John Stroup
@stroupjt0.bsky.social
Professor of Education, Champlain College | Vermont |
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Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
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“He Must Have Got This From K.”
How a Russian operative used the American media to force a risible “peace deal” into existence
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November 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Amidst the Putin-Witkoff nonsense on handing Ukraine to Moscow, clear reporting as always from @michaeldweiss.bsky.social
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"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
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Read the Stanford report:
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The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
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November 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
"By 2025, Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6% to 8%, with the impact accumulating gradually over time. We estimate that investment was reduced by between 12% and 18%, employment by 3% to 4% and productivity by 3% to 4%"
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
Read the Stanford report:
siepr.stanford.edu/publications...
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.
November 20, 2025 at 3:18 AM
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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This doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone looking into disinformation and scams on Meta's platforms but the scale is kind of incredible: "the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day"
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November 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
This doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone looking into disinformation and scams on Meta's platforms but the scale is kind of incredible: "the social media giant internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day"
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
When books were being pulled from Iowa classrooms, these teens started an after-school club to read them
Three Iowa City West high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Three high schoolers founded a book club that reads some of the country's most frequently banned books after a state law removing books with sexual content was signed in 2023. Two years later, many of the books have been reshelved and parts of the law can't be enforced.
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Researchers discovered that since 2017, firearms have surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of mortality for youth ages 11-18, spiking from 1,945 deaths in 2001 to 3,224 in 2022.
Gun deaths among high schoolers on the rise, WSU study finds
The researchers found that, nationwide, high schoolers ages 14 to 18 are at an exceptionally elevated risk for gun-inflicted injury and death compared to children in other age groups in both rural and urban settings.
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October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Researchers discovered that since 2017, firearms have surpassed motor vehicle collisions as the leading cause of mortality for youth ages 11-18, spiking from 1,945 deaths in 2001 to 3,224 in 2022.
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Here's the key chart from that piece.
Note what's on here with significant risk: genetic inheritance (twin on autism spectrum, sibling), third trimester stress, and factors that can affect maternal/paternal DNA.
What doesn't carry risk? SSRIs. Sonograms. And vaccination. All very well tested.
Note what's on here with significant risk: genetic inheritance (twin on autism spectrum, sibling), third trimester stress, and factors that can affect maternal/paternal DNA.
What doesn't carry risk? SSRIs. Sonograms. And vaccination. All very well tested.
September 25, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Here's the key chart from that piece.
Note what's on here with significant risk: genetic inheritance (twin on autism spectrum, sibling), third trimester stress, and factors that can affect maternal/paternal DNA.
What doesn't carry risk? SSRIs. Sonograms. And vaccination. All very well tested.
Note what's on here with significant risk: genetic inheritance (twin on autism spectrum, sibling), third trimester stress, and factors that can affect maternal/paternal DNA.
What doesn't carry risk? SSRIs. Sonograms. And vaccination. All very well tested.
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The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning.
They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then:
No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism
AND
Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”
They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then:
No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism
AND
Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”
September 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM
The FDA statement ends with a paragraph undermining its own warning.
They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then:
No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism
AND
Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”
They signal parents to avoid acetaminophen. Except sometimes. And then:
No “causal relationship… established” with ADHD or autism
AND
Alternatives to acetaminophen have “well-documented adverse impacts.”
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After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
DOGE Targeted Him on Social Media. Then the Taliban Took His Family.
Afghan scholar Mohammad Halimi, who fled the Taliban in 2021, had worked to help U.S. diplomats understand his homeland. Then DOGE put his family’s lives at risk by exposing his sensitive work for a U...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After DOGE outed Mohammad Halimi on social media, Taliban intelligence agents blindfolded and took three of his family members to a remote prison.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
They were repeatedly beaten and questioned about Halimi and his recently publicized work for the United States.
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Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
September 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.
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News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.
September 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
News from Finland. A 9-year-old lost an especially good stick he’d had since he was 2. He hung up 20 posters. A few days later it was returned. It had been found by a 2-year-old, who wanted to keep it for herself, but her mother made her return it. She got toys, flowers and candy as a reward.
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This is the biggest story in America right now.
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Grocery prices rise at the fastest pace since 2022 as Trump tariffs bite
On the campaign trail, Trump promised lower grocery prices.
www.axios.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:52 PM
This is the biggest story in America right now.
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
Coffee up 20.9% year-over-year
Steaks up 16.6%
Apples up 9.6%
Bananas, 6.6%.
www.axios.com/2025/09/11/t...
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🎼 Goodbye Stranger it’s been nice
🎼 Hope you find your paradise…
“Rick Davies, the singer and keyboardist who as a founding member of prog-rock and pop group Supertramp penned some of the band’s most popular and enduring songs, died on Saturday.”
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🎼 Hope you find your paradise…
“Rick Davies, the singer and keyboardist who as a founding member of prog-rock and pop group Supertramp penned some of the band’s most popular and enduring songs, died on Saturday.”
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Rick Davies, Supertramp Co-Founder and Singer, Dead at 81
Rick Davies, the Supertramp co-founder who sang and wrote some of the group's most popular songs, has died at age 81.
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September 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
🎼 Goodbye Stranger it’s been nice
🎼 Hope you find your paradise…
“Rick Davies, the singer and keyboardist who as a founding member of prog-rock and pop group Supertramp penned some of the band’s most popular and enduring songs, died on Saturday.”
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
🎼 Hope you find your paradise…
“Rick Davies, the singer and keyboardist who as a founding member of prog-rock and pop group Supertramp penned some of the band’s most popular and enduring songs, died on Saturday.”
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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📊 The math doesn't lie: The congressional district Utah never got.
Our analysis shows every map from Utah's independent redistricting commission would have created a Democratic-leaning seat.
Here's what could have been 👇
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Our analysis shows every map from Utah's independent redistricting commission would have created a Democratic-leaning seat.
Here's what could have been 👇
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/by-the-numbe...
Utah redistricting analysis: Data shows potential Democratic congressional district
Analysis of all three maps proposed by Utah's independent redistricting commission in 2021 would have created at least one Democratic-leaning congressional district.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
September 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
📊 The math doesn't lie: The congressional district Utah never got.
Our analysis shows every map from Utah's independent redistricting commission would have created a Democratic-leaning seat.
Here's what could have been 👇
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Our analysis shows every map from Utah's independent redistricting commission would have created a Democratic-leaning seat.
Here's what could have been 👇
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/by-the-numbe...
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Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Know your rights, Illinois.
Stay safe and stay informed.
Stay safe and stay informed.
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Removing the dam that creates Green River Reservoir State Park would cost at least $16 million, a new independent analysis commissioned by lawmakers finds.
Removing Green River Reservoir dam would be costly, new state report says
A new independent analysis finds that removing the dam that creates Green River Reservoir State Park would be costly, as would draining the reservoir — two scenarios local conservation advocates have ...
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September 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Removing the dam that creates Green River Reservoir State Park would cost at least $16 million, a new independent analysis commissioned by lawmakers finds.
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NEW: DC grand jurors reject more Justice Dept cases
Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
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Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
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D.C. grand jurors reject latest wave of Justice Dept. indictment requests
One former federal prosecutor said of the indictment denials by D.C. grand juries that he's "never heard of this happening."
www.cbsnews.com
September 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
NEW: DC grand jurors reject more Justice Dept cases
Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
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Former DOJ attorney: “Not only have I never heard of this happening, I've never heard of a prosecutor who's heard of this happening”
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“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
Pediatric Brain Cancer Group to Lose Federal Funding
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August 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
“A respected network of hospitals and cancer centers is halting enrollment in clinical trials for children with brain cancer after the federal government said it would no longer provide funding to the group”
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A regional climate research center based in Amherst, Mass. could close next month because the Trump administration froze its funding and is limiting what work researchers are allowed to do.
Northeast climate science center in Massachusetts could close as feds freeze funding
“This is just another way to stop science,” said Bethany Bradley, the center’s co-director. The Northeast Climate Adaptation Science Center is one of nine regional hubs across the country that helps s...
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August 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
A regional climate research center based in Amherst, Mass. could close next month because the Trump administration froze its funding and is limiting what work researchers are allowed to do.
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Discrepancies between Vergennes’ tax maps and city charter have left some residents unsure which municipality they actually live in, and worried about impacts to city finances.
Vergennes and Panton push for resolution to boundary line confusion - VTDigger
Discrepancies between Vergennes’ tax maps and city charter have left some residents unsure which municipality they actually live in, and worried about impacts to city finances.
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August 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Discrepancies between Vergennes’ tax maps and city charter have left some residents unsure which municipality they actually live in, and worried about impacts to city finances.
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The cuts, which represent a 14% reduction to the nonprofit’s workforce, come just over a month after Congress voted to rescind more than $1 billion in federal funding for public media.
Vermont Public lays off 15 staffers
Vermont Public announced on Wednesday it was cutting its workforce by 14%. The decision came just over a month after Congress voted to claw back all federal funding for public media.
www.vermontpublic.org
August 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
The cuts, which represent a 14% reduction to the nonprofit’s workforce, come just over a month after Congress voted to rescind more than $1 billion in federal funding for public media.