Stephen J Read
@steveread.bsky.social
Professor of Social Psychology, University of Southern California. Interested in Computational modeling of personality, decision-making, social reasoning, and social behavior. Also interested in relating this to Neuroscience
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Stephen J Read
@steveread.bsky.social
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@pfrazee.com why was Sarah Kendzior suspended?
November 11, 2025 at 5:22 AM
@pfrazee.com why was Sarah Kendzior suspended?
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Argentina just got 40 bailout. They have universal healthcare.
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Argentina just got 40 bailout. They have universal healthcare.
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This likely won’t be the last intelligence sharing suspension we see over this - based on the publicly available evidence, these strikes don’t come close to meeting the threshold for deadly force.
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This likely won’t be the last intelligence sharing suspension we see over this - based on the publicly available evidence, these strikes don’t come close to meeting the threshold for deadly force.
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The inflation blame-game is no fun when the shoe’s on the other foot. 🙄
Peter Navarro about why Trump doesn't talk more about affordability: "There's a frustration w/ the caliber of the debate about inflation. Now, instead of having an honest discussion about the various elements of inflation, it's about who to blame- whether it's Biden's inflation or our inflation"
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
The inflation blame-game is no fun when the shoe’s on the other foot. 🙄
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Trump’s DOJ is fixated on the 2020 election. Fulton officials won’t budge.
Trump’s DOJ is fixated on the 2020 election. Fulton officials won’t budge.
Fulton County faces pressure to hand over documents from the 2020 election, but the county isn't budging.
www.ajc.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Trump’s DOJ is fixated on the 2020 election. Fulton officials won’t budge.
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The Democrats are echoing one of the loudest messages in the latest @ajc.com poll: Opposing Trump is one of the top priorities for likely Democratic primary voters, and not doing so risks infuriating their most loyal supporters. #gapol
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
For Ossoff and Georgia Democrats, the shutdown fight is the message
The fight over the federal government shutdown has allowed Georgia Democrats, like U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff, to show that they have the grit to stand up to Republicans.
www.ajc.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The Democrats are echoing one of the loudest messages in the latest @ajc.com poll: Opposing Trump is one of the top priorities for likely Democratic primary voters, and not doing so risks infuriating their most loyal supporters. #gapol
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price.
theintercept.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Trump’s Military Occupations of U.S. Cities Cost $473 Million and Rising
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
Trump’s campaign to quell dissent by deploying the American military to U.S. cities comes at an immense price
theintercept.com/2025/11/11/c...
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The Trump regime’s messaging is a disaster. They don’t care if poor people eat or if the middle class can buy a home. They care if the super-rich can afford their 8th yacht.
VITTERT: What do you say to people struggling with higher prices?
NAVARRO: We feel your pain. We are literally doing everything we can.
VITTERT: But the president calls it a "con job." How can people think he feels their pain?
NAVARRO: We feel your pain. We are literally doing everything we can.
VITTERT: But the president calls it a "con job." How can people think he feels their pain?
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The Trump regime’s messaging is a disaster. They don’t care if poor people eat or if the middle class can buy a home. They care if the super-rich can afford their 8th yacht.
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"Entergy, a utility that recently announced it’s expecting to fail its 2030 climate targets, is partnering with Meta in the construction of more than two gigawatts of new fossil gas."
More reasons to boycott Meta.
More reasons to boycott Meta.
Hey!! Here's my new piece for The New Republic!!
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
It's about how Meta is cramming generative video slop (the most energy-intensive of the gen systems) into its massive global advertising engine: a recipe for an order magnitude worsening of its already-huge harms 😱
newrepublic.com/article/2028...
November 12, 2025 at 3:11 AM
"Entergy, a utility that recently announced it’s expecting to fail its 2030 climate targets, is partnering with Meta in the construction of more than two gigawatts of new fossil gas."
More reasons to boycott Meta.
More reasons to boycott Meta.
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A little bit of history worth knowing. If it’s history, they are trying to wipe it out, to make room for the absurd tales of eternal innocence that bring fascism and bloodshed closer.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
A little bit of history worth knowing. If it’s history, they are trying to wipe it out, to make room for the absurd tales of eternal innocence that bring fascism and bloodshed closer.
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I would have expected them to rely on Übermensch Eats for that kind of information.
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 AM
I would have expected them to rely on Übermensch Eats for that kind of information.
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The one thing we can count on with tomorrow's swearing in, if it happens, is Grijalva's 800,000 constituents will finally have representation.
We cannot guarantee she will be the 218th signature before another is withdrawn.
We cannot guarantee the Epstein Files will be released or recognizable.
We cannot guarantee she will be the 218th signature before another is withdrawn.
We cannot guarantee the Epstein Files will be released or recognizable.
November 12, 2025 at 3:14 AM
The one thing we can count on with tomorrow's swearing in, if it happens, is Grijalva's 800,000 constituents will finally have representation.
We cannot guarantee she will be the 218th signature before another is withdrawn.
We cannot guarantee the Epstein Files will be released or recognizable.
We cannot guarantee she will be the 218th signature before another is withdrawn.
We cannot guarantee the Epstein Files will be released or recognizable.
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NEVER FORGET: The GOP House Congress got a VACATION for 2 months, while federal workers got $0 paychecks and 42M Americans didn’t get their SNAP.
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 AM
NEVER FORGET: The GOP House Congress got a VACATION for 2 months, while federal workers got $0 paychecks and 42M Americans didn’t get their SNAP.
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The fight over the Epstein files heats up as Congress returns and Speaker Johnson must swear in the Arizona Democrat who will tip the scales on the Epstein petition. Rep. Ro Khanna joins to discuss.
Epstein files return to HAUNT Republicans as crucial vote approaches
YouTube video by MSNBC
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November 12, 2025 at 3:18 AM
The fight over the Epstein files heats up as Congress returns and Speaker Johnson must swear in the Arizona Democrat who will tip the scales on the Epstein petition. Rep. Ro Khanna joins to discuss.
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Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…
November 12, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Jeffries: We are not going to be lectured by anyone on the other side of the aisle about fiscal responsibility when the bill that you just passed is the most fiscally irresponsible piece of legislation ever…
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A Trump manufactured food crisis in the land of the plenty...
Ohio food pantries see record demand in food crisis
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/11/o...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/11/11/o...
Ohio food pantries see record demand in food crisis • Ohio Capital Journal
Many food pantries in Ohio are seeing record demand as President Donald Trump has resisted court orders to provide food aid to 42 million Americans.
ohiocapitaljournal.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A Trump manufactured food crisis in the land of the plenty...
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When can we expect another stern letter from Schumer and Jeffries?
Oh wow. Who could've ever seen this coming?
"Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies"
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
"Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies"
abcnews.go.com/Politics/liv...
Speaker Johnson won't guarantee vote in House on ACA subsidies
abcnews.go.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
When can we expect another stern letter from Schumer and Jeffries?
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OMG the Cincinnati Children’s hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they’ve known it for all 73 days! He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
November 11, 2025 at 1:27 AM
OMG the Cincinnati Children’s hospital Pastor speaks after being detained for 73 days by ICE and he is a legal U.S citizen & they knew it when they took him & they’ve known it for all 73 days! He said the there are a lot of people in there that are U.S citizens & no crimes ever!
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New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
New WSJ: After flying an FBI jet to see his girlfriend sing at a wrestling match, FBI director Kash Patel took the jet to a private Texas hunting resort called the Boondoggle Ranch. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
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A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
Trump Pardon Lets Convicted Child Sex Predator Walk Free
Andrew Taake walked free because of Trump’s pardons, despite being convicted of a child sex crime.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
A man pardoned by Donald Trump for his role in January 6th - he assaulted Capitol Police officers with bear spray & a metal whip - has avoided prison for child sex crimes because of the president’s sweeping pardon, despite pleading guilty to soliciting what he believed was a 15-year-old girl for sex
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🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump has broad unreviewable powers to flood U.S. cities with National Guard troops, the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued in an expansive new filing to the Supreme Court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
DOJ Tells SCOTUS Trump Has Unreviewable Power to Send Troops to U.S. Cities
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump has broad unreviewable powers to flood U.S. cities with National Guard troops, the Department of Justice (DOJ) argued in an expansive new filing to the Supreme Court. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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A high-profile economist was befuddled by a series of claims President Donald Trump made on Tuesday during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
'Outright falsehood': Economist befuddled by Trump's 'break with reality' during interview
A high-profile economist was befuddled by a series of claims President Donald Trump made on Tuesday during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham. Trump joined Ingraham on "The Ingraham Angle" on Tuesday, where the two discussed topics ranging from his future successors in the Trump family, ...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 AM
A high-profile economist was befuddled by a series of claims President Donald Trump made on Tuesday during an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham.
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Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fear-...
Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites
Members of America’s founding generation had an ambivalent and evolving understanding of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Fear, Greed, Civic Virtue and the Fall of the Elites talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/fear-...
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I think I would still be wildly unhappy with how this all played out with this messaging, but at least it would feel like it's engaged with the world we live in today. The "my constituents just want us to work together" argument exists in the eternal 1995 too many Dems refuse to leave behind.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 AM
I think I would still be wildly unhappy with how this all played out with this messaging, but at least it would feel like it's engaged with the world we live in today. The "my constituents just want us to work together" argument exists in the eternal 1995 too many Dems refuse to leave behind.
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Garbage in, garbage out.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Garbage in, garbage out.