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Poli Sci Chick

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Political Scientist & Sociologist who likes to break things down & figure out what makes them tick. (she/her) Follows & reposts ≠ endorsements.

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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
Don’t Look Up was apparently a documentary.
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Saulė / Saule @sankuperis.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
I am tired of Russia’s bs. When I say tired, I mean, I feel the weight of generations of tired.
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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Something important to remember is that when we talk about protecting sex workers, we don't just mean from sexual predators or serial killers. There are several ways sex workers can experience violence. Here's a few of them:
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Literary Pearls @literarypearls.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." Arthur C. Clarke
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Day 6/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge
Book cover of “Moments: The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs | A visual chronicle of our time—Revised & Updated” By: Hall Buell, Foreword by: David Halberstam
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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Good take by a couple of my kid’s classmates in the elementary school newspaper
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
ABC never, ever should have settled that Trump lawsuit. All they succeeded in doing was showing him that they’ll be willing to pay to make a headache go away. Now that Trump’s team knows that for certain, now they know they can do it going forward. This lawsuit was a proving ground.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Look, I don’t want to be *that* person & I *do* think this is worth doing— However— A Constitution is simply a piece of paper that we choose to imbue with power. It only works because we all agree it does. There’s evidence to suggest that the upcoming Administration does not feel the same way.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Look, I don’t want to be *that* person & I do think this is worth doing— However— A Constitution is simply a piece of paper that we choose to imbue with power. It only works because we all agree it does. There’s evidence to suggest that the upcoming Administration does not feel the same way.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Day 5/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge
Cover of: “The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted”, By: T. Colin Campbell and Thomas M. Campbell
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
And according to Benjamin Franklin, it should be a turkey anyway!
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Don’t be so eager to give up a right— You never know when you might need it.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Day 4/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge
Book cover for: “Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us”, By: Daniel H. Pink
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇
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UnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With Autism
Leaked internal documents show that the insurance giant is culling providers of applied behavior analysis from its network and scrutinizing the medical necessity of therapy. Advocates say the company’...
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Morgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
If we're going to be overhauling bank regulatory structure then may I humbly suggest:
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👻 homeless people @educatedunhoused.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
I'm what's called "silent homeless". I couchsurf, so I'm not exposed to the elements and constant public eye / judgment / ridicule. It's definitely a privilege to be able to be silent homeless. At the same time, there's absolutely no privilege in being #homeless. #houselesssky #classconsciousness
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Day 4/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge
Cover of “Dealing With An Angry Public: The Mutual Gains Approach to Resolving Disputes”, By: Lawrence Susskind & Patrick Field
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
“If you feel pain, you are alive. If you feel other people's pain, you are a human being.” —Leo Tolstoy
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 27/10/2024
Over the years, I've heard lots of folks say that they don't really know what to write for alt-text accessibility. So ... as promised - here are some handy #Accessibility guides! I've written these from the perspective of #SciComm material, but they can be generalised to any field. 🔭🧪🎢 1/3
A prominent ring-like nebula. There are two features. An inner region which is not as dense and has blue-green hues. And an outer, more prominent ring of red dense nebulous gas that is clumpy. A small central star, the white dwarf, is energizing the nebula through its UV radiation causing different gases to be excited and emit different 
colours. Surrounding the central object, are several other stars. There is also text on the image that has title of “astrophotography alt-text” and bullet points: 1. Describe  main object (features, shape, colour, size, depth).  2. Describe its surroundings (isolated, dense star field, 
nebulous). 3. Describe its dynamics (orbiting, radiating, swirling, moving). 4. Describe science processes (merging, illuminating, exhibiting) This is a plot of a pulsar observation, with the x-axis representing the pulse phase and the y-axis representing flux density in units 
of millijansky. The plot contains thre curves, one in black which represents the pulsar’s  profile intensity, one in red which represents 
the linear polarization and one in blue which represents the circular polarization. The pulsar's signal forms a sharp narrow peak around pulse phase 0.35. The intensity profile is much larger than the polarization profiles, which both form a more variant profile, rising up and down. The circular polarization even goes negative. This plot is 
representative of an observation for the pulsar PSR J2241-5236. Above the main plot there is also a smaller sub-plot, which shows the position angle (P.A.) data as a function of the same pulse phase, as well as degrees. The data in this plot is small clusters of data points and their error bars. The P.A. represents the orientation of the linear polarization of light from the observer's perspective. There is also text on the plot, which provides handy accessibility tips and a template for the wording to use, as this image is being used to demonstrate science plot 
accessibility The background image provides a border of many different equations which are presented in various angles and create a box around the image. These equations are science equations and they are in a light grey colour. The text on the image provides guidelines on writing alt-text for images that feature equations, and suggest that a clear description of what the equation represents is given. Then it suggests that short equations should have variables explained (e.g., E equals mc squared where E is energy, m is mass and c is the speed of light, which is squared), and also where large equations should break down the equation into smaller chunks and explain these (e.g., The top term 
 represents the gas cloud’s temperature, which resists collapse. The bottom term describes the density and gravity, which encourages collapse. The square root gives the Jeans Length – a threshold size). Lastly, there is a point to provide a link with MathML for equations in an accessible format, and this is the preferred method.
The background image is a false-colour satellite image of the Tharsis region on Mars, showing elevation changes in terms of colour variability for significant landmarks across a portion of the planet. Whilst the  colour bar is not visible, it shows that the colours representing the elevation starting at blue which is 8km below the flat planes, then go to green which is the level of the flat planes, then go to white, which is about 20km above the plane. Interesting features include three very tall ancient volcanoes on a line, and a single extremely tall volcano (this is Olympus Mons, the highest mountain in the Solar System). To the right of the volcanic region, is a long, almost straight and very deep canyon which is the Valles Marineris. To the top of this image is a lot of blue, indicating low elevation land, and the bottom of image presents lots of impact craters. Overlaid on this image is text that provides guidelines for applying alt-text to geo-maps. It includes describing the map purpose, describing the legend, colour-bar and labels, describing interesting features and providing further context, such as structures, shapes, perspective in adjacent descriptions in article or posts.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
In the United States, we talk a lot about “fundamental rights” But what does that really mean? Here’s a definition: Rights without which liberty and justice could not exist; rights that are implicit in the concept of ordered liberty. 🧵 1/2
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
“Whenever people say, 'We mustn't be sentimental’, you can take it they are about to do something cruel. And if they add, ‘We must be realistic’, they mean they are going to make money out of it.” —Brigid Brophy
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Day 3/20 📖💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge
Cover of “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions”, By: Dan Ariely
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This is the @forbes.com article it’s from, btw:
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UnitedHealthcare Profits Less About Denials, More About The Pandemic
The profits of UnitedHealthcare that soared during the pandemic have tempered as medical costs rise from a pent up demand from Americans needing care.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Really, @forbes.com? *This* is the phrasing you want to go with?
Excerpt from Forbes article: “In the wake of the shooting death of United Healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, a focus on health insurer denials of medical care emerged from social media trolls and industry critics.”
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Day 2/20 📖💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge
Cover of: “Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming”, By: Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway
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NuclearVampire @nuclearvampire.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Everything in here rings so true that it almost causes a PTSD response. The part about having to perform pain perfectly to get treatment is so painfully true, depression in slow motion.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
A patient advocate just sent me several messages she's received in recent years about people’s experiences with inadequately treated pain. These stories are horrific.
My mother's oncologist refused to treat her pain from TERMINAL cancer despite her rectal cancer having eaten through until you could see her tailbone.
It was horrific because she begged me to kill her. It wasn't until she was at home on hospice that she was ever given pain medication until she passed. I'm still haunted every day & it's been 7 years.The hospice doctor refused to give him anything except tramadol which didn't help his pain at all and when he was in full flare-up, his joints were so bad he couldn't grab toilet paper to wipe with. They then added ibuprofen, refused anything stronger but added the Xanax, and attempted multiple anti-depressants. He did try them with no luck and told the nurse he'd rather die than live in that pain. Due to the pain, his blood pressure and anxiety rose until he was sent to the psych hospital (per nurses suggestion). They switched his meds (last message) and now all he does is cry out even in his pseudo...
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Nate Ela @nateela.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Here’s a piece on how we could get from here to multiparty democracy in the U-S-A, via state courts. Revising some this month, all ears 👂if you have thoughts… papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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A Path to Multiparty Democracy
Americans are sick of the two-party system. Yet in almost every state, a crucial ballot access restriction denies them any meaningful alternative. A century ago
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Bryna Godar @bgodar.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The WI Supreme Court has denied the petition to bypass in Disability Rights WI v. WEC, a case seeking access to electronic absentee ballots for voters with certain disabilities. The case will remain in the Court of Appeals for now. More background on the case here: apnews.com/article/disa...
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People with disabilities sue in Wisconsin over lack of electronic absentee ballots
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin voters with disabilities should be able to cast their ballots electronically and failure to provide that option for the upcoming Aug. 13 primary and November presidentia...
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State Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 11/12/2024
NEW: "Regardless of how the U.S. Supreme Court rules in Skrmetti, advocates should develop a comprehensive, state-by-state strategy for protecting trans rights under state constitutions." Morgan Munroe & @kasiawolfkot.bsky.social on the promises & limits of such a strategy.
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State Constitutional Protections for Transgender People After Skrmetti
A review of recent litigation in state courts provides hints about the future of trans rights.
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State Democracy Research Initiative @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
🚨50 Constitutions Update🚨 Our latest update to 50constitutions.org adds tracking constitutional change features to 9 states! These tools allow users to explore a state's full amendment history. (Additional states coming in 2025!)
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Altmetric @altmetric.com · 11/12/2024
SERVICE UPDATE We normally don't ask you to "share like and subscribe" but please distribute this. You are now able to delete the link after it embeds on your post so you can get those precious extra characters, and we will catch your post mentioning research. #AcademicSky #Medsky #HigherEd
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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Social security is not an “entitlement.” It’s money wage-earners pay into the system.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
The panic-inducing reminder that I’ll never have enough time to read all the books on my list 😩
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. Day 1/20 📖💙📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge
Cover of: “Forty Studies That Changed Psychology: Explorations into the History of Psychological Research” 7th Edition, By: Roger R. Hock
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
“A society should be judged not by how it treats its outstanding citizens but by how it treats its criminals.” —Dostoyevsky
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Cool conference announcement on labor and democracy from CUNY Labor Studies, May 8-9, 2025 Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/D7yz91FkqkRg...
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Colin Miller @evidenceprof.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
"Detective framed innocent man as revenge, putting him in prison for 31 years, suit says": www.miamiherald.com/news/state/f...
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Peter Morley ♿️ @petermorley.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🔥AMAZING compilation for PREPARING FOR Project 2025!🔥 PLEASE WATCH/SHARE & THERE IS A SPREADSHEET IN THE VIDEO THAT IS EXCEPTIONALLY HELPFUL! @logicmax.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fh5...
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How to prepare for Project 2025
YouTube video by LogicMax
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The sociology lesson is strong with this meme ✨
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Just because you can read the Constitution, doesn’t mean you understand it. As an American, you don’t just have the right to read it— you also have the right to know what your rights are. What good are knowing the words if you don’t know the meaning behind them? Dedicate yourself to *that* fight.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
But just in case you’re experiencing a similar thought pattern, please consider the following: A huge portion of people were illiterate when the Constitution was drafted and for hundreds of years after— that’s regardless of whether it was typed or in cursive.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Please be mindful of the videos you watch, the accounts you follow and the blogs you read. It’s very easy to fall into a political paranoia spiral in such a low-trust media environment.
Reddit post from r/BoomersBeingFools in which a boomer says he believes that kids no longer learning cursive is a conspiracy against the Constitution because if you can’t read it then how do you know what your rights are?
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
after certified banger 🤯
Text for the 9th amendment to the U.S. Constitution: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
after banger…
1st amendment text for the U.S Constitution: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
after banger…
Preamble of the U.S Constitution’s Bill of Rights: “Conventions of a number of the States, having at the time of their adopting the Constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added: And as extending the ground of public confidence in the Government, will best ensure the beneficent ends of its institution.“
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
And then, it’s just banger…
From Article 1 of the U.S. Constitution: “Before he enter on the Execution of his Office, he shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
The preamble goes so hard 😩
Preamble for the United State’s Constitution: “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”
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Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Do you remember this 2016 @forbes.com cover? It’s actually a very interesting read. It provides wonderful insight on how narratives are constructed. It does this before the article even starts. The cover itself is a great lesson. Jared Kushner did not get Trump elected in 2016– Steve Bannon did.
December 20, 2016’s Forbes cover. Jared Kushner on the cover in a grey suit. Title: “This Guy Got Trump Elected” Subtitle: “Jared Kushner delivered the White House by treating his father-in-law’s campaign like a stealth Silicon Valley startup. America’s new power broker is now poised to scale”.
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