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The Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy (LCSSP) at Caltech provides a forum for research and debate on topics at the intersection of science, society, and policy. | R.M. Alvarez & F. Eberhardt |
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Great convo earlier today with @christiangrose.bsky.social about yesterday’s elections. Watch if you want to learn more about what happened and what it all means!
youtube.com/watch?v=-EC_...
youtube.com/watch?v=-EC_...
The Votes are in: A Post-Election Day Conversation to Discuss the Results' Implications
YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
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Very enlightening session of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours yesterday with webinar guest @christiangrose.bsky.social (USC) and host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social ( @caltech.edu & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social). Watch "The #Votes are in on YouTube at the link below:
Very enlightening session of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours yesterday with webinar guest @christiangrose.bsky.social (USC) and host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social ( @caltech.edu & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social). Watch "The #Votes are in on YouTube at the link below:
Great convo earlier today with @christiangrose.bsky.social about yesterday’s elections. Watch if you want to learn more about what happened and what it all means!
youtube.com/watch?v=-EC_...
youtube.com/watch?v=-EC_...
The Votes are in: A Post-Election Day Conversation to Discuss the Results' Implications
YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Very enlightening session of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours yesterday with webinar guest @christiangrose.bsky.social (USC) and host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social ( @caltech.edu & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social). Watch "The #Votes are in on YouTube at the link below:
Very enlightening session of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours yesterday with webinar guest @christiangrose.bsky.social (USC) and host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social ( @caltech.edu & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social). Watch "The #Votes are in on YouTube at the link below:
California voters passed a new congressional redistricting map in Prop 50. Want to learn how districts change for the 2026 elections? I talked with @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social about the 5 districts in the new map that turn GOP-leaning seats into Dem-leaning seats. youtu.be/-EC_monSQ38?...
The Votes are in: A Post-Election Day Conversation to Discuss the Results' Implications
YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Very enlightening session of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours yesterday with webinar guest @christiangrose.bsky.social (USC) and host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social ( @caltech.edu & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social). Watch "The #Votes are in on YouTube at the link below:
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Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Sujit Datta (Datta Lab) talks to Caltech about "his work and what is so special about all this squishy stuff."
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/studying-the-squishy-stuff-a-conversation-with-sujit-datta
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/studying-the-squishy-stuff-a-conversation-with-sujit-datta
Studying the Squishy Stuff: A Conversation with Sujit Datta
A Q&A with the professor of chemical engineering, bioengineering, and biophysics who studies soft, pliable materials, how environmental factors affect them, and vice versa
www.caltech.edu
October 31, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Sujit Datta (Datta Lab) talks to Caltech about "his work and what is so special about all this squishy stuff."
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/studying-the-squishy-stuff-a-conversation-with-sujit-datta
https://www.caltech.edu/about/news/studying-the-squishy-stuff-a-conversation-with-sujit-datta
Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
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🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and his colleagues and students look for during #Election observation below. 🗳
Today, on #ElectionDay in #California, they will be visiting Los Angeles County #VoteCenters.
Today, on #ElectionDay in #California, they will be visiting Los Angeles County #VoteCenters.
When we are poll watching, a lot of what we look for is simple:
- is the vote center easy to find?
- how accessible is the vote center?
- is there ample and accessible parking?
- are all required postings in obvious locations?
- is the vote center fully operational?
There is a method to it all!
- is the vote center easy to find?
- how accessible is the vote center?
- is there ample and accessible parking?
- are all required postings in obvious locations?
- is the vote center fully operational?
There is a method to it all!
November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What @caltechlcssp.bsky.social Co-Director @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social and his colleagues and students look for during #Election observation below. 🗳
Today, on #ElectionDay in #California, they will be visiting Los Angeles County #VoteCenters.
Today, on #ElectionDay in #California, they will be visiting Los Angeles County #VoteCenters.
TOMORROW: Wed., Nov 5 | 11am Pacific | #ElectionScienceOfficeHours | Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & Guest @christiangrose.bsky.social | Post-#ElectionDay Debrief: #Prop50 in #California & so much more! 🗳
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@caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social USC
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@caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social USC
Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
TOMORROW: Wed., Nov 5 | 11am Pacific | #ElectionScienceOfficeHours | Host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & Guest @christiangrose.bsky.social | Post-#ElectionDay Debrief: #Prop50 in #California & so much more! 🗳
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@caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social USC
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@caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social USC
Wed., Nov 5 Webinar @ 11am Pacific
@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @christiangrose.bsky.social
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@caltech.edu @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @christiangrose.bsky.social
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Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 3, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Wed., Nov 5 Webinar @ 11am Pacific
@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @christiangrose.bsky.social
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@rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @christiangrose.bsky.social
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There's been a lot of discussion about federal election monitors in the Nov 4th election here in CA. Here's my take, on my Election Science Field Notes Substack.
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
Does California Need Federal Election Monitors?
If so, be neutral, be objective, and don’t interfere with the process.
electionscience.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:24 PM
There's been a lot of discussion about federal election monitors in the Nov 4th election here in CA. Here's my take, on my Election Science Field Notes Substack.
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
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Been out in the field with election monitoring, and learned some important lessons about how election officials can build resilient elections. It's on my Election Science Field Notes, on Substack! @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-...
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-...
Resilient Elections
Good training and good process yield good results
electionscience.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Been out in the field with election monitoring, and learned some important lessons about how election officials can build resilient elections. It's on my Election Science Field Notes, on Substack! @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-...
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-...
Resilient Elections: Good Training & good process yield good results-The latest #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack by @caltechlcssp.bsky.social / @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social.
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-elections
Subscribe today!
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-elections
Subscribe today!
October 31, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Resilient Elections: Good Training & good process yield good results-The latest #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack by @caltechlcssp.bsky.social / @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social.
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-elections
Subscribe today!
electionscience.substack.com/p/resilient-elections
Subscribe today!
Listen to @christiangrose.bsky.social on Spectrum & tune in on 11/5 at 11am P to @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social for: The Votes are in: A Post-Election Day Conversation to Discuss the Results' Implications
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Listen to @christiangrose.bsky.social on Spectrum & tune in on 11/5 at 11am P to @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social for: The Votes are in: A Post-Election Day Conversation to Discuss the Results' Implications
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Next on @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ host @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
🟧 THE VOTES ARE IN 🟧
A Post- #ElectionDay Convo w/ USC's @christiangrose.bsky.social to Discuss the Results' Implications
11/5/25 | 11am P
REGISTER: caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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Caltech researchers have reintroduced a classic technique to image the formation and growth of individual cells that make up biofilms, sticky masses of millions of cells that are often responsible for antibiotic-tolerant infections.
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A New Perspective on Bacterial Biofilm Defenses
Biofilms have traditionally been difficult to image, but Caltech researchers are illuminating their development and antibiotic defenses.
www.caltech.edu
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Yesterday, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social held a great session of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ LCSSP Co-Director & webinar host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @caltech.edu Professor @jnkatz.bsky.social holding "A Conversation on State Redistricting Impacts Around the Nation."
youtu.be/5Xk4CbsgE74?...
youtu.be/5Xk4CbsgE74?...
A Conversation with Caltech's Jonathan N. Katz: State Redistricting Impacts Around the Nation
YouTube video by Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy
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October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Yesterday, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social held a great session of #ElectionScienceOfficeHours w/ LCSSP Co-Director & webinar host @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & @caltech.edu Professor @jnkatz.bsky.social holding "A Conversation on State Redistricting Impacts Around the Nation."
youtu.be/5Xk4CbsgE74?...
youtu.be/5Xk4CbsgE74?...
Here is the latest edition of @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack: "Does #California Need Federal #Election Monitors?"
#CaltechElectionIntegrity | @caltech.edu
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
#CaltechElectionIntegrity | @caltech.edu
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
October 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Here is the latest edition of @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social's #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack: "Does #California Need Federal #Election Monitors?"
#CaltechElectionIntegrity | @caltech.edu
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
#CaltechElectionIntegrity | @caltech.edu
electionscience.substack.com/p/does-calif...
Our Framing Talks from the Biotech Beyond Conventional Containment workshop, part of the #CaltechBioPolicyInitiative, held at @caltech.edu earlier this month are all posted here (in addition to the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social 's YouTube channel: www.biotech-beyond-containment-caltech2025.org/videos
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Our Framing Talks from the Biotech Beyond Conventional Containment workshop, part of the #CaltechBioPolicyInitiative, held at @caltech.edu earlier this month are all posted here (in addition to the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social 's YouTube channel: www.biotech-beyond-containment-caltech2025.org/videos
At our #BioPolicyInitiative's "Biotech Beyond Conventional Containment: A Workshop on Policy & Governance," @vdlorenzo.bsky.social, @cnb-csic.bsky.social in Madrid intro'ed environmental galenics—adapting principles of pharma delivery to ensure precise & purposeful deployment of engineered microbes
October 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
At our #BioPolicyInitiative's "Biotech Beyond Conventional Containment: A Workshop on Policy & Governance," @vdlorenzo.bsky.social, @cnb-csic.bsky.social in Madrid intro'ed environmental galenics—adapting principles of pharma delivery to ensure precise & purposeful deployment of engineered microbes
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Fantastic group of election officials & other stakeholders who spoke on a "How AI is Changing Elections" panel at WashU recently during the "Protecting The Election: AI & Governance" conference co-organized by @washupolisci.bsky.social's Betsy Sinclair & @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
D2-Protecting The Election: AI & Governance Conference-How AI is Changing Elections: Election Officials panel:
🟠 @kimballdc.bsky.social @umsl.bsky.social
🟠Amy Cohen NASED
🟠Matt Crane CO Clerks Assn
🟠Brianna Lennon Boone County, MO
🟠 @benborgmeyer.bsky.social City STL
🟠 Kurt Bahr St Chas County, MO
🟠 @kimballdc.bsky.social @umsl.bsky.social
🟠Amy Cohen NASED
🟠Matt Crane CO Clerks Assn
🟠Brianna Lennon Boone County, MO
🟠 @benborgmeyer.bsky.social City STL
🟠 Kurt Bahr St Chas County, MO
October 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Fantastic group of election officials & other stakeholders who spoke on a "How AI is Changing Elections" panel at WashU recently during the "Protecting The Election: AI & Governance" conference co-organized by @washupolisci.bsky.social's Betsy Sinclair & @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
TODAY!!! 🟠 Oct 28, 1pm Pacific
#ElectionScienceOfficeHours
@jnkatz.bsky.social | @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
| @caltech.edu
Register here:
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
#ElectionScienceOfficeHours
@jnkatz.bsky.social | @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
| @caltech.edu
Register here:
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
October 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
TODAY!!! 🟠 Oct 28, 1pm Pacific
#ElectionScienceOfficeHours
@jnkatz.bsky.social | @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
| @caltech.edu
Register here:
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
#ElectionScienceOfficeHours
@jnkatz.bsky.social | @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
| @caltech.edu
Register here:
caltech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
The @caltechlcssp.bsky.social #BioPolicyInitiative's "Biotech Beyond Conventional Containment: A Workshop on Policy & Governance" brought together stakeholders on Oct 6-7 to discuss critical topics at the intersection of new biological technologies & the regulatory domain in which they operate.
October 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The @caltechlcssp.bsky.social #BioPolicyInitiative's "Biotech Beyond Conventional Containment: A Workshop on Policy & Governance" brought together stakeholders on Oct 6-7 to discuss critical topics at the intersection of new biological technologies & the regulatory domain in which they operate.
Read about the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social #BioPolicyInititive in Pasadena Now, featuring quotes from LCSSP at @caltech.edu Founding Co-Directors @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & Frederick Eberhardt.
pasadenanow.com/main/caltech...
pasadenanow.com/main/caltech...
Caltech Launches New Biopolicy Initiative – Pasadena Now
Daily Newsmagazine and City Guide to Pasadena, California featuring local news, breaking news, events, weather, sports news, schools news, shopping, restaurants and more from Pasadena Now
pasadenanow.com
October 28, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Read about the @caltechlcssp.bsky.social #BioPolicyInititive in Pasadena Now, featuring quotes from LCSSP at @caltech.edu Founding Co-Directors @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social & Frederick Eberhardt.
pasadenanow.com/main/caltech...
pasadenanow.com/main/caltech...
D2-Protecting The Election: AI & Governance Conference-How AI is Changing Elections: Election Officials panel:
🟠 @kimballdc.bsky.social @umsl.bsky.social
🟠Amy Cohen NASED
🟠Matt Crane CO Clerks Assn
🟠Brianna Lennon Boone County, MO
🟠 @benborgmeyer.bsky.social City STL
🟠 Kurt Bahr St Chas County, MO
🟠 @kimballdc.bsky.social @umsl.bsky.social
🟠Amy Cohen NASED
🟠Matt Crane CO Clerks Assn
🟠Brianna Lennon Boone County, MO
🟠 @benborgmeyer.bsky.social City STL
🟠 Kurt Bahr St Chas County, MO
October 27, 2025 at 9:39 PM
D2-Protecting The Election: AI & Governance Conference-How AI is Changing Elections: Election Officials panel:
🟠 @kimballdc.bsky.social @umsl.bsky.social
🟠Amy Cohen NASED
🟠Matt Crane CO Clerks Assn
🟠Brianna Lennon Boone County, MO
🟠 @benborgmeyer.bsky.social City STL
🟠 Kurt Bahr St Chas County, MO
🟠 @kimballdc.bsky.social @umsl.bsky.social
🟠Amy Cohen NASED
🟠Matt Crane CO Clerks Assn
🟠Brianna Lennon Boone County, MO
🟠 @benborgmeyer.bsky.social City STL
🟠 Kurt Bahr St Chas County, MO
How Do Congressional Districts Work?
#CaltechScienceExchange
#CaltechVotingAndElections
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
@caltech.edu | @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/votin...
#CaltechScienceExchange
#CaltechVotingAndElections
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
@caltech.edu | @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/votin...
October 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
How Do Congressional Districts Work?
#CaltechScienceExchange
#CaltechVotingAndElections
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
@caltech.edu | @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/votin...
#CaltechScienceExchange
#CaltechVotingAndElections
#CaltechElectionIntegrity
@caltech.edu | @caltechlcssp.bsky.social
scienceexchange.caltech.edu/topics/votin...
Great "Behind the Book" talk this week b/t @caltech.edu alum @jimfruchterman.bsky.social who was discussing his new book, "Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software & Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems" - & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Great "Behind the Book" talk this week b/t @caltech.edu alum @jimfruchterman.bsky.social who was discussing his new book, "Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software & Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems" - & @caltechlcssp.bsky.social's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: MAPPING LATINO POWER- #Prop50 would not only maintain but enhance Latino voters’ power in CA House races, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social (@rcenteno.bsky.social) & @calpolypomona.bsky.social (@jarredcuellarphd.bsky.social) poli scientists conclude in new analysis. politi.co/42UBTJp.!)
Federal agents assemble across the Bay
Federal immigration agents are amassing on San Francisco’s doorstep for what’s expected to be a major enforcement operation, after months of threats from Donald Trump.
politi.co
October 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
FIRST IN PLAYBOOK: MAPPING LATINO POWER- #Prop50 would not only maintain but enhance Latino voters’ power in CA House races, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social (@rcenteno.bsky.social) & @calpolypomona.bsky.social (@jarredcuellarphd.bsky.social) poli scientists conclude in new analysis. politi.co/42UBTJp.!)