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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · 2d

We are in for a treat with this week's visit from Pam Herd! @ndsociology.bsky.social and the new ND Population Analytics can't wait to host @pamherd.bsky.social

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · 21d

This was beautiful to read | How to capture a parent's hidden story: Advice from writers and memoirists

www.npr.org/2024/07/11/g...

How to reveal a parent's hidden story

Writers share advice on how to sensitively interview family members about painful or traumatic memories. These conversations may get loved ones to open up — and deepen our connections with them.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 28d

📚 The new school year is starting in many places. If you’re a teacher, student, or parent, here are a few ways Our World in Data might be useful to you right now 🧵

Our work is used in classrooms around the world — from top universities to local schools.

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Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 26d

The latest World Bank data counts 125 million more people as living in extreme poverty — but the world has not gotten poorer.

A line graph titled "A comparison of World Bank estimates of extreme poverty" illustrates the global number of people living in extreme poverty.

Two distinct lines are present: one in dark brown representing the previous estimates using a poverty line of $2.15 per day measured in 2017 prices, and another in blue for the latest estimates utilizing a new poverty line of $3 per day measured in 2021 prices. The brown line trends downward, starting around 2 billion in 1990 and reaching 692 million in 2024. The blue line, starting slightly higher at roughly 2.3 billion, shows a similar decline, reaching 817 million in 2024. The difference between the lines — 125 million — indicates the increase in the estimated number of people living in extreme poverty due to the new measurement criteria.

The note at the bottom indicates that data has been adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs using international dollars from 2017 and 2021. The data source is the World Bank (2025)

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · Aug 29

Well, now I wanna buy a beer from fancy Clancy.

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · Aug 26

“The town had a basketful of feelings good and bad about Joe's positions and possessions, but none had the temerity to challenge him.They bowed down to him rather, because he was all of these things, and then again he was all of these things because the town bowed down.”

—Zora Neale Hurston

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Aug 25

“‘the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice’ …It doesn’t bend on its own. History tells us we often have to apply force needed to make sure that the arc gets where it needs to go. This is one of those times.”

Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Illinois Gov. Pritzker vows to pursue Trump officials who participate in an illegal National Guard deployment to Chicago:

"If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me - not time or political circumstance - from making sure that you face justice under our constitutional rule of law."

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · Aug 24

Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art

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Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art

A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · Aug 14

"Federal immigration raids in Los Angeles are scaring families away from school, and the new year hasn’t even started yet."
www.the74million.org/article/so-m...

‘So Many Threats to Kids’: ICE Fear Grips Los Angeles At Start of New School Year

Federal immigration raids in Los Angeles are scaring families away from school, and the new year hasn’t even started yet.

www.the74million.org

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Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study @ffcws.bsky.social · Aug 9

#FFdata at #ASA2025: Tomorrow (2pm) at the Hyatt Regency the FFCWS Data Support Team will host a workshop, "What's New with the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study? Exploring 22 Years of Data with the Data Support Team."
Don’t miss it! tinyurl.com/yc2kh6ar

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Aug 7

Learn about the Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame ‪@notredame.bsky.social‬ & other sociology depts in the 2025 ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology. Now completely online and free for ASA members. Also available for a fee to nonmembers. https://bit.ly/ASAGradGuide‬‬‬‬

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Aug 8

Today we kick off the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting, where sociologists share knowledge & new directions in research & practice. Read ASA President Adia M. Harvey Wingfield’s welcome message: bit.ly/3IzyR6a.

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Aug 8

This snapshot of the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting shows the numerous presenters who will be sharing sociological knowledge during the meeting. That’s 1,055 presenters on Saturday; 880 on Sunday; 948 on Monday; and 679 on Tuesday.

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · Aug 7

📣 Calling all demographers! We are hiring at Notre Dame!

Apply here:
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Linda Holmes @lindaholmes.bsky.social · Aug 3

I think the use of chatbots for stuff like this is intended to train people to use it to avoid everything that’s painful or hard. It can write the obituary, the breakup text, the complaint letter. It’s meant to separate humans from their difficult feelings. Seems bad.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · Aug 3

New: A few weeks ago, when my father-in-law died, the funeral home asked if we wanted to use AI to write his obituary. So I dug into it and found that it's the biggest new trend in "death care." Tens of thousands of AI obits have been made already. Often the families don't even know wapo.st/4okuxIg

The rise of AI tools that write about you when you die

Families and funeral directors are using AI obituary generators to more efficiently memorialize the dead. What happens when they get it wrong?

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · Aug 2

This, James Baldwin’s birthday, is the perfect day for this passage from NO NAME IN THE STREETS.

It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have," Baldwin wrote in his essay No Name in the Street.

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Mark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · Aug 1

Postdoc opening in education for the upcoming year: ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/592...

Postdoctoral Scholar - Evaluation Center

Position Information: We invite applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Scholar position in the College of Education at the University of Kentucky. Housed with the College’s Evaluation Center, this ...

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Edutopia @edutopia.org · Aug 1

Will the first day of school be your first as a teacher? 🧑‍🏫 🌟 If so, this resource collection is for you!

#EduSky #NewTeachers

A Starter Pack of Resources for New Teachers

We’ve gathered some of the best resources for new teachers in one place!

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Aug 1

The rapid decline of American science has few precedents in history, argues @rossandersen.bsky.social. We are witnessing an unparalleled act of self-sabotage:

How Scientific Empires End

And what it means for America

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Neil Lewis, Jr. @neillewisjr.bsky.social · Jul 30

www.statnews.com/2025/07/29/t...

Trump administration blocks NIH from awarding any research grants and contracts

The order applies to the entirety of new and, possibly, ongoing research grant dollars that go to universities and academic medical centers.

www.statnews.com

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W. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · Jul 30

If this stands, the extent of impact is arguably immeasurable. The slow trickle of funding from NIH, NSF, & other federal agencies this year from the obstruction & impoundment of funding has already cut short not just projects & careers, but lives. This decision is magnitudes worse.

Liz Essley Whyte @lizessleywhyte.bsky.social · Jul 29

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The White House is blocking the NIH from awarding new research grants for the rest of the fiscal year

Chokes off billions in research funding

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Trump Administration Puts New Chokehold on Billions in Health-Research Funding

The National Institutes of Health can’t award grants to outside researchers under a new White House restriction.

www.wsj.com

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Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social · Jul 30

The damage that is being done will not be reverted through the pendulum swing of simple party politics.

They have destroyed the administrative state.

They have created a secret police. With camps.

They have placed apparatchiks in lifetime positions.