Ian M Hartshorn
@ianmhartshorn.com
Professor of Political Science. Current project: international labor solidarity after trade liberalization. Cases and texts, international and domestic institutions, qualitative data. Part-time rancher, with one head of (cat)tle. Union guy.
"I'm confident your office is giving my concerns the same level of attention they always do."
does that cross from 'passive aggressive' into 'aggressive'?
does that cross from 'passive aggressive' into 'aggressive'?
December 31, 2025 at 5:50 PM
"I'm confident your office is giving my concerns the same level of attention they always do."
does that cross from 'passive aggressive' into 'aggressive'?
does that cross from 'passive aggressive' into 'aggressive'?
This is an exaggeration. Many people are mad because you posted Sonic pregnant.
Anyway for 96% of you the reason people are mad is that you posted Alf Hog
December 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
This is an exaggeration. Many people are mad because you posted Sonic pregnant.
What’s a “public artist”?
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 12:17 PM
What’s a “public artist”?
A high rise apartment building over every post office would be good. Especially if the Feds say zoning be damned.
The next Democratic President should:
1. Repeal all state laws that require new cars be sold by dealers in exchange for auto makers supporting right to repair
2. Convert the 80/20 transportation funding rule into a population-based formula
3. Build thousands of social housing units on USPS land
1. Repeal all state laws that require new cars be sold by dealers in exchange for auto makers supporting right to repair
2. Convert the 80/20 transportation funding rule into a population-based formula
3. Build thousands of social housing units on USPS land
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
A high rise apartment building over every post office would be good. Especially if the Feds say zoning be damned.
Banditry. Piracy. That’s what you call stealing food and killing people at sea.
Every Democrat running for office needs to promise investigations and full prosecutions from top to bottom, remove its funding bloat then break up the agency and distribute its core remaining useful functions across other agencies.
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 26, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Banditry. Piracy. That’s what you call stealing food and killing people at sea.
Look. We just don’t know. He built it so maybe at least some of these are true.
This year, Grok was reprogrammed to say Elon Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
www.404media.co/elon-musk-co...
Elon Musk Could 'Drink Piss Better Than Any Human in History,' Grok Says
Grok has been reprogrammed to say Musk is better than everyone at everything, including blowjobs, piss drinking, playing quarterback, conquering Europe, etc.
www.404media.co
December 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Look. We just don’t know. He built it so maybe at least some of these are true.
I think anyone posting 200 times in a day would be a worrying sign of a mental health crisis. And I’ve spent a lot of time chronically online.
December 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I think anyone posting 200 times in a day would be a worrying sign of a mental health crisis. And I’ve spent a lot of time chronically online.
Sorry. I know it’s not the point but what’s a West End condo?
I'd be delighted to have a hairstylist or a youth soccer coach visit for a night
December 24, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Sorry. I know it’s not the point but what’s a West End condo?
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No it didn't, that isn't true.
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
No it didn't, that isn't true.
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Hi folks. Just to be clear, a date has not yet been announced for the next No Kings. If a PAC you’ve never heard of asks for donations to “organize” it, please block and report them
December 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hi folks. Just to be clear, a date has not yet been announced for the next No Kings. If a PAC you’ve never heard of asks for donations to “organize” it, please block and report them
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Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year from @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year from @ucunorthumbria.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk
I’m traveling around Europe with my wife (languages: English, Russian) her cousin (English, French, some German) and me (English, Arabic, Spanish) and we’ve used them all over the past week. Last night we baffled our landlord who just wanted to speak to all of us at the same time not in English.
December 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
I’m traveling around Europe with my wife (languages: English, Russian) her cousin (English, French, some German) and me (English, Arabic, Spanish) and we’ve used them all over the past week. Last night we baffled our landlord who just wanted to speak to all of us at the same time not in English.
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Who has a good diaspora politics syllabus theyre willing to share (grad level preferred)
December 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Who has a good diaspora politics syllabus theyre willing to share (grad level preferred)
Honestly I have no idea if this is a joke.
BREAKING: Bari Weiss invites the producers of '60 Minutes' to a town hall debate
December 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Honestly I have no idea if this is a joke.
Had another student say “mental health” for “mental health problems” the other day which is the most baffling neologism.
Student “I have mental health”
Me (silently to myself) “well good for you in glad one of us does”
Student “I have mental health”
Me (silently to myself) “well good for you in glad one of us does”
December 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Had another student say “mental health” for “mental health problems” the other day which is the most baffling neologism.
Student “I have mental health”
Me (silently to myself) “well good for you in glad one of us does”
Student “I have mental health”
Me (silently to myself) “well good for you in glad one of us does”
I know we’re doing academic job discourse again. Less noted is that *we’re all just guessing* and it’s really hard to predict who will do well. It’s a crappy market shot through with terrible information asymmetries and straight up gaps.
December 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I know we’re doing academic job discourse again. Less noted is that *we’re all just guessing* and it’s really hard to predict who will do well. It’s a crappy market shot through with terrible information asymmetries and straight up gaps.
The US. It was fun (sometimes) while it lasted.
absolutely wild move by @oversightdemocrats.house.gov to allow comments on the dropbox folder with the epstein photos
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
The US. It was fun (sometimes) while it lasted.
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At last we have created the Hunger Games from the classic dystopian novel Don’t Create The Hunger Games
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
At last we have created the Hunger Games from the classic dystopian novel Don’t Create The Hunger Games
When I lived in Egypt the gas lines that connect the countries were bombed so frequently it was a running joke.
Netanyahu approves $35 billion gas deal with Egypt under U.S. pressure
Netanyahu approves $35 billion gas deal with Egypt under U.S. pressure
Netanyahu wants a summit with Sisi, and the U.S. offered to help if he approved the deal.
www.axios.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
When I lived in Egypt the gas lines that connect the countries were bombed so frequently it was a running joke.
If you have to do grading during the holiday I do recommend doing it bar side at an inn and pub you’re staying at in England.
December 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you have to do grading during the holiday I do recommend doing it bar side at an inn and pub you’re staying at in England.
Eric Adams is one of the oddest characters in American politics. You’ll read a normal article about Mamdani’s transition and then it’ll be like “the outgoing mayor says the house is full of ghosts”
December 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Eric Adams is one of the oddest characters in American politics. You’ll read a normal article about Mamdani’s transition and then it’ll be like “the outgoing mayor says the house is full of ghosts”
Bust it open when you need stuff to get really really weird.
Mayor Adams has new walk-on music for a press conference at City Hall billed as an "end of term update" on his admin's initiatives. He pulls out a cigar from his jacket pocket. There's also an "Adams administration time capsule" on hand that'll be buried outside City Hall later.
December 16, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Bust it open when you need stuff to get really really weird.
“The everyone’s has to drink pee now bill is a DISTRACTION we’re focused on healthcare for all Americans!” Schumer probably
I hate that every week there's something stupid like an Everyone Has To Drink Pee Now Bill and the alert sounds to CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES THIS IS NOT A DRILL and you really wish you could just trust them to not go for the pee drinking bill
December 16, 2025 at 6:34 AM
“The everyone’s has to drink pee now bill is a DISTRACTION we’re focused on healthcare for all Americans!” Schumer probably
Pretty sure I just graded an essay responding to the prompt I wrote for this class two years ago. Not the one I wrote this year.
So….my old exam got passed around and they walked in and copy and pasted an old answer they got not even noticing it was a different question.
Freshmen are undefeated
So….my old exam got passed around and they walked in and copy and pasted an old answer they got not even noticing it was a different question.
Freshmen are undefeated
December 16, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Pretty sure I just graded an essay responding to the prompt I wrote for this class two years ago. Not the one I wrote this year.
So….my old exam got passed around and they walked in and copy and pasted an old answer they got not even noticing it was a different question.
Freshmen are undefeated
So….my old exam got passed around and they walked in and copy and pasted an old answer they got not even noticing it was a different question.
Freshmen are undefeated
It’s always weird when students are cheating (near identical wrong things) but you have no idea how (not from class, not what ChatGPT says, in an in class essay).
December 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
It’s always weird when students are cheating (near identical wrong things) but you have no idea how (not from class, not what ChatGPT says, in an in class essay).