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Sociologist, demographer, and epidemiologist. Lover of democracy, democratic institutions, the US Constitution, public service, and rule of law. Made a baptismal vow to "resist evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves."
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200 at University Village again—holy smokes! Super high energy. #TeslaTakedown #MuskMustFall

PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081

What’s incredible is how obvious it is what’s happening - and yet how difficult it is to believe

Please consider making a public comment opposing the possibility of making NIH directors, program officers, and other staff (e.g. SRO, GMS) political appointees. This only took me ~90 seconds. Please repost. Thanks 👍

Lots of people I know that were furious about kids having to wear masks are real quiet about a two year old citizen being wrongfully deported

NEW: How much of an impact have the #TeslaTakedown protests had? Enough that they are now included in Tesla's official Risk Factors section of its regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. techcrunch.com/2025/04/23/a...

“I expect the legal profession to understand that the nation is not here for them but they are here for the nation. from now on, I shall intervene in these cases and remove from office those judges who evidently do not understand the demand of the hour” Trump? Pam Bondi? nope, Hitler bit.ly/44akopT

I read it…

It's a lawless administration and we need to keep saying it.

🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEWS: Was just passed this from a fellow service academy grad. A Coast Guard Academy graduate posted this. They are reporting that ICE entered base housing and took a USCG spouse. I can’t confirm this but I’m calling for answers from the Coast Guard and Congress. This is unacceptable.

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Hi, I'm God. Human beings should not be thrown into prisons without due process. Even Jesus got a hearing.

There is an entire political movement that believes the statement “if you work full-time in America, you should be able to pay your bills and have a savings account with your paycheck” is radical. We must come to an agreement that it’s not radical to demand that.

98% of Goldman Sachs shareholders rejected two anti-DEI proposals, directing the company to eliminate its DEI based compensation incentives for executives and to review legal and reputational risks.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ The Pentagon will resume gender-affirming care for transgender service members, according to a memo obtained by POLITICO, an embarrassing setback to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s efforts to restrict their participation. www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Offering folks $5,000 to have a baby is wild—especially when y’all are the same ones trying to slash SNAP and Medicaid. The very benefits millions of Americans rely on to survive. Since when did raising a baby only cost $5,000?

Our cover this week.

Judges and lawyers appear to be our last line of defense. Sort of puts all of the lawyer jokes into perspective...

No meat inspection No milk inspection No keeping track of child/domestic abuse No keeping track of women dying in childbirth No funding of head start No childhood cancer research No vaccines No affordable housing Minimum wage 7.25 LETS HAVE A BABY!

where we are in 2025: major universities seeking a mutual-protection treaty against the U.S. president

I just realized it's April 23. That means it's the anniversary of the Farmville, Virginia Motion High School student strike. What? You don't know about that? Well, in 1951, Barbara Johns was fed up with the deplorable conditions in her segregated school, so she organized a strike. 1/

Graft watch www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Toxicologist here! This will improve the health of zero Americans. Current synthetic food dyes are not causing health problems, and are often times used because they are actually safer than natural food dyes. Reminder that guns are the #1 cause of death of children but we are going to ban food dyes.

Does anyone have a list of Salvsdoran companies? I wonder what my retirement accounts are invested in...

Every state needs to do this ASAP

Ah yes, the government asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews. No way that could go wrong www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/n...

THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS THE LAW OF THE LAND AND A SUPERSTATUTE AND THE PRESIDENT CANNOT UNDO IT. sincerely, a constitutional law professor who also teaches employment discrimination

They're going after the accreditation of universities and threatening to revoke the ability of accreditors if they don't crack down on DEI and LGBTQ people in academia. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Deadline approaching! Join me in #Barcelona to study the #demography of #singlehood and develop your own independent research. Deadline: April 24 (15h00 CEST). #postdoc

If there is one thing I know about America, it is that it is obsessed with the possibilities forced labor has for extreme wealth capture.