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lucy-h-butler.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher in the Psychology of Misinformation Lab at the Network Science Institute, Northeastern Uni studying factors driving susceptibility to health misinformation & interventions to counter misinformation's impact (she/her)
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As somebody witnessing these events unfolding from another country, I am not so sure that everyone here has caught on to what is in fact currently happening. I think there's a lot of wishful ignorance involved. This article is a good remedy. Read it!

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments

“Trump was, alas, elected, and delegated outsize power to Musk voluntarily. But the reason it feels like a coup is that we have no precedent for an administration treating its own government like a hostile territory to be conquered and exploited.” This by @michellegoldberg.bsky.social is spot-on

submitted 24 days ago • 7 comments

Everyone seems to be framing Trump's freeze on federal grants as a Constitutional fight over powers of the purse & whether presidents can disregard Congressional appropriations. It is that. But also at stake is the fundamental validity of government contracts! I see much less discussion on this... 🧵

submitted 28 days ago • 67 comments

We are hiring a postdoc/researcher at my group (SUNLab) @nunetsi.bsky.social. Interested in working on multidisciplinary problems like segregation, health, or economic growth from the perspective of Social Urban Networks? Contact me if you are interested. Please share it!

submitted 105 days ago • 0 comments

RFK advised American Samoa to stop using the MMR vaccine and 83 people died including children. He could do the same nationally and kill thousands. People will die. apnews.com/article/rfk-...

submitted 106 days ago • 50 comments

Great overview of the comparative advantages of different social media simulators (including our [mis]info game)! Super useful for working out which tool might be best for your research question 😊 Arvin’s mock social media tool is brilliant - definitely check it out if you haven’t already!

submitted 467 days ago • 0 comments