John Flournoy
@johnflournoy.science
johnflournoy.science
Research Scientist, statistical and psychometric methods focus
Also really into technical research infrastructure and tools. Feel free to reach out!
PhD. Pysch, Neuro, Stats, Methods, Phil of Sci.
Research Scientist, statistical and psychometric methods focus
Also really into technical research infrastructure and tools. Feel free to reach out!
PhD. Pysch, Neuro, Stats, Methods, Phil of Sci.
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What do you love about your data job? Like, what's the part of your job that, if someone took it away, you'd find another job?
It might even be the thing other people dislike!
For me, it's talking to people and helping them troubleshoot, feel safe/seen, and learn to code.
#databs #rstats #pydata
It might even be the thing other people dislike!
For me, it's talking to people and helping them troubleshoot, feel safe/seen, and learn to code.
#databs #rstats #pydata
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 AM
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What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
In Chicago, We Run Toward Danger Together
"Faced with unrelenting state violence, Chicagoans have refused to be cowed," says Mariame Kaba.
organizingmythoughts.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
“The regime wants all of us afraid. It is counting on fear immobilizing us and perhaps even turning us against each other. Instead, what we are currently seeing in Chicago is that solidarity can overcome fear and can give people the courage and tenacity to fight for each other.” --Mariame Kaba
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Millions of Americans understand that scapegoating minorities is wrong.
But many cannot see or respond to conditions in which scapegoats are the majority in a society.
"Women ruin everything" has deadly material consequences not just for women, but for societies as a whole, as 2025 has shown us.
But many cannot see or respond to conditions in which scapegoats are the majority in a society.
"Women ruin everything" has deadly material consequences not just for women, but for societies as a whole, as 2025 has shown us.
I can’t over emphasize how Ross Douthat’s piece makes all women less safe. It incites more harassment and abuse of women in the workplace and beyond. It’s incredibly irresponsible and frankly dangerous.
And it was run by one of the most influential publications in the country.
And it was run by one of the most influential publications in the country.
November 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Millions of Americans understand that scapegoating minorities is wrong.
But many cannot see or respond to conditions in which scapegoats are the majority in a society.
"Women ruin everything" has deadly material consequences not just for women, but for societies as a whole, as 2025 has shown us.
But many cannot see or respond to conditions in which scapegoats are the majority in a society.
"Women ruin everything" has deadly material consequences not just for women, but for societies as a whole, as 2025 has shown us.
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Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
November 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Trump's tariffs are hurting us in two ways:
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
First, the obvious: Higher costs → either lower profits or higher prices.
Second, more subtle (perhaps bigger): We’ve signaled we’re an unreliable partner, so allies are reorganizing supply chains to avoid us. That's hard to unwind.
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The feds raided an East Chicago home, arrested a mother and her 26-year-old schizophrenic daughter. She's been here since she's 2. In ICE custody, she had no meds and chose to leave the country. Now she's in Mexico, barely speaks Spanish, and her family can't find her.
‘They destroyed us’: East Chicago woman with schizophrenia who opted for deportation now missing in Mexico
When federal immigration agents raided Martha Porcallo Martinez’s East Chicago, Indiana home on June 12, they also arrested her 26-year-old daughter who has schizophrenia.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
The feds raided an East Chicago home, arrested a mother and her 26-year-old schizophrenic daughter. She's been here since she's 2. In ICE custody, she had no meds and chose to leave the country. Now she's in Mexico, barely speaks Spanish, and her family can't find her.
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NEW: A civil rights organization sued the Trump administration Saturday over a new policy barring nonprofits from helping new U.S. citizens register to vote, calling it part of a “broader effort to ensure that new Americans cannot exert their democratic will on the nation.”
Lawsuit Blasts Trump’s Bid to Keep New Citizens From Registering to Vote
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
NEW: A civil rights organization sued the Trump administration Saturday over a new policy barring nonprofits from helping new U.S. citizens register to vote, calling it part of a “broader effort to ensure that new Americans cannot exert their democratic will on the nation.”
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ICE has arrested more than 3,000 people in New Jersey since President Trump took office for a second term. Advocates are pushing lawmakers to enshrine into law a directive that limits cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement.
Immigration Protections Are Uncertain in New Jersey even as Democrats Keep Governorship
Advocates want to promptly codify the limits on immigration enforcement put in place by the outgoing governor. Mikie Sherill, Tuesday’s winner, has declined to say if she
boltsmag.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ICE has arrested more than 3,000 people in New Jersey since President Trump took office for a second term. Advocates are pushing lawmakers to enshrine into law a directive that limits cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement.
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"[T]his is not just a secret war, but a secret unauthorized war. Or, in reality, a make-believe war, because most of these groups we probably couldn’t even be in a war with,” said @bcfinucane.bsky.social about US claims it is in armed conflict with 24 cartel groups
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"[T]his is not just a secret war, but a secret unauthorized war. Or, in reality, a make-believe war, because most of these groups we probably couldn’t even be in a war with,” said @bcfinucane.bsky.social about US claims it is in armed conflict with 24 cartel groups
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
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"'Everyone is staying home, everyone is scared,' Macias told me. 'There's so much uncertainty. COVID was bad, but this is way worse.'"
ICE Has Created a ‘Ghost Town’ in the Heart of Chicago
Local communities are stepping up to save neighborhood restaurants and stores.
www.thebulwark.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"'Everyone is staying home, everyone is scared,' Macias told me. 'There's so much uncertainty. COVID was bad, but this is way worse.'"
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Thinking about the many times I've seen "Obama is ignorant" or "AOC doesn't understand economics" or the like while Trump belches out a half-baked insincere proposal for a two-step version of the same ACA subsidy he's trying to eliminate.
November 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thinking about the many times I've seen "Obama is ignorant" or "AOC doesn't understand economics" or the like while Trump belches out a half-baked insincere proposal for a two-step version of the same ACA subsidy he's trying to eliminate.
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New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
The voices of SNAP
Recipients have become political pawns. They explained, in their own words, what Trump withholding funds has been like.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks.
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:
Not the onion
Alarm Grows over Proposed Giant Mirrors in Orbit and Other Commercial Space Plans
November 6, 2025
Seeking Profits, Private Companies Look to Light up the Night Sky
Reflect Orbital’s plan to deliver “sunlight on demand” using thousands of giant orbital mirrors is just the latest in a growing […]
November 6, 2025
Seeking Profits, Private Companies Look to Light up the Night Sky
Reflect Orbital’s plan to deliver “sunlight on demand” using thousands of giant orbital mirrors is just the latest in a growing […]
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November 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Not the onion
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The wording of this is highly unusual, and suggests that Justice Jackson is expecting the First Circuit to rule on a stay pending appeal (a longer pause of the district court's order) in the next few days.
I'll have more to say about this in "One First" as soon as I can write it up.
I'll have more to say about this in "One First" as soon as I can write it up.
November 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
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I think what is happening here is that Jackson is doing the 48hr pausing so the First Circuit (hopefully) declines to place a stay pending appeal (which would be a longer stay) and then the Court will be in the tougher position of delaying SNAP for a longer stay period.
#BREAKING: Justice Jackson has issued an "administrative" stay, temporarily pausing a district court order that would've required the USDA to continue using contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
The stay expires 48 hours after the First Circuit rules on USDA's request for a stay pending appeal.
November 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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what's there to say, really?
This just into the newsroom
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court issues emergency order temporarily blocking full SNAP food aid payments.
November 8, 2025 at 2:46 AM
what's there to say, really?
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just a reminder that yesterday ICE tried to probe northwest portland and got shut down by blocks worth of people roving the streets looking for them. they didn't return today.
BREAKING: Judge Immergut issues a permanent injunction against Pete Hegseth and the deployment of the National Guard to Portland.
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storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 8, 2025 at 1:22 AM
just a reminder that yesterday ICE tried to probe northwest portland and got shut down by blocks worth of people roving the streets looking for them. they didn't return today.
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My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
November 8, 2025 at 2:53 AM
My kids have measles and my SNAP benefits were cut. But at least those cashiers at Walmart aren’t writing “they/them” on their name tags anymore.
A couple episodes into the pandemic and the critical role cast is just dying laughing about a game of boulder parchment sheers. Hydraulic theory of emotions.
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
A couple episodes into the pandemic and the critical role cast is just dying laughing about a game of boulder parchment sheers. Hydraulic theory of emotions.
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San Francisco International Airport: Important Travel Notice ✈️ The FAA is requesting a reduction in air travel, starting tomorrow. Airlines are responding to this request, and will notify their passengers of changes to flight schedules. Please make sure to check […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
San Francisco International Airport: Important Travel Notice ✈️ The FAA is requesting a reduction in air travel, starting tomorrow. Airlines are responding to this request, and will notify their passengers of changes to flight schedules. Please make sure to check […]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
[Original post on ai6yr.org]
So glad the NYT is open to printing such brave differences of opinion on topics that are under serious discussion in this great nation.
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 AM
So glad the NYT is open to printing such brave differences of opinion on topics that are under serious discussion in this great nation.
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Whenever I can, I go to Broadview ICE, where BP and ICE agents are coming in and out, and I hold a sign that says ICE IS EVIL, and I say those words. Because this is evil. It's just evil.
“They didn’t just walk in chasing one person, they went into multiple rooms asking and looking for teachers while children were present,” Ramirez said. “This is an agency that has gone rogue and it an agency that believes that as long as they can cover their face, they can get away with anything.”
Families "horrified" after daycare teacher pulled out of school by federal agents.
The incident happened in front of parents and children at Rayito de Sol in North Center, a parent said. They believe the employee, who cares for infants, is legally allowed to work in the United State...
www.chalkbeat.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Whenever I can, I go to Broadview ICE, where BP and ICE agents are coming in and out, and I hold a sign that says ICE IS EVIL, and I say those words. Because this is evil. It's just evil.
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Okay so it was 10 years ago but it also involved Michael Chiklis
November 7, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Okay so it was 10 years ago but it also involved Michael Chiklis
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@mcuban.bsky.social do you believe democrats are making a big mistake by not engaging with the Stew Community?
November 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
@mcuban.bsky.social do you believe democrats are making a big mistake by not engaging with the Stew Community?