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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 · 17/09/2026
TV dinner sales in the DMV have crashed since the National Guard deployment.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Wow - Mr. Kapper is a busy bee. He’s been peppering our faculty with similar requests all day today. I turned him down this morning, begging off – not inaccurately – that this is not my area of expertise. The day I help out The Daily Caller is the day I stop taking my profession seriously. 
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Congratulations, Cas! Reviewer 2 is probably a Man City fan.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
youtu.be/9PnXcP8ZI7M?...
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Christopher Cross - Sailing (Official Music Video) [Remastered HD]
YouTube video by Christopher Cross
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
You ain’t seen nothin’ yet
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Magnum Force Life lesson from that movie: "A man's got to know his limitations"
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
As a period piece that overlaps with my teen years, "The Nice Guys" www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxW4...
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The Nice Guys - Official Final Trailer [HD]
YouTube video by Warner Bros.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
If you just banked over $2 billion as president, you’d be worried too about Commies taking your sh**…
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Wouldn’t be surprising if we eventually see a VAR review to determine whether a confrontation took place. 🤦
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Has to be in the context of a “confrontation” with an opposing player. Didn’t see anything resembling a confrontation.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
My mistake. I meant to id the teammate who appears to be talking to Messi. If that’s the sum, total of it, and the two of them are having a conversation at a distance from the rest of the scrum, the ref will not see that as a direct confrontation with an opponent. Not trying to be pedantic here.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
where's the confrontation between Messia and ??? I'm not suggesting there weren't harsh words, maybe even grossly inappropriate words, exchanged and that Messi may have said something awful. But a FIFA World Cup ref isn't going to pull out a red card in this situation, if this is it. He just isn't.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
it's a pity the camera focus is so tight on Messi. If Messi was talking to a teammate behind his hand, then there's no red card offense. The new rule specifies that the covered mouth offense occurs only in a confrontational situation with an opponent. I don't see an Egyptian player in the frame
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
This time, though, the feeling is much worse. Despite all the surrounding static and the official bullying that preceded the start of the tournament, the vibe was especially promising this time, both on and off the field. And yet, here we are again, only much worse off. 3/
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I always feel a small sense of loss when the US exits the World Cup — even though I know in my heart we’re not yet good enough to take it even most of the way, let alone all the way. Still, every occasion we seem to be getting better, and my hopes have risen along with. 2/
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I’m sure it’s been posted already, but… ETTD
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Excellent choice! Mine was meant more tongue in cheek, although I think there’s more in Dazed and Confused than the film gets credit for.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Dazed and Confused
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
“Sir, here’s your golf umbrella. Be sure to hold it high.”
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
It’s offside. not offsides (the other football)
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The refs have been quite good in this World Cup. I wouldn’t claim to be an authority, but as someone who’s held the whistle, I’ve been impressed with how much they get right, even before VAR gets involved.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Jeff: Aha, I see. Hail to our new overlords! 6/6
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Gemini: Oh, I have access to all of your information on the university's Google application suite, including all documents on Drive as well as your university email. I found the information about the Substack piece in several email exchanges you had with your co-author earlier this year. 5/6
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
And then the “conversation" went something like this: Jeff: That would all be great, but I have a question. How did you know about the Substack version of the piece? That’s not mentioned anywhere in the working paper. 4/6
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Gemini responded after a few seconds with a few possible lines of future development (nothing earth-shattering), and then said it would be happy to draft a concept proposal. It also offered to draft a shorter version for the Substack article that I and my co-author were planning to write. 3/6
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I first asked it to summarize the paper, which it did in about 10 seconds. Then I asked it if it had any suggestions about how to develop one of the arguments made toward the end of the paper. 2/6
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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 · 12/06/2026
The same folks who pay to see Mike Love.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
share.google/3nTsNOIMe5cZ... They bike!
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Walking In L.A.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
I wasn’t as quick on the uptake as you all were. I had 3 detailed email exchanges on the first inquiry, patiently explaining that our publisher was doing a good job getting our journal in front of people and so we didn’t need any extra lay help, before realizing that I was arguing with a machine.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Received two of these in the past six weeks. One referenced a journal I edit, and then proceeded to talk about getting “my book” out in front of interested readers. So lame.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
He’s at the stadium, watching warm-ups
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
So fitting to finish ahead of “unconvincing” Man City…
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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
YouTube video by Cathode Ray Terrors
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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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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Star Excursion
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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 · 23/03/2026
something tells me this move (ICE to airports) is going to backfire on the administration big time if they are doing their usual thing -- detaining people, separating families, roughing folks up -- while on the job. Brings many more citizens face to face with the brutality of mass deportation.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
something tells me this move (ICE to airports) is going to backfire on the administration big time if they start doing their usual thing -- detaining people, separating families, roughing folks up -- while on the job. Brings many more citizens face to face with the brutality of mass deportation.
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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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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It’s a first year seminar, and very small (15). Never a dull moment in that class, and I always learn so much from the students, who are grappling with these issues for the first time in many cases.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Political Science Fiction. What can Butler, Le Guin, Dick, Atwood, and other science fiction novelists and filmmakers teach us about democracy, fascism, gender politics, AI, and other relevant topics in political science?
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Salt Bae, Kash Patel, etc. etc.
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Jeff Anderson @jefeja.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
please tell me this doesn't mean no high fives and back slaps for the justices at the State of the Union!
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