Abigail Hemmen

This Election Day may seem unimportant because there are no “big” offices on the ballot but many states hold their nonpartisan municipal elections in off years. Races for city council, school boards, county judgeships are VITALLY important to the day to day functions of your community! Participate!

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🚨 Call for PostDoc or Visiting PhD Student 🚨

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We're seeking an American Politics scholar of leg. institutions or representation, under the direction of Jim Curry, Jeff Harden, and Rachel Porter (me!), affiliated with our Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

Important new FREE study by Amy Brooke Grauley. Experiments show when Christian leaders warn Christians against Christian nationalism, they're less likely to identify with it, especially if they don't have strong views on it yet. Effects are weaker in the opposite direction.
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

The only LLM I can get behind

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Amazing! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump administration rehires hundreds of federal employees laid off by DOGE | CNN Politics Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

New - “Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.”

www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/p...

I’m shocked Robinhood or DraftKings isn’t already on top of this 😂

Now on FirstView ft. @challenbrook.bsky.social!

Guess what, political scientists? Small assignments that engage students in politics boost their confidence in their ability to influence the political process!

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#polisky #politicalscience #academisky

Converse (1964)

One of the greatest errors in K-12 education, in my opinion, is prioritizing trigonometry and calculus over statistics. Yes, trig and calc are important for many professions. Statistics are important for literacy.

Stop showing me pictures of donald trump’s hand

People felt better after talking to strangers for 30 minutes! My conversations with random people at the dog park are now experimentally-backed. 😂🐶

This is devastating. This gives abusive guardians complete power over their children’s lives. Being a minor should not mean a lack of privacy or respect.

The most frustrating thing about Harris’s alleged gaffe on trans prisoners is that almost no one bothered to defend it on the merits.

But the policy is fine: When the state provides healthcare it should also provide transition care!

🚨 New R package and paper! 🚨

fuzzylink is a method for merging datasets with non-exact matches on key variables. The paper walks through several useful political science applications--linking voter files, campaign contribution data, and even multilingual records. The package is available on CRAN.

I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...

Word of the Day: SCIENTASTER (19th century) - someone who claims to have scientific knowledge but lacks real understanding.

The public library is the new Blockbuster Video but it’s FREE* pass it on

*late fees may or may not apply depending on your library

Do other parts of the country not have tractor pulls? All of the rural communities I grew up near had their own annual event. Children compete against each other on pedal tractors!

With Jan 6th back in the news...

We find that elites who engaged in anti-election action on/after the insurrection faced uneven accountability, with harsh penalties for those at the Capitol, and mild consequences for other undemocratic acts

osf.io/preprints/os...

Forthcoming @bjpols.bsky.social

bell hooks: "The first act of violence that patriarchy demands of males is not violence toward women. Instead patriarchy demands of all males that they engage in acts of psychic self-mutilation, that they kill off the emotional parts of themselves. 1/2

Ever so casually dipping my toes back into social media posting. Hello, Bluesky 👋