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Jacob T. Levy

@jacobtlevy.bsky.social

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Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Posts here speak only for myself. Americo-Canadian; liberaltarian; aging geek. http://jacobtlevy.com .. more

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Jacob T. Levy is an American political theorist and Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory at McGill University. Levy is the Chair of the Department of Political Science at McGill, as well as the coordinator of McGill's Research Group on Constitutional Studies and the founding director of McGill's Yan P. Lin Centre for the Study of Freedom and Global Orders in the Ancient and Modern Worlds. Levy is also a Senior Fellow at the Niskanen Center and the Institute for Humane Studies. He is known for his expertise on multiculturalism, liberalism, and pluralism. .. more

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2h

In how many states is that state of mind legal?

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2h

Done

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Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 12h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12h

I've never encountered the word "chomo" before; I immediately hate it.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 13h

The first generation of smart glasses was search engine powered: Instant doxxing!

The next generation of smart glasses will be AI powered, so as you walk through the day you'll see everyone naked, with six fingers on one hand, with made-up citations next to them.

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Eyewear giant ups ante on Meta tech | LinkedIn

The CEO of the world’s biggest eyewear company thinks demand for smart glasses is about to boom.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 13h

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Opinion | Should They Just Go Ahead and Put Up a Gold Trump Sign on the Supreme Court?

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 17h

Which means that the very public "I am altering the deal" strategy... gets noticed by other universities and taken account of. There's no point in making embarrassing placating concessions when the other side isn't going to stick to the agreement.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 17h

I think other countries have adopted Trump-soothing strategies for trade negotiations: placate him when he's mad, make a deal that he's excited to call a deal, then hope he just forgets about you.

But the war on universities isn't being driven by Trump's whims the same way, and Rufo doesn't forget.

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McGill PoliSci @mcgillpolisci.bsky.social · 18h

Assistant Professor @amyjanzwood.bsky.social is among the experts featured on this CBC "Ideas with Nahlah Ayed" episode on building pipelines and fighting climate change, and public opinion that seems to want both.

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Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 19h

“There is no degree of acquiescence to Trumpism that will satisfy this administration or MAGA at large. All there is is a choice between offering a faint echo of the false reality they’re selling and creating dissonance by speaking the reality of the situation to the public.”

All In Our Heads: On Losing Our Democracy and Life Beyond Our Imaginations

Our language has to meet the moment, and we have to be relentless about dispelling the fiction MAGA is selling.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

hey, @ilyasomin.bsky.social , you're on the enemies list!

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Trump: "I can create peace with tariffs. I'm using them for a lot of different reasons. If that power was taken away, it would be a terrible terrible day for our country. I would say many of the things I've done could be eradicated ... these are enemies of the country that are pursuing that lawsuit"

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

heh.

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

and also, of course, the second-most-famous thing @kjhealy.co has ever written.

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Five Reasons You Didn't Win a MacArthur Genius Grant—Again

It's the time of the year to not to win big prizes. The Nobels are just around the corner, and the MacArthur Foundation Fellows were just announced....

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

It's one of my favorite days on my personal social media liturgical calendar: MacArthur Day, the occasion to post this video from "Little Miss Sunshine!"

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Little Miss Sunshine (1/5) Movie CLIP - Frankly Speaking (2006) HD

YouTube video by Movieclips

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

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...

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Colin Danby @cdanby.bsky.social · 1d

Tabs are an archive.

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

This was not a sample of academics.

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 1d

How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*

1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%

*across all windows, on desktop/laptop

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 1d

I know there are good reasons for municipal elections not to get contested under the overarching ideological party banners of the province/ state/ country. (It's complicated, but there are some good reasons.) I do wish that the municipal parties would choose names that told me *something*, though.

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 1d

A good example of why direct inflation adjustment of this sort is more deceptive than clarifying when applied over very long stretches of time where consumption patterns are very different.

Basic foods (bread/grain) probably devours a third of Cratchet's income, but not the modern worker's.

Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 1d

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Siva @sivav.bsky.social · 1d

The “compact” for higher ed is an unserious document written by unserious people from a position of spectacular ignorance. No one should take it seriously. Sadly, my bosses are taking it seriously.

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 1d

Florida Republican unveils bill threatening state funding if colleges don't rename roads after Charlie Kirk

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Florida Republican unveils bill threatening state funding if colleges don’t rename roads after Charlie Kirk

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo tells US bishops to address Trump's immigration crackdown

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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 1d

"It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Opinion | You Beat Trumpism by Banding Together. It’s as Hard and as Simple as That.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2d

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Panicked Curtis Yarvin—JD Vance's guru—plans to flee USA

‘I feel that I personally have to start thinking realistically about how to flee the country.’

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2d

"Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia" should be how Democrats begin every single comment to reporters these days.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

Ruben Gallego on whether Trump is talking to Democrats:

“Look, the President clearly has some kind of dementia, so I think there's a he's probably talking to himself, or think he's talking to a Democrat, but I sincerely doubt that that's actually he's actually physically talking to a Democrat.“

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 2d

Although I did once mutter in a meeting “The avalanche has already begun, it is too late for the pebbles to vote”, so I may just not be winning this game…

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 2d

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 2d

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

CBS News current president Tom Cibroski praised Weiss on the call, saying "Bari's energy and passion is infectious and you will feel it, big time." He also added that the Free Press and CBS News "are going to learn a lot from each other...that's what this is all about."

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