Christina Wolbrecht
@cwolbrecht.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Notre Dame. Gender, parties, suffrage, role models. New: See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. https://bookshop.org/p/books/see-jane-run-how-women-politicians-matter-for-young-people-david-e-campbell/21729443
Brush with fame! We found my daughter’s Korean professor (Mimi) in the Kpop Demon Hunters credits.
November 27, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Brush with fame! We found my daughter’s Korean professor (Mimi) in the Kpop Demon Hunters credits.
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Congratulations to Notre Dame grad student Abigail Hemmen @ahemmen.bsky.social on her new paper (and JMP) in SPPQ. She’s on the market, folks! cc @rooneyinstitute.bsky.social
#OpenAccess from State Politics & Policy Quarterly -
Is It Worth Posting? Testing the Influence of State Legislators in Simulated Social Media - https://cup.org/4imtUes
- @ahemmen.bsky.social
#FirstView
Is It Worth Posting? Testing the Influence of State Legislators in Simulated Social Media - https://cup.org/4imtUes
- @ahemmen.bsky.social
#FirstView
November 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Congratulations to Notre Dame grad student Abigail Hemmen @ahemmen.bsky.social on her new paper (and JMP) in SPPQ. She’s on the market, folks! cc @rooneyinstitute.bsky.social
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I had the ‘pleasure’ of interviewing a farmer’s wife in rural Washtenaw County. She had opinions, but her husband kept interrupting. Maybe women weren’t submissive, but husbands tried to be dominant.
I am saying that none of these social scientists collected data that can test those claims. E.g., they did not ask husbands if they told their wives how to vote, or vice versa. Some men might have told their wives how to vote, but we cannot determine if and how widespread from their research.
November 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I had the ‘pleasure’ of interviewing a farmer’s wife in rural Washtenaw County. She had opinions, but her husband kept interrupting. Maybe women weren’t submissive, but husbands tried to be dominant.
This is the only gift my husband wants, ever.
Small Japanese Pickup Truck Shows Bigger is Definitely Not Better. “Kei trucks are city-sized, not highway-sized.” [nyc.streetsblog.org]
SEE IT! Small Japanese Pickup Truck Shows Bigger is Definitely Not Better - Streetsblog New York City
One Brooklyn business has seen the future of safe streets and heavy lugging — and it’s going to be O-KEI!
nyc.streetsblog.org
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is the only gift my husband wants, ever.
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BE A MINDFUL CONSUMER IN THE ATTENTION ECONOMY
For every second you spend thinking about Nuzzi et al please donate a dollar to an indie media outlet that is actually doing good shit on a shoestring budget!
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
BE A MINDFUL CONSUMER IN THE ATTENTION ECONOMY
The conventional wisdom for decades has been that women were in fact more likely than men to support conservative parties after suffrage. @teele.bsky.social and Evelyne Brie have a paper challenging that conclusion: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The conventional wisdom for decades has been that women were in fact more likely than men to support conservative parties after suffrage. @teele.bsky.social and Evelyne Brie have a paper challenging that conclusion: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Today is a good day to remind you that none of the classic vote studies thought very highly of women's political competence.
For about 10 years I regularly walked through this building (to get out of the cold) and not once was I bitten by a radioactive spider. Disappointed.
Today's view:
The Radiation Research building at Notre Dame
Built in 1963, funded by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
The Radiation Research building at Notre Dame
Built in 1963, funded by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
For about 10 years I regularly walked through this building (to get out of the cold) and not once was I bitten by a radioactive spider. Disappointed.
A Fever in the Heartland returns?
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
A Fever in the Heartland returns?
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And what does this say about all the social media research based on Twitter/X, which has helped fuel the moral panic about the role of social media in contemporary politics?
The location ID on twitter revealing that 99% of the horrible shit on that website is just posted by people in India honestly soothed me a lot. Its literally all just fake.
November 24, 2025 at 12:50 PM
And what does this say about all the social media research based on Twitter/X, which has helped fuel the moral panic about the role of social media in contemporary politics?
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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Also because most of the gains from the U.S. economy go to the top 1%, and because college debt delays the accumulation of savings for a down payment. These are policy choices worth mentioning, @washingtonpost.com
Millennials have reached the age where their parents and grandparents were probably homeowners. But because the typical millennial has met with economic upheaval for much of their working life, they’ve been on a slower timeline.
Are millennials frozen out of the housing market? The reality may be more interesting.
An eye-catching report said the average first-time homebuyer is now 40, but the story is more complex.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Also because most of the gains from the U.S. economy go to the top 1%, and because college debt delays the accumulation of savings for a down payment. These are policy choices worth mentioning, @washingtonpost.com
Too many pieces of rustic pottery, you say?
(Bought these at a neighborhood association auction last week which, let’s acknowledge, is Peak BlueSky).
(Bought these at a neighborhood association auction last week which, let’s acknowledge, is Peak BlueSky).
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Too many pieces of rustic pottery, you say?
(Bought these at a neighborhood association auction last week which, let’s acknowledge, is Peak BlueSky).
(Bought these at a neighborhood association auction last week which, let’s acknowledge, is Peak BlueSky).
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Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
November 23, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Just a friendly reminder as we go into the holidays:
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
Folks don't have to explain to you why they don't drink.
If you offer them a drink and they decline, don't ask them why. It's not your business.
Just offer them something without alcohol to drink instead. And move on.
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they overturned women’s constitutional right to an abortion three years ago
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“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
“we need to be nicer to men” bro they didn’t let women have their own credit cards til 50 years ago
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Also she is delaying leaving until the first work day after hitting five years when the congressional pension kicks in.
November 22, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Also she is delaying leaving until the first work day after hitting five years when the congressional pension kicks in.
Same week, y’all.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Same week, y’all.
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
Big thanks to @hondercin.bsky.social for this generous review of See Jane Run in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. By David E. Campbell and Christina Wolbrecht. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2025. 256p. | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge ...
See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. By David E. Campbell and Christina Wolbrecht. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2025. 256p.
www.cambridge.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Big thanks to @hondercin.bsky.social for this generous review of See Jane Run in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social!
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I’d like to see data on the seat and row dimensions of airplanes back when everyone wore suits and skirts.
The Department of Transportation launched a new campaign to “restore courtesy and class to air travel” as the number of cases involving disruptive passengers remains higher than 2019. The video mentions passenger clothing and thanking flight attendants. https://wapo.st/4pmeglO
Government wants ‘civility’ back on flights, starting with your clothes
A “civility campaign” video starring Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy mentions passenger clothing and thanking flight attendants.
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
I’d like to see data on the seat and row dimensions of airplanes back when everyone wore suits and skirts.
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New report from us at @snfagora.bsky.social and partnered with @publicagenda.bsky.social finds the GOP evenly divided into 3 main camps: those who think Trump should be able to defy the courts, those who think he shouldn't, and those who aren't sure.
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com/understanding/
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com/understanding/
Understanding Evolving Republican Attitudes Towards Democracy
Survey from SNF Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins and Public Agenda Pinpoint Distinct Divides Within Republican Party
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com
November 20, 2025 at 9:47 PM
New report from us at @snfagora.bsky.social and partnered with @publicagenda.bsky.social finds the GOP evenly divided into 3 main camps: those who think Trump should be able to defy the courts, those who think he shouldn't, and those who aren't sure.
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com/understanding/
snf-agora.shorthandstories.com/understanding/
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Between a random Portland barista saying he wants to hurt Charlie Kirk and the President of the United States calling for the execution of Democrats, both sides clearly have a violence problem
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Between a random Portland barista saying he wants to hurt Charlie Kirk and the President of the United States calling for the execution of Democrats, both sides clearly have a violence problem