tim lapira

It's difficult to convey the extent to which the modal administrator's dream university has no faculty. Just admins with fake jobs flying around on expense accounts and students putting cash in a vending machine that prints out a degree after 4 yrs. Ideally the two groups never see each other.

If all goes to plan over the next few days, Arsenal will have made six first-team signings before the start of their pre-season tour. That has never happened before at #AFC in the 23 years since the current transfer window system was introduced.

Came here to say this

Paramount has joined Disney in paying bribes to Donald Trump, the Washington Post killed its Harris endorsement, Fox News functions as Republican state media, and the X algorithm amplifies fascist content. Here's why the media has a liberal bias problem.

Protection racket, pure and simple.

University of Virginia President Resigns Under Pressure From Trump Administration

Let's be really clear here.

Authoritarian politics just won again.

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Paths right the fuck back into Dixie.

Conjoint, sans the choice. Brilliant!

Far-Right ‘Appeal to Heaven’ Flag Seen at Jan. 6 Riot Flown Above Government Agency in DC The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

SCOOP: The "Appeal To Heaven" flag, a popular symbol for Christian nationalists that was waved by January 6 rioters, was raised over the Small Business Administration headquarters last week.

This isn't conventional political capture. It’s structural privatization of government. Where the civil service isn't politicized directly; kneecap it so that it's outcompeted, then replaced by ideologically aligned private contractors.

They’re co-opting the state via rentier privatization.

You mean fewer? I’m confused.

Simple reforms often backfire. Specifically revolving door “restrictions.” Rather than cooling off periods or lobbying bans, we need to dramatically increase congressional capacity and lobbying transparency. See our book. www.google.com/books/editio...

(14th too)

Political Scientists Defend Academic Freedom, Democratic Institutions, and International Scholars - American Political Science Association (APSA) June 6th, 2025 Political Scientists Defend Academic Freedom, Democratic Institutions, and International Scholars As a community of scholars and

APSA Sign-on Statement Defending Academic Freedom, Democratic Institutions, and International Scholars:

2025 Catt Prize deadline is Nov. 17 The Catt Center is accepting applications for the 2025 Carrie Chapman Catt Prize for Research on Women and Politics through Nov. 17, 2025.

Researchers in gender and politics: submit your proposal for the 2025 Catt Prize. 👇

Social scientists have professional incentives to focus their work on what is _novel_ to people in their field, who they view as their core audience. The mental switch to be made is that what is _obvious_ to people in your field is often not obvious to ordinary citizens, and hence is valuable.

this obsession with a handful of high status universities is also low key an indication of elite disdain for the institutions that educate most americans who attend colleges and universities

Important to remember that these are competitive grants awarded to Harvard because experts deemed it the best place to conduct research to serve the American people. Trump is cancelling research benefiting the American people for his own perceived political gain.

I would rather Arsenal be a player short in midfield and have that cost the club a trophy than sign Thomas Partey to a new contract.

No different than the LOC

Born This Way: Science, Citizenship, and Inequality in the American LGBTQ + Movement. Joanna Wuest. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press, 2023 - Interest Groups & Advocacy Interest Groups & Advocacy -

Read Anthony Nownes new review of Joanna Wuest's book "Born this Way" cc @timlapira.bsky.social @annerasmussen.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

New book review in @igajournal.bsky.social cc @annerasmussen.bsky.social @timlapira.bsky.social

Partisan disparities in the use of science in policy Documents from Congress and think tanks reflect differences in how science is cited

They don’t reject science so much as select science. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

As we point out in Science, the Trump proposal to convert NIH program officer jobs into political appointments (Schedule F) will mean, that instead of actual scientific experts, people like "Big Balls" will choose how to direct NIH funds. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...