Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 4hWhat a fabulous project and good job on your nominations! 020
Reposted by Christina Wolbrechtdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 8hthis isn't who we used to pretend to be 202175386
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 12hNew working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854 7660582577
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 15hHard to overstate how much Hegseth's execution stream mirrors the U.S. military's traditional description of ISIS propaganda: broadcast killings designed to send a message, strike fear and create a social media spectacle. Will almost certainly be repurposed by online terror cells 611996744
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtEric Levai @ericlevai.bsky.social · 23hNow THIS is how you write a story. Devastating. 16664661900
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtHans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 15hSelf promotion: Shrinking local media reduces party elite primary coordination. Party is less likely to decide where media congruence with the district discourages local coverage. Greater congruence encourages coordination around a single candidate. journals.sagepub.com/share/KYJRI9... #polisky 1199
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtPolitical Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Did Biden’s 2024 exit reshape electoral outcomes? @mattmotta.bsky.social, Trujillo, @stecula.bsky.social, Callaghan, @ophiryotam.bsky.social & @drorwalter.bsky.social examine panel data, finding no turnout effects but higher excitement and Democratic engagement. Read more: buff.ly/q2pN1n9 #polsci 055
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Um, I actually support CHRISTINA nationalism and believe we should all advocate for the opinions I hold, but the article is about CHRISTIAN nationalism. (This is why I don't handwrite holiday cards -- I end up wishing everyone a Merry Christina!) 0150
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Check out this great new article about how religious elites can effectively limit identification with Christina nationalism by superstar Notre Dame graduate student Amy Brooke Grauley! You're going to want to be hiring her soon. 083
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtProf Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 08/10/2026RFK Jr is funding a grotesquely unethical study on newborn babies in Guinea-Bissau; ethicists, pediatricians, clinical trial experts, & infectious disease experts are calling this horrific trial The New Tuskegee. It is unethical to withhold a life saving intervention from half of newborns FFS. 18382210
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I don’t think there’s a right answer here, everything is on the margins, etc. 020
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I don’t disagree. I think the problem for job candidates is there’s a high chance the paper will be rejected, perhaps bw when you submit your materials and get an interview. And then if someone asks you’ve got explain, hopefully by saying it’s under review somewhere else, but still… 140
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My advice has always been to not list where you have an article under review since anyone can submit anything anywhere. But definitely list where you have an R&R because that is an endorsement of the quality of your research. Disagree about the former? 170
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The list of attacks on American higher ed that need to be confronted and stopped is a long one. 010
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 08/10/2026And more fundamentally, a problematic way to weigh the value of a college eduction! 020
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 06/10/2026Among the many bad signs for Republicans next month, there's this. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar... 1526935
Reposted by Christina Wolbrechtkottke.org @kottke.org · 08/10/2026Mamdani’s “Richard Scarry Socialism” Can Make City Life Simple Again. “It is an astonishing indictment of our times that the cities of our picture books can seem like a radical utopia.” [currentaffairs.org]currentaffairs.orgMamdani’s “Richard Scarry Socialism” Can Make City Life Simple AgainThe NYC mayor is trying to build a city that functions like a city in a children's picture book, where people aren’t caught in a web of lies and scams. 1275
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 08/10/2026they did the thing 251160973682
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 08/10/2026This story almost broke me. Today's class topic was the rise of extreme political masculinity (manosphere, testosterone, etc) and we included rape and violence against women in politics as a clear consequence. 1342
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/10/2026Margaret Hamilton, who led the 100-person team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, has died.nyti.msMargaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has DiedMargaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90. 342079870
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtNoah Rosenblum @narosenblum.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I keep waiting for more coverage of this. Affirmative action for men is out of control. The silence from the “merit first” types on this really undercuts their integrity 28514
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtPS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Now on FirstView: "Viewed through this lens, tariffs serve to revive male fortunes and, through that, the male-as-breadwinner family model." shorturl.at/XJLG0 #polisky 042
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 06/10/2026so many amicable solutions to gang rape you know 020
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtJacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Civil rights leader Fannie Lou Hamer was born on this day in 1917. “Nobody's free until everybody's free.” 210233
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 06/10/2026🚨New Cambridge Element🚨 "Gender and Local Political Ambition" by @cwolbrecht.bsky.social @mirya.bsky.socialLakshmi Iyer, Samantha Chapa, Fiona Rodger, & Emma Schroeder, part of the Gender and Politics series, is out now! Read for free until 15 October at cup.org/4AMQA0s #PoliSci #NewBooks 095
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I unironically love videos of people learning they won the Nobel prize. 1140
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Said wife is also on the Stanford med school faculty and seemed pretty stoked, but your point is taken. 260
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And made his kids sandwiches for their lunches the same morning. Get it together, Jeff. 1110
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Doc says eye twitch likely a result of either caffeine, too little sleep, or stress, so I guess I’m living with it. 7391
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtJay Kuo @nycjayjay.bsky.social · 05/10/2026This is a community note for the ages. 6659151176
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/10/2026The number of Democratic women in the House could hit a historic high if they win control of Congress during the midterm elections.nyti.msDemocrats Expect Record Number of Women in Party in House After Midterm ElectionsDemocrats are increasingly confident they will have a record number of women serving in the House next year, after backing women in competitive districts they are now positioned to win. 210924
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 05/10/2026We are never ever going to be done fighting for our rights. 0104
Reposted by Christina WolbrechtKyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Happy to announce that our department is looking to hire two new colleagues at the Asst Professor level, one in American politics, specializing in public law, legal studies, administrative law and/or law and courts, the second in political behavior and/or political psychology. Ad links in reply. 188
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 05/10/2026the kid who gets sucked up the tube haunts me! 010
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 05/10/2026static.klipy.comGood Day, Sir!ALT: Good Day, Sir! 470