Dad, husband, astrophysicist, dog herder. Samuel T. and Fern Yanagisawa Regents Professor in Astronomy at UT Austin. This is a personal account and the views expressed in my posts here are mine. https://mrbk.github.io
Mike Boylan-Kolchin
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I've just posted a new (fairly short!) paper on unitary executive theory's impoverished theory of democratic accountability. Give it a read -- I'd love to hear any thoughts! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Unitary executive theory has, since <i>Myers v. United States</i>, been premised on a conception of democratic accountability. On this view, the presiden
I have <1/10 of Jamelle's following, probably <1/100 of his engagement, and I already feel overwhelmed on the occasions when my posts get traction. I can only imagine what it's like to be repeatedly quote-tweeted everywhere, letting 1000 insane discourses bloom, and it's not pretty.
Check out the nice video that @texasastronomy.bsky.social postdoc Jenna Samuel made to explain her work on galaxy formation in the early cosmos! 🧪
Mike Boylan-Kolchin
Mike Boylan-Kolchin
the entire article is "why put out this fire when you can install smoke detectors?"
This is a key paragraph to me, as it completely ignores the way the Court has dragged its feet to meet requirements of the VRA, pre Callais, only to immediately act post Callais, in both cases to directly benefit Republicans. It's not a slippery slope, we're on our assess sliding down the icy hill.
This is a key paragraph to me, as it completely ignores the way the Court has dragged its feet to meet requirements of the VRA, pre Callais, only to immediately act post Callais, in both cases to directly benefit Republicans. It's not a slippery slope, we're on our assess sliding down the icy hill.
"doesn't do replies" as he replies to your posts 🙄
Science is awesome. We should fund it and make policy based on it.
Mike Boylan-Kolchin
Mike Boylan-Kolchin
Mike Boylan-Kolchin
I'd venture that social media has a lot to do with why people feel worse off in the present (even though data contradict this), both because people are soaking in negative and polarizing opinions and because it makes a lot of people feel worse overall at fixed economic station in life.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin
austin oaxacan restaurant el naranjo closing on july 18 actually hurts my heart. sharing a story i edited about chef Iliana de la Vega by the wonderful Addie Broyles here too austin.eater.com/24035164/tex...
