James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 1hI am once again asking if we actually have an institutional neutrality policy or if it’s just an excuse to shut down speech the admin doesn’t like. 120
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Julie Rose is rightly listed as the sole handling editor, since she did 99% of the work. But this is the first APSR piece to which I contributed a smidge of editorial guidance. It's really interesting, and I encourage you to check it out! 120
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonStefan Eich @stefeich.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New article just dropped in APSR! Leah Downey and yours truly on why people should stop using “democratize” when all they really mean is increasing market access. (Looking at you, economists! 👀) And, more positively, what a better vision of “democratization” looks like when applied to finance. 14519
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonJacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026New from @maschwar.bsky.social Melissa Schwartzberg, in response to Danielle Allen's repeated serious misreading of the moment and of the Trump administration's bad faith with respect to higher education. www.chronicle.com/article/dani...chronicle.comDanielle Allen Is Wrong About TrumpDealmaking under duress is always undemocratic. 12813
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Definitely not overreacting to polling numbers. 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm sure Tolkien is the direct influence on Beagle, but Tolkien was probably influenced in turn by E.R. Eddison, whose "The Worm Ouroboros" is one of the most extraordinary pieces of writing I've ever encountered. 101
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonBen Eidelson @beidelson.bsky.social · 28/09/20261/ The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights just released its report on campus antisemitism and Title VI. I testified at the hearing. The report is unanimous, bipartisan, & debunks the main legal theories behind recent attacks on universities for allegedly tolerating antisemitism. 🧵 27457
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The University of Chicago is searching for an Assistant Professor of Political Science, from any subfield, who works on climate politics! Job ad here:apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026[turns chair backwards, sits down]: Hey, kids! let's rap about the INJUSTICE of POVERTY and the nature of a GOOD SOCIETY! (two minutes later): Having distinguished strong from weak equalisandum claims, let us define a capability as a set of achievable functionings, or states of being or doing. 0345
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonJosh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026There's a lot to say about this, and other folks are saying most of it. I just want to focus on one thing: the claim about the relationship between universities and "the real world." 1527493
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My constructivist test of the Englishness of a footballer is: would the Scots take special delight in beating them? And I'm confident the answer is "yes" for every current player, men's and women's. 101
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982243351
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Political theorists, philosophers, lawyers: Join us at the annual NOMOS conference for an amazing line-up of presenters on "Free Speech and Its Critics," Sept. 25. Physically at the University of Virginia, but you can also attend online! And it's free to register! More here: political-theory.org 000
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonMicah Schwartzman @micahschwartzman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026In my capacity as secretary-treasurer of NOMOS: The American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, I'm happy to announce our upcoming conference. This is a hybrid event, and you can register here: www.political-theory.org/event-657172... 1188
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Allen Wood’s response to Parfitian method in moral philosophy: 081
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I grew up near Peekskill. I once had as my tennis doubles partner a guy who had spent the night of Aug 27-28, 1949, armed with a baseball bat, protecting Robeson from local fascist goons. Total mensch. (Good tennis player for a septuagenarian, too.) 041
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonTim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops 6277282026
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Even his goal today was straight at the keeper! 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026I left Facebook for this reason, and you can, too! 010
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Someone needs to tell Moore to kick *away* from the keeper. 000
Reposted by James Lindley Wilsonamulya.bsky.social @amulya.bsky.social · 20/08/2026My husband Drew wrote this at breakneck speed while moving cross-country and caring for an 8 month old, bc he felt it was necessary, ethically and politically, to correct the record. If you read Tyler Austin Harper's piece, I hope you'll read this. 10999314
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This is a chilling, if not surprising story. It’s a thorough and systematic effort figure out whether there’s any there there, any at all, behind one of the administration’s most terrifying displays of force during the past year. Nope. None. 15021
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonSara Hobolt @sarahobolt.bsky.social · 17/08/2026📢 LSE Political Theory job opening We’re looking for a political theorist to join us at @lsegovernment.bsky.social - it is an open rank search, so we welcome applications at Assistant, Associate or Full Professor level Reach out with questions & please share widely! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...jobs.lse.ac.ukAssistant/Associate/Professor in Political TheoryAssistant/Associate/Professor in Political Theory, , <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;">LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</p> <p style="margin:... 15059
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Don’t have anything insightful to say about the Arday case beyond this: we assign some cases to have profound symbolic meaning. But which cases we assign meaning is a choice. Firing of faculty in the US for wrongthink now is routine but does not shape the discourse. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/u...nytimes.comFlorida Professor Fired for Assigning a Profane Story, Lawsuit SaysSouth Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing. 20576137
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonBenjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Imagine being the president of university when the Trump administration detains one of your researchers for a made-up immigration violation. What would you do? If you answered "collaborate with the administration," congratulations, you could be president of Johns Hopkins University!cbsnews.comJohns Hopkins public health researcher had valid work authorization when detained by ICE, attorney saysA Johns Hopkins University public health researcher who federal immigration officers detained on July 28 has valid work authorization, her attorney said. 0154
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 01/08/2026After 20 years of legal practice while watching increase Republican lawlessness, my view is less abstract legal theorizing and more carving into a rock "if a proſecutour bringeth a cauſe without merit, then ſhall he ſerue the ſelfe-ſame ſentence which he ſought for the falſely accuſed." 13422106
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonFranz Berto @franzberto.bsky.social · 31/07/2026Philosophers, spread the word! The next Special Issue of The Philosophical Quarterly will be 'Philosophy and Climate Change' - Guest Editor Stephen Gardiner, call for papers here: academic.oup.com/pq/pages/cal... 16437
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonAmerican Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 20/07/2026From our FirstView: The Expressive Duty to Vote by CÉCILE FABRE. doi.org/10.1017/S000... 012
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Good thread on intra-Democratic politics 022
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonChris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Ian Wright saying we shouldn’t forget the way the Iranian team and the Somali referee were treated. Correct. 2107532055
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Can’t blame Simeone, he only uses his foot to kick people 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Iniesta looking on like why are you guys rushing the goal? 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026De Ketelaere feeling like an absolute legend for being the only guy to score against Spain in this tournament. 020
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy. 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026You may not like it—and if my feed is any indication, you don’t—but ninety minutes of scorelessness is what peak Spanish performance looks like. 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Racist-chant enjoyer Enzo Fernandez decides it's time to complain about the refereeing. 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Spain averaging one goal every three hours in World Cup finals. 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026This is probably what the France-Spain game would have looked like if France hadn’t given away the silly penalty. 000
Reposted by James Lindley WilsonScott Lemieux @lemieuxlgm.bsky.social · 19/07/2026I know a Watergate a day etc. etc., but there's no excuse for Trump inviting the Tates into the country and attempting to shield them from accountability not being a 5-alarm scandal 36217
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026For about the twentieth time this World Cup, Fox announcers refer vaguely to "world events" affecting football, desperate to avoid saying "the U.S. attacked Iran." 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Spain needs to figure out some words for its national anthem. Their fans have nothing to sing! 111
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Fellow upper midwesterners, I strongly advise wearing an N95 mask if you have to be outside. 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I'm not that fussed about the Argentinian team having a "Malvinas belongs to Argentina" banner on the field after the game, but it drives me bonkers thinking about all the Palestinian flags/banners that were kept out of stadiums to keep the football "non-political." 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Crushing but the late-game tactics basically begged for this result 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026My theory of the case for England after the Croatia game. Let’s see. 020
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Pickford apparently a big fan of the hydration break 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026As we’ve been saying, jogo bonito on full display 000
James Lindley Wilson @jameslwilson.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Didn’t know you were allowed to card Argentinian starters 021