Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Tim Curry to be forever revered by me in his baba-yaga role of Auntie Whispers. #OTGW 🔔🐢 010
Reposted by Tevah PlattInside Ecology @insideecology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026First baby beavers in 400 years born in Scotland’s ‘most beautiful glen’ #rewilding #nature #wildlife #biodiversity #ecology #environment #habitats #conservation #climatechange #beavers insideecology.com/2026/07/29/f...insideecology.comFirst baby beavers in 400 years born in Scotland's 'most beautiful glen' - Inside EcologyThe first beaver kits in 400 years have been born in world-famous Glen Affric in the Scottish Highlands, as part of a successful reintroduction project by rewilding charity Trees for Life and governme... 082
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026@jessicacalarco.com thanks for those grade-a hexagonal basalt columns! Here is my own Icelandic basalt column framed waterfall (through a kaleidoscope) photo from like geographic inspo! 100
Reposted by Tevah PlattAnna Kirkland @annakirkland.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The Four Fallacies at the Heart of SCOTUS’ Decision on Trans Athletes talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-fou...talkingpointsmemo.comThe Four Fallacies at the Heart of SCOTUS’ Decision on Trans AthletesThis article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis.... 033
Reposted by Tevah PlattKara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026And while we're talking job openings, my department at Michigan Medicine just posted for a new chief of internal communications: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2... And the lifelong learning program for people >50 based in our Geriatrics Center needs a communicator: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...careers.umich.eduSenior Director, Strategic Communications | U-M Careers 022
Reposted by Tevah PlattKara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Journalism job opening: @michiganpublic.bsky.social is seeking a managing editor: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...careers.umich.eduManaging Editor, Multiplatform News Strategy | U-M Careers 112
Reposted by Tevah PlattUM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Social science serves every state. Tell your reps to reject drastic cuts to the NSF and science funding that serves the public interest. Use the link below to: 🇺🇸 Find resources and postcard templates 🇺🇸 RSVP for our Ann Arbor event tomorrow 🇺🇸 Or get cards at the front desk of ISR! myumi.ch/wwAM9 🧪 1157
Reposted by Tevah PlattLibrary of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 06/05/2026On this day in 1935, FDR signed an executive order creating the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Of 2,000 WPA posters known to exist—publicizing community activities, theatrical productions, and health and educational programs—the Library's collection of more than 900 is the largest. 9558154
Reposted by Tevah PlattJustin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/05/2026A funny thing happened on the way to launch day. The @nytimes.com wrote about Platypus Economics. Brian O'Keefe asked tons of questions, interviewed all sorts of folks, and produced something I'm a little stunned by. nytimes.com/2026/05/06/b... (gift link)nytimes.comJustin Wolfers, Cable’s Favorite Economist, Joins the Creator Economy 29634139
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Happy 80th anniversary to the Survey Research Center @um-src.bsky.social. In its orbit I get to work with the best people. 060
Reposted by Tevah PlattPam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Today, we celebrated the 80th birthday of the @umich.edu Survey Research Center @um-src.bsky.social. We have more than 1,000 people who do rigorous and impactful science in the public interest every day and for 80 years. Happy Birthday, SRC 🎈 0215
Reposted by Tevah PlattDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 21/04/2026"'If you can increase the diversity of the scientific workforce, there’s some evidence that you can increase the trust in scientists,' Druckman explained... [diversity] encompassing not just race and gender but also rurality, religiosity, and class background." cps.isr.umich.edu/news-events/...cps.isr.umich.eduStates of Distrust: Science and Politics in AmericaJames Druckman presented the Center for Political Studies 2026 Miller-Converse Lecture At the University of Michigan’s most distinguished lecture series on American electoral politics, political scien... 39329
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Thank you @opiniontoday.bsky.social for sharing this post on polarized (mis)trust in science -- Jamie Druckman's insights helped me understand the forces underlying these trends. 011
Reposted by Tevah PlattCenter for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 31/03/2026@mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social et al find adults who grew up in rural areas had worse childhood health access, worse health outcomes, lower trust in medicine, and less support for health policies backed by scientific consensus. With Alee Lockman and @klunztrujillo.bsky.social #MPSA2026 01914
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 13/03/2026People may not know about me that I religiously eat *two* apples a day and proselytize about apples like I am Johnny f. Appleseed. This ranking is a gem (tho my top rank goes to consistent affordable and tarty pink lady) 😍 applerankings.comapplerankings.comHome - Apple Rankings by The Appleist Brian Frange - Comedian Brian FrangeThe industry-standard, definitive, inarguable guide to ranking and reviewing munching apples. Curated by comedian Brian Frange. 110
Reposted by Tevah PlattSeoyoun Kim @seoyounkimphd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026"Midlife is a really important life stage to think about improving health, because it is dynamic, it is malleable, there's something that is driving those improvements over time in physical functioning" - Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez Listen to our latest podcast episode! 021
Reposted by Tevah PlattICPSR Summer Program @icpsrsummer.bsky.social · 05/02/2026 #DataScienceEducation #ResearchTraining Scholarship applications the 2026 ICPSR Summer Program are now open! Over $400k in scholarships available! Apply by March 1. For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRscholarships #SumProg26 #ICPSR #QuantitativeMethods #ScholarshipOpportunities #GraduateStudies 012
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 13/02/2026RFK: "I’m not scared of a germ — I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats." My kid & I did agar plate experiments at home to visually confirm germs don't thrive on toilet seats. The public health takeaway: Don't be scared of *toilets* -- they are safer for cocaine snorting than your banknotes. 🧪 010
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Open to anyone with a past or current connection to U-M, the Development Economics at Michigan (MDEV) Conference (May 8-9, 2026) has a paper submission deadline of Feb. 13. Submit here! #DevEcon #EconSky docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 021
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Turn it up this is all the good loving solidarity vibes our souls so need, thank you for the light, brass friends 020
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 30/11/2025"Tahquamenon Falls is a phenomenon, yalls" (Joe Reilly) 020
Reposted by Tevah PlattCenter for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 11/11/2025The big Democratic wins of the 2025 elections will shift political dynamics and strategies in the coming year. For key takeaways, read our Q&A with UM political scientist Tyler Simko @simko.bsky.social, elections analyst for CBS. cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3516cpsblog.isr.umich.eduUnexpected Margins: Analysis of the 2025 ElectionsExpert Q&A with takeaways and predictions drawn from the 2025 elections with CBS elections analyst and University of Michigan political scientist Tyler Simko 314244
Reposted by Tevah PlattUM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025With a new measure to understand causes of maternal mortality, historical demographer George Alter finds infectious disease & nutrition improvements likely impacted falling maternal mortality more than shifting obstetrical practices. Just out in Population Studies: psc.isr.umich.edu/news/new-ins...psc.isr.umich.eduNew Insights on Historic Causes of Maternal DeathsIn historical populations, female death rates usually exceeded male death rates during the reproductive ages. The most obvious cause of this difference is deaths resulting from childbirth. Parish regi... 0229
Reposted by Tevah PlattChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 20/08/2025have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41... 6067171903
Reposted by Tevah PlattMaggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2025theconversation.com/data-that-ta...theconversation.comData that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about itDetailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy. 042
Reposted by Tevah PlattHaus der Wannsee-Konferenz @wannseekonferenz.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Thank you @tevahp.bsky.social @umisrcps.bsky.social @umich.edu "The exhibit ends with a photograph of Vice President Vance, visiting the Dachau Concentration Camp Feb. 13, 2025. The next day, at the Munich Security Conference, Vance demanded that Germany’s far-right parties, including the AFD, 1/2cpsblog.isr.umich.edu'On the Roof of Himmler's Guest House' - Center for Political Studies (CPS) BlogA special exhibit at the Wannsee Conference Memorial and Educational Site tells the untold story of Fritz Traugott, a German refugee turned US soldier. 1113
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 04/05/2025Graduate, faculty, and post-doc researchers -- here is one way to communicate out about the value of the work you do in the public interest. ⬇️ 194
Reposted by Tevah PlattScott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Print edition of article with @epopppp.bsky.social ran in @freep.com today. Michigan shouldn’t let itself be one more trophy on the wall at Mar a Lago www.freep.com/story/opinio...freep.comUniversity of Michigan caved to Donald Trump on DEI programs | OpinionTrump's attacks on DEI at University of Michigan is part of a larger deployment of misinformation and government threats to weaken universities. 14018
Reposted by Tevah PlattArtologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 05/04/2025Adorable. The Boston ducks have protest signs #handsoff 6480711671
Reposted by Tevah PlattCharlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Second Teach In Alert, next Wednesday, March 19th, 7 pm. Please share! We will update the U-M community on what has happened since the first teach in and will cover what is at stake for the international world order. Come with questions and thoughts. Pizza for students starting at 6.30 pm. 2127
Reposted by Tevah PlattCenter for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Where is Congress? @ccavaille.bsky.social and @robmickey.bsky.social share three reasons Republicans in Congress aren't "pushing back" on executive overreach. From the recent #Umich teach-in: @jmping.bsky.social #PoliSky ➡️ myumi.ch/jZ14Vcpsblog.isr.umich.eduThree Reasons Why Congress Isn’t Checking Executive OverreachPresident Donald Trump seeks to expand executive power at the expense of congressional authority, but Congress has remained virtually silent. 42611
Reposted by Tevah PlattCenter for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 18/02/2025The controversial executive orders under Trump 2.0 are unique because political wins are their primary objective, and because they appear to be illegal by design, says Kenneth Lowande @umisrcps.bsky.social, an expert on executive power. Will they succeed? ➡️ myumi.ch/nyMm5 #PoliSkymyumi.chWhat is unique about executive orders under the second Trump administration? And will they succeed? - Center for Political Studies (CPS) BlogThe EOs under the Trump administration are "unprecedented because they are illegal power grabs by design." 096
Reposted by Tevah PlattBrady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 11/02/2025This is honestly the best piece that I’ve seen on what is going on. If we can’t rely on the rule of law to stop this ignorant nonsense, what is left? 021
Reposted by Tevah PlattKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Someday, someone will write about how the conflation of university speech with “censorship” was used to mobilize actual government censorship. 8919235
Reposted by Tevah PlattColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Get in dorks, we're going protesting! STAND UP FOR SCIENCE WITH US ON MARCH 7TH, 2025 WASHINGTON DC AND EVERY STATE CAPITOL Because science is for everyone! Find us at www.standupforscience2025.org #standupforscience2025 #scienceforall #sciencenotsilence 491529788
Reposted by Tevah PlattCharlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 09/02/2025This event is happening this Wednesday at the #Umich Ann Arbor campus, come and please share! 19236
Reposted by Tevah PlattKara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025No one can truly capture what cuts like the ones announced Friday might do to American medical research. But I decided to try, in terms that a general audience might understand. I hope it's useful. open.substack.com/pub/karagavi... 2179
Reposted by Tevah PlattDefend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 09/02/2025#StandWithUSAID #SaveForeignAid 053
Reposted by Tevah PlattEsteban J. Quiñones, Ph.D. @estebanjq.bsky.social · 07/02/2025What can you do about the assault on USAID? Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 5117811248
Reposted by Tevah PlattPopulation Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Register now for #PAA2025: www.populationassociation.org/paa2025/reg-... If you are presenting in any way, you need to be registered by February 3rd! 034
Reposted by Tevah PlattAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 16/01/2025One way employers suppress negative info is binding employees to broad nondisclosure clauses. In #MeToo, some states narrowed NDA enforcability. With Jason & @evanstarr.bsky.social, we show evidence that this increased the flow of negative info onto Glassdoor. research.upjohn.org/cgi/viewcont... 1144
Reposted by Tevah PlattThe Research Center for Group Dynamics @rcgd-isr.bsky.social · 13/01/2025🌟 A star scholar to watch! Meet Guiying Angel Zhong, an artist, activist, and @rcgd-isr.bsky.social researcher in the @umisr.bsky.social Junior Professional Researchers program (now open for applications!) #UMich-research #UMich Read their feature profile: rcgd.isr.umich.edu/news-events/... 023
Reposted by Tevah Plattderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/01/2025If you're able to donate, here's a list of items that are needed. There are drop off points in Los Angeles, Pasadena, Huntington Park, Inglewood, Pacoima, Long Beach, Woodland Hills, and Glendale. IG resistcarebloc and frontlinemedics 4635306
Reposted by Tevah PlattUM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025A great read from @bridgemichigan.bsky.social on isolation felt by older Michiganders features our @spattersearch.bsky.social @um-src.bsky.social and a reminder we can help this by checking in on older friends. #Demography www.bridgemi.com/michigan-hea...bridgemi.com1 in 4 older Michiganders lack enough friends. That’s a health concern | Bridge MichiganResearchers at the University of Michigan sought to measure loneliness and isolation among Americans 50 and older. There’s good news amid the bad: Post-COVID, the rate of loneliness has receded. 1116
Reposted by Tevah PlattCPIPR @popresearchctrs.bsky.social · 08/01/2025In case you need more demographers in your life. (Who are we kidding? We ALL need more demographers in our lives.) 053
Reposted by Tevah PlattStone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · 02/01/2025Cheers to 2025! As we begin the new year, we took a moment to reflect on all that we accomplished in 2024. Check out our most-read news stories from the past year. #NewYear 1158
Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 22/12/2024The best A ever. Going to games as a kid my dad would point to Ricky on first and say “watch he’s going to steal second base.” And every time, he did! The steals were incredible and I was equally impressed it seemed my dad could see the future. 040
Reposted by Tevah PlattNicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 13/12/2024Teachers, parents, and everyone: You should know Frontiers for Young Minds! It's a terrific (free) online journal with cutting-edge science articles, written for different age groups. Scientists write. *Kids* are the reviewers. Available in 5 languages. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....kids.frontiersin.orgThe Tiny Brains of Wasps Can Learn and Remember InformationIf you have a garden, you have probably seen many insects flying around looking for food. Despite having miniature brains, these small creatures can learn and memorize flower features, mainly colors a... 810039