Jenna Bednar

Their GATZ is coming to Ann Arbor this month & I can’t wait.

Scottie and I want to see you while you’re in town!

The footnotes are one of the real joys of legal writing.

I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is

Yes. Also—your photography just keeps getting more beautiful!

Opinion | We’re Seeing the Weakness of a Strong State

"Regimes that rely on repression face a challenge: The more force they deploy, the more they risk exposing their own brutality to politically persuadable observers. Overreach doesn’t just project strength; it also undermines legitimacy." @owasow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/28/o...

thanks---I needed that

The Wall Looks Permanent Until It Falls On the optimism of preparation in a time of democratic decay.

If you need some hope today — and don’t we all? — read @adambonica.bsky.social . As a bonus, you’ll also find an agenda and a source of resolve to make it happen.

open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...

2020 Academy of American Poets Prize On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs by Renée Nicole Macklin

Here is a poem Renee Good, under her earlier name Renee Macklin, wrote, "On Learning to Dissect Fetal Pigs." It won a prize. It's really good. "it’s the ruler by which i reduce all things now; hard-edged & splintering from knowledge." poets.org/2020-on-lear...

This looks like a fantastic book, and couldn’t be more timely. I look forward to reading it.

I love all the Hoosier love coming from you right now

Applications open for SFI’s 2026 UCR program.

Are you fascinated by transdisciplinary questions that transcend or combine disciplines? UCR is a fully funded, 10-week summer research experience for undergraduates curious about complexity science.

Apply by Jan 14, 2026
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Oooh. Yes. This is what I was needing. Thanks, Jake.

Yikes.

💯 Phil

any idea why the governor hasn't addressed it yet? It's a 180 from his national-audience messaging.

From interim President Mahoney's letter: "We seek no special treatment.... the integrity of science ... depends on merit-based assessment." Yay UVa.

"We seek no special treatment ... the integrity of science depends on merit-based assessment..." That's the way to do it, UVa.

Much appreciate the update

Could you say more about what you're seeing Zander?

No one in this Bluesky world will be surprised to hear how much the students loved your presentation and benefited from your guidance. On the misinformation examples that pop up daily: talk about abundance!

My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences.

Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.

We Are All Lisa Cook Nobody is safe from weaponized government

If you think the attack on the Fed's Lisa Cook has nothing to do with you, you're wrong — any one of us may be next paulkrugman.substack.com/p/we-are-all...

I am looking forward to reading it!

Tim Alberta named the James S. House and Wendy Fisher House Social Science Fellow ANN ARBOR—Tim Alberta, an award-winning journalist, author and staff writer for The Atlantic, has been named the James S. House and Wendy Fisher House Social Science Fellow.  This newly established fe...

We are lucky that Alberta will be a Fellow this year at Michigan, the inaugural joint fellowship with ISR and the Wallace House Center for Journalists, for journalists who want to build their analytical skills. isr.umich.edu/news-events/...

Tho the book came out in 2023, Alberta's writing offers clues about Trump's Epstein August. Many believe that Trump was born again as president, and so it is possible to forgive past sins. But freeing Ghislaine Maxwell, delaying, and blaming Democrats makes him look guilty and unrepentant.

Alberta is a brilliant writer and unassuming, curious, persistent interviewer. The gang's all here, from Jerry Falwell Sr & Jr, Robert Jeffress, Charlie Kirk, Ralph Reid; a wide range of hucksters; and decent people who don't know what to do. The interviews he gets are wild. www.bytimalberta.com

The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory Instant New York Times Bestseller One of Barack Obama's Favorite Books of the Year An Economist and Air Mail Best Book of the Year \"Brave and abso...

⭐ Book rec to understand Trump's Epstein August: www.harpercollins.com/products/the.... There's no better guide to the evangelicals’ embrace of Trump. This is no outsider’s ethnography; he is a pastor’s son trying to understand how the church he loves has chosen earthly power over the Gospel.

The launch of an important new public resource.

The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability
www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...

The Tracker is a living document that will be continually updated.

A screenshot below gives you a sense of the Chart and its data.

"Fear is the tool of a tyrant."