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This is a truly funny day in politics - Eric Schmitt confused NBA Hawks with NCAA Hawkeyes - In a politically consequential way! - And Amy Klobuchar is ball-knower, just roasting him - And we get to watch Katie Britt make this face Season 6 is the craziest Trump season yet

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 21h

I have never identified more with a politician than I do with the sheer joy on this face, joy that can only come from calmly destroying the argument of stupid rival who walked right into it

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 25/09/2026

For what it's worth, in the common law tradition, fraud can also be attributed to "negligent misrepresentation." That applies here very cleanly, in my view, ankd would encompass what you consider "grossly negligent" www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fraud

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 25/09/2026

It might be useful, in the context of false citations, to consider legal definitions of fraud explicitly (at least, Anglo-American ones). If we define fraud as "negligent misrepresentation," then false citations to things that do not exist clearly are fraud www.law.cornell.edu/wex/fraud

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 22/09/2026

I hope Cornell continues to be a leader in higher education, and that the ideas and principles embodied in these documents help everyone in higher education to remember the purpose and mission of our profession.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 22/09/2026

I am especially pleased by the emphasis on judgment: - "Judgment is the skill that learning produces." - "At its best, the university is an integrated ecosystem for learning whose goal, in its broadest sense, is the cultivation of sound judgment." I could not possibly agree more.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 22/09/2026

Cornell has released a major statement on higher education entitled "The Future of the American University" I am proud of this report. I had nothing to do with its drafting, and don't agree with every recommendation, but it is thoughtful, thorough, and wise provost.cornell.edu/_files/initi...

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 22/09/2026

🎵 Belarus does not have / Sufficient potash / But the northern ally / Has much greater potash 🎵

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 21/09/2026

They're all chickens. The president has sex with all of them

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 21/09/2026

Russia goes with Iran. Iran and Saudi are enemies. So who is supporting Saudi? You see my point here?

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 20/09/2026

"59 top cities and capitals"

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 17/09/2026

- Just give it away. And then you watch. And you watch and you see who comes back for more. - And then I start charging.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 14/09/2026

For those about to rock! IYKYK.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 13/09/2026

ITHACA PORCHFEST 2026: Who wants to rock? www.porchfest.org/2026-perform...

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 10/09/2026

It is important to have a Treasury Secretary who is not a fool, but it is even more important to have a Treasury Secretary who knows not to act like a fool in public

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 09/09/2026

my Asian Political Economy class will discuss this figure today. We are primarily interested in East and SE Asia, so India, US, and France are included just for purposes of comparison

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 07/09/2026

grilled kebabs: father, son, holy ghost

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 01/09/2026

On a random Tuesday morning, This has made the single best cup of coffee I have ever had, by a country mile. Chemex pour over method.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 28/08/2026

when I'm on the job, I like to give the Stratocaster a bit of the old how's-your-father

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 26/08/2026

The University of Ghent has Code of Ethics, which you can find here. Two of its components (screenshots below) seem to be fully decisive to me. You can complain that this is a bad Code of Ethics, but the plain text is clear as day. www.ugent.be/en/ghentuniv...

Everyone at Ghent University is expected to be familiar with and comply with all applicable
laws and regulations, policies and ethical values and norms that guide our work. Everyone at
Ghent University is individually responsible for their own actions and everyone at Ghent
University is collectively responsible for maintaining the ethical standards and complying with
all applicable laws, regulations and policies.
If the actions of the institution or everyone at Ghent University are not regulated by the Code
or by specific laws, regulations or policies, the values laid down in the Code will always
determine our actions.
No act that lacks integrity – an act that is contrary to the standards set out in the Code – will
be tolerated, even if the act is common within or outside Ghent University, or if some of the
objectives it achieves are dignified or honourable. The appearance of unethical behaviour can
also be harmful to the people of Ghent University, the institution and its activities.

Everyone at Ghent University has the fundamental right to speak and in some cases, a duty
to speak and a duty of confidentiality.
Ghent University cherishes and defends the right to freedom of expression. Everyone at Ghent
University has the freedom to express their personal opinions. You speak in your own name
and make this clear as such. You take personal responsibility for what you say.
Official statements and positions that are related to Ghent University's policy may only be
shared by employees who are explicitly designated to do so.
Freedom of expression is not unlimited:
- You do not incite discrimination, hatred, violence or segregation against others;
- You do not spread ideas about racial superiority or hatred;
- You do not join groups or associations that promote discrimination or segregation;
- You abstain from any form of negationism

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 26/08/2026

The quotes on this are delightful "sorry for partying"

Sorry for partying.

The Washington Post
@washingtonpost.com
· 52m
The U.S. Capitol Police seized a guillotine and arrested a man it says transported it in the bed of his pickup truck before illegally parking it alongside the U.S. Supreme Court building. wapo.st/4gTzjdS

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 25/08/2026

I am utterly convinced that the best use of AI for social science research is old fashioned prompting to find and extract online data from APIs. Explain what you want, explain that you want it all done in R or Python with a script you can run locally for full replicability, and presto.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 24/08/2026

Jacob, I read this and found myself nodding in agreement. Here is a question: what is the body that determines what the relevant norms of scholarly inquiry are? Would it not follow that some body of scholars could decide that, say, race science is outside the norms of scholarly inquiry?

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 24/08/2026

Duff in Toronto a couple weeks back. The man still looks cool as hell and has that totally distinctive bass style

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 22/08/2026

<Jack Donaghy> it’s upstate New York. We count those.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 19/08/2026

Reagan was the last Republican president to preside over better growth than the Democratic average. Eventually, markets will realize that the pro-growth party is actually the Democrats

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 17/08/2026

New course syllabus just dropped: Asian Political Economy, an advanced seminar on East and Southeast Asia. tompepinsky.com/wp-content/u...

This seminar is an advanced introduction to the political economy of East and Southeast Asia.
Our central objective is to understand the political underpinnings of economic performance
across countries and over time. Along the way, we will address issues such as the role of the state
in economic development, corruption and rent-seeking, labor activism and repression,
democracy, institutions, and the politics of economic reform.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 13/08/2026

Cambodian pepper rum: spicy burnt sugar, extremely delicious

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 12/08/2026

Yikes. My man does not know ball: the variance of primary predictions will kill you on these pick 'em bets

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 06/08/2026

You could be mine, but you’re WAY out of line

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 06/08/2026

That Bryan Johnson anti-aging guy can take a hike. Duff McKagan still looks exactly as cool as he did when I was 8. The secret is, he does it by being a bass player who’s chill as hell

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 06/08/2026

The Axl Rose-Donald Trump boundary is eroding

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 02/08/2026

The secret to making the creamiest and umami-est vegetarian ramen is TAHINI

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 01/08/2026

Sour Girl is such an all-timer too. Just epic. Sarah Michelle Gellar!

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 30/07/2026

what's a little real talk among druz'ya?

I have a different interpretation of what a realist should conclude about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and its antecedents. I start from a different premise: Russia is not a great power. It is obviously a declining power, objectively so. Its only claims to global power status are its petroleum reserves, its nuclear arsenal, and our collective memories of the Cold War. Take those away, and Russia is no more a great power than Turkey was in 1935.
The Soviet Union lost the Cold War decisively. Its empire fell into pieces, its regional alliance disappeared, and most of its former allies joined NATO. Russia lost, and the Western alliance won. Given this, it is not NATO’s responsibility to protect Russian state security interests. It is Russia’s responsibility to give wide berth to NATO,

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 28/07/2026

I'm just hoping Weezer doesn't do one instead

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 27/07/2026

My thoughts on the crisis of confidence in higher education, and the foolish belief that embracing technology is the solution to that crisis. tompepinsky.com/2026/07/27/t...

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 26/07/2026

Americans have more confidence in higher education than in big tech companies, and the gap is growing rather than shrinking. The higher ed-doomsday pundits need to get on board with the real vibe shift in public trust that is happening right now.

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 25/07/2026

I desperately want the Christopher Nolan film adaptation of the Ramayana. This is now on the table

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Tom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 24/07/2026

Find yourself a local bar where you can hear Iggy Pop, Pulp, Bad Brains, and At the Drive In while enjoying a Genny Cream

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