Charles Taylor

Civic engagement enthusiast; emeritus political science faculty; views are my own; retweets and likes =/= endorsements

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

If you ever considered running for local office and thought “Hmm. I’m not sure I’m smart enough.” Rest assured that no matter how fucking dumb you are, there is someone in office right now that is even fucking dumber.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

Looks like North Virginia to me

[Terrible Maps @TerribleMaps]

Virginia is further west than West Virginia

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

You want a War on Christmas? Well, there you go

[Sergiy Galyonkin @galyonkin]

"The elves are being eliminated to improve operational efficiency" is not a sentence I ever expected to read in the local news.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

“ The authenticity of the hair has not been independently verified.”

[Variety @Variety]

Russell Brand’s Pubic Hair Removed From London Museum After Rape Conviction, Curator Says 'I Have No Desire to Hear His Name Again' https://t.co/TgwiYU9eR6

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@jaykenworthy "a small-town school having the same shot at a state championship as the biggest schools"

If that was true, then they wouldn't be called "Cinderella stories"

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

When I was 12, my mom didn't know where I was about half the time.

[Alec MacGillis @AlecMacGillis]

"More than half of college students are being tracked [by parents.] She’s learned that even her graduate students continue to be tracked; she told me about one student, 29, who recently defended her dissertation but whose mom still checks her location." https://t.co/LjQRG16Z4Z

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@mass_ave Go figure. I still miss Burger Chef.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

Pigs get fed. Hogs get slaughtered.

[Dave Wasserman @Redistrict]

Hindsight is 20/20: NC Republicans could have easily drawn a 9R-5D or even a 10R-4D map that would have withstood a blue tsunami (by drawing one more safe Dem seat in the Triad). Instead, by trying for a 11R-3D map, they're on track to end up in a 11D-3R hole.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@zdch Kind of curious how they expect to enforce this.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

Seems like Arrow had something to say about this.

[Gator Analytics @gatadata88]

🚨 THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE 🚨

Vandy is going to win! All 16 SEC teams, each having beaten the next. The largest circle EVER.

I checked every season from 1933–2026. Only the THIRD time the entire SEC has formed a circle - and the FIRST before the final weekend.

2005 and 2006 (only other 2 times) needed all season and only had 12 teams.

We did it in early November. What a time to be alive.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

Everything looks like a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@mass_ave @CattardSlim @NewsJunkie60

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@PulpLibrarian Needs more Provel.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@Inframethod In The Certainty Trap, Ilana Redstone @irakresh addresses this tendency, mainly on an interpersonal level. But it applies to online discourse, too.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

This is why we can’t have nice things.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@Gshetterley Yeah. That one was pretty good!

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

I should consider making this my pinned tweet.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@HicksCBER @ChrisStirewalt The one thing about the election for which I have strong confidence is that no matter what happens, both parties will take away the wrong lessons.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@McNally4Indiana The replies are... something.

[Charles Taylor @ProfCDTaylor]

@erikdafforn @LiterateIndy @mass_ave 😂