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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 12h

That's literally the first good thing that I've ever heard about my representative, Neal Dunn (FL2).

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Bart Bingenheimer @bartbing.bsky.social · 23h

Pam Bondi is preparing to indict Maria Corrina Machado for mortgage fraud.

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 14h

The No Kings protests I've been to have been 90% Boomer moms and dads. (I'm 66 and the majority have been older.)

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 1d

In Cash's prime, before everyone had access to a full music catalog via the Internet, radio was the way you listened. Radio stations were segregated by genre. Cash was definitely in the Country category, so for most young people he was corny and uncool by definition. He became cool in retrospect.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Unprecedented grift

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Trump Watches commercials are now running regularly on Newsmax

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 1d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 1d

Hmmm. Judging from the quotes, it sound like Norwegians don't think as highly of Trump as he does of himself. He might be a long shot for the Peace Prize. 🤔

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 1d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 2d

"Harmonised data on the fertility histories of four British cohorts are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service"
cls.ucl.ac.uk/research-on-...

Research on fertility and families enhanced with new harmonised cohort data | CLS

Harmonised data on the fertility histories of four British cohorts are now available for the scientific community to download from the UK Data Service.

cls.ucl.ac.uk

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Marcelo Soares, o Analista de Dados de Bagé @msoares.bsky.social · 2d

Vi no @sergioleo.bsky.social . Ainda não tinha visto.

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly. This is the theme of Isaac Asimov's short story "Profession".
www.123helpme.com/essay/Isaac-...

Isaac Asimov Profession - 2235 Words | 123 Help Me

“People think of education as something that they can finish. And what’s more, when they finish, it’s a rite of passage” (Popova) noted Isaac Asimov, and in...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

Utterly sinister and deeply threatening to democracy:

"plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus... as well as the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department against certain left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence"

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 2d

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

www.reuters.com

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 2d

If the 1st Amendment grounds prohibits government regulation of professional speech, then that must also apply to university professors. Right, #SCOTUS?

Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 3d

So banning conversion therapy is a free speech issue but having an inappropriate reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk or an incorrect opinion on Israel isn’t?

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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 2d

A tarifa zero pode ser uma política eficaz para tirar as pessoas do automóvel privado e usarem o transporte público? A gente mostra que a resposta é não nesse estudo que saiu publicado hoje no @jeem-econ.bsky.social
Link para o estudo abaixo, segue o fio 🧵

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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 2d

Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference

University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

www.insidehighered.com

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 3d

10 days until the biggest peaceful protests in modern American history. A No Kings Day event is likely happening near you wherever you are. Please join us to show we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Vanessa di Lego @vdilego.bsky.social · 3d

For our next seminar at the Demography Department at Cedeplar, UFMG, we have the extraordinary Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social presenting. Don´t miss it! The Zoom link is below. We see you all tomorrow, October 8, at 2 pm Brazilian time 👇 💡
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography

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Peter Ellis @freerangestats.info · 3d

We're #hiring a demographer at Pacific Community-SPC to help Pacific Island countries and territories with their population statistics! Based in Fiji, we're seeking someone with a relevant Masters or PhD, 10+ years experience, and strong skills in #rstats or Stata. careers.spc.int/job/statisti...

Statistics Adviser (Demography)

Suva-based position (Fiji) Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC) is...

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 3d

and unless there's a good reason, you should be in a clearly marked official vehicle

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 3d

If you're a public servant doing the public's business:
(1) you shouldn't be ashamed of being filmed at work
(2) take off the mask

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 3d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 3d

It is a huge problem that the US is now a low-trust country with laws and statutes written in the context of a high-trust country. From now on they will need to be rewritten keeping in mind that any loophole will be ruthlessly exploited, with zero forbearance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 3d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 3d

Sides don't have to be straight. Shapes don't have to be closed. (??)

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 4d

The question almost answers itself. Why aren't television stations showing live coverage of nothing happening? Because it's a boring visual.

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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 4d

🚨Job alert!🚨

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!

jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata

Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities

jobs.helsinki.fi

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