Jonathan Renshon
@jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science & International Relations, UW-Madison
NYT Pitchbot now reduced to summaries since there is nothing left to satirize
May 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
NYT Pitchbot now reduced to summaries since there is nothing left to satirize
Bottled *just* around the last time the Knicks were in the Eastern Conferenxe Finals. Just a coincidence. No jinxes.
May 13, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Bottled *just* around the last time the Knicks were in the Eastern Conferenxe Finals. Just a coincidence. No jinxes.
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NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I, for one, am glad we are finally throwing these DEI planes into the sea.
Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months
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Another Navy jet falls into sea, marking fourth major mishap in months
The latest loss of an F/A-18 fighter jet occurred during a failed landing aboard the USS Harry S. Truman, an aircraft carrier in the Red Sea.
wapo.st
May 11, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I, for one, am glad we are finally throwing these DEI planes into the sea.
This time with real blood tests!
May 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This time with real blood tests!
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Absolutely incredible ending. Again. Thibs - I forgive you for running Hart and Brunson into the ground. All is forgiven.
May 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Absolutely incredible ending. Again. Thibs - I forgive you for running Hart and Brunson into the ground. All is forgiven.
Amazing
This new package for mediation is great! The user interface is *so intuitive* but the unsung hero of this software is the documentation:
May 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Amazing
Delighted to be a part of this and hear about a bunch of great new work!
Celebrating a successful Europe Amidst Uncertainty conference in the traditional Wisconsin fashion, at the Terrace @stefwalter.bsky.social @florianfoos.bsky.social @stephofmann.bsky.social @jonathan-renshon.bsky.social @amyren.bsky.social
May 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Delighted to be a part of this and hear about a bunch of great new work!
😜some people are determined to put The Onion out of business
AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels.
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
April 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
😜some people are determined to put The Onion out of business
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It is hard to overstate what Journeys has done for our field and the profession.
It's hard to find the words. NSF just terminated the grant for Journeys, a mentoring workshop that tried to tackle underrepresentation of women in international relations. Future scholarship will be the worse for it. But this photo from our last gathering will motivate me to keep fighting.
April 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It is hard to overstate what Journeys has done for our field and the profession.
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Very useful interactive spreadsheet of the college/univ prez who have signed this declaration of academic independence.
Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.
Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.
For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.
Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.
For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
April 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Very useful interactive spreadsheet of the college/univ prez who have signed this declaration of academic independence.
Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.
Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.
For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.
Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.
For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Locking down the pro-salmonella vote early
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Locking down the pro-salmonella vote early
I'd like to say that this quote is as true out of context as it is in the proper context.
April 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I'd like to say that this quote is as true out of context as it is in the proper context.
Probably worth it
April 22, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Probably worth it
This one is easy. "Yes," right? You can do anything you set your mind to!
April 22, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This one is easy. "Yes," right? You can do anything you set your mind to!
Contender for best book title
Something I have always been aware of but apparently some men less so - reading @jess-davies.Sky.social ‘s new book
April 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Contender for best book title
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Dear USG,
Sorry to hear that you accidentally turned in a preliminary draft of your letter. Unfortunately, now that a grade has been submitted, we cannot accept a revised version, and the original grade must stand. I hope this will serve as a reminder to double check your work before submitting it.
Sorry to hear that you accidentally turned in a preliminary draft of your letter. Unfortunately, now that a grade has been submitted, we cannot accept a revised version, and the original grade must stand. I hope this will serve as a reminder to double check your work before submitting it.
Breaking News: Trump officials blame a mistake for setting off the tectonic confrontation with Harvard.
Trump Officials Blame Mistake for Setting Off Confrontation With Harvard
An official on the administration’s antisemitism task force told the university that a letter of demands had been sent without authorization.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Dear USG,
Sorry to hear that you accidentally turned in a preliminary draft of your letter. Unfortunately, now that a grade has been submitted, we cannot accept a revised version, and the original grade must stand. I hope this will serve as a reminder to double check your work before submitting it.
Sorry to hear that you accidentally turned in a preliminary draft of your letter. Unfortunately, now that a grade has been submitted, we cannot accept a revised version, and the original grade must stand. I hope this will serve as a reminder to double check your work before submitting it.
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I was in a Head Start daycare as a child, as my (single) mom couldn’t afford to pay for care for me so she could work the job she needed to care for us.
It’s despicable that, in a country that already does so little for children & families, Trump is taking away one bright light.
It’s despicable that, in a country that already does so little for children & families, Trump is taking away one bright light.
The Trump administration has been illegally slow-walking Head Start funding awards - and are nearly $1 billion behind where they're supposed to be by now.
At this pace, they're on track to illegally implement a 37% cut to Head Start over a year.
The table below has the loss per state.
At this pace, they're on track to illegally implement a 37% cut to Head Start over a year.
The table below has the loss per state.
April 17, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I was in a Head Start daycare as a child, as my (single) mom couldn’t afford to pay for care for me so she could work the job she needed to care for us.
It’s despicable that, in a country that already does so little for children & families, Trump is taking away one bright light.
It’s despicable that, in a country that already does so little for children & families, Trump is taking away one bright light.
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I did not anticipate, when I started organizing this last year, that we would have so much to talk about. But we do, & I'm grateful my amazing European colleagues are attending. Transatlantic ties are more crucial than ever. Join us on May 1 @uwmadison.bsky.social:
europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...
europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...
April 17, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I did not anticipate, when I started organizing this last year, that we would have so much to talk about. But we do, & I'm grateful my amazing European colleagues are attending. Transatlantic ties are more crucial than ever. Join us on May 1 @uwmadison.bsky.social:
europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...
europe.wisc.edu/event/keynot...
2013 Ted Cruz sounds so wise and principled!
“I can…assure you that were this a Republican president…targeting Democrats, I at least would speak out just as vigorously against it because if we are going to respect rule of law, the apparatus of the federal government cannot and should not be used as a partisan tool to bludgeon your enemies."
April 17, 2025 at 11:44 AM
2013 Ted Cruz sounds so wise and principled!
2013 JD Vance makes a great point
Oh.
"This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“
"This is about whether we have functional constitutional government in this country. If the IRS can go after you because of what you think or what you believe or what you do, we'd no longer live in a free country.“
April 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
2013 JD Vance makes a great point