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Linda Skitka
@lindaskitka.bsky.social
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Emerita Distinguished Professor, U of Illinois Chicago | Michigan & Cal-Berkeley Grad | Social, Political, and Moral Psychologist | Endlessly Curious | https://sites.google.com/view/lindaskitka

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Linda J. Skitka is a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Skitka's research bridges a number of areas of inquiry including social, political, and moral psychology. .. more

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 1d
Um, that's not how science works, Mr. Trump.
nameshiv.bsky.social Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1d
"revokes scientific finding" just the least serious people to ever live
apnews.com The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d
BREAKING: The EPA revokes scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger the public health, removing a key basis for the climate change fight.

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 1d
"revokes scientific finding" just the least serious people to ever live

Reposted by Matthew Bunn, Linda J. Skitka, Scott L. Greer , and 13 more

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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 1d
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.

Reposted by Naftali Kaminski, Linda J. Skitka

Reposted by Norbert Schwarz, Linda J. Skitka, Stephen D. Murphy

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d
New at Can We Still Govern: One aspect of ICE that is not discussed much is how dependent it is on private supply chains, including foreign companies. That provides an opportunity to name-and-shame firms providing its services.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/private-ch...
Private Chains, Public Harm
How Supply Networks Fuel ICE Operations
donmoynihan.substack.com

Reposted by Will Jennings, Linda J. Skitka, Scott L. Greer , and 7 more

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 1d
New poll: In 2024, low-engagement voters went for Trump over Harris by 11 percentage points. But now they disapprove of the way he's handling the presidency by 13. They have moved 25 points against Trump — 2x as large as the shift for high-knowledge voters www.gelliottmorris.com/p/trump-lost...
Trump has lost the voters who weren’t paying attention in 2024
The least-engaged Americans have swung 25 points against him since 2024 — about twice the shift among everyone else. Trump has flattened the engagement gap.
www.gelliottmorris.com

Reposted by Adam S. Posen, Linda J. Skitka, Mika Maliranta

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka

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Dorothy Bishop @deevybee.bsky.social · 1d
Phonetics nerds will love this. Henry Higgins has competition
couts.bsky.social Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · Aug 24
OSINT folks, the bar has been raised

lindaskitka.bsky.social
Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 1d
Pathetic.
newsguy.bsky.social Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.

Reposted by Nina Jankowicz, David Lazer, Brendan Nyhan , and 10 more

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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 1d
NEW: “CBS Evening News” producer Alicia Hastey sends a bombshell farewell note:

Stories are “evaluated not just on their journalistic merit but on whether they conform to a shifting set of ideological expectations.”

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law, Norbert Schwarz , and 17 more

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Joe Robertson @joro.bsky.social · 1d
More than 400 people, including hundreds of citizens, were “sorted” at gun point into racial and ethnic groups by 200 ICE agents who fired flash-bang grenades into cars with people inside, pointed guns at children & demanded their zip tied parents not comfort them. apple.news/Ausdx6kWtT0e...
Idaho families sue over immigration raid that swept up hundreds, including U.S. citizens — NBC News
About 400 people, including children and U.S. citizens, were detained for four hours while they were denied food and water in the raid, according to the lawsuit.
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Reposted by Marc Lynch, Elizabeth Saunders, Richard S.J. Tol , and 7 more

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Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 1d
Gallup announces, after 88 years, it will no longer track public approval of presidents. Trump's second-term approval rating fell to 36% in December, among the lowest ever recorded by the company. The president repeatedly has threatened to sue media and polling firms that portray him negatively.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 1d
This is a helluva a story about Bondi—>
anaphoristand.bsky.social brian pillion @anaphoristand.bsky.social · 2d
This is some genuinely psycho shit...
Pam Bondi loves dogs. Always had them, one after another. She got involved with dog shelters and dog rescue, and once pulled off to the side of a busy road and got out of her car to chase down a stray. Another dog she helped was a Saint Bernard named Master Tank. She adopted him from a shelter after he was lost during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, not long after her own Saint Bernard had died. The story has been told but bears repeating. Master Tank belonged to Steve and Dorreen Couture and their grandson, who was 4, recovering from the murder-suicide of his parents and losing his dog during the storm. Bondi said the dog was a “walking skeleton” and “dying from heartworms” when she adopted him. The Coutures eventually tracked down Master Tank, but instead of giving him back, Bondi hired a lawyer, who accused the Coutures of abusing the dog, which Bondi had renamed Noah. “She lied,” Dorreen told a Palm Beach Post columnist years later. “My little grandson begged her to take the dog home, and she refused. She thought she would just wear us down. That we were unstable people and would just quit.” The case was settled out of court, with Bondi securing visitation rights, but she never did visit. She got another dog.

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 1d
:-(

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 1d
Nothing should surprise us anymore, lesson # 2671.
ecmclaughlin.bsky.social Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d
CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 1d
My apologies to St Paul, and the entire state. From Chicago, we DO see you.

Reposted by Anna O. Law, Linda J. Skitka, Scott L. Greer , and 6 more

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MdDoogie3 @mddoogie3.bsky.social · 2d
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.

I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”

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Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Mark Rice, Colin Woodard , and 1 more

ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 2d
CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Richard Price, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 4 more

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brian pillion @anaphoristand.bsky.social · 2d
This is some genuinely psycho shit...
Pam Bondi loves dogs. Always had them, one after another. She got involved with dog shelters and dog rescue, and once pulled off to the side of a busy road and got out of her car to chase down a stray. Another dog she helped was a Saint Bernard named Master Tank. She adopted him from a shelter after he was lost during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, not long after her own Saint Bernard had died. The story has been told but bears repeating. Master Tank belonged to Steve and Dorreen Couture and their grandson, who was 4, recovering from the murder-suicide of his parents and losing his dog during the storm. Bondi said the dog was a “walking skeleton” and “dying from heartworms” when she adopted him. The Coutures eventually tracked down Master Tank, but instead of giving him back, Bondi hired a lawyer, who accused the Coutures of abusing the dog, which Bondi had renamed Noah. “She lied,” Dorreen told a Palm Beach Post columnist years later. “My little grandson begged her to take the dog home, and she refused. She thought she would just wear us down. That we were unstable people and would just quit.” The case was settled out of court, with Bondi securing visitation rights, but she never did visit. She got another dog.

Reposted by Gordon Pennycook, Linda J. Skitka, Mark J. Brandt , and 5 more

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Eric Hehman @erichehman.bsky.social · 2d
Postdoc position!

Myself and @jordanaxt.bsky.social are seeking applications for a shared post-doctoral researcher at McGill, beginning Fall 2026.

Topic area broadly centered on intergroup dynamics, prejudice, discrimination

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Linda Skitka @lindaskitka.bsky.social · 2d
My heart really goes out to people living in Minneapolis. :-(
katalogued.bsky.social kd @katalogued.bsky.social · 2d
I’ve never felt unsafe in this bougie neighborhood a day in my life. This is a 25 mph zone, full of fancy bars and restaurants, a curling club, salons, boutiques, and one of the busiest coffee shops around. They are doing their damndest to wreck everything here.
andrewkarre.bsky.social Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 2d
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Linda J. Skitka, Jeannette Sutton

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kd @katalogued.bsky.social · 2d
I’ve never felt unsafe in this bougie neighborhood a day in my life. This is a 25 mph zone, full of fancy bars and restaurants, a curling club, salons, boutiques, and one of the busiest coffee shops around. They are doing their damndest to wreck everything here.
andrewkarre.bsky.social Andrew Karre @andrewkarre.bsky.social · 2d
This is the aftermath of an ICE kidnapping a few blocks from my home in St. Paul—an hour ago. A quiet street full of broken glass and at least three wrecked cars. The target of the kidnapping was taken away by ambulance. He was on a stretcher and covered by a sheet, though a cop said he was alive.

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Steve Peers, Andrew Rudalevige , and 2 more

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 2d
Court battle over surveillance footage at the Broadview ICE detention center reaches new levels of kafkaesque absurdity: The DOJ claimed it *couldn't afford* hard drives to put video footage on. Plaintiffs bought THE US GOVERNMENT hard drives. ICE "lost" them.

www.404media.co/government-l...
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
www.404media.co

Reposted by Linda J. Skitka, Linda R. Tropp, Melanie C. Green

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 2d
“what we’re witnessing is…on the scale of the larger concentration camp systems in history—the Soviet Gulag, the Nazi concentration camps, & Chinese labor camps…The admin is actively aspiring to a system of that magnitude to reshape society to its racial, political & cultural prefs for generations”
andreapitzer.bsky.social Andrea Pitzer @andreapitzer.bsky.social · 2d
When I got the contract to write a history of concentration camps in 2014, I hoped to keep the US from ending up here. That didn't work out! But now it's critical to understand how much is already in process and the enormity of what's coming. The sooner we act to stop it, the more people we'll save.
Building the camps
The warehouseification of detention and initial thoughts on stopping it.
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