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Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social · Jun 24

In the midst of a brutal heat wave, NYC chooses between Andrew Cuomo, who lied about causing vulnerable seniors to die in nursing homes, and Zohran Mamdani, who’s dedicated to to making NYC affordable and green for everyone.

This is what 21st century climate elections actually look like.

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · Jun 24

Wracked with guilt because I accidentally tossed a plastic jar in the trash and not the recycling bin 🫤

A staggering 96 private jets are expected to fly in for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez’s wedding – Supercar Blondie

Almost 100 private jets are expected to touchdown in Venice, Italy, this week for the wedding of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez

supercarblondie.com

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Jun 23

@labeler.urbanism.plus label

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Jun 23

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Jun 22

Excited to share my new article "The American Single Family Home: Towards a Social and Environmental History," which is part of this great special issue on the good life in the city, published open access with Global Environment.

The American Single-Family Home: Towards a Social and Environmental History | Global Environment

Over the course of the twentieth-century, the primary path toward the ‘good life’ in the United States involved the purchase of a single family home in the suburbs, which promised financial security, social independence and access to a healthy ...

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Jun 22

Integrating these perspectives opened up a whole new perspective for me, hopefully reflected in this article, that I am continuing to develop for the larger project on the environmental history of white flight since the 1970s.

"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Jun 22

But I realized I had to go back and think about the single-family home itself, as a social and material artifact, something produced by specific historic political and economic systems, but that was also a dwelling with bedrooms, and kitchen, a yard, a garage and a driveway.

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Jun 22

The article reflected a shift in my thinking about the environmental history of American suburbia. I had been writing about the political economy of housing and automobility in suburbia separately, and trying to connect factors such as gender, social reproduction, racial anxieties about crime.

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Jun 22

Excited to share my new article "The American Single Family Home: Towards a Social and Environmental History," which is part of this great special issue on the good life in the city, published open access with Global Environment.

The American Single-Family Home: Towards a Social and Environmental History | Global Environment

Over the course of the twentieth-century, the primary path toward the ‘good life’ in the United States involved the purchase of a single family home in the suburbs, which promised financial security, social independence and access to a healthy ...

www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Jun 13

Academia in 2025.

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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · May 18

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · May 18

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · May 18

A must read

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · May 7

Such an important topic and project. I feel like the current "woke" backlash can be rooted all the way into the culture wars of the 1990s? Or at least certain actors and institutions have been waiting in the wings and stoking this for 30 years.

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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · May 4

Same for books in humanities 👇

$fractalecho.bsky.social$

Rua M. Williams @fractalecho.bsky.social · May 3

If you're a grad student or an undergrad interested in research I need to you listen to me very carefully.

You cannot learn to write good research papers if you do not read good research papers.

Stop asking LLMs to summarize papers for you.

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · May 4

This is what made US a research superpower. It was not just money. And also it will not be about "poaching" as much as non-US researchers choosing EU or other countries instead of the US in the long-run.

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · May 4

Total EU/UK funding roughly matches US science funding (excluding DoD) but the US offered a single unified and integrated research infrastructure, with one working language career and development scheme. It's tough to bounce from France, to Spain, to Italy. Different research cultures, etc.

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · May 4

Great point on scientist "brain drain"

Amiable @amiablequinn.bsky.social · May 4

That's what makes what is happening right now so terrible, you can make/import smart scientists but that is not going to help you. But it is incredibly difficult to replicate the infrastructure we spent 80 years building.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Apr 15

the classic burger king chicken sandwich — the long boy — is underrated in the fast food chicken sandwich game

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Ben Carlson @bencarlson007.bsky.social · Apr 9

The bond market:

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Apr 9

I guess we have to pay attention to the bond market now, because global financial collapse (again)?

"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Apr 7

If you are in Pittsburgh for #aseh2025 join us Thursday for a discussion of "Beauty, Health and Permanence." An excellent line up! Keith Woodhouse, Sara Fingal, Elizabeth Browning, David Grinnell and Jon Klosinski, @paulsabin.bsky.social and @parhee.bsky.social yours truly. @aseh.bsky.social

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"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Apr 7

Lets all say it together now kids: "deflationary spiral"

"I hear the jury's still out on science" @robgioielli.bsky.social · Mar 30

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Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social · Mar 28

Waiting for the second thoughts of all the pundits who thought the Trump GOP was poised to become a worker-friendly party.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/u...

Trump Moves to End Federal Union Protections Across Government

An executive order signed by the president would cancel collective bargaining for hundreds of thousands of workers, the largest federal employees union said. The union was preparing legal action.

www.nytimes.com

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · Mar 27

I wish people hated fascism half as much as they hate feminism

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Matt McManus @mattpolprof.bsky.social · Mar 23

Imagine explaining this to anyone in 2004

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