Matt Lamb
@mattlamb.bsky.social
Lukewarm take: coffee shops are generally noisy, uncomfortable, and terrible places to try to get work done. I don't know why anyone pretends otherwise.
December 27, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Lukewarm take: coffee shops are generally noisy, uncomfortable, and terrible places to try to get work done. I don't know why anyone pretends otherwise.
I don’t exactly how I’m supposed to teach a course entitled “Minorities in U.S. Politics” when I don’t know if I’ll be allowed to acknowledge the existence of certain minorities until mid-February at the earliest.
December 21, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I don’t exactly how I’m supposed to teach a course entitled “Minorities in U.S. Politics” when I don’t know if I’ll be allowed to acknowledge the existence of certain minorities until mid-February at the earliest.
Psycho is a Christmas movie
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Psycho is a Christmas movie
My favorite factoid about Houston is that though the suburbs are currently impossible to live in without cars, in the 1940s and 1950s the suburban areas were serviced by a sophisticated network of electric interurban rail cars, like this one in my home town of Baytown, TX
December 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
My favorite factoid about Houston is that though the suburbs are currently impossible to live in without cars, in the 1940s and 1950s the suburban areas were serviced by a sophisticated network of electric interurban rail cars, like this one in my home town of Baytown, TX
If you’re a grandparent of a student, please be careful. We are about to enter the most dangerous time of the year for you.
December 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
If you’re a grandparent of a student, please be careful. We are about to enter the most dangerous time of the year for you.
Moving forward, I honestly don’t know why any professor would try to teach anyone anything ever.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Moving forward, I honestly don’t know why any professor would try to teach anyone anything ever.
Very few shows portray academia/professors correctly, but season two of “Man On the Inside” pretty much nails it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Very few shows portray academia/professors correctly, but season two of “Man On the Inside” pretty much nails it.
When you are unable or unwilling to argue a position on the merits, you say it’s just common sense.
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 AM
When you are unable or unwilling to argue a position on the merits, you say it’s just common sense.
Me to students: affordability is likely to become a bigger political issue with the holiday shopping season coming up. What's the hot gift item this year?
Students: hmmm, probably Labubus!
Me: What are those?
Students: well, um....
Me: Does it have something to do with "skibidi"?
Students:
Students: hmmm, probably Labubus!
Me: What are those?
Students: well, um....
Me: Does it have something to do with "skibidi"?
Students:
a poster for son of a griffin shows a young man sitting in a chair
ALT: a poster for son of a griffin shows a young man sitting in a chair
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Me to students: affordability is likely to become a bigger political issue with the holiday shopping season coming up. What's the hot gift item this year?
Students: hmmm, probably Labubus!
Me: What are those?
Students: well, um....
Me: Does it have something to do with "skibidi"?
Students:
Students: hmmm, probably Labubus!
Me: What are those?
Students: well, um....
Me: Does it have something to do with "skibidi"?
Students:
Why do we not have an Armando Iannucci style farce about the 1876 election?
November 14, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Why do we not have an Armando Iannucci style farce about the 1876 election?
The weird thing about conservatives in higher ed is that they’ll often argue that gender and ethnic studies don’t teach the technical skills needed prepare students for the workforce yet conservative donors will insist on things like offering a BA in Free Thinking or a Certificate in Western Thought
Texas A&M University adopts a policy requiring professors to get approval from the school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
Texas A&M University professors now need approval for some race and gender topics
Texas A&M University has adopted a new policy requiring professors to first get approval to discuss some race and gender topics.
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 5:34 AM
The weird thing about conservatives in higher ed is that they’ll often argue that gender and ethnic studies don’t teach the technical skills needed prepare students for the workforce yet conservative donors will insist on things like offering a BA in Free Thinking or a Certificate in Western Thought
“What you are, we once were. What we are, you one day will be”
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“What you are, we once were. What we are, you one day will be”
"So, wait. Victor, you created a living being from dead tissue, capable of intelligent & complex thought, speech, emotion & had it been nourished & educated since creation, it could have been a perfectly fine, if not productive, member of society?"
"yeah, but it was ugly so..."
#scumbagvictor
"yeah, but it was ugly so..."
#scumbagvictor
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"So, wait. Victor, you created a living being from dead tissue, capable of intelligent & complex thought, speech, emotion & had it been nourished & educated since creation, it could have been a perfectly fine, if not productive, member of society?"
"yeah, but it was ugly so..."
#scumbagvictor
"yeah, but it was ugly so..."
#scumbagvictor
When I get statistical results that are good for the paper but bad for society
October 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When I get statistical results that are good for the paper but bad for society
Sliding into next week like
October 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Sliding into next week like
Going into this National Coffee Day like:
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Going into this National Coffee Day like:
I realize there is a lot going on. But on the lighter side of things I'm having way too much fun writing this lecture on James Callender and the Reynold's affair:
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I realize there is a lot going on. But on the lighter side of things I'm having way too much fun writing this lecture on James Callender and the Reynold's affair:
“ThE SeNaTe BiLl WoN’t AfFect ReSeArCh aNd TeAcHiNg”
September 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“ThE SeNaTe BiLl WoN’t AfFect ReSeArCh aNd TeAcHiNg”
Reposted by Matt Lamb
Watch our Community Partnership panel with
@mattlamb.bsky.social and Jennifer Jackman. We discuss how you can seize opportunities in the community, align your goals, and encourage student involvement.
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@mattlamb.bsky.social and Jennifer Jackman. We discuss how you can seize opportunities in the community, align your goals, and encourage student involvement.
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Community Partnership Opportunities and Goals
YouTube video by APSA Civic
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September 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Watch our Community Partnership panel with
@mattlamb.bsky.social and Jennifer Jackman. We discuss how you can seize opportunities in the community, align your goals, and encourage student involvement.
youtu.be/viz5HeWp5gc?...
Join the APSA section to get updates about panels & more.
@mattlamb.bsky.social and Jennifer Jackman. We discuss how you can seize opportunities in the community, align your goals, and encourage student involvement.
youtu.be/viz5HeWp5gc?...
Join the APSA section to get updates about panels & more.
“Back in the good old days, people trusted academia”
The good old days ⬇️
The good old days ⬇️
September 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Back in the good old days, people trusted academia”
The good old days ⬇️
The good old days ⬇️
Are there institutions of higher education that don’t openly hate their faculty? Asking for a friend: lubbocklights.com/texas-state-...
Texas State Senator Brandon Creighton expected to be next Tech System Chancellor, LubbockLights.com has learned - Lubbock Lights
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August 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Are there institutions of higher education that don’t openly hate their faculty? Asking for a friend: lubbocklights.com/texas-state-...
As I get older, the syllabi get grumpier:
August 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
As I get older, the syllabi get grumpier:
Found my fall semester mug
August 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Found my fall semester mug
In my new article with @bcburden and Bob Stein, we find there are different determinants for retaining newer versus more experienced poll workers.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In my new article with @bcburden and Bob Stein, we find there are different determinants for retaining newer versus more experienced poll workers.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...