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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I want to organize a panel for ISA 2026 on the intersection of (international) politics and theology. Theological takes on political issues, theology as informing or shaping politics, etc. My paper will be on disenchantment, maybe (sub)titled "rescuing Weber from the Weberians." Anyone interested?

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Hello academic friends and colleagues -- quick reminder that I am teaching an online philosophy of science course this summer. Yes, it's online, but features synchronous class sessions for actual discussion. Registration deadline is 13 May; here's more information: methodsnet.org/course/on-01...

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ON-01: Knowing and the Known: Facts and Explanations in the Social Sciences – MethodsNET

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Support excellent independent journalism! In the few weeks I’ve been a paid subscriber she’s already broken several important stories.

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Thomas [DARK MODE], DO @tom.medsky.social · 05/04/2025

Best sign from Strongsville Ohio Hands Off protest 4/5/25

Person wearing stormtrooper armor with a sign that says "THIS EMPIRE SUCKS"

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Amidst all the awfulness, it’s good to see two new books published on my Configurations series!

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Doonesbury gets it.

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

53 works of mine — three books and dozens of articles.

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Karl Jacoby @karl-jacoby.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy. "Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

I'm going to be teaching an online course this summer through MethodsNET, entitled "Knowing and the Known: Facts and Explanations in the Social Sciences." The synchronous portion runs 30 June - 4 July. Details and registration information here: methodsnet.org/course/on-01...

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ON-01: Knowing and the Known: Facts and Explanations in the Social Sciences – Methodsnet

Not a Member yet? Check out the long list of benefits here – Student Membership from only €33.00 and FREE for some locations! > Courses > ON-01: Knowing a

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I had the pleasure of engaging with Sandra several times, including a particularly memorable dinner with her and Ann Tickner during which we discussed the boundaries and politics of “science.” She also virtually visited my class on more than one occasion. A brilliant thinker and a powerful voice.

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

I am ashamed to be an alumnus of Columbia University. Instead of fighting back, their leadership is bowing down.

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

It’s almost as though they want to eliminate any avenue for the development of substantive, valid knowledge about anything. Oh, wait. It is exactly that.

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Hate to say it but this observation is almost certainly accurate.

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

On the left, “amethyst sweetbread” ube cookie (Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser recipe). On the right, same recipe except for 30g more flour. Although both are tasty, the one on the right is *much* closer to what we ate on board.

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

“It’s worse than you think because by the time the courts catch up the damage will already have been done. It’s worse than you think because the people running the government seem to have no higher mission than to watch it burn.”

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Key points here from Dan

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

1. Background to the epochal change in German and European politics after the election. Merz, the presumed next Chancellor has said that Europe is setting out to "achieve its independence from the US, step by step." @abenewman.bsky.social and I explain the background in our book, Underground Empire

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Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy [Farrell, Henry, Newman, Abraham] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy

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Alexander S. Vindman @avindman.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Pay attention to this. Replacing JAGs with loyalists enables whatever orders Trump and Hegseth issue to be interpreted as lawful.

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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

DEI initiatives are still legal. Universities need to stand their ground. A Friday gift to your university's General Counsel Office - courtesy of an all star lineup of civil rights lawyers and scholars. You're going to want to read this.

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OGC Memo re Trump DEI and SFFA 2025 02 20.pdf | Powered by Box

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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

the thing about the fuhrerprinzip in the era of Trump is that whatever he says is truth and the messianic mission of the United States to the GOP and the MAGA base

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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

People have been saying "call it fascism" lately and I just feel the general public may not have a clear picture of what fascism IS. It's not a scare tactic to use the word; it's descriptive. www.openculture.com/2024/11/umbe...

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Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms an...

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Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

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Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

The activity coming from the Trump administration is consistent with a regime shift away from democracy and toward authoritarianism. It’s important to use this label so people begin to appreciate the gravity and consequences of what’s happening. 1/3 🧵

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

“In DOGE we see the logic of automation—of enterprise AI—being imposed by a nascent oligarchic state….This, in short, is why Elon Musk is trying to automate the federal government.”

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

This comment on r/fednews really stood out to me. Trump and Musk want people to think they're firing do-nothing "bureaucrats," but they're really getting rid of people dedicated to serving this country and keeping it operational. I hope these stories get told.

I lost my job. USDA Forest Service.

My probation was up next week.

I did everything right. I took a GS-7 role with a master’s degree just to get my foot in the door. I spent years doing seasonal fieldwork for low pay, working in remote places, gaining experience, and building skills, just for a chance at a permanent position. I was about to be a GS-9. I wrote NEPA reports. I conducted field surveys. I worked fire support. I dedicated myself to this work because I believed in it.

Public lands don’t manage themselves. The wildlife, watersheds, and forests we protect don’t just stay protected without people on the ground making it happen. My coworkers and I took on that responsibility, often in places most people never think about but that matter more than they know.

And now? Just like that, I’m out.

Edit: I’ve consistently supported progressive policies and have voted Democrat in every national and local election since I was 18. I do appreciate folks asking, I have some coworker having a serious 'leopards ate my face' moment right now.

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Mlada Bukovansky @mladabee.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Trump is weaponizing financial payments: here's what you can do. www.programmablemutter.com/p/trump-is-w...

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Trump is weaponizing financial payments: here's what you can do.

Steal This Post. Please.

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Among other things, this shows how the Trump/Musk/Project 2025 strategy is defined not by a single coherent core, but by a multifaceted opposition to the U.S. federal government with a special animus against the New Deal and the Great Society — and the achievements of the civil rights movements.

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Rabbi Emily Cohen @thatrabbicohen.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

The arts takeover might seem like small potatoes compared to much of what this admin is up to, but it's all part of narrowing whose voices are centered, whose ideas are lifted up, and whose stories are told. This is a national tragedy in its own right.

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Cathy Harris is suing Trump, Vought, Treasury, and others, "seeking a declaratory judgment and injunction and, on an emergency basis, a temporary restraining order to prevent the deprivation of her statutory entitlement to exercise the duties of her office." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Quick reminder to anyone who needs to hear it: laws, court decisions, executive orders, etc. are not magic spells. They are efforts to shape the conditions of legitimate action. Without anyone acting on them, they are mere words. This has at least three implications:

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Jeremy Konyndyk @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Mind-boggling wreckage. Among the lifesaving programs now disrupted by Elon’s attack on @USAID: phase 1 trials for a possible HIV vaccine.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

To understand the faction leading America, recognize they think the worst, most terrifying things to happen in recent years are: 1) George Floyd protests 2) Public health treating COVID as real 3) HR saying "we've received complaints about your, um, 'jokes'" 4) Press 1 for English 5) Pronouns in bio

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Abe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Treasury Crisis is about more than just the Treasury. It could be used to weaponize the government and make the underlying federal information infrastructure into a political tool. New piece in @lawfare.bsky.social w/ @himself.bsky.social. Urgent action needed. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/elon...

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Elon Musk Weaponizes the Government

The billionaire is turning the U.S. government’s own strategy against itself.

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Sarah Quinn @sarahquinn.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

A panel on the Treasury this Thursday, with the incredible @epopppp.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social. This is not just for academics. Everyone needs to understand what's happening right now. Spread the word!

Announcement for a SPECIAL PANEL ON THE TREASURY with pictures of two speakers.

About this event:

What is at stake with the Treasury's payment systems? Recent events make this question more pertinent than ever before. Cutting across governance, policy, economic regulation, and the bureaucracies that sit at the core of the democratic state, the Treasury's financial pipes and plumbing are critical for the nation's well-being. In this special session, Elizabeth Popp Berman (U Michigan) and Abraham Newman (Georgetown U) will discuss why these systems matter as well as the risks posed by their capture by non-state actors. Please join us on Thursday, February 6 at 11 AM PST/ 2 PM EST for what will surely be an excellent conversation.

Please register here: https://ucsd.zoom.us/meeting/register/uSxuanM2TEWy5Hqn4-7KVg

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

People have gathered outside USAID HQ for press event with Democratic Congressmen Beyer, Raskin, Connolly and Olzewski and Senator Van Hollen where they're addressing the building's mysterious shutdown today in the midst of the Trump admin dismantling the agency. (Photos shared with me)

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Senator Andy Kim just said at JHU SAIS that he is shortly walking to a couple of blocks to US-AID and ask "what in God's name is happening." In his words, friends and allies are asking "If the White House is going to just dismiss part of the government, what are they going to do to us?" Applause.

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Josh Busby @busbyj2.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Yes. More of this. Hold on other nominees as well including OMB until Elon is out.

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

More members are joining us from both chambers, we'll be there on the west side (14th St NW) at 1:00

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ProfPTJ @profptj.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Exactly. We have to do all the things and use all the channels.

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Stephanie LaTour @stephanielatour.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

There will be a protest on SUNDAY Feb. 2 at 3:00 p.m. outside the federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) bldg., where Musk & his cyber-thugs have seized control of the government's computers. 1900 E Street NW (corner of E and 19th Sts.), Wash. DC. Spread the word to DC area folks!

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