Lisa Munson
@socdoc.bsky.social
sociologist, professor, author, music lover, documentary junkie
What it was like in our classroom at FSU during the shooting www.facebook.com/share/p/1AEA...
April 18, 2025 at 10:39 PM
What it was like in our classroom at FSU during the shooting www.facebook.com/share/p/1AEA...
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it is telling of our collective understanding of what CEOs even do that anyone can credibly believe Elon Musk is actually running Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, Twitter, and also somehow still doing all the shit he's doing with the government every day
Musk treats his companies like 8-year-old millennials treated their Tamagotchi pets. Totally obsessed for the first few weeks. Then neglectful when the novelty wore off. Then so annoyed when the thing got needy that they mistreated it intentionally.
February 28, 2025 at 1:54 AM
it is telling of our collective understanding of what CEOs even do that anyone can credibly believe Elon Musk is actually running Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, Twitter, and also somehow still doing all the shit he's doing with the government every day
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We’ve got a friend in Wisconsin who said she wasn’t worried about potential cuts to Medicaid because she and her 3 kids don’t need it - they’re on BadgerCare. She was stunned when I told her they were all on Medicaid.
Protecting people from shame by renaming MA has definite downsides.
Protecting people from shame by renaming MA has definite downsides.
Why haven't we seen more backlash against the GOP's proposed cuts to Medicaid? One reason is that people may not know they're on Medicaid, because Medicaid has different names in different states (see 🧵). Another is that some people may not realize that they (or their kids) could qualify.
Many Medicaid recipients do not know they receive it because Medicaid is called different things in different states. The public narrative of Medicaid focuses on a distant other, but 40% of US children and 60% of nursing home residents receive Medicaid. Just SOME of the names by state are below:
February 28, 2025 at 12:18 AM
We’ve got a friend in Wisconsin who said she wasn’t worried about potential cuts to Medicaid because she and her 3 kids don’t need it - they’re on BadgerCare. She was stunned when I told her they were all on Medicaid.
Protecting people from shame by renaming MA has definite downsides.
Protecting people from shame by renaming MA has definite downsides.
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Census working paper showing that more accurate weather predictions save lives www.census.gov/library/work...
Fatal Errors: The Mortality Value of Accurate Weather Forecasts
Accurate weather forecasts save thousands of lives. Accounting for benefits and costs, forecasts create billions of dollars of value for Americans every year.
www.census.gov
February 28, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Census working paper showing that more accurate weather predictions save lives www.census.gov/library/work...
Reposted by Lisa Munson
Reposted by Lisa Munson
New! "Lead with Your Heart" finds @aminghaziani.bsky.social in conversation with @alondra.bsky.social about doing public sociology, on the page and in the White House: contexts.org/blog/qa-nels...
December 17, 2024 at 4:30 PM
New! "Lead with Your Heart" finds @aminghaziani.bsky.social in conversation with @alondra.bsky.social about doing public sociology, on the page and in the White House: contexts.org/blog/qa-nels...