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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD

@elizabethbitmeehan.com

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Transparency, regulation, business & interest group politics, and polisci metascience. Run @apsa.bsky.social DDRIG. Go 'Cats. Always a Midwest Princess 👑

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 7d

End of September #polisky eJobs count, which is looking similar to May-August (9/1-9/30):

September 2024: 167 total positions (105 open to assistant TT)

September 2025: 138 total positions (83 open to assistant TT)

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 22d

We are back with the #polisky halfway through September eJobs count, which is looking better (9/1-9/15):

September 2024: 64 total positions (46 open to assistant TT)

September 2025: 54 total positions (39 open to assistant TT)

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · Sep 2

Final #polisky eJobs count (including 8/30-8/31):

May-August 2024: 319 total positions (219 open to assistant TT)

May-August 2025: 228 total positions (140 open to assistant TT)

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 54m

Even the navy ads on Reddit are like “don’t you want to get out of the U.S. and live in Europe too?”

Italy doesn’t have to be just for vacations. When you're a Sailor with America's Navy, you can make Italy your home and enjoy all its history, culture and cuisine.

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 13h

who is going to be holding the bag & how are their creditors / lessors not absolutely shitting themselves

blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14h

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 19h

i largely agree with this take

Elinhas @elinhas.bsky.social · 1d

Oh boy, here we go

Taylor Swift - The Life of a Showgirl ALBUM REVIEW

YouTube video by theneedledrop

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 21h

see: john oliver

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 21h

petition for @theonion.com / @bencollins.bsky.social to make "let's do the fucking news" merch & give it to small, independent news orgs (or hire more onion staff, that would also rule)

Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 22h

Someone saying "Let's do the fucking news" is the ultimate sign that person has never, ever worked in a real newsroom (the fantasyland of the NYT Opinion section doesn't count)

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 1d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 22h

this "legal analysis" makes the upcoming No Kings protest on 10/18 *extremely* interesting

Mike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 23h

This is rampant lawlessness

The law says what it says, and Russ Vought doesn't get to unilaterally change that

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 23h

in more doing small things to care for yourself: when was the last time you cleaned the filter in your dishwasher?

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 1d

Did it today took me 5 minutes I am so serious

blacksky.community/profile/did:...

Greg Pak : Work @gregpak.com · 3d

Due to recent trolling by the Bluesky CEO, I finally decided to try out another server - namely the myatproto.social server offered to non-Black users by Blacksky. Followed the transfer instructions below and it went fine! (Had to use my DID id instead of my username, but other than that, all good!)

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 3d

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 1d

like this fucking whips

blacksky.community/profile/did:...

ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 1d

i don’t really understand why this made me start bawling i just really love seeing people try to help each other in creative ways and that this shit is necessary

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 1d

back to my website domain as my handle cc @gregpak.com - I moved myself over in under 5 minutes

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Ángel Saavedra @polpsychangel.bsky.social · 1d

APSA Grants for Indigenous Politics Research.

apsanet.org/DIVERSITY/AP...

Advancing Research Grants- Indigenous Politics - American Political Science Association (APSA)

APSA Advancing Research Grants for Indigenous Politics Applications for the Diversity and Inclusion Advancing Research Grant – Indigenous

apsanet.org

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 1d

Call for Applications: APSA Diversity Fellowship Program – Fall Cycle

Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program! The fall application cycle provides financial support to undergraduate seniors, recent graduates, or other individuals who are currently in the…

Call for Applications: APSA Diversity Fellowship Program – Fall Cycle

Applications are now open for the 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program! The fall application cycle provides financial support to undergraduate seniors, recent graduates, or other individuals who are currently in the process of applying to political science PhD programs for Fall 2026 admission. Fellows will receive $5000, disbursed over two years. Applications are due on October 26, 2025. Completed applications will include:

politicalsciencenow.com

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ıllıllı FREE ŁINK ıllıllı @rvbdrm.com · 1d

Dropping it here in case anyone else is following this

whtwnd.com/bnewbold.net...

AT Moderation Architecture | bryan newbold

The AT network is becoming more heterogeneous in practice, with independent PDS hosts, apps, and alternative bsky AppViews establishing themselves. This means that more complex inter-service moderatio...

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 1d

i'm also deliberately not redownloading the app version on my phone to unplug more from scrolly social media

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 1d

I have to update it to my domain name when I get home from work but holy shit this worked so easily

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 3d

will try this week as well & report back

Greg Pak : Work @gregpak.com · 3d

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 1d

partner showed me a betting platform that shows each football player's star sign next to their stats. y'know, for the girlie pops looking over their boyfriend's shoulders & piquing their interest in betting 🙃

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 2d

also happens to be vegan so no excuses

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 2d

behold, cake

A Depression cake in an 8” x 8” cake pan a toothpick sticking out of the middle

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 2d

going to call it now, her next record will be a return to roots country album

Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 2d

a reminder that you can always make a depression cake / wacky cake in under an hour

life is too short eat more cake

www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/king...

King Arthur's Original Cake Pan Cake

A dark, moist chocolate cake, simple to put together.

www.kingarthurbaking.com

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 2d

bsky.app/profile/goli...

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 2d

it would not be surprising to learn that his aides are feeding him a steady diet of AI-generated videos in addition to fox news endlessly re-running carefully edited footage from 2020 portland, creating an alternate universe he is cocooned in

Hunter @hunterub.bsky.social · 2d

This feels like evidence Trump's aides are deliberately gaslighting him, which is unfortunately very easy to do with dementia sufferers (Trump did it to his father) and which aides are using to seize control of the US military for their own purposes.

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 2d

like I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised if they’re showing him AI videos of Portland and Chicago in flames

David Roberts @volts.wtf · 2d

It's increasingly clear that the president lives in a constructed bubble of unreality designed by aides who are manipulating him in order to take control of US policy. Seems like an important story - wish media would cover it.

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 2d

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Elizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 3d

will try this week as well & report back

Greg Pak : Work @gregpak.com · 3d

Rudy wants revolution. @rude1.blacksky.team · 3d