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Julia Lynch
@jlynch13.bsky.social
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Health/social policy, poli sci, inequality, methods, Europe. Teaching & learning, dogs, mezzo-alto, ME/CFS. Getting Better is open access! https://policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/getting-better

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jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 10h
With respect to Brendan & Daniel, I think this piece misses this mark. Young activists are out where ICE and CBP are, working to prevent our neighbors from getting hauled off to the gulag. I suspect they will come out en masse if it looks like direct action will help. Protests aren’t that rn.

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 14h
All of us
a woman wearing glasses is sitting at a table with a tablet and says " give me some rope "
Alt: a woman wearing glasses is sitting at a table with a tablet and says " give me some rope "
media.tenor.com

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 14h
I know. It’s atrocious.

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 19h
He’s a 10 but his charisma doesn’t effect me.
emceekayvee.bsky.social 🍗🦃emceeGRAVY🦃🍗 @emceekayvee.bsky.social · 1d
He's a 10 but he says he respects you to the UPmost degree
bbkittyfck.bsky.social BooBooKitty @bbkittyfck.bsky.social · 1d
He’s a 10 but he orders eXpresso

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 19h
Arrrrrrgg. This is pretty much the opposite of what we say in this paper that they SHOULD be doing to integrate federal data into a real, secure, useful linkage system.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Julia Lynch, Nathan P. Kalmoe

dziblatt.bsky.social
Daniel Ziblatt @dziblatt.bsky.social · 21h
Very good piece by @brendannyhan.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 1d
Right up there with the rice truck
seananmcguire.bsky.social Seanan McGuire @seananmcguire.bsky.social · Sep 30
Because people keep asking, the Story of The Lizard In That Dude's Leg. Some caveats:

1. This happened more than twenty years ago. There are no pictures. There was a small article in a local paper with, again, no pictures (I'm assuming that's what the producers of 9-1-1: LONE STAR found).

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 1d
That might be more than even I could use. Still, I admire her foresight.

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 1d
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jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 1d
How on earth would 4 sticks of butter last for all of Thanksgiving? I’ve gone through 8 already this year already and it’s only Monday!

Reposted by Julia Lynch

emceekayvee.bsky.social
🍗🦃emceeGRAVY🦃🍗 @emceekayvee.bsky.social · 1d
He's a 10 but he says he respects you to the UPmost degree
bbkittyfck.bsky.social BooBooKitty @bbkittyfck.bsky.social · 1d
He’s a 10 but he orders eXpresso
emceekayvee.bsky.social 🍗🦃emceeGRAVY🦃🍗 @emceekayvee.bsky.social · 1d
he's a 10 but he says libarry

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 2d
Just heard from my sister in Iowa that cauliflower is going for $10.99/lb there. I think I’ll stay in PA, thanks.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 2d
Working hard to keep PA blue. Welcome!

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 2d
😱
andrewtheblueskier.bsky.social andrewtheblueskier @andrewtheblueskier.bsky.social · 2d
Listeing to ABBEY ROAD today is about equivalent to Paul McCartney listening to the Rite of Spring at the time Abbey Road released

Reposted by Julia Lynch

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andrewtheblueskier @andrewtheblueskier.bsky.social · 2d
Listeing to ABBEY ROAD today is about equivalent to Paul McCartney listening to the Rite of Spring at the time Abbey Road released

Reposted by Philip N. Cohen, Alan Richardson, David R. Miller , and 5 more

atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 3d
Lolz

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 3d
Interesting. The article left me wondering why multi-family developers have “checked out” of lobbying for more efficient regulations, though. I also wonder why elevator and heat pump regs are less constraining in Europe. I suspect it’s not bc it’s “less” regulated. Maybe smarter regulation.

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 3d
Penn, then Harvard. What’s with the development offices getting hacked?
Data Breach at Harvard’s Development Office May Have Exposed Donor Records, Personal Information | News | The Harvard Crimson
Computer systems used by Harvard’s Alumni Affairs and Development Office were accessed by an “unauthorized party” earlier this week after a phone-based phishing attack, administrators announced in an ...
www.thecrimson.com

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 3d
I know nothing about elevator codes. Are they not written to ensure access for people in wheelchairs or to facilitate moving into/out of multi-unit buildings or something like that?

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 3d
Perfect. Keeping this one handy for the next time I teach intro to public policy.
chrismclaren.com Chris McLaren @chrismclaren.com · 3d
As I always say when some right-winger starts going on about "red tape that slows innovation", every regulation on the books represents a lesson we as a society learned the hard way, and then encoded so we wouldn't forget. It's someone's blood & pain.
troutgirl.bsky.social Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 3d
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 3d
Good news in Philly today
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 4d
BREAKING: Federal judge rejects DOJ's effort to subpoena the names and medical records of children who have received gender-affirming medical care from the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA IN RE: SUBPOENA NO. 25-1431-014 : MISCELLANEOUS ACTION : : NO. 25-39 MEMORANDUM KEARNEY,J. November 21, 2025 Our elected Congresspersons granted the Department of Justice limited authority in 1996 to investigate federal health care offenses involving the labeling and distribution of prescription drugs. The Department of Justice is now investigating the labeling and distribution of prescribed clinically authorized puberty blockers and hormone therapy. It subpoenaed fifteen categories of records from The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia including billing and insurance records, communications with manufacturers and sales representatives, and the names and complete medical and psychological records of children receiving gender-affirming care. The Hospital agrees to produce most of the requested materials. But it objects to producing the identities of its child patients and their families along with their confidential medical files. Its objection requires we study two questions: whether Congress authorized a subpoena for the children's confidential medical records, and, if so, whether the children's privacy interests outweigh the Department of Justice's need for these confidential medical records under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. We find the answer to both questions is "no." We strike the three requests for these child- identifying and treatment and disclosure records as beyond the authority granted by Congress. We also find, even if this private information could be relevant, the heightened privacy interests of children and their families substantially outweighs the Department's need to know the children's names, addresses, and treatment along with disclosures for gender-affirming care at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Julia Lynch

chrismclaren.com
Chris McLaren @chrismclaren.com · 3d
As I always say when some right-winger starts going on about "red tape that slows innovation", every regulation on the books represents a lesson we as a society learned the hard way, and then encoded so we wouldn't forget. It's someone's blood & pain.
troutgirl.bsky.social Joyce Park @troutgirl.bsky.social · 3d
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
mattseybold.bsky.social Matt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 3d
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨‍🍳 😘

The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 3d
If you’re not following all the sewer departments, you’re missing out.
sophialarkrose.bsky.social 🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 3d
After this I started following some of the sewer authorities and by golly, they are lit.
adamrothman.bsky.social Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 21d
Every new post tonight is like Dems have flipped the Mehaden town sewer authority, long dominated by conservatives, by a +38 margin

Reposted by Julia Lynch

sophialarkrose.bsky.social
🇨🇦 sophialarkrose.bsky.social @sophialarkrose.bsky.social · 3d
After this I started following some of the sewer authorities and by golly, they are lit.
adamrothman.bsky.social Adam Rothman enjoys a good sandwich @adamrothman.bsky.social · 21d
Every new post tonight is like Dems have flipped the Mehaden town sewer authority, long dominated by conservatives, by a +38 margin

Reposted by Michael W. Kraus, Julia Lynch

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3d
A Texas A&M University appeals panel has unanimously ruled that the school was “not justified” when it fired a lecturer who had been accused of teaching a course that recognized more than two genders.
Texas A&M Wrong to Fire Professor Melissa McCoul Over Gender Lesson, Panel Rules
The firing put the school at the center of national debates over gender identity and academic freedom. A faculty panel ruled unanimously against the termination.
nyti.ms

Reposted by Julia Lynch

matthewcort.land
Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 3d
For the public

“Vaccines do not cause autism” is the message.

If you start talking about “association,” you’ve lost. And we lose herd immunity.

Reposted by Julia Lynch

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 3d
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 4d
A clown car full of vibes-based diagnoses. Now that’s an image.

jlynch13.bsky.social
Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 4d
And most of us with immune disorders have like 8 😂