Joseph Schafer

@joseph-schafer.bsky.social

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Joseph Schafer (1867–1941) was the first academically trained historian in the U.S. state of Oregon. He studied with Frederick Jackson Turner, and chaired the history department at the University of Oregon from 1900 to 1920. He authored A History of the Pacific Northwest in 1905 and revised it in 1918; the book was considered the standard history of the region into the 1950s. .. more

Political science 46%

Sociology 20%

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 4h

I found this terribly sad. A young woman with her life ahead of her, and she becomes one of the last American victims of the Long War.

Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 7h

Austin over here catching strays just for putting himself out there.

Reposted by Joseph Schafer, Anne Norton, Carolyn Whitzman , and 2 more Joseph Schafer, Anne Norton, Carolyn Whitzman, Ewan McGaughey, Prakash Kashwan

Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 1d

Landmark move: New York City's comptroller @bradlander.bsky.social, with hundreds of billions under his control, recommends dropping investment giant Blackrock because they won't reckon with climate change.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...

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Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Joseph Schafer, Gerald Friedman

Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

NEW: Indictment against LETITIA JAMES has also been DISMISSED because of the unlawful appointment of Lindsey Halligan storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Order on Motion to Dismiss – #140 in United States v. James (E.D. Va., 2:25-cr-00122) – CourtListener.com

ORDER AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (2) All actions flowing from ...

storage.courtlistener.com

Reposted by John R. Hutchinson, Joseph Schafer, Daryl Adair , and 1 more John R. Hutchinson, Joseph Schafer, Daryl Adair, David Darmofal

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Crockett on MTG resigning: "Honestly, I was like, you got to be kidding. You're on the other side of the president for one week and you can't take the heat? Imagine what it is to sit in my shoes."

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Mark Hertling @markhertling.bsky.social · 5d

The SecState explanation of the essence & origin of the 28 pt plan presented to Ukraine BY THE US is a strong indicator of the lack of competence of those representing our nation in these efforts.

Russia does these things. It’s well known. Smart negotiators know not to let them happen.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 5d

This one officially wins as our favorite comment on the photo.

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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 5d

This is exactly how I feel...

Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 5d

That peace plan is a sad abomination.

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Sorocchungus Turkey Edition @sorocchungus2.bsky.social · 5d

I work in cancer research (I search people’s charts and file relevant information to be useful later) and the harm RFK Jr has done, is doing, and will do is sickening and harms patients daily.

I hope one day RFK Jr is unable to get the help he needs because of research he prevented from happening.

Reposted by Jonathan A. Eisen, Joe R. Feagin, American Library Association , and 6 more Jonathan A. Eisen, Joe R. Feagin, American Library Association, Joseph Schafer, Smith, Alan Richardson, Gerald Friedman, Eric J. Segall, Carly D. Ziter

Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 5d

Just an absolutely gutting essay by Tatiana Schlossberg, a writer, mother of two young children, and cousin of RFK Jr who is dying of leukemia.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

As I spent more and more of my life under the care of doctors, nurses, and researchers striving to improve the lives of others, I watched as Bobby cut nearly a half billion dollars for research into mRNA vaccines, technology that could be used against certain cancers; slashed billions in funding from the National Institutes of Health, the world's largest sponsor of medical research; and threatened to oust the panel of medical experts charged with recommending preventive cancer screenings. Hundreds of N.I.H. grants and clinical trials were cancelled, affecting thousands of patients. I worried about funding for leukemia and bone-marrow research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. I worried about the trials that were my only shot at remission. Early in my illness, when I

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🧚‍♀️Mother of Dragonflies🧚 @miamiportland1.bsky.social · 5d

Makes as much sense as this goofy peace plan!

Reposted by Kim L. Scheppele, Joseph Schafer, Bonnie Honig , and 5 more Kim L. Scheppele, Joseph Schafer, Bonnie Honig, Michael Jones‐Correa, Brian Doucet, Adele Perry, Nicole Guenther Discenza, Peter Gratton

Tabatha Southey🇨🇦 @tabathasouthey.bsky.social · 6d

Massive shoutout out to whoever handles the Royal Canadian Air Force’s social media account. They responded to every single comment on their already very solid Trans Day of Remembrance post and they responded like this…

A screenshot of a Facebook post where a person named Andy ask the Well now “What the hell is transgender?”
The Royal Canadian Air Force account response with “That’s a pretty big question asked in a pretty small way, Andy.

‘Transgender’ putting describes someone whose gender – who they know themselves to be – doesn’t match the sex they were assigned at birth. It’s not new, and it’s certainly not a fad. People have lived this experience for as long as people have existed; we’re just finally talking about it openly.

You don’t have to fully understand it right away, most learning takes time, but we can always start from a place of respect. That’s how decent folks handle things they’re still getting used to.”

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 6d

Remember: the only way to save New York City from Donald Trump’s wrath is electing Andrew Cuomo.

Reposted by Christian Odendahl, Joseph Schafer, R. M. Wilson , and 3 more Christian Odendahl, Joseph Schafer, R. M. Wilson, McKenzie Wark, Michael H. Whitworth, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Paul ✍🏻 Dean (Holiday mode) @paullicino.bsky.social · 6d

Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.

A cropped screenshot from a Canadian government website with the prompt "What's your occupation?"

The answer "Writer" has been provided, generating the red text error response "Please enter a valid occupation."

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I-Data @i-data.bsky.social · 6d

Trump is fucking Ukraine. I’m ashamed to be represented by this regime. People fighting for their lives and country and this government sides with the aggressor. Sad.

Reposted by Joseph Schafer, Mary Corcoran, Ben Tonra

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 6d

I’ve said this every month for a year.

ence morse @ence.bsky.social · 6d

We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.

We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.

washingtonpost.com/politics/int...

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Will Jennings, Steve Peers , and 9 more Norbert Schwarz, Will Jennings, Steve Peers, Iain Davidson, Tom Shakespeare, Joseph Schafer, Daniel W. Drezner, Rosanna E. Guadagno, Robert C. Richards, Gerald Friedman, Anne Norton, Harvey J. Kaye

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Kelly: "I never expected after serving 25 years in the Navy flying combat missions over Iraq and Kuwait, flying the Space Shuttle, that now I've got to worry about my personal safety and that of my wife, Gabby Giffords, who was already nearly assassinated, because of something the president said."

Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 7d

I believe the correct verb is hanged, not hung. Unless 🍆

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 8d

There should be a rule that if a company's earnings are scheduled "after the bell" -- they have to drop right after the damn bell. Writing for a friend on deadline.

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jenniferrap.bsky.social @jenniferrap.bsky.social · 8d

I realize this is far down the road in this process, but if it (inevitably) zero’s back to Emil Bove, could we be looking @factual finding record that could be used towards impeachment proceedings (should opportunity arise) that would necessarily occur w/in the Senate to remove him from the bench?

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Skye @simplyskye.bsky.social · 8d

@schumer.senate.gov — Everyone said, hold the line on the Govt funding for the subsidies, and you whipped 8 Dem votes from reps who weren’t up for reelection anyway—

The failure is yours - we need new leadership

senschumer & 26m
Trump said yesterday that he would never sign an extension of the ACA enhanced premium tax credits.

In the middle of one of the most stressful open enrollment periods ever, Trump tells the American people to drop dead.

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Joseph Schafer , and 5 more Rosemary A. Joyce, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers, Joseph Schafer, Smith, Aaron Sojourner, Andrew Jacobs, Todd Pugatch, Nicole Guenther Discenza

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8d

Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students

Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 9d

Ole Joey Freshwater gets the last laugh.

Joseph Schafer @joseph-schafer.bsky.social · 9d

lol, we use less electricity: higher costs. We use more: higher costs. Russia invading, higher costs. Russia losing, higher costs. More solar, higher costs. Meanwhile what’s the dividend over at these electric companies? Just curious.

Reposted by Joseph Schafer, Eric D. Knowles

Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 9d

I think the President of the US responding to a question about the murder of a journalist with "A lot of people didn't like that gentleman" is probably pretty bad.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 9d

For the life of me I don't understand why the White House press corps continues to debase itself. (Congress too, for that matter.)

Reposted by Iain Davidson, Diane Ravitch, Joseph Schafer , and 3 more Iain Davidson, Diane Ravitch, Joseph Schafer, Alan Richardson, Henrik Skaug Sætra, Virginia Sapiro

Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.com · 9d

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?

But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.

But that's just me

Reposted by Joseph Schafer, Joanna L. Grossman

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 9d

Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy

Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them

Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy

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