Jonathan Dushoff
@jdushoff.bsky.social
Theoretical biologist, recreational mathematician, anti-fascist*.
* I had planned not to be political here, but when circumstances change, decisions sometimes have to change.
* I had planned not to be political here, but when circumstances change, decisions sometimes have to change.
Do you-all have a good explainer of the role of CBP, ICE and other relevant agencies? What effects would abolishing ICE have (and not have) on realized immigration policies?
January 28, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Do you-all have a good explainer of the role of CBP, ICE and other relevant agencies? What effects would abolishing ICE have (and not have) on realized immigration policies?
This is exactly why there used to be processes for making decisions, and protocols for carrying them out. The _way_ they do things like cut USAID is actually worse than the _fact_ that they do them.
January 26, 2026 at 2:57 PM
This is exactly why there used to be processes for making decisions, and protocols for carrying them out. The _way_ they do things like cut USAID is actually worse than the _fact_ that they do them.
The post author is on blue sky: @stevevladeck.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 4:51 PM
The post author is on blue sky: @stevevladeck.bsky.social
Except I guess Trump's "own morality", and the acolytes' clumsy attempts to guess what that might be. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
President says morality ‘the only thing that can stop me’ in New York Times interview on limits to his authority
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Except I guess Trump's "own morality", and the acolytes' clumsy attempts to guess what that might be. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
It also dovetails with something that stuck in my mind: you can now be called a “domestic terrorist” simply for _observing_, before you even say anything. That seems pretty revealing.
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 PM
It also dovetails with something that stuck in my mind: you can now be called a “domestic terrorist” simply for _observing_, before you even say anything. That seems pretty revealing.
Trump is Making China Great-er than it's ever even been! #ThanksDonald
January 24, 2026 at 9:33 PM
Trump is Making China Great-er than it's ever even been! #ThanksDonald
The first time, but certainly not the last. A big step in the regime's war against the press, and against a key American tradition of freedom.
January 17, 2026 at 6:35 PM
The first time, but certainly not the last. A big step in the regime's war against the press, and against a key American tradition of freedom.
Co-authors on bluesky include, and may or may not be limited to: @davidearn.bsky.social and @cfts.bsky.social.
December 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Co-authors on bluesky include, and may or may not be limited to: @davidearn.bsky.social and @cfts.bsky.social.
It's not as neatly tied up as at should be, but there are packages for accessing the data (and we^H^H they used them to make the paper). See github.com/canmod/candi... for details
GitHub - canmod/candid: This repository contains all code used to produce the CANDID manuscript and associated figures, tables, and statistics.
This repository contains all code used to produce the CANDID manuscript and associated figures, tables, and statistics. - canmod/candid
github.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:01 PM
It's not as neatly tied up as at should be, but there are packages for accessing the data (and we^H^H they used them to make the paper). See github.com/canmod/candi... for details
Here is a direct link to the article, for those that roll that way doi.org/10.1371/jour...
A century of weekly notifiable disease incidence data by province in Canada
Canadian notifiable disease surveillance programmes have recorded communicable disease incidence data, dating back to the late 19th century. A Public Health Agency of Canada web-portal provides summar...
doi.org
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Here is a direct link to the article, for those that roll that way doi.org/10.1371/jour...