does NOT like it down here
July 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Farm fact 1: the South makes biscuits because low-protein, high-starch wheats grow better here.
Bread & pasta need more protein (gluten) to get their shape. And high-protein wheat does NOT like it down here
Bread & pasta need more protein (gluten) to get their shape. And high-protein wheat does NOT like it down here
Reposted
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
June 5, 2025 at 8:22 PM
this is like drake and kendrick lamar but they're both drake
Reposted
Tomorrow (05.31.2025) I'm presenting a talk on Misinformation in the Age of "AI" with the Durham County Library. If you're interested, you can find out more and register here:
durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14318472
durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14318472
Misinformation in the age of "AI" with Dr. Damien Patrick Williams
In considering today's so-called artificial intelligence systems we must realise that what we say we want them to do is often at odds with how they're built— that there is a lot...
durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com
May 31, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Tomorrow (05.31.2025) I'm presenting a talk on Misinformation in the Age of "AI" with the Durham County Library. If you're interested, you can find out more and register here:
durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14318472
durhamcountylibrary.libcal.com/event/14318472
Reposted
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
Reposted
I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
April 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I support the US garment industry. I don't believe in making life harder for immigrants or erecting blanket tariffs. So how can we reshore some of our US garment manufacturing without xenophobia or protectionism? Here's my view. 🧵
Reposted
🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
March 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
🔥 Rep. Al Green is not new to standing up
Reposted
hey, are you doomscrolling? fuck yeah, refresh that shit, i bet there are new posts by now
February 18, 2025 at 4:01 AM
hey, are you doomscrolling? fuck yeah, refresh that shit, i bet there are new posts by now
Reposted
In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.
February 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
In my city there is one cybertruck and one DIY parody of a cybertruck and the parody truck has become a local celebrity. Meanwhile, I always wish I had some rotten eggs to throw at the tesla whenever I see it.
Reposted
beaker on magazine covers: thread
February 16, 2025 at 1:49 PM
beaker on magazine covers: thread
Reposted
BBC tested a bunch of chatbots used as news source:
- 51% have issues with answers
- 19% fabricate fake statistics / info
- 13% fabricate fake quotes or alter them
This is exactly what you expect from a random word blender being used as a source of information.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
- 51% have issues with answers
- 19% fabricate fake statistics / info
- 13% fabricate fake quotes or alter them
This is exactly what you expect from a random word blender being used as a source of information.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
February 11, 2025 at 12:45 PM
BBC tested a bunch of chatbots used as news source:
- 51% have issues with answers
- 19% fabricate fake statistics / info
- 13% fabricate fake quotes or alter them
This is exactly what you expect from a random word blender being used as a source of information.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
- 51% have issues with answers
- 19% fabricate fake statistics / info
- 13% fabricate fake quotes or alter them
This is exactly what you expect from a random word blender being used as a source of information.
www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/...
Reposted
I wrote this bit that is entirely unrelated to current things
Voting for the Mayor Who Promised to Blow Up the City Doesn’t Mean I Approve of the Mayor Blowing Up the City
It’s so easy to label people these days. From the way folks have been talking, you’d think everyone falls into two buckets: those who voted against...
www.mcsweeneys.net
February 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I wrote this bit that is entirely unrelated to current things
Reposted
A save science funding action is now available on @5calls.org!
Please call your elected officials today. Trump's devastating cuts will dismantle research, halt development of treatments, damage the economy, and will make everyone sicker.
Please call your elected officials today. Trump's devastating cuts will dismantle research, halt development of treatments, damage the economy, and will make everyone sicker.
February 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A save science funding action is now available on @5calls.org!
Please call your elected officials today. Trump's devastating cuts will dismantle research, halt development of treatments, damage the economy, and will make everyone sicker.
Please call your elected officials today. Trump's devastating cuts will dismantle research, halt development of treatments, damage the economy, and will make everyone sicker.
Reposted
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%.
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters.
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Reposted
what a fucking Friday afternoon news dump: they are capping indirects at 15%
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
grants.nih.gov
February 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
what a fucking Friday afternoon news dump: they are capping indirects at 15%
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
Reposted
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
Reposted
A 'High Price of Eggs' discussion with your Texas father-in-law
January 29, 2025 at 8:54 PM
A 'High Price of Eggs' discussion with your Texas father-in-law
Reposted
I've been working out a few principles for myself to cover Trump this time around. There are three big ones
1) Focus is power - can't cover everything and need to stay on topics that are tempting to drop in favor of something new
1) Focus is power - can't cover everything and need to stay on topics that are tempting to drop in favor of something new
January 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I've been working out a few principles for myself to cover Trump this time around. There are three big ones
1) Focus is power - can't cover everything and need to stay on topics that are tempting to drop in favor of something new
1) Focus is power - can't cover everything and need to stay on topics that are tempting to drop in favor of something new
Reposted
If you’re moving Substack to Ghost, here’s a checklist
January 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
If you’re moving Substack to Ghost, here’s a checklist
Reposted
My new deep dive on how Trump “won” the popular vote.
I put “won” in quotes because it wasn’t his win, but Harris’s loss. The results were not a “swing right” embracing Trump/MAGA, but a vote of no confidence in Democrats (and in our system as a whole).
www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-...
I put “won” in quotes because it wasn’t his win, but Harris’s loss. The results were not a “swing right” embracing Trump/MAGA, but a vote of no confidence in Democrats (and in our system as a whole).
www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-...
How Trump “Won”
The Anesthetized Anti-MAGA Majority
www.weekendreading.net
January 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My new deep dive on how Trump “won” the popular vote.
I put “won” in quotes because it wasn’t his win, but Harris’s loss. The results were not a “swing right” embracing Trump/MAGA, but a vote of no confidence in Democrats (and in our system as a whole).
www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-...
I put “won” in quotes because it wasn’t his win, but Harris’s loss. The results were not a “swing right” embracing Trump/MAGA, but a vote of no confidence in Democrats (and in our system as a whole).
www.weekendreading.net/p/how-trump-...