I meant that half rhetorically, but I am also genuinely curious how he confronts the mountain of evidence that obliterate his point of view
17.02.2026 22:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@grantmitchell.bsky.social
Ph.D student at UCLA studying regime change, parties, and party systems. My goal is to be the number one contributor on the transit app for big blue bus line 8
I meant that half rhetorically, but I am also genuinely curious how he confronts the mountain of evidence that obliterate his point of view
17.02.2026 22:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I would like to see how he deals with the hundreds of thousands of slaves who fled or tried to the North and Canada or the several slave rebellions (Nat Turners for example) or the fear the South had of Haiti bc of its successful Haitian revolt and so on
17.02.2026 22:29 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Support for democracy is at its lowest when trapped in construction near Wilshire and Westwood
16.02.2026 01:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Would take this over the 405 tbh
16.02.2026 00:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0This has been the best NBA all-star game in years
15.02.2026 23:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0In many of the first generation of modern concentration camp systems (near the turn of the twentieth century), the vast majority of deaths were caused by disease and malnutrition. Most of the victims were women and children.
02.02.2026 00:29 β π 4909 π 2156 π¬ 68 π 46A hydrogen bomb versus a coughing baby
01.02.2026 23:18 β π 68 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0I fear they do not understand what heterodox means, which is pretty damning since "heterodox infrastructure" is the second-highest weighted category
01.02.2026 01:23 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We may be overestimating the probability that those folks even see this
29.01.2026 21:01 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Cade Cunningham and the East-leading Pistons win in a nail-biter in Denver!
Tobias Harris: 22 PTS (10-15 FGM), 8 REB
Jamal Murray: 24 PTS, 10 AST
Jonas ValanΔiΕ«nas: 16 PTS (6-10 FGM), 16 REB
Iβm ok. Iβm a survivor so this small agitator isnβt going to intimidate me from doing my work.
I donβt let bullies win.
Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.
The argument that law enforcement can shoot anyone with a gun who is protesting them is about as anti First and Second Amendment as it gets.
25.01.2026 07:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A reminder that Noem shot a puppy
25.01.2026 01:18 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Seen on a bridge in Salt Lake City just now: βICE IS KILLING AMERICAN CITIZENSβ
Seen on a bridge in Salt Lake City just now: βICE IS KILLING AMERICANSβ
24.01.2026 21:32 β π 59 π 21 π¬ 0 π 1The Bill of Rights, a series of amendments famous for expanding the power of the federal government to meddle in citizens' lives
18.01.2026 07:07 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0By obtaining the physical Nobel Peace Prize, Donald J. Trump is its rightful winner.
by Vladimir Putin, Super Bowl XXXIX champion
Didn't the Zodiac want something like this for himself?
09.01.2026 21:59 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Watching your newborn wake up after five minutes in the bassinet is like watching your team throw a 90 yard pick six
23.12.2025 23:42 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm taking a big risk watching the original trilogy with my four-day-old daughter. If she remembers the main twists, it's gonna really undercut any future viewings when she has the capacity to express complex emotions like shock
16.12.2025 05:04 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Mahomes throws a bad pick*
Collinsworth: That was actually a good thing, it was like a punt
It's unbearable to listen to Collinsworth talk about the Chiefs
08.12.2025 03:23 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 1I too enjoy making the people with guns angry at me
02.12.2025 02:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0On the brightside Dave Portnoy is as miserable as I am
29.11.2025 20:02 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I want to announce again what should be a well established fact:
No. Old. Food. For. Thanksgiving.
Weβre only eating food that was made the day of. Period.
#nooldfood
13 Ws IN A ROW π
Cade Cunningham and the Pistons defeat Indiana and tie their franchise record with 13 straight wins!
I was under the impression that lower levels of corruption, longer life spans, lower infant mortality rates, higher economic development etc. in democracies were just by chance
19.11.2025 04:30 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Just found a variable with a p-value of 1 someone give me an award
11.11.2025 22:21 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Here is a new article just published co-authored w/@grantmitchell.bsky.social & @sharilfranke.bsky.social
We developed new measures of party institutionalization & party strength that cover both democracies & autocracies around the world since 1970. #polisky
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...