So … Trump government likely used ChatGPT to (miscalculate) tariff and tried to write it in Greek symbols to make it look fancy and scientific …. This is not a joke …. True story

This is getting exponentially funny in a very sad way 😅

the market crash looks so much nicer in ghibli

*Chef Kiss

Deciding to submit to the journal where you got rejected before … #academia #academicTwitter

Narcissistic leaders are more appealing to young people with low self-esteem. When we’re insecure, we often gravitate to big egos to fill the void. Supporting them makes us feel special—and makes them feel less threatened. It's time to stop mistaking confidence for competence.

“No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” - President Alan Garber hrvd.me/GarberRespond3…

BREAKING!!

Hahahahahaha for all the misled regression-worshippers out there ….

Glad to see my recent review article "Policy learning within and across European institutions: charting the path towards European integration" now published at @JEI_Publication #PolicyLearning #EuropeanIntegration #EUStudies #PublicPolicy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Now out in issue and Open Access: "New policy tools and traditional policy models: better understanding behavioural, digital and collaborative instruments" M. Howlett, S. Giest, I. Mukherjee & A. Taeihagh in Policy Design and Practice 8(1) (2025):121–37. doi.org/10.1080/257412…

Truth Social has crashed from the traffic surge and in so doing accidentally created a hauntingly poignant image.

Just received the printouts for our special issue “policy learning: Across and beyond theories of the policy process” co-edited with Claudio Radaelli International Review of Public Policy IPPA ! Feel free to check out the lovely line up of articles there. All open access!

My new article "Beyond the Buzzword: Rethinking Polycrises in Public Policy and Administration" is now at RHCPP. There, I review & critique the state of polycrisis research and propose a develop a typology of 4 polycrisis subtypes. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rh…

Grateful for the invitation by PSJ (@psjeditor.bsky.social) to speak about my recent article on the Art of Science podcast & share some tips on writing conceptual & theory articles. Episode can be found here: YouTube: youtu.be/bbKh0wyEzyM Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5L2pwc…

On Episode 11 of the Art of Science #Podcast, Bishoy Zaki discusses his Perspective article published in PSJ (@psjeditor.bsky.social). Thanks for chatting, Bishoy! Watch: lnkd.in/e5i_cckb Listen: lnkd.in/ezdCXKVd Read the transcript: lnkd.in/emajGZTc #policylearning

Academics during summer “holidays”

BLOG POST ALERT! Explore this PSJ blog challenging the idea that learning always leads to better policy by revealing how learning failures can distort outcomes and destroy public value. By Bishoy Zaki Read here: psjblog.net/2025/07/30/the… #PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

Grok is out there murdering people...

THATS NOT HOW IT FUCKING WORKS … Tariffs are rolling in at the rate of 25 billion washing machines per square eagle everyone ….