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Chris Uggen

@chrisuggen.bsky.social
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Professor, sociologist, criminologist, TheSocietyPages editor. Nerdy but sturdy. scholar.google.com/citations?user=8…

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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TA Peyton and I agree: LYNX IN 3!
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This isn't a typical scenario but a long line of research (eg, journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....) shows how sexual harassment can be a "power move" to undermine the authority of those in supervisory positions. I expect more civil cases, and settlements, to follow. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/u...
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St. Paul Police Chief Sues Mayor, Accusing Her of Sexual Harassment (Gift Article)
The lawsuit comes days after an independent review found that Mayor Kaohly Her had treated employees in an “offensive and inappropriate way” and created an “uncomfortable work environment.”
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Today’s conference on DHS impacts in Minnesota. See @aaronsojourner.org for more live-skeeting.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
This proud Minnesota student was clearly inspired by my Thursday lecture on positive deviance and breaching experiments. I bet he’s writing up your reactions right now.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12/09/2026
Program's up! 30+ teams share evidence abt impacts on health, educ, & econ + community response. Great folks @ziibiing.com @ottergoose.net @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social @chrisuggen.bsky.social @casemcnich.bsky.social @ngraetz.bsky.social @craigstetter.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/u/1...
Documenting the Impact of US DHS Activity in MN

Conference Date: Sept 22, 2026

Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs

Purpose

In December 2025, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began a significant, sustained agent surge in Minnesota that affected the daily lives of many residents, but had severe impacts on immigrant communities and communities of color.

This one-day, in-person convening provides researchers from across disciplines and organizations with an opportunity to share and discuss research related to the effects of Operation Metro Surge and Operation PARRIS.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
While crop art is duly celebrated at the Minnesota State Fair, it is the fairgoer's humble t-shirt that represents the event's highest and most democratic medium of self expression. Through threadbare cotton we find our people, disarm potential adversaries, and create community. Which should I wear?
t-shirts representing "the Society Pages," "Tony Oliva Hitting School," "Oslo Coffee," "Gneiss Chert," Olivia Miles, and "Husker Du"
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"Why does sociology serve as the hate-piñata for Concerned Pundits on the higher-education beat? ... the problem is not that we study inequality. After all, almost all the other social sciences do too. Instead, I think the real problem pundits have is what we do with that information."
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Virginia Gov. Spanberger restored voting rights to ~66,000 with past felony convictions — just as we stepped to the podium at Friday's Civic Power convening in Richmond. In November, Virginians will vote on an automatic voting rights restoration referendum. democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Brilliant! As a sociologist and nerd, I’d say that prosocial group activities like buckthorn removal spark collective effervescence and counter the toxic individualism of modern dating apps. As a veteran of the Buckthorn Wars, I’d welcome them to my backyard. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...
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Minneapolis buckthorn singles club uproots invasives, cultivates love
Fed up with dating apps? These sweaty work sessions convene conservationists and weed out players.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Before you act on this advice, a friendly reminder from your local sexual harassment researcher: do consult your organization's nepotism and workplace relationship policy, especially re: promotion, conflict of interest, reporting obligations & retaliation.[gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/o...
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Opinion | Go On, Date Your Co-Workers
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Just look at your phone? Fine Greta Kaul piece on how clock towers once democratized timekeeping and civic identity, serving as navigational beacons, meeting points, and monuments to community pride and history. Gift link: www.startribune.com/bloomington-...
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In the age of smartphones, aging clock towers are running out of time
Some cities and building owners are grappling with what to do with aging clock towers, which are expensive to maintain and largely symbolic in an era of watches and smartphones.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
How Prevention Reduced Crime and How To Get More of It. @johnkroman.bsky.social makes the case that an infusion of state and local COVID-19 recovery funds helped prevent crime by stabilizing social supports for youth at high risk of violence and victimization. www.vitalcitynyc.org/how-preventi...
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How Prevention Reduced Crime and How To Get More of It
We have to understand what drove 2025 dramatic nationwide declines to build on them.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Jesse Welles is on a heater. youtu.be/B3hXHTww5qI?...
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Jesse Welles - Masks Off Extended Version (1st Ave Minneapolis 2026)
YouTube video by M. Scott
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Headline of the Year www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/s...
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IKEA once put a pin in its dream of inflatable furniture. Now it’s finally blowing up | CNN
For three deflating decades, IKEA’s dream of inflatable furniture fell flat. Now, the Swedish furniture company is launching an inflatable easy chair.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Psst— A.I. was secretly developed and funded by a cunning consortium of old-timey stationery suppliers, a/k/a Big Blue Book. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/30/u...
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How A.I. Killed Student Writing (and Revived It)
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
New in Criminology! Punishment as a racialized package of confinement, cash, and surveillance. By @ryanplarson.bsky.social , @robertstewart.io , @veronicalhorowitz.bsky.social, and some old guy. This detailed thread by Ryan show ‘n tells the story.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Informative research-based thread from political scientist and voting rights expert Kevin Morris on Wednesday's US Supreme Court decision Louisiana v. Callais.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Sunday Serenity. I was a blissed out second-year grad student on top of the world. The wee lad soon grew to 6’6”.
Father holding a sleeping child on his shoulder.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Q: Who Got the Guggenheims (and Other Prestigious Fellowships), 1925-2025? A: Folks in "the highest-status and best-resourced colleges in the US." -Dominique J. Baker & Christopher T. Bennett, new in @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/who-gets-gug...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Meet NoMark, the Minnesota campus superhero whose power “lies less in his personally stopping or solving crimes than encouraging his fans to shrug off their bystander malaise and take more responsibility for their community’s well-being.” www.startribune.com/nomark-is-mi...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
I'm not sayin' it's causal but class discussion was amazing after pre-lecture exposure to Angine de Poitrine. youtu.be/0Ssi-9wS1so?...
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Angine de Poitrine - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
If your word clouds are equally grim, perhaps you’d like to join my Duckies and Bunnies in Happy Fun Town research team.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Curious about recidivism among the ~1500 January 6 pardons? At least 12 have since been charged with other serious crimes, including child molestation, assault, harassment, and murder plots. And at least 27 more had new crimes before getting their pardons. [gift link] www.nytimes.com/2026/03/31/o...
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Opinion | The People Trump Pardoned Are on a Crime Spree
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
A nice anecdote — and a rare inverse compliment sandwich — from Chris Sims' NYT obituary regarding his "friendly, bantering relationship" with former UMN colleague Tom Sargent. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/b...
Quoted text: “I have a large set of his comments on my papers,” Dr. Sargent said, “and they start like this: ‘This paper is deeply flawed.’” But then, Dr. Sargent said, Dr. Sims would typically offer a glimmer of hope by adding something like: “You may think I’m completely negative about your paper. This is not necessarily true.”
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Jonathan Wynn @jonwynn.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Sociology in the papes! Read @jenniferreich.bsky.social in action.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
It was quite a tourney in the State of Hockey (Hair). This year's @pulltabsports.bsky.social highlights include some vintage class of '82 flow (at 1:50) and some amazing game video (at ~7:30). youtu.be/s4nqFg6H1WI?...
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2026 Minnesota State High School All Hockey Hair Team Presented by DripDrop.
YouTube video by Pulltab Hockey
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The social infrastructure of protest art in Minnesota, how it wins hearts and minds and mobilizes action, and the public history projects to archive and preserve it. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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‘Winning hearts and minds’: How protest signs shaped the anti-ICE movement in Minnesota
Minnesota has seen an explosion of art made in response to ICE’s presence. Perhaps more than any other art form, artists and designers have made protest posters and signs en masse. “There’s never been...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The social infrastructure of protest art in Minnesota, how it wins hearts and minds and mobilizes action, and the public history projects to archive and preserve it. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
mprnews.org
‘Winning hearts and minds’: How protest signs shaped the anti-ICE movement in Minnesota
Minnesota has seen an explosion of art made in response to ICE’s presence. Perhaps more than any other art form, artists and designers have made protest posters and signs en masse. “There’s never been...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
New! How homicide changed in Minnesota’s Twin Cities after the police murder of George Floyd. Check out @ryanplarson.bsky.com’s thread (and data viz) and/or our team’s new article in J of Quant Crim.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Social Indicators of the Surge — Labor Edition @aaronsojourner.org & @aaronrosenthal.bsky.social show how the DHS surge reduced the # of employees working, hours worked, and # of businesses open in Mpls-Saint Paul, costing an estimated $106 million in lost wages. northstarpolicy.org/labor-outcom...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
RIP. youtube.com/watch?v=zuZV...
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Jesse Jackson 'I Am Somebody' on Sesame Street
YouTube video by Headline USA
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
The drawdown can be spun many ways “but history will show what this was: regular people, clergy and teachers, janitors and soccer moms, people across all of our complicated differences, simply refusing to let our neighbors be attacked and abducted without a fight” www.startribune.com/minnesota-re...
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Minnesota resistance movement says drawdown is ‘hard-fought community victory’
Border czar Tom Homan said the ICE surge will soon end, but protest leaders say there’s a need for continued vigilance.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New! Poll shows that ICE tactics are deeply unpopular here in Minnesota — and that clear majorities blame the Trump administration for the violence and unrest, rather than state and local leaders or protesters and observers. [Gift link] www.startribune.com/poll-trumps-...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
It’s really quite lovely during baseball season— and you might be able to find a ticket to see the Twins this year.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
A major development. The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) Force Investigations Unit (FIU) is the natural home for this investigation -- they have the expertise to conduct a thorough and impartial investigation of Alex Pretti's fatal shooting. www.startribune.com/pretti-inves...
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Sources: State, feds set to announce joint investigation into Alex Pretti’s fatal shooting
An agreement would mark a critical compromise as state and federal leaders continue to rebuild working relationships amid Operation Metro Surge.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Student (shaking her head) to ChatGPT: "Gurl, this is not your best work."
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
1/3 Love is the Law is a “movement song” you’ll hear on the streets of Minneapolis. Released in 1983 by The Suburbs it was the anthem of the 2013 marriage equality movement in Minnesota. Eminently danceable, with big hooky horns, it's become our own homegrown... www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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The Suburbs - Love is the Law | Live Performance from STAGE
YouTube video by Twin Cities PBS
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The national headlines describe “fear” in Minnesota, but here on the ground it feels more like anger and resolve in the face of betrayal and intimidation. We’re “hunkering down,” not cowering, in the face of this long, cold, brutal winter. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Minnesotans have apparently won more Winter Olympic medals (103) than folks from any other state (because, well, winter). It may feel bittersweet when our locals step to the podium for the USA in Milano-Cortina, but I'm hoping it's a unifying moment for all of us back home in the dark winter of '26.
Image is a proposed state flag with a loon shooting lasers from its eyes. Source: submission #F15 in the Minnesota State Emblems Redesign Commission.
source: https://serc.mnhs.org/flags
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Teaching Social Movements this Term? Something for everyone in this 32 "Songs of the Siege" compilation that goes from Laamar to Bruce to Maria Isa to NOFX to Durry to Messersmith to Sparhawk to Bathtub Cig to those sweet, sweet drums on the Stone Arch Bridge. www.minnpost.com/arts-culture...
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‘Streets of Minneapolis’: 32 protest songs inspired by the city's ICE resistance
MinnPost contributor Jim Walsh compiles a playlist by songwriters who are tapping into their talent, anger, artistry and empathy to support Minnesota.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
apnews.com/article/immi... Minnesota medical professionals refuse to be complicit. “One doesn’t have to be a physician to conclude that a person can’t get skull fractures on both the right and left sides of their head and from front to back by running themselves into a wall.” -Dr. Lindsey Thomas
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ICE claim that a man shattered his skull running into wall triggers tension at a Minnesota hospital
Nurses in Minneapolis doubted federal immigration officers' claims about a Mexican immigrant's severe injuries.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Social scientists and old-school Minnesotans like me fret about areas of decline in civic culture (e.g., corporate philanthropy), but we've held up pretty well in volunteering, voting, and mutual aid. And if it's 20-below and your car needs a jump, it's a pretty good place to be.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Sayin' their names. No lies detected on the lyrics sheet. minnesotareformer.com/briefs/bruce...
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Bruce Springsteen releases anti-ICE protest song: ‘Streets of Minneapolis’ • Minnesota Reformer
Bruce Springsteen released a fiery anti-ICE protest song on Wednesday slamming “King Trump’s private army” and venerating the observers and demonstrators who “stood for justice, their voices ringing t...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Good Morning, Minnesota youtu.be/fce9VAzA0os
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Atmosphere - Say Shh (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Rhymesayers Entertainment
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Juvenile Arrest as a Life Course Trap: Being arrested as a juvenile is associated with a 20-30 percentage-point drop in the likelihood of graduating from a 4-year college. -Garrett Baker, David Kirk, & Rob Sampson, new in SocIology of Education journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Many have now seen the casual brutality of masked federal agents in Minnesota. But we're also seeing casual intimidation and surveillance [via plate #s] of folks giving rides, food or aid. An unknown agent followed a mom I know into a mall parking lot. “Go home to your children, Samantha,” he said.
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
National experts ask, "Why won't the Minneapolis Police Dept. provide basic crowd control, coordination, cover, or cooperation for federal agents?" They can't. The feds sent 3000 agents here, or 5X as many officers as MPD and equal to the 10 largest metro depts. www.startribune.com/how-ice-numb...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The University of Minnesota has confirmed that Mr. Pretti was a 2011 graduate of our CLA Geography Department's Biology, Society, and the Environment program -- a few floors down from my sociology office. He will *not* be forgotten. apnews.com/article/immi...
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The man killed by a US Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis was an ICU nurse, family says
Family members say the man who was killed by a federal officer in Minneapolis was an intensive care nurse at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital who cared deeply about people and was upset ...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
We're mourning yet again in Minnesota — and struggling to square the gut-churning video of Alex Pretti's final moments with official accounts. I'm teaching techniques of neutralization this term, so I made this quick slide on the DHS statement. Share if it's useful. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/us...
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Chris Uggen @chrisuggen.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
Again.
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