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Elin Waring

@elinwaring.bsky.social
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Sociologist, Bronxite, politics, #lehmancollege, data, R Trying to do too many things.

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 6h
it's the 260 year anniversary of the time angry rioters filled the streets with cheese wheels
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Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social · 10h
📢📢📢 If you do any kind of research relating to populations, this is salient:
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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 16h
You’ve seen the headlines, folks—we CAN flip Florida! For the first time in decades, there a signs of a massive Democratic surge across the state. You won't want to miss today’s chat with @angieforfl.bsky.social at 3pm ET.
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TheRealSparky💙🐸🇺🇸 @funkynassau.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.5calls.org Worth mentioning to your elected officials
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13h
The GOP plan for this fall is to swamp races with dark money and turn the racism dial up to 100
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One important policy lesson from this story is how Facebook committed blatant tax fraud in 2013 (Zuckerberg's stock options as R&D) and still hasn't been forced to pay it and thus learned that tax fraud is an acceptable business practice and so is doing it again.
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A Voice Crying in the Wilderness @cryingwilderness.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump took control of the Kennedy Center 19 months ago.
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Jaime Harrison @jaimeharrison.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@dougjones.bsky.social on why the governor's race matters: governors are on the front lines for democracy, and for infrastructure, education, and health care, where Alabama falls short. And the big mules are pouring big money behind Tommy Tuberville. Watch: youtu.be/6j_67aEpyxw
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 27/09/2026
Run, don't walk, to vote.nyc/page/register-vote. Register to vote by October 24 so that you can vote on faster, more efficient government.
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Register to Vote | NYC Board of Elections
You can register to vote online, in-person, or by mail.
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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Apply now! Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program. These 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Deadline is Nov. 2.
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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for a ninth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
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Andi Zeisler @andizeisler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A woman was drugged, raped, and sexually trafficked to members of a fraternity. Two of the men involved were expelled. Five were given the opportunity to mitigate suspension by *writing an essay.* The dozens of other men who knew this was happening and said nothing? You already know the answer.
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EDITORIAL | Cornell Won’t, We Will
The Editorial Board demands that Cornell stops protecting the alleged Chi Phi rapists through the University's opaque sexual assault policies.
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CUNY GC Sociology @cunygcsociology.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Interested in a PhD in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center? Join our info session on October 20th from 5:30-7:00 pm, in person and online. More info here: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/phd-p...
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
July 31: Susan Collins "says that by the end of August, body-worn cameras will be deployed nationwide and worn by all ICE agents in the field."
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 22/09/2026
UPDATE: I just listened to the press conference with Oz & Vance...and sure enough, just as I suspected, they're apparently relying heavily on AN AI MODEL to "decide" which ACA enrollees meet the financial eligibility standards and which ones don't.
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Indivisible West Metro❌👑🇺🇸 @indivisiblewmetro.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
It's up to all of us to defend our local elections. #NoKings share.indvs.org/s/Cn2gK6NN
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Sign Up Here
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Rust Language @rust-lang.org · 17/09/2026
⚠️ We believe that there is an ongoing campaign targeting owners of popular crates and rust-lang team members that is attempting to compromise devices and accounts in order to use them to publish malware. See our blog post for details: blog.rust-lang.org/2026/09/17/t...
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Be alert: targeted attacks on prominent Rustaceans | Rust Blog
Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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The Great Election of 1733
Voter suppression has a long history ... why St. Paul’s in Mt. Vernon, NY is where we stand up for voting rights
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
We really can't let ourselves get accustomed to this. He's telling the people of NC that he's going to let them die if they don't vote how he wants.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Local NPR stations in Boston, New York and Miami team up for a 60-minute call-in special about what comes next for Haitians in the United States. bit.ly/3UTwb9z
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WATCH THURSDAY AT 7PM: Haiti On The Line: The TPS Emergency
Local NPR stations in Boston, New York and Miami team up for a 60-minute call-in special about what comes next for Haitians in the United States.
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Teaching libel tomorrow, this is convenient timing.
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MSW Media @mswmedia.com · 15/09/2026
@indivisible.org's @leahgreenberg.bsky.social on organizing a nationwide voter-protection campaign. New @practivistpod.bsky.social with @bluesboysteve.bsky.social & @jasonberlin.bsky.social practivistpod.com #MSWMedia Listen: redcircle.com/shows/dce195...
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Lehman College @lehmancollege.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Associate Professor Eileen Markey (Journalism & Media Studies) joined The Brian Lehrer Show on WNYC to discuss recent layoffs, shutdowns, and the shrinking of local news outlets in the Bronx, and how these changes impact the borough. ow.ly/No6850ZLRPk
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Why is Local News Disappearing in the Bronx? | WNYC
Eileen Markey, assistant Professor of journalism at Lehman College CUNY, longtime journalist covering the Bronx and author of the forthcoming book, All They Had: How The Bronx Survived a Death Sentence (Duke University Press, 2027), talks about the recent news of layoffs, shutdowns and shrinking of local news outlets in the Bronx, and how that impacts the borough.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/09/2026
pleasant surprise. i would like to read whatever deranged dissent alito and thomas have written. i’m sure it will be some version of “MAIL FRAUD IS REAL AND I SAW IT IN THE CLOSET MAKING A BABY AND THE BABY LOOKED AT ME”
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Today marks 50 days until the election and 10 days until ballots drop. Your task today is to make sure you and your friends and family are registered to vote. abdulforsenate.com/vote
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 14/09/2026
The Senate could soon vote on a bill that would turbocharge Trump’s corruption. Since the GOP only needs to peel off a handful of Democrats to pass this crypto legislation, it’s extra important for the Senate to hear from us. Send an email and demand that your senators vote NO on the CLARITY Act.
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Urge Your Senators to Oppose and Stop Trump's Crypto Corruption
Last year, the House passed the CLARITY Act (H.R. 3633), a bill disguised as “crypto regulation” that actually serves the billionaires and bad actors at the center of today’s crypto chaos. This bill d...
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
They’re stealing my shtick thehill.com/homenews/sen...
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McConnell’s return shines spotlight on older lawmakers
Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) expected return to the Senate next week is drawing attention again to the health of aging lawmakers. McConnell, 84, was hospitalized over the summer for nearly …
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
PSA: No Kings is a coalition, not an org, and it does not do fundraising appeals for itself. Partner orgs raise money for costs we're incurring to put it on. But if you get a text from "NO KINGS" or a PAC you've never heard of before asking for $ that is a scam and you should block/shame away.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 13/09/2026
Early voting is a crucial tool for stopping election sabotage. Join your local No Kings event on October 17 to promote unprecedented early voting in the midterms: www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Sitting outside @swarthmorecollege.bsky.social and just overwhelmed at how dreamy it is, even with all the building they've done.
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Devrim Yavuz @devrimyavuz.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What are some political sociology or historical sociology books on China that you would absolutely recommend that has been published in the last 20 years. Alas I only know some of the older more class centric or State centric stuff like Moore or Skocpol where China is a comparative case
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
WHAT THE FUCK
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Josh Kovensky @joshkovensky.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
I spoke with former Homeland Security Investigations officials, who told me the same thing: a CUC is a "Certified Undercover" operation, meaning that DHS had granted its agents extraordinary powers – including to break the law – as part of the investigation talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-exe...
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DHS Exempted Itself from Normal Law for Undercover Investigation Into Protesters
Tucked in at the bottom of a bombshell document released last week...
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 11/09/2026
📮 USPS lacks the capacity to implement its mail voting rule, a union representing more than 200,000 postal workers alleges. The union notes that postal carriers and clerks still have not received training on critical parts of the system the agency is rushing to create: demdock.com/4yxhbN7
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11/09/2026
“You heard me. I think this will be a historic season yet again for the No Kings family and all of the movements that come together across our differences to activate on Oct. 17th” - @ashdashlee.bsky.social
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 11/09/2026
“We are judging our success by whether we can be part of driving the largest early vote turnout in American history. That’s where you come in.” - @leahgreenberg.bsky.social
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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
For those who are new, Joe DiGenova has spent the last 30 years baselessly accusing Democrats of committing crimes. If he is saying publicly the Trump administration pushed him out because he wouldn’t bring cases because there was no evidence, things are really bad.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 10/09/2026
If Trump or his allies attempt to undermine the results, they will face the largest, best-trained, and most prepared pro-democracy election-defense volunteer corps we've ever built. Sign up for the No Kings kickoff call at www.mobilize.us/noki...
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SiriusXM Progress @siriusxmprog.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Last night, @ezralevin.bsky.social from @indivisible.org told @deanobeidallah.bsky.social how and why No Kings: Vote Early came to be. To learn more: nokings.org Join in and vote early on October 17th!
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Mark your calendars🗓️
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MeteorBlades @meteorblades.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
From Earthjustice: The Trump régime wants to gut a long-standing rule & open 45 million acres of roadless forest to clear-cutting & other harmful development enabled by roading. Scientists, wildland firefighters & 100s of 1000s of Americans have fiercely opposed this attack on our public lands.
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Walker Bragman @walkerbragman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
If I were the chair of the DNC and a Democratic gubernatorial candidate was attacked in the critical midterm election year, I’d probably highlight the fact that Donald Trump and the right have been stoking political violence for years with conspiracy bullshit and civil war rhetoric.
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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Great match
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Charles Gaba ✡️ @charlesgaba.com · 04/09/2026
🚨 60 DAYS TO GO! 📣 #WASHINGTON Democrats need your help! --This page includes both COMPETITIVE and LONG SHOT races --Donations go directly to the candidates --Nothing donated via this page goes to me Donate today! #Blue26 secure.actblue.com/donate/wablu...
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is obscene. No one in the GOP will say a word about it.
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MoveOn @moveon.org · 04/09/2026
Thousands of people in Gary, Indiana are still without power. People are suffering and struggling to survive and all Donald Trump cares about is putting his name on everything and an unnecessary ballroom. People need help, not useless vanity projects.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This is good and worth reading. www.editorialboard.com/shocker-jon-...
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Shocker! Jon Ossoff and Abdul El-Sayed break the media's rules
They are showing liberals how to be free.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 01/09/2026
🪪 HEADS UP COLORADO: Voters could soon be required to include parts of their Social Security or driver’s license numbers on the outside of their mail ballot in order for their vote to count. The proposal will be on the ballot in November’s midterm elections: demdock.com/3T3q69W
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 31/08/2026
This fall, we rise to the occasion. Sign up to be the first to hear how you can get involved with upcoming activations to claim our power and protect our vote. bit.ly/nokingsfall
Long live the vote. NoKings.org
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Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tennis scheduling is ridiculous.
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SUNY UFS President Bruce Simon @sunyufspresident.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Please please please read up on academic freedom before you even consider signing onto any letters purporting to defend it! Here’s a toolkit based on the work of @michael-berube.bsky.social and Jennifer Ruth from October 2023. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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SUNY UFS Fall 2023 Plenary Academic Freedom Segment Toolkit (10/20/2023)
ACADEMIC FREEDOM TOOLKIT 2023 based on A Session with the Author It’s Not Free Speech: Race, Democracy, and the Future of Academic Freedom Michael Bérubé Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature an...
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