Glenn Mackin

Associate Professor of Political Science at the Eastman School of Music

political theorist, runner, forager, cyclist, dog lover, scotch taster, and tea lover

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

I'm posting this a bit late, but the article that has been plaguing me for several years was published last October! https://t.co/3uqIfHQCqQ

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@AnthropObscene @tweetsfromhere @nrduford Liar!

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@RoyTsaoNYC I know! That Scotch selection is sub-par

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@RoyTsaoNYC I have exactly the same reaction: I love Hobbes, deeply and truly, even as I disagree with and hate so many aspects of his argument

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

Today, we learned that our dear Wallie has bone cancer. There are no good treatment options, and he's in a lot of pain. Wallie is the gentlest soul I have ever encountered. I have often remarked that he is in some sense too good for this world. It turns out I was right

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@AnthropObscene "I've done my job so badly that I really think I need a week off"

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@CogitoErgoDoom You should just try not prepping at all, and just wing it. It will go great!

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@ianmhwalling @noturtlesoup17 I have a hard time visualizing faces (though I can create visual memories of photographs--it's very confusing). When I read a novel, for instance, I have no "vision" at all of what the characters look like, even if they've been described in detail

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@AnthropObscene He would enlist, except for the fact that it's a dead-end job--apparently, it's impossible to get promoted these days.

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@jmayerfeld Yikes

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@erinrpineda This is awesome! Does it also work for other things? Can I now plan to imagine the academy in order to wield power over it? How about "the Occident"? For YM, Said thinks that we can all become gods! But I promise I will only use my power-wielding for good

[Benjamin McKean @BLMcKean]

APSA may have moved on but hotel workers in LA are still on strike and fighting for a decent contract - you can donate to their strike fund at https://t.co/xu4jWCPipo

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@erinrpineda I guess I'll count myself lucky that I don't know what the initials YM stand for?

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@MattNoahSmith Almost exactly the same for me in Rochester, except that our public transit is so bad in my area that it makes using it nearly useless. So I'm gearing up for some winter commuting, I guess

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

Right. I've never been asked to to an external review either. I also only rarely get asked to do peer review (I almost always say yes!). While it is true that many academics are way over-burdened, those of us toiling in more obscure positions are often wholly ignored

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@NomiClaireLazar I've never been asked to do an external review of a tenure file, though I've done loads of internal ones (i.e., ones internal to my institution). The issue, I think, is that no one's ever heard of me either.

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

Friends: I have two codes for the other place, if anyone is interested

[Political Theory @PoliticalTheory]

Beyond Martyrdom: Rereading Invisible Man - Ferris Lupino, 2023 https://t.co/wZGBEAsSMn

[Neil Roberts @neildsroberts]

JOB: TT Assistant Professor in Political Theory search, John Jay College. Review of applications begins Sept. 27, 2023:
https://t.co/OZwuZ4OZ5y
#politicaltheory #jobs

[Glenn Mackin @MackinGlenn]

@artsofdenial Truer words were never spoken