Book excerpt published by the Association of MBAs today! Most case studies in our book were drawn from the US but here we assembled insights from Latin American feminism and the success of the "Green Tide" @mitpress.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social #booksky #feminism #GreenTide

Fox gets it exactly backwards! One bit leading to Dems' nationwide victory this week: the willingness to lose in the short term to win in the long term (aka winning by losing loudly). The Texas Dems' walkout showed commitment, as @madva.bsky.social and I argued, and now it's paying dividends.

The history of social psychology really make you wonder about researchers' thoughts, feelings, and behavior when in the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others

Last night’s election results, in a nutshell. (watching this legitimately made me laugh out loud)

Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

Huge deal! Democrats—with strong climate credentials—edge toward control of Georgia’s giant energy system

Marathon day is the best day in Brooklyn. And as if the runners weren't inspiring enough, I ran into @bradlander.bsky.social handing out paper towels for them to wipe their noses! @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social

Bay area friends: go talk to @madva.bsky.social about making change!

This right here, this exact sentence, is THE problem in American political journalism. The IRA *was* cheap energy and good jobs! That was the whole bill! Democrats did precisely what political pundits are telling them to do and the pundits just ignore it.

Utterly bizarre to describe climate change policy as some kind of radical-left albatross. The IRA contained precisely the kind of 'kitchen table' programs everyone says Democrats should focus on — and they're popular! The problem was that Americans *didn't know* what the IRA was or who passed it.

100% he was wearing a beret and striped jumper

Score one for consumer activism with @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social

Wow. "D66 promised to build 10 new cities to try to solve the country’s persistent housing shortage, which had been foremost on voters’ minds. "

even the democratic consultants are evaluating the democratic party according to the caricatures put out by republican-aligned media

I know we've all moved on from the Coates/Klein debate, but this piece from @adambonica.bsky.social makes a helpful distinction between righteous anger and hateful anger, and I think Dems would do well to keep the importance of righteous anger in mind.

Part 2 of our interview for Dr. Anotida Chikumbu's BOOK SERIES is out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=d13M... @dryan149.bsky.social @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

Autocrats, at times, use the military to shut down their parliaments and rule by executive orders. That Johnson chooses to shut down Congress so willingly is just a breathtaking abdication of responsibility to represent the body politic. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/25/u...

"We have not successfully addressed the climate crisis, income inequality, or myriad other long-standing injustices. Why think we can come together now? And yet, we are." @madva.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social

Trump is pulling a Robert Moses. Just start demolition and then when people object say, "you want us to just leave it like this?"

NEW: Cardinal Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, has issued a new statement declaring that Chicago "communities are shaken by immigration raids and detentions. These actions wound the soul of our city. Let me be clear. The Church stands with migrants."

I'm in the midst of a project in which I'm reading basically every paper published on resisting democratic backsliding. The reason that's even possible is because there aren't very many papers on resisting democratic backsliding

Recommended reading for the day after the big protest: chapter 13 of Somebody Should Do Something @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

The book tour rolls on for Somebody Should Do Something: How Anyone Can Help Create Social Change, this one at Porter Square Books, with the inestimable Mahzarin Banaji. Link in the comments! @madva.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @portersqbooks.bsky.social

How one would expect the biggest national protest since to be covered

This is the No Kings Protest clip of the day! HAPPENING NOW: Aerial coverage of a MASSIVE CROWD peacefully protesting and marching down the streets of NYC to protest Donald Trump and his administration’s actions and policies. Just look at that turnout!!! 📍New York City, NY

my god nokings.org

Greetings to folks across the pond! Had a fun interview on Talk Radio Europe with Hannah Murray, and thanks again to DHC Student Fellow Tam Tran for producing the video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4K_... @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky

"The little-things-add-up take on individual responsibility is too easily weaponized by corporations advancing their own interests." On the misdirected individualist history of climate activism, excerpted by @commondreams.org from "Somebody Should Do Something":

The Supreme Court's Republican appointees sound ready to transform the 14th and 15th Amendments into a weapon against the very racial minorities they were meant to protect—handing Republicans 15-19 additional House seats in the process. A disaster for democracy. slate.com/news-and-pol...

@madva.bsky.social making a crucial point about motivating voters at the Westport Library. Part of our Somebody Should Do Something tour. @mitpress.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social #bookshy

Very grateful to be interviewed for Dr. Anotida Chikumbu's BOOK SERIES! Here's the first segment, with more on the way! @michaelbrownstein.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social #booksky #socialchange www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WoW...

Go Birds

What a pleasure speaking with @saadiak.bsky.social about Somebody Should Do Something on the Immigrantly podcast with @madva.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social @dryan149.bsky.social #booksky

More about the book here #booksky

The reason personal choices matter for the climate crisis (and a everything else). Our choices help (re)shape the culture that shape the other choices we make, as @madva.bsky.social, @dryan149.bsky.social, and I argue in Somebody Should Do Something. @mitpress.bsky.social

Super fun *start* to Thursday evening at least, and huge thanks to Michael's and my moms for rallying so many of our Philly friends and family! @upenn.edu

Is it cancel culture when they threaten to kill you? www.nj.com/news/2025/10...

Amtrak got me to Philly two hours late, but after a sprint from 30th St, it was a fun time with @madva.bsky.social talking about Somebody Should Do Something at Penn. Good turnout given that we were competing with the (ill-fated) Phillies game. @dryan149.bsky.social @mitpress.bsky.social

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW). The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach: Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone. … America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

Friends in Chicago: alert! alert!

Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

All the thanks in the world to @casbsstanford.bsky.social

Great essay by @himself.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

And... we're off! My first stop on the SSDS book tour was tonight and will be tough to top! Westport Library is an amazing venue, couldn't ask for a better moderator than Sharon Suchotliff, and huge thanks to Jennifer Keller and co for making it happen! www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY5K... #booksky

“Yet if forces like economic collapse and war supply momentum to big social change, they don’t dictate the shape of history. Human beings, their projects and their institutions carve grooves into the future that structure the direction of change.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/o...

Censorship has no place in a free society. To mark the start of #BannedBooksWeek, we've curated a list of recent MIT Press books to help you read for your rights: mitpress.mit.edu/reading-free...