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Michael Tesler

@tesler.bsky.social

Professor of Political Science | UC-Irvine

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Jonathan Ladd@jonathanmladd.com · last mo.

Oftentimes, ancient books will cite or quote other books or documents that are now lost. Modern historians can incompletely reconstruct a lost text from all these references. Sometimes I think that this is what will happen to Zaller (1999) "A Theory Of Media Politics."

Deva Woodly@devawo.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We can be glib, but the fact is the Supreme Court destroyed the America the Civil Rights Movement built today. And I have no confidence whatsoever that the Dems will react w/ urgency to curb the return of Jim Crow voting. It is a dark day. And requires serious reflection on what is to be done.

Ida Bae Wells@nhannahjones.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

Victor Ray@victorerikray.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It’s a disastrous day for democracy. The Voting Rights Act made the U.S. an actually functioning democracy. And civil rights activists face impossible odds to gifting it to us. The Supreme Court‘s decision is vile.

Dave Karpf@davekarpf.bsky.social · 3mo ago

This is fucking stupid. How exactly are bad teams supposed to ever get good if they’re penalized for being bad, while the free agency rules reward star players for staying with their existing teams?

Shams Charania Tweets@shamsbot.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The NBA has disclosed to its 30 GMs a singular new anti-tanking reform that expands the draft lottery to 16 teams, flattens odds, and have a relegation zone where the bottom 3 teams are penalized with fewer lottery balls for the No. 1 pick. ESPN details:

Hakeem Jefferson@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

The Blackness scale might be one of my favorite parts of the paper. People often talk about identity as continuous (“She’s Black, but she ain’t Black Black”), so we developed a way to capture that perception. We then estimate how much different traits predict those ratings.

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Hakeem Jefferson@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 4mo ago

One of the measures in the paper is a Blackness scale that asks respondents to place profiles along a continuum from 0 (not at all Black) to 10 (very Black). Perhaps inspired by a 2007 Saturday Night Live sketch that introduced its own “Blackness Scale” in the context of Barack Obama’s candidacy.

Two male actors portray Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson on the Saturday Night Live “Weekend Update” set, seated behind a news desk. One holds a poster labeled “Blackness Scale,” with a vertical gradient from green at the bottom to red at the top. Small photos of various public figures are placed along the scale at different points, implying different degrees of “Blackness.” The graphic is presented satirically, while both characters maintain serious expressions.
Elisabeth R. Anker@libankerdc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I don't know about you but I, for one, am greatly relieved that a party of antisemites and Neo-n*zis stationed at all levels of government has made the decision to attack higher education in the name of protecting me and my fellow jews. this will go swimmingly thanks for the support

Elisabeth R. Anker@libankerdc.bsky.social · 5mo ago

An administration heading a political party populated with tons of little neo-n*zis suing Harvard for anti-semitism is PEAK 2026 BULLSHIT