amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 4hThe persecution of Rep. Omar is making her a sympathetic figure—even to those of us who profoundly disagree with her. 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 13/10/2026Need something new to get mad about? I’ve got you covered. We NEED this research. I explain why in the video and linked article below. 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Trying something new! Here’s a short video about the article I wrote on why funding social science research is important. Here’s a link to the article, give it a read and maybe subscribe--it's mostly about vice presidents. It's fun, informative, and FREE! aaronmannes.substack.com/p/cutting-so... 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 12/10/2026The NSF has eliminated funding for social science. This is a huge mistake and will cost the U.S. and really the world dearly. I wrote about this last week and I’ll keep repeating it: social science is just as essential as the other sciences. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/cutting-so... 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Just a fantastic thread on the literary richness of Watership Down! Thank you @snufkinlib.bsky.social! 010
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The administration is eviscerating funding for social science research at the NSF. The social sciences may get a bad rap, but as I explain in today’s post, if you want the best technology you are going to need social science. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/cutting-so... 000
Reposted by @amannes.bsky.socialBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026In theory there may be people who obsess over “Zionists” controlling American politics who aren’t anti-Semites but at this point I pretty much assume anyone speaking this way is one step away at best from going full ZOG. 1983675
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The Trump administration is cutting funding for social science research funding. BAD IDEA! If we want the best AI, we need good social science to make sure the technology works for people. And what’s with the retro science fiction image—well read on! aaronmannes.substack.com/p/cutting-so...aaronmannes.substack.comCutting Social Science When We Need It More Than EverThrowback Thursday 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Brazil’s VP isn't much of a factor in the upcoming run-off elections. This was no surprise. The surprise was that Brazil’s President brought him into the government and made him a partner. Most presidents worldwide, don’t! Why was this time different? aaronmannes.substack.com/p/the-future... 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Unlike most other presidents in Brazil (or anywhere really), Lula has built a strong relationship with his VP—like the best POTUS-VP partnerships. Does it matter for the election: not really. But it could matter for Brazil’s future. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/the-future...aaronmannes.substack.comThe Future of Brazil Hangs in Balance: Does the Vice President Matter?A Vice President that matters and a challenger that’s a chump! 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 06/10/2026The administration has killed social science funding at NSF. This is awful. So many critical problems have a human element. Creating a vaccine is a life sciences problem. Getting people to take a vaccine is a social science problem. This example was cited long before Covid btw! 1/x 33012
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Enjoying my Sukkah for last time this season—I ponder the place of this joyous holiday, in the Jewish calendar. It follows the intense Days of Awe, in which we face up to our mortality and failings and repent. Sukkot is a relief and a reward. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/ecclesiast... 010
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It is the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a celebration of the harvest festival and of life. It is a time of joy. And yet, on this happiest of holidays we read the melancholy Ecclesiastes—why? My thoughts here. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/ecclesiast...aaronmannes.substack.comEcclesiastes as Balm in a Troubled TimeThrowback Thursday 010
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 01/10/2026For context on the Trump-XI summit, we’ve done a deep dive into VPs and China. In part 2 we look at Mondale, Bush, and Gore—the last quarter of the 20th century. Engagement with China deepened, with the U.S. striving to make and keep things friendly. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/when-veeps... 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026aaronmannes.substack.com/p/when-veeps...aaronmannes.substack.comWhen Veeps Go to China: Relationship ManagementPart 2 of 3 on U.S. Vice Presidents and Sino-American Relations: The 1980s and 1990s 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is such great and important news. Thanks Marco! 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You don't often see a U.S. Senator get completely owned on live TV, that's what just happened to MO Sen. Eric Schmitt. @donmoyn.bsky.social has an excellent explainer of this epic self-own. 020
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looking at VPs and China (in the wake of Trump-Xi summit). As VP Nixon saw the need to establish relations with China. VP Agnew could’ve derailed the effort. More coming: next post will look at VPs Bush through Gore, when hopes were high for Chinese reform. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/when-veeps... 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026After last week’s Trump-Xi summit, I thought it would be neat to look at vice presidents and China. There’s a lot going on. Part one of three, this post looks at the Nixon and Agnew approaches to China. Talk about a study in contrasts. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/when-veeps...aaronmannes.substack.comWhen Veeps Go To ChinaPart 1 of 3 on U.S. Vice Presidents and Sino-American Relations 000
Reposted by @amannes.bsky.socialMelissa Kutner @melissannbee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nah, I think the antihero thing was a highbrow phenomenon across the board. Which is worth thinking about in its own right. Breaking Bad’s viewership was not impressive until the very end and even then it was still only like half of NCIS’s in the same period. 021
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 25/09/2026We’ve got some big stuff coming soon on vice presidents and China (Sino-Veepology)! In the meantime yesterday’s Throwback Thursday on South Sudan is timely—as that nation may be heading back into civil war—and illustrates why we study the Veep! aaronmannes.substack.com/p/south-suda... 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026While all eyes are on Trump-Xi or Iran—the President of South Sudan just dismissed the government and all of the country’s vice presidents. So for Throwback Thursday, I’m re-upping a post on how that country’s multiple VPs reflect their troubled politics. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/south-suda...aaronmannes.substack.comSouth Sudan's Game of VeepsThrowback Thursday 002
Reposted by @amannes.bsky.socialJay Rayner @jayrayner1.bsky.social · 21/09/2026On the BBC News Katya Adler has just described Germany, where the far right AFD keep winning elections, as entering 'uncharted political territory'. Hmmm. Where Germany is concerned I think that territory is pretty well charted. 563914735
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This whole thread on regulating AI, by the excellent and insightful @faineg.com! We need to junk the existential thinking both by AI advocates AND doomers, and focus on the real need for focused and technically informed safety and security regulations, practices, and standards. 052
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 18/09/2026There is a gap between the risk perception of experts and the public, particularly w/poorly understood and unpredictable things—like new tech. Usually experts ignore public concerns or try to address them. Now AI experts are playing up the deepest fears. Why? aaronmannes.substack.com/p/are-we-all... 000
Reposted by @amannes.bsky.socialCaitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What would you like to hold for your portrait? Maybe a little bird? Perhaps a cup-and-ball? A wee drum? No. Fetch my sword. (American, 1841, attributed to Henry Inman) www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2399684... 1315436
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Imagine candy industry executives saying they needed to be stopped, their candy was too good and would destroy everyone's health? Crazy, right? But that’s what some AI leaders are doing. We have some research that sheds light on this weirdness. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/are-we-all...aaronmannes.substack.comAre we all gonna die? AI Risk and Risk PerceptionA Techy Throwback Thursday 000
Reposted by @amannes.bsky.socialJosh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026new comics curmudgeon post! joshreads.com/2026/0... MEANWHILE, someone is heaping praise on Mary Worth, right now, and there's nothing you can do about it 7212
Reposted by @amannes.bsky.socialFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 15/09/2026Combatants are hunting civilians from the sky with small drones more than ever before - and the international community isn’t doing enough to stop it. My latest on the ways we can protect civilians from drones, written with Nathaniel Raymond of @hrl-yalesph.bsky.social :foreignpolicy.comThe Laws of War Must Change for the Drone AgeHunting civilians from the sky is growing disturbingly common. 14531214
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026But we elected Donald Trump, a man who drive six businesses into the ground. The Simpsons predicted this! 001
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Is Dame Judi Dench the Betty White of England? 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Today marks a quarter-century since 9/11. For Americans, and many others, things went from pretty good to terrifying. It triggered a cascade of terrible things. In the face of the vast impersonal forces unleashed, seek out hope, look for the helpers. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/911-findin... 001
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Tomorrow will have been a quarter century since 9/11. I'll spare the geopolitics for now. For all the horrors of the day, we saw the better side of people. Let’s remember that. As Fred Rogers advised: Look to the helpers. Better, become a helper. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/911-findin...aaronmannes.substack.com9/11 Finding Help and HopeThrowback Thursday 010
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Social engineering or patronage, Vance’s plan for financial support to stay-at-home moms (at the expense of single working moms) is a big play. Other VPs are doing big stuff. Duterte made bail in the Philippines and Colombia’s new VP is heading to Israel! aaronmannes.substack.com/p/busy-veeps... 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026JD Vance is making a big policy play on subsidizing stay-at-home moms. The Philippines VP posted bail as her impeachment trial continues. VP of Colombia is heading to Israel to rebuild that relationship. It’s a pretty exciting Veeply Roundup! aaronmannes.substack.com/p/busy-veeps...aaronmannes.substack.comBusy Veeps Making Policy, Bail, and Big TripsVeeply Roundup checking in on JD Vance, the Philippines, and Colombia 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Vance doesn’t have much juice in the Trump administration—he’s losing allies. Does it matter? The daily doings of Iran’s VP are shockingly normal. And in both Peru and Bolivia Veeps may matter quite a bit in the near future. It’s an overdue Veeply Roundup! aaronmannes.substack.com/p/busy-and-t...aaronmannes.substack.comBusy and Troubled Veeps in Iran, Latin America, and Right Here in the USAA super fun Veeply Round-up as Vance loses allies and Iran’s VP goes to meetings 011
Reposted by @amannes.bsky.socialTales From The Keane Compound @thekeanecompound.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Tales From The Keane Compound #707 0294
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Looks like Spencer Cox wants to be president. GOP 2028 is pretty crowded, which ironically is probably good news for Vance. 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Renaming Lake Ontario, the sheer pettiness of it. Almost a decade ago I wrote that a trade war with Canada is totally counterproductive. Here we are again. It’s a shitty way to treat a friend. aaronmannes.substack.com/p/bullying-f... 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Eight years ago—8 fucking years ago—I wrote how bullying Canada w/tariffs was mean and dumb. Here we are again. It’s still mean and dumb. Canada will be our neighbor forever. Why trash a friendly relationship and create endless problems for yourself? aaronmannes.substack.com/p/bullying-f...aaronmannes.substack.comBullying Friends: On Tariffs, Norms, and CanadaThrowback Thursday 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I dunno why, but this particular footnote may have broken my brain. 000
Reposted by @amannes.bsky.socialHarry Dunn @libradunn1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Wrong 80 year old 😔 Miss Dolly Parton 🫶🏽 2973669
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Really quite an achievement by the Trump administration. It took a lot of work to make South Koreans dislike the U.S. but he did it. 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I voted for W., McCain, and Romney — before Trump ruined the GOP. I am completely available for a sweet faculty gig. Also I’m local, no relocation costs. 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026This BS w/ Canada is Trump's standard playbook. Gin up a pointless crisis. Stop doing the stupid shit and claim he's brilliant for solving it. He did this w/ North Korea back in 2018 and about a gazillion times since. I don't know why Trump does this or what he gets out of it. But it's what he does. 000
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026And yet... I'm sure Bessent believes that he is quietly preventing the total blow-up of the global financial system. His memoirs will be an interesting read. They made be written on scraps of paper we read huddled around trash fires after it all blows up. 010
amannes.bsky.social @amannes.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Oh JD, I wish I could believe you. But, check down the hall. 000
Reposted by @amannes.bsky.socialKai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 21/08/2026He’s going to…bomb the bond market? 1321397222
