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purrtrandrussell
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Fully automated luxury queer space georgist into effective altruism, liberalism, and feminism. More of a nyan-binary than a catgirl. I accept every pronoun but "it" but mostly use "they" for myself. I try to post good news and actionable information
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Tell me something that made you happy last week!
I'll start:
On a lark, I decided to get a paint-by-numbers kit. Part of me hesitated because it felt "cringe," but I decided to do it anyway because I'm trying to kill the part of myself that cringes. It was fun!
a mostly-finished paint-by-numbers painting of a cat sitting on a counter int the window. It doesn't really quite look like a counter because I messed up the colors a little bit.
March 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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A table labeled "An activists dillema." Under column labeled "benefits of disruptive protest": increased awareness/profile, potential for increase in support on movements' central cause, positive radical flank effects, increased media coverage, policy maker attention & public voting intention. Under column labeled "costs of disruptive protest": legal/physical risk, risks of polarisation and backfire effects, hostile media coverage and little evidence of direct impact on policy change
December 8, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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Voting intention research in image conducted in Germany, though some upcoming research by SCL seems to show similar stuff in UK /16
Policy maker attention: Insulate Britain campaign led to increased mentions of home insulation in UK Parliament (Rogers et al.,2024). Same w/ Fridays for Future in Germany (Schuermann, 2024). Voting intention/decisions: Places with climate protests saw higher share of vote for Green parties, and votes shift from far right to centre-right (Valentim, 2024; Fabel et al. 2022). Policy change: Major policy wins in recent years e.g. in US on climate, pause on LNG exports/IRA. But hard to determine role played by protesters
December 8, 2024 at 2:54 AM
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A chart designed to show the flow of social change. It claims strong evidence that climate activism affects voting behavior & policymaker attention; & weak evidence that climate activism affects stock market changes, environmental quality & policy change. Weak evidence that media coverage affects public opinion, hypothesis that it affects policy change,& policymaker attention. Public opinion hypothesized to affect policy change, mobilization, voting behavior & individual behavior change. Mobilization hypothesized to affect climate activism. Voting behavior hypothesized to affect policy & policymaker attention. Stock market changes hypothesized to affect environmental quality. Policy change has strong evidence for affecting environmental quality. Individual behavior change hypothesized to affect environmental quality.
December 8, 2024 at 2:12 AM
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A lot of biosecurity work is about preventing pandemics. Lots of ways to contribute through research and policy work. Here is a good map: 39669.cdn.cke-cs.com/cgyAlfpLFBBi... I don't have enough brain to write proper alt text for this chart rn, I might repost this later with better alt text 4
a map on ways to prevent and mitigate pandemics through things like early detection,
November 17, 2024 at 7:23 PM