Spencer Mckay
@spencermckay.com
Democratic theorist, giant lobster enthusiast, former public servant
This new report looks great. Lots of alignment with what we found last year in our GenAI and Elections report for @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social . We apparently have terrible SEO for it but it's here for anyone interested: open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream...
July 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This new report looks great. Lots of alignment with what we found last year in our GenAI and Elections report for @ubcdemocracy.bsky.social . We apparently have terrible SEO for it but it's here for anyone interested: open.library.ubc.ca/media/stream...
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CfA: PhD scholarship in political theory @ucph.bsky.social
Part of my project "Citizens' Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems," which will explore how citizens should participate in making political agendas
Apply by Aug. 3, 2025
➡️ employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
#PolTheory #demoinno
Part of my project "Citizens' Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems," which will explore how citizens should participate in making political agendas
Apply by Aug. 3, 2025
➡️ employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
#PolTheory #demoinno
PhD Scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH): Citizens’ Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems (CASDS)
employment.ku.dk
June 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
CfA: PhD scholarship in political theory @ucph.bsky.social
Part of my project "Citizens' Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems," which will explore how citizens should participate in making political agendas
Apply by Aug. 3, 2025
➡️ employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
#PolTheory #demoinno
Part of my project "Citizens' Agenda-Setting in Democratic Systems," which will explore how citizens should participate in making political agendas
Apply by Aug. 3, 2025
➡️ employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...
#PolTheory #demoinno
'Viewpoint diversity' is affirmative action for incompetent and malicious people.
Meanwhile, DOJ lawyers are threatening medical journals for not providing adequate "viewpoint diversity" and for misinforming their readership, which I suppose means not publishing enough of the stupid shit that RFK Jr., JB, etc. keep saying.
This is an outrageous First Amendment violation.
This is an outrageous First Amendment violation.
Medical Journals Get Letters From DOJ
At least three journals received letters from a U.S. Attorney asking about 'competing viewpoints'
www.medpagetoday.com
April 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
'Viewpoint diversity' is affirmative action for incompetent and malicious people.
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March 1, 2025 at 3:04 AM
One of my final exam questions last semester asked students to write a response to Musk and Ramaswamy's WSJ op-ed that took aim at 'unelected bureaucrats'.
Many of them landed here too, asking: who elected Elon?
Many of them landed here too, asking: who elected Elon?
Not one American voted for the person who is laying waste to the federal government and hijacking the secure data of US citizens.
I just wanted to lay it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
I just wanted to lay it out: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
February 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
One of my final exam questions last semester asked students to write a response to Musk and Ramaswamy's WSJ op-ed that took aim at 'unelected bureaucrats'.
Many of them landed here too, asking: who elected Elon?
Many of them landed here too, asking: who elected Elon?
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Canada is a country worth fighting for against anyone who’d roll up and sock us in the kisser, goddamn them.
I will still stand up for my country and our right to decide for ourselves how we want to live.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/confession...
I will still stand up for my country and our right to decide for ourselves how we want to live.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/confession...
Confessions of a Reluctant Nationalist
I'd throw a punch to fight for Canada's sovereignty while reserving and exercising my right to criticize this country. That's a fine form of patriotism.
www.davidmoscrop.com
February 2, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Canada is a country worth fighting for against anyone who’d roll up and sock us in the kisser, goddamn them.
I will still stand up for my country and our right to decide for ourselves how we want to live.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/confession...
I will still stand up for my country and our right to decide for ourselves how we want to live.
www.davidmoscrop.com/p/confession...
Great thread, with a bunch of pieces I teach in my 'political theory and public policy' class. Seems particularly relevant right now.
1. I agree 100%. And in addition to publicly accessible *descriptive* work on policy, there is also crucial unmet demand for accessible *normative* accounts of why the bureaucratic institutions that deliver the policies we need and like are good and democratically legitimate.
Thank you for this! And I could not agree more. Evidence I've collected across several studies (some in the book, some elsewhere) suggests there is a big unmet demand for practical descriptive information about existing public policy.
January 30, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Great thread, with a bunch of pieces I teach in my 'political theory and public policy' class. Seems particularly relevant right now.
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👋 Hi, we have just migrated here from you know where.
Give us a follow for news and events about democratic innovations.
We are currently putting together our newsletter, so if you have publications or events you want us to share, put them in the replies.
Give us a follow for news and events about democratic innovations.
We are currently putting together our newsletter, so if you have publications or events you want us to share, put them in the replies.
January 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
👋 Hi, we have just migrated here from you know where.
Give us a follow for news and events about democratic innovations.
We are currently putting together our newsletter, so if you have publications or events you want us to share, put them in the replies.
Give us a follow for news and events about democratic innovations.
We are currently putting together our newsletter, so if you have publications or events you want us to share, put them in the replies.
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We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics. On Zuckerberg today and Musk over the last few weeks. www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics. On Zuckerberg today and Musk over the last few weeks. www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics
www.programmablemutter.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
We're getting the social media crisis wrong
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics. On Zuckerberg today and Musk over the last few weeks. www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
The bigger problem isn't disinformation. It's degraded democratic publics. On Zuckerberg today and Musk over the last few weeks. www.programmablemutter.com/p/were-getti...
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Delighted to announce a new (open access) paper the wonderful @meganmattes.bsky.social and me - Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada #polsky #demoinno
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (1/?)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (1/?)
Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada | Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique | Cambridge Core
Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada
www.cambridge.org
December 19, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Delighted to announce a new (open access) paper the wonderful @meganmattes.bsky.social and me - Failure to Launch: Tracing the Trajectory of Democratic Innovation Adoption in Canada #polsky #demoinno
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (1/?)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal... (1/?)
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Excited to share that my article "Torrential Twitter? Measuring the Severity of Harassment When Canadian Female Politicians Tweet About Climate Change" has been published at Social Media + Society!
doi.org/10.1177/2056...
doi.org/10.1177/2056...
December 10, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Excited to share that my article "Torrential Twitter? Measuring the Severity of Harassment When Canadian Female Politicians Tweet About Climate Change" has been published at Social Media + Society!
doi.org/10.1177/2056...
doi.org/10.1177/2056...
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🤩 The CfP for the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School is out now 🤩
A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.
Grants available for students with limited institutional support.
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...
A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.
Grants available for students with limited institutional support.
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...
December 10, 2024 at 8:04 AM
🤩 The CfP for the 7th Deliberative Democracy Summer School is out now 🤩
A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.
Grants available for students with limited institutional support.
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...
A toast to our colleagues from the University of Zurich for hosting the European version of the summer school.
Grants available for students with limited institutional support.
www.ipz.uzh.ch/en/study/doc...
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Seems lots of new people joined Bluesky over the weekend, so I'm re-upping this starter pack I created of people working on democratic innovations for a more participatory and deliberative politics.
Still room for others to be added, so give me a shout if I missed you.
go.bsky.app/LX11yEA #polisky
Still room for others to be added, so give me a shout if I missed you.
go.bsky.app/LX11yEA #polisky
November 11, 2024 at 11:25 AM
Seems lots of new people joined Bluesky over the weekend, so I'm re-upping this starter pack I created of people working on democratic innovations for a more participatory and deliberative politics.
Still room for others to be added, so give me a shout if I missed you.
go.bsky.app/LX11yEA #polisky
Still room for others to be added, so give me a shout if I missed you.
go.bsky.app/LX11yEA #polisky
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My article, "What Is It Like To Be a Partisan? Measures of Partisanship & Its Value for Democracy," is now available OPEN ACCESS at Perspectives on Politics. It's political theory aimed at improving both empirical & normative studies. Thread below:
Polisky PolTheory
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Polisky PolTheory
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
What Is It Like To Be a Partisan? Measures of Partisanship and Its Value for Democracy | Perspective...
What Is It Like To Be a Partisan? Measures of Partisanship and Its Value for Democracy
www.cambridge.org
December 6, 2023 at 6:03 PM
My article, "What Is It Like To Be a Partisan? Measures of Partisanship & Its Value for Democracy," is now available OPEN ACCESS at Perspectives on Politics. It's political theory aimed at improving both empirical & normative studies. Thread below:
Polisky PolTheory
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Polisky PolTheory
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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10 more days to apply to the "Democracy from the perspective of citizens" workshop at #NOPSA 24
Up to 15 participants
To advance normative and empirical debates on citizen-centred approaches in democratic theory
On June 25-28
At the University of Bergen
Organized with Maija Setälä
Up to 15 participants
To advance normative and empirical debates on citizen-centred approaches in democratic theory
On June 25-28
At the University of Bergen
Organized with Maija Setälä
CfP: "Democracy from the perspective of citizens" workshop at the Nordic Political Science Congress (NoPSA), June 25-28, 2024 in Bergen
Deadline to apply: December 15, 2023
More information on the congress and full CfP here (see p. 15 for ours): static1.squarespace.com/static/64478...
Deadline to apply: December 15, 2023
More information on the congress and full CfP here (see p. 15 for ours): static1.squarespace.com/static/64478...
December 5, 2023 at 3:59 PM
10 more days to apply to the "Democracy from the perspective of citizens" workshop at #NOPSA 24
Up to 15 participants
To advance normative and empirical debates on citizen-centred approaches in democratic theory
On June 25-28
At the University of Bergen
Organized with Maija Setälä
Up to 15 participants
To advance normative and empirical debates on citizen-centred approaches in democratic theory
On June 25-28
At the University of Bergen
Organized with Maija Setälä
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New special issue in Democratic Theory with @meritaina.bsky.social
✨DEMOCRATIC SELF-TRANSFORMATIONS✨
Check out the brilliant contributions. It's open access!
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
@moyalloyd.bsky.social
✨DEMOCRATIC SELF-TRANSFORMATIONS✨
Check out the brilliant contributions. It's open access!
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
@moyalloyd.bsky.social
November 10, 2023 at 8:03 AM
New special issue in Democratic Theory with @meritaina.bsky.social
✨DEMOCRATIC SELF-TRANSFORMATIONS✨
Check out the brilliant contributions. It's open access!
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
@moyalloyd.bsky.social
✨DEMOCRATIC SELF-TRANSFORMATIONS✨
Check out the brilliant contributions. It's open access!
www.berghahnjournals.com/view/journal...
@moyalloyd.bsky.social
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Wrote a good book in political theory? Know someone who did? Consider submitting it for consideration for the CB Macpherson award! cpsa-acsp.ca/macpherson-p.... #cpsa #polisci
November 18, 2023 at 9:18 PM
Wrote a good book in political theory? Know someone who did? Consider submitting it for consideration for the CB Macpherson award! cpsa-acsp.ca/macpherson-p.... #cpsa #polisci