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Jeff Anderson

@jefeja.bsky.social
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political scientist, professor at Georgetown U., father, music lover, biker, Gunner. RT may or may not = endorsement. Posts represent my views, not those of my employer.

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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
an AI story… #AcademicSky I was playing around with Gemini, the AI program that my university has partnered with, for the first time a couple of days ago, and decided to call it up while in a Google doc working paper I’d written with a colleague recently. 1/6
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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The only thing better than being a father is watching your sons become even better dads. Happy Father’s Day to all who grow the next generation.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
m.youtube.com/watch?v=iqga... And now for something completely different — a religious figure who is tough on crime… The Bishop
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Monty Python’s The Bishop
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’ www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u... Love these teaching moments. Children, this is NOT an example of “it takes one to know one.”
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Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’
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Elad Nehorai @eladn.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Fascists are fragile. They depend on hierarchy in a world where hierarchy makes you vulnerable. Important to remember that a win yesterday is not a loss for all time.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Hungary's Viktor Orban, a lodestar for MAGA culture warriors and right-wing populists in Europe, concedes defeat in a general election, breaking the momentum of a global nationalist revival promoted by Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...
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Orban, Beacon to the Right, Concedes Defeat in Hungary’s Election
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Orbán's electoral crushing is a far greater achievement than most people outside Hungary realise. He systemically consolidated power for 16 years, fixed the electoral map, abused govt power for political purposes & censored media. The hurdles that Hungarians overcame for this moment were immense.
Opposition leader Péter Magyar at a rally.
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Lauren Harper @laurenleharper.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
It’s so hard to parse my feelings for this country when we do something so fundamentally awe-inspiring on the same day SCOTUS heard a case questioning birthright and Trump’s gonna go on tv tonight & talk gibberish about our needless war against Iran. Our best and our worst chaotically intertwining.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Watching the Artemis II launch. It’s like the last couple of years didn’t reach NASA yet. A woman overseeing the launch from the ground. A black man, and woman, and a Canadian on the crew. A blast from the recent past. Fingers crossed it goes well. And there’s every reason to believe it will.
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Twonks @twonks.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The Jetsons lied to us
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
You thought NATO was going to break up over Greenland?! Guess again (and you could still be half right!). giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Donald Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future’ if allies fail to help US in Iran
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Donald Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future’ if allies fail to help US in Iran
US president tells the FT in an interview that China summit could be delayed
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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Congratulations to Emerson, Lake & Palmer for winning the Grammy for Best Concept Album About An Armadillo Tank for the 54th year in a row
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"I'm coming to Boston and I'm bringing hell with me." --Homan in February "Do I expect violence to escalate? Absolutely." -- Tom Homan in March "I actually thought about getting up and throwing that man a beating right there in the middle of the room" -- Homan in July, referring to a D congressman
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Bruce Springsteen @brucespringsteen.net · 28/01/2026
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good. Stay free
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
wapo.st/45CaNrY Your brand is toxic, Mr. President.
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Philip Glass pulls world premiere from Kennedy Center
The pioneering composer announced that “the values of the Kennedy Center today are in direct conflict with the message” of his Symphony No. 15: “Lincoln.”
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
If there's a "Top Five Most Annoying Things University Colleagues Do", this is surely on it: "Course assignment: Interview an expert at [your university] about the topic you have chosen to research." Sigh... It's enough of a challenge to stay above water up with our own students #AcademicSky
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The Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
What is place‑based policy and why does it matter today? In the latest Productivity Puzzles, @bartvanark.bsky.social talks with @jefeja.bsky.social & @andywestwood.bsky.social about their new research. Listen: podfollow.com/productivity... Read the research: www.productivity.ac.uk/research/the...
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The Europeans just don’t get it. The only thing this administration understands is muscle. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Donald Trump’s fury over the Greenland deployment of a few European troops h
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Donald Trump’s fury over the Greenland deployment of a few European troops
Military exercise was ostensibly to show support for Arctic security, but US president saw it as a provocation
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The Productivity Institute @productivity.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Improving the productivity of second tier cities. The latest ep. of Productivity Puzzles looks at place-based policy: podfollow.com/productivity... @bartvanark.bsky.social is joined by @andywestwood.bsky.social & @jefeja.bsky.social discussing new research: www.productivity.ac.uk/research/the...
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Anne-Marie W. Clark 👩‍👧‍👦🐶⚖️😷🌎🚢📚🌦️⚜️ @amwclark.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
"The coffins with three Danish soldiers killed in Helmand, Afghanistan, arriving in Denmark in Dec. 2008." ""Krestine Havemann/Polfoto, via Associated Press" archive.nytimes.com/rendezvous.b...
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
pleased to announce a TPI new working paper, "The New Political Economy of Place-based Policymaking", co-authored with @andywestwood.bsky.social, and a related podcast. Links below: Working Paper: www.productivity.ac.uk/research/the... @urbanism.plus
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The New Political Economy of Place-based Policymaking - The Productivity Institute
The economic and political context for place-based policymaking has changed dramatically in the last few years.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
It’s time for UEFA and CONMEBOL to start discussing a joint boycott of the 2026 World Cup
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
It’s time for UEFA and CONMEBOL to start discussing a joint boycott of the 2026 World Cup
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
the only saving grace (no pun intended) for the US is the fact that the Pope is an American with a big heart and rock solid humanist values. If we get out of these times with any semblance of a global reputation still intact, it may well be down to him. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...
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Pope Leo Condemns a ‘Zeal for War’ That He Sees as Spreading Globally
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202... To promote a level playing field for all students, I give *every* student more time: paper deadline + 3-day grace period. Might not work in some disciplines/courses (in-class exams), but it does in mine. #AcademicSky
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Accommodation Nation
America’s colleges have an extra-time-on-tests problem.
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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Bill Ackman has begun writing a tweet that he will finish at midnight.
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Robert Sheppard @shepapa69.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
No truer words have ever been said.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I've been teaching contemporary politics for nearly 40 years (Emory, Brown, now Georgetown) and *never* experienced anything even remotely like the inflection point Lepore describes. Hard to describe this as anything other than pandering to the self-appointed critics of universities.
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Joe Stieb @joestieb.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Obama and his dog in the East Colonnade, now destroyed.
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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
A bold new economic program for America, by Martin Carnoy, Michael Reich, and Derek Shearer irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
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A Bold Economic Program for America – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
She gets all the flowers. I mean ALL of them. If we see her, we immediately have to give her flowers.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Brilliant, erudite, and funny. apple.news/AU7x4AK1fS3W...
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Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than Armageddon — Guardian US
Silicon Valley titan desperately tries to detach self from power in amateurish talks attempting to ape his favorite philosopher
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
question for #AcademicSky -- received an AI subsidiary aggregation addendum from my publisher for a book that came out some years ago. Are you signing these kinds of agreements? I'm inclined to reject the request, but have no feel for the consequences/implications either way.
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Z. Mann Zilla, Semi-Pro Goofball @pandangit.com · 28/09/2025
People be like "it's an authoritarian police state but with dopes", and the subtext I'm getting is "authoritarians get misremembered as non-dopes". Like... no, my friend, authoritarianism is just what you get when impulse-driven doinks run the show. It wasn't called "Triumph of the Smarts".
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Why are the Port Vale supporters booing Saka? Yes Eze! #Arsenal
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/09/2025
Pritzker: "When did we become a country where it's ok for the US president to insist on national television that a state should call him to beg for anything? Especially something we don't want. Have we truly lost all sense of sanity in this nation that we treat this as normal?"
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David J. Lynch @davidjlynch.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Looking forward to the official launch of "The World's Worst Bet" on Sept. 9th. If you're in the Washington area, please swing by www.csis.org/events/book-...
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Book Talk: The World’s Worst Bet with David J. Lynch | CSIS Events
Join CSIS for a chat with award-winning Washington Post journalist David J. Lynch about his new book and the downsides of globalization.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
it's pretty frustrating how republicans can just spew endless lies about city life with zero repercussions but the moment a dem disparages a pickup truck it's open season
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Received this today. When I listened to it, I discovered to my horror that AI was attributing the arguments of the book's author to me, the book reviewer. I informed Academia that they might want to reconsider this new service for subscribers if they want to keep their subscribers. #AcademicSky
A screenshot of an email received from Academia informing me that an AI created a podcast of a book review I wrote back in 2000.
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The Shallow State @ourshallowstate.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
THEY F*CKING TOOK THE ICE CREAM MAN! The photo says it all. Masked ICE goons grabbed Enrique Lozano in front of a Culver City, CA church. A Community Coalition helped the family identify the abandoned cart, locate his belongings. For 20 years, loved in the community. "Hardened criminals" - my ass.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Watching Saving Private Ryan on the June 6 anniversary. If DOGE had been a thing back then there would’ve been nothing to talk about, because there wouldn’t have been any typists in the Defense Department pool to catch the fact that three brothers out of four had been killed in action.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Senator Foghorn Leghorn occasionally gets it right: Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), when asked about the fight between Trump and Musk, said, “I have a rule, I never get between a dog and a fire hydrant.” He did not provide any specifics on who the dog is and who the hydrant is. (HuffPost)
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Darth Putin @darthputinkgb.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Aircraft carriers of the world USA UK France Ukraine
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Joy-Ann Reid @joyannreid.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Bars.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Ray Hudson is a gem, but after today’s gripping UCL semi I’ve concluded you don’t want him running the kitchen in your cosy corner trattoria. Ray, al dente does not mean overcooked. It’s exactly what you aim for.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
www.chronicle.com/article/a-lo... Schools should announce they’re eliminating football, basketball (men and women), baseball, and softball to offset lost revenues. After all, austerity demands a return to the core mission of the university. Just imagine the public reaction. #AcademicSky
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Opinion | A Looming Crisis for Public Colleges
If the federal government cuts Medicaid spending, state funding for higher ed will evaporate.
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Jonathan Burdick @jonathanburdick.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
I really miss Roger Ebert’s writing. His reviews were always thoughtful reads, always said something, and were unmistakably him. Here is his review of the masterpiece that is Oliver Hirschbiegel’s Downfall from (hard to believe it) *twenty* years ago. #skystorians #history #filmsky
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