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Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❀️ surveys. I πŸ˜–Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!

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This is always the position of @donmoyn.bsky.social computer when I walk in the living room 🀣

06.03.2026 23:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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LIVE: Funeral service for Rev. Jesse Jackson in Chicago YouTube video by ABC News

If you don't want to give CBS News the clicks, here's the ABC News coverage of Rev. Jesse Jackson's memorial service (Homegoing in the Black church tradition).

www.youtube.com/live/LZQ2CD6...

06.03.2026 23:15 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1
Picture of a computer perched perilously on the edge of an armchair

Picture of a computer perched perilously on the edge of an armchair

On a scale of 1 (Whatever) to 5 (I’m dying) rate your anxiety level.

06.03.2026 23:17 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 7
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Obama has the crowd at Jesse Jackson's eulogy hanging on his every word

06.03.2026 19:54 πŸ‘ 5375 πŸ” 1264 πŸ’¬ 215 πŸ“Œ 148

Absolutely gorgeous dataviz from W.E.B. Du Bois. There's an amazing book detailing many of these.... papress.com/products/w-e...

06.03.2026 20:18 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

A major victory! ✊

"This is a member-driven landmark achievement that will have an enormous impact in Kansas. This would not be possible without the courage of our members, who dug in and fought so hard because they knew that a fair contract was possible.”

β€”Todd Wolfson, AAUP President

06.03.2026 20:07 πŸ‘ 39 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Lessons From An Immigrant-Focused Community COVID-19 Vaccination Organization | Health Affairs Forefront The Seward Vaccine Equity Project, a small, all-volunteer organization in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has found success organizing vaccination events using community organizing and word-of-mouth technique...

This was one of the very best things I’ve ever been part of and we could never, ever have done it if any of us had thought that (for example) parents who’d waited to vaccinate their kids, for any number of reasons, were bad parents or bad people

you just can’t do public health that way

06.03.2026 19:04 πŸ‘ 38 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tesla sued after Austin shooting suspect allegedly assaulted co-worker A 65-year-old woman says the automaker ignored warning signs before Ndiaga Diagne, the suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting, assaulted her. She sued Thursday.

the Austin mass shooter was a Tesla employee who assaulted a coworker during a company-allowed prayer break late last year

the company refused to give the victim her assailant's name so she could press charges, and he went on to become a mass shooter

www.statesman.com/business/art...

06.03.2026 17:07 πŸ‘ 4063 πŸ” 1504 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 112

INBOX: @couriernewsroom.bsky.social is circulating a video of #TX23 Republican nominee Brandon Herrera showing off his "1939 edition" copy of Mein Kampf.

06.03.2026 17:16 πŸ‘ 229 πŸ” 117 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 20

this website loves yelling at people who do actual public health work to expand vaccination offline. it's awesome

06.03.2026 18:10 πŸ‘ 256 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 0
White House autism briefing linked to swift shifts in prescribing patterns, study finds A White House briefing in September 2025 that raised concerns about acetaminophen use during pregnancy and promoted the drug leucovorin as a potential autism treatment was followed by sharp changes in...

White House autism briefing linked to swift shifts in prescribing patterns, study finds | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

06.03.2026 17:48 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Missourians on probation and parole can’t vote. Their rights might be restored The House has approved legislation that would allow the more than 53,000 people supervised by the state to vote.

Wow, a huge bipartisan coalition passed a bill in the Missouri House to allow anyone who is not presently incarcerated to vote.

More than half the states allow this, but Democrats have led this in the last decade. Haven't seen a GOP-led chamber pass this in that time. Big deal.

06.03.2026 17:41 πŸ‘ 586 πŸ” 132 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 10
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From me: "What Universities Are For."

jaeyeonkim.substack.com/p/what-unive...

08.02.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Well, it will be clear soon enough!

06.03.2026 16:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Destroyed, no, but starting to crash (especially given the impacts of the invasion in Iran) does fit the data.

06.03.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Don’t Shoot the Messenger RNA mRNA is misunderstood, but pretty miraculous

1/ Don’t Shoot the Messenger RNA
#mRNA is misunderstood, but pretty miraculous. mRNA technology has been decades in the making and has exciting applications beyond #COVID, including fighting #cancer. TNG Alumna @drjenndowd.bsky.social unpacks all you need to know in this fascinating article.

06.03.2026 15:06 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It really is bananas. In no recent memory can you so precisely blame a President's choices for directly (and immediately) impacting the economy so significantly.

06.03.2026 15:34 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mar-a-Lago face couldn't save Kristi Noem The former DHS secretary's firing shows women are disposable to Trump β€”Β no matter how hard they try to please him

Happy Friday! Enjoy my piece about how Kristi Noem was disposable to Trump, despite being the saddest booklicker in his Cabinet.

You can destroy your face to please MAGA, ladies, but it doesn't matter. You're still a woman and they don't respect you.

www.salon.com/2026/03/06/m...

06.03.2026 15:00 πŸ‘ 169 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5
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Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.

The Justice Department released *some* of the missing files, namely FBI interview notes from the woman alleging Epstein trafficked her as a young teen to Trump, Trump sexually assaulted her, and then she later endured a series of threats not to talk. Very dark reading www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

06.03.2026 11:39 πŸ‘ 313 πŸ” 153 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 14

My advice to the Administration: With the U.S. uncomfortably close to a recession -- and already in a jobs recession -- don't do anything rash that could make things worse.

06.03.2026 14:51 πŸ‘ 1142 πŸ” 357 πŸ’¬ 126 πŸ“Œ 39
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks with reporters. (AP / Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez speaks with reporters. (AP / Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

AOC: β€œThat’s one reason he must be removed from office - if the Epstein files have such a hold on Trump & this admin that they are willing to plunge us & risk world war in order to save themselves politically - that is the definition of someone who cant make objective decisions for the American ppl”

05.03.2026 15:13 πŸ‘ 9390 πŸ” 2546 πŸ’¬ 193 πŸ“Œ 95
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Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like l'm 5.

(Drawing of chopping of part of land)

suahuatica 2d
MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.

kevinrkirk 2d @ Threads Why are we bothering with the Strait of Hormuz when we could simply do this? Explain it to me like l'm 5. (Drawing of chopping of part of land) suahuatica 2d MOUNTAIN HARD AND BIG, WATER NO UP. MANY MANY DIG DIG.

Happy Friday. Don’t skip school.

06.03.2026 14:04 πŸ‘ 3435 πŸ” 706 πŸ’¬ 139 πŸ“Œ 80
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CNN's Dana Bash reports on a conversation she just had with Trump: "He quickly turned to Cuba. He said without being asked, 'Cuba is going to fall pretty soon.'"

06.03.2026 14:10 πŸ‘ 1552 πŸ” 610 πŸ’¬ 247 πŸ“Œ 252

Great new article on our report on barriers to access in Social Security disability programs.

Read all the way to the end. The closing quote from @ksavin.bsky.social is a banger.

05.03.2026 17:36 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And the over $1 trillion dollar cut to Medicaid will absolutely undermine even this relatively good labor market.

06.03.2026 13:51 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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U.S. Lost 92,000 Jobs in February The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said Friday, missing expectations.

It's amazing the preciseness of the causes here: tarrifs, massive federal layoffs, and now a completely unneeded war that will almost certainly make this even worse. And with the SNAP and Medicaid cuts starting to hit, we have no capacity to soften the pain www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

06.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

06.03.2026 03:24 πŸ‘ 6282 πŸ” 1240 πŸ’¬ 55 πŸ“Œ 88
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Six federal scientists run out by Trump talk about the work left undone | CNN Federal data shows the NIH lost about 4,400 people β€” more than 20% of its workforce. Scientists say the departures harm the U.S.’ ability to respond to disease outbreaks, develop treatments for chroni...

The number of people employed at the NIH is at its lowest level in at least two decades.

Hear from six scientists run out by Trump and the work they left behind on cancer research, tick-borne diseases, and more.

Me + @k-hought.bsky.social @kffhealthnews.org for @cnn.com www.cnn.com/2026/03/05/h...

05.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 4

INBOX: data from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migrations show that in the most recent three months, every single one of the 1,651 refugees accepted into the United States were of (white) South African origin.

www.rpc.state.gov/documents/Re...

05.03.2026 20:04 πŸ‘ 140 πŸ” 106 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 9
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There it is: Noem out, Mullin in

05.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 2552 πŸ” 856 πŸ’¬ 749 πŸ“Œ 964