Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I said the phrase “You can’t randomize the patriarchy” in class today. I fear I have peaked. 000
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New publication (lnkd.in/gnfiGS7z) with Junghwa Choi in State and Local Government Review. We offer, I think, an innovative return to the basics of representative bureaucracy. If I were being goofy, I'd say something about going against academic orthodoxy, etc. But I'm not that kind of guy, am I?lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 030
Reposted by Wesley WehdeJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 30/09/2026this works best if you read the caption in elizabeth holmes's voice 561718198
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Hi, thanks for the thoughtful response! Apologies as I was overly judgmental - but I am/was legitimately curious about the context. I wonder where the future of work (and life!) lies... clearly I have my preferences and hopes. 010
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 17/09/2026WHO are the people having 'most' of their convos with AI agents??? I simply spend too much time talking to real people in real life to understand this. 110
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Recession core is all my embedded ads on YouTube being for SoFi and Chime. #yeeeuck 000
Reposted by Wesley WehdeErnest "Dead" Penfold @penfoldsfiv.eurosky.social · 12/08/2026the media when the centrist loses by 1% vs the media when the leftist loses by (less than) 1% 11780251990
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 22/06/2026It pisses me off how many scams I've encountered in the wake of and as a result of my mom's death. Scammers taking advantage of the emotional vulnerability of this kind of situation are evil and deserve bad things. 030
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 03/06/2026I know this is obvious but being poor is expensive. I’m not poor but the last two months I’ve messed up paying my rent and had to go to a Walmart to money center. It’s $5 and a line every time. Landlords are evil scum. 000
Reposted by Wesley WehdeRyan Boyd @ryanboyd.bsky.social · 30/05/2026It is "unionize or die" time in American higher ed. Yes, that means you and your special work. I don't care if you're "not political," because our enemies are very political. 030090
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Me, at least, every time I taught intro to American government 020
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Every time I really try to close read research, I get very disappointed. I know it's gauche to admit but I really do prefer just reading abstracts and skimming. You get what you need without all the disappointment. 030
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Show clips from the Chinese robot marathon - so amusing but also in some cases impressive! 110
Reposted by Wesley WehdeStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 13/04/2026This is good long-term and good for the party brand, but it sucks that an inability to keep sex pests out has cost the Democrats a seat in a House that's now (I think?) 217-213. 5324
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Yup except sometimes they celebrate the deaths... but death is their policy goal. 000
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 06/03/2026It’s normal for me to want to cry in Costco. It’s not normal to actually CRY but I guess nothing is normal right now. 060
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 19/02/2026And accrediting organizations let them because they never really cared either. 021
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Why do hospitals bother with charting if no one reads them? 020
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 10/02/2026highly recommend having the best co-authors who will pick up the slack when you become basically useless because of life. Feeling professionally #blessed lol 020
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Is Western European food so bland because they all smoke and can’t taste anything anyway? 000
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 03/02/2026The only thing I miss about Twitter is my lukewarm hot takes getting traction when I was bored enough to post them. 020
Reposted by Wesley WehdeIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 02/02/2026Abolish ICE. There’s no reforming it. There’s no compromise. There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it. 784403908995
Reposted by Wesley WehdeJ. Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.” 514134641
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 29/01/2026It really is wild how we’re to be respectful of the trauma they supposedly experience and not that of the actual victims. They are cowards and wimps. And should be reminded at every opportunity 000
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Controversial opinion but a loaf of sourdough from just about any halfway decent US bakery or home baker beats any European bread out of the water. 000
Reposted by Wesley WehdeElise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 25/01/2026There’s a rally going on in Boston rn and they’re chanting “we’re not cold, we’re not afraid, MN taught us to be brave!” and I might cry 109185333817
Reposted by Wesley WehdeMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Once again, Trump’s foreign policy isn’t really realist, or imperialist, or neoroyalist, or about spheres of influence, etc. Its sexual predation/abuse elevated the level of the state 151340294
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Never feel dumber than when I’m trying to interpret escalator signs in airports 010
Reposted by Wesley WehdeFluffy Cyborg, IInd of the name @avel.kairos-research.org · 17/01/2026Also, the thing that is must be at the same time entirely novel, coherent with the prior intuitions of the reviewers, and not controversial whatsoever (even if you intentionally rearrange the words to make the paper into the most outlandish argument possible). Yay! 151
Reposted by Wesley Wehderyan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 12/01/2026deposing a foreign ruler and spending tens of billions of dollars on oil subsidies so we can put American frackers out of business, just in time for EVs to permanently collapse oil demand. that's the Trump business touch alright 161175176
Reposted by Wesley WehdeKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/01/2026Have we considered the likelihood that ICE's knuckle-dragging goons were simply illiterate? 40962202
Reposted by Wesley WehdeKatelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 14/01/2026If this was any other set of medical treatments, the entire medical community would be scrambling to study how they could improve their own treatments. 82733750
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 10/01/20261) none of those words are in the Bible and 2) they’ve definitely never been used in that order before anywhere 010
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Other class form sent back for 'editorializing'. But the conservatives aren't participating in this in good faith - so why (and more importantly how) can I? 010
Reposted by Wesley WehdeCosta Samaras @costasamaras.com · 08/01/2026Here’s some things that can be done by a party out of power - file impeachment articles every day in the House - withhold unanimous consent in the senate and filibuster every nominee - be everywhere with comms saying this is lawless and impeachable 47129813672
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Can't wait to see if TTU bans me from teaching JUST a week on environmental justice, and thus environmental racism, in my US Environmental Policy class. 030
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Anyone want to meet up in Switzerland for COPPR 26? 010
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Some anonymous survey respondent in my data used the platform provided open ended feedback to tell me: "To the human reading this: I'm glad you're here. Keep breathing; stay hydrated!" And wow I needed that, and maybe you do too. So there it is! 020
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 30/12/2025Obsessed with 1 and 3 - so I know I gotta see the others. 000
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 20/12/2025I might have been in a version of that camp (I’d like to think a more nuanced version) but… This study does provide a nice counterpoint 030
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 20/12/2025How? I’m genuinely curious. It had moments, for sure. But overall to me, it was way less indulgent than Glass Onion 000
Wesley Wehde @wwwehde.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Maybe there is such a thing as too much urbanism YouTube as the joy of learning about cool urban spaces and revitalization has circled around to sad. 011