Zander Furnas
@alexanderfurnas.com
Research Assistant Professor | Politics & Computational Social Science | Northwestern University, Center for Science of Science and Innovation | Dad & Wife Guy | Not Ok | Sorry for the Swears | #goblue
I invite you to resign
Mike Johnson: “I haven’t had a vacation day in two years. I haven’t been off in two years, literally.”
November 28, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I invite you to resign
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with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry.
come over.
come over.
July 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
with alt text, because everyone deserves a good cry.
come over.
come over.
don’t print lies in the newspaper
“Biden Asylum Cases” is NYT’s framing for a story pegged to a man who got asylum 3 months into the Trump administration
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
don’t print lies in the newspaper
I extremely can believe it, but that doesn’t make me any less disappointed by it
I can’t believe people in the room don’t push back. It doesn’t matter if he’s the president, part of holding him accountable is standing up to his bullying— especially if he’s doing it right in front of your face
“You’re a stupid person” — Trump lashes out at a reporter who presses him on the fact that the suspected DC shooter was actually thoroughly vetted before he was let in the US from Afghanistan
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I extremely can believe it, but that doesn’t make me any less disappointed by it
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They shouldn't even have been there!
A sad irony in Washington, D.C., where West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot today. Six days ago, a court ruled their deployment was illegal, but stayed the order pending appeal. My heart goes out to these public servants and their families. oag.dc.gov/sites/defaul...
November 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
They shouldn't even have been there!
I’m furious at the revisionists
I am grateful to @dwallacewells.bsky.social who speaks plainly & unapologetically about where we are now. The apologists for the Covid contrarians are to blame as well. The lie at the heart of what they were selling was always easy to see to those who wanted to look. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/o...
Opinion | When the Next Pandemic Comes, MAHA Says, You’re on Your Own
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I’m furious at the revisionists
Looks great
5 minute appetizer of Dibrunos spreadable garlic and herb cheese, prosciutto, toasted pecans, dill, and crackers. Won't fill the guests up but will keep them out of the kitchen while I finish the meal. Replicated from Dibrunos' website.
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Looks great
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Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
November 28, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Not wanting to disappoint you so much that it lies is the last quality I want in a computer.
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Desis have won in NYC and are now oppressing the Italians 😤
Was not expecting this blatant xenophobia on my tv first thing in the morning...
November 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Desis have won in NYC and are now oppressing the Italians 😤
I literally forgot to put out the cranberry sauce
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I literally forgot to put out the cranberry sauce
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"I knowingly and willingly took on debt to pay a ton of money for a overpriced, depreciating asset, yet I'm broke? It must be everyone else's fault"
November 27, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"I knowingly and willingly took on debt to pay a ton of money for a overpriced, depreciating asset, yet I'm broke? It must be everyone else's fault"
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D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan, a Childhood Friend Said
www.nytimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
D.C. Shooting Suspect ‘Could Not Tolerate’ the Violence of His C.I.A.-Backed Unit in Afghanistan
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
“The units had been trained for nighttime raids targeting suspected Taliban members, & were accused by human rights groups of widespread killings of civilians.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
The Noah Smith arc
This is the correct take. Stewing in white supremacist propaganda is bad for your thinking. And if think you are so savvy that it won’t impact you, you are the exact kind of mark they are slowly converting (I’m looking at you, centrist pundits).
It’s really funny how a generation will roll its eyes at parents who watch Fox News but doesn’t see why being immersed in Twitter is having the same effect. Lots of serious people show up on Fox News too but that shouldn’t be your primary source on the news.
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Noah Smith arc
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This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This is the first Thanksgiving for Sophie & Colin Hortman without their parents, Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman who were assassinated along with the family dog in an act of political murder. National guards troops were not deployed to the state in response.
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Devil’s egg is such a better name, why don’t we call it that
Demi Adejuyigbe’s pumpkin pie
Costco browned turkey breast
Green bean
Maybe devils egg?
Costco browned turkey breast
Green bean
Maybe devils egg?
Let’s run this again, was fun last year, what new adversities are we about to create for ourselves on the field, drop your menus below
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Devil’s egg is such a better name, why don’t we call it that
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FYI: law and science, political science, and sociology all still have DDRIG programs run outside of the NSF but funded by NSF. The rest of these programs unfortunately do not.
I run the political science DDRIG.
I run the political science DDRIG.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
FYI: law and science, political science, and sociology all still have DDRIG programs run outside of the NSF but funded by NSF. The rest of these programs unfortunately do not.
I run the political science DDRIG.
I run the political science DDRIG.
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Zaller (1991):
NO ONE FORMS POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY SEE IN THE WORLD.
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
November 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Zaller (1991):
Agree
The single best intervention the government can make for poor ppl is to rebalance the terms of their labor so they can make more money and work fewer hours.
And they will make healthier choices because they have the time and energy to do so.
And they will make healthier choices because they have the time and energy to do so.
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Agree
this is me holding my breath
If they want to slow down the Trump administration, Democrats should begin promising this *now*
We're gonna need a truth and reconciliation commission and Nuremberg style trials to reckon with all of this evil, and any Dem candidate for office who shies away from a full reckoning in the name of "moving forward as a nation" can get well and truly fucked
November 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
this is me holding my breath
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Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Ahead of launching a war on Venezuela, the US would like to announce that no one in Venezuela should help US forces, it'd be stupid to do so, the US will denigrate you and screw you over no matter how much you help, and blame you if even one Venezuelan who also helped the US ever does something bad.
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We’re driving to Cleveland for Thanksgiving with my husband Chris’s extended family, and anticipation of OSU-Michigan this weekend, Chris is playing “We don’t give a damn for the whole state of Michigan.”
To which I say, Go Blue! The Thanksgiving squabbles begin… 💙💛
To which I say, Go Blue! The Thanksgiving squabbles begin… 💙💛
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
We’re driving to Cleveland for Thanksgiving with my husband Chris’s extended family, and anticipation of OSU-Michigan this weekend, Chris is playing “We don’t give a damn for the whole state of Michigan.”
To which I say, Go Blue! The Thanksgiving squabbles begin… 💙💛
To which I say, Go Blue! The Thanksgiving squabbles begin… 💙💛
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This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This means NSF dissertation improvement grants in the social sciences are simply...not happening.
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I've seen people scoffing at this as a "photo op." And I think it might be a photo op. It's a chance for people who need these services to see their new mayor and make eye contact, they can take photos. They can hear his promises and hold him to account too.
I think it's a good kind of "photo op."
I think it's a good kind of "photo op."
Combatting poverty and hunger in this city will take every single one of us. Myself included.
November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I've seen people scoffing at this as a "photo op." And I think it might be a photo op. It's a chance for people who need these services to see their new mayor and make eye contact, they can take photos. They can hear his promises and hold him to account too.
I think it's a good kind of "photo op."
I think it's a good kind of "photo op."
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the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity
November 27, 2025 at 3:58 AM
the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity