Darin Self

@darinself
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Assistant Professor of Political Science at BYU. I was once a graduate school imposter on Twitter before a fragile oligarch turned it into 4chan.

Teaching/Researching Authoritarianism and Democracy.

Websitehttps://www.darinself.com/
Mastodon activity surging all of a sudden
Why is U2 such a polarizing band?

On the way into work there was an NPR story on Utah's new voucher program and all the proponent's arguments relied on completely faulty understanding of statistics.

So yes, there was a lot of internal screaming.

Alright, I came back to give this site a second chance and my feed is completely blank...
The professorial urge to give too many good grades.

I give my students cookies and chocolate milk and they give me finals to grade.

Doesn't seem like a fair trade.

Alright folks, this is my first semester running my own class, so what do you do if a student completely ghosts you on a final exam?
The tenor on Twitter continues to decline as Musk continues to dominate conversation in such a negative way. Its too similar to the Trump era where he sucked all the oxygen out of the room.
I need to write this final exam but I don't want to write this final exam.

47D chess

RT @[email protected]

On Nov. 7, for the first time since YouGov began tracking Tesla’s image in 2016, more Americans gave it a negative image than a positive one. https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musks-twitter-politics-add-to-pressure-on-teslas-brand-image-11669764014?mod=e2tw

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/tripgabriel/status/1597760532982931458

Elon Musk’s Twitter Politics Add to Pressure on Tesla’s Brand Image

Democrats in particular have soured on Tesla in recent weeks, survey finds, though the car maker’s customers remain loyal

The Wall Street Journal