Jill Laufer
@jilllaufer.bsky.social
UCDavis PhD Political Sci. • Media & Framing • Youth Civic Engagement • Voting & Partisanship • Gun Violence & Climate Change • AI & Tech
BKLYN in OAK 🖖 | https://jrlaufer.myportfolio.com/research-1
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
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🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 22, 2025 at 9:36 AM
🎉 New publication 🎉 Why do #youngpeople vote for the #AfD? This question has kept our research project busy for quite some time, so I'm beyond excited that our first article - co-authored with @timonscheuer.bsky.social - is now out in #GermanPolitics! 🤩 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM
As we get ready to shop for Thanksgiving remember the farm workers who harvest the food. We wouldn't enjoy a #Thanksgiving dinner without their hard work. #WeFeedYou
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We have an open PhD position on Fair Social Network Analysis (focused on method development but also on integrating social theory and real data analysis). Please consider applying if this is something of your interest or share this to potentially interested candidates. uuinfolab.github.io/joinus/
Join Us
Website of the Uppsala University Information Laboratory.
uuinfolab.github.io
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 AM
We have an open PhD position on Fair Social Network Analysis (focused on method development but also on integrating social theory and real data analysis). Please consider applying if this is something of your interest or share this to potentially interested candidates. uuinfolab.github.io/joinus/
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Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
Commentary: The UC faculty just won a big court victory over Trump. But why didn't UC join their lawsuit?
The UC faculty went to court to fight Trump's funding cutoffs and won. Why has the university system tried to negotiate instead?
www.latimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Admin at UC have claimed various reasons why they aren’t fighting in court, but they simply are afraid to take on the Feds, believing antagonism will somehow make a terrible situation worse. Thing is, it can’t be much worse, and you can’t placate a bully.
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Watch the visualizer for “Run It Back” featuring Nas, from our new album Cabin In The Sky now playing on our YouTube youtu.be/HwnN0UDUSc0 ☁️🏠⛅️
November 21, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Watch the visualizer for “Run It Back” featuring Nas, from our new album Cabin In The Sky now playing on our YouTube youtu.be/HwnN0UDUSc0 ☁️🏠⛅️
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Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
New Reports Bring Global Solutions to Bolster U.S. Lawmakers in the Fight to Protect Reproductive Freedom - O'Neill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the State Innovation Exchange (SiX) and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health, released Beyond Borders, a groundbreaking report series that examines how countr...
oneill.law.georgetown.edu
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Here's a groundbreaking report that examines how countries around the world have successfully expanded abortion access and protected reproductive rights. The reports offer U.S.-based policymakers proven strategies to counter restrictions and treat abortion as essential health care.
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NEW: YouTube remains king of the social media platforms in @pewresearch.org polling, with 84% of US adults saying they use it. TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit are notable gainers in recent years. Five times more adults use X than Bluesky (21% vs. 4%). www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
November 20, 2025 at 10:07 PM
NEW: YouTube remains king of the social media platforms in @pewresearch.org polling, with 84% of US adults saying they use it. TikTok, Instagram, WhatsApp and Reddit are notable gainers in recent years. Five times more adults use X than Bluesky (21% vs. 4%). www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
November 20, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Wow! Jesse Welles performed his song “Join ICE” on the Colbert Show last night. 🏆
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@gelliottmorris.com's piece on what Americans actually want from parties is fascinating. It also (re-)produces a classic finding: Almost no one is in the "socially liberal but economically conservative" bucket, but those who are have very popular Substacks
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
@gelliottmorris.com's piece on what Americans actually want from parties is fascinating. It also (re-)produces a classic finding: Almost no one is in the "socially liberal but economically conservative" bucket, but those who are have very popular Substacks
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/not-just-l...
Timeline cleanse. The often mispronounced Mesa Verde National Park is a treasure 😍
Really old walls in Mesa Verde.
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin
#wallsonwednesday #photography #architecture #mesaverde #eastcoastkin
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Timeline cleanse. The often mispronounced Mesa Verde National Park is a treasure 😍
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This tracks: Cornell researchers: xAI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This tracks: Cornell researchers: xAI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
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In his dissent on the Texas ruling, Judge Smith mentions the name "Soros" 17 times.
He uses the word "discrimination" 3 times over 104 pages, and in all instances it's to quote from the majority opinion.
He uses the word "discrimination" 3 times over 104 pages, and in all instances it's to quote from the majority opinion.
November 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
In his dissent on the Texas ruling, Judge Smith mentions the name "Soros" 17 times.
He uses the word "discrimination" 3 times over 104 pages, and in all instances it's to quote from the majority opinion.
He uses the word "discrimination" 3 times over 104 pages, and in all instances it's to quote from the majority opinion.
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New publication!📢
@jvanslageren.bsky.social and I study political socialization during adolescence in urban and rural areas, using data from @adkspanel.bsky.social
Discussing politics with parents and peers is positively related to multiculturalist attitudes in cities, but not in rural places (1/3)
@jvanslageren.bsky.social and I study political socialization during adolescence in urban and rural areas, using data from @adkspanel.bsky.social
Discussing politics with parents and peers is positively related to multiculturalist attitudes in cities, but not in rural places (1/3)
November 17, 2025 at 8:08 AM
New publication!📢
@jvanslageren.bsky.social and I study political socialization during adolescence in urban and rural areas, using data from @adkspanel.bsky.social
Discussing politics with parents and peers is positively related to multiculturalist attitudes in cities, but not in rural places (1/3)
@jvanslageren.bsky.social and I study political socialization during adolescence in urban and rural areas, using data from @adkspanel.bsky.social
Discussing politics with parents and peers is positively related to multiculturalist attitudes in cities, but not in rural places (1/3)
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Oh, and don't forget the gratuitous shot at queer and trans communities at the very end of this screed:
November 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Oh, and don't forget the gratuitous shot at queer and trans communities at the very end of this screed:
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The researcher who discovered these Starshield emissions says they highlight a troubling lack of transparency in how the US government manages the use of spectrum, as well as a failure to coordinate spectrum usage with other countries.
US spy satellites built by SpaceX send signals in the “wrong direction”
It seems US didn’t coordinate Starshield’s unusual spectrum use with other countries.
arstechnica.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The researcher who discovered these Starshield emissions says they highlight a troubling lack of transparency in how the US government manages the use of spectrum, as well as a failure to coordinate spectrum usage with other countries.
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Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Was thrilled to help consult for this fantastic John Oliver segment on the tragic plight of U.S. public media and why, if we hope to be a democracy, we still need public media for so many things that commercial media will never provide. Deserves a wide viewership. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yknM...
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if you have a few spare coins, a local family could really use your help
My neighbors just up the street from us own A-squared pizza in Charlottesville, and their youngest was recently diagnosed with leukemia.
Their family is really nice, and this is a huge bummer right before the holidays. A GoFundMe has been set up for the family to help with everything.
Their family is really nice, and this is a huge bummer right before the holidays. A GoFundMe has been set up for the family to help with everything.
Donate to Help Zoey Beat Leukemia, organized by Julie Bendle
Help Zoey Beat Leukemia
Zoey is a precocious, funny, and determined 3-year-old who loves unicorn… Julie Bendle needs your support for Help Zoey Beat Leukemia
www.gofundme.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
if you have a few spare coins, a local family could really use your help
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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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A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
US appeals court upholds hate crime convictions of white men in Ahmaud Arbery killing
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago
abcnews.go.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A federal appeals court has upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia more than five years ago.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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mesmerizing timeline cleanse
Jupiter’s Stunning Southern Hemisphere - From NASA Marshall Space Flight Center - https://flic.kr/p/GxRZqB
November 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
mesmerizing timeline cleanse
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The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions is now acceptable applications for the 2026-27 year. Please share and encourage people to apply!
Post Doctoral application apply.interfolio.com/177609
Visiting Scholar application apply.interfolio.com/177613
Post Doctoral application apply.interfolio.com/177609
Visiting Scholar application apply.interfolio.com/177613
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
The Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions is now acceptable applications for the 2026-27 year. Please share and encourage people to apply!
Post Doctoral application apply.interfolio.com/177609
Visiting Scholar application apply.interfolio.com/177613
Post Doctoral application apply.interfolio.com/177609
Visiting Scholar application apply.interfolio.com/177613