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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Many places make recommenders answer several institution-specific questions rather than submitting a general-purpose letter of rec. Well does it work? Does it give them any extra information? No, never. I mean they somehow delude themselves into thinking it might, but…

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today's amusement is providing a different answer to everyone who asks what is in the extremely long box I have outside my office. 1) Fishing pole.

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Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

🧪 Can measuring racial attitudes before a survey experiment bias its results? ➡️ @leahchristiani.bsky.social, Nathan Kelly & @janamorgan.bsky.social find little evidence of treatment bias overall, but show that stereotype endorsement measures are an important exception doi.org/10.1017/psrm...

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle. Deadline Oct. 21. www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant

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Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants

Supporting projects for PhD students doing political science research, democracy and social justice.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The underlying study has no control group and only enrolls people with poorly controlled asthma. It's just pre/post comparison of asthma symptoms. Results are entirely consistent with reversion to the mean. Or seasonal change, for that matter. Come on people, we can do better!

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I do enjoy adding a bit of poetry to my Concur expense reports--especially when I am subjected to the indignity of filing a full report (date, expense type, receipts, everything) for a charge that was reversed and nets to $0.00

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Yes, because of what those words mean.

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Angry Staff Officer @pptsapper.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy “liberal arts professor helps save the Union” day to all who celebrate

Charge of the 20th Maine at Little Round Top

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

There has been much anger--and I share it--about the 3 (or 4 depending on how you count) dissenting votes in the birthright citizenship case. But let's also take some time to sit with the controlling opinion by CJ Roberts. It's… quite good? (Thread, ending with a remark about an unsung hero.)

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◥◤Kriston Capps 250 @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

This is the one true recipe for a Reflecting Pool: 2oz rum, 4oz pineapple juice, 1oz blue curacao, one Blue Razzberry Fruit Roll-Up

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

How many strikes does it take for a cease fire to stop counting as a cease fire?

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Re-upping this. Applications for tomorrow. Note that the position is one year *renewable*. We expect it to be a two year gig.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Grades are submitted and UNC semester #24 is in the books. Be kind to yourselves, everyone.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

"It's like an H.O.A. out of control," the man said, referring to [checks notes] the Adirondack Park Agency saying he's not allowed to fire a 4-ton Howitzer artillery gun off on his property. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/n...

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A Man, a Howitzer and His Battle to Fire It Into the Adirondack Woods

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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

👏 Congratulations to @nickvalentino.bsky.social, one of the three U-M leaders newly elected to the 2026 American Academy of Arts & Sciences. A PI of the @electionstudies.bsky.social, Valentino's work has advanced what we know about electoral participation, empathy, and race. myumi.ch/y176R

Elected to the Class of 2026
American Academy of Arts & Sciences

NICHOLAS VALENTINO
university of michigan

donald r. kinder collegiate professor of political science

RESEARCH PROFESSOr, center for political studies

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR, american national election studies

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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Lots of amazing and well-deserving political scientists on the 2026 American Academy of Arts & Sciences inductees list, but a special shout out to my friend and collaborator, Dave Campbell. A great scholar and an excellent friend. So pleased to see him recognized. www.amacad.org/new-members-...

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

🚨Job opportunity🚨 UNC Poli Sci is hiring a postdoc (one year renewable) to advance research on political behavior, with a special focus on free expression in higher education. Competitive salary and benefits. No teaching. Please encourage people to apply. Ad: timryan.web.unc.edu/wp-content/u...

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I have been glancing at the news all day and remain uncertain about the basic factual question of whether or not, during the next two weeks, tankers transiting the Straight of Hormuz need to pay a fee to Iran.

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Alton B.H. Worthington @abhw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

(respectful) counterpoint: "The Victors" should be played with so much bass the building shakes.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

… But how is he going to reach a thoroughly considered opinion on the matter without both sides having a fulsome opportunity to present the merits of their positions??

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

“House rejects” would make you think, you know, that the House voted on the proposal and it was defeated. But no. If it went to the floor, it would probably get 300 votes. This just seems to mean like 5 guys on the Rules Committee won’t bring it for a vote.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Happy Norman Bourlag Day! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_...

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Norman Borlaug - Wikipedia

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Kid’s school is preemptively cancelled tomorrow due to weather. I expect this cancellation to egregiously fail my “if the nearest Mattress Firm is open, school should be open” test.

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Yamil Ricardo Velez @yamilrvelez.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Conditionally accepted at the APSR (w/ @scottclifford.bsky.social & @patrickpliu.bsky.social): Why does political information so often change beliefs but NOT attitudes? We highlight the role of belief relevance, or the extent to which beliefs bear on attitudes.

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Nick Valentino @nickvalentino.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Dear ANES community, the link below introduces our new Board of Advisors, led by Jamie Druckman. Jamie follows John Aldrich, who deftly chaired the Board for nearly 2 decades. This new group will guide us through the 2028 election cycle. Our deepest thanks to outgoing and incoming Board members!

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Current Board Members - ANES | American National Election Studies

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I didn't watch a moment of the State of the Union. Someone please tell me: is my understanding of public affairs impoverished?

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I just hope both teams have fun.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Really surprised and disappointed at how few of my students showed up for my optional Zoom makeup class that happened today, a well-being day. It could have been a three part crescendo from UNC / Duke game Superbowl Logarithmic models with Professor Ryan

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

The Donut Rule for inclement weather school closures: If the donut store nearest to the school is open, then the school should be open. (Public schools in my area are closed for the third day running.)

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Near as I can tell, an ICE agent pulled the trigger for 2/3 of the deaths by gunfire in Minneapolis so far in 2026.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

If the United States invades Greenland, would this be ethically better, worse, or the same as Russia invading the Ukraine? Why?

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Can we please make it a rule, enforced at the submission stage, that if your experiment is pre-registered, you must include a link to the pre-registration or include the pre-registration in your appendix? Amazing to me how many manuscripts I review assert pre-registration, but don't show it to me.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Time for student subject pools to make a comeback! 🚀

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Careful, folks. ChatGPT appears to be daydreaming today.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

And the award for journalistic understatement of the year goes to…

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Something that the Santos commutation crystallizes for me is that Trump does not only *tolerate* corruption, such as when it serves his interests. (This would be bad enough.) He proactively rewards it, even when unrelated to his interests. (See also Eric Adams--a Democrat!)

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

At Harvard, students can register for two classes that meet at the *same time* because classes are Important and we’re Very Serious about education. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

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Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

AI tools helped me finish a replica of the regimental flag that my 3x great grandfather fought (and died) under during the Civil War. It's based on a photo of the deteriorated flag that I got from the New Jersey State Museum. I like how it came out! And what it symbolizes.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Today's cute teaching example of the kind of policy that a federal bureaucrat would need to make: when a blind person hires someone to groom their seeing eye dog, is this a tax deductible medical expense? See below for the answer.

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Apropos of nothing, here is a montage from the great 2008 series Generation Kill where John Sixta--the battalion yutz--bangs on and on about adherence to the "grooming standard." (NSFW) www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQr9...

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Sixta and the grooming standard

YouTube video by Taran Axethorpe

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Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

You want my letter of recommendation to be answers to six questions that you came up with, and that are specific to your organization. I want to write one general purpose letter that covers all the same substance and that I can upload to *any* organization. We are not the same.

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