Jason S. Canon
@uncanonical.bsky.social
Peripatetic American in Cambridge. PhD work on empathy and democracy.
Join us tomorrow!
November 24, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Join us tomorrow!
Next week! Join @jacobtlevy.bsky.social’s talk at Jesus College, Cambridge.
November 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Next week! Join @jacobtlevy.bsky.social’s talk at Jesus College, Cambridge.
A society so intellectual that an economist's op-ed on another economist's tax policy gets a news alert.
November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A society so intellectual that an economist's op-ed on another economist's tax policy gets a news alert.
With any luck, we'll look back on this era and wonder why the hell we allowed this to happen.
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
With any luck, we'll look back on this era and wonder why the hell we allowed this to happen.
Need something life-affirming? Allow me to recommend Perfect Days (2023), a meditation on life and beauty and public sanitation infrastructure.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Need something life-affirming? Allow me to recommend Perfect Days (2023), a meditation on life and beauty and public sanitation infrastructure.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
Don't watch the trailer. Don't expect intense plotting. Do watch through the end of the credits.
No amount of bolding will save this company’s name.
October 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
No amount of bolding will save this company’s name.
A happy change: my article on Rousseau’s three general wills is now open access at the Review of Politics. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
October 28, 2025 at 11:14 AM
A happy change: my article on Rousseau’s three general wills is now open access at the Review of Politics. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Humans are the only animals known to weep emotionally.
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
October 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Humans are the only animals known to weep emotionally.
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
But we now know that doggos get teary when reunited with their humans. 🥺
I hear that it’s nearly impossible to unsubscribe
October 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I hear that it’s nearly impossible to unsubscribe
What kind of society can’t discuss courtesy without legality?
October 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
What kind of society can’t discuss courtesy without legality?
Try as I might, can’t escape concussionball.
October 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Try as I might, can’t escape concussionball.
Unmitigated malpractice in this coverage.
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Unmitigated malpractice in this coverage.
May I suggest to the French
October 6, 2025 at 10:37 AM
May I suggest to the French
And I thought America took the Rawls hagiography too far.
October 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
And I thought America took the Rawls hagiography too far.
Trump's civic purpose in promoting wetland development
September 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Trump's civic purpose in promoting wetland development
Trump's civic purpose in celebrating Pax Americana
September 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Trump's civic purpose in celebrating Pax Americana
Trump's civic purpose in relighting the flames of patriotism
September 21, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Trump's civic purpose in relighting the flames of patriotism
Best cover of APSA?
September 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Best cover of APSA?
Just checking in to see how America is doing...
September 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just checking in to see how America is doing...
Point me to the barricades.
August 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Point me to the barricades.
Bridleway Revisited
August 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Bridleway Revisited
