Jason Pudlo
@jasonpudlo.bsky.social
Religion, environment, and disaster researcher. Public administration professor. Mountains, then prairie, now pirate coast.
(My posts most certainly do not represent the views of my employer)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-8413
(My posts most certainly do not represent the views of my employer)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-8413
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Folks:
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
Please circulate and share this important resource: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
The Early Republic Tracker
The Early Republic Tracker documents instances where the federal government is removing facts and stories essential to the public’s understanding American history from public historical sites, muse…
thepanorama.shear.org
February 2, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Folks:
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
This is important.
SHEAR—the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic (a GREAT organization)—is tracking examples of the regime erasing history.
More at the link below.
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This scene will never not be funny.
January 31, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This scene will never not be funny.
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New Main Street NC: A look at Helene recovery in the small town of Hot Springs more than a year out from the storm. Lots of reopenings, not much government help
Article: www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Podcast: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr... #ncpol
Article: www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Podcast: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr... #ncpol
Hot Springs bounces back from Helene — without much federal help
State and federal money has been slow to arrive, but Madison County locals have been able to get things up and running with donations and volunteer labor. Now they're hoping tourists will return for w...
www.wunc.org
January 30, 2026 at 8:25 PM
New Main Street NC: A look at Helene recovery in the small town of Hot Springs more than a year out from the storm. Lots of reopenings, not much government help
Article: www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Podcast: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr... #ncpol
Article: www.wunc.org/politics/202...
Podcast: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr... #ncpol
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A little crowdsourcing - wondering if anyone went back to church or knows of folks who went back to church after seeing the He Gets Us ads
January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
A little crowdsourcing - wondering if anyone went back to church or knows of folks who went back to church after seeing the He Gets Us ads
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🚨 ATTN North Carolina: We know recovery from Hurricane Helene is far from over.
With RenewNC, the state housing recovery program, closing applications on Jan. 31, ProPublica & @theassemblync.bsky.social want to know:
Have you applied? What’s been your experience? And if not, tell us why 👇
With RenewNC, the state housing recovery program, closing applications on Jan. 31, ProPublica & @theassemblync.bsky.social want to know:
Have you applied? What’s been your experience? And if not, tell us why 👇
Are You Still Rebuilding After Hurricane Helene? We Want to Hear From You.
We want to hear from North Carolinians whose homes were damaged or destroyed to better understand how well the state housing recovery program, RenewNC, is working for those who need it.
www.propublica.org
January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
🚨 ATTN North Carolina: We know recovery from Hurricane Helene is far from over.
With RenewNC, the state housing recovery program, closing applications on Jan. 31, ProPublica & @theassemblync.bsky.social want to know:
Have you applied? What’s been your experience? And if not, tell us why 👇
With RenewNC, the state housing recovery program, closing applications on Jan. 31, ProPublica & @theassemblync.bsky.social want to know:
Have you applied? What’s been your experience? And if not, tell us why 👇
So...um...are states still leading disasters or nah?
"...replace preempted State or local permitting regimes, or other similar pre-approval requirements, with a requirement that builders self-certify to a Federal designee from each agency..."
"...replace preempted State or local permitting regimes, or other similar pre-approval requirements, with a requirement that builders self-certify to a Federal designee from each agency..."
So many questions www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Addressing State and Local Failures to Rebuild Los Angeles After Wildfire Disasters
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
January 27, 2026 at 11:35 PM
So...um...are states still leading disasters or nah?
"...replace preempted State or local permitting regimes, or other similar pre-approval requirements, with a requirement that builders self-certify to a Federal designee from each agency..."
"...replace preempted State or local permitting regimes, or other similar pre-approval requirements, with a requirement that builders self-certify to a Federal designee from each agency..."
Christian Neighborism vs Christian Nationalism
"Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America."
"Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America."
Stop what you’re doing and read this piece, which is as powerful as you’d expect from @adamserwer.bsky.social witnessing the events of last week on the ground in Minnesota. “The secret fear of the morally depraved is that virtue is actually common, and that they’re the ones who are alone.”
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Christian Neighborism vs Christian Nationalism
"Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America."
"Minnesotans are insisting that their neighbors are their neighbors whether they were born in Minneapolis or Mogadishu. That is, arguably, a deeply Christian philosophy, one apparently loathed by some of the most powerful Christians in America."
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More than $17 billion in public assistance funds from FEMA are languishing at DHS, awaiting additional layers of approval:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/c...
Extra Scrutiny of FEMA Aid to States Has Created a $17 Billion Bottleneck
www.nytimes.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:32 PM
More than $17 billion in public assistance funds from FEMA are languishing at DHS, awaiting additional layers of approval:
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/c...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/c...
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Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 27, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Political Scientists would call it a "tactical concession" (RRS' Spiral Model). Human rights and democracy campaigners need to make sure it leads to more gains (positive spiral) instead of stalling progress (negative spiral).
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Exactly! The list of scary specialized skills maps very closely to the organizing capacities of any average church for their Christmas pageant, Easter service, annual summer picnic, or any one of a dozen other events.
if these guys actually spent any time around the families, churches and schools they say they love so much, they’d know sophisticated organizing doesn’t actually require billionaire donors and military hierarchies. organic movements are light work for moms, clergy, teachers and nonprofit activists.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Exactly! The list of scary specialized skills maps very closely to the organizing capacities of any average church for their Christmas pageant, Easter service, annual summer picnic, or any one of a dozen other events.
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After a couple months and nine stories, this is the final installment for my TPM stories looking at the fight against mass deportation in NYC.
This piece goes inside churches to show how they have become a central hub and a flashpoint in the growing resistance. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/churche...
This piece goes inside churches to show how they have become a central hub and a flashpoint in the growing resistance. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/churche...
Churches Are on the Front Lines in the Fight Against Mass Deportation
Churches have become a central hub and a flashpoint in the fight...
talkingpointsmemo.com
January 26, 2026 at 5:11 PM
After a couple months and nine stories, this is the final installment for my TPM stories looking at the fight against mass deportation in NYC.
This piece goes inside churches to show how they have become a central hub and a flashpoint in the growing resistance. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/churche...
This piece goes inside churches to show how they have become a central hub and a flashpoint in the growing resistance. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/churche...
Attire is notable too. Often mayors and governors jump into disaster chic and toss on the emergency management vest. There's a time and place for that, but he's in a DSNY jacket here and also at a pre-storm press conference. Seems to set a different tone.
One of the hardest things to do is bring campaign-level communications to the work of governance, and snowstorms are notoriously one of the biggest litmus tests that less-engaged voters use to judge mayoral administrations. This is an excellent way to communicate.
January 25, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Attire is notable too. Often mayors and governors jump into disaster chic and toss on the emergency management vest. There's a time and place for that, but he's in a DSNY jacket here and also at a pre-storm press conference. Seems to set a different tone.
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They literally can't. That's the issue.
So many people in our field refuse to believe that looting is not common during disasters but pro-social behavior is. Their minds just won't accept that people care about each other.
So many people in our field refuse to believe that looting is not common during disasters but pro-social behavior is. Their minds just won't accept that people care about each other.
James O'Keefe says he's never seen anything so organized as the anti-ICE movement, observers--he seems to think this term is code--everywhere he goes. Who is paying for it??? he demands to know. It's like he can't even imagine people caring for one another.
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
They literally can't. That's the issue.
So many people in our field refuse to believe that looting is not common during disasters but pro-social behavior is. Their minds just won't accept that people care about each other.
So many people in our field refuse to believe that looting is not common during disasters but pro-social behavior is. Their minds just won't accept that people care about each other.
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On one side is a nurse and a poet dying while saying “Are you okay?” and “I'm not even mad at you dude"
And on the other side are armed officers of the state saying “Boo hoo” and “Fucking bitch.”
And they want you to believe the first side are the domestic terrorists.
And on the other side are armed officers of the state saying “Boo hoo” and “Fucking bitch.”
And they want you to believe the first side are the domestic terrorists.
Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.
January 24, 2026 at 8:31 PM
On one side is a nurse and a poet dying while saying “Are you okay?” and “I'm not even mad at you dude"
And on the other side are armed officers of the state saying “Boo hoo” and “Fucking bitch.”
And they want you to believe the first side are the domestic terrorists.
And on the other side are armed officers of the state saying “Boo hoo” and “Fucking bitch.”
And they want you to believe the first side are the domestic terrorists.
Absolutely! Anecdotal data -so many of the nearly hundred evangelical churches I've visited had a library, sharing shelf, or bookstore of somekind. All of them had reading groups.
Something I wish more folks knew about evangelical (eva) culture—at least as I've experienced it—is that evas actually LOVE books and reading. Eva publishing is huge business & eva men I know inhale books.
Sadly that avidity backfires when your inputs are propaganda; you just consume poison faster.
Sadly that avidity backfires when your inputs are propaganda; you just consume poison faster.
January 24, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Absolutely! Anecdotal data -so many of the nearly hundred evangelical churches I've visited had a library, sharing shelf, or bookstore of somekind. All of them had reading groups.
In my last ice storm, I lost power for 10 days and ended up camping out in a church. That experience led to the question in this paper that went live this week.
Does climate change influence disaster readiness by churches? Sadly, the answer is not really.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does climate change influence disaster readiness by churches? Sadly, the answer is not really.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
The (null) effect of climate change beliefs on disaster preparedness by houses of worship | Politics and Religion | Cambridge Core
The (null) effect of climate change beliefs on disaster preparedness by houses of worship - Volume 18 Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
January 23, 2026 at 10:42 PM
In my last ice storm, I lost power for 10 days and ended up camping out in a church. That experience led to the question in this paper that went live this week.
Does climate change influence disaster readiness by churches? Sadly, the answer is not really.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Does climate change influence disaster readiness by churches? Sadly, the answer is not really.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
⚠️~132 million: Number of people under alerts for snow, sleet, & freezing rain.
A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
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A large, long-duration winter storm is expected to bring widespread heavy snow, sleet, & freezing rain from the Southern Rockies & Plains beginning Friday (Jan. 23), spreading eastward toward New England this weekend.
🧵
January 22, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Do you appreciate @nws.noaa.gov's posts on Bluesky?
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
Did you know that this account is a pilot program that may or may not be continued and even expanded to NWS field offices?
NWS is soliciting comments here! www.surveymonkey.com/r/PrototypeN...
Press release:
www.weather.gov/media/notifi...
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Today we release our Gallagher Re 2025 Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report.
Full Report: www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
Economic Loss: $296bn (-25% vs 10 Yr Avg; $394 bn)
Insured Loss: $129bn (-5% vs 10 Yr Avg; $136 bn)
(1/n)
Full Report: www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
Economic Loss: $296bn (-25% vs 10 Yr Avg; $394 bn)
Insured Loss: $129bn (-5% vs 10 Yr Avg; $136 bn)
(1/n)
www.ajg.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Today we release our Gallagher Re 2025 Natural Catastrophe and Climate Report.
Full Report: www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
Economic Loss: $296bn (-25% vs 10 Yr Avg; $394 bn)
Insured Loss: $129bn (-5% vs 10 Yr Avg; $136 bn)
(1/n)
Full Report: www.ajg.com/gallagherre/...
Economic Loss: $296bn (-25% vs 10 Yr Avg; $394 bn)
Insured Loss: $129bn (-5% vs 10 Yr Avg; $136 bn)
(1/n)
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each day we’re forced to confront the craziest shit you could possibly imagine and each day we’re forced to wash the same spoon for the millionth time
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 AM
each day we’re forced to confront the craziest shit you could possibly imagine and each day we’re forced to wash the same spoon for the millionth time
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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. . . . Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, Birmingham, AL
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, Birmingham, AL
January 19, 2026 at 2:10 PM
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. . . . Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds."
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, Birmingham, AL
-Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., April 16, 1963, Birmingham, AL
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Also hate "this is not about politics." Sorry people, you have to GROW UP. EVERY DAMNED THING IS POLITICAL. Everything. The word people are searching for is PARTISAN.
January 19, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Also hate "this is not about politics." Sorry people, you have to GROW UP. EVERY DAMNED THING IS POLITICAL. Everything. The word people are searching for is PARTISAN.
Where was I radicalized for the #waroncars?
This is the major crosswalk for campus. Dorms and commuter lots on one side, classrooms on the other.
The light pattern sends drivers into pedestrians. A third person was hit this month.
Response from officials? Ticket students for "jay walking."
This is the major crosswalk for campus. Dorms and commuter lots on one side, classrooms on the other.
The light pattern sends drivers into pedestrians. A third person was hit this month.
Response from officials? Ticket students for "jay walking."
January 18, 2026 at 12:27 AM
Where was I radicalized for the #waroncars?
This is the major crosswalk for campus. Dorms and commuter lots on one side, classrooms on the other.
The light pattern sends drivers into pedestrians. A third person was hit this month.
Response from officials? Ticket students for "jay walking."
This is the major crosswalk for campus. Dorms and commuter lots on one side, classrooms on the other.
The light pattern sends drivers into pedestrians. A third person was hit this month.
Response from officials? Ticket students for "jay walking."
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I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
January 17, 2026 at 6:41 AM
I miss the evil billionaires who'd try to buy their way into heaven by funding massive public libraries
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@pewresearch.org, with support from the @templetonfdn.bsky.social, invites researchers at all career stages (including doctoral students) to submit proposals for new research publications using recent Global Religious Futures datasets.
🗓️ Apply by March 2, 2026
sssreligion.org/announcement...
🗓️ Apply by March 2, 2026
sssreligion.org/announcement...
January 17, 2026 at 2:41 AM
@pewresearch.org, with support from the @templetonfdn.bsky.social, invites researchers at all career stages (including doctoral students) to submit proposals for new research publications using recent Global Religious Futures datasets.
🗓️ Apply by March 2, 2026
sssreligion.org/announcement...
🗓️ Apply by March 2, 2026
sssreligion.org/announcement...