DrLostCauses
@acpacek.bsky.social
Academic studying political causes/consequences of well-being. Fan of the interesting and important. Despairing Boston sports and happy Liverpool fan.
Views and opinions are my own, not my employer’s or my state’s. I speak as a private citizen.
Views and opinions are my own, not my employer’s or my state’s. I speak as a private citizen.
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I’ll echo what many others have said here: if you can, please please please donate to your local food bank. We’ve all seen the headlines. Things are about to get brutal…real bad for a lot of people. Yes in your community. Please save “They voted for this” for later.
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I finally understand what my very understated Uncle Steve, my godfather, meant when he used to say “Rich people make me uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable.”
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I finally understand what my very understated Uncle Steve, my godfather, meant when he used to say “Rich people make me uncomfortable. Very uncomfortable.”
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Another once great public uni decides, for no comprehensible reason, to cut its own throat. Madness.
They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
budgetprocess.unl.edu
November 11, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Another once great public uni decides, for no comprehensible reason, to cut its own throat. Madness.
This is, in a very weird way, how privatization was sold to a lot of people in post-communist Europe who had no idea what they were being told/sold.
Except for all its flaws, that kind of made more sense.
Except for all its flaws, that kind of made more sense.
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is, in a very weird way, how privatization was sold to a lot of people in post-communist Europe who had no idea what they were being told/sold.
Except for all its flaws, that kind of made more sense.
Except for all its flaws, that kind of made more sense.
Remember when the same folks who probably love this criticized health care workers for blowing off steam during the very worst of Covid?
This is why they were in downtown Chicago today.
"one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”"
Nuremberg Trials are the moderate stance
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
"one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”"
Nuremberg Trials are the moderate stance
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
November 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Remember when the same folks who probably love this criticized health care workers for blowing off steam during the very worst of Covid?
The 2026 congressional ballot polls might look interesting in coming days.
“Huh, where did that 8+ point lead suddenly go?”
“Huh, where did that 8+ point lead suddenly go?”
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The 2026 congressional ballot polls might look interesting in coming days.
“Huh, where did that 8+ point lead suddenly go?”
“Huh, where did that 8+ point lead suddenly go?”
He didn’t like his first vice president very much either.
Trump: "I want my cabinet to behave like [Xi Jinping's staff]. I'm demanding that....I've never seen men so scared in their lives...JD doesn't behave like that. JD butts into conversations."
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
He didn’t like his first vice president very much either.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Trump take holidays with loved ones
US to cut flights 10% at 40 airports as government shutdown hits staffing on.ft.com/4hGMuO6
US to cut flights 10% at 40 airports as government shutdown hits staffing
Transportation secretary Sean Duffy says reductions will start Friday to keep air travel safe
on.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Trump take holidays with loved ones
Lots of fascinating down ballot races tonight. Here’s one: a competitive runoff in a super GOP Texas state seat.
Democrat Rehmet, Republican Wambsganss appear headed to runoff in special election for North Texas Senate seat.
Rehmet, Wambsganss head to runoff in Senate special election
With the GOP vote fractured between Wambsganss and another Republican, Rehmet narrowly led the three-person contest for the red-leaning district.
www.texastribune.org
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Lots of fascinating down ballot races tonight. Here’s one: a competitive runoff in a super GOP Texas state seat.
The down ballot races are really something tonight.
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
The down ballot races are really something tonight.
The Covid nursing home death sex pest guy doesn’t seem to be having a great election night.
November 5, 2025 at 2:07 AM
The Covid nursing home death sex pest guy doesn’t seem to be having a great election night.
Watching elections in places that are competitive.
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Watching elections in places that are competitive.
Yeah that’s not how a healthy stable person speaks.
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Yeah that’s not how a healthy stable person speaks.
Guy who studies this stuff can confirm.
Why should you 🫵🏿 care about SNAP? SNAP recipients saw:
- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital
SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital
SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
November 3, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Guy who studies this stuff can confirm.
Follow this account for all too rare good news on the medical front…in a world awash in terrible news.
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a new mRNA vaccine that has been shown to suppress abnormal blood vessel growth in the retina, offering hope to MILLIONS of patients with age-related vision loss. The vaccine triggered strong antibody responses that REDUCED retinal damage by UP TO 85%.
November 2, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Follow this account for all too rare good news on the medical front…in a world awash in terrible news.
These November 1-2 I will remember the dead. The many dead in my life. Ten in 2024 alone, a very bad year. All Saints Day All Souls Day Day of the Dead, remember as you will or must.
November 2, 2025 at 3:48 AM
These November 1-2 I will remember the dead. The many dead in my life. Ten in 2024 alone, a very bad year. All Saints Day All Souls Day Day of the Dead, remember as you will or must.
That little opening song in Welcome to Derry E2 gives me the creeps. Well done.
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 AM
That little opening song in Welcome to Derry E2 gives me the creeps. Well done.
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When I was back home I spent an afternoon volunteering at the food bank my mom helps run. It’s in a mid sized Midwestern city. It was pretty eye opening. These are people who are really reliant on the social safety net that the BBB slashed. Here’s a list of observations 1/x
August 14, 2025 at 10:31 PM
When I was back home I spent an afternoon volunteering at the food bank my mom helps run. It’s in a mid sized Midwestern city. It was pretty eye opening. These are people who are really reliant on the social safety net that the BBB slashed. Here’s a list of observations 1/x
Go my lovely Bruins, go go!
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Go my lovely Bruins, go go!
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This map shows how many people per county will be left hungry when the MAGA regime ends SNAP.
It also reveals the ongoing legacies of enslavement & genocide.
The most impacted areas (dark green) are Native American reservations & the southern Black Belt. That’s deliberate @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social
It also reveals the ongoing legacies of enslavement & genocide.
The most impacted areas (dark green) are Native American reservations & the southern Black Belt. That’s deliberate @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This map shows how many people per county will be left hungry when the MAGA regime ends SNAP.
It also reveals the ongoing legacies of enslavement & genocide.
The most impacted areas (dark green) are Native American reservations & the southern Black Belt. That’s deliberate @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social
It also reveals the ongoing legacies of enslavement & genocide.
The most impacted areas (dark green) are Native American reservations & the southern Black Belt. That’s deliberate @getfree-mvmt.bsky.social
Apropo of nothing, thinking a lot about Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, an old, physically and mentally unwell man. Popular with nationalists at home. Launched a series of costly and ill-fated military moves. Created an image of a superpower divorced from reality. Drove the economy into the ground.
October 30, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Apropo of nothing, thinking a lot about Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, an old, physically and mentally unwell man. Popular with nationalists at home. Launched a series of costly and ill-fated military moves. Created an image of a superpower divorced from reality. Drove the economy into the ground.
I would like to see one empirical study from any country showing conclusively that mass deportations of a group of people improved the economy.
Just one.
Just one.
October 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I would like to see one empirical study from any country showing conclusively that mass deportations of a group of people improved the economy.
Just one.
Just one.