Reposted by Charles MathewesChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 30/09/2026This is priceless. Check out how local news is reporting on Sen Eric Schmidt’s clown-show grilling of Jack Smith. They found Jack Smith at the game… “Top corner, section 109, row 1. In fact, that seat doesn’t even exist in Atlanta.” 831194786134
Reposted by Charles MathewesMerle Eisenberg @merleeisenberg.bsky.social · 27/09/2026New thread on various aspects of university budgets at top 50 research universities. It is all available online via HERD (ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/high...). There is a time lag to collected data, but such as it is. One budget fact per day until I get bored.ncses.nsf.govHigher Education Research and Development (HERD) Survey 2024 | NCSES | NSFHigher Education Research and Development Survey 172
Reposted by Charles MathewesDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026In which I take issue with the notion that colleges place too high a value on writing. danieldrezner.substack.com/p/im-a-colle...danieldrezner.substack.comI’m a College Professor. Writing is Pretty Damn Important.It’s hardly the only thing -- but it’s a very important thing! 610519
Reposted by Charles MathewesJill Lawrence @jilldlawrence.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A good case from @dickpolman.bsky.social that this man’s selfish short-sightedness set us on path to where we are today. Excruciating insights on the wreckage of a legacy. dickpolman.substack.com/p/ralph-nade...dickpolman.substack.comRalph Nader is still a pariah. He deserves to be.Tilting the ‘00 race to Bush was his original sin. We’re still suffering the consequences. 23852797
Reposted by Charles MathewesJoey Politano🏳️🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Official monthly data is in, and US solar power generation hit a new record high, up 21% compared to this time last year! 161148240
Reposted by Charles MathewesMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 16568301874
Reposted by Charles MathewesFast Casual TBogg+ @tbogg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Eric Schmitt before his whole world collapsed…static.klipy.comBasketball Shot FailALT: Basketball Shot Fail 2464
Reposted by Charles MathewesDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Aaron is not underrating this. It's cinema. The sly smirk when Schmitt thinks he's gotten Smith to perjure himself. The hasty vanishing of the sign. Klobuchar getting Kennedy to hold it up. Schmitt getting LOUD and ANGRY when Klobuchar points out he mixed up the Hawks and Hawkeyes. 1262791541
Reposted by Charles MathewesDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Bessent has now transformed himself into the Baghdad Bob of bonds.” paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-beclow...paulkrugman.substack.comThe Beclowning of Scott BessentAnother Trump enabler pays the price 819448
Reposted by Charles MathewesBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One obvious point about the Republican rats desperately deserting the sinking Trump ship: They're still rats. 361021163
Reposted by Charles MathewesThe Onion @theonion.com · 28/09/2026What’s Rustling In That Leaf Pile? 211567297
Reposted by Charles MathewesEduardo Porter @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The backlash against AI and its data centers is built on a profound discomfort. It's fueled by a brooding distrust of a political system that allowed a clutch of weird, sci-fi addled plutocrats to pursue a civilization-threatening project behind people’s backs. www.theguardian.com/technology/n...theguardian.comDemocracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’ 2185
Reposted by Charles MathewesPhil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Iowa has had a Republican governor for the last 16 years. He could have retired at any time after he turned 77. 1628448
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Finished Neagley S.1 last night. It's a good show! I love Reacher, but Neagley is very much worth your while too, esp if you like shows about people who talk through their problems, and share their vulnerabilities unprompted by stress or pressure. 110
Reposted by Charles MathewesMecklenburg County Democratic Committee of Virginia @mcdcva.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Hey @cvilledems.bsky.social We too are sick and tired of Rep. John McGuire here in VA-05. It's time for Tom! 242
Reposted by Charles MathewesQueenCityJamz @queencityjamz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Yeah man, that's how it worked forever. Your job didn't get to dominate your life and suck free labor off of you 24/7. 1284
Reposted by Charles Matheweslastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The old line that analytic philosophy is answering questions that come naturally to toddlers via methods that come naturally to lawyers remains undefeated. 7556105
Reposted by Charles MathewesSolomon @solomonrmissouri.com · 24/09/2026lol lol lol lol lol lol lol 913442931
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Give it up for Gen X, handshakes all around my peeps 011
Reposted by Charles Mathewesjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026this is a genuinely crazy story 11955291178
Reposted by Charles MathewesSchuyler VanValkenburg @scvanvalkenburg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Had a great conversation with some of my colleagues at St. Paul's Faith & Public Policy Dinner and Panel last week. It was a wide ranging conversation about service, our backgrounds, our world views and more. Really enjoyed it! 021
Reposted by Charles MathewesThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 22/09/2026Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) is calling for the Senate to investigate the business dealings and relationships of presidential family members, including a report that a Russian oligarch helped pay for the wedding after-party of Donald Trump Jr. wapo.st/4hfSI7Rwashingtonpost.comRepublican Sen. John Curtis calls for investigation of Donald Trump Jr.The Utah senator is asking the Judiciary Committee to probe business dealings of presidential family members, also including Hunter Biden. 1312323
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026These people are our elected representatives, and they are the kind of people that reality TV is made about. 010
Reposted by Charles MathewesThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/09/2026The Campaign for North Africa, a staggeringly complicated World War II board game, has baffled players for decades. Now two guys in England are giving it a serious go.nyti.msCan Two Friends Complete a Game No One Has Ever Finished?The Campaign for North Africa, a staggeringly complicated World War II board game, has stymied players for decades. Now two guys in England are giving it a serious go. 76611
Reposted by Charles MathewesDean Frey @dean.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Happy birthday Daniel Lanois 🎂 📷 Lynn Goldsmith, 1988 Lanois has won seven Grammy Awards as a producer, including three for Album of the Year. Bob Dylan, Time Out Of Mind, 1998 album.link/y/OLAK5uy_ld... 132
Reposted by Charles MathewesPhil Yabut @philliefan99.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The sun shines at sunrise on the Lincoln Memorial statue for a short time around the equinoxes. #dc #cwshare @capitalweather.com 217734
Reposted by Charles MathewesBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 19/09/2026whole conversation here: conversationswithbillkristol.org/conversation...conversationswithbillkristol.orgHow Big a Wave?/w David AxelrodHow big a wave in the 2026 midterms? 2335
Reposted by Charles MathewesDr. Annie Andrews @drannieandrews.com · 17/09/2026I'm running for him. 17443112
Reposted by Charles MathewesShana @shanamd.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I am SORRY for sharing something that was posted on the other place, but this is too good. 160185263415
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026This is a good review www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/b...nytimes.comWhy the Rich and Powerful Have Become So Fatalistic (Gift Article)In “End Times Fascism,” Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor argue that apocalyptic ideology has taken hold over American elites. 010
Reposted by Charles MathewesAdam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 16/09/2026NEW: Impeach them. ALL of them. www.thebulwark.com/p/impeach-th...thebulwark.comImpeach Them. All of Them.Hegseth is only the beginning. 26671130
Reposted by Charles MathewesBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 16/09/2026“A series of impeachments would destabilize the Trump administration…This works best if Trump himself is not impeached. Democrats can claim they’re merely going after government corruption by underlings, not fighting the will of the great and good American people.” open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...open.substack.comImpeach Them. All of Them.Hegseth is only the beginning. 1002142490
Reposted by Charles MathewesDave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This isn't my lane, but the Ms. Rachel/majority view seems to be "not funding Israel's wars would make American Jews safer." You could respond by saying this is defeatist/letting the terrorists win/whatever. But instead the response is "every war critic HATES JEWS" and come on, nobody buys that. 20109879
Reposted by Charles MathewesOSV News @osvnews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Online antisemitic attacks against Jewish biblical scholar likely coordinated by known actors, say expertsosvnews.comOnline antisemitic attacks against Jewish biblical scholar likely coordinated by known actors, say expertsMany online antisemitic attacks against Amy-Jill Levine of the Catholic Biblical Association, appear to be part of ongoing anti-Israel, anti-Jewish campaigns. 186
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 15/09/2026He is absolutely right, a great essay, especially to share with students 020
Reposted by Charles MathewesDavid Watkins @djw172.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Very bizarre notion of what voting means. It's a big country filled with all manner of scumbags and idiots, and you usually just get two viable options. If we all treated a vote for candidate X as an abandonment of any values not exemplified by X, no one would ever vote. 1413
Reposted by Charles MathewesScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I can't stand this kind of "I'm not saying I want the Republican to win, I'm just saying I want the Democrat to lose" evasive non-sequitur, but it's also a dispositive tell that the person making the argument knows perfectly well that they're advocating an indefensible position 59873144
Reposted by Charles MathewesIan Hussey @ianhussey.mmmdata.io · 17/06/2026Retractionwatch coverage of this article retractionwatch.com/2026/06/16/t... @grinschglsandra.bsky.social @malte.the100.ci @jamiecummins.bsky.socialretractionwatch.comJournal investigating paper on cognitive impact of generative AIA paper about the effects of generative AI use on confidence in work tasks is under investigation after critics raised questions about the study design, data analysis and ethics approval for the re… 3359
Reposted by Charles MathewesBrian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · 12/09/2026The cover-up is always worse than the crime? Harvard's latest filing says that Gino manipulated a file to cover-up fabrication, hid the laptop used to do it during the discovery process, and did more [redacted] destruction of evidence after being compelled by the court to share the laptop. 38130
Reposted by Charles MathewesJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I just bought a subscription to the @washingtonsun.bsky.social. I'm thrilled that so many excellent former WaPo reporters landed there, and I'm very much looking forward to both their national and local DC coverage. washingtonsun.comwashingtonsun.comThe Washington Sun • WashingtonSun.comThe Washington Sun covers politics and policy and the people who shape life in Washington — not just at the White House and in Congress, but at the Wilson Building, at Northwest Stadium and in the nei... 520359
Reposted by Charles MathewesTrevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This is seismic news for fisheries scientists. Northern cod is *the* iconic symbol of total fisheries collapse due to overfishing (and other factors) *and* the iconic symbol of a complete failure to recover for decades afterwards. This is like announcing the complete recovery of bison on land. 8576752174
Reposted by Charles MathewesTim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Trump's actual 9/11 experience was expressing giddiness about owning the suddenly tallest building left standing in lower Manhattanyoutube.comDonald Trump on 9 /11 bragging that his building is now tallest in NYCYouTube video by Mike Lux 29925
Charles Mathewes @ctmathewes.bsky.social · 07/09/2026There are grownups at Western Michigan University, we should all be more like them. www.cbssports.com/college-foot...cbssports.comAcceptance over outrage: Inside how Western Michigan leaders dealt with controversial loss to MichiganWestern Michigan leadership accepted the Big Ten replay ruling that led to Michigan's walk-off touchdown, choosing to move forward rather than fight a controversial finish 120
Reposted by Charles MathewesCapital Weather @capitalweather.com · 05/09/2026DC reached 90+ the first four days of September, for the first time since 2015. But our seventh heat wave is over. Are the 90s also done? Latest thoughts on that: www.capitalweather.com/dcs-seventh-...capitalweather.comDC’s seventh heat wave is over. Are the 90s also done?After four days of 90s to start September, DC is now at 49 days at or above 90. Another round of near-90 heat may arrive before the season ends. 2536