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Tevah Platt

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Umich ISR communications for PSC, CPS, and RCGD | social science trader | OTGW, reading to co-housing kids um-psc.bsky.social umisrcps.bsky.social rcgd-isr.bsky.social

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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Tim Curry to be forever revered by me in his baba-yaga role of Auntie Whispers. #OTGW 🔔🐢
Cartoon of Puritan-looking, diminutive Lorna with her witchy, bulgy-eyed auntie Whispers looking down on her, smiling
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Inside Ecology @insideecology.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
First 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...
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First baby beavers in 400 years born in Scotland's 'most beautiful glen' - Inside Ecology
The 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...
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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!
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Anna Kirkland @annakirkland.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
The Four Fallacies at the Heart of SCOTUS’ Decision on Trans Athletes talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/the-fou...
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The Four Fallacies at the Heart of SCOTUS’ Decision on Trans Athletes
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis....
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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
And 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...
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Senior Director, Strategic Communications | U-M Careers
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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Journalism job opening: @michiganpublic.bsky.social is seeking a managing editor: careers.umich.edu/job_detail/2...
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Managing Editor, Multiplatform News Strategy | U-M Careers
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Social 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 🧪
Postcard designed with US landscapes postage stamps that say "Support the NSF" with central message: "Social Science Serves Every State"
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Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
On 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.
Poster features an illustration of a hand reaching into a bowl of assorted fruit. Text reads: "Balanced diet for the expectant mother inquire at the health bureau." New York. WPA Federal Art Project, between 1936 and 1939.Poster features an illustration of a man walking through a wooded area. Text reads: "Hiking." Illinois WPA Art Project, 1939.Poster features an illustration of a picnicker napping under a tree. Text reads: "Please keep the park clean." Ohio. Federal Art Project, 1937.Poster features an illustration of two men standing close together, one inspecting a cut on the other's finger. Text reads: "Just a scratch BUT! Infection is avoided by immediate first aid on-the-job!" Illinois WPA Art Project, between 1936 and 1941.
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
A 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)
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Justin Wolfers, Cable’s Favorite Economist, Joins the Creator Economy
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Happy 80th anniversary to the Survey Research Center @um-src.bsky.social. In its orbit I get to work with the best people.
Tevah Platt, Elora Choudhary and Lee Ridley in a UM-branded photo booth strip at SRC
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Today, 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 🎈
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Dominique 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/...
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States of Distrust: Science and Politics in America
James 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...
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Thank 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.
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Center 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
Hard Row to Hoe: The Long-term Influence of Rural Childhood Socialization and Health Outcomes
In Event: The Politics of Rural Resources in the U.S.
Michael Shepherd, Chair

Sat, April 25, 11:40 to 1:10 CDT
Michael Shepherd University of Michigan Center for Political Studies 
Alee Lockman
Kristin Kay Lunz Trujillo
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
People 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.com
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Home - Apple Rankings by The Appleist Brian Frange - Comedian Brian Frange
The industry-standard, definitive, inarguable guide to ranking and reviewing munching apples. Curated by comedian Brian Frange.
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Seoyoun 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!
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ICPSR 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
Bright announcement for ICPSR Summer Program scholarships with a March 1 application deadline and over $400K available.
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
RFK: "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. 🧪
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Open 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...
MDEV Conference (Development Economics at Michigan) May 8-9, 2026 in Ann Arbor
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Turn it up this is all the good loving solidarity vibes our souls so need, thank you for the light, brass friends
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
"Tahquamenon Falls is a phenomenon, yalls" (Joe Reilly)
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
The 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=3516
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Unexpected Margins: Analysis of the 2025 Elections
Expert Q&A with takeaways and predictions drawn from the 2025 elections with CBS elections analyst and University of Michigan political scientist Tyler Simko
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
With 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...
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New Insights on Historic Causes of Maternal Deaths
In 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...
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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
have never clicked a headline so fast www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Nature headline "I invented a life-saving frog sauna." Photo of said frogs in said sauna
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Maggie Levenstein @maggielevenstein.bsky.social · 19/08/2025
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Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it
Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.
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Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz @wannseekonferenz.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Thank 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, 1/2
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'On the Roof of Himmler's Guest House' - Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog
A special exhibit at the Wannsee Conference Memorial and Educational Site tells the untold story of Fritz Traugott, a German refugee turned US soldier.
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Graduate, faculty, and post-doc researchers -- here is one way to communicate out about the value of the work you do in the public interest. ⬇️
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Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Print 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...
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University of Michigan caved to Donald Trump on DEI programs | Opinion
Trump's attacks on DEI at University of Michigan is part of a larger deployment of misinformation and government threats to weaken universities.
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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · 05/04/2025
Adorable. The Boston ducks have protest signs #handsoff
Bronze statues of a duck and her ducklings. They each have a little white sign
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Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Second 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.
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
#StandUpForScience
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Where 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/jZ14V
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Three Reasons Why Congress Isn’t Checking Executive Overreach
President Donald Trump seeks to expand executive power at the expense of congressional authority, but Congress has remained virtually silent.
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Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
The 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 #PoliSky
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What is unique about executive orders under the second Trump administration? And will they succeed? - Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog
The EOs under the Trump administration are "unprecedented because they are illegal power grabs by design."
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Brady West @bradytwest.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
This 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?
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Someday, someone will write about how the conflation of university speech with “censorship” was used to mobilize actual government censorship.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Get 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
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
💙 Thank you @dananessel.bsky.social!
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Charlotte Cavaille @ccavaille.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
This event is happening this Wednesday at the #Umich Ann Arbor campus, come and please share!
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Kara Gavin @karagavin.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
No 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...
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Defend Public Health @defendpublichealth.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
#StandWithUSAID #SaveForeignAid
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Esteban J. Quiñones, Ph.D. @estebanjq.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
What can you do about the assault on USAID? Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
USAID What’s Happening & Why it Matters
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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Register now for #PAA2025: www.populationassociation.org/paa2025/reg-... If you are presenting in any way, you need to be registered by February 3rd!
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 16/01/2025
One 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...
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The 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/...
From portraits to policy: A Profile of Artist-Researcher Angel Zhong
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
If 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
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UM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
A 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...
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1 in 4 older Michiganders lack enough friends. That’s a health concern | Bridge Michigan
Researchers 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.
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CPIPR @popresearchctrs.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
In case you need more demographers in your life. (Who are we kidding? We ALL need more demographers in our lives.)
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Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Cheers 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
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Tevah Platt @tevahp.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The 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.
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Nicole Rust @nicolecrust.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Teachers, 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....
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The Tiny Brains of Wasps Can Learn and Remember Information
If 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...
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