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Timothy Weaver

@timweaver.bsky.social
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Political economy, urban politics, APD, neoliberalism @ualbany. Editor @UrbanAffairsRev. Also, rugby, whiskey, whisky. Author of Blazing the Neoliberal Trail & Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City tprweaver.com

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Julie Novkov @jnovkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Book conferences are a great benefit if you're in a book field and if you're negotiating an offer, ask for one. Even in person, they are an impressive bang for the buck.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
😂
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Please, let’s not antagonize the aliens as well.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Well, quite!
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What a night!
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Essential #apsa2026 info
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I think it was Natalie.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
😂
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thank you for fighting the good fight! I have my students turn in hand-written notes.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Discuss
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What a honor
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Once you throw in the massive cost of the forever wars, the debt to gpd ratio would be even lower and completely manageable. All the talk about the cost of welfare state as being a driver of unsustainable debt is nonsense.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Can’t wait to get stuck into this from @masonbwilliams.bsky.social. It looks Iike essential reading and, in short, an absolute banger of a book.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Congrats to the geniuses who managed to concoct the perfect policy mix to transform a recovering economy into a stagflationary one, timed perfectly for the midterms. 👏👏👏
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
He’s got to be on a lot of something
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
If you exclude the mountains, Switzerland is basically flat.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Wrong Tim Weaver, I’m afraid. Once you’ve finished Broken Heart, may I suggest you move on to this equally gripping read: (🤣) www.google.com/books/editio...
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Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City
Looking closely at New York City’s political development since the 1970s, three “political orders”—conservativism, neoliberalism, and egalitarianism—emerged. In Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in Ne...
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
His bid for world’s worst Catholic is going strong, I see.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Crucial to remember that major change is possible and that, because of political struggle, things are much better now than they were before the New Deal.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It seems quite clear that Starmer was not a very good PM. However, it seems likely that Burnham will soon fall out of favor since he is unlikely to resolve the deep structural problems that people are very reasonably unhappy about. And round and round we go.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
It must be the heat
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
@democracycollab.bsky.social
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Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
🥁🥁🥁NEW on the UAR Forum! Check out our online symposium on Community Wealth Building from guest editors Nairuti Shastry and @neilmcinroy.bsky.social, feat. contributions on the theoretical background of CWB, case studies from Chicago, Scotland, and the Twin Cities, and future directions. Link 👇
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/06/2026
The World Cup teams are warming up, and so are our affordability initiatives. We worked with @governor.ny.gov & others to secure a $25 price tag on 2,500 tickets for this weekend’s pre-World Cup ‘friendly’ matches at roadto26.com/nynj — and Sunday’s match is already sold out!
Bolivia vs Scotland - Saturday, June 6 - KO 4pm ET
Special price $25 all in - no hidden fees 

Morocco vs Norway - Sunday, June 7 - KO 3pm ET
Special price $25 all in - no hidden fees 

Roadto26.com/nynj
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
👏👏👏
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The @financialtimes.com headline writers having some fun with this story….
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I wonder how many annual dental and medical evaluations he will have this year.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Roy Hattersley. Am I doing this right?
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The brilliant Neil Brenner in full flow at @uaanews.bsky.social conference #UAA2026
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Tesla paid $0 in federal income taxes in 2025, despite making $5.7 billion. This Tax Day, remember that you have paid more in taxes than a multi-billion dollar company—all thanks to corporate tax breaks from Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Great video. All mayors want to show that the city is able to “do something.” Often this means performative policing, which means a lot of stop-and-frisk but no change in crime. Mamadani is taking a different path, placing emphasis on the public goods the city can should deliver.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 12/04/2026
My Spring to do list by JD Vance 1. Prevent Iran war 2. Negotiate end to Iran war 3. Reelect Viktor Orbán
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Delighted to be part of this symposium on Cedric’s wonderful book.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I’m looking for someone to pay my mortgage. Any takers?
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Regrettably that “miraculous protection” did not extend to the 13 dead, over 300 wounded, and estimated $2.1-$3.6 billion in damage to equipment. If god deserves all the glory, does he also deserve all the blame? Or does that lie with his faithful adherents on earth, I wonder?
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
An epitaph for our times
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
There. Were. No. Books. You know what, you [signal drops]
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Winners of the war so far: - Putin - The arms industry* I think that’s about it. *The arms industry generally wins.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders @profsaunders.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
A depressing but interesting conversation with @gregsargent.bsky.social @newrepublic.com on the miscalculation (noncalculcation?) the Trump administration made over the Strait of Hormuz. There’s gonna be a Trump premium on oil for a while.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Dire Straits more like.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Epic stupidity
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
It’s a pity that neither the public nor its representatives in Congress got to weigh in on the decision to spend billions more dollars on weapons.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
🤣🤡🤣🤡🤣🤡🤣🤡 As anyone who actually read Orwell would know, he would never have written such a thing. Fortunately for Noem, she’ll now have plenty of time for reading.
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David H. Price @dhprice.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
File under “political scientists who would make terrible politicians.” It’s quite a big file.
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Congrats!! Let’s celebrate in Chicago!!
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Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
One is a murderous pariah state, the other is Iran.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Prof. Robert Pape: "I have studied every air campaign since WWI... I've modelled the bombing of Fordow and regime change in Iran for 20 years... We are now in the grip of the escalation trap... This has never worked in over 100 years... Trump is up against the weight of history".
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