Michael Donnelly
@mjdonnelly.bsky.social
UToronto poli. sci. Behavio(u)r/policy/Europe/methods. Director, Munk MPP & MGA. Dayton born, Fordham/Princeton/EUI educated. Book: https://bit.ly/3sbvfwX
www.michaeljdonnelly.net
www.michaeljdonnelly.net
Maybe, but only for courses with enrollment > 30, both for basic stats reasons and because in a small course, the "you do better means I do worse" dynamics get very counter-productive. U of T's practice of just including the average grade alongside it might be an ok compromise.
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Maybe, but only for courses with enrollment > 30, both for basic stats reasons and because in a small course, the "you do better means I do worse" dynamics get very counter-productive. U of T's practice of just including the average grade alongside it might be an ok compromise.
Yeah, he presented that last week at the Toronto PB Workshop. It's quite scary. I think there are solutions that are cheaper than face-to-face, but they're a lot more expensive than the status quo.
November 19, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Yeah, he presented that last week at the Toronto PB Workshop. It's quite scary. I think there are solutions that are cheaper than face-to-face, but they're a lot more expensive than the status quo.
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This has been my gripe for a long time now. If you took the words seriously, rigorously, if we established a clear right to housing in the Charter, then you'd basically nuke municipal zoning nearly in its entirety — certainly as it's practiced in Ontario.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This has been my gripe for a long time now. If you took the words seriously, rigorously, if we established a clear right to housing in the Charter, then you'd basically nuke municipal zoning nearly in its entirety — certainly as it's practiced in Ontario.
Manifesto Project is good. Chapel Hill Expert Survey has some real advantages.
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Manifesto Project is good. Chapel Hill Expert Survey has some real advantages.
If you want to read the academic version (by my colleague @sverrir.bsky.social): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Rule Ambiguity, Institutional Clashes, and Population Loss: How Wikipedia Became the Last Good Place on the Internet | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Rule Ambiguity, Institutional Clashes, and Population Loss: How Wikipedia Became the Last Good Place on the Internet - Volume 118 Issue 1
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October 28, 2025 at 1:11 PM
If you want to read the academic version (by my colleague @sverrir.bsky.social): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Quote: this is one of the greatest moments of all time!
October 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Quote: this is one of the greatest moments of all time!
I’ve been watching this from afar and have been amazed at what yimbys have accomplished there. Interested to know how much is pure negative polarization and how much is rational persuasion
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I’ve been watching this from afar and have been amazed at what yimbys have accomplished there. Interested to know how much is pure negative polarization and how much is rational persuasion
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If you’d like a more realistic assessment; I wrote about it today. www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...
Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument
A recent American presidency, you may be alarmed to hear, engaged in an action that was "arguably worse than Watergate" — an event still positioned in some circles as the gold-standard of presidential...
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October 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you’d like a more realistic assessment; I wrote about it today. www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...
Semuhi's article is also relevant to @himself.bsky.social's recent NYT and substack pieces.
October 8, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Semuhi's article is also relevant to @himself.bsky.social's recent NYT and substack pieces.