Reposted by Rachel “the joker” Torreswhet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups 62431367
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresZander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 24/09/2026i think a rich academic should endow a chair in their own department and give it to themselves hi, i am Alexander C. Furnas, the Alexander C. Furnas professor of 191719
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I don’t care if you’re nice to me, if grad students tell me you’re awful I DONT TRUST YOU!!!! 110
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 22/09/2026also LOL 644874
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresJustin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“It’s envitabllllllleeeee!!!!!” 0141
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Sometimes you just gotta skiddadle your ass home to cry 001
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 16/09/2026AI has exposed the austerity con game in higher ed. For years, we have been told there is no money for students, faculty, staff, capital improvements, libraries. But somehow universities have suddenly come up with the money to pay for AI services?? 223561
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 10/09/2026If anyone was even remotely politically savvy they would have the progressive caucus openly praising the dividend idea !! 000
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Can’t tell if the disgusted looks I’m getting for housing a lobster roll in the Delta terminal are coming from the public or my fellow political scientists 130
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 05/09/2026There’s something especially depressing about being hungover in an indoor mall 390
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Person: Hey! Haven’t seen you, where did you end up? Me: Oh I’m at UC- Person: Omg which one? Berkeley? Me: Actually it’s UCincinnati. Person: … Me: It’s the Berkeley of Hamilton County! 160
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Sorry I’m going to be annoying: we clearly need some sort of formal chair /discussant guidelines bc it’s unprofessional to give your feedback for so long there’s no time for q&a 261
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Starting now in Hynes 105! 20 years of marching for immigrant rights presented by @cruzita.bsky.social and Heather Silber Mohamed on behalf of the Committee for the Status of Latino/as in the Profession! #APSA2026 020
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresEmily H @emilyghickey.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A reminder that I will be at APSA! Please chat with me about your teaching! I also usually have a couple power banks and a first-aid kit on hand, along with decent restaurant recommendations and tourist guidance. So you can chat with me while your device powers up. Reach out here or via e-mail! 064
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresJack Bailey @jack-bailey.co.uk · 02/09/2026A noble effort, but I fear the damage is done. 13903133
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 02/09/2026There was a bitcoin ad on the back of my motherfucking fortune cookie fortune 020
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 26/08/2026TIM CURRY DEAD??? WHO IS KILLING ALL OF THE MUPPETS BEST COLLABORATORS??? 020
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Fronch Fries! (Specifically crinkle cut!) 010
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Drank a milkshake in the park and now everything feels like it’s gonna be okay 020
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 30/07/2026I personally think having a reputation for being an asshole should carry more stigma in the field 020
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/07/2026“.. The number of Amazon workers relying on the federal programs for the poor nearly tripled between February 2020 and September 2025 .. “.. And for the first time, ride-hailing and app-based food delivery companies .. ranked among the top three ..” $AMZN www.washingtonpost.com/business/202... 981296649
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Unless you are actually running an electoral campaign, why are you (a REGULAR person) gaming out the views of people across the country who you do not know and will never meet? One of the worst things to have happened in the last 25 years is weird election punditry by regular people. 20735132
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Sometimes people posting online are just trying to piss you off Sometimes people posting online are just trying to piss you off Sometimes people posting online are just trying to piss you off Sometimes people posting online are just trying to piss you off Sometimes people posting online are just tr- 110
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 12/07/2026If my work isn’t good enough for your journal why on earth would you want me to review for you? Make it make sense people! 130
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Truly blessed to have a partner who eats the dinners I fuck up without complaint #theburntbitsareflavor 000
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/06/2026There you gave it. 129270
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/06/2026A temporary reprieve is not a win. Learn the difference. 8815189
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresPrisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 30/06/20265-4 on Birthright Citizenship means it can go down in the future with a different composition of the court. 19994212
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Final #SCOTUS ruling is birthright citizenship. For a 6-3 majority (Thomas, Alito & Gorsuch, dissenting), Chief Justice Roberts *strikes down* President Trump's executive order purporting to limit which individuals born in the United States would automatically be US citizens; preserves status quo:supremecourt.gov 951231457
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 30/06/2026PREDICTION MARKETS IN SHAMBLES 🇵🇾 020
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresJoseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 18/06/2026If AI is sentient, then so is Age of Empires 2. A Microsoft AI researcher built a basic neural network within the video game using digital goats to prove his point. Point is to show "sometimes the claims we make with regards to LLM capabilities are too strong." www.404media.co/if-ai-is-sen...404media.coIf AI Is Sentient Then So Is ‘Age of Empires II’“The point of the paper is to formally show that we anthropomorphise too readily." 829679
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Norway is banning generative AI for schoolchildren under 13 starting in September.techradar.comNorway says math, reading, and writing come first as it introduces AI restrictions for under-13sNorway is taking steps to limit how generative AI can be used in schools from the start of the next school year. 172944704
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresMel Andrews @bayesianboy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars. 8153392302
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 15/06/2026I just had to submit a form to use ANONYMOUS SURVEY DATA from TWO DECADES AGO and they want me to promise to encrypt a separate hard drive??????? The only difference between the public and restricted data is, I shit you not… the fips code 110
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Lauren Southern's story of being raped by Andrew Tate is sad on so many levels. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202... 23673521704
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresToby Higbie @thigbie.bsky.social · 07/06/2026Stinging critique of higher ed administrators who deploy "AI centrism" to justify blowing millions on AI chat bot contracts that are causing "chaos" across campus. Relevant beyond the CSU system 0158
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I’m deeply concerned about the LULAC archives continuing to be housed at UT Austin 000
Rachel “the joker” Torres @torrespolisci.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Can someone explain why some journal staff have started acting fucking crazy over email? I have received some of the most insane correspondence over the last two years, I genuinely thought i had a gas leak in my apartment. 100
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresSergio Perez @sergioperez.bsky.social · 17/05/2026“The increase in Black infant mortality, from 9 to 21 deaths per 1,000 births, means Black infants born in Hamilton County are more at risk than those born in Iraq, Iran, Guatemala, Honduras, Libya or Vietnam, according to the World Bank.” 111026532
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Since Bolts began, there've been several instances of articles elsewhere building on us with no credit. The only place I can think of where this has happened repeatedly is the NYT. What is happening over there?! Please remember to support small independent media like Bolts. 151195206
Reposted by Rachel “the joker” TorresTaniel @taniel.bsky.social · 14/05/2026There are dozens of voting rights experts one could go to talk Callais (several even within the Brennan Center!). The NYT's main outside/expert source is... the same expert source Pascal interviewed. 274782