Andrew L. Owen
@andrewlowen.bsky.social
Sociologist, demographer
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Have you ever noticed that people who go to Dubai never come back saying what kind of cool museum they went to or what amazing cultural thing they actually saw? Even if you want amazing service, you can get better service at Claridge's. It just won't be a slave that did it.
October 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Have you ever noticed that people who go to Dubai never come back saying what kind of cool museum they went to or what amazing cultural thing they actually saw? Even if you want amazing service, you can get better service at Claridge's. It just won't be a slave that did it.
Gen Z in Nepal burned down the parliament, burned down the homes of government officials, forced the prime minister to resign, and paraded the finance minister through the streets nearly naked.
September 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
RIP J-Load. You’re missed
dropping Jared Lorenzen on the skyline, for vibes purposes
September 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
RIP J-Load. You’re missed
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dropping Jared Lorenzen on the skyline, for vibes purposes
September 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
dropping Jared Lorenzen on the skyline, for vibes purposes
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Following up on yesterday's Autumn Colors prediction. We are having an unusual year with a pronounced cooling trend in the midwest and drought in New England. Read about it at Our Trees; your comments there are welcome. Thank you to @greenmtgirl.bsky.social for her comments.
Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)
The Autumn Colors story has caught your attention! Comments in the story are open to all, and I hope you will share what you are seeing or expecting. I generalized to the eastern deciduous forest in m...
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September 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Following up on yesterday's Autumn Colors prediction. We are having an unusual year with a pronounced cooling trend in the midwest and drought in New England. Read about it at Our Trees; your comments there are welcome. Thank you to @greenmtgirl.bsky.social for her comments.
Get his ass, Jay Bob
Why don’t you send everyone proof of life first?
(Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
(Either way, Chicago doesn’t want you here)
August 31, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Get his ass, Jay Bob
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As my forthcoming book will show, getting vertically-integrated monopoly utilities out of the generation business was critical to advancing state-level renewable electricity policy, especially in the 2000s. (1/)
August 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
As my forthcoming book will show, getting vertically-integrated monopoly utilities out of the generation business was critical to advancing state-level renewable electricity policy, especially in the 2000s. (1/)
Hell yes
THIS SUNDAY! Milwaukee from Damen to Ashland. No cars. 10 AM - 5 PM. Be there or be square.
#MeetMeOnMilwaukee
#MeetMeOnMilwaukee
August 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hell yes
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[Second day as a Kamikaze pilot]
Boss: Can I see you in my office for a second, Bryn?
Boss: Can I see you in my office for a second, Bryn?
August 26, 2025 at 4:16 AM
[Second day as a Kamikaze pilot]
Boss: Can I see you in my office for a second, Bryn?
Boss: Can I see you in my office for a second, Bryn?
Shuttling children away from school to a second location to learn about the Bible. What could go wrong?
Students at an elementary school in Oldham County could be among the first to leave school for Bible lessons under a provision enacted by the Kentucky legislature earlier this year.
@mckennahorsley.bsky.social kentuckylantern.com/2025/08/25/3...
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Ohio-based nonprofit seeks approval to teach Bible classes to Kentucky public school students • Kentucky Lantern
Students at an elementary school in Oldham County could be among the first to leave school for Bible education under a new Kentucky law.
kentuckylantern.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Shuttling children away from school to a second location to learn about the Bible. What could go wrong?
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Remember that most of the people in the National Guard want nothing to do with this and are, in fact, probably pretty pissed off that their governor ripped them away from their normal lives to do security theater miles away from home.
For the first time I've seen, National Guard outside the Library of Congress this morning.
They are unarmed and look incredibly bored.
They are unarmed and look incredibly bored.
August 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Remember that most of the people in the National Guard want nothing to do with this and are, in fact, probably pretty pissed off that their governor ripped them away from their normal lives to do security theater miles away from home.
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I’ve been spoofed!
(But seriously, the challenge for people who think Covid infections are the main story here is to explain why a comparable increase *hasn’t* happened for any of the 45+ age groups)
(But seriously, the challenge for people who think Covid infections are the main story here is to explain why a comparable increase *hasn’t* happened for any of the 45+ age groups)
American Millennials Are Dying At An Alarming Rate, But It’s Only Alarming If You Know About It, And Anyway It’s Totally Not Caused By Covid Infections
August 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I’ve been spoofed!
(But seriously, the challenge for people who think Covid infections are the main story here is to explain why a comparable increase *hasn’t* happened for any of the 45+ age groups)
(But seriously, the challenge for people who think Covid infections are the main story here is to explain why a comparable increase *hasn’t* happened for any of the 45+ age groups)
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Treasury is required to produce a report to Congress related to Direct File, the free tax filing option that the current administration intends to kill. They've created a survey with a bunch of leading questions. The survey deserves some responses supportive of the program to counteract its framing:
IRS asks for public input on free tax filing options to inform congressional report | Internal Revenue Service
IR-2025-85, Aug. 21, 2025 — The IRS invites the public to participate in an anonymous feedback survey on tax preparation and filing options, which will run through Sept. 5, 2025.
www.irs.gov
August 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Treasury is required to produce a report to Congress related to Direct File, the free tax filing option that the current administration intends to kill. They've created a survey with a bunch of leading questions. The survey deserves some responses supportive of the program to counteract its framing:
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reminder to blue state governors that hiring demoralized or fired FBI agents into security services that you control will likely be very useful in the near future
one of those instances where "we don't want to be here any more than you want us here" is literally true
FYI: the FBI is patrolling Columbia Heights along 14th St. and is not in a "taking questions" mood.
August 16, 2025 at 6:06 AM
reminder to blue state governors that hiring demoralized or fired FBI agents into security services that you control will likely be very useful in the near future
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That’s how much they hate us. They’re burning birth control.
July 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
That’s how much they hate us. They’re burning birth control.
Great time to be junior faculty in social disparities, population health, and health outcomes research!
Heard from #AHRQ that the entire grants staff has been let go! They are unable to issue funds for grants already funded, let alone fund new grants. This is outrageous and will make Americans poorer and sicker. Why? A brief thread about just some recent AHRQ-funded research: #MedSky #HealthPolicy
July 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Great time to be junior faculty in social disparities, population health, and health outcomes research!
The US shipped millions of tons of food to Japan in ‘45-‘46 amid a failed rice crop year!
pretty telling comment here. Britain and America absolutely did feed and clothe Nazi and Japanese POWs during WWII. and they provided food and supplies to occupied territories as the war was won. the Hunger Plan by contrast was a Nazi thing
July 24, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The US shipped millions of tons of food to Japan in ‘45-‘46 amid a failed rice crop year!
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Get your shingles vaccine! There is a strong association between the vaccine and decreased onset of dementia, shedding light on prevention and etiology. Talking Biotech #468 share.transistor.fm/s/7de61efb
The Shingles Vaccine Prevents Dementia - Dr. Pascal Geldsetzer | Talking Biotech with Dr. Kevin Folta | Episode 468
In this episode of the Talking Biotech podcast, Dr. Kevin Folta speaks with Dr. Pascal Geldsetzer about the relationship between the shingles vaccine and dementia. They discuss the prevalence of shing...
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July 23, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Get your shingles vaccine! There is a strong association between the vaccine and decreased onset of dementia, shedding light on prevention and etiology. Talking Biotech #468 share.transistor.fm/s/7de61efb
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"this is the story of educated, literate, elites, living in an interconnected world that is old, and is known to be old"
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/wtb1
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/wtb1
Writing the Bible: 1 The First Flood
We start in 1850 BC in Ancient Babylon, with the epics that would evolve into the Genesis flood story.
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com
July 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
"this is the story of educated, literate, elites, living in an interconnected world that is old, and is known to be old"
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/wtb1
www.politicalphilosophypodcast.com/wtb1
An incredible read. “He stands athwart history, yelling the wildest possible bullshit.”
for Bills Week I decided to read the new 1000 page Buckley biography
William F. Buckley's Bill Never Came Due | Defector
Perhaps the highest praise I can offer a book that took 27 years to complete and runs over 1,000 pages is that I can see why, and that it doesn’t feel like it. Sam Tanenhaus’s extremely long and anxio...
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July 19, 2025 at 5:37 PM
An incredible read. “He stands athwart history, yelling the wildest possible bullshit.”
Me and the kids at Rogers Park beach on a Sunday in July
And this is apparently a Looney Tunes depiction of Chicago.
July 18, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Me and the kids at Rogers Park beach on a Sunday in July
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The native bee story of @sylviaruthg.lpm.org this week is getting a lot of traffic right now, so we brainstormed something to put in it and she pulled this off, as photoshop is her passion (along with bugs)
July 18, 2025 at 1:02 PM
The native bee story of @sylviaruthg.lpm.org this week is getting a lot of traffic right now, so we brainstormed something to put in it and she pulled this off, as photoshop is her passion (along with bugs)
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With both the Epstein birthday card and the Access Hollywood tape, you really see in Trump the homo-social uses of sexual abuse for straight men: it’s something he does to get other men to like him and think he’s cool.
Creepiest part of all this is it genuinely seems like the most intimate friendship he’s ever had
July 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
With both the Epstein birthday card and the Access Hollywood tape, you really see in Trump the homo-social uses of sexual abuse for straight men: it’s something he does to get other men to like him and think he’s cool.
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I only need 203 signatures on this ADU petition before Sunday
let's re-legalize ADUs in Chicago
let's re-legalize ADUs in Chicago
Support ADUs citywide in Chicago
What's going on? Currently, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are only legal in five pilot areas in Chicago, which were established May 1, 2022. Since the pilot areas were established, 106 permits tota...
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July 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I only need 203 signatures on this ADU petition before Sunday
let's re-legalize ADUs in Chicago
let's re-legalize ADUs in Chicago