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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 13h

My 2yo has a picture book about emergency vehicles which says of police that their *job* is to keep people safe. I appreciate the specificity.

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 21h

Using AI or deepfakes would lack integrity so just use a photo from 30 years ago.

CNN @cnn.com · 1d

"President Donald Trump and his top aides are using the word 'insurrection' more frequently to describe anti-ICE protests in places like Portland," writes Zachary B. Wolf. https://cnn.it/4pWYmzr

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 1d

I just realized a paper I always cite from 1991 has 5 citations, one of them is me, and I don't recognize any of the other papers. I assumed this paper was really influential and everyone knew what I was talking about when I mentioned it. I have no idea how I found it.

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 3d

None of the books are available, but this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen a celebrity do library.saintheron.com

Saint Heron

Saint Heron Community Library; a growing media center dedicated to students, practicing artists and designers, musicians and general literature enthusiasts.

library.saintheron.com

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CNN @cnn.com · 3d

More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will soon be able to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits under a measure signed Friday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. https://cnn.it/4pW8Xuj

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 4d

🚨The Graduate Student Support Grant is now open 🚨 If you are a graduate student in political science with an urgent financial need-please apply today! Awards are given to applicants on a lottery basis. It doesn't hurt to apply. connect.apsanet.org/graduate/gra...

Graduate Student Member Support Grant FAQ

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 4d

Seems like data worth centralizing

John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 4d

Serious question: has the Fed govt ever arrested so many elected officials in such a short period of time, across multiple cities, and not for legit corruption reasons?

This seems like a distinct degree of anti-democratic escalation.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 4d

You know as well as I do that their “core” audience is aspirational branding.

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 4d

I’ve always wondered about that diaeresis thing

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 5d

www.thexylom.com/post/h-1b-vi...

The Most Detailed Maps of H-1B Visa Holders Joining America's Top Research Institutions

A new analysis by The Xylom shows for the first time just how much America’s top research institutions have grown to depend on the specialized knowledge of H-1B skilled workers — and how this delicate...

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 6d

I will get to tell my grandkids someday that Lisa Cook followed me on Twitter.

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 6d

I didn’t read any of the Hegseth stuff yesterday because I wanted to see the speech for myself first.

Isn’t doing something like that in front of all the generals in the military really risky if they don’t take you seriously and they see how others don’t as well?

Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 7d

So much for climate change is a problem for low-lying island communities. It's a problem for us to, and has been for a while. I think this is a very exciting paper and I can't wait to see what other research develops as a result of their findings.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mortality caused by tropical cyclones in the United States - Nature

A large-scale evaluation of the long-term effects of tropical cyclones on human mortality in the contiguous United States estimates that the average tropical cyclone results in 7,000–11,000 excess deaths, far exceeding previous estimates.

www.nature.com

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 7d

Because so many Black Americans live in the South, these findings might contribute to the lower life expectancy of Black Americans relative to white Americans.
It might even be related to the declines in life expectancy for Americans overall!

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 7d

They even show infants born a year **AFTER** the hurricane have lower life expectancy than they otherwise would. Parents have less money, moved, have worse or fewer medical facilities are all possible mechanisms.

This paper urges a rethink about the effects of climate disasters.

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 7d

When people and communities are affected by hurricanes, what they do to adapt--rebuild, move, spend money, etc. presents opportunity costs for the types of behavior that improve life outcomes later on. Maybe part of why we don't have bike lanes or sidewalks in the South?

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 7d

🚨Cool Paper Alert🚨
Lower Life expectancy in the South is caused by hurricanes.
Why???
Path-dependent outcomes from climate disasters change the trajectories for individuals and communities.

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 10d

Very Zohran-like election sign in Atlanta

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 10d

Accidentally identifies the problem.

Why so much focus on low quality academic work? Who is highlighting this work—influential journals and programs, or culture warring critics?

A lot of research doesn’t have a political valence. Why fixate on a subset of a subset, and call it all of academia?

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 11d

To try to be restrained and persuasive:

1) Academic work (like most things) is of varying quality

2) There is an enormous leftward ideological skew to the lowest-quality work

3) 1 + 2 makes it hard for credentialed "expertise" to be credible even when most experts are good

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 10d

I thought Soros gave the left no strings attached money all the time?

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 11d

I was saving for an IKEA kitchen remodel for 3 years that we were going to start in 6 weeks.

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GC4 @gawdzchild4eva.bsky.social · 11d

Wow. Huge loss. RIP 👸🏾.

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 11d

Trying to learn how to express my rage with such temerity and vividness.

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 28d

Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · 13d

That certain movement imbued the phrase with an implicit meaning of funding social services as well.