Emily Farris

@emayfarris.bsky.social

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Political science prof who thinks you should care more about local politics, especially sheriffs.

Maximize joy.

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ToySoldierFun Harry

Loving and Hudspeth definitely make an appearance.

I’m going to Alaska soon, and so I’m trying to convince myself as a Texan now that I will need to wear jeans in the summer. It’s a hard sell.

I have a former student competing in the Olympics! Good luck to Stephanie! gofrogs.com/news/2024/6/...

Grundsoee Earns Spot on Demark's Olympic Team - TCU Athleticsgofrogs.com FORT WORTH - TCU rifle's Stephanie Grundsoee has earned a spot on Denmark's Olympic Team for the upcoming 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. She becomes the second Olympian in program history, joining Sarah...

As you think about fall syllabi/speakers, @mirya.bsky.social and I are happy to come talk sheriffs - our book ties into local politics, policing, elections, representation, right wing extremism, and a bunch of policy areas (immigration, guns, domestic violence). press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

The Power of the Badgepress.uchicago.edu A sobering exploration of the near unchecked power of sheriffs in the United States. Across the United States, more than 3,000 sheriffs occupy a unique position in the US political and legal systems. ...

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Brendan Cantwell

Hold space, not class? Either way. Order pizza.

Hi, I need vacation book recommendations. I read almost exclusively romance and fantasy books lately. …and I do not like Colleen Hoover.

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I wasn't sure what of my conversation with Ari Shapiro would make it into this, but I was delighted that my zinger about a "hypothetical colleague" made it (Sad that my line that there are 10 men named John/Jon in the US Senate alone didn't make it)

Powerful women tend to be called by their first name. It's not an accidentwww.npr.org NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to University of Houston's Mirya Holman about why women in political leadership tend to be referred to by their first names more often than their male counterparts.

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Josh Pasek

Would you recommend?

We have been considering buying a couch from the brand Lovesac but now Vance maybe has ruined that.

I can’t believe there is a Texas sheriff not wearinf a cowboy hat up there. www.texasobserver.org/abbott-hamas...

Greg Abbott Compares Hamas Attacks to Texas Border Crossings at Sheriffs’ Conferencewww.texasobserver.org The governor’s comments followed a screening of raw October 7 footage for Texas lawmen.

“We should field this survey experiment before any other wild political news happens.”

I am developing a fascination with political merchandising. Like Etsy sellers ready to go for VP announcements with designs.

Harris-Kelly path just got a little better.

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Mirya Holman

If you want to read this and all kinds of other depressing and wild sheriff tales, buy our book! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

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One of the sheriffs that @emayfarris.bsky.social & I open the Power of the Badge with is Danny Youngblood (Kern County, CA) who told deputies in 2018 that it was cheaper to kill someone in the line of duty than to cripple an inmate. He's still sheriff 🙃

“‘Those people …’ Donald said, trailing off. ‘The shape they’re in, all the expenses, maybe those kinds of people should just die.’”

Trump told nephew to let his disabled son die, then move to Florida, book sayswww.theguardian.com Fred C Trump III calls comment ‘appalling’ in new book All in the Family, to be published next week

Timeline cleanser.

This foster cutie leaves me tomorrow. I’ll be sad but so happy that she will find her new family and grow up to be the best dog (and out of the puppy teething stage)!

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A lot of people have been asking for this print. Some of the best people in fact. www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1631...

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If one of my former students is ever considered for VP, it is not my fault. I want them all to be city managers.

I know I’m a nerdy outlier but I still remember the exact (and probably naive) feeling of election night 2008, and I really want that feeling of hope again for young people today.

Renaming my survey research class.

pole numbers

If we have to choose a white dude, please let it be Mark Kelly. He’s my choice as he seems decent and fun, which gives kinda Biden energy when he was VP.

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Xander Lenc

@debbiejsr.bsky.social did you see this? Flags!

Running a survey experiment and got a 400 word message from a respondent on the topic - and it is a remarkably coherent and thoughtful explanation of their policy positions. Qualitative data from surveys can be super interesting!

Rest in peace to Dr. John Dittmer, whose book Local People on the civil rights movement is among my top books. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

John Avery Dittmer Obituary (2024) - Seymour, IN - Voss and Sons Funeral Servicewww.legacy.com John Dittmer Obituary John Avery Dittmer, 84, passed away on Friday, July 19th, 2024, after a brief illness. Born in Seymour, Indiana on October 30, 1939, he was the son of the late J. Avery and Melba

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Amy Atchison 🥥🌴

I need some new polling numbers for my Survey Research class this fall…

Says so much about the state of politics that everyone is just like of course the Democratic VP has to be a straight, white Christian etc man. All politics is identity politics.

Well, seems like a good time to take the foster puppy on a walk.

Blossom’s ABCs: Always be chewing.

Congratulations to the lucky political scientist with a survey or experiment in the field this weekend! I look forward to seeing your APSR in 3 years.