Elin Waring
@elinwaring.bsky.social
Sociologist, Bronxite, politics, #lehmancollege, data, R
Trying to do too many things.
Trying to do too many things.
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X’s new origin/location feature reminds us that many MAGA accounts trolling and triggering us are actually just this:
November 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
X’s new origin/location feature reminds us that many MAGA accounts trolling and triggering us are actually just this:
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After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
How the Trump Administration Abandoned Plans for a Major Cut in Disability Benefits for Older Workers
After meeting with advocates, the Trump administration confirmed it has scrapped a controversial regulation that would have cut disability benefits for older workers.
www.propublica.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 PM
After reporting by ProPublica and other publications, the administration is dropping an effort that could have led 830,000 people to lose eligibility for Social Security disability payments.
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NEW YORK CITY: all out call to canal street & Lafayette as of 12:26 pm, 11/22 — ICE made arrests, fears they might return.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 PM
NEW YORK CITY: all out call to canal street & Lafayette as of 12:26 pm, 11/22 — ICE made arrests, fears they might return.
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Mark your calendars for our next Colloquium! Nov 21st. 3-5 pm Learn more and register: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/same-...
November 6, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Mark your calendars for our next Colloquium! Nov 21st. 3-5 pm Learn more and register: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/same-...
Today in my QR for Social Scientists we starting on voting and elections, Unit 1 the Electoral College. I asked my students (First years, so usually 18) what they remembered or know about January 6. Blank stares. They were in middle school, so maybe not surprising?
November 20, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Today in my QR for Social Scientists we starting on voting and elections, Unit 1 the Electoral College. I asked my students (First years, so usually 18) what they remembered or know about January 6. Blank stares. They were in middle school, so maybe not surprising?
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Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Yesterday, Trump defended the Saudi Crown Prince in the Oval Office.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
He said he had “nothing” to do with the murder of Jamal Khashoggi.
But I reviewed a call while serving on Trump’s NSC that I believe would be of interest to the Khashoggi family and the American people.
Release the transcript.
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
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Again before we go praising MTG… and if shes truly changed great, but can somebody please ask her about January 6? Have her address that to see if this is real
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Again before we go praising MTG… and if shes truly changed great, but can somebody please ask her about January 6? Have her address that to see if this is real
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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Incredible video from Reddit (too large to upload the screencap). CBP agents attempt to detain a flower vendor and end up getting chased into a vacant lot by a crowd of teenagers. What a bunch of impotent sad sacks.
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
November 17, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Incredible video from Reddit (too large to upload the screencap). CBP agents attempt to detain a flower vendor and end up getting chased into a vacant lot by a crowd of teenagers. What a bunch of impotent sad sacks.
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
www.reddit.com/r/EyesOnIce/...
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Pretty amazing, Casssidy apparently doesn't know people buy their own insurance under Obamacare.
Cassidy: "The president is proposing that we take the $26b that would be going to insurance companies if we just do an extension and give it directly to the American people in which 100% of the money is used for them to purchase healthcare on their own terms. That makes them an informed consumer."
November 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Pretty amazing, Casssidy apparently doesn't know people buy their own insurance under Obamacare.
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📣 KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING: Help flip the House blue by donating TODAY! #Blue26
(updated w/new TX & CA districts)
("TBD" donations go to the eventual Dem nominee.)
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(updated w/new TX & CA districts)
("TBD" donations go to the eventual Dem nominee.)
secure.actblue.com/donate/house...
Chip in!
Show your support with a contribution.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
📣 KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING: Help flip the House blue by donating TODAY! #Blue26
(updated w/new TX & CA districts)
("TBD" donations go to the eventual Dem nominee.)
secure.actblue.com/donate/house...
(updated w/new TX & CA districts)
("TBD" donations go to the eventual Dem nominee.)
secure.actblue.com/donate/house...
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Here is the statement on the initial TAMU system proposal. The adopted rule apparently prohibits "advocacy" of "race and gender ideology" without approval.
November 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Here is the statement on the initial TAMU system proposal. The adopted rule apparently prohibits "advocacy" of "race and gender ideology" without approval.
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We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist
We are looking for 4 PhD Positions and one Scientific Programmer / Ecological Data Scientist to join the AG Hartig (Theoretical Ecology)
www.uni-regensburg.de
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We are hiring: 4 PhD Positions in Ecology / Data Science and one Ecological Data Scientist. For more information, see www.uni-regensburg.de/universitaet...
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ALWAYS BE CANVASSING (as you are able!)
Something about our campaign? We know knocking on doors and having actual conversations is how we'll win. If you're in Clarksville, we need YOU! Join our #TeamAftyn squad today!
SIGN UP: aftynforcongress.com...
Something about our campaign? We know knocking on doors and having actual conversations is how we'll win. If you're in Clarksville, we need YOU! Join our #TeamAftyn squad today!
SIGN UP: aftynforcongress.com...
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
ALWAYS BE CANVASSING (as you are able!)
Something about our campaign? We know knocking on doors and having actual conversations is how we'll win. If you're in Clarksville, we need YOU! Join our #TeamAftyn squad today!
SIGN UP: aftynforcongress.com...
Something about our campaign? We know knocking on doors and having actual conversations is how we'll win. If you're in Clarksville, we need YOU! Join our #TeamAftyn squad today!
SIGN UP: aftynforcongress.com...
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New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
The NYPD’s Watchdog Whitewashed More Than 10,000 Misconduct Allegations in Public Data, New Evidence Shows
Allegations of lying, sexual misconduct, bigoted statements, and racist policing were among those quietly reclassified by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.
hellgatenyc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 PM
New data shows that the CCRB retroactively doctored public data for more than 10,000 misconduct allegations against NYPD officers.
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
hellgatenyc.com/ccrb-whitewa...
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Thank you to Senator Ron Wyden for letting us know the MAGA Senate Republicans are trying to slide a nationwide abortion ban into the shutdown negotiations.
Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.
F the patriarchy.
Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.
F the patriarchy.
November 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Thank you to Senator Ron Wyden for letting us know the MAGA Senate Republicans are trying to slide a nationwide abortion ban into the shutdown negotiations.
Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.
F the patriarchy.
Hell no! They want to control every part of women’s lives and we aren’t having it.
F the patriarchy.
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🧵 Important work from @epic.org examining a critical governance gap after DOGE. The 2007 Data Mining Reporting Act was meant to ensure oversight of surveillance tech. But agencies treat it as optional, undermining the institutional checks needed to constrain govt power. epic.org/data-mining-...
Closing the Data Mines: Repairing Oversight, Preserving Rights
epic.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
🧵 Important work from @epic.org examining a critical governance gap after DOGE. The 2007 Data Mining Reporting Act was meant to ensure oversight of surveillance tech. But agencies treat it as optional, undermining the institutional checks needed to constrain govt power. epic.org/data-mining-...
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Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
Federal agents pulling a woman out of Rayito Del Sol, a daycare by Lane Tech high school
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Imagine having a kid in this daycare who watches as their teacher is bodily dragged away by masked goons.
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Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
November 5, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Democrats have flipped 2 seats in the Mississippi senate, and in so doing they've broken the GOP's supermajority in the chamber.
I loved how he quoted Obama, Clinton, and Mario Cuomo.
November 5, 2025 at 4:43 AM
I loved how he quoted Obama, Clinton, and Mario Cuomo.
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As #rankchoicevoting is top of mind today I’m resharing my recent deep dive on the form & it’s impacts on political culture in #Alaska #rcv #ajcs
New pub on #Alaska and rank choice voting where I examine the reforms impacts on political culture. I theorize the vital center as a source of social solidarity— advancing discussions in civil sphere theory. Out now in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology! Full text: rdcu.be/ezXN2 #rcv
November 4, 2025 at 10:45 PM
As #rankchoicevoting is top of mind today I’m resharing my recent deep dive on the form & it’s impacts on political culture in #Alaska #rcv #ajcs
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The Biden administration worked hard to accomplish this new free IRS filing system. It’s astounding that one should have to pay fees in order to pay their taxes. But this rent seeking is entirely consistent with the economic policies of the current administration that benefit the most wealthy.
👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants
The tax agency has quietly built its own prototype system for filing tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to current and former officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
The Biden administration worked hard to accomplish this new free IRS filing system. It’s astounding that one should have to pay fees in order to pay their taxes. But this rent seeking is entirely consistent with the economic policies of the current administration that benefit the most wealthy.
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Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers
November 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Cuomo Makes 11th-Hour Pass At Female New Yorkers