Here’s what they found: Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars. Those interruptions are more likely to: - Cut women off mid-sentence - Come from men - Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature

Imagine if we had to comply with the Bill of Rights? WTF were those "founding fathers" even thinking?

basically yglesias, jain, jentleson, WelcomePAC donors etc all base their prescriptions for Dems on a statistical model that nobody can replicate, and refuse to acknowledge (a) that uncertainty dwarfs the detectable effect of moderation & (b) that the last year has proved their views wrong!!

This is a harrowing look at Epstein's connections to academia. It shows how Epstein was able to woo high-profile scholars with witty banter, promises of research funding, and help from a well-connected literary agent, despite not having a degree himself. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

"Practicing politics the right way" Turning Point USA pressures Texas Tech University into canceling an abortion rights speaker. www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

This is the very same Charles Murray who tweeted in 2025 that he was fine with white actors playing Othello in blackface.

Chappell Roan on the discourse surrounding her #GRAMMYs red carpet outfit: “Giggling because I don’t even think this is THAT outrageous of an outfit. The look’s actually so awesome and weird. I recommend just excercising your free will it’s really fun and silly :D”

As we enter Black History Month with ICE imposing martial law in Minneapolis: They're takin' away the rights from the people, that's wrong What did King say, "Can't we get along?" Beat down by the man whose check he paid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB96...

Happy Black History Month! #NOH8 ❤💛💚

this particular line is maybe the best statement of purpose i have seen for those of us who want a more militant opposition to this administration

In a world where doctors treated patients with respect and dignity, portable electronic records that contain all patient info and move effortlessly from provider to provider would be a good thing. In the real world, some of us would like not to bring all that with us to docs who may discriminate.

Ick.

An authoritarian bully with the thinnest skin imaginable

"About 500 seniors live at Sinai Residences in Boca Raton, Florida, including many Holocaust survivors. Recently, some of them asked if they could hide the building’s Haitian staff in their apartments."

A very good story on why so many states in the South were so vulnerable to massive and lengthy power outages in the winter storm, and what we could do to avoid such things in the future.

New Interview: www.newyorker.com/culture/q-an...

Sesame semolina filone

A very well and carefully argued analysis of the current attacks on journalists' rights, and context of how these relate to attacks by other recent presidents of both parties.

🧪 It's been 10 years since Dorothy Bishop and I published a commentary in Nature about the risks of transparency. doi.org/10.1038/529459a 1/10

Bari Weiss is what happens when someone watches James Acaster taking the piss out of Ricky Gervais, and thinks it would be a nifty idea to do journalism the way Gervais does comedy.

Son of a Holocaust survivor: "Never again" means "Never again for everyone." newlinesmag.com/first-person...

Trump's antisemitism envoy: "It is utterly inappropriate to compare Anne Frank to children hiding from ICE. This demeans the experience of those who died in the Holocaust." Actual Holocaust survivors in Florida: "This reminds us of Anne Frank."

Related to ICE patronizing restaurants, and after they finish eating, arresting the people who cooked for them and served them.

JK Rowling's team invited Jeffery Epstein to the deathly hallows play and to a Harry potter dinner. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... www.justice.gov/epstein/file...

The reason Ilan Wurmans exist is because we let Richard Epsteins continue to exist in legal academia rather than kick them down the figurative professional staircase.

The last time Democrats had a filibuster-proof trifecta they enacted the largest expansion of public welfare in half a century through Obamacare. The last time Democrats had a trifecta they spent trillions of dollars on infrastructure to fight climate change and tax credits for families.

New perspective paper on using accurate emulators (ML-based or toy-model-based) like dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI... and dx.doi.org/10.5194/egus... together with Earth System Models to get more out of both! rdcu.be/e1Kdr

“If the person is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.” Justice Brett Kavanaugh www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Red carpet for bike lane blockers #cyclinglife #urbanbike #blockingthebikelane #whydonttheyrideinthebikelane #justanotherplacetopark www.facebook.com/share/p/14ah...

The most important part of the Rehmet campaign (in my humble opinion as a local political scientist whose opinion nobody asked for) is that Rehmet ran as a union man. Rehmet is a union president, and this was an unapologetically pro labor campaign.

Please read this extremely thoughtful & careful post on Tim Walz, Anne Frank, & the US Holocaust Memorial Museum from Martin Shuster, philosopher, Isaac Swift Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies, former Holocaust Memorial Museum Fellow, & scholar of genocide, the Holocaust, & authoritarianism:

Dinnertime read: As w/many Vandy Div students, the story of Lawson's time at VDS loomed large, esp. as the institution navigated a re-reckoning w/that history. Add to that my own since-middle-school sense of connection w/the history of non-violent action, & I guess it's a no-brainer I'd be hooked!

I don’t know if I’ve ever read a judicial ruling that radiates this much righteous contempt for the executive branch in my lifetime: “Apparent also is the government's ignorance of an American historical document called the Declaration of Independence.“ storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Another awesome scientist joins ecologist and climate change researcher @meganorourke.com (NJ-7, a tossup district, running against Tom Kean) in running for Congress from NJ ( @samwang.bsky.social, running to succeed @repbonnie.bsky.social in NJ-12)! Go @meganorourke.com and @samwang.bsky.social!

As a side note, it’s funny to see so many of these emails with thirsty academics repeatedly enact Marx’s bit in the 1844 Manuscripts about the power of money. “Oh Mr Epstein, your house in New York is enormous and, unrelatedly, your questions at dinner were so intelligent, so insightful, so deep.”

If you see this, don't participate. It's a rigged study by Lisa Littman and unethical researcher J. Michael Bailey meant to undermine access to care. Spread the word.

So what I’m gathering is a pedophilic billionaire successfully worked to destigmatize race science among the academic, political, and business elite partly by sex trafficking girls. Is that the shape of it so far?

In cities everywhere.

For those of you looking to follow some more queer scholar-activists in 2026, check out this starter pack with many fabulous folks. ✊🏾🌈

LOOKING FOR A NEW ACADEMIC OPPORTUNITY? Regius Professorship in Meteorology & Climate Science - a role awarded to the University of Reading by Queen Elizabeth II Seeking an exceptional academic leader who will shape the future of meteorology & climate science. jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Everyone needs to read “Waging a Good War.” It’s short, informative, and explains the brilliant tactical reasoning that the civil rights leaders used - including “intentionally getting arrested.”

One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. I submit that an individual who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice is expressing the highest respect for law. -MLK

Tell me 5 classes you took in college (university) Quantum Mechanics Logic & Philosophy of Mathematics Literature and Film of Weimar Germany Nonviolent Political Action Latin American Politics

Iced-in work from home baking. Baguettes and cinnamon raisin walnut bread.

It's just a writer with a Hugo and multiple stories in The New Yorker, Elon. What could they cost? Forty dollars?

I’m hoping that all of the transphobes who justify their unfounded views by claims of “protecting children” keep that same energy in the face of the release of today’s Epstein files.

Most bathroom bills are unenforceable theater. Kansas decided the problem was they weren’t cruel enough. Kansas wants to add a financial incentive. Bill’s on Kelly’s desk now. Override fight coming. open.substack.com/pub/aridrenn...

Ohio State University sending a very clear message by having their first “diversity of thought” event given by two white guys, one of whom already has a platform for his conservative views in the New York Times while the other has been accused of sexual assault and is on an anti-trans crusade

A federal judge has ruled that the Department of Energy violated the Federal Advisory Committee Act when it established a biased panel of climate deniers to advise the DOE on climate policy without holding open meetings or publishing records of the meetings. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/c...