Diana Strassmann
@dstrassmann.bsky.social
Economist. Birder. Nature. Founder of the journal, Feminist Economics. Princeton and Harvard alum. Rice U prof, emerita. I care about inclusive justice, human and animal rights.
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Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
September 10, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Here are some things that Charlie Kirk said in his life.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
The man is dead, and so it only seems fair to share his legacy by cataloguing the values he spread while alive.
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@gregcasar.bsky.social gets far too little attention from people.
Imagine in another country a corrupt president was trying to change the election laws.
Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done.
That's what's happening in Texas right now.
Then that president's political ally threatened to remove all the legislators of the other party to get it done.
That's what's happening in Texas right now.
August 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
@gregcasar.bsky.social gets far too little attention from people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o.... Hiding the truth won’t make it go away
Opinion | What to Do When the President Acts Like a Five-Year-Old?
www.nytimes.com
August 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o.... Hiding the truth won’t make it go away
Sheer cruelty - where is Abbot’s moral conscience?
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
Abbott vetoes summer food aid program, forgoing $450M in federal funds
Texas is one of a dozen states that doesn't participate in the Summer EBT program that gives low-income children meals when school is out.
www.houstonchronicle.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Sheer cruelty - where is Abbot’s moral conscience?
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
www.houstonchronicle.com/politics/tex...
Great article citing the work of feminist economist, Nancy Folbre, on how to fix the decline in birth rates. These are issues that feminist economists have been working on for decades, beginning with the idea that children are a public good. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/w...
The Feminist Case for Spending Billions to Boost the Birthrate
www.nytimes.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Great article citing the work of feminist economist, Nancy Folbre, on how to fix the decline in birth rates. These are issues that feminist economists have been working on for decades, beginning with the idea that children are a public good. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/w...
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
April 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Last night was the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere's midnight ride to warn the Minutemen of approaching British troops.
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
I want to take a moment to share an excerpt from the Declaration of Independence's grievances against King George III.
Remind you of anyone?
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All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
In the middle of a hepatitis outbreak, U.S. shutters the one CDC lab that could help
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted
www.npr.org
April 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
All 27 scientists at this CDC lab were told their duties were "unnecessary," and now viral outbreak investigations have been halted.
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Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
April 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Either the U.S. government *is* able to exert monetary and diplomatic pressure on El Salvador sufficient to produce Abrego Garcia’s release, or it isn’t.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
The latter would be either a bald-faced lie or a pretty stunning concession of our national impotence. The Vice President should pick one.
That’s what Nazis do
April 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
That’s what Nazis do
What is the US coming to?
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs www.cbsnews.com/news/milwauk...
CDC denies help for lead poisoning in Milwaukee schools due to layoffs
The CDC rejected a request for help "due to the complete loss" of their lead poisoning experts.
www.cbsnews.com
April 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
What is the US coming to?
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Human kindness still exists ♥️
Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨♥️
Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨♥️
April 11, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Human kindness still exists ♥️
Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨♥️
Norway just entered a bill to give transgender Americans asylum in the country of Norway…
LGBTQ+ STRONG! 🌈✨♥️
How is this good policy? Certainly doesn’t enhance human welfare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...
Entire Staff Is Fired at LIHEAP
The move threatens to paralyze the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps to offset high utility bills for roughly 6.2 million people nationwide.
www.nytimes.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
How is this good policy? Certainly doesn’t enhance human welfare www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...
Awesome news! Yay! Take that (f)Elon!
April 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Awesome news! Yay! Take that (f)Elon!
You’ve been given free access to this article from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire.
A faster rollout of malaria vaccines would save many lives
economist.com/middle-east-...
A faster rollout of malaria vaccines would save many lives
economist.com/middle-east-...
A faster rollout of malaria vaccines would save many lives
But someone needs to pay for it—just when aid budgets are being slashed
economist.com
March 30, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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A faster rollout of malaria vaccines would save many lives
economist.com/middle-east-...
A faster rollout of malaria vaccines would save many lives
economist.com/middle-east-...
Texas - the pro death state
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, our analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
March 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Texas - the pro death state
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Imagine thinking a guy who charges around $100K for a vehicle with glued on metal panels that just fall off is the one to be trusted anywhere near our government.
March 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Imagine thinking a guy who charges around $100K for a vehicle with glued on metal panels that just fall off is the one to be trusted anywhere near our government.
That’s what liars do. Let’s hold his feet to the fire
Presented with evidence that innocent people who are not members of any gang were wrongly deported to a slave prison in El Salvador, Homan flatly insists that all of them were in fact gang members (but he's unwilling to detail any evidence showing it)
March 23, 2025 at 6:56 PM
That’s what liars do. Let’s hold his feet to the fire
Cruel
Rodney Taylor is a beloved Georgia barber who came to the United States from Liberia with his mother when he was only two years old. He applied for citizenship but was denied. But this year, ICE arrested him, locked him up, and has scheduled him to be deported to a faraway country he's never known.
Recently engaged, beloved barber arrested by ICE | How his immigration story is questioning the system
Rodney Taylor, a Georgia barber, has been pursuing permanent residency for years. Now, he faces deportation to Liberia despite being in the U.S. since childhood.
www.11alive.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Cruel
What a total racist
March 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
What a total racist
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The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
benefit.me
March 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The administration is removing phone support for Soc Security recipients. Making it more difficult for seniors to get their checks. It’s a back door way to cut SS benefits. Horrific.
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
If you know anyone who is impacted, please help them get online to get their benefits approved
Spring is coming, and azaleas are in full bloom. Despite all, there is still much beauty in the world.
March 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Spring is coming, and azaleas are in full bloom. Despite all, there is still much beauty in the world.
Musk is the epitome of white supremacy, thinking he is so special that his life and those of his friends is worth depriving so many others of their lives Hundreds of Thousands Will Die www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. administrator Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
www.newyorker.com
March 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Musk is the epitome of white supremacy, thinking he is so special that his life and those of his friends is worth depriving so many others of their lives Hundreds of Thousands Will Die www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...