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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Same, brother. And are you even an academic if in mid-June you’re not panicked about summer being nearly over?

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Thanks for posting here, Mark, because I missed the news. I’m just so sorry to hear it.

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

How is it that sometimes an evaluation can make it all feel worth it? How lovely!

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

If you’re in need of a good dose of humility, go out birding during warbler migration season with people who really know what they’re doing.

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

💯, Jake. I'm keeping an eye on the research on how social spaces (social infrastructure, in @ericklinenberg.bsky.social 's great work) affect democratic norms, which require us to be able to trust one another.

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Want a deep dive into ocean health? Watch nasonline.swoogo.com/nas163_sympo... on acidification, O2 depletion, Sargossum spread, coral death/recovery, and seabed mining. It's depressing but the scientists are outstanding and committed, working across disciplines to understand this complex system.

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Michigan has two open statewide elections this fall. The US Senate Dem primary (August) is a 3-way dead heat, and the gubernatorial race will also be a 3-way competition with Detroit mayor Duggan running as an independent. Much to watch!

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

We all love you Don. And big congrats on this well-deserved honor.

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

His quick concession speech was a vitamin jolt to the legitimacy of the democratic electoral process

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Congrats on the forthcoming book, Matt; it sounds great! When does it come out? when can I read it? ;)

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Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

SFI External Professor Mark Newman (University of Michigan) has been awarded the 2026 SIAM John von Neumann Prize, for his contributions to the theoretical and algorithmic foundations of network science and their application to real-world systems.

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Mark Newman Awarded 2026 SIAM John von Neumann Prize

SFI External Professor Mark Newman (University of Michigan) has been awarded the 2026 John von Neumann Prize from the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics for his contributions to the theore...

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Their GATZ is coming to Ann Arbor this month & I can’t wait.

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Scottie and I want to see you while you’re in town!

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The footnotes are one of the real joys of legal writing.

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Ben Phillips @benphillips76.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Yes. Also—your photography just keeps getting more beautiful!

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

"Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy." @owasow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...

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Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

If you need some hope today — and don’t we all? — read @adambonica.bsky.social . As a bonus, you’ll also find an agenda and a source of resolve to make it happen. open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

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The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls

On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.

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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Here is a poem Renee Good, under her earlier name Renee Macklin, wrote, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." It won a prize. It's really good. "it’s the ruler by which i reduce all things now; hard-edged & splintering from knowledge." poets.org/2020-on-lear...

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2020 Academy of American Poets Prize

On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

This looks like a fantastic book, and couldn’t be more timely. I look forward to reading it.

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

I love all the Hoosier love coming from you right now

Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

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Applications open for SFI’s 2026 UCR program. Are you fascinated by transdisciplinary questions that transcend or combine disciplines? UCR is a fully funded, 10-week summer research experience for undergraduates curious about complexity science. Apply by Jan 14, 2026 santafe.edu/ucr

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Oooh. Yes. This is what I was needing. Thanks, Jake.

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

any idea why the governor hasn't addressed it yet? It's a 180 from his national-audience messaging.

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

From interim President Mahoney's letter: "We seek no special treatment.... the integrity of science ... depends on merit-based assessment." Yay UVa.

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

"We seek no special treatment ... the integrity of science depends on merit-based assessment..." That's the way to do it, UVa.

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Could you say more about what you're seeing Zander?

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

No one in this Bluesky world will be surprised to hear how much the students loved your presentation and benefited from your guidance. On the misinformation examples that pop up daily: talk about abundance!

James Holland Jones @juemos.bsky.social · 07/09/2025

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My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences. Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.

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Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Environmental Behavioral Sciences)

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

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We Are All Lisa Cook

Nobody is safe from weaponized government

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I am looking forward to reading it!

Tim Alberta named the James S. House and Wendy Fisher House Social Science Fellow

We are lucky that Alberta will be a Fellow this year at Michigan, the inaugural joint fellowship with ISR and the Wallace House Center for Journalists, for journalists who want to build their analytical skills. isr.umich.edu/news-events/...

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ANN ARBOR—Tim Alberta, an award-winning journalist, author and staff writer for The Atlantic, has been named the James S. House and Wendy Fisher House Social Science Fellow. This newly established fe...

Tho the book came out in 2023, Alberta's writing offers clues about Trump's Epstein August. Many believe that Trump was born again as president, and so it is possible to forgive past sins. But freeing Ghislaine Maxwell, delaying, and blaming Democrats makes him look guilty and unrepentant.

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Alberta is a brilliant writer and unassuming, curious, persistent interviewer. The gang's all here, from Jerry Falwell Sr & Jr, Robert Jeffress, Charlie Kirk, Ralph Reid; a wide range of hucksters; and decent people who don't know what to do. The interviews he gets are wild. www.bytimalberta.com

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The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory

⭐ Book rec to understand Trump's Epstein August: www.harpercollins.com/products/the.... There's no better guide to the evangelicals’ embrace of Trump. This is no outsider’s ethnography; he is a pastor’s son trying to understand how the church he loves has chosen earthly power over the Gospel.

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Instant New York Times Bestseller One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year An Economist and Air Mail Best Book of the Year \"Brave and abso...

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

The launch of an important new public resource. The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-... The Tracker is a living document that will be continually updated. A screenshot below gives you a sense of the Chart and its data.

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Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

"Fear is the tool of a tyrant."

Jenna Bednar @jennabednar.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Cutting the CPB devastates rural public radio. On a recent roadtrip w @scottepage.bsky.social we listened only to public radio. It was incredibly...local: hog sales, new biz, swaps, & in western KS, a book club of Verghese's Covenant of Water. We lose more than emergency alerts. We lose community.