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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski

@karlynjane.bsky.social
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Sociology, ethnography, public policy | youth, schools, transportation | cycling, Chicago, snacks 🏳️‍🌈 ✶✶✶✶

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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Just go ahead and color in all of your anti-bike bingo card: www.loopnorth.com/news/mobi/bi...
loopnorth.com
Loop North News - Bike lane invasion sparks Chicago motorist revolt
Mayor Johnson’s multi-million-dollar bike lane plan is creating a rift in Chicago, as motorists struggle with increased traffic and lost parking.
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lumberjack wharfie @lumberjackwharfie.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Just saw an unmarked-but-obvious CPD SUV with nearly everything scraped off of the rear license plate. Like it was completely unreadable. If we're allowing obvious, small-scale corruption like that, what's the extent of the less obvious, larger scale corruption?
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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Same shot, different day, different account cc @ericallixrogers.com
A Metra train near Soldier Field with the Chicago skyline in the background (view looking north from the 18th St bridge)
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
For YEARS I’ve said that they should close one of the three (one-way) lanes of travel on Indiana to create a protected bike lane and they DID IT!!! From 55th all the way to 31st! I didn’t even know about this project so imagine my absolute delight stumbling across it today 😍
Concrete islands create protection for a new bike lane. There is a traffic cone by a pile of gravel that I had to go around to use said lane — a few sections were still taped off. She’s a brand new babe!
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Anjali Enjeti @anjalienjeti.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
My god. “Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
chicago.suntimes.com
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
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Anne Jonas 🌻 @annejonas.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
In this new article, "Cameras On: How Schools Reify Unequal Relationships Through Decisions About Online Visibility," @bdinsmore.bsky.social & I complicate narratives about online classrooms through research into covid-era and pre-pandemic remote schooling. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
New daylighting on campus and SO many more cars are stopping’!
A concrete planter in a parking lane leading up to a crosswalk. Three pedestrians are in the crosswalk and a vehicle is stopped to allow them to cross.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
My dad and I just finished a 2-day, 150-mile ride to raise money for the National MS Society. I’ll be tackling another 2-day ride for the same cause next month! If you can chip in any amount, it makes a huge difference: events.nationalmssociety.org/participants...
Me and my dad smiling in bike jerseys that read “Stop MS” and “Bike MS”. We are beneath an arch with Bike MS branding. We’re sweaty!
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Today my dad and I start our 150 mile ride to raise money for MS research! Can you chip in a few bucks to help support science and provide services for people living with MS? 🚴‍♀️🚴‍♂️🔬🥼🧪 events.nationalmssociety.org/participants...
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I'm participating in Bike MS: City to Shore Ride 2025!
I’m participating in Bike MS: City to Shore Ride 2025 to raise funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Nearly one million people in the US are living with the challenges and uncertainty of...
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Now do drivers.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
I'm just over halfway to my goal of raising $500 for the National MS Society before the Bay-to-Bay ride next month! Please chip in if you can -- they provide support for people living with MS and fund innovative research to help end this disease 🧪👩‍⚕️ events.nationalmssociety.org/participants...
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I'm participating in Bike MS: Bay to Bay 2025!
I’m participating in Bike MS: Bay to Bay 2025 to raise funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Nearly one million people in the US are living with the challenges and uncertainty of multipl...
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Steve Held @peoplesfabric.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
There are signs that while ICE is driving around, they may be scouting out homes where they see any signs laborers are present. If you have people working for you, whether it’s roofers, painters, landscapers, carpenters, whatever, you should have a plan to protect them if ICE shows up.
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Michael McLean @michaelmclean.me · 20/09/2025
It’s crazy to think that for the first 16 years of my life I was completely dependent on my parents to go anywhere beyond my neighborhood. When I have kids, I don’t want to be responsible for that, for that long. Kids should have more independence.
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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 20/09/2025
We just drove by an accident where every air bag went off including on the sides and the back and side of the car were basically obliterated and it looks like everyone walked away Seatbelts and airbags, incredible technology. Regulation works.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
In turn, car tires have metal wires (“belts”) that they shed pieces of when they become very worn. They will give you flats on *your* bike, and you can’t avoid running them over because they’re too small to see. I wish riding my bike could be boring, rather than a reminder of car-centric design!
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This moved me to tears. What a beautiful, tragic profile. A highly recommended read.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Come join us at @propublica.org! 🔎 We are looking for the next Ancil Payne Reporting Fellow to uncover powerful immigration investigative projects. It's a two-year fellowship based in DC (deadline is 10/13 9am ET). Apply here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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Jennie Wetter @jennieindc.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🚨 Breaking News 🚨 The Admin just destroyed $10M of birth control purchased by USAID for women in low-income countries. That birth control would have prevented 362,000 more unintended pregnancies, 110,000 more unsafe abortions, and 718 preventable maternal deaths. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
nytimes.com
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I know I’m old because I think this absolutely rocks
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Protect Bridgeport Bicyclists @stevevance.net · 09/09/2025
these are great talking points about ADUs from AARP Illinois to adapt for when you call or email your alderperson
Talking Points
ADUs Offer Affordable, Flexible Housing for All Ages • ADUs are small, independent homes built on the same lot as a primary
residence. • They support multigenerational living, provide housing for caregivers, and
offer rental income to homeowners. • AARP found that 69% of adults 50+ would consider living in an ADU to be
close to family while maintaining independence.
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Just what you want hear from the guy in charge of things like rockets, airplanes and trucks.
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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
i have been saying that "school choice" is not an actual choice without robust public transportation infrastructure. by normalizing caregiver transport, we have devalued school transit, so this seems like an unsurprising consequence of our disinvestment in educational access.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
In a few weeks, I'll be cycling 250 miles in New Jersey & California to raise money for MS 🚴‍♀️ The National MS Society provides life-changing services for people living with MS, & they fund incredible research to help end MS 👩‍🔬Please support if you can! 💸 events.nationalmssociety.org/participants...
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I'm participating in Bike MS: Bay to Bay 2025!
I’m participating in Bike MS: Bay to Bay 2025 to raise funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Nearly one million people in the US are living with the challenges and uncertainty of multipl...
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Will be assigning this piece alongside @jessicacalarco.com's Holding It Together this year: apnews.com/article/stud...
apnews.com
Moms' careers and personal time are hit hard by school drop-off demands, a poll finds
A new poll finds many parents are struggling to balance work and school transportation for their kids.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
This reporting is based on original research from Jack McDonald's award-winning BA thesis in Public Policy at UChicago. I'm so proud of his incredible work (and so angry about the ongoing destruction of our environment) 🔥 www.propublica.org/article/texa...
propublica.org
Trump Says America’s Oil Industry Is Cleaner Than Other Countries’. New Data Shows Massive Emissions From Texas Wells.
The oil industry touts Texas as a success story in controlling climate-warming methane emissions. The state’s regulator, however, grants nearly every request to burn or vent gas into the atmosphere.
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Valerie Mueller @valmuellerasu.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
In Oslo, with great public transport, electric cars, bike lanes, no traffic, and wondering why can’t we have this in the US?
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
I said this today about law school recs, and really all LORs. We’re all just trying to use a bunch of adjectives to say how much we believe in these people? Give me a Likert scale or give me death.
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Javeed Sukhera MD PhD @javeedsukhera.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
School shootings are not a mental health issue. They are a gun issue. As a child psychiatrist, I see kids struggle every day—but their struggles don’t put AR-15s in classrooms. #GunReformNow
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Prof Devi Sridhar @profdevisridhar.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Another mass school shooting in the US. Another day of shame for the United States. How many more kids have to die before the government takes action? This isn't happening in other G7 countries. There will always be unstable individuals- it's whether they can get their hands on a gun.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The first segment of this old John Oliver episode is about how much Cuomo sucked during the height of the pandemic and man, I hate how every single old episode of this show is still relevant www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGq-...
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S8 E3: Raids & Cuomo Covid Deaths: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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Thomas Bamonte @thomasbamonte.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Despite Chicago’s #VisionZero plan to eliminate all traffic deaths by next year, nearly as many people are dying on Chicago roads as when the goal was announced in 2017. The number of yearly injuries and crashes has actually increased since then. chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...
chicago.suntimes.com
A decade ago, the city committed to eliminating traffic deaths by 2026. It's not even close.
Despite an ambitious plan by the city to eliminate all traffic deaths by next year, nearly as many people are dying on Chicago roads as when the goal was announced in 2017. The number of yearly injuri...
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Colleen Mondor @chasingray.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I really wish we were spending $1 million a day on upgrades to the Air Traffic Control system rather than litter patrol in DC.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Ah, the undergrad reading discourse again. It almost scared me off from teaching a book-a-week class last winter. I gave it a try and I'm so glad I did. My students were nervous about the volume, but they thrived. Did every student read every single word? No. But they got darn close & I'm so proud!📚
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Today I wrote a bunch of words and also cut a bunch of words and it’s hard to feel like that’s progress, even though I *know* it’s progress 📝
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
These snowflakes and their cancel culture 🙄 apnews.com/article/trum...
apnews.com
Trump moves to ban flag burning despite Supreme Court ruling that Constitution allows it
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order requiring the Justice Department to investigate instances of flag burning despite a 1989 U.S.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
One thing I want to say is that our best traditions and values are still here — at least where I am. I worry about the future, but I know we still have these here and now. I’ve been lucky to be a part of this university for 15 years, and will fight to keep the UChicago I know and love so much.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Great piece which I’ll probably assign this year
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I need to raise another $100 by Sunday to get my packet! Can you chip in a few dollars? Your donation can help fund in-person support for folks with MS, or cutting-edge research towards a world without MS. Please donate if you can!
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Marco Chitti @chittimarco.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Traveling on N-American railroads is like watching priests performing the rituals of an obscure lost religion: weigh the luggage, leave votive offers, open just some random doors, shout some inaudible psalms in the loudspeaker, close the doors, pull the stool, ring the small bell, ring the big bell.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Next month, I'll be biking 150 miles across New Jersey to raise money for MS research and support for people living with MS. If you're able to donate, any amount makes a difference! 🚴‍♀️🧪🥼 events.nationalmssociety.org/participants...
events.nationalmssociety.org
I'm participating in Bike MS: City to Shore Ride 2025!
I’m participating in Bike MS: City to Shore Ride 2025 to raise funds for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. Nearly one million people in the US are living with the challenges and uncertainty of...
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Matthew Facciani @matthewfacciani.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
I've read many articles debunking the supposed link between vaccines and autism, but this might be the best one. @unbiasedscipod.bsky.social uses excellent graphics to clearly break down the deceptive tactics behind the myth, helping readers recognize flawed scientific reasoning when they see it.
nytimes.com
Opinion | The Playbook Used to ‘Prove’ Vaccines Cause Autism (Gift Article)
Data can easily be manipulated to show a causation that doesn’t exist.
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
For 15 yrs, I’ve co-organized informal, volunteer, peer mentoring for women in my college to help them navigate being outnumbered in dept, sexist colleagues, or professing while pregnant. We’ve been told to stop b/c it’s exclusionary. No word on if sr men vs jr men’s tennis matches also cancelled.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
“Dear Law maker, I really be trying to do my work so I won’t be getting in trouble but I don’t be understanding the work,” wrote one student. “They don’t really hands on help me.” apnews.com/article/scho...
apnews.com
For these incarcerated students, online school has been a disaster
Florida shifted to virtual learning for youth in juvenile detention — and parents and students say it's been a disaster.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
I love Chicago.
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Sobbing about what we could have 😭
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Dr. Karlyn J. Gorski @karlynjane.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Absolutely evil.
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Larry Ferlazzo @larryferlazzo.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
ICE arrests parent outside Chula Vista school during student dropoff inewsource.org/2025/08/06/s...
inewsource.org
ICE arrests parent outside Chula Vista school during dropoff
The arrest happened near Camarena Elementary in east Chula Vista off school property, the district’s top administrator said.
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