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Jason Pudlo

@jasonpudlo.bsky.social
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Religion, environment, and disaster researcher. Public administration professor. Mountains, then prairie, now pirate coast. orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-8413

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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Snuck some qualitative design into our thesis classes. I use selections from Creswell's Research Design and Brady & Collier's Rethinking Social Inquiry. Depending on student projects, they'll also read Cyr's Focus Groups, Lareau's Listening to People, or Qualitative Disaster Research by Phillips.
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Lindsay P Cohn @lindsaypcohn.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Hey #polisky, what text(s) are the cool kids using to teach qualitative research design these days?
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Natalia 📚 @natsanpol.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I read the memo several times since its release. Imagine telling a local government who's operating budget is $40 million that they're going to have to come up with recovery funding when the bridge they lost costs $100 million to replace. 🫠 I'm tired of this grandpa.
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Seems like higher ed admins are sharing notes. Got a very similar talk - "do more with less" - "recruit and retain" - "pivot to private for grants." Just willfully oblivious to the climate driving the winds battering universities.
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Jared Rennie @jjrennie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As we hit the 2nd Anniversary of #Helene, I've got a lot to say, but not a whole lot of characters to say it Instead, you can check out these 2 sites 1) A Story Map we produced at NCEI: storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8887... 2) A 60-min interview I did: helenehistory.omeka.net/items/show/1...
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Helene in Southern Appalachia
One year later: An event analysis and how we move forward.
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
There have to be so many prosecutions. This all can’t just be forgotten or papered over.
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Kenzie Krocak @mjkrocak.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Long time, no post, but I have to share a cool job opportunity: Social Science Research and Testbed Support Specialist in Norman, OK. Please pass along to folks who may be interested! Happy to answer questions or point you to someone who knows more. careers-fedwriters.icims.com/jobs/2456/so...
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
postscript - starting a trade war with a close ally is foolish and contemptible
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
One way I choose to remember today is a re-watch of the musical "Come from Away" (on Apple, I think). 25yrs ago, a small Canadian town offered refuge for thousands stranded when US airspace closed. Caring for neighbors - kindness - is how we survive crisis together. comefromaway.com/story.php
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Come From Away | Official Site
The Hit Musical Based on the Remarkable True Story.
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Sailing small boats. Not a racer, so nothing expensive. Small boats really reward being present, focusing on the right now, and solving small problems. They also quickly punish worrying about the office or meandering thoughts. Often with an unexpected jibe or a tap from the boom - as I'm learning.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10/09/2026
Relatedly, PSA: if you know of any incidents of DHS/ICE arresting someone on church grounds since August of last year (when I last covered this), please feel free to pass that info along. There are various ways to reach me listed on my website (link in bio), and my Signal is: jackmjenkins.60
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Unreasonable to mute a certain event in my socials and news? It's the 25th and all, but, as a NYer attending college in another east coast city, I have clear pre/post memories. The fires lit that day are still burning. Kind of feel okay with ignoring the misdirected nostalgic gaze this time around.
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
A welcomed nod to fan and facility staff wellness in this piece on heat saftey in college sports. Fans and event staff are often the most vulnerable to heat and heat emergencies in tight stadium stands puts unique pressures on local first responders
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Yup! There's a fun Red Bull racing video floating around where their EV racing van beats their F1 and rally cars
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Today I learned that transferring to a US flight from within Canada is essentially a new security screening with its own rules. Sadly, a highly anticipated jar a maple butter paid the price of my ignorance. Trying really hard to not let it ruin an otherwise lovely trip to Ottawa.
Airplane view of Ottawa. Light sun showers are rolling in from the right side of the photo. The Air Canada logo is visible in the wing tip.An oversized hockey puck and and a metallic sculpture mimicking a chalace or cup that one can walk through commemorate the creation of Lord Stanley's CupA statue of a first nations hunter draws and arrow from a quiver while in a kneeling shooting stance. Their bow faces a deer maybe 20 meters away. The deer is also statue, but located in a well maintained urban thicket.
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Finally got to fly in a turboprop!
A twin engine Dash-4 propeller plane sits on a runway. A door with a built-in ladder for passengers is open. It feels like traveling back in time to 1930s flying (minus copious alcohol and the haze of cigarettes).
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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Disaster relief is often concentrated in the early days after disasters, but the financial stress can last for months or years. In our newest research article, we share findings from in-depth interviews with 20 families impacted by Hurricane Helene: www.urban.org/research/pub...
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Households Are Struggling to Recover Financially After Hurricane Helene. Here’s Why.
First-hand accounts from households affected by Hurricane Helene illustrate that postdisaster financial recovery is a long, uncertain process.
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Sebastian Bae @sebastianbae.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Make sure to sign up for the upcoming #wargaming webinars hosted by the Georgetown University Wargaming Society! The fall line up has an awesome slate of speakers - like Pete Pellegrino from NWC and Liz Davidson from Leder Games.
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Hey folks, this hasn’t gotten much attention, but remember those proposed OMB rule changes we all commented on recently? There’s a new attempt to sneak them just for NSF. We have three days to comment. Please don’t sleep on this!
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Noam Ross @noamross.net · 21/08/2026
Three more days to comment on NSF's attempt to smuggle in OMB's already-rejected policies of terminating any grant without cause, gutting civil rights obligations and restricting international collaborations. Submit your comment today! Then call your representatives. 🧪
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elle hardy @ellehardy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Hey folks, I have some free audiobook codes to give away for my first book, Beyond Belief: How Pentecostal Christianity Is Taking Over the World. If you want one shoot me a DM
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18/08/2026
Via @kathrynpost.bsky.social: As ICE closes in, Ohio churches line up families to care for Haitian kids left behind religionnews.com/2026/08/17/a...
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As ICE closes in, Ohio churches line up families to care for Haitian kids left behind
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (RNS) — In Springfield, Ohio, ICE shifts tactics to stealth raids and ankle monitors. Churches are responding by helping Haitian parents line up temporary caregivers, preparing for t...
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I work hard to incorporate Tribal policy into my general public policy classes because too often the field forgets that Tribal Nations exist. Using this and the Miccosukee this semester as useful cases.
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
What is the administrative bloat professors want to see in higher education? Please hire more advisors and pay them way better. I, a faculty member, am no replacement for a professional advisor who works with degree plan sheets and the half-dozen ed-tech registration programs everyday.
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Students are returning, the NYC inspired bodega is busy, and there's a delivery truck blocking the bike lane - our little college town almost feels like a real city.
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Here's another example of high-quality work on declarations in historical perspective andrewrumbach.substack.com/p/presidenti...
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Presidential Disaster Declarations in the DHS Era: From Bush to Trump
A special President's Day blog from Place + Resilience
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Glad to see this kind of research on disaster declaration delays even if I strongly dislike why it's necessary.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New from me: More than a trillion dollars flow through the federal government in grants. We have more and more evidence that the Trump administration has been directing those grants on purely partisan grounds, denying them to blue states. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/governing-...
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Governing without Accountability
Trump only wants to be President of some of America, not all of America
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Lawrence Culver @lawrencecphd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“Somebody could place a bet and then be motivated to actually start a fire”…Pietruska said she was glad to see the senators’ call to regulate prediction markets, but it was a “year and a half late” after the Polymarket bets on the Los Angeles fires.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US senators urge crackdown on wildfire betting amid warnings of arson risk
Experts say growing trend on sites such as Polymarket and Kalshi could motivate people to start fires to win money
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Lisa Kadonaga @tapirtrouble.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"One 2024 study [...] found that though Indigenous communities are only about 5% of Canada’s population, they made up 42% of its wildfire evacuations between 1980 and 2021. Fires in Ontario this summer have put thirteen First Nations communities under evacuation orders." @nichecanada.bsky.social
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Climate Change Made This Summer's Canadian Wildfires Twice as Likely - Eos
Wildfires in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and the Northwest Territories have burned more than 3.9 million hectares this summer, prompted widespread evacuation orders, and created poor air quality...
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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The West Virginia flash floods highlight the difficulties that rural communities face after disasters. We examine three dynamics at play: low media attention, the time from disaster until federal declaration, and the unusually high number of manufactured homes. www.urban.org/urban-wire/w...
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West Virginia Flash Floods Require Recovery Strategies Tailored for Rural Communities
West Virginia’s July flash floods show how rural disasters bring distinct challenges that require tailored responses.
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Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 01/08/2026
The kit is meant to break up their shape against the background, making it difficult for opposing teams to ascertain their speed and direction.
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Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I remember seeing someone (very reasonably) complaining here a few days ago that there seems to be next to no visible thinking on left and center about how to join the dots on administration and democracy. This is the beginnings of an answer to that complaint donmoynihan.substack.com/p/rebuilding...
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Rebuilding Democracy Requires Rebalancing Power
What does a power-shifting agenda look like?
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
*SCREAMS IN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT*
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wes(is no longer)injapan @wesinjapan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Discretion needs to be valorized.
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Went on a little odyssey of my own today. Far less adventurous than I was led to believe it should be.
Me in a O'day Daysailer. Did not encounter sirens, storms, or a cyclops.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 20/07/2026
So, it seems some folks in Maryland got a pro-data-center text tied to an out-of-state group known as “Interfaith action.” RNS’ own @alejacorazonhm.bsky.social did some digging, and it turns out to be tied to one faith leader. religionnews.com/2026/07/17/m...
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Maryland residents got a pro-data center text linked to an ‘interfaith’ website. Who’s behind it?
(RNS) — When RNS identified the faith leader behind the text, the Rev. Derrick Green, he said, ‘We're really trying to get information out to people in real ways, in credible ways, so that people can ...
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Nathan K. Hensley @nathankhensley.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Local plumbers two steps ahead of every university administrator in america 👏
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Evan Berry @ecothought.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The allergy to religion that somehow still persists in various social sciences and humanities is itself a critical data point in understanding how we got into this mess.
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Jason Pudlo @jasonpudlo.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Great example of what disaster researchers mean when we say "disasters are political." Disasters go beyond politicians and elections and boundaries to include the entire body politic.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
"After boarding a handful of boats — stuffed to the brim with people and pets — community members drove across the lake as their entire First Nation burned to the ground behind them. " www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'It's a miracle': First Nation members escape northwestern Ontario wildfire as community burns to the ground | CBC News
Namaygoosisagagun First Nation, also known as Collins First Nation, has been destroyed by a wildfire that spans over 350,000 hectares in northwestern Ontario. Community leaders spoke to CBC News about...
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 16/07/2026
This is shitty on a bunch of levels but friendly reminder we depend on Canada and vice versa to help fight fires. This kind of rhetoric isn't helping anything.
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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Suggestion: now would be a good time to hug an mis- and disinformation scholar. Especially those studying elite-driven bullshit from 2020 and 2021. Or anyone studying media and politics. Or US politics. Or democracy. Or race or gender or or or or or…
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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New Science & Community Impacts Mapping Project (#SCIMaP) analysis on the impact of the WH plan to eliminate NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences directorate. @malar0ne.bsky.social @asinclair.bsky.social @cl10.bsky.social @alexmusicwrites.bsky.social scienceimpacts.org/insights/SBE...
Insight blog

"Cuts to NSF’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate will have significant economic impacts nationwide"
https://scienceimpacts.org/insights/SBE-2026-07-13
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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
For anyone who needs to hear this today
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