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Adam Schiffer

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Political science professor at TCU. Birder and bird photographer, Boston Terrier dad, '80s pop music encyclopedia.

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27.02.2026 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I clicked on the replies just to find this reference.

26.02.2026 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, I thought learning about the world via trading on insider knowledge was one of their selling points?

25.02.2026 22:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My wife’s well-timed insta post.

Give her a follow if you like wildlife photography set to a soundtrack of cleverly curated tunes.

(Bald Eagle seen recently in central Fort Worth. Very unusual.)

24.02.2026 22:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

According to the article, it means we’re smart. But hard-headed would be accurate too, at least in my case.

24.02.2026 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Wait, is dense good?

24.02.2026 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tabletop issue? Was he malapropping kitchen table issues? Or is this some hip new construction I've missed?

23.02.2026 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

EWtRtW is actually my least favorite of the 4 singles, no joke. And I freakin’ love that song.

The non-singles are slow burners, but are amazing compositions too.

23.02.2026 13:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A re-recording of Mothers Talk was the 4th single (and a minor hit) in the U.S.

23.02.2026 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve seen a lot of β€˜80s bands live recently, and they were the best by far.

23.02.2026 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel owned. But to lessen the cognitive dissonance, I’ll reluctantly revise my views: cartels shouldn’t wear masks.

23.02.2026 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Thinking Brush"? Oy.

It sounds like a rejected Pointer Sisters lyric: "I want somebody who will spend some time, not come and go in a thinking brush."

22.02.2026 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah. That, along with winning a car in a police raffle in 2004, are my only two episodes of improbable fortune.

(Although I made the mistake of having the Mattingly graded a few years ago because I thought it was a pristine piece of mintitude. But it got an 8.)

20.02.2026 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ooh, fun fact: In 1989 I bought one pack of '84 Donruss at a card shop. To this day, it's the only one I ever bought. It contained a Don Mattingly.

20.02.2026 19:22 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

When I had dinner with No Doubt in 1992, the guys were really friendly but she never acknowledged my existence.

Also, the OC punk/ska scene had significant conservative undertones.

20.02.2026 13:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile, the rest of us keep revising our American politics syllabi in the other direction.

19.02.2026 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yep. And what's remarkable is that the betting apologists cite that as a positive attribute of the markets.

18.02.2026 23:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Just wildly irresponsible to report betting odds in the exact format we are conditioned to recognize as poll results.

Of course, I could have stopped after the first 7 words. But this just makes it πŸ₯΅πŸ˜‘

18.02.2026 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Phew! Got Tame Impala tickets.

Lower level in American Airlines Center (Dallas). First time I won't be on the floor/GA to see them -- but, given the whack-ass demand and all of the scamming, I'm grateful to be going at all.

18.02.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A lot of mine have pretty good music taste too

17.02.2026 23:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Why not follow? Because I'm about a month behind and don't want spoilers :)

16.02.2026 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Went to the National Zoo and then to a Thai restaurant in Bethesda. We got a parking ticket.

14.02.2026 04:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man. I haven't thought about "It's a black thing, you wouldn't understand" since like 1989. It was a big thing at my high school.

13.02.2026 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Just irredeemable dork-ass losers.

09.02.2026 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That was fantastic. Thoroughly entertaining and moving.

(My love for Puerto Rico made up for not knowing any of his songs.)

09.02.2026 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess there are 3 types of SB commercials:

1: AI
2: Gambling
3: An ad for something else, in which the punchline is a celebrity cameo.

08.02.2026 23:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Dystopatastic

07.02.2026 04:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

"Praying it was fake."

That 4-word sentence contains so many insights into his psyche, none of them good.

06.02.2026 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This looks really cool.

04.02.2026 21:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fantastic work.

Folks, be skeptical of media-bias charges (and their new media forms like shadow-banning), regardless of their valence.

04.02.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0