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Political Scientist. Minnesotan/Iowan. My posts really don't reflect the opinions of my employer.
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poop @dude3000.bsky.social · a day
You beat the fucking shit out of them, both at the ballot box and by punching them in their stupid fucking mouths. And you keep beating the fucking shit out of them every goddamn day, even if you're tired of it.
Avatar Paul Gowder @paulgowder.bsky.social · a day
How do we adjust to a world where major democracies have long-term viable fascist parties? It feels like we'll just be having existential election after existential election, and we have to win every time whereas they only have to win once.
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Tyler James Hill @tylerjameshill.bsky.social · 1 yr
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Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social · 4 days
Stop doing free labor. And anybody in any kind of university admin job, stop asking your colleagues to do free labor.
Avatar Prof. Farhana Sultana @farhana.bsky.social · 7 days
This is spot on & only worsening for many of us US professors with too many administrative, supervision, research, outreach, etc responsibilities while we’re off-contract (not paid) for the 3 summer months. With zero ability to unionize. I’ve been a faculty in both the UK & US, it’s worse here.😢
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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4 days
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 4 days
Just another reminder that Yascha Mounk may be the absolute worst political scientist alive, regardless of what criteria you use to develop your ranking.
Avatar Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4 days
Another asinine 'solution' to the Biden Problem, this time from Yascha Mounk. Again, these people think their *entire job* is political strategy and predicting poll numbers. Yet they somehow think that spending months drawing attention to their own party's weaknesses is a good strategy!
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 4 days
Aimee Mann's 4th of July is better than X's 4th of July.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 5 days
Happy 40th anniversary to Double Nickels on the Dime youtu.be/206f0dLjtds?...
Minutemen, Coronayoutu.be CORONA Lyrics below. See George Hurley Pogo here- https://youtu.be/l4QZXzVOu_gGeorge Hurley Interview here.. https://youtu.be/IPnZLL0f5cc If you are re...
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 6 days
I booked concerts for a year at my college and one of the highlights was getting Zuzu’s Petals. This sucks.
Avatar z. @zanadu.bsky.social · 6 days
#RedWhiteBlueTunes #MusicChallenge R.I.P. Laurie Lindeen Go read her book if you've not. laurielindeen.com
White Trash Loveyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by Ryko/RhinoWhite Trash Love · Zuzu's PetalsWhen No One's Looking℗ 1992 RykodiscWriter: LindeenAuto-generated by YouTube.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 6 days
Happy 40th anniversary of the release of Ice Cream Castles. youtu.be/QIRr59APg38?...
Morris Day and The Time - The Birdyoutu.be The Time preforming "The Bird" from the movie "Purple Rain"
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 7 days
Happy 40th anniversary to Zen Arcade. youtu.be/EQfrHkjvx6g?...
Something I Learned Todayyoutu.be Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesSomething I Learned Today · Hüsker Dü · Bob MouldZen Arcade℗ 1984 SST RecordsReleased on: 1984-01-01Music Publ...
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 7 days
Well, that would end the "should Biden drop out" debate, so I am not sure I see a downside.
Avatar Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 7 days
I get the gallows humor of urging Biden to do crimes to stop Trump/SCOTUS etc. But the truth is that if Biden actually committed a serious, obvious crime in office (assassination, for example), I'd bet my bottom dollar he would be impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate with Dem votes.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 7 days
To make everyone feel better, reminder that whoever is elected will be president during America's 250th anniversary (semiquincentennial). It seems like it symbolizes something I can't quite put my finger on.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 8 days
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 9 days
From my experience going to events, meeting candidates, and polling for the 2020 Iowa Caucuses, there was a huge difference between Harris as a candidate and the campaign she ran. In person, she was the best candidate I met (and I met basically all of them).
Avatar b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie.bsky.social · 9 days
these numbers are basically vindication of one of my points in the NYT conversation, which is that whoever is the nominee inherits Biden’s position for the simple reason that they will be standard-bearers for the Biden administration.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 10 days
This is the largest hummingbird I’ve ever seen.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 10 days
This fucking state
Avatar The New York Times @nytimes.com · 10 days
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that the state’s six-week abortion ban can be enforced soon while a lawsuit against it proceeds. It will take at least 21 days for the case to go back to the district court, during which time abortion will remain legal.
Tracking Abortion Bans Across the Countrywww.nytimes.com The New York Times is tracking the status of abortion laws in each state following the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 11 days
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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12 days
The new Slow Burn season on the Briggs Initiative is really good. And also a reminder that right wing revanchism has a long history in the US. Social movements have often triumphed over it...but not without a struggle. slate.com/podcasts/slo...
Slow Burn Season 9slate.com A nationwide moral panic, a California legislator who rode the anti-gay wave, and the LGBTQ+ people who stepped up and came out to try and stop him.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 13 days
Did bird flu write this legislation?
Avatar Congressional Bill Bot @fedbillbot.bsky.social · 13 days
H.R.8374 Interstate Milk Freedom Act of 2024 SPONSOR: Rep. Thomas Massie (R), KY-4 № CO-SPONSORS: 13 STATUS: Introduced LATEST ACTION: House floor - 2024-05-14 Referred to the House Committee on Energy ... #Republicans congress.gov/hr8374#Republicans congress.gov/hr8374
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 14 days
If you see this, post a banger of a TV show theme tune. youtu.be/juIsRg6z41k?...
Avatar Saucy Rick Havoc @rickhavoc.bsky.social · 14 days
If you see this, post a banger of a TV show theme tune. youtu.be/tGSUjuSBt1A?...
Mission Impossible theme song (Original)youtu.be
"Warriors (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power Theme Song)" by Aaliyah Roseyoutu.be
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 15 days
You can say a lot of things about The Pixies, but they do not fuck around in concert.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 15 days
Cat Power does a really good version of Here Comes the Regular live.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 18 days
Best thing about this song is what it lead to: youtu.be/unscwO3qWbE?...
Avatar Lynn of the Fae @auberon.bsky.social · 18 days
Early U2 was soooooooooooooooooooooooo good youtu.be/jv51LO7NOTo?...
I Will Follow (Live From Red Rocks Amphitheatre, Colorado, USA / 1983 / Remastered 2021)youtu.be REMASTERED IN HD! Live performance of Boy’s I Will Follow, taken from the concert film U2 Live At Red Rocks: Under A Blood Red Sky from 1983, filmed in Denver, Colorado. Explore the music of U2: https://U2.lnk.to/ListenID Subscribe to the U2 channel: https://U2.lnk.to/YTSubscribeID Watch more U2 videos: https://U2.lnk.to/WatchMoreID Sign up to the U2 mailing list: https://U2.lnk.to/MailingListID Follow U2 on… Facebook: https://U2.lnk.to/FacebookID Twitter: https://U2.lnk.to/TwitterID Instagram: https://U2.lnk.to/InstagramID Official Website: https://U2.lnk.to/WebsiteID #U2 #IWillFollow #Remastered Lyrics: I was on the outside when you said You needed me I was looking at myself I was blind, I could not see. A boy tries hard to be a man His mother takes him by the hand If he stops to think, he starts to cry Oh why? If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. I will follow. I was on the inside When they pulled the four walls down I was looking through the window I was lost, I am found. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. I will follow. Your eyes make a circle I see you when I go in there Your eyes, your eyes Your eyes, your eyes. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. If you walk away, walk away I walk away, walk away I will follow. I will follow.
The Replacements '81 Kids Don't Followyoutu.be Professional-quality live video of very early Replacements, from right around the time their first LP ("Sorry, Ma") was released. Shot at Sept 5th '81 Twin/Tone label showcase at 7th St. Entry, MPLS. Somewhat different lyrics than the version on "Stink", unless Paul just forgot 'em. Taken from Twin/Tone web site.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 23 days
“New Day Rising”
Avatar Kevin Gannon @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 23 days
"Property is theft"
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 24 days
We saw it at a crappy theater where the sound from the Iron Giant bled through the walls. Still scared the shit out of me.
Avatar Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.bsky.social · 25 days
Watching everyone's memories of watching Blair Witch pour in is incredible. Person after person talking about dead silence in the theater, whole crowds flattened, people sobbing in the parking lot for 20 minutes, not being able to sleep. That's cinema, baby, and that's down to Heather Mike and Josh.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 24 days
This is bananapants
Avatar Brandy Zadrozny @brandyzadrozny.bsky.social · 24 days
Told you www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Who tried to steal Graceland?www.nbcnews.com A trail of clues left by Naussany Investments, the fake company that scammed Elvis Presley's family, led to a grandmother in Missouri.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 25 days
I am the exact age of the Brat Pack, so I'm just the audience for Andrew McCarthy's rambly and touching documentary Brats, which is about the '80s and vanity and youth and careers and hopes and injuries and, most relatably for me, about the choice to look back, or to let it go, in late middle age.
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 25 days
Some parts of my university would exploit this by sending bullshit hard copy letters of administrative sanction to a faculty members mailbox during the summer with a short deadline for them to appeal. If you don’t check your mail, that’s on you. We reformed this a few years ago thankfully.
Avatar Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 25 days
For those who don't know: your institution mostly can't ask anything specific from you for those 3 months and it also allows you to include "summer salary" in grant applications to genuinely supplement your income
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 1 mo
New Day Rising!
Avatar Brian Hughes @brianhughes.bsky.social · 1 mo
STREET BY STREET BLOCK BY BLOCK
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Dave @daveamp.bsky.social · 1 mo
Proud former student of Iowa State University!
Avatar Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1 mo
A Minnesota Republican Senate candidate posted a map that he said showed serious crime in Minneapolis. In reality, the “crime map” actually showed the location of drinking fountains in the city
MAGA Senate Candidate's 'Crime Map' Only Shows Drinking Fountainswww.huffpost.com Minnesota Republican Senate candidate Royce White set himself up for mega-mockery.