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Jacob Schimelman

@schimelman.bsky.social
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Interdisciplinary Scientist | Biomaterials and Neural Engineering • PhD @UCSDNano • UG @CWRUMacro • CT, NC Raised scholar.google.com/citations?user=F…

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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Read the whole article - but also bring it to your departments, your unions, your senate committees.
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Opinion | The Faculty Workload Myth
Politicians think faculty members don’t teach enough. Here’s what the data says.
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I don't actually think my campus is unique in this - I think this is the overall culture of overwork, undersupport, that you see in many unis where people are conned into thinking just because you like the work you do, or you are one of the "lucky" ones, you should sacrifice your health and family.
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
One of the more distressing things I've learned since I started organizing here is that in recent years there has been at least one faculty suicide, multiple deaths from cancer, & others mid-treatment for cancer or other serious illness who feel they need to KEEP WORKING instead of take leave.
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Kate Clancy @kateclancy.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
This "other stuff" is a place unions and senates need to push. Why is the budget not transparent, esp in public unis? Why don't we get a better sense of the important increases in expenditure (e.g., disability services, research support) and the bloat (e.g. the latest Associate Vice Assistant Deans)
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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
If the Matrix films were made today Elie for sure would be included on Zions high council!!!
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Thanks. This truly makes *me* feel seen. ALSO, OMG, Sense8 is AMAZING, I’m so pissed I didn’t catch it in real time and if I ever get a billion dollars I’m giving it to you to make more of them!!
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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
One reason I hate death penalty cases is that capital punishment is incredibly stupid and irrational. It's cruel, expensive, and serves no deterrent effect. It's rarely imposed, except against a tiny minority of unlucky defendants—and in those cases, racism almost always plays a role. Just end it.
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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
WTF, NYer. "If we agree that college primarily serves a credentialling process that stamps select young people as worthy of work..." We do not. So much for the bastion of erudite journalism. This is sensationalism, damaging our most vital institution: education. www.newyorker.com/news/fault-l...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 10/05/2026
At ProPublica, we uncover corruption and abuses of power. We call them out. And more often than you’d think … things change. That’s what our new podcast, “Paper Trail,” is all about. First ep. drops May 14. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts: propub.li/4wjxpcp
Illustration of a woman walking along a path of files and folders, facing an open entryway filled with light. Large white text reads: ProPublica Paper Trail.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Okay, but, what if I have a reason, Todd? WHAT IF I HAVE A REASON??
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/04/2026
I have spent my entire career listening to FedSoc types complain about liberal “activist judges” who “legislate from the bench,” and none of them are going to say a single blessed thing about Sam Alito rewriting the Voting Rights Act to say what he thinks Congress ought to have said
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Six Conservative Activists Killed the Voting Rights Act
The Supreme Court's conservatives have spent their careers working to kill the Voting Rights Act. They just did it.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 30/04/2026
What do conservatives always say when liberals criticize a Supreme Court decision? "Get Congress to pass a law," right? That is EXACTLY what happened here. In 1982, Congress explicitly overruled a Court case that narrowly interpreted the VRA. Today, Sam Alito said, nope, we were right all along.
In 1982, when Congress passed a series of amendments strengthening the Voting Rights Act of 1965, lawmakers wanted to make one thing very clear: that minority voters seeking to prove violations of the Voting Rights Act do not have to prove that lawmakers intentionally discriminated against them based on race. Instead, under a provision of the law known as Section 2, Congress said, it is enough for voters to show that a given policy—a redistricting plan, for example—has the effect of making it more difficult for them to actually participate in democracy. 

At the time, Congress had good reason to be specific. Two years earlier, the Supreme Court in City of Mobile v. Bolden had held that a facially neutral electoral map did not violate the Voting Rights Act, even though it had the practical effect of reducing Black voting strength. In the 1982 amendments, Congress explicitly overruled Bolden; in its final report on the bill, the Senate Judiciary Committee affirmed that requiring challengers to prove discriminatory intent would impose an “inordinately difficult burden,” and would make it too easy for racist lawmakers to disguise their true motivations by leaving a “false trail” of non-discriminatory justifications.In Louisiana v. Callais, which the Supreme Court decided on Wednesday, the six conservative justices took it upon themselves to reimpose the “inordinately difficult burden” Congress lifted five decades ago. In his opinion for the majority, Justice Samuel Alito strains to present Callais as faithful to the law passed by Congress: His opinion, he says, merely “updates” the tests that courts use to evaluate Section 2 claims, and “realigns” that framework with the text of the Voting Rights Act. 

In reality, what Alito and the majority have done is make it functionally impossible for voters to prove that a given map is an illegal racial gerrymander, no matter how discriminatory the map’s real-world impact. Their opinion in Callais preserves only a husk of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, leaving intact the ability of minority voters to cast ballots while simultaneously guaranteeing lawmakers’ power to ensure that those ballots are meaningless. Going forward, the same racist lawmakers whom Congress sought to bind in 1982 will be freer than ever to draw lines that gerrymander their Black and brown constituents out of electoral existence.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
I like this because it articulates the conservative concept of freedom in a nutshell. You have the freedom to do x, except you don't, because I don't want you to. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/04/2026
Illiberalism is not Inevitable www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable
If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The last time I tried to engage with Jay Bhattacharya in dialogue I ended up on administrative leave. 🤷‍♀️
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Craig Kaplan @triggerloop.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I wish this were a bit. Science and antiscience are not the two sides of science. Much of the criticism you are receiving is because people were not born yesterday and they actually are familiar with disinformation campaigns and science denial
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Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH @gavinyamey.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
This is satire, right? It’s like debating a flat earther or an AIDS denialist.
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Jeffrey Shallit 🇺🇦 @shallit.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I won't attend for the same reason that I would not attend a conference about the Holocaust where Holocaust deniers were invited speakers.
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Dorit Reiss @doritreiss.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
You consider cutting NIH grants for political reasons advocating for scientific reform? Really?
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Mark Peifer (He, him) @peiferlabunc.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
You know this is shameful. He literally has destroyed NIH--he's not an advocate for reform. I am shocked you and the NAS think he should be platformed--he was just at CPAC USA, destroying anything that was left of his credibility
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Kristian G. Andersen @kgandersen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Pointing out that NAS platforming those actively destroying science is a truly terrible idea isn’t “vitriol” or “ang[er]”. It’s simply pointing out that NAS platforming those actively destroying science is a truly terrible idea. And, to put it mildly, unbelievably disappointing.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Rarely has a people had such an *opportunity* to stop the evils of their government as we do right now. If we impeach and remove Trump, we will avert additional crimes against humanity. If we do not, history will judge us harshly. All of us. Yes, even me and you. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
We Have 2 Weeks to Stop Trump From Committing New Atrocities
It is up to the American people, and our elected representatives, to use every legal means available—from impeachment to protest.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
On a more serious note, this does show the necessity of a big-tent single-issue pro-democracy coalition. Autocrats lose when anti-authoritarianism is the opposition-uniting priority, and win when they can play divide and conquer on lesser issues.
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University of Minnesota School of Nursing @umnnursing.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
After taking time to connect with the Pretti family and with their consent, we are honored to share that we have created the Alex Pretti Nursing Scholarship. For those interested, you can learn more and make a gift here: crowdfund.umn.edu/campaigns/Al...
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
He quotes a conservative activist: "What really motivated the Tea Party was a deep, philosophical disagreement with Obama about what government should be." Yeah, if there's anything I remember about the Tea Party, it's all the deep philosophers. Were they the ones holding "Go Back to Africa" signs?
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Keira Havens @highcountryrose.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I was just thinking about this today. How do we create the same sense of inevitability - that this movement is a serious and inescapable consequence of feckless government?
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
The airports don't work and he started a war of choice that he botched and now people can't afford gas but, hey, Trump's racism still works. And that's the only thing his supporters need to work. My weekly newsletter is up in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
Nothing Works in Trump’s America—Except for Racism
In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores Trump’s stunning incompetence. Plus: baseball is back—for now.
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Jim Small @jimsmall.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
"Donald Trump’s disgusting racism is what he uses to convince his supporters to ignore his pathetic job performance. And it works. Trump is objectively bad at running the government, but he’s objectively good at running a Klan rally." @elienyc.bsky.social nails it here
thenation.com
Nothing Works in Trump’s America—Except for Racism
In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores Trump’s stunning incompetence. Plus: baseball is back—for now.
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Mariko Bennett @nachoriko.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
I defended my PhD 10 years ago today. That was the least remarkable thing that happened that day. Sharing something I wrote about it last year. Since then "the horrors persist but so do we." And with dignity.
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
41 years old, evacuated here legally, asylum case pending, kidnapped while driving his six children (one a US citizen) to school. Dead within 24 hours. Betrayed and murdered by the United States government. 42nd confirmed and reported death in ICE custody under Trump.
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Jacob Schimelman @schimelman.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
this is how he chose to publicly defend his email to Epstein. I audibly gasped "eww"
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Jacob Schimelman @schimelman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
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Jacob Schimelman @schimelman.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
now do chem lab w/o safety glasses 😤
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
There are reports the man shot by ICE died - and that ICE attempted to get state officers to leave the scene, but the state officers are trying to stay to preserve the crime scene. Also reports that ICE has detained - or is detaining - possible witnesses. bsky.app/profile/matt...
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
from what I can see, the video shows a beating followed by an execution.
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Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
You did not bear the shame. You resisted. You bestowed the eternally vigilant symbol of change by sacrificing your impassioned lives for freedom, justice and honour. — The German Resistance Memorial in Berlin
Picture of the a plaque at the German Resistance Memorial in Berlin.
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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 24/01/2026
Rather than comforting ourselves with things that didn’t happen, we should be asking questions that actually strengthen our resilience. For example, what is it about American society that encourages us to accept extreme cruelty as a normal fact of life? How do we push back against this in future?
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
i was talking with someone in the twin cities about how it’s not even accurate to call them protesters. they’re literally just people protecting their city from TERRORISTS.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
DHS getting basic 4th Amendment law wrong on its official Twitter account. Seems like this post is bound to show up as an exhibit in one of the cases challenging ICE/Border Control enforcement actions.
Homeland Security &
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Law enforcement uses 'reasonable suspicion' to make arrests, as protected under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Supreme Court has already vindicated us on this position.
A person's immigration status makes them a target for enforcement, not their skin color, race or ethnicity.
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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The top 10% now account for nearly half of all consumer spending.
graph showing the top 10% now account for about 48% of consumer spending.

the bottom 80% collectively account for about 37%
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
When I lecture to students about how the apparently thriving economy of the 1920s was really a house of cards just waiting to be knocked down, one of the points I stress is how much a small number of the very rich were essentially propping up consumer spending in unsustainable ways
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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
hard not to notice that as trump's polls crater and gop gets crushed in election after election, news orgs are not racing around hiring progressive commenters and boasting about how they're reaching out to real americans by following the will of the volk.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention. The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
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Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
They are going to do it. It's all to set up martial law. War against Americans. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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Pentagon readies 1,500 soldiers to possibly deploy to Minnesota, officials say
Soldiers with the Army’s 11th Airborne Division in Alaska have been placed at the ready following Trump’s Insurrection Act threat, according to defense officials.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder. " Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..." www.al.com/news/2026/01...
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Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
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Mara Wilson @marawilson.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
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Leslie Rissler @ljrissler.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
The National Science Foundation sign on our Eisenhower Av building is now gone. The NSF mural in the foyer is removed and torn off in sheets. We were supposed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the agency in May 2025. That never happened.
NSF building on Eisenhower Av. HUD now owns. Destroying the NSF mural in the foyer. Of the Eisenhower building.
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
The European Union plans to suspend a trade deal with the United States over Trump’s Greenland tariffs, Bloomberg reports.
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