William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 05/09/2026There are multiple ways the conversation can go when a scholar is asked how their discipline teaches skills needed for the job market. Leaning towards: 150
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Vulpine archer intervenes in Angevin tax policy. 080
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 16/07/2026There's a prominent local race where a high school classmate is running for a seat currently held by another high school classmate's spouse. 100
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Lady Dame Claire Balding, horse expert and underrated finisher. 010
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 28/06/2026actual bumper sticker I see all the time on a car in my neighborhood: 030
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 27/06/2026and before St Anthony Falls (downtown Mpls) was turned into an organic machine it was really stunning: 060
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 16/05/2026As McNeill put it in Something New Under the Sun, sustaining recent growth for a long time would produce some implausible outcomes: 010
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 14/05/2026"Anymore." This is bad history, a false premise. One of its key cases is Berg, from a "blue" district in MN. But that district is suburban/rural, recently held (narrowly) by moderate Angie Craig who's always connected climate to "pocketbook issues." In 2020 she ran *against* the Green New Deal. 010
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 15/04/2026"In the same way that it's important for the vice president of the United States to be careful when I talk about [thing I lie about constantly]." 000
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Good idea, put your face on thing that people can permanently deface and then put back into circulation. 020
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I genuinely think this might be the single stupidest statement in the history of the American presidency. The idea that you'd ask an enemy during wartime not to defend themself, and threaten the destruction you've already promised, and also undermine the premise of your own request. 040
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 24/01/2026ESPN with the rarely-seen triple passive voice: "unrest," "confrontation with federal officers," "ended in a man being shot." 010
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Ricky was a young boy, he had a heart of stone, 020
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Like that time when people like AOC and Ilhan criticized Biden over certain policies for years, and Trump "hugged" them by sending his people to attack them in their own offices. 130
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Not sure if this even counts as food, but: 000
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 08/04/2024NYT taking a hard stance against eclipses. 020
William M. Cavert @williamcavert.bsky.social · 06/12/2023They were making fun of colleges that use stock images of people of color to make it seem that they are more diverse than they are. On the university website, directly below the guy directing this little chat, is this: 120