Michael Donnelly
@mjdonnelly.bsky.social
UToronto poli. sci. Behavio(u)r/policy/Europe/methods. Director, Munk MPP & MGA. Dayton born, Fordham/Princeton/EUI educated. Book: https://bit.ly/3sbvfwX
www.michaeljdonnelly.net
www.michaeljdonnelly.net
Prepping a syllabus for a first year course next year. Need good readings on politics and siblings, ideally not too scholarly. Any good deep dives on the Milibands or the Ford bros? Anybody but the Kennedys
November 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Prepping a syllabus for a first year course next year. Need good readings on politics and siblings, ideally not too scholarly. Any good deep dives on the Milibands or the Ford bros? Anybody but the Kennedys
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I live in (the walkable and mildly-annoying-to-drive-in urban downtown of) a suburb now but living on K Street NW in DC made me intimately appreciate how driving *should* get progressively more annoying as the surrounding area gets progressively more dense
One thing that’s so frustrating living in a city center is the pervasive belief among suburbanites that your neighborhood is nothing more than a consumer experience for them and that the city should bend over backwards to ensure they can speed as fast as possible on their way to buy treats in it.
November 17, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I live in (the walkable and mildly-annoying-to-drive-in urban downtown of) a suburb now but living on K Street NW in DC made me intimately appreciate how driving *should* get progressively more annoying as the surrounding area gets progressively more dense
A model of careful analysis, though as a regular Risk player, the failure to properly spell Kamchatka is evidence that Ben is probably a Madagascar or Argentina starter, rather than a more adventurous Eastern Australia or Siam starter.
A month ago I looked at what I called Labour's midlife crisis- an obsession with chasing socially conservative Reform-curious voters and ignoring groups of disaffected voters with social attitudes much closer to Labour voters. But some people thought there was method in their madness. Was there? 1/n
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
A model of careful analysis, though as a regular Risk player, the failure to properly spell Kamchatka is evidence that Ben is probably a Madagascar or Argentina starter, rather than a more adventurous Eastern Australia or Siam starter.
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This has been my gripe for a long time now. If you took the words seriously, rigorously, if we established a clear right to housing in the Charter, then you'd basically nuke municipal zoning nearly in its entirety — certainly as it's practiced in Ontario.
November 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
This has been my gripe for a long time now. If you took the words seriously, rigorously, if we established a clear right to housing in the Charter, then you'd basically nuke municipal zoning nearly in its entirety — certainly as it's practiced in Ontario.
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How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
Shawn Micallef: How Toronto killed ‘Sesame Street’ with its heritage rules — and how we can bring it back
In the face of opposition from even small groups, the city ends up watering down even the best ideas.
www.thestar.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
How Toronto killed Sesame Street. My column on the retreat from allowing shops in neighbourhoods
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
& other watering down of good ideas.
www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...
I know the NYT doesn't think the Athletic should be held to high standards, but they shouldn't print lies:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I know the NYT doesn't think the Athletic should be held to high standards, but they shouldn't print lies:
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/678...
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racist tradcath has to be seen, I think, as its own form of heresy
It's quite fascinating how tradcath converts like JD Vance and Kevin Roberts are increasingly at war with much of a more liberal Catholic Church hierarchy in the United States
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
racist tradcath has to be seen, I think, as its own form of heresy
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❗️Please share widely:
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
Tenure-Track Professorship in Migration, Citizenship, Identity
jobs.univie.ac.at
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
❗️Please share widely:
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
TT position in migration/citizenship/identity at IPW @univie.ac.at: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Deadline: 10 Dec 2025
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We are in a timeline in which People Magazine is publishing legit hard-hitting news headlines while CBS and CNN publicly humiliate themselves.
I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.
I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.
October 28, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We are in a timeline in which People Magazine is publishing legit hard-hitting news headlines while CBS and CNN publicly humiliate themselves.
I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.
I don’t like this timeline. But I’m loving People Magazine right now.
One of the best descriptions of the current instantiation of co service “intellectualism” I’ve seen.
October 27, 2025 at 1:38 PM
One of the best descriptions of the current instantiation of co service “intellectualism” I’ve seen.
8yo trying to stay up for the game. Just changed the subject from Vladdy’s batting average by saying, with no context, “Did you know Copenhagen is in Denmark?” He might be getting delirious.
October 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
8yo trying to stay up for the game. Just changed the subject from Vladdy’s batting average by saying, with no context, “Did you know Copenhagen is in Denmark?” He might be getting delirious.
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Homeless shelters reduce crime.
"Our findings suggest that shelter functions as a public good with high social benefits."
www.nber.org/papers/w34376
"Our findings suggest that shelter functions as a public good with high social benefits."
www.nber.org/papers/w34376
October 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Homeless shelters reduce crime.
"Our findings suggest that shelter functions as a public good with high social benefits."
www.nber.org/papers/w34376
"Our findings suggest that shelter functions as a public good with high social benefits."
www.nber.org/papers/w34376
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Nerds: it's time for our Calgary municipal election forecasting contest! The winner gets a free copy of my forthcoming co-edited book, City Politics in Canada. Please share widely! #yyccc
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October 19, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Nerds: it's time for our Calgary municipal election forecasting contest! The winner gets a free copy of my forthcoming co-edited book, City Politics in Canada. Please share widely! #yyccc
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Elgar, you keep using that word...
October 14, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Elgar, you keep using that word...
It seems Maryland got a cool new logo. Wonder what it means.
October 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
It seems Maryland got a cool new logo. Wonder what it means.
10yo just came downstairs, held up The Hunt for Red October and said, “can I read this book?” Excited to see what he thinks in the morning.
October 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
10yo just came downstairs, held up The Hunt for Red October and said, “can I read this book?” Excited to see what he thinks in the morning.
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If you’d like a more realistic assessment; I wrote about it today. www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...
Thawing out ‘Arctic Frost’ and the new Biden-was-worse argument
A recent American presidency, you may be alarmed to hear, engaged in an action that was "arguably worse than Watergate" — an event still positioned in some circles as the gold-standard of presidential...
www.pbump.net
October 9, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you’d like a more realistic assessment; I wrote about it today. www.pbump.net/o/dethawing-...
Semuhi's comparative work is depressingly relevant to current events in the US: www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/com...
October 7, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Semuhi's comparative work is depressingly relevant to current events in the US: www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/com...
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𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 #𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 #𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬?
They face huge risks, especially during economic crises, when dictators choose to financially extort or #purge their business allies. And yet, despite their power to disrupt, business elites rarely switch sides.
My research shows why.
They face huge risks, especially during economic crises, when dictators choose to financially extort or #purge their business allies. And yet, despite their power to disrupt, business elites rarely switch sides.
My research shows why.
October 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 #𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 #𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬?
They face huge risks, especially during economic crises, when dictators choose to financially extort or #purge their business allies. And yet, despite their power to disrupt, business elites rarely switch sides.
My research shows why.
They face huge risks, especially during economic crises, when dictators choose to financially extort or #purge their business allies. And yet, despite their power to disrupt, business elites rarely switch sides.
My research shows why.
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🤘🏼I wrote about sweating the small stuff. The city parks dept answered city council’s request to look into destructive practices w a shrug. That’s not good enough. Total park reform is needed & needs to be an election platform. If Chow passes on it, someone else surely will. Pls read & share. 🙏🏼🤘🏼
Shawn Micallef: How Toronto can take a lesson from Van Halen, and learn to sweat the small stuff
Anybody who travels this city knows large vehicles are routinely in parks. It’s disrespectful to Torontonians, a scandalous waste of money, and intrusive to those trying to enjoy the outdoor
www.thestar.com
October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🤘🏼I wrote about sweating the small stuff. The city parks dept answered city council’s request to look into destructive practices w a shrug. That’s not good enough. Total park reform is needed & needs to be an election platform. If Chow passes on it, someone else surely will. Pls read & share. 🙏🏼🤘🏼
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Why is this man, who clearly has no sense of remorse for acting in a way that endangers fellow citizens, being given a sympathetic ear instead of being jailed?
Driver who racks up between $300 and $400 a month in speeding and parking tickets feels like he’s "being bullied.” www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/arti...
September 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Why is this man, who clearly has no sense of remorse for acting in a way that endangers fellow citizens, being given a sympathetic ear instead of being jailed?
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Unveils divergent American and German housing policies over the past century and their major impact on each country's capitalist model.
Through the Roof by Alexander Reisenbichler (@utoronto.ca), Out Now
🗺️ 🗃️ #LawSky #BookSky #PolicySky #Housing
https://cup.org/47L03JF
Through the Roof by Alexander Reisenbichler (@utoronto.ca), Out Now
🗺️ 🗃️ #LawSky #BookSky #PolicySky #Housing
https://cup.org/47L03JF
September 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Unveils divergent American and German housing policies over the past century and their major impact on each country's capitalist model.
Through the Roof by Alexander Reisenbichler (@utoronto.ca), Out Now
🗺️ 🗃️ #LawSky #BookSky #PolicySky #Housing
https://cup.org/47L03JF
Through the Roof by Alexander Reisenbichler (@utoronto.ca), Out Now
🗺️ 🗃️ #LawSky #BookSky #PolicySky #Housing
https://cup.org/47L03JF
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Oh no, @mjdonnelly.bsky.social, we got old.
September 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Oh no, @mjdonnelly.bsky.social, we got old.
Me vs the 8yo with appropriate handicap: how it started, ended
September 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Me vs the 8yo with appropriate handicap: how it started, ended