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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 1d

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

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NPR @npr.org · 1d

The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.

The government has long researched high school experiences. Then DOGE cut the effort

The federal government has long surveyed high schoolers to help track how their academic choices may have influenced the course of their lives. The Trump administration put an end to that effort.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 1d

Welp, ended up staying up until 12:15 watching a 15-inning baseball game, even though I have to wake up at 6:30 to run 16 miles

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Isabel Pastoor @pastoorisabel.bsky.social · 1d

See my new blog post with Kari Williams on the @ipums.bsky.social blog about the termination of the CPS Food Security supplement and the other federal data sources available for studying food security in the U.S. #econsky

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Measuring Food Security with U.S. Federal Data – Use It for Good

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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 2d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 2d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

Esmeralda 7 Solar Project Has Been Canceled, BLM Says

It would have delivered a gargantuan 6.2 gigawatts of power.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 2d

I instinctively knew Dykstra is a POS, but I just read his wikipedia page and…wow

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 3d

Jays - M’s or Jays - Tigers would both be incredible ALCS

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 6d

Hey remember when Torii Hunter said it'd be "difficult and uncomfortable" to have a gay teammate and then, a couple of years later, appeared in political ads lauding a candidate's opposition to gay marriage? I do! Personally, I wouldn't interview a bigot, but I'm not a GM. bsky.app/profile/twin...

Twins Daily @twinsdaily.com · 6d

Who is your pick to replace Baldelli? #twins #minnesota #mntwins

Video: Early Names Floated To Replace Rocco Baldelli

Who is your pick to replace Baldelli?

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 8d

🚨🚨 My dear friend and fellow academic, the Palestinian American sociologist @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social has been taken by the Cook County Sheriff near Chicago. They have not mirandized her. Please signal boost. All eyes on Broadview for Eman and the community she was defending 🚨🚨

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 9d

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Caroline Krafft @ckrafftc.bsky.social · 10d

📣 I am recruiting PhD student(s) in Public Affairs (Fall '26) at the Humphrey School, University of Minnesota! Come join me to work on Development/ Labor/ Education/ Gender/ ECD/ Inequality - in a top-ranked, fully-funded PhD program! Details: www.hhh.umn.edu/doctor-philo... #EconSky #PoliSky

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Public Affairs

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 11d

If you're blaming the Democrats for the shutdown of a government that is run entirely by Republicans, why stop there?

Go wild, man. Blame the shutdown on leprechauns, or the Seattle Mariners, or maybe the cast of "She's the Sheriff."

You've decided facts don't matter, so have some fun with it!

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 10d

Context?

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 10d

Seems like a great way for Pujols to make sure he never gets hired as a manager again

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Miriam Posner @miriamposner.com · 11d

Once again, it is *faculty*—not administrators—who brought this case and won. Including UC Faculty Association chapters of the AAUP.

Court Rules in AAUP v Rubio: Trump Admin Violated First Amendment

The AAUP and partners sued to block the Trump administration from carrying out large-scale arrests, detentions, and deportations of noncitizen students and faculty members for ideological reasons.

www.aaup.org

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 13d

Time to listen to Midnight Organ Fight while working on lecture slides

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 15d

Wait, which manager??

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 15d

It's funny. Earlier David Roberts told Eric Levitz — correctly, IMO — that Dem moderation and triangulation means little in an information environment where the party's candidates lack much ability to get their messages to voters.

Then Dave Weigel posted this perfect illustration of the point.

Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Aug 21

Buried in #VAGov story, a little media story.

Most gender/schools coverage in VA comes from one reporter for a Sinclair station in DC market, who works it as part of Sinclair's "Crisis in the Classroom" series. His job before news media? Trump admin spox www.semafor.com/article/08/2...

Republicans turn Virginia into a test case for a bigger fight over civil rights in schools

The commonwealth is the only GOP-led state facing an Education Department investigation stemming from gender policies.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 17d

#priorities
www.propublica.org/article/geor...

Georgia’s Medicaid Work Requirement Program Spent Twice as Much on Administrative Costs as on Health Care, GAO Says
Republican lawmakers cite Georgia’s Pathways to Coverage as a national model for federal Medicaid work requirements that are set to take effect in 2027. A new report shows the program has spent at least $54 million on administrative costs alone.

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Racket @racketmn.com · 20d

C'mon...

Racket's Sept-Member Fall Membership Drive: Get Your First Month for $1! - Racket

Heckuva deal for new members.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 18d

Is there a word for research that lands somewhere between causal and descriptive? Like, uses causal inference techniques but is self-aware of its limitations and the fact that it doesn't get 100% to causality?

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 19d

Also wild that I feel like I see more coverage on, "partisan perceptions of crime" than actual crime statistics

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 20d

Don’t watch clips from the rally that occurred in Arizona today. Watch this video I took of Pile shredding a couple weeks ago instead.

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Ethan Ellis @ethanjellis.bsky.social · 20d

Soooo many recs!

Native American - Owamni
Vegan breakfast - Reverie
Vietnamese - Hai Hai
Laotian - Gai Noi
Nepalese - Himalayan
Vegan comfort - J. Selby’s
Hot dogs - Wienery
Japanese - Zen Box
Ecuadorian - Chimborazo

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20d

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a @wabe.org and ProPublica analysis found.

Advocates say it would be cheaper to help families get housing.

(Published Jan. 2024)
By @stephannnnie.bsky.social

When Families Need Housing, Georgia Will Pay for Foster Care Rather Than Provide Assistance

In more than 700 cases over five years, Georgia reported inadequate housing as the sole reason for taking a child into foster care, a WABE and ProPublica analysis found. Advocates say it would be chea...

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