“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states

LEFT: It's a Democratic WAVE in Virginia. RIGHT: The wave is NOT due to a surge in turnout (relative to previous gubernatorial election). Source: VPAP www.vpap.org/electionresu...

Once more, for old times’ sake

Turns out you can win elections by: 1. Listening to your constituents' concerns 2. Restating them publicly 3. Proposing solutions for those concerns 4. Relentlessly explaining how those solutions will address those concerns That's probably too straightforward to land a Dem consulting gig though.

i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

The Python Software Foundation--the charitable organization behind the Python programming language--withdrew their winning grant proposal for $1.5M in NSF funds rather than comply with the Trump admin's directive to eliminate all DEI programs. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

If a democratic Speaker had refused to call the House into session for OVER A MONTH there would be wall to wall coverage on all networks. What the fuck is wrong with our media

Unexpected Warhammer strikes again!

My response to the NYT’s “moderate to win” argument: The data shows the strategy is tapped out. Being seen as moderate by voters doesn’t boost votes, replacing every progressive with moderates would net 0 seats, and the graveyard of defeated D incumbents if full of moderates, not progressives.

This graph from a new AP-NORC poll out this week highlights a crucial point: The Democratic Party's favorability rating is so low today (when compared to the GOP's) because _Democrats_ are upset with the party, not because swing voters rate Ds more negatively than Rs. 1/3

Extraordinary NEW story: We Found That More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. @nicolefoy.bsky.social w/ photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social

Everyday in 2025 we get multiple examples of interest divergence. @victorerikray.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

NASA unit JPL to lay off about 550 workers, citing restructure

federal agents stealing children and sending them south. where have i heard about that before?

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

All I want in life is to persuade everyone, when encountering politics & culture, to ask, "why are we talking about this?" I mean that very literally: anything you encounter on your screens reflects a choice. Someone covered that, talked about that, rather than the many other things out there. Why?

SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...

comic book authors: we invented the punisher as a cautionary tale about vigilante crime fighting the director of the fbi: at long last, we are implementing the ethos from the classic comic book the punisher

working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"

Food banks had scheduled 94mil(!) pounds of food deliveries through a government program that buys meat, dairy, eggs and produce from American farmers and sends them to help people in need. Trump’s USDA abruptly canceled those deliveries. projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

Giving students thoughtful, personalized feedback and instruction is not a problem that originates from the difficulty for an instructor to generate feedback, it is a problem that originates from institutions pivoting to student:instructor ratios where that dynamic is not logistically feasible.

Want to co-sign this as someone who works in philanthropy. Conservative donors and foundations have been willing to invest huge sums for general support, correctly assuming that it would produce long-term gains. The liberal approach to philanthropy has been pretty much the exact opposite.

Trump is absolutely cratering in new Quinnipiac poll: Overall approval: 38-54 Approval on economy: 39-56 Approval on trade: 39-54 On National Guard into cities: 42-55 On immigration, his "best" issue: 41-55 Trump is weak, unpopular, and failing. Treat him that way:

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.” It costs a lot less to house people.

Our report is published! Free and available to the public! Black History at the Vassall Estate Longfellow House—Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site This is the story of a Black family in Massachusetts who exemplified the spirit of liberty. read: irma.nps.gov/DataStore/Do...

The capital of Finland hasn't had a traffic death in a full year. Lower speed limits, plentiful speed cameras, 1,500+ km of bike lanes, infrastructure for pedestrians, and a new tram line. When you prioritize people and not vehicles, you can save lives while protecting the environment.

Sen. Warren Daniel (R–NC, District 46) was caught trading stocks right on the Senate floor. Didn’t even wait for a break. Playing the market on the taxpayers’ time…pure abuse of power.

This 🧵 is long so please bear with me. It is compiles evidence in a historical timeline on how effective #COVIDVaccines are. When a pandemic ends we quickly and easily forget the tools that got us out of it. So here is my labour day gift to you prompted by this headline.

seems likely now that trump is going to send ice/national guard/etc to blue cities before the election this year, making up some risk of mass protest or public disturbance etc — or “ballots from illegals” — that constitutes some BS emergency that will empower him before a judge can intervene

GOOD NEWS! For the FIRST time ever, and after MORE THAN 30 YEARS of HIV vaccine clinical trials, researchers have developed a vaccine that has SUCCESSFULLY generated TIER 2 broadly neutralizing antibodies (bnAbs) against HIV and BLOCKS viral infection in vaccinated PEOPLE.

Love an unexpected 40k reference

BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.

Illinois is launching a first-of-its-kind legal hotline for LGBTQ+ individuals — Illinois Pride Connect. As the only state in the nation that will provide free legal advice to protect the LGBTQ+ community, we'll help fight ignorance with information and cruelty with compassion.

I'm back teaching stats in a School of Public Policy this fall, and I can't decide whether to show this clip from Game of Thrones on the first day of class or the last. Knowledge can be helpful, but power is power.

Voters, by and large, have strong feelings but little information about crime. What they know is entirely filtered through how the media chooses to cover it. The reason they don't think Dems are good at it--despite crime cratering in Dem-led cities--is bc of how the MEDIA covers this.

This has been said in lots of ways but it is worth repeating; this is extremely impressive. If you asked a dog “who is the best basketball player ever” and it said “Jichsel Mordon” you would be unbelievably impressed. But you wouldn’t hire the dog as your junior analyst, because the answer is LeBron

Man, even the brocast community appears to be reading @shannonvallor.bsky.social 's book.

This is a good read about “balanced literacy” approaches and what’s wrong w them. But the bit that stood out to me was where the investigative reporter notes that teacher colleges/programs don’t actually teach their students the science of how people learn to read. www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022...

1. This week, the FBI released its comprehensive crime report for 2024, which revealed that both VIOLENT CRIME and PROPERTY CRIME reached their LOWEST LEVELS SINCE THE 1960s This a massive story. But you might not have heard about it, even if you follow the news closely. Here's why.

Why do the jobs numbers get revised? our markets and policymakers want data NOW but employer data dribbles in over months 1st estimate is based on the 75% of employers who respond promptly Updates occur as more data rolls in: 95% response rate by final revision 1/N www.bls.gov/opub/btn/vol...

85% of young men support Zohran Mamdani. 79% of young women support Zohran Mamdani. 67% of Jewish people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani. 65% of Black people aged 18-44 support Zohran Mamdani. Would you have guessed *any* of that with how the media has covered all this?

“All cities are walkable if you’re not a bitch.”

What a fucking loser.