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Nomi Claire Lazar

@nomiclairelazar.bsky.social

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Professeure Titulaire, Legal / Political Theory uOttawa GSPIA Books:on Time & Politics (YaleUP); on States of Emergency (CambridgeUP) Co-Lead, British Academy Global Convening Crisis, Constitutions, Elections, Apocalypse, Extremism www.nomiclairelazar.com

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Chris Berube @chrisberube.bsky.social · 7h

"Oh yeah? You like baseball? What if I make you smoke *an entire pack* of baseball?"

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 7h

At a certain point, the ALCS doesn't actually "start." The Jays just show up and take over a dugout from one of these teams and the game continues.

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 16h

This is why I’m writing a book on apocalyptic politics.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 18h

Say no to drugs, kids

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 17h

Can anyone recommend a good political history of the early church? (Constantine to 500ish?)

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 18h

Hadn’t visited X in many moons, popped back and … good lord in heaven.

Finally deleted my account.

Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 19h

That makes excellent sense. Thank you!

Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 22h

Remember early in 2025 when there was a plane crash nearly every day? Interesting that that just… stopped? I mean good interesting. But interesting.

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 23h

Dawn wishes to remind you that it reliably follows Night.

(Rideau Canal aching with beauty and draped in mist this morning.)

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Reuters @reuters.com · 1d

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 1d

Just people -Star Wars people - looking remarkably like their dogs, like people do.

Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 1d

Mabel & I hope all our fellow Californians vote YES on Prop. 50!

#FightFireWithFire

Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 1d

Are you from Cape Breton?

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Maximilian Filsinger @mfilsinger.bsky.social · 1d

Steffen Wamsler and I have a new paper in @ejprjournal.bsky.social !

We show that citizens who perceive their in-group to be disadvantaged express lower support for democracy and higher openness towards authoritarian alternatives!

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Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core

Democracy and disadvantage: How subjective group relative deprivation undermines democratic support

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 1d

Nestled in the St. Paul’s library and suddenly *overcome* by a sense of loss for...card catalogues??

I miss the tactile, the full physicality of library life. I miss being hidden in stacks. I miss dust. I miss random learned-looking spiders. I miss the smell of old paper. Paper made learning sexy.

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 2d

Ah, the snail children. Take years off our lives.

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Tor "SolarFred" Valenza @torsolarfred.bsky.social · 2d

Solar is crushing gas power in California this year #energysky -- via Canary Media:

Solar is crushing gas power in California this year

The state’s combination of solar and battery plants has pushed clean generation of electricity to new heights, offering a welcome reprieve from high gas…

www.canarymedia.com

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 2d

Can’t help but wonder if the Not Being In Cars is both effect AND cause, right @toondreessen.bsky.social ?

(I typoed this and had to repost)

Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 2d

Every day is a good day for reading Heine.

Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 3d

Ludwig Börne offering to spy on himself for half the price the police spy is being paid. (From Heinrich Heine’s book on Börne.)

And yet he knew that he was surrounded by spies, and he once said to me, "there's a fellow walking constantly behind me, following me through all the streets, standing in front of all the buildings I go into, and certainly is well paid by some government for it. If I only knew which government, I would write to it to say that I should like to earn the money myself, that I myself would submit a reliable daily report about how I had spent the whole day, with whom I had spoken, where I had gone; yes, I am ready to deliver this report at a much cheaper price,

Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 2d

In my already super neighbourly area, COVID only brought out more mutual care. Kids walk to school together. People greet crossing guards (who have treats for 🐕) by name. Those few in cars make room: for 👧🚲&🚙. My brother in Utah finds the difference in felt community so stark he wants to move home.

Patrick Wyman @patrickwyman.bsky.social · 2d

Watching antisocial driver behavior in the school drop-off line makes it really clear that the pandemic destroyed whatever few shreds remained of the social compact, just pathological selfishness on display every day

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Popehat Agitates And Irritates @kenwhite.bsky.social · 2d

Mike Johnson’s position is young pregnant American women shouldn’t have to wait before being turned away to die in the parking lot from an ectopic pregnancy the hospital is afraid to treat

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Mike Johnson: "If you're a young, pregnant American citizen women who shows up in an ER and you get treated and they pay the hospital less for treating you than some illegal rabble rouser who came in from some South American country to do us harm, that is wrong."

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Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 3d

i have met a number of pigs, including pigs i later went on to eat (we have small farmers in our family) and quite frankly, getting to know pigs has made me feel even less bad about eating them

they would 100% eat us if given the chance

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 3d

On the uncertainties of Emergency Powers & their limits in Trump’s America. Re-upping this piece I did last December for @thestar.com which is just constantly timely.
(USA = Eternal kairos of the fretful mind?)

www.thestar.com

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 4d

Too many fishky sours.

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 4d

It’s got bubbles on it!!

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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 4d

This comprehensive new compendium on constitutional theory is fantastic. (And not JUST because I have a chapter on constitutional legitimacy in it 😁). @rbellamy.bsky.social and Jeff King have done a huge service to students and to the profession. The culmination of many years of effort.

Richard Bellamy @rbellamy.bsky.social · 4d

Delighted to announce a hybrid event to launchThe Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory: ed Richard Bellamy and Jeff King

UCL 13 Oct 2025, 18:05 – 19:30, followed by a wine reception.

Event details and how to book an on line or in person place – are here

www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/events/...

The Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory: Launch Event

This event is organised by the UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism.

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Srdjan Vucetic @srdj.bsky.social · 5d

New article with Bryan Mabee - and it's open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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