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David Mitchell

@davemitchellucf.bsky.social
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Associate professor of city management & MPA director at the University of Central Florida. I study how city managers achieve goals via strategy, budgeting, collaboration, & learning. KU Jayhawk alum x2.

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Politico @politico.com · 14/07/2026
French soccer team arrives in Dallas on an ICE deportation jet
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French soccer team arrives in Dallas on an ICE deportation jet
Less than an hour after dropping off Les Bleus in Dallas, the plane departed for Texas to conduct another deportation flight to Mexico.
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ACLU @aclu.org · 22/04/2026
Kahlil Gibran is one of the best-selling poets of all time. Inspired by his experience as a Lebanese American immigrant, Kahlil’s work earned him a reputation as a key voice of Arabic literary modernism and the Arab diaspora. His writings continue to resonate with people around the world.
Quotation inside a border: "'How can I lose faith in the justice of life, when the dreams of those who sleep upon feathers are not more beautiful than the dreams of those who sleep upon the earth?' KAHLIL GIBRAN, Poet and visual artist." The border contains text that says "Arab American Heritage Month" and "ACLU".Portrait inside a border of Kahlil Gibran, who is writing and looking into the distance. The border contains text that says "Arab American Heritage Month" and "ACLU".
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The public has been screaming for authenticity for years…only a few beyond Trump have capitalized.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
And there is no Director in place. No one else at NSF is a political appointee. What are they doing?
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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Not the main point here, but I do not ever recall a federal agency making significant programmatic and personnel changes as a result of the PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL, which does not change any law or funding allocations. Congress hasn't acted yet. What are we doing here?
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I am happy to share the first of multiple research articles examining the social equity dimensions of priority-based budgeting. Thanks to @journalpa.bsky.social for publishing this work and to my wonderful co-authors, Kaelan Boyd and Meagan Jordan!
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Mrs. Detective PikaBOO, Esq. @clapifyoulikeme.favrd.social · 07/02/2026
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Summer Olympics: Who can run the fastest? :)
Who can swim the fastest? :) Who can do the best somersault? :)
Winter Olympics: WHO CAN MAKE IT TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ICE SLIDE OF DEATH AND SURVIVE?? WHO CAN GET AROUND THE RINK WITHOUT GETTING THEIR HANDS SLICED OFF BY EVERYONE ELSE'S FEET BLADES?? CAN THIS GUY DO A 1080 DEGREE
FLIP WITHOUT DYING??
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Summer Triathlon: Don't run too fast, you have to save your energy for a swim and a bike ride! :)
Winter Biathlon: I see you've been skiing for five miles now here's your gun
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 29/01/2026
Not just any journalist, she won the goddamn Triple Crown of broadcast journalism (an Emmy, a Peabody, and a Murrow) in 2024 for her reporting on Gaza. This is textbook censorship of the highest degree
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 16/12/2025
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year. (Published July 2024)
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School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
“For years, universities and colleges have been trying to keep the number of men and women on campuses evened out at a time when a growing number of men have been choosing not to go to college.”
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Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Poll: In a dramatic shift, Americans no longer see four-year college degrees as worth the cost www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
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Trita Parsi @tparsi.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
When Arab officials privately - and increasingly publicly - state that Israel and not Iran is the source of instability in the region, this is why: During a year-long "truce" between Israel and Lebanon, Israel violated it 10,000 times!
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Orlando Sentinel @orlandosentinel.com · 07/11/2025
State DOGE audit finds UCF most-efficient university, New College the least trib.al/yhfZxkw
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State DOGE audit finds UCF most-efficient university, New College the least
The audit, which Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered in February, looked into spending at Florida’s 12 public universities, concluding that the Orlando university got the “most results” fro…
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
My old neighborhood!
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The Onion @theonion.com · 19/10/2025
Zohran Mamdani Refuses To Share Plan For Making Rich Richer
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Zohran Mamdani Refuses To Share Plan For Making Rich Richer
NEW YORK—Casting doubt on the mayoral candidate’s ability to effectively carry out the duties of the office, critics assailed New York State Rep. Zohran Mamdani Friday for refusing to share his plan t...
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Liz Neeley @lizneeley.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Solidarity!! Last week, Indiana University fired the director of student media & halted print on the Indiana Daily Student newspaper. Yesterday, Purdue’s student paper printed the banned edition & drove two hours to deliver it. Incredible www.heraldtimesonline.com/story/news/l...
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Purdue student journalists deliver special 'solidarity' newspaper to IU Bloomington campus
The special edition blasted across town features columns from IDS and Exponent editors, alongside QR codes to support both student papers.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/10/2025
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
(around an image of the No Kings logo) IT’S OFFICIAL

Nearly 7 million people have attended today's peaceful protests, which makes No Kings Day the biggest single-day protest against tyranny in American history!

With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, No Kings Day was 14 times larger than both of Trump's presidential inaugurations (combined).
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Administrators at Indiana University baselessly fired the student media director and ordered the student paper to cease its print edition, so it'd sure be a shame if this excellent digital front page were to be widely shared today issuu.com/idsnews/docs...
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 13/10/2025
Lowering the flag was once a relatively rare symbol of public mourning and respect. It has now “become a largely empty gesture, illegible to the broader public and ultimately ignored,” Justin Murphy argues:
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Stop Lowering the Flag
The symbol of public mourning loses its meaning when it’s used too much.
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
UCF students leading the path to phone-free "reconnection" www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...
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Can College Students Stand to Ditch Their Phones for an Hour or So?
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I hate to say I told you so but… www.ynetnews.com/article/sjje...
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨 I'm excited to share fresh research on the impact of enhanced public engagement on the success of priority-based budgeting efforts! Some in @GFOA's Rethinking Budget initiative have seen this research, but I am happy to broaden the audience.
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Welcome to Dr. Heim! ccie.ucf.edu/2025/08/08/u...
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UCF School of Public Administration Welcomes New Director
Bradley Heim joins the College of Community Innovation and Education from Indiana University’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs.
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Christine Zhang @christinezhang.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
last friday, job gains from May+June were revised down by a total of ~258,000. the downward revisions hit virtually every sector, but jobs in state+local government were revised down the most story by @bencasselman.bsky.social about why revisions happen, 📊📈 by Keith Collins+me 🎁 nyti.ms/4fpAbEI
A bar chart showing the combined revisions to job growth for months of May and June, by sector
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Brian @pithyremark.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
It is remarkable how much appetite there is for “explainer” videos online and how little Democrats have tried to leverage it to turn their “good policy is good politics” theory into action
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Betsey Stevenson @betseystevenson.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
American is a service-based economy: Let's take a look at job growth in private sector goods and services over the past 75 years. Spoiler: it's almost all in services. We are not going to even make a dent in this trend. In fact, we may push it further.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 04/07/2025
But he did not "select 'Black/African American'." He selected "Black *or* African American" AND "Asian" AND wrote in "Ugandan." He literally told them all he could about his true "ethnicity/race," which is literally what they asked for on the form.
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The story of my wife’s (and now my) family. Now relevant with all of the manufactured Momdani controversies. Read the whole thread, it’s worth it to understand Momdani’s background.
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Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Last thing I’m saying about this: way more annoying that U.S. commentariat still don’t know the differences between race, ethnicity, and nationality or how to talk about them w/ nuance, than that any mixed culture immigrant kids fumbles to check one of this country’s imprecise made up boxes.
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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
I know this is beside the point (which is the NYT bias and ethics) but it's also an inane insinuation given that Mamdani was a faculty kid. He tried to fool the Columbia admissions office, who were familiar with his parents, by checking a box on his application??
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
My recent book chapter ties together a decade of my municipal strategy implementation research, emphasizing organizational alignment & project management. The chapter is useful for practitioners, scholars, & MPA instructors alike; feel free to distribute widely! www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Mamdani never said it. But, if they're playing the "condemnathon" which only has Muslims and POC as contestants, let's expand it. Dear Rep. Jeffries, you offer unconditional support for Israel. Does that mean you support Israel's war crimes & the genocidal comments made by Israeli leaders?
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
1,500+ at our Townhall in Wichita, Kansas this morning. Working people across the nation are pissed off about this rigged economy, and they’re showing up. Wichita’s Congressman refuses to host a Townhall, so we pulled up instead.
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 29/06/2025
We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.
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Attacks on Muslims flood mainstream after Mamdani win
Openly racist rhetoric has become normalized at the highest levels of American politics.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Thought experiment: why are elected officials who say "I stand with Israel" not asked about, for example, Israeli soldiers firing at people lining up to get food? Why does this notion of extended accountability apply to language and not actual violence?
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Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
If you’re tired of hearing all the Jews on here relentlessly scream about the weaponization of our existence and how it’s being used to fuel Islamophobia *and* antisemitism THINK ABOUT HOW TIRED WE FEEL having to say it.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
16 million people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda, including 231,000 people in Indiana. Policymakers should protect people’s health care, not cut it.
231,000 people in Indiana would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
16 million people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda, including 2,405,000 people in Florida. Policymakers should protect people’s health care, not cut it.
2,405,000 people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
16 million people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda, including 460,000 people in Illinois. Policymakers should protect people’s health care, not cut it.
460,000 people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda.
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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
16 million people would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda, including 74,000 people in Kansas. Policymakers should protect people’s health care, not cut it.
74,000 people in Kansas would lose health coverage and become uninsured under the Republican health agenda.
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
My latest project management research with Andrew Grandage is out at Public Administration Quarterly, highlighting that critical success factors affect project outcomes such as completion, time, and cost differently. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
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Fight or Flight: The Impact of Post-Tenure Evaluations on Faculty Productivity and Selection
30 Pages Posted: 19 May 2025
Simon Quach
University of Southern California

Zhengyi Yu
University of Southern California - Department of Economics

Date Written: May 15, 2025

Abstract
This paper examines the labor market effects of Florida's 2022 post-tenure review policy, which weakened tenure protections at public universities. Using a differencein-differences approach, we compare faculty outcomes in Florida to nearby states. We find the policy increased faculty exits-particularly among high-performing researchers-indicating a brain drain rather than improved selection. Additionally, we detect no productivity gains among incumbents and observe a decline in the research output of new hires. Overall, the findings suggest that reducing tenure protections negatively affects the research capacity and competitiveness of public universities.
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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.net · 17/05/2025
🚨URGENT RESPONSE CALL🚨 🌪️23 LIVES WERE LOST OVERNIGHT AS TORNADOS HIT KY. KY has one of several regions in the US without 24/7 National Weather Service coverage, due to DOGE cuts. W/out overnight monitoring, ppl don't receive weather warnings. THIS is how science cuts cost lives. shorturl.at/JgTjU
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Multiple deaths reported in Somerset and London due to late night tornadoes UPDATED
The towns of Somerset and London have been hit particularly hard with many homes and buildings damaged in the early morning hours.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
73% of mothers with kids under 18 are in the workforce. More than flowers or brunch, working moms need: -Paid family leave -Equal pay -Universal childcare (But get your mom flowers, too)
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KU Alumni Association @kualumni.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Hey, #KUAlumni — we've landed on BlueSky, and we're here to help you stay connected to the Hill. If you're on BlueSky, give us a wave, repost or reply to let us know you're here! 👋 #RockChalk #Jayhawk #KU
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Karen @flkaren.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
@maddow.msnbc.com Pictures from the protest in Lake Mary Florida today.
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David Mitchell @davemitchellucf.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
I'm happy to see a warm reception for the project management article that I co-authored with Andrew Grandage, published in 2023 by Public Budgeting and Finance!
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
'Bluesky has overtaken its flailing rival X in hosting posts related to new academic research, indicating the platform is fast becoming the go-to place for scholars to share their work.'
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X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research
Data indicates more scholars turning to alternative social media site to post about their work after Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
My statement on being denied tenure at the Medill School of Journalism drive.google.com/file/d/1BBBI...
Please use the link in the post for a link to the full text shown in this image
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Orlando Weekly @orlandoweekly.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
UCF students organize events for Black History Month since the university won’t acknowledge it www.orlandoweekly.com/news/ucf-stu...
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UCF students organize events for Black History Month since the university won’t acknowledge it
The University of Central Florida has publicly celebrated Black History Month in the past. Not this year
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