Reposted by Poli Sci ChickArrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Don’t Look Up was apparently a documentary. 2318
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickSaulė / Saule @sankuperis.bsky.social · 26/12/2024I am tired of Russia’s bs. When I say tired, I mean, I feel the weight of generations of tired. 1051343
Reposted by Poli Sci Chickswop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Something 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: 8663265
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickLiterary 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 426199884352
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Day 6/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge 030
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickMatthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Good take by a couple of my kid’s classmates in the elementary school newspaper 457130431876
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024ABC 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. 130
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Look, 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. 010
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Look, 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. 020
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Day 5/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge 000
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 17/12/2024And according to Benjamin Franklin, it should be a turkey anyway! 000
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Don’t be so eager to give up a right— You never know when you might need it. 110
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Day 4/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge 000
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickAnnie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 13/12/2024NEW: 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... 👇propublica.orgUnitedHealth Is Strategically Limiting Access to Critical Treatment for Kids With AutismLeaked 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’... 936226609965
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickMorgan Ricks @morganricks1.bsky.social · 13/12/2024If we're going to be overhauling bank regulatory structure then may I humbly suggest: 1146
Reposted by Poli Sci Chick👻 homeless people @educatedunhoused.bsky.social · 10/12/2024I'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 173
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Day 4/20 📖 💙 📚 #books #booksky #bookchallenge 141
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 040
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickCosmicRami 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 27/10/2024Over 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 17205104
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024In 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. 🧵 1/2 130
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 062
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024This is the @forbes.com article it’s from, btw:forbes.comUnitedHealthcare Profits Less About Denials, More About The PandemicThe profits of UnitedHealthcare that soared during the pandemic have tempered as medical costs rise from a pent up demand from Americans needing care. 010
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Really, @forbes.com? *This* is the phrasing you want to go with? 100
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickNuclearVampire @nuclearvampire.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Everything 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. 19125
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickBrian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 11/12/2024A 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. 053
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickNate Ela @nateela.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Here’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....papers.ssrn.comA Path to Multiparty DemocracyAmericans 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 34915
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickBryna Godar @bgodar.bsky.social · 10/12/2024The 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...apnews.comPeople with disabilities sue in Wisconsin over lack of electronic absentee ballotsMADISON, 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... 1128
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickState Court Report @statecourtreport.org · 11/12/2024NEW: "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.statecourtreport.orgState Constitutional Protections for Transgender People After SkrmettiA review of recent litigation in state courts provides hints about the future of trans rights. 085
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickState 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!) 14518
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickAltmetric @altmetric.com · 11/12/2024SERVICE 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 8273144
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Social security is not an “entitlement.” It’s money wage-earners pay into the system. 842057441
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 10/12/2024The panic-inducing reminder that I’ll never have enough time to read all the books on my list 😩 010
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Choose 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 020
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 011
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 10/12/2024Cool conference announcement on labor and democracy from CUNY Labor Studies, May 8-9, 2025 Submit abstracts here: forms.gle/D7yz91FkqkRg... 0288
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickColin 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...miamiherald.com 0136
Reposted by Poli Sci ChickPeter 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...youtube.comHow to prepare for Project 2025YouTube video by LogicMax 15423
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024The sociology lesson is strong with this meme ✨ 010
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Just 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. 000
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024But 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. 100
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Please 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. 000
Poli Sci Chick @poliscichick.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Do 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. 100