Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 18hWhat a solemn day--remembering the precious humans lost on October 7, 2023, and remebering others lost in the three years since. 0110
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I should have added the title. This is how AIPAC lost its way. 010
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026@ericalterman.bsky.social tells it like it is www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/o...nytimes.comOpinion | This Is How AIPAC Lost Its Way (Gift Article)There remains an opportunity for the group to play a positive and honest role in American politics. 032
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 04/10/202660-some friend rents nice costly-city studio apt accessible to everything in her life. She doesn’t know how much longer she'll live in that city or keep current job. Friends tell her she’s not adulting if she's renting, that she should buy a condo. More Financially-toxic unsolicited friend advice.🤦♂️ 070
Reposted by Harold PollackEzra Golberstein @egolberstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This looks like a neat paper with a very important set of findings. 021
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026An important analysis by my University of Chicago Crown colleagues Leonard Swanson, Aaron Gottlieb and Margaret Thomas showing that embedding Crisis Line Specialists at a 911 Center holds promise in reducing the police footprint in suicide calls. link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comDeflecting Suicide Calls From Law Enforcement With an Embedded Crisis Line Specialist at a 911 Center: A Synthetic Control Analysis - Community Mental Health JournalLaw enforcement are the default responders to suicide-related calls, and law enforcement can escalate mental health crises to hospitalizations, uses of force, and deaths. Mental health crisis lines, s... 011
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This important work underscores the importance of protecting and properly funding school-based health services. These boring-until-they-re-not issues don't get nearly enough attention from policymakers, advocates, and the research community 053
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 20/09/2026.@nhannahjones@bksy.social thank you for your thoughtful essay about your daughter's school journey. New York City spends prodigious sums per pupil on K-12 education. The contrasts with Massachusetts and Mississippl in accompanying student proficiency are chastening. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...nytimes.comIn Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice. 062
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Today's Torah portion described God allowing Moses to see the promised land, but not to enter. I pondered MLK's final speech: "I've seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we as a people will get to the promised land." youtu.be/zgVrlx68v-0?...youtu.beMartin Luther King's Last Speech: I've Been to the MountaintopYouTube video by IBW21st 041
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The Freakonomics folk have republished my conversation with Steve Levitt on the People I Mostly Admire podcast. We talk about personal finance, and about our gun violence research. Here is the link for those interested freakonomics.com/podcast/haro...freakonomics.comHarold Pollack on Why Managing Your Money Is as Easy as Taking Out the Garbage - FreakonomicsHarold Pollack on Why Managing Your Money Is as Easy as Taking Out the Garbage - Freakonomics 000
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I held my mom’s hand today on a morning walk. That same hand made this childhood palm print, 90 years ago. 1181
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Keepin' it real on Friday Rosh Hashana: Makes You Wanna Challah... 020
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Congregants is probably the correct nomeclature... 110
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026And to you and yours.... We are overdue for a zoom coffee. 100
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 11/09/2026As I ponder the atrocity of 9/11, my sadness is magnified by knowledge that our human reaction to mass murder, like the Israeli reaction to the mass murder perpetrated 10/7, led us down a road to strategic+moral disaster. 150
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 10/09/2026 An overlooked reality. A few yrs ago, I attended a DEI training, where I noted my bro-in-law walks to synagogue wearing a yarmulke+I worry he might fall victim to a hate crime. The instructor mansplained that this was not a DEI issue, since my bro-in-law is a beneficiary of white privilege. 🤦♂️ 160
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Sadly accurate. And the cost of this security is striking. 150
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 09/09/2026A sad sign of the times. My synagogue noting "Armed guards and police on site," to reassure parishioners concerned about their safety for High Holidays services. 65111
Reposted by Harold PollackObsolete Dogma @obsoletedogma.bsky.social · 09/09/2026We already can’t control AIs, and we’re on the verge of making them much, much smarter. Except it’s even worse than that. Because *we’re* not going to be the ones making AIs smarter. AIs are. We want to outsource the job to them. Why does anyone think this would end well? 011
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Whoops. Here is the correct link authors.elsevier.com/c/1njJF3PEro...authors.elsevier.comPlease wait whilst we redirect youAll content on this site: Copyright © 2026 Elsevier B.V., its licensors, and contributors. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies. For all open access content, the relevant licensing terms apply. 131
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Explaining the abrupt and substantial decline in North American fentanyl overdoses. My colleagues and I respond to expert commentaries regarding our recent Science paper. chttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955395926003233 020
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026We all know mentoring, whereby senior scholars help juniors go their way. There's also "reverse-mentoring," whereby our teched-up juniors show us the way. Kenton Johnston Ari Ne'eman, Eric Roberts, Derek Brown+others reverse-mentored me on path to a key publication+an NIH grant as MPI. So grateful 010
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 01/09/2026A great mail day. Got an advance copy of my colleague Rebecca Neusteter's definitive account of the 911 system and its continuing challenges: 911, What's your emergency. thenewpress.org/books/911-wh...thenewpress.org911, What’s Your Emergency? - The New PressA groundbreaking history and critique of a little-explored aspect of American law enforcement: the often deadly 911 emergency response system The world knows George Floyd as the man whose murder l... 010
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This short CDC video on how to administer naloxone is quite good. Everyone should make sure to watch it, and to carry naloxone if it is ever needed. www.youtube.com/shorts/KX4jv...youtube.comHow to Use Naloxone Nasal SprayYouTube video by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) 021
Reposted by Harold PollackEric Patashnik @ericpatashnik.bsky.social · 27/08/2026When (if ever) do health services professionals believe it is OK to omit research information in their public communication? Alan Gerber, @maclockhart.bsky.social @haroldpollack.bsky.social & I conducted a survey to find out. See our new @healthaffairs.bsky.social article. Open access; link below. 142
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026In a society that shows tenuous commitment to the well-being of vulnerable groups, researchers face ethical dilemmas in communicating research findings that might be used to harm the people and communities we seek to help. Our team in @healthaffairs.bsky.social healthaffairs.org/doi/epdf/10....healthaffairs.orgHealth Services Professionals Endorse Omitting Some Research Information Under Limited Circumstances: Survey 091
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We at the University of Chicago Crown School are hiring faculty with expertise in direct social work practice. Link below provides details. apply.interfolio.com/191033apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 010
Reposted by Harold PollackAdmirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton coined the term “software engineer.” She directed the Software Engineering Division at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab & led development of the on-board flight software for NASA’s Apollo Guidance Computer. She was born #OTD in 1936 & turns 90 today! #WomenInSTEM 145101622364
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 15/08/2026 Last night, I dreamt my wife was patiently leading Incredible Hulk through the steps to remove our damaged trees. You're so big and strong. Use your words when you're frustrated. Save your strength. I know you don't want to scare other people." The nurse-social worker, at work. @veppol.bsky.social 061
Reposted by Harold PollackMiranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Closing out the week with receipt of an APSA Summer Centennial Center Research Grant.static.klipy.comStephen Colbert Celebrates SuccessALT: Stephen Colbert Celebrates Success 3171
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Here is the gift link to my column www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/14/o...chicagotribune.comHarold Pollack: Modern-day billionaires don’t compare to Julius RosenwaldChicagoan Julius Rosenwald understood that people with great resources also have a responsibility to use these resources to help others. 010
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 14/08/2026My column in today's Chicago Tribune. Today's tech-bro billionaires--and the rest of us--should learn from Julius Rosenwald's good example. Happy belated 164th birthday to arguably the greatest Chicagoan in our city's history. www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/14/o...chicagotribune.comHarold Pollack: Modern-day billionaires don’t compare to Julius RosenwaldChicagoan Julius Rosenwald understood that people with great resources also have a responsibility to use these resources to help others. 010
Reposted by Harold PollackMilbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Over six decades, US policy for people living with intellectual and developmental disabilities and severe and persistent mental illness has shifted from institutionalization to community-based services. In a new article, @haroldpollack.bsky.social and coauthors examine what’s worked—and what hasn’t.milbank.orgOpening the Door Wider to Community Support of People With Serious Mental Illnesses: What States Can Learn From the IDD Experience | Milbank QuarterlySince the early 1960s, US policymakers have sought to assist persons living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) and persons living with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) ... 012
Reposted by Harold PollackSarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Finally, do you also want the joy of holding a hard copy issue of @jhppl.bsky.social? Did you know you could order all six issues annually in print and online for just $66 (for students is only $39)? WHAT A BARGAIN. Subscribe here: dukeupress.edu/jhppldukeupress.eduJournal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 176
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Here is the working weblink. Thanks @shermandorn.com. 040
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Walking through campus today, I had a random warm memory of my college friend, David Kramer, tragically lost 16yrs ago, when his car was rear-ended by a drunk driver. My friend, you are still so very deeply missed. www.huffpost.com/entry/missin...huffpost.comMissing a friend, and learning from his exampleMissing a friend, and learning from his example 060
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Pardon the link hijinks. This link should work watermark02.silverchair.com/12757915.pdf...watermark02.silverchair.com 010
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026ABLE accounts have such potential to help people w/disabilities. We must address their punishing administrative burdens. "Administrative and Financial Barriers to Using ABLE Accounts for People with Disabilities" Our team in JHPPL. @jhppl.bsky.social watermark02.silverchair.com/12757915.pdf...watermark02.silverchair.com 173
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I opened my old voicemails and somehow initiated a 5-year-old 14sec message: “Hey it’s Dad, give me a call when you can. I miss talking to you. Take care. Bye” Not nearly as much as I miss talking to you, Dad. You are so deeply missed. I so wish we didn't have to say goodbye. 0120
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Ted Marmor played a critical role in my career, and that of others. Sad to learn of his passing, Condolences to all who are mourning. 040
Reposted by Harold PollackJon Oberlander @oberlanderunc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Also an enormously influential mentor who left an indelible imprint on the lives and careers of so many, including me. May his memory be a blessing 261
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Goodness--Just seeing, Yes, Ted played a pivotal role in my own career. 000
Harold Pollack @haroldpollack.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Myself, Richard Frank and Sherry Glied in @milbankfund.bsky.social: Opening the Door Wider to Community Support of People With Serious Mental Illnesses: What States Can Learn From the IDD Experience. www.milbank.org/quarterly/ar...milbank.orgOpening the Door Wider to Community Support of People With Serious Mental Illnesses: What States Can Learn From the IDD Experience | Milbank QuarterlySince the early 1960s, US policymakers have sought to assist persons living with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDDs) and persons living with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI) to live on a human scale with their clinical and service needs met in their communities. 011