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Dr. Tania DoCarmo
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Sociologist. Legal Studies Prof at UMass Amherst. Studying law, society + culture, migration, human trafficking. Outside of work: travel, yoga, reality TV strategy games.
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As the Trump administration and Elon Musk work to dismantle USAID, the government’s lead agency for delivering humanitarian aid for generations, right-wing influencers have flooded the internet with falsehoods about its work, promoting unfounded claims and conspiratorial thinking. nyti.ms/4htWHN0
A chart shows the increasing views that a viral, false claim about USAID saw on X, as it was amplified by right-wing influencers. A headline reads: Falsehoods Fuel the Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID. A sentence reads: Nearly 15,000 posts on X over two days mentioned USAID and Politico, with many users falsely claiming that the humanitarian organization paid the news website millions of dollars. Note: Data includes posts on X between Feb. 5 at 9 a.m. Eastern Time and Feb. 6 at 10 p.m. that mention both “Politico” and “USAID.” Source: Tweet Binder by Audiense.
February 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Frontal assault on universities www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH slashes overhead payments for research, sparking outrage
Move to cut indirect cost rate to 15% could cost universities billions of dollars
www.science.org
February 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
tdocarmo.bsky.social
The #USAIDcuts are devastating… and cruel. My friends and former colleagues - who are doing amazing work in the trenches of development and rights work - are scrambling. This will impact the aid sector for years to come, even if the $ comes back around.
February 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
tdocarmo.bsky.social
Exciting fieldwork coming my way in March. Can’t wait. Hoping to post about it here along the way.
January 25, 2025 at 3:24 AM
tdocarmo.bsky.social
Bye Twitter. Bye Elon. Hello BlueSky. #byefelicia
January 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM