They don't seem like they are leaving... 🤷‍♂️ defector.com/lets-check-i... 🎁

A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death. Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written." Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating. 🧪🧬🧫

Earlier this year, we showed Trump built a remarkable “plutopopulist” coalition in his campaigns, drawing money from both wealthy elites and an unprecedented surge of small, first-time donors. With Tuesday’s elections, though, that coalition seems to be fraying. What happened? 1/ cup.org/4cfm0Az

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

outcome: Judge Ellis orders agents to only use force when it is "objectively necessary to stop an immediate threat of the person causing serious bodily injury or death to another person", requires them to wear "conspicuous identification" in two separate places, and to activate bodycams.

Ellis: "those are the factual findings that I'm making to support this preliminary injunction." "This conduct shows no sign of stopping," Ellis says.

No evidence that a man thrown to the ground in Evanston on Oct. 31 by agents who had his head "bashed into the ground" and was punched at least twice in the head "grabbed the genitals" of a federal agent, Ellis says. "Nor would such force have been appropriate even had that been true," Ellis says

Ellis is now moves to Oct . 24 in Lakeview: No evidence that anyone tried to deflate the tires of a vehicle carrying federal agents. Video captured by body-worn cameras recorded one agent mocking the crowd as tear gas was deployed, saying twice, “have fun!” and laughing as they fled, Ellis says

Ellis: Federal agents described a number of protestors as "professional agitators" based on their use of whistles, in part. "Describing neighborhood moms and rapid response groups as professional agitators shows just how out of touch these agents are and how incredible their statements are."

Ellis is painstakingly details what happened to Juan Munoz, a trustee on the Oak Park Village Board, who was arrested during a protest at the Broadview immigration processing facility in early October. Munoz was "used as a prop for Department of Homeland Security videos," Ellis says.

Federal agents tried to claim a flash-bang grenade they fired in Little Village was fireworks thrown by protestors, Ellis says. Agents also lied about what happened in Albany Park on Oct. 12, Ellis says.

"I find the defendants' (the DOJ) evidence simply not credible."

Greetings from the Dirksen federal courthouse, where U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis has just taken the bench to rule on federal agents actions' during a series of increasingly aggressive raids across Chicago and the suburbs. Background, for @wttw.bsky.social from @bymattmasterson.bsky.social

Working paper alert 📢 Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... I was very fortunate to be part of this impactful research on the science of protest. This is one of those projects where the sum truly feels greater than its parts.

Friends— here it is. Updated & expanded thanks to the space afforded to me in the @therumpus.net & the guidance of the brilliant @roxanegay.bsky.social’s edits. The win centers Muslims humanity — but what does that mean in a country that rejects that? therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

“It has really become a prison,” [Judge] Gettleman said on Tuesday. “The conditions would be found unconstitutional even in the context of prisons holding convicted felons, but these are not convicted felons. These are civil detainees.” 🎁

A difficult thing to explain to a 12 year old is the existence of a facility like broadview-- that our neighbors are being kidnapped daily off the street and held there in conditions that do "irreparable harm"

"As federal immigration authorities sweep the Chicago area, the order likely puts a limit on how many people can be held in the facility overnight" On the temporary restraining order on the broadview facility, which has been a human rights disaster: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/05/b...

Over at @therumpus.net, I am so happy to publish an essay by @hebagowayed.bsky.social about Zohran Mamdani and the radical idea that Muslims are human! therumpus.net/2025/11/05/z...

Know this, I will be saying "bring the flavor to the rice" for the next, oh, 5 years

With rising economic inequality, cross-class interactions are relatively rare because of just how segregated we are in daily life. We discussed the consequences of rising economic inequality + class-based segregation with @mwkraus.bsky.social. #psychscisky Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality

Reminder! We have an upcoming Special Issue at Developmental Psychology. LOIs are due to the guest editors by November 30. @apajournals.bsky.social

LOOK AT THE COMMONWEALTH

I do not regret to inform you that we are going to win

It's time to take the administration to court: dailynorthwestern.com/2025/10/29/o...

How does social class create unique cultural patterns? @mwkraus.bsky.social highlights how experiences of socialization in distinct social class environments create class-specific cultural patterns (i.e., norms, values, & expectations) of how to be a person. Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality

In case your news sources aren’t covering this story adequately.

Very proud to live in Evanston, IL. Watch and listen to these folks standing up to ICE. (And follow the local reporters on the scene, like the reporter linked here from @evanstonroundtable.bsky.social )

Evanston Mayor Dan Biss on today’s ICE raids in his community: “What federal agents are doing in Evanston right now is monstrous.”

Again, it's encouraging to see middle-aged white men screaming in the faces of these thugs.

There are basic issues of democratic legitimacy when armed and masked men are defying the wishes of neighborhoods and cities of America.

Video taken by Jay Shefsky at 12:20 p.m. after the crash happened, Oakton Street/Asbury Avenue in Evanston, IL

I just don’t think we’re freaking out enough about this SNAP cut. I have spent my whole career working with people who rely on SNAP for food. People who work multiple jobs. Who have kids. What do you think happens when 1/8th of the population can’t buy food anymore? Everything is going to collapse.

Listen to @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social and I chat about inequality. We talked about: -the ways social class impacts our psychology -the importance of scientists speaking clear and true to the public about what is happening in the world Listen here: www.stressmeasurement.org/podcast/epis...

You’ve probably heard but I have been federally indicted by Trump’s DOJ. We now have to cover the costs of a campaign *and* a legal battle to preserve our First Amendment rights. Help us win this fight by chipping in at katforillinois.com/legal

CBS News has reportedly disbanded its race and culture unit, which was formed in the wake of George Floyd's murder in 2020 NBC News eliminated its editorial teams for NBC Asian America, NBC BLK, NBC Latino and NBC OUT earlier this month

ICE is in Edgewater. Stay safe if you’re vulnerable on the far North Side. They’ve already been run off with whistles at least once today. Patrolling matters. That’s what I’m doing. Buy out the street vendors, fam.

5. The work & legacy of Dr. Nancy Adler who served as director of the MacArthur Foundation's Research Network on SES and Health for 15 years: psychiatry.ucsf.edu/news/nancy-a... Thanks to @ucsfpsych.bsky.social for this tribute to Dr. Adler's work and enduring impact through those she mentored.

4. The work & legacy of Dr. Jim Sidanius who advanced social dominance theory to highlight the multiple levels of influence that "conspire to create & sustain systems of group-based dominance and inequality": spsp.org/membership/a... Thanks to @spspnews.bsky.social for honoring his life & research

3. Research from Dr. Hazel Markus: - In This Together: Doing and Undoing Inequality and Social Class Divides: spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... - Social class shapes the form and function of relationships and selves: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

2. Americans overestimate social class mobility: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In every episode, we link references to papers and resources discussed in the show notes - below are some of these papers + several important influences on research in this area: 1. Signs of Social Class: The Experience of Economic Inequality in Everyday Life: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

🧩 Available now! New Stress Puzzle episode w/ @mwkraus.bsky.social and host @ryanlinnbrown.bsky.social focused on the widening gap between the richest & the poorest in our society + the far-reaching implications of this global issue. #psychscisky #socialpsych Listen now: tinyurl.com/econinequality

The government of Jamaica has set up a portal for contributing to official relief efforts. I will update this thread if anything analogous opens up for Haiti, Cuba, or the DR supportjamaica.gov.jm

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 storm, the strongest direct hit to the island in 174 years.

all I'm gonna say is that these posts are hours apart

@joann-trejo.bsky.social, @marymunson4.bsky.social and I have a commentary in @natcellbio.nature.com on recent attacks on DEI in biomedical research: "If scientific research, especially biomedical research, is meant to serve everyone, then it requires that everyone has an opportunity to participate"

Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.