Timothy Ryan
@tjryan02.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
https://timryan.web.unc.edu/
https://timryan.web.unc.edu/
Careful, folks. ChatGPT appears to be daydreaming today.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Careful, folks. ChatGPT appears to be daydreaming today.
And the award for journalistic understatement of the year goes to…
October 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
And the award for journalistic understatement of the year goes to…
Neat! Here is a history of my relative, written by someone in the National Archives, many years ago.
October 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Neat! Here is a history of my relative, written by someone in the National Archives, many years ago.
AI tools helped me finish a replica of the regimental flag that my 3x great grandfather fought (and died) under during the Civil War. It's based on a photo of the deteriorated flag that I got from the New Jersey State Museum.
I like how it came out! And what it symbolizes.
I like how it came out! And what it symbolizes.
October 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
AI tools helped me finish a replica of the regimental flag that my 3x great grandfather fought (and died) under during the Civil War. It's based on a photo of the deteriorated flag that I got from the New Jersey State Museum.
I like how it came out! And what it symbolizes.
I like how it came out! And what it symbolizes.
This is true, but the number of districts that are way out of whack is quite small. (See below.)
September 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This is true, but the number of districts that are way out of whack is quite small. (See below.)
The surprising thing? It turns out that couples that last always select on the dependent variable.
August 26, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The surprising thing? It turns out that couples that last always select on the dependent variable.
Neat image from Gemini, when I asked it to generate an image for my Intro American course landing page--one that was sober, reflective, analytical, and philosophical. And having some Americana--but without being heavy-handed (with soaring eagles and so forth). (GPT did not deliver as well.)
July 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Neat image from Gemini, when I asked it to generate an image for my Intro American course landing page--one that was sober, reflective, analytical, and philosophical. And having some Americana--but without being heavy-handed (with soaring eagles and so forth). (GPT did not deliver as well.)
If you count on the “deficit hawks” to disappoint you, you will never be disappointed.
May 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
If you count on the “deficit hawks” to disappoint you, you will never be disappointed.
Caveat emptor, I find GPT to be extremely obsequious toward me. Not sure what that says about me!
April 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Caveat emptor, I find GPT to be extremely obsequious toward me. Not sure what that says about me!
Not a lawyer, but this actually seems like a pretty strong argument. (And insulated from Trumpian influence, by being a state rather than federal crime.)
April 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Not a lawyer, but this actually seems like a pretty strong argument. (And insulated from Trumpian influence, by being a state rather than federal crime.)
like the highlighted passage. (Also a few typos, which in a way add their own charm.)
April 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
like the highlighted passage. (Also a few typos, which in a way add their own charm.)
Experts on Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are about to be in high demand.
April 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Experts on Rule 42 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure are about to be in high demand.
It's bad, but things can always be worse. One very plausible way things could quite quickly be *much* worse is if central bank independence were obliterated.
(What politics is Powell, a Trump appointee, playing exactly?)
(What politics is Powell, a Trump appointee, playing exactly?)
April 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
It's bad, but things can always be worse. One very plausible way things could quite quickly be *much* worse is if central bank independence were obliterated.
(What politics is Powell, a Trump appointee, playing exactly?)
(What politics is Powell, a Trump appointee, playing exactly?)
Funny what appeared in my feed right below your post.
April 3, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Funny what appeared in my feed right below your post.
Day's off to a great start.
March 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Day's off to a great start.
I generally agree with MY that Dems had no cards to play. Point 16 is funny bc Sen Dems actually *can* do what House Dems did. You can vote yes on cloture and no on the bill. Or just not filibuster in the 1st place. I'm old enough to remember when a supermajority req was the exception not the rule.
March 14, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I generally agree with MY that Dems had no cards to play. Point 16 is funny bc Sen Dems actually *can* do what House Dems did. You can vote yes on cloture and no on the bill. Or just not filibuster in the 1st place. I'm old enough to remember when a supermajority req was the exception not the rule.
Say what you want about the Times. But this story mentions the illegality in the first sentence of the second graf.
January 25, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Say what you want about the Times. But this story mentions the illegality in the first sentence of the second graf.
All the more dispiriting, boy is it hard to look at the right-hand column here and count to four.
January 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
All the more dispiriting, boy is it hard to look at the right-hand column here and count to four.
The best one is 272 why are we even talking about this?
December 31, 2024 at 2:57 AM
The best one is 272 why are we even talking about this?
@abhw.bsky.social Is this good data viz?
December 11, 2024 at 8:13 PM
@abhw.bsky.social Is this good data viz?
@abhw.bsky.social is this good data viz?
October 11, 2024 at 7:55 PM
@abhw.bsky.social is this good data viz?
This controversy is a rope-a-dope that Trump has savvily been playing since 2016. Any ambiguity about whether he respects democracy ended on 1/6/21. Why is this being treated like a live question? Trump benefits from such, since it means we are *not* talking about his v. unpopular policy proposals.
July 30, 2024 at 4:15 PM
This controversy is a rope-a-dope that Trump has savvily been playing since 2016. Any ambiguity about whether he respects democracy ended on 1/6/21. Why is this being treated like a live question? Trump benefits from such, since it means we are *not* talking about his v. unpopular policy proposals.
July 1, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Seriously, the guy's name is Jefferson Davis?
(Very unsettling set of developments.)
(Very unsettling set of developments.)
June 27, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Seriously, the guy's name is Jefferson Davis?
(Very unsettling set of developments.)
(Very unsettling set of developments.)