Michael Kaemingk
@mkaemingk.bsky.social
Deputy Director of Research at Vote Rev. Behavioral science + voter engagement. Epistemological modesty. Pickleball. PDX.
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Today, I have an article in @SSIR.org on lessons from our first decade, including:
(1) The importance of choosing causes
(2) Field-building pays off hugely
(3) Great philanthropy is possible anywhere on the risk spectrum
(4) Balancing maximization and moderation is hard
🧵
ssir.org/articles/en...
(1) The importance of choosing causes
(2) Field-building pays off hugely
(3) Great philanthropy is possible anywhere on the risk spectrum
(4) Balancing maximization and moderation is hard
🧵
ssir.org/articles/en...
November 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Today, I have an article in @SSIR.org on lessons from our first decade, including:
(1) The importance of choosing causes
(2) Field-building pays off hugely
(3) Great philanthropy is possible anywhere on the risk spectrum
(4) Balancing maximization and moderation is hard
🧵
ssir.org/articles/en...
(1) The importance of choosing causes
(2) Field-building pays off hugely
(3) Great philanthropy is possible anywhere on the risk spectrum
(4) Balancing maximization and moderation is hard
🧵
ssir.org/articles/en...
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AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
November 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
AOC: We have a future to fight for, and we're either going to do that together or you're going to be left behind. It's not about Progressive. It's not moderate, it's not liberal. This is about do you understand the assignment of fighting fascism right now? And the assignment is you come together…
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Spanberger-Sherill-Zohranism lives
November 5, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Spanberger-Sherill-Zohranism lives
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
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What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?
Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.
Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.
October 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
What did Tom Homan do with the $50K he took in a CAVA bag from undercover FBI agents?
Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.
Just keep asking this everyday. Its a big scandal they can't escape because Pam Bondi and her DOJ killed the investigation. They're cornered on this and the Epstein Files.
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this crowdsourced crowd counting was a big success previously (no one else is doing something like this, and researchers cited it) and i'm happy to help out again.
Attending a "No Kings" protest Saturday? The Xylom's @alexip718.com and Strength in Numbers' @gelliottmorris.com are joining forces to conduct a nationwide, unofficial, crowdsourced attendance estimate.
We need your help to be our eyes and ears across 2,100+ locations and on the Internet.
We need your help to be our eyes and ears across 2,100+ locations and on the Internet.
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 PM
this crowdsourced crowd counting was a big success previously (no one else is doing something like this, and researchers cited it) and i'm happy to help out again.
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we have been working on this new polling aggregation website for a few months now, and are excited to share it with the world! plenty more features and polls to come.
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
we have been working on this new polling aggregation website for a few months now, and are excited to share it with the world! plenty more features and polls to come.
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A gentleman with a "Dump Here 61" shirt caught the Raleigh home run (on a bounce.)
October 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
A gentleman with a "Dump Here 61" shirt caught the Raleigh home run (on a bounce.)
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Wrote this for the New York Times today (hope this link works!)
W.N.B.A. is doing immensely well! Time to pay the players!!
Thanks to Sara Chodosh for asking me to write this (helping with the writing) and making the cool graphics!!
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
W.N.B.A. is doing immensely well! Time to pay the players!!
Thanks to Sara Chodosh for asking me to write this (helping with the writing) and making the cool graphics!!
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
Opinion | The W.N.B.A. Is Making More Money Than Ever. Why Aren’t the Players? (Gift Article)
Other professional sports leagues give their players roughly 50 percent of the revenue, but the W.N.B.A. players get less than 10 percent.
urldefense.com
October 3, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Wrote this for the New York Times today (hope this link works!)
W.N.B.A. is doing immensely well! Time to pay the players!!
Thanks to Sara Chodosh for asking me to write this (helping with the writing) and making the cool graphics!!
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
W.N.B.A. is doing immensely well! Time to pay the players!!
Thanks to Sara Chodosh for asking me to write this (helping with the writing) and making the cool graphics!!
urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...
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Really excited to share the results from our recent Randomized Clinical Trail of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for those in early SUD recovery just published in JAMA Psychiatry led by the intrepid David Eddie.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for Substance Use Disorder
This randomized clinical trial evaluates the effects of second-generation heart rate variability biofeedback on negative affect, positive affect, craving, and alcohol and other drug use in adults with...
jamanetwork.com
October 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Really excited to share the results from our recent Randomized Clinical Trail of Heart Rate Variability Biofeedback for those in early SUD recovery just published in JAMA Psychiatry led by the intrepid David Eddie.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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October 18th, we gather again to tell the world NO KINGS IN AMERICA!!
On June 14th 50k Portlanders joined us in our march to tell Donald Trump and his regime No Kings.. can we top it?
On June 14th 50k Portlanders joined us in our march to tell Donald Trump and his regime No Kings.. can we top it?
September 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
October 18th, we gather again to tell the world NO KINGS IN AMERICA!!
On June 14th 50k Portlanders joined us in our march to tell Donald Trump and his regime No Kings.. can we top it?
On June 14th 50k Portlanders joined us in our march to tell Donald Trump and his regime No Kings.. can we top it?
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NYT: gone. WaPo: gone. LA Times: gone. CBS: gone. CNN: gone. MSNBC: going.
Plus almost all local newspapers & local TV news stations.
Plus almost all of social media.
The information environment is utterly dominated by the right & everything else is downstream of that.
Plus almost all local newspapers & local TV news stations.
Plus almost all of social media.
The information environment is utterly dominated by the right & everything else is downstream of that.
The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me
Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Washington Post has broken my heart | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the best Democrat in America right now.
www.inquirer.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
NYT: gone. WaPo: gone. LA Times: gone. CBS: gone. CNN: gone. MSNBC: going.
Plus almost all local newspapers & local TV news stations.
Plus almost all of social media.
The information environment is utterly dominated by the right & everything else is downstream of that.
Plus almost all local newspapers & local TV news stations.
Plus almost all of social media.
The information environment is utterly dominated by the right & everything else is downstream of that.
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The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me
Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
The Washington Post has broken my heart | Will Bunch Newsletter
Plus, the best Democrat in America right now.
www.inquirer.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
The Washington Post was the paper of my teen dreams -- whose courage helped convince me to chose a life in journalism. Monday's firing of the Post's moral beacon, Karen Attiah, proved that a newsroom I'd believed in is now dead to me
Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
Why I finally ditched the Post www.inquirer.com/columnists/a...
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This is false. For example, the libertarian @cato.org breaks down the numbers, showing about 6 deaths from right-wing politically motivated attackers for every 1 from left-wing attackers.
Moreover, the claim that shooters represent anyone other than an unhinged fraction of society is the deeper lie.
Moreover, the claim that shooters represent anyone other than an unhinged fraction of society is the deeper lie.
September 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is false. For example, the libertarian @cato.org breaks down the numbers, showing about 6 deaths from right-wing politically motivated attackers for every 1 from left-wing attackers.
Moreover, the claim that shooters represent anyone other than an unhinged fraction of society is the deeper lie.
Moreover, the claim that shooters represent anyone other than an unhinged fraction of society is the deeper lie.
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These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?
September 11, 2025 at 3:11 AM
These are calls for mass political violence, against all Democrats. They openly call for the bombing of "Democrat" cities and for the jailing or killing of Democratic politicians. They are from some of the most influential voices in right-wing politics. Will anyone say anything?
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“The birthday book is not just a test of Trump’s influence but also a test of the power of our current, broken media ecosystem, as well as a rare look at what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they want.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... by @cwarzel.bsky.social
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
“The birthday book is not just a test of Trump’s influence but also a test of the power of our current, broken media ecosystem, as well as a rare look at what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they want.” www.theatlantic.com/technology/a... by @cwarzel.bsky.social
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How much do people really reject science?
New paper out doi.org/10.1177/0963...
In four studies, we asked Americans—including flat Earthers, climate change deniers and vaccine skeptics—whether they accepted basic scientific facts.
The result? A surprisingly high level of agreement. 👇
New paper out doi.org/10.1177/0963...
In four studies, we asked Americans—including flat Earthers, climate change deniers and vaccine skeptics—whether they accepted basic scientific facts.
The result? A surprisingly high level of agreement. 👇
Quasi-universal acceptance of basic science in the United States - Jan Pfänder, Lou Kerzreho, Hugo Mercier, 2025
Substantial minorities of the population report a low degree of trust in science, or endorse conspiracy theories that violate basic scientific knowledge. This m...
doi.org
September 5, 2025 at 11:17 AM
How much do people really reject science?
New paper out doi.org/10.1177/0963...
In four studies, we asked Americans—including flat Earthers, climate change deniers and vaccine skeptics—whether they accepted basic scientific facts.
The result? A surprisingly high level of agreement. 👇
New paper out doi.org/10.1177/0963...
In four studies, we asked Americans—including flat Earthers, climate change deniers and vaccine skeptics—whether they accepted basic scientific facts.
The result? A surprisingly high level of agreement. 👇
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The biggest scandal in US public life *ought* to be that we are the richest country in history & yet our infrastructure sucks, our transportation choices suck, our cities suck, our healthcare sucks, our public administration sucks, & in dozens of little ways, our daily lives suck.
September 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The biggest scandal in US public life *ought* to be that we are the richest country in history & yet our infrastructure sucks, our transportation choices suck, our cities suck, our healthcare sucks, our public administration sucks, & in dozens of little ways, our daily lives suck.
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"He noted that snippets of Prasad’s comments still appeared on anti-vaccine social media accounts, suggesting Prasad was directing his removal demand only at a critic and not anti-vaccine influencers. In the past, Prasad has complained about censorship by social media companies."
Top FDA official demands removal of YouTube videos of himself that criticized Covid vaccines
Doctor who created now-defunct channel says he wanted to ‘preserve’ what Trump health officials said during Covid
www.theguardian.com
August 31, 2025 at 2:12 PM
"He noted that snippets of Prasad’s comments still appeared on anti-vaccine social media accounts, suggesting Prasad was directing his removal demand only at a critic and not anti-vaccine influencers. In the past, Prasad has complained about censorship by social media companies."
"How did you think people would react when you fired the government’s most talented designers and engineers from 18f and the United States Digital Service and then tried to roll out this shit? Are you actually fucking with us?"
americabydesign.fail
americabydesign.fail
America by Design Fail
Trump fired the best designers in the Federal Government
americabydesign.fail
August 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
"How did you think people would react when you fired the government’s most talented designers and engineers from 18f and the United States Digital Service and then tried to roll out this shit? Are you actually fucking with us?"
americabydesign.fail
americabydesign.fail
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Chef's kiss, perfect, 12/10, no notes. americabydesign.fail
"How should we pronounce the acronym for National Design Studio (NDS)? Is it nads?"
"How should we pronounce the acronym for National Design Studio (NDS)? Is it nads?"
America by Design Fail
Trump fired the best designers in the Federal Government
americabydesign.fail
August 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Chef's kiss, perfect, 12/10, no notes. americabydesign.fail
"How should we pronounce the acronym for National Design Studio (NDS)? Is it nads?"
"How should we pronounce the acronym for National Design Studio (NDS)? Is it nads?"
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I don't know who made this spoof of the America by Design website, but it does reflect some of the indignation over Trump's design EO that I've seen from fired feds who worked on design issues.
americabydesign.fail
americabydesign.fail
August 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I don't know who made this spoof of the America by Design website, but it does reflect some of the indignation over Trump's design EO that I've seen from fired feds who worked on design issues.
americabydesign.fail
americabydesign.fail
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May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
August 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May this portion of the dissent by Ketanji Brown Jackson haunt John Roberts forever and be the final word on his tenure as Chief Justice.
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"There was a goal to 'to reach a specific threshold in cuts ... . But in practice it’s clear there was no intent for actual savings. The losses in services, and time wasted fixing systems because a critical purchase as small as a website certificate was held up was significant.'"
Thomas Shedd departs as Labor CIO
The longtime Tesla engineer appears to still be working at the General Services Administration, according to two employees, even as he leaves his post at the Labor Department.
www.nextgov.com
August 6, 2025 at 12:26 AM
"There was a goal to 'to reach a specific threshold in cuts ... . But in practice it’s clear there was no intent for actual savings. The losses in services, and time wasted fixing systems because a critical purchase as small as a website certificate was held up was significant.'"
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A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
July 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A Quebec fisherman who was fishing 15 kilometers north of the US border was essentially kidnapped by US Border Patrol, who capsized his boat and dragged him to an American prison cell.
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...
In any normal time this'd be quite the international incident, y'know?
www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...