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I've unlocked a new level on the Auntie Scale. My years of prepping the battlespace are working nicely.

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Folks out in these streets talking about God will provide/ God will protect/ God will make a way, but I'm not sure I read the same Bible as these folks. Old Testament God terrifies me for many reasons, including because He gave us free will.

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Wave that wheat!!! Very nice, @debbiejsr.bsky.social!

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They tried so hard and failed so miserably. What did they think we were going to do?! #GoBirds

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Wife to Musk-loving family: You don’t get it. Brad and many others are wondering what this power grab means for their jobs and benefits. Family: WHAT? He’s one of the good ones! Folks, they’re so close to getting it — they never will though

submitted 24 days ago • 15 comments

Happy Kansas Day, y'all!!! May we all forever hate the slave state to the east of my beloved Motherland. #TotheStars #FreeState

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Who was the cretin of a human being who didn't vote for Ichiro Suzuki as a first ballot Hall of Famer?! I bet this fool also didn't vote for The Kid in 2016. Get over yourself, jackass! 🙄

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

A group of middle school/ high school aged girls are walking up the street singing "Aaron Pierre. That's Mufasa" 🤣 It's the most adorable thing. 🥰

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

On 31 December 1995, Bill Watterson published the last ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ comic strip. It is a celebration of joy, friendship, and love, which is an appropriate reminder for kids of all ages at the start of every year. #goexploring #practicecourage #LIVElife

submitted 63 days ago • 4 comments

Headed to APSA 2025? I’m putting together a panel on new approaches to military effectiveness. All methods + time periods welcome! (We have an experiment on discrimination and unit cohesion, for example). If you’re interested, send me an email.

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Go Service Academy North of DC Yet South of Boston! Beat Service Academy North of DC Yet South of Boston! #ArmyNavy #SingSecond

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

My friends are completely badass, so I love having them visit my classroom. That said, this is the first time a student has provided their praise for a friend's guest lecture in a final exam. 🥰

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Btw, if you must attend a public event but still want to be left alone, I HIGHLY recommend holding academic articles with "wartime rape" or "ethnic cleansing" in the titles!

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In our last class, several members of my US Foreign Policy class expressed their gratitude to the amazing @profsaunders.bsky.social for her scholarship that helped them not only realize the difference between HW Bush and W Bush but also learn that only one of them invaded Iraq. 😊

submitted 90 days ago • 1 comment

Sending for real thoughts and prayers to the families of young humans who will be attending holiday concerts that my mother (Big Kare) referred to as "Little Jimmy Scream-a-thons." Flasks of whiskey are not frowned upon for such occasions, are they?

submitted 91 days ago • 2 comments

Thanksgiving...the annual opportunity to witness a family and/or friends engage in the seven deadly sins during an 18 hour period. Tomorrow is the last day to restock your liquor cabinet and/or refill all prescriptions. Be safe and well and enjoy your disgusting green bean casserole.

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Why does the perfect marriage of my academic interests intersect at the Malice at the Palace?!

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Could you turn away this face just hoping for a taste of cornbread?

submitted 99 days ago • 1 comment

Student: I didn't realize you actually needed your glasses, Dr Guliford. But I caught a glance through them when you turned sideways and your prescription is really strong. I need to find the ways and means by which I can fail all of them. 😒

submitted 104 days ago • 2 comments

Today, I officially reached old, Black elder status. I asked someone a question that started with "Could you might..." Not only am I country as hell but I also need a long housecoat to wear as I scream at the neighborhood kids from the rocking chair on my porch.

submitted 107 days ago • 2 comments

I am this evening thinking of Nimitz' prayer: "God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."

submitted 111 days ago • 12 comments

I'm hype to teach very favorite class session of my intl politics class on the politics of sports. Unfortunately have two new examples to introduce: Reggie Jackson's devastating commentary on the racism he faced in his career and Jason Kelce's recent comments during his exchange with a PSU student.

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

I had a medical appointment at HUP (HUGE hospital) today. The same conversation happened with every single Black woman with whom I spoke. "How are you?" The answers ranged from good to fine to blessed, but what followed in every instance was "No but for real... How are you doing?" 😢

submitted 114 days ago • 0 comments

I keep hoping that Jakey will cultivate a more diverse friend group, but Tobie, his sister, and his cousin have been Jakey's ride or dies for so long that it doesn't even matter. He keeps a tight circle, and he knows his friends well.

submitted 115 days ago • 0 comments

If you’re sober and wobbling right now: get to a meeting, call your sponsor, tell a trusted friend what’s happening in your brain and body. Losing your hard-earned sobriety over these facist assholes is NOT worth it. YOU are worth it.

submitted 119 days ago • 45 comments

This... every day all day.

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I did what I've been waiting to do since January 6, 2021. LET'S GO, PENNSYLVANIA!

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I absolutely abhorred hearing Jason Kelce respond to that antagonistic douche with "who's the f-word now?" That said, I'm definitely adding the clip to the "Ideas & Identity" section of my Politics of Sports class.

submitted 122 days ago • 0 comments

I have received 26 campaign text messages today. Tuesday please come soon!

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Halloween on a university campus is hard. I don't know if someone dressed as a combination of Punky Brewster and Rainbow Brite with a heaping scoop of Lisa Frank is dressed in a costume or if that is simply their aesthetic... or both. 🤷🏾‍♀️

submitted 125 days ago • 2 comments

I don't even know how we got to this point. It's PHONETIC, y'all!

submitted 160 days ago • 0 comments

Pundits, comedians, academics, etc... I see/hear y'all referring to a sitting VP by her first name while calling her running mate as well as the former president and his running mate by their titles or surnames. Do y'all even realize you're doing it? Regardless, it's not cute. 😒

submitted 165 days ago • 0 comments

Oh but to return to a month ago when I knew neither the name Laura Loomer nor the name Mark Robinson.

submitted 166 days ago • 1 comment

I didn't have the active #APSA2024 that I expected, but receiving such heartfelt "feel better" notes from the children of dear friends made my heart so happy. The week may not have been all that I expected, but it was a success by other important metrics. 🥹❤️

submitted 174 days ago • 0 comments

Everyone needs a best friend like @theomilo.bsky.social. You know... one who knows you're not feeling the best, so he sends you FIFTEEN (yes, 15!) POUNDS of your favorite type of preservatives. That said, he's MY best friend and isn't taking applications! 😊

submitted 175 days ago • 0 comments

I find my consistent behavior to be a great skill in my toolkit. 😊

submitted 175 days ago • 0 comments

Thank you, Mr President. Matthew 25:23

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"But the palm of courage will surely be adjudged most justly to those, who best know the difference between hardship and pleasure and yet are never tempted to shrink from danger." ~Thucydides Remember them. Honor them.

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