Ryan Reed
@ryanreed.bsky.social
Political scientist specializing in political theory. "Justice Across Generations" with @challenbrook.bsky.social out November 18 via Palgrave Macmillan. Views solely my own.🏳️🌈
Associate professor at a small midwestern university | UC Davis PhD.
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Associate professor at a small midwestern university | UC Davis PhD.
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Ryan Reed
@ryanreed.bsky.social
· Oct 30
Justice Across Generations
This book develops and applies a Rawlsian theory of IGJ that avoids key obstacles, e.g., the non-identity problem and the under-defining of generations
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I'm thrilled to announce my book with Chris Hallenbrook (@challenbrook.bsky.social) is out now. In the work, we develop a social contract theory of intergenerational justice. We then apply our ideas to topics including climate change, public debt, artificial intelligence, and more. tidd.ly/3LfKAbq
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The Hallmark movie we need: Boy grows up in The Big City, moves to a rural area, and becomes an industrial hog-raising tycoon. Goes home for Xmas, runs into the Nerdy Girl from school on the subway. She's now beautiful and running a bespoke jewelry business out of her apartment. (1/2)
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
The Hallmark movie we need: Boy grows up in The Big City, moves to a rural area, and becomes an industrial hog-raising tycoon. Goes home for Xmas, runs into the Nerdy Girl from school on the subway. She's now beautiful and running a bespoke jewelry business out of her apartment. (1/2)
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
Supreme Court rejects call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide
The Supreme Court has rejected a call to overturn its landmark decision that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:41 PM
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejects a call to overturn its decision legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide.
I'm thrilled to announce my book with Chris Hallenbrook (@challenbrook.bsky.social) is out now. In the work, we develop a social contract theory of intergenerational justice. We then apply our ideas to topics including climate change, public debt, artificial intelligence, and more. tidd.ly/3LfKAbq
Justice Across Generations
This book develops and applies a Rawlsian theory of IGJ that avoids key obstacles, e.g., the non-identity problem and the under-defining of generations
tidd.ly
October 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I'm thrilled to announce my book with Chris Hallenbrook (@challenbrook.bsky.social) is out now. In the work, we develop a social contract theory of intergenerational justice. We then apply our ideas to topics including climate change, public debt, artificial intelligence, and more. tidd.ly/3LfKAbq
I twisted @challenbrook.bsky.social's arm to coauthor a book with me... and it worked! Justice Across Generations: Equality, Opportunity, and the Social Contract comes out in November.
link.springer.com/book/9783032...
link.springer.com/book/9783032...
Justice Across Generations
This book develops and applies a Rawlsian theory of IGJ that avoids key obstacles, e.g., the non-identity problem and the under-defining of generations
link.springer.com
September 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I twisted @challenbrook.bsky.social's arm to coauthor a book with me... and it worked! Justice Across Generations: Equality, Opportunity, and the Social Contract comes out in November.
link.springer.com/book/9783032...
link.springer.com/book/9783032...
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Looking forward to playing my part in accelerating excellence in research approaches that translate into societal impact!
Thank god we refreshed our strategic plan!!
Thank god we refreshed our strategic plan!!
September 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Looking forward to playing my part in accelerating excellence in research approaches that translate into societal impact!
Thank god we refreshed our strategic plan!!
Thank god we refreshed our strategic plan!!
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Proud to have contributed a little piece on pedagogy to this fantastic history blog. Little known fact: All my lesson plans involve T-Pain.
Looking to persuade your students to develop humanistic writing skills before leaning on AI? Invite T-Pain (sans Auto-Tune) to your class.
@lornab.bsky.social offers a riveting lesson plan about AI and the power of honing our voices. 🗃️#academicsky
clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/09/02/t...
@lornab.bsky.social offers a riveting lesson plan about AI and the power of honing our voices. 🗃️#academicsky
clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/09/02/t...
T-Pain Against the Machine: How Mid-2000s Hip Hop Can Inspire College Students to Skip the AI and Find Their Own Voice
T-Pain’s stunning, stripped-down vocal performance on the Tiny Desk version of “Buy U A Drank (Shawty Snappin’)” makes it clear that he’s got the organic vocal chops to “sound good” without any dig…
clioandthecontemporary.com
September 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Proud to have contributed a little piece on pedagogy to this fantastic history blog. Little known fact: All my lesson plans involve T-Pain.
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Someone please remind me again why universities insist on paying so much money for external expertise that is usually inferior to that of the experts they already employ?
August 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Someone please remind me again why universities insist on paying so much money for external expertise that is usually inferior to that of the experts they already employ?
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This is now my favorite political scandal
Records obtained by Votebeat help explain what Maribeth Witzel-Behl was up to when the crisis erupted in her office: a baking staycation.
As ballots sat uncounted, Madison clerk prepped for ‘cookie extravaganza’
Records obtained by Votebeat help explain what Maribeth Witzel-Behl was up to when the crisis erupted in her office: a baking staycation.
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July 18, 2025 at 6:57 PM
This is now my favorite political scandal
A digital insane asylum? Has… um… has he scrolled through Elon’s site for even a minute or two?
Apparently it’s weird when you don’t want to spend your whole day arguing with randoms.
July 11, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A digital insane asylum? Has… um… has he scrolled through Elon’s site for even a minute or two?
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box plots are great if you want to show a lot of not terribly useful information in an un-intuitive format, but it also needs to be ugly
July 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
box plots are great if you want to show a lot of not terribly useful information in an un-intuitive format, but it also needs to be ugly
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Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.
Supreme Court OKs Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors, big loss for transgender rights
The Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors, a stunning setback to transgender rights.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Illinois has enshrined protections to meet this very moment.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
In a time of increasing overreach and hateful rhetoric, it's more important than ever to reaffirm our commitment to the rights and dignity of the LGBTQ+ community.
You have a home here always.
Who wants to even try to imagine what's included in "and More?"
June 18, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Who wants to even try to imagine what's included in "and More?"
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As I've been saying over and over on our book tour for The AI Con, the inevitability argument (including in the form of "AI is here to stay") is an attempt to steal our agency. We don't have to accept that and I encourage everyone to refuse it.
June 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
As I've been saying over and over on our book tour for The AI Con, the inevitability argument (including in the form of "AI is here to stay") is an attempt to steal our agency. We don't have to accept that and I encourage everyone to refuse it.
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Judy Wajcman, speaking at @assist-uk.bsky.social's gala to celebrate the 40th anniversary of 'The Social Shaping of Technology' has the perfect response to genAI.
June 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Judy Wajcman, speaking at @assist-uk.bsky.social's gala to celebrate the 40th anniversary of 'The Social Shaping of Technology' has the perfect response to genAI.
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Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
May 24, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.
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Who’s ready to cut to the part where ‘Diddy’ puts on a MAGA hat and is pardoned immediately?
May 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Who’s ready to cut to the part where ‘Diddy’ puts on a MAGA hat and is pardoned immediately?
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My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
May 24, 2025 at 8:33 AM
My plans for a major retail emporium are being threatend by wholesalers who won't let me steal the stock.
Pass it on.
Donald Trump is the most unpopular 100-day-mark president in modern American history.
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Pass it on.
Lucille Bluth did it better. youtu.be/Nl_Qyk9DSUw?...
April 30, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Lucille Bluth did it better. youtu.be/Nl_Qyk9DSUw?...
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I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
April 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I want politics to be about a better everyday life.
Here's what that can look like:
Here's what that can look like:
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I filmed this yesterday on my way to Lousiana where my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk is being wrongfully held by ICE. I’m there now demanding her release. More to come.
April 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I filmed this yesterday on my way to Lousiana where my constituent Rümeysa Öztürk is being wrongfully held by ICE. I’m there now demanding her release. More to come.
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Today (🌲) might be a good day for universities to figure out the whole collective action thing
When Nixon privately tried to sic the IRS on perceived opponents, it was an impeachable offense. Team Trump is now taking similar steps in public.
As Chris Murphy recently said, "Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn't mean it's not corruption." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
As Chris Murphy recently said, "Just because the corruption plays out in public doesn't mean it's not corruption." www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Trump administration reportedly asks IRS to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status
When Richard Nixon tried to misuse the IRS, it was an impeachable offensive. Fifty years later, Team Trump is reportedly taking similar steps.
www.msnbc.com
April 17, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today (🌲) might be a good day for universities to figure out the whole collective action thing
You get that, authors? Your work was worth stealing, but it wasn't worth paying for.
April 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
You get that, authors? Your work was worth stealing, but it wasn't worth paying for.