Dave Wiltse
@davewiltse.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at South Dakota State & HMFIC of The SD Polling Project, mostly public health research these days...
Summers in West Maka Ska.
“The Jimmy McNulty of SDSU.”
Summers in West Maka Ska.
“The Jimmy McNulty of SDSU.”
Faculty are like the townspeople in old westerns. The gunfighters stroll in, shoot the place up, leaving the locals to mop up the carnage.
The worst thing to happen to academia was the emergence of a nomadic administrative class like the one in corporations who just move from institution to institution setting fires and walking away.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
Say what you will about the flaws of faculty governance, but at least they believe in the mission.
December 5, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Faculty are like the townspeople in old westerns. The gunfighters stroll in, shoot the place up, leaving the locals to mop up the carnage.
Enjoying the “people’s tea” -genmaicha- in the people’s mug.
December 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Enjoying the “people’s tea” -genmaicha- in the people’s mug.
Someone had the audacity to play the Chipmunks Christmas song at the bar tonight, so of course I replied with Ministry, Revolting Cocks, and Laibach.
December 5, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Someone had the audacity to play the Chipmunks Christmas song at the bar tonight, so of course I replied with Ministry, Revolting Cocks, and Laibach.
Sorry doc, but you can say far more than that.
TAPPER: You were the deciding vote that allowed RFK Jr to ascend to the role of Health Secretary. Did you give him too much credit?
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
CASSIDY: The fact is the scientific community agrees that vaccines are safe. That's all I can say.
November 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Sorry doc, but you can say far more than that.
Eddington is unwatchable.
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Eddington is unwatchable.
I’m sure he’ll announce his decision on social media as soon as he does. www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
Trump hasn’t made decision on striking Venezuela, officials say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump has yet to make a decision on whether to attack Venezuela on land, a White House official and a senior US official said, as he hints a window may be opening for diplomacy.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I’m sure he’ll announce his decision on social media as soon as he does. www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
Vikings fan during crap years>vikings fan in years good enough to get eliminated in wildcard round>vikings fan in years good enough to get smoked after the by-week>vikings fan in years good enough the get clobbered in championship game.
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Vikings fan during crap years>vikings fan in years good enough to get eliminated in wildcard round>vikings fan in years good enough to get smoked after the by-week>vikings fan in years good enough the get clobbered in championship game.
Waiting for the action to start.
November 16, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Waiting for the action to start.
I can only imagine how the people on Fox would have reacted if Obama had said this.
Trump Tells Laura Ingraham the U.S. Lacks ‘Talented People’ in Discussion on Work Visas
Trump Tells Laura Ingraham U.S. Lacks 'Talented People'
President Donald Trump told Fox News' Laura Ingraham the United States needs to bring in foreign workers because it lacks "talented people" in needed areas.
www.mediaite.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I can only imagine how the people on Fox would have reacted if Obama had said this.
The lights in West Maka Ska.
November 12, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The lights in West Maka Ska.
He’s confusing St Louis Park and Chicago now.
November 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
He’s confusing St Louis Park and Chicago now.
It was whatnow?
November 11, 2025 at 1:20 AM
It was whatnow?
Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
November 11, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Does anyone know where the love of God goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
For the twenty-nine, and the hundreds more…
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For the twenty-nine, and the hundreds more…
INCONCEIVABLE!
On the other site, an 18-year-old Zohran canvasser described the legendary Wallace Shawn as "the actor who plays Dr. Sturgis on Young Sheldon" which is honestly adorable
November 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
INCONCEIVABLE!
Reposted by Dave Wiltse
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
She should come to South Minneapolis and say as much.
Schmitt on political violence: "Let's be clear: this isn't a both sides thing right now. This is happening on the left...look at what happened when the Catholic school kids were being shot at in church" (The Annunciation shooting was not an act of political violence and it's vile to claim otherwise)
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 PM
She should come to South Minneapolis and say as much.
Governance by banger memes…
Scoop: The Trump admin's videos boasting triumphs on immigration have used misleading footage from months ago or thousands of miles away
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
When we showed them the errors, DHS said they make a lot of videos and the White House said it'll keep making "banger memes"
wapo.st/4nuDGwf
Trump administration uses misleading videos to portray chaos, push deportations
Official videos purporting to show the triumph of recent immigration operations used footage that was years old or recorded thousands of miles away, a Washington Post analysis found.
wapo.st
October 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Governance by banger memes…
…”sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.” 🥲
October 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
…”sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing.” 🥲
This sounds like my old dean. My research partner and I churned out 25 or so articles in the four years of her tenure. Her assessment was that until we had a book, our research was trash.
October 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This sounds like my old dean. My research partner and I churned out 25 or so articles in the four years of her tenure. Her assessment was that until we had a book, our research was trash.
It is too cute for his style. He’d prefer to flagrantly violate the constitution and dare the courts to stop him.
Q: One theory on how you might try to serve a 3rd term is that you could run at the vice president
TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.
TRUMP: Yeah, I'd be allowed to do that. But I would rule that out because it's too cute.
October 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It is too cute for his style. He’d prefer to flagrantly violate the constitution and dare the courts to stop him.
Imagine being so dim that you brag to the world that the height of your intellectual achievements was passing a dementia screening.
Trump: AOC is low IQ. If you give her an IQ test, have her pass like the exams that I decided to take when I was at Walter Reed. Those are very hard…
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
The first couple of questions are easy. A tiger, an elephant, a giraffe..
October 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Imagine being so dim that you brag to the world that the height of your intellectual achievements was passing a dementia screening.
As one can clearly see, Minneapolis is clearly ablaze, though not the kind we need the national guard for.
October 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
As one can clearly see, Minneapolis is clearly ablaze, though not the kind we need the national guard for.