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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 22m

Exactly. This is the theme of Isaac Asimov's short story "Profession".
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Isaac Asimov Profession - 2235 Words | 123 Help Me

“People think of education as something that they can finish. And what’s more, when they finish, it’s a rite of passage” (Popova) noted Isaac Asimov, and in...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 31m

Utterly sinister and deeply threatening to democracy:

"plans to deploy America's counter-terrorism apparatus... as well as the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department against certain left-wing groups it accuses of funding and organizing political violence"

Brad Heath @bradheath.bsky.social · 3h

President Donald Trump's threatened crackdown on the finances and activities of liberal non-profits and groups opposed to his agenda is a multi-agency effort with top White House aide Stephen Miller playing a central role, according to officials.

www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 2h

If the 1st Amendment grounds prohibits government regulation of professional speech, then that must also apply to university professors. Right, #SCOTUS?

Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · 1d

So banning conversion therapy is a free speech issue but having an inappropriate reaction to the death of Charlie Kirk or an incorrect opinion on Israel isn’t?

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Rafael H. M. Pereira 🚡 Urban Demographics @urbandemog.bsky.social · 16h

A tarifa zero pode ser uma política eficaz para tirar as pessoas do automóvel privado e usarem o transporte público? A gente mostra que a resposta é não nesse estudo que saiu publicado hoje no @jeem-econ.bsky.social
Link para o estudo abaixo, segue o fio 🧵

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Thomas M. Keck @tmksyracuse.bsky.social · 21h

Weber State administrators told student they couldn't present their research on the state's anti-DEI law at an on-campus conference on censorship(!) unless they removed all mentions of DEI from their slides

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Weber State Censors, Then Cancels, Censorship Conference

University officials said that several planned presentations violated a Utah state law banning diversity, equity and inclusion at public universities.

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

10 days until the biggest peaceful protests in modern American history. A No Kings Day event is likely happening near you wherever you are. Please join us to show we won’t cower in response to Trump’s authoritarian takeover: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i... #NoKings

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Vanessa di Lego @vdilego.bsky.social · 1d

For our next seminar at the Demography Department at Cedeplar, UFMG, we have the extraordinary Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social presenting. Don´t miss it! The Zoom link is below. We see you all tomorrow, October 8, at 2 pm Brazilian time 👇 💡
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography

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Peter Ellis @freerangestats.info · 1d

We're #hiring a demographer at Pacific Community-SPC to help Pacific Island countries and territories with their population statistics! Based in Fiji, we're seeking someone with a relevant Masters or PhD, 10+ years experience, and strong skills in #rstats or Stata. careers.spc.int/job/statisti...

Statistics Adviser (Demography)

Suva-based position (Fiji) Attractive expatriate package Join the principal development organisation in the region Description The Pacific Community (SPC) is...

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 1d

and unless there's a good reason, you should be in a clearly marked official vehicle

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 1d

If you're a public servant doing the public's business:
(1) you shouldn't be ashamed of being filmed at work
(2) take off the mask

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

“Who was president in 2020?” is the question of our time

Senator Jim Banks V
@SenatorBanks
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The 2020 Census was a fraud. The Biden admin used a shady "privacy" formula that scrambled the data and miscounted 14 states.
It included illegal immigrants and handed
Democrats extra seats. Americans deserve a fair count and l'm fighting to fix it.
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Consus data plays a crucial role in allocating political roprescntation and goverment funding
Under the Constitution, cach state gets Congressional represcotutives and Electoeal College votes- based on "the whole number of persons" within the state." The number of persoes is in
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Diffcrcntial privacy is opaque and liable to mistakcn count totals. Sure cnough, the 2020 Ccnsus ovarocunted the noculation in cicht states and undercounted it in six." Tihe most extrcmi andercount was Arkansas, at 5.04%, and the larg…

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · 1d

It is a huge problem that the US is now a low-trust country with laws and statutes written in the context of a high-trust country. From now on they will need to be rewritten keeping in mind that any loophole will be ruthlessly exploited, with zero forbearance.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 1d

Sides don't have to be straight. Shapes don't have to be closed. (??)

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 2d

The question almost answers itself. Why aren't television stations showing live coverage of nothing happening? Because it's a boring visual.

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Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health @pophel.bsky.social · 2d

🚨Job alert!🚨

Helsinki Institute for Demography and Population Health is recruiting 2 postdocs. Join our team and investigate social inequalities in health!

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#postdoc #demography #socialsciences #socialdata

Two Postdoctoral Researchers on Health Inequalities

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Wagatwe Wanjuki @wagatwe.com · 2d

Republicans taking notes

Cameroon's 92-year-old President,
Paul Biya, reportedly sent statues
of himself and his wife to a
campaign event as he was unable
to attend due to old age

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 2d

Realized I should update that this is now ungated. Everyone can now read, without subscription, the article that one reader described as having "about as close to a plot twist as one will ever see in a review essay." (I loved that comment, which has been making me smile since I read it.)

Three Ways of Looking at Black–White Mortality Differences in the United States

Everyone agrees that US Black deaths happen earlier than white deaths on average, but it is surprisingly challenging to find the best ways to summarize, quantify, and compare this gap. This review arg...

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d

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Emilio M Bruna @brunalab.bsky.social · 4d

Miller’s language is an almost verbatim copy of one of the powers granted Brazil’s military dictatorship by Institutional Act No. 5.

(Authorization for the federal government to supersede or remove local and state authorities for reasons of “national security”)

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Aves do Brasil @avesbrasil.bsky.social · 4d

🇧🇷Iratauá-grande
🌎Gymnomystax mexicanus
Conservação:Pouco Preocupante

O iratauá-grande é uma ave da ordem Passeriformes, da família Icteridae.

📷 José Rondon

Um pássaro de porte médio, com plumagem predominantemente amarela vibrante no corpo e na cabeça. As asas e a parte superior das costas são de um preto intenso e contrastante. O bico é fino e preto, e os olhos possuem uma máscara escura ao redor. O pássaro está empoleirado em uma folha verde larga e texturizada, com fundo desfocado em tons de verde. A postura é atenta, com o corpo ligeiramente inclinado para frente.
Atenção: O alt da imagem foi gerado automaticamente.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4d

Draw a little encouragement from the fact that this is a Trump appointee saying that Trump's reasoning is "untethered from the facts."

Joshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 4d

NEW: Judge Immergut BLOCKS Trump's federalization of the Oregon National Guard, writing that the govt has "made a range of arguments that, if accepted, risk blurring the line between civil and military federal power—to the detriment of this nation." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

CONCLUSION
For the above reasons, this Court GRANTS Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order, ECF 6, and temporarily enjoins Defendants' September 28, 2025, Memorandum ordering
the federalization and deployment of Oregon National Guard service members to Portland. The
TRO expires in fourteen days on October 18, 2025, and the parties are ORDERED to comply with the attached TRO. The Defendants' request to stay or administratively stay the Temporary Restraining Order, see Defendants' Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining
Order, ECF 35 at 41, is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED
DATED this 4th day of October, 2025 at 3:40 p.m. pacific daylight time.
/s/ Karin J. Immergut
Karin J. Immergut
United States District Judge

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5d

Good thread about Vance.

In JDV rant shown below, he treats Joy Reid as if she is in US on contingent basis. Should be "grateful" for its generosity.

Reid was *born* in New York. Grew up there and Denver. Undergrad at Harvard.

Hmmm, why might JDV view her as needing to show special 'gratitude'??

Mary Joy @maryjoy.bsky.social · 5d

It’s odd Vance is trolling on gratitude because I’ve noted before his complete lack of gratitude to anyone who helps him.
Extended family takes him in… he writes book about what losers they are.
Mentored at Yale? Take it down.
Ohio makes him senator? Suckers

jenn m. jackson @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social · 5d

The Vice President of the United States used his social media page to tell Joy Reid, a private citizen with no connection to the government, that she should express "gratitude" for how this country has treated her.

Black women remain the most consistent targets in all of this.

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Equal Justice Initiative @eji.org · 5d

On this day in 1949, members of the largest bridge association in the U.S. voted to exclude Black players from competitions.

Oct. 4, 1949 | Largest U.S. Bridge Association Votes to Refuse Black Members

Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5d

the usual story. rich guy wants to punish universities for not clamping down on pro-palestinian protests and for doing too much to recruit minorities. at base these guys want the top tier of american universities to become, once more, safe-spaces for their dunderheaded failsons

The Billionaire Behind Trump’s Deal for Universities

www.nytimes.com

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🇺🇦 Carl Schmertmann @cschmert.bsky.social · 5d

maybe it should be 1776-2025