DrLostCauses
@acpacek.bsky.social
Academic studying political causes/consequences of well-being. Fan of the interesting and important. Despairing Boston sports and happy Liverpool fan.
Views and opinions are my own, not my employer’s or my state’s. I speak as a private citizen.
Views and opinions are my own, not my employer’s or my state’s. I speak as a private citizen.
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I’ll echo what many others have said here: if you can, please please please donate to your local food bank. We’ve all seen the headlines. Things are about to get brutal…real bad for a lot of people. Yes in your community. Please save “They voted for this” for later.
The unspecified deterioration of pundits who remain on X is weird, sad, and puzzling, all at the same time.
November 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
The unspecified deterioration of pundits who remain on X is weird, sad, and puzzling, all at the same time.
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
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We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
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November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
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jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
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Occasionally I’m reminded just how good Uruguay’s wine can be. This is a win.
November 25, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Occasionally I’m reminded just how good Uruguay’s wine can be. This is a win.
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We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
Assistant Professor in Political Science
Assistant Professor in Political Science,
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November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
We have a new tenure-track job in @lsegovernment.bsky.social at AP level (empirical political science, open subfield): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/... Please apply and share with colleagues who might be interested!
DOGE was the alien species from Independence Day, except nowhere near as interesting.
hey don't be so hard on yourselves; it delivered oceans of sensitive government and citizen data to billionaires
Musk’s DOGE Quietly Killed Off After Delivering Almost Nothing
The agency disbanded eight months ahead of schedule.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
DOGE was the alien species from Independence Day, except nowhere near as interesting.
Udo Kier was a real one, and a hero for oddballs. R.I.P., and thanks for all the wonderfully unsettling memories.
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Udo Kier was a real one, and a hero for oddballs. R.I.P., and thanks for all the wonderfully unsettling memories.
Any other fans of the Night Beats out there?
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Any other fans of the Night Beats out there?
Not sure what to make of that Marist poll 14 point Dem lead in the congressional ballot. I suppose time will tell. If it’s not an outlier hoooo boy.
November 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Not sure what to make of that Marist poll 14 point Dem lead in the congressional ballot. I suppose time will tell. If it’s not an outlier hoooo boy.
Sometimes, randomly, it hits me in the solar plexus just how bad 2024 was. 11 people in my life died, and then…all the other stuff that happened. It seems surreal and I often have to pause to wonder if I’ve really dealt with it. Not a complaint, rant or whine, just a mildly jarring wtf moment.
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Sometimes, randomly, it hits me in the solar plexus just how bad 2024 was. 11 people in my life died, and then…all the other stuff that happened. It seems surreal and I often have to pause to wonder if I’ve really dealt with it. Not a complaint, rant or whine, just a mildly jarring wtf moment.
That last sentence will live in my head a long time.
79% of all homebuyers are repeat homebuyers, and the median age of all homebuyers reached an all-time high of 59 years old.
This is the world that Boomers wanted.
This is the world that Boomers wanted.
November 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
That last sentence will live in my head a long time.
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In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
November 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
In a new phase 3 trial, people randomly assigned to receive a flu shot made with modified mRNA were 34.5% less likely to be diagnosed with an influenza-like illness than people given a standard flu shot made with inactivated virus.
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
We need to stop the anti-science attacks against mRNA vaccines!
Huh. Interesting.
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Huh. Interesting.
This USA Uruguay game. Damn.
November 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This USA Uruguay game. Damn.
Its Monday and God knows what the week will bring so, random Loire cab franc. The oyster is real; this tastes like wine filtered through rocks.
November 18, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Its Monday and God knows what the week will bring so, random Loire cab franc. The oyster is real; this tastes like wine filtered through rocks.
I lived long enough to see two of the most dangerous and unqualified individuals in the history of this country have an oversized influence in health care.
Dr Oz: "If you had a check in the mail, you could buy the insurance you thought was best for you"
November 17, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I lived long enough to see two of the most dangerous and unqualified individuals in the history of this country have an oversized influence in health care.
Every holiday season I’m reminded that the actor who voiced Charlie Brown in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” took his own life.
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Every holiday season I’m reminded that the actor who voiced Charlie Brown in “A Charlie Brown Christmas” took his own life.
People like Homan have been dunking on Catholicism since the country was founded. Not defending the Church’s many (many) sins and crimes, but this has been a deeply rooted thing in our history.
Guessing even Fr. Coughlin was looked at with suspicion from these quarters.
Guessing even Fr. Coughlin was looked at with suspicion from these quarters.
The U.S. bishops defended migrant families. Tom Homan snapped. Nan Hayworth called Pope Leo a “tool of our enemies.” Tim Burchett accused the church of getting rich off of sex trafficking.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
Matt Walsh, Lara Logan, and the rest joined in. This is what MAGA anti-Catholicism looks like.
“Pope Leo Is a Tool of Our Enemies”: Homan Leads MAGA Attacks as Hayworth, Others Pile On
It’s the latest MAGA attack on Pope Leo’s pro-immigrant stance. Disgraced border chief Tom Homan — caught taking a $50,000 bribe in a Cava takeout bag — led the charge against Leo and the bishops.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:46 PM
People like Homan have been dunking on Catholicism since the country was founded. Not defending the Church’s many (many) sins and crimes, but this has been a deeply rooted thing in our history.
Guessing even Fr. Coughlin was looked at with suspicion from these quarters.
Guessing even Fr. Coughlin was looked at with suspicion from these quarters.
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She absolutely does not deserve threats of violence, because no one does.
Trump literally putting Marge’s life in danger because she wants to see the Epstein files
November 15, 2025 at 6:58 PM
She absolutely does not deserve threats of violence, because no one does.
Very sad to read this. One of my early favorite intros to craft beer.
www.beervanablog.com/beervana/202...
www.beervanablog.com/beervana/202...
Rogue Ales Has Apparently Closed — Beervana
Rogue Ales, the iconic 37-year-old brewery, shuttered the doors to all its locations today. While the news is still coming in, it may be the end of the line for Newport’s finest.
www.beervanablog.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Very sad to read this. One of my early favorite intros to craft beer.
www.beervanablog.com/beervana/202...
www.beervanablog.com/beervana/202...
A most unpleasant week. Time for a little viticultural trip to Provence.
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
A most unpleasant week. Time for a little viticultural trip to Provence.
Everything is just so stunningly bleak right now.
November 14, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Everything is just so stunningly bleak right now.
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Texas A&M Tightens Rules on Talking About Race and Gender in Classes
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Bruins behind by 2 is not making this epically shitty week any better.
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Bruins behind by 2 is not making this epically shitty week any better.
“There’s this thing that’s suckered you all in called aspirin, it’s made you weak and foolish. Consider an alternative: a small carp with tumors, but the tumors are packed with all sorts of nutrients, and you rub the tumor riddled carp all over you and it will…really help you.”
JD Vance calls ibuprofen "useless medication" and implies it's not "necessary, safe and effective."
November 13, 2025 at 5:18 AM
“There’s this thing that’s suckered you all in called aspirin, it’s made you weak and foolish. Consider an alternative: a small carp with tumors, but the tumors are packed with all sorts of nutrients, and you rub the tumor riddled carp all over you and it will…really help you.”
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.