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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Time to give Benioff and Salesforce the Musk-Tesla treatment. Who’s with me? Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/u...

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Salesforce Offers Its Services to Boost Trump’s Immigration Force

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Indivisible Rochester @indivisibleroc.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Staying calm in the face of chaos: @karintamerius.bsky.social, founder of Smart Politics, is offering a free virtual training on emotional regulation as a critical organizing skill. Register: www.eventbrite.com/e/keep-calm-...

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Keep Calm & Carry On: Saving Democracy the Smart Politics Way

Defending democracy got you down? Discover a better way with Smart Politics. Don't choose between your sanity and your activism.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Think checking out of politics is self-care? Think again. The problem? Avoidance doesn’t make stress disappear—it makes it worse. This isn’t just psychology—it’s neuroscience. The good news? You can rewire your brain—and engage without getting overwhelmed.

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The Hidden Cost of Avoiding Politics: Why You're More Anxious Than Ever

Escaping the news and political conversations feels like self-care, but it actually makes stress worse. Here’s how to break free.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Are you ready? karintamerius.substack.com/publish/post...

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Teemu Turunen @teemuturunen.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Great article and so relevant right now! How to use box breathing, grounding and naming emotions to stay functional - "calm down and carry on"!

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

My most popular article right now.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

“Not with tanks in the streets or militias at government buildings, but with spreadsheets, executive orders, and a network of loyalists embedded in the federal bureaucracy…Musk’s hand-picked agents have seized control of…the central nervous system of the U.S. government.”

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Elon Musk is staging a coup.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

“Strong feelings like grief, fear, and outrage are normal responses to Trump and rising authoritarianism, especially if you are a target of his xenophobia. But it’s impossible to sustain an effective political movement in a perpetual state of panic.” open.substack.com/pub/karintam...

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Panic Benefits Trump

Authoritarians win when their opponents lose their cool.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Here’s your guide to resisting Trump 2.0 because America needs you now more than ever.

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10 Steps for Saving Democracy

The worst is yet to come. Here's what to do about it.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Fascinating & concerning new study suggests DEI & antiracism training (such as proposed by Kendi & DiAngelo) have major backlash effects. The article doesn’t explore why, but I’m willing to bet it’s b/c these approaches trigger defensiveness. www.openread.academy/en/paper/rea...

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

The tendency to overestimate the extremity of other people’s views is common, and that it doesn’t just apply to outgroups But false perceptions of the extreme views of outgroup members leads to disdain, avoidance, and even support for unethical tactics: www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/imaginary-...

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Imaginary Enemies

Issue 144: People dislike their political opponents for views most don't actually hold (and a Thanksgiving/Black Friday 20% discount on on paid subscriptions)

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

My two cents: The Hunter Biden pardon is awful optics and something that should never happen in a democracy. At the same time, what parent could resist that temptation? The solution? Outlaw self-serving pardons (those to self, family, friends, co-conspirators, funders, and so on).

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

GREATEST CONSENT VIDEO OF ALL TIME. For all those who could use a refresher for the holidays. youtu.be/oQbei5JGiT8?...

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Tea Consent

YouTube video by Blue Seat Studios

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Are you worried about how to deal with pesky holiday troublemakers this Thanksgiving? We've got you! Here's a handy pdf that explains everything you need to know to converse productively and persuasively with even the most badly behaved among us.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Very fun video! If you want to test out these recommendations for yourself and discover what we at Smart Politics recommend, check out the Angry Uncle Bot powered by OpenAI's ChatGPTe. You can discuss any topic and set Angry Uncle's mood to annoyed, mad, apoplectic, or drunk 🥴. Happy holidays!

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ChatGPT - Angry Uncle Bot

Can you change his political opinion?

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Gordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Given that we're a week out from U.S. Thanksgiving, I just wanted to reiterate that @tomcostello.bsky.social created a website that uses AI to help debunk conspiracy theories: www.debunkbot.com If you end up trying it out, please let us know how it goes! (cc @dgrand.bsky.social)

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DebunkBot

Interact with an artificial intelligence model that seeks to persuade you against unsupported beliefs like conspiracy theories.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Yesterday I was on a conservative podcast. The host is a Trump supporter and vaccine abolitionist. We had a terrific, healing conversation despite our differences. Listen here to hear Smart Politics in action.👇👇👇

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Healthy Families Podcast with Karin Tamerius

The founder of Smart Politics is my guest on the Jenny Hatch Show.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

An important reason we need to stay connected to the MAGA voters in our lives (and behave ourselves while we do).

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Bluesky Safety @safety.bsky.app · 26/11/2024

1/ We're experiencing a huge influx of users, and with that, a predictable uptick in harmful content posted to the network. As a result, for some very high-severity policy areas like child safety, we recently made some short-term moderation choices to prioritize recall over precision.

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Anne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Maybe AI is the answer after all. "Human participants described a conspiracy theory that they subscribed to, and the AI then engaged in persuasive arguments with them that refuted their beliefs with evidence. " #psychscisky #behsci ttps://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq1814

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Durably reducing conspiracy beliefs through dialogues with AI

Conspiracy theory beliefs are notoriously persistent. Influential hypotheses propose that they fulfill important psychological needs, thus resisting counterevidence. Yet previous failures in correctin...

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Taking a break from MAGA family? It’s ok as long as the break doesn’t become permanent.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Worried about talking with your MAGA relatives on Thursday? Practice ahead of time with my AI Angry Uncle Bot powered by ChatGPT. chatgpt.com/g/g-B4TzjoXQ...

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ChatGPT - Angry Uncle Bot

Can you change his political opinion?

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Lola Politicka @lolapoliticka.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Excellent post. Self-care,people. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Reread 1984 last night. Damn, that was depressing.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Lesson 1: Do not obey in advance. Thread of lessons from my book #OnTyranny. Written in 2016.

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

There is some comedy around men explaining the plot of The Handmaid's Tale to its author, in response to her tweet. But this also reveals the tragedy beneath – of misunderstandings that point to the moral and therefore political vulnerability of the United States. snyder.substack.com/p/casting-th...

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Casting the First Stone

Handmaid Fails, 2/3

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

"In the Republic of Gilead's dystopian future, men and women perform the services assigned to them." This is the summary of "The Handmaid's Tale" in the NYT bestseller list. See my essay on the ramifications of this language's precision without accuracy. snyder.substack.com/p/men-and-wo...

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Men and Women Perform

Handmaid Fails, 1/3

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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Partisans gravitate towards media that agrees with them (a form of motivated cognition) But there is still room for them to be persuaded—watching CNN vs FOX changes what people believe.

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Karin Tamerius @karintamerius.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

First Bluesky post! Here’s an urgent care guide to help keep you sane during the second Trump Era. Buckle up, folks. We need to be as healthy as possible to face what comes next.

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5 Tips for Staying Sane Post-Election

Because self-care is an act of radical resistance.

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