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Linda Tropp
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social psychologist at UMass Amherst, studying intergroup relations, social division, status inequalities, and bridging differences; passionate about translating academic research to make the world a better place.. and dogs 🐾 more at: www.lindatropp.com .. more

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Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social · 2d
Really enjoyed this interview with Theda Skocpol, one of the founders of the American Political Development research I do. Here she talks about being interdisciplinary and the challenges of keeping the big picture in view while also drilling down on nuance and details. Whole thing was a great read.
TS: Well, look, it’s important to keep in mind that the teachers I learned the most from were not discipline-bound. Barrington Moore wasn’t even in a disciplinary department and didn’t go to any professional meetings at all. And Marty Lipset, who was the other really important influence for me in many ways, bridged political science and sociology his entire career. He always felt — and I agree with this — that if you’re studying the societal contexts of politics, there’s no point in drawing intellectually on only one of these disciplines.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 13d
Started handing out my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine this weekend! It includes shoutouts to @bkindivisible.bsky.social @nywfp.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and SO MANY OTHER GREAT GROUPS!

Download it digitally at zinefun.fyi !
Cover of a zine titled "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" featuring a photo of buttons reading "¡Manos fuera NYC!" "Fight Fascism" and "Working Families Party"

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 16d
Why we need students to understand concepts rather than simply learn facts – and what pedagogical approaches can help: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/are-we-teaching-information-or-developing-understanding #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
Are we teaching information or developing understanding?
Why we need students to understand concepts rather than simply learn facts – and what pedagogical approaches can help
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20d
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 22d
not gonna lie, he seemed to rush through his set list and had no banter or eye contact with the audience, but something about his presence gave me the sense that he was glad to be alive and to be able to play music

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 22d
agreed. gin blossoms are the knockoff, not the original. just saw Lemonheads in concert (Amherst MA) during Thanksgiving week!

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 23d
How quickly we forget the BS excuses Republicans make up for military invasions. Does anyone remember weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?!?!

It’s almost always about oil. Another GOP president wants to use U.S. soldiers as pawns for big oil in his sick pursuit for money & power.
Trump is threatening to attack a country with more oil than Iraq | CNN Business
The United States appears ready for war with Venezuela, a prospect that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this weekend attributed to America’s desire to control the country’s vast oil reserves.
www.cnn.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 29d
"This moment matters... because they demonstrated something American families and neighborhoods desperately need: the ability to talk to someone you disagree with without treating them like an archenemy"

www.interfaithamerica.org/article/this...
This Thanksgiving, You Should Absolutely Talk About Politics
Here we go again.  Another Thanksgiving. Another round of national advice columns telling you to avoid politics at all costs. Keep the peace. Stick to pie. Pretend your uncle’s Facebook posts about im...
www.interfaithamerica.org

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 26
feels especially poignant this #Thanksgiving in the U.S.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Nov 22
They line up perfectly.
An Oval Office photo of Trump looking adoringly at Mamdani, while a portrait of Reagan looks on. Above the man-ignoring-his-girlfriend meme.

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Tyler Huckabee @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · Nov 21
everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 21
agreed. @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social and I have a paper under review that examines predictors of (a) belief in the existence of systemic racial inequality and (b) support for policies to remedy systemic racial inequality. we would love to read any references you could suggest on the distinction.

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 21
“If you’ve always had power, equity feels like a threat.”

"Change feels threatening, not because anything is being 'taken,' but because the ground is finally shifting toward balance."

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rabbisandra.bsky.social Rabbi Sandra @rabbisandra.bsky.social · Nov 21
“when more people gain access to what was always reserved for a few, it registers as loss rather than correction.
But that discomfort is not harm. That tension is not persecution. That feeling is what happens when the world stops centering you open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
open.substack.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 21
100%. much of the research we do in my field (social psychology) supports this. feel free to DM if you would like me to share some relevant references. 🙏🏼

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Rabbi Sandra @rabbisandra.bsky.social · Nov 21
“when more people gain access to what was always reserved for a few, it registers as loss rather than correction.
But that discomfort is not harm. That tension is not persecution. That feeling is what happens when the world stops centering you open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
open.substack.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 21
this whole thread.

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 20
in case anyone in the U.S. is still wondering...

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 20
knowing many directly affected, I personally asked some senior male colleagues to speak out about this during my earlier years as a professor, as i felt too vulnerable due to my stage of career.. it was shocking how much this was 'common knowledge' among women and how few male colleagues knew 😔

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Nov 13
#ButHisEmails

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Dolores Albarracin @dalbarra.bsky.social · Nov 12
Postdoctoral Researcher Positions!

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 9
"We are all balls of reason and emotion. To render either automatically suspect, or to embrace either unconditionally, is to diminish part of our humanity and undermine our capacity for virtue. In fact, they are so linked together that it’s impossible to truly separate them in our minds or hearts."
davidfrenchjag.bsky.social David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social · Oct 23
The new right groans under the weight of its nostalgia for a nation that did not exist. And in writing about a false enemy that destroyed a fake past, Andrews and the many other architects of the right-wing gender wars are committing the very sins they attribute to the enemies they detest.
Opinion | How Women Destroyed the West
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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 9
"The controversy around [Mamdani's] words calls to mind a famous post from the old days of Twitter... It calls the site “the only place where well-articulated sentences get misinterpreted. You can say ‘I like pancakes’ and someone will say ‘So you hate waffles?’”"
joelhs.bsky.social Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Nov 8
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com

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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · Nov 8
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 3
in response to your "it appears so" claim, I've heard from faculty (a) "The Chancellor went on record saying that UMass would not join the compact at the last [faculty] Senate meeting" and (b) "to protect academic freedom, stick to the truth and not misinformation to get people to turn out." 🙏🏻

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 3
whaaah? this is the first I've heard that.. any sources to which you can link, to verify this?

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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · Nov 3
Trump and Republicans slashed over $1.1 trillion from Medicaid and cut healthcare tax credits that lower costs for millions of working families — all while delivering billions in tax breaks to insurance CEOs and Big Pharma. Join the fight to protect healthcare: economicsecurity.us/wp-content/u...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Nov 2
The USDA sent an email to grocery stores telling them they are prohibited from offering special discounts to customers affected by the SNAP funding lapse.
I'm aware of at least 2 stores that had offered struggling customers a discount, then withdrew it after receiving this email

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Oct 31
@warren.senate.gov dressed her dog Bailey as @colbertlateshow.bsky.social for Halloween and words cannot express how much I love this 🎃