Jonathan Renshon

Let’s go!

NYT Pitchbot now reduced to summaries since there is nothing left to satirize

Game not over and already blaming the officiating 👀

Hard to say, @donmoyn.bsky.social .

Modest proposal to fix NBA games: instead of the same old terrible post game interviews with players (“we just executed”), interview family members. Don’t you want to know what Jokic’s older brother thinks about the officiating?! He cannot be fined! #nba #playoffs

Bottled *just* around the last time the Knicks were in the Eastern Conferenxe Finals. Just a coincidence. No jinxes.

Congestion pricing has improved life in New York City by: reducing cars on the street, speeding traffic (especially at peak hours), speeding buses and making them more reliable, expanding transit ridership, reducing car crashes, reducing noise complaints, and increasing the number of visitors.

Fire response times fell in the NYC congestion zone, even as they increased in the rest of the city.

Car crashes with injuries fell citywide, but they fell especially dramatically in the congestion pricing zone from 2024 to 2025

Local buses have sped up dramatically in the congestion pricing zone.

NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I, for one, am glad we are finally throwing these DEI planes into the sea.

This time with real blood tests!

UW-Madison faculty joins Big Ten schools in vote for 'Mutual Defense Compact' University of Wisconsin-Madison professors have joined their colleagues at Big Ten schools to formally say they’re frustrated by the Trump administration’s cuts to research funding and efforts to dict...

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Absolutely incredible ending. Again. Thibs - I forgive you for running Hart and Brunson into the ground. All is forgiven.

Amazing

Delighted to be a part of this and hear about a bunch of great new work!

All of it

😜some people are determined to put The Onion out of business

It is hard to overstate what Journeys has done for our field and the profession.

Very useful interactive spreadsheet of the college/univ prez who have signed this declaration of academic independence.

Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.

Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.

For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

Locking down the pro-salmonella vote early

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I'd like to say that this quote is as true out of context as it is in the proper context.

Probably worth it

This one is easy. "Yes," right? You can do anything you set your mind to!

Contender for best book title

Dear USG,
Sorry to hear that you accidentally turned in a preliminary draft of your letter. Unfortunately, now that a grade has been submitted, we cannot accept a revised version, and the original grade must stand. I hope this will serve as a reminder to double check your work before submitting it.

I was in a Head Start daycare as a child, as my (single) mom couldn’t afford to pay for care for me so she could work the job she needed to care for us.

It’s despicable that, in a country that already does so little for children & families, Trump is taking away one bright light.

I did not anticipate, when I started organizing this last year, that we would have so much to talk about. But we do, & I'm grateful my amazing European colleagues are attending. Transatlantic ties are more crucial than ever. Join us on May 1 @uwmadison.bsky.social:

europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...

2013 Ted Cruz sounds so wise and principled!