Dr. Tim Thomas
@timthomas.bsky.social
Interested in liberation research and housing people.
Research Director UCBerkeley Urban Displacement Project
Director UCB Eviction Research Network @evictionresearch.bsky.social
evictionresearch.net
Research Director UCBerkeley Urban Displacement Project
Director UCB Eviction Research Network @evictionresearch.bsky.social
evictionresearch.net
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Seattle screening of "Evicting the American Dream" followed by a panel discussion - Friday, November 7th at 7pm - 415 Westlake Avenue North
"Evicting the American Dream" With Panel Discussion
Screening of the newly released documentary "Evicting the American Dream" followed by a panel discussion with the director and more.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Seattle screening of "Evicting the American Dream" followed by a panel discussion - Friday, November 7th at 7pm - 415 Westlake Avenue North
New research on emergency rental assistance during the pandemic not only went to neighborhoods and households in need but also had long lasting, positive effects after receiving assistance (e.g., less likely to be displaced). Report coming soon.
June 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
New research on emergency rental assistance during the pandemic not only went to neighborhoods and households in need but also had long lasting, positive effects after receiving assistance (e.g., less likely to be displaced). Report coming soon.
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The end of NSF and American science expertise as we know it is here.🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The end of NSF and American science expertise as we know it is here.🧪
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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So many businesses rely on US Census Bureau data for decision-making.
And the commercial data they buy? It's modeled from Census data.
The downstream consequences of this could be dire for our economy.
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...
And the commercial data they buy? It's modeled from Census data.
The downstream consequences of this could be dire for our economy.
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...
Brain drain at Census Bureau has employees warning about the country's statistics
Staff departures and survey cuts are roiling the federal agency in charge of producing census results, job numbers and other key statistics as Trump officials continue to slash the U.S. government.
www.npr.org
April 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
So many businesses rely on US Census Bureau data for decision-making.
And the commercial data they buy? It's modeled from Census data.
The downstream consequences of this could be dire for our economy.
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...
And the commercial data they buy? It's modeled from Census data.
The downstream consequences of this could be dire for our economy.
www.npr.org/2025/04/17/n...
Come to the first screening (May 7) of "Evicting the American Dream", a powerful documentary on eviction and homelessness in the U.S. I'm honored to be part the project and to be on the panel. See the trailer and more at sunnyvalepres.com/pda-film/
Let me know if you want to host a screening.
Let me know if you want to host a screening.
April 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Come to the first screening (May 7) of "Evicting the American Dream", a powerful documentary on eviction and homelessness in the U.S. I'm honored to be part the project and to be on the panel. See the trailer and more at sunnyvalepres.com/pda-film/
Let me know if you want to host a screening.
Let me know if you want to host a screening.
My first thought after watching this is I need to make a space to hide people in my home... Reminds me of the books I read about hiding Jews during WWII.
This is so fucked up. ICE agents in Massachusetts smashed the window of a car to grab a Guatemalan guy who was with his wife. They were waiting for their lawyer to arrive because he has a pending asylum case.
Story via @wcvb5.bsky.social: www.wcvb.com/article/ice-...
Story via @wcvb5.bsky.social: www.wcvb.com/article/ice-...
April 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
My first thought after watching this is I need to make a space to hide people in my home... Reminds me of the books I read about hiding Jews during WWII.
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If the Trump administration makes cuts to HUD, it would be “outright wrong,” Steve Berg, CPO, National Alliance to End Homelessness.
“And we know what the result of that is going to be. It’s going to be more people living on the street, more people dying on the street.”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/u...
“And we know what the result of that is going to be. It’s going to be more people living on the street, more people dying on the street.”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/u...
The death of 2 homeless children in frigid Detroit raises questions about a flawed system in peril | CNN
The tragedy has the city reevaluating how it connects homeless families with shelters amid fears federal support for people in or on the precipice of homelessness could wane as the Trump administratio...
www.cnn.com
February 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
If the Trump administration makes cuts to HUD, it would be “outright wrong,” Steve Berg, CPO, National Alliance to End Homelessness.
“And we know what the result of that is going to be. It’s going to be more people living on the street, more people dying on the street.”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/u...
“And we know what the result of that is going to be. It’s going to be more people living on the street, more people dying on the street.”
www.cnn.com/2025/02/15/u...
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Apparently, the University of Washington School of Medicine has frozen all non-clinical hiring in response to the Trump/Musk administration attacks on science and science funding.
Destroying healthcare to own the libs.
Destroying healthcare to own the libs.
February 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Apparently, the University of Washington School of Medicine has frozen all non-clinical hiring in response to the Trump/Musk administration attacks on science and science funding.
Destroying healthcare to own the libs.
Destroying healthcare to own the libs.
Some Tenants Could Get Only One Day’s Eviction Notice, Under Federal Bill www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/r...
Some Tenants Could Get Only One Day’s Eviction Notice, Under Federal Bill
Legislation would end tenant protections that were first put in place during the pandemic.
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Some Tenants Could Get Only One Day’s Eviction Notice, Under Federal Bill www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/r...
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HUD is struggling to meet even a fraction of the country's need at current funding levels & the Secretary is bragging about the richest man on Earth finding $260 million in mystery savings?
This is so far removed from reality.
This is so far removed from reality.
February 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
HUD is struggling to meet even a fraction of the country's need at current funding levels & the Secretary is bragging about the richest man on Earth finding $260 million in mystery savings?
This is so far removed from reality.
This is so far removed from reality.
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Tax cuts for the wealthy don’t pay for themselves. House Republicans want to take food away from people to pay for them.
February 13, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Tax cuts for the wealthy don’t pay for themselves. House Republicans want to take food away from people to pay for them.
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Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
February 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Imagine if @aoc @sanders.senate.gov , every dem, SIMULTANEOUSLY held Town Halls where they allowed grant and contract recipients to explain to the country what it is they do and why it's important
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
Invite all media. Including RW podcasters. @spaces Flood the zone
Call it a Day Of Transparency
List of data rescue efforts docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Data Rescue Efforts
Data Rescue 2025 Efforts and More Updated 2025-02-06 These suggestions come from various sources, including IASSIST, RDAP, Data Curation Network, BlueSky, LinkedIn, and others. A librarian at a unive...
docs.google.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:51 AM
List of data rescue efforts docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Data heros. Harvard law just released an archive of data.gov! lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...
Announcing the Data.gov Archive | Library Innovation Lab
Today we released our archive of data.gov on Source Cooperative. The 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025, a complet...
lil.law.harvard.edu
February 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Data heros. Harvard law just released an archive of data.gov! lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...
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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
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Decision tree that has been sent to Program Officers at NSF
February 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Decision tree that has been sent to Program Officers at NSF
The path forward requires vigilance, solidarity, and proactive defense of democratic institutions. As history shows, silence in the face of incremental authoritarianism only enables its growth.
February 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The path forward requires vigilance, solidarity, and proactive defense of democratic institutions. As history shows, silence in the face of incremental authoritarianism only enables its growth.
Stay in the know. He’s going after Lutheran services now.
Yes. Former Treasury and OMB officials explained to me in detail what sort of power Elon Musk has now been granted. They described it as akin to having his hands on a series of spigots that he can now turn on and off:
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
newrepublic.com/article/1910...
February 2, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Stay in the know. He’s going after Lutheran services now.
For researchers/anyone needing data that’s getting wiped from gov websites, check out archive.org. For example here’s public health data recently deleted from the CDC archive.org/details/2025...
I also anticipate census disruptions eventually. Check out nhgis.org for that.
Keep up the work!
I also anticipate census disruptions eventually. Check out nhgis.org for that.
Keep up the work!
CDC datasets uploaded before January 28th, 2025 : Centers for Disease Control and Prevention : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
An archive of all CDC datasets uploaded to https://data.cdc.gov/browse before January 28th, 2025. Excludes corrupt datasets and data not publicly accessible.
archive.org
February 2, 2025 at 7:29 AM
For researchers/anyone needing data that’s getting wiped from gov websites, check out archive.org. For example here’s public health data recently deleted from the CDC archive.org/details/2025...
I also anticipate census disruptions eventually. Check out nhgis.org for that.
Keep up the work!
I also anticipate census disruptions eventually. Check out nhgis.org for that.
Keep up the work!
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New database alert! "A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis", based on work by @rigbydavid.bsky.social and many Landscapes Labs collaborators is now available! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis
www.nature.com
January 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
New database alert! "A national data set of historical US sundown towns for quantitative analysis", based on work by @rigbydavid.bsky.social and many Landscapes Labs collaborators is now available! www.nature.com/articles/s41...
So the hiring freeze rescinded my upcoming grant with the VA. Also impacted several other things. So I might be out of a job after my current grant runs out.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this raises unemployment by several points soon. Both thru direct and indirect effects of the freeze.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this raises unemployment by several points soon. Both thru direct and indirect effects of the freeze.
January 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
So the hiring freeze rescinded my upcoming grant with the VA. Also impacted several other things. So I might be out of a job after my current grant runs out.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this raises unemployment by several points soon. Both thru direct and indirect effects of the freeze.
I wouldn’t be surprised if this raises unemployment by several points soon. Both thru direct and indirect effects of the freeze.
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Trump is directing ICE agents to enter schools and snatch kids at bus stops
January 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump is directing ICE agents to enter schools and snatch kids at bus stops
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With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
Joe Biden Frees Leonard Peltier
The ailing Native American rights activist has been in prison for nearly 50 years after the U.S. government lied to put him there.
www.huffpost.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
With literally minutes left in his presidency, Joe Biden has granted clemency to Leonard Peltier
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I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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It Is MLK Day. Do Not Despair. This Year Especially, We Have Work To Do.
With delicious anticipation, we imagined it.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I pray this helps some of you today. We have a duty to Dr. King whose life was taken because he dared demand that this country face itself, to demonstrate that his work & sacrifice was not in vain. Let’s do it together. Please share. And subscribe.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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2024 saw an 18% increase in homelessness, largest increase in recorded history. Read the 2024 HUD Congressional Report on Homelessness here: www.hud.gov/press/press_...
apnews.com/article/home...
apnews.com/article/home...
US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of mig...
apnews.com
December 28, 2024 at 12:10 AM
2024 saw an 18% increase in homelessness, largest increase in recorded history. Read the 2024 HUD Congressional Report on Homelessness here: www.hud.gov/press/press_...
apnews.com/article/home...
apnews.com/article/home...