Danny Blinderman
@dannyblinderman.bsky.social
Post-doc at UVA: Program on Constitutionalism and Democracy. Ph.D. @ the University of Michigan. I study APD, constitutional change & democratization. Proud former member of GEO-3550. Semi-retired Jewish organizer. Thaddeus Stevens was right.
And then after a multi-season historical tragedy tv show about Reconstruction.
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
And then after a multi-season historical tragedy tv show about Reconstruction.
Tennis court path...the women's march on Versailles...the insurrection of August the 10...Austrerlitz. So many possibilities.
November 25, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Tennis court path...the women's march on Versailles...the insurrection of August the 10...Austrerlitz. So many possibilities.
Dumbledore's Army leads to some exceptionally radical places if you think a bit about how that would translate in the real world.
November 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Dumbledore's Army leads to some exceptionally radical places if you think a bit about how that would translate in the real world.
Substituting ideology scores for measures of personality to predict voting behavior and future defection feels like a potential future frontier of research.
November 16, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Substituting ideology scores for measures of personality to predict voting behavior and future defection feels like a potential future frontier of research.
Reposted by Danny Blinderman
Harrell says that he “spoke with Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson to congratulate her.”
November 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Harrell says that he “spoke with Mayor-Elect Katie Wilson to congratulate her.”
I think there are some lessons for us today from this story. Those who seek to prop up unjust systems of rule often create the liberatory movements they so fear.
October 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I think there are some lessons for us today from this story. Those who seek to prop up unjust systems of rule often create the liberatory movements they so fear.
Rashi argues that the plague began as a single Frog (some Rabbis say it was a giant frog, but others say it was normal sized) but that "when they [the Egyptians] struck at it, it was split into many swarms"
Thus, in this telling through repression the Egyptians created their own plague.
Thus, in this telling through repression the Egyptians created their own plague.
October 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Rashi argues that the plague began as a single Frog (some Rabbis say it was a giant frog, but others say it was normal sized) but that "when they [the Egyptians] struck at it, it was split into many swarms"
Thus, in this telling through repression the Egyptians created their own plague.
Thus, in this telling through repression the Egyptians created their own plague.