Chris Gambino
@sustainingnow.bsky.social
mostly uninvited thoughts on creating the world to come. All things science & policy.
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Former Host: @NewBooksSTS 🎧📚
Recovering Professor.
All views expressed are my own and do not represent the views of my employer. Reposts are not endorsements.
Former Host: @NewBooksSTS 🎧📚
Recovering Professor.
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That mean homeless teenager, upending the career of Matt Gaetz.
What on EARTH is @nytimes.com doing?!
She did not “have sex.” She was raped. Because she was a child below the age of consent.
SHE did not “set off a chain of events.” MATT GAETZ set off that train.
What on EARTH is @nytimes.com doing?!
She did not “have sex.” She was raped. Because she was a child below the age of consent.
SHE did not “set off a chain of events.” MATT GAETZ set off that train.
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 AM
That mean homeless teenager, upending the career of Matt Gaetz.
What on EARTH is @nytimes.com doing?!
She did not “have sex.” She was raped. Because she was a child below the age of consent.
SHE did not “set off a chain of events.” MATT GAETZ set off that train.
What on EARTH is @nytimes.com doing?!
She did not “have sex.” She was raped. Because she was a child below the age of consent.
SHE did not “set off a chain of events.” MATT GAETZ set off that train.
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I'm sure these regulations were originally put in place to prevent discrimination against SNAP recipients. Now invoked to prevent helping people. Authoritarians like to create conditions of deprivation to control a population. If you think no one will help you, then you're more likely to comply.
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email
November 2, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I'm sure these regulations were originally put in place to prevent discrimination against SNAP recipients. Now invoked to prevent helping people. Authoritarians like to create conditions of deprivation to control a population. If you think no one will help you, then you're more likely to comply.
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“You cannot offer false evidence, and if you do so accidentally and find out, you have to correct that … They claim our work supports conversion therapy when our work clearly and specifically condemns conversion therapy on the same page they’re citing.”
Christian group ‘deceived’ supreme court about LGBTQ+ research, cited scholars say
Exclusive: Experts say Alliance Defending Freedom, arguing to revive conversion therapy, ‘profoundly misrepresented’ their work in case threatening trans and queer youth
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
“You cannot offer false evidence, and if you do so accidentally and find out, you have to correct that … They claim our work supports conversion therapy when our work clearly and specifically condemns conversion therapy on the same page they’re citing.”
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Don’t be fooled, Pennsylvania! Vote YES this November 4th to retain Dougherty, Donohue and Wecht.
@jjabbott.bsky.social
@jjabbott.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Don’t be fooled, Pennsylvania! Vote YES this November 4th to retain Dougherty, Donohue and Wecht.
@jjabbott.bsky.social
@jjabbott.bsky.social
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Politico’s Playbook picked up our little shake-up. We’re dropping the D-only playbook — now backing independents too. The left’s remix is live: progressive politics without labels, but with serious heart. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/08/21/one-big-beautiful-rebranding-00517382
August 21, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Politico’s Playbook picked up our little shake-up. We’re dropping the D-only playbook — now backing independents too. The left’s remix is live: progressive politics without labels, but with serious heart. https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2025/08/21/one-big-beautiful-rebranding-00517382
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“Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight,” the source said, adding that there was an urgent need to find more portable bathrooms and dumpsters for garbage.
June 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
“Currently, there is no plan for where everyone is sleeping tonight,” the source said, adding that there was an urgent need to find more portable bathrooms and dumpsters for garbage.
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Lacrosse, with its close ties to Wall Street, has a long history plagued by scandal and cultural appropriation
Wall Street’s Favorite Game Has a Long and Uncomfortable History
Over centuries, lacrosse flourished at the expense of its Native American origins.
bloom.bg
May 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Lacrosse, with its close ties to Wall Street, has a long history plagued by scandal and cultural appropriation
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That's a lot of fallacies. And, of course, they're used to prevent people (journalists and judges and all of us) from holding them accountable.
May 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
That's a lot of fallacies. And, of course, they're used to prevent people (journalists and judges and all of us) from holding them accountable.
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Stop giving Elon a lifeline.
Stop giving Elon a lifeline.
Yesterday, I saw Musk's biographer Walter Isaacson wheeled out for a TV interview under the chyron "Musk: Back to Business" and it really feels like the media is entirely happy to go along with a concerted PR effort to increase Musk's finances by downplaying what he did to your government.
Elon Musk, who once called himself President Trump’s "first buddy," said he is ending his government work to spend more time on his companies.
Read more: nyti.ms/4jqYNxk
Read more: nyti.ms/4jqYNxk
May 29, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Stop giving Elon a lifeline.
Stop giving Elon a lifeline.
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Conservatives' biggest misunderstanding* about the Ivy League is they think the average grad is an activist with a double major in Woke/Gender who will be stuck working as a barista and not hard-nosed strivers who all go into consulting/tech/finance
*(This is willful misrepresentation among elites)
*(This is willful misrepresentation among elites)
May 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Conservatives' biggest misunderstanding* about the Ivy League is they think the average grad is an activist with a double major in Woke/Gender who will be stuck working as a barista and not hard-nosed strivers who all go into consulting/tech/finance
*(This is willful misrepresentation among elites)
*(This is willful misrepresentation among elites)
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Do not listen to RFK Jr. on covid vaccines for pregnant people. Listen to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which STRONGLY recommends a covid vaccine during pregnancy, for the health of the pregnant person and the fetus. 🧪 www.acog.org/covid-19/cov...
COVID-19 Vaccines and Pregnancy: Conversation Guide for Clinicians
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recommends that pregnant individuals be vaccinated against COVID-19.
www.acog.org
May 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Do not listen to RFK Jr. on covid vaccines for pregnant people. Listen to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which STRONGLY recommends a covid vaccine during pregnancy, for the health of the pregnant person and the fetus. 🧪 www.acog.org/covid-19/cov...
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And if you didn't get the chance to read my book, there are lots of summaries and interviews out there. This is one of my favorites: www.salon.com/2020/07/04/t...
The secret of his success: Donald Trump's six weird tricks for authoritarian rule
Historian Jennifer Mercieca decodes Trump's "rhetorical genius" in her must-read book "Demagogue for President"
www.salon.com
May 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
And if you didn't get the chance to read my book, there are lots of summaries and interviews out there. This is one of my favorites: www.salon.com/2020/07/04/t...
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New, from me:
Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...
Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...
Why the Supreme Court decision on firing independent agency heads is a big deal
The demise of Humphrey's Executor and the rise of unitary executive theory
donmoynihan.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
New, from me:
Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...
Quick explainer on why the Supreme Court (likely) decision to overturn Humphrey's Executor and move toward unitary executive theory will undermine any future efforts to rebuild state capacity.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/why-the-su...
Is there a regularly updated page or database for estimated costs of all the federal legal fees spent so far?
And benchmarked to past administrations?
And benchmarked to past administrations?
May 22, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Is there a regularly updated page or database for estimated costs of all the federal legal fees spent so far?
And benchmarked to past administrations?
And benchmarked to past administrations?
As Jim Wallis said in God’s Politics:
“Budgets are moral documents.”
They reveal who we protect, who we neglect, and what we truly worship.
So let’s stop treating slogans like policy — and start asking what values this bill actually serves.
Call your SENATORS!
7/7
“Budgets are moral documents.”
They reveal who we protect, who we neglect, and what we truly worship.
So let’s stop treating slogans like policy — and start asking what values this bill actually serves.
Call your SENATORS!
7/7
May 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
When @politico.com @cnn.com @thehill.com @bloomberg.com & others repeat the phrase for the bill uncritically, they’re not reporting — they’re amplifying branding. 🧵
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May 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
When @politico.com @cnn.com @thehill.com @bloomberg.com & others repeat the phrase for the bill uncritically, they’re not reporting — they’re amplifying branding. 🧵
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👇👇👇 This by the brillian @jenmercieca.bsky.social
Following this up with some thoughts based on my morning scroll through feed.
Following this up with some thoughts based on my morning scroll through feed.
May 22, 2025 at 2:22 PM
👇👇👇 This by the brillian @jenmercieca.bsky.social
Following this up with some thoughts based on my morning scroll through feed.
Following this up with some thoughts based on my morning scroll through feed.
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It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
May 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
It’s Mary Anning’s birthday, so time to share @katebeaton.bsky.social’s brilliant cartoon again.
The Breakthrough Institute held a panel at their Dialogue some years back re: Is Centrism Dead?
The answer is clearer now. As others have made the case there’s a connection to rise in populism.
But, I want to know if we can reverse this and who is willing to try?
The answer is clearer now. As others have made the case there’s a connection to rise in populism.
But, I want to know if we can reverse this and who is willing to try?
May 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The Breakthrough Institute held a panel at their Dialogue some years back re: Is Centrism Dead?
The answer is clearer now. As others have made the case there’s a connection to rise in populism.
But, I want to know if we can reverse this and who is willing to try?
The answer is clearer now. As others have made the case there’s a connection to rise in populism.
But, I want to know if we can reverse this and who is willing to try?
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Yet again Trump is taking credit for what Biden did.
May 19, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Yet again Trump is taking credit for what Biden did.
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Last Friday, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded by Moody’s. So-called “bond vigilantes” are being blamed.
But they’re just scapegoats. Here’s the real cause of our growing national debt. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/omg-the-bond-vigilantes
But they’re just scapegoats. Here’s the real cause of our growing national debt. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/omg-the-bond-vigilantes
OMG! The Bond Vigilantes!
They’re just scapegoats. Here’s the real cause of our growing national debt.
robertreich.substack.com
May 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Last Friday, the credit rating of the United States was downgraded by Moody’s. So-called “bond vigilantes” are being blamed.
But they’re just scapegoats. Here’s the real cause of our growing national debt. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/omg-the-bond-vigilantes
But they’re just scapegoats. Here’s the real cause of our growing national debt. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/omg-the-bond-vigilantes