Sara Savat
@sarasavat.bsky.social
Mom, wife, Swiftie, book lover, Senior News Director at WashU covering business and social sciences.
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holy shit -- Jay was spitting facts on Fox News
April 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
holy shit -- Jay was spitting facts on Fox News
The MAGA cult showing their crazy delusions on the main stage. Truly insane.
theconversation.com/i-went-to-cp...
theconversation.com/i-went-to-cp...
I went to CPAC as an anthropologist to see how Trump supporters are feeling − for them, a ‘golden age’ has begun
This year’s CPAC gathering has been a victory lap for Trump supporters, who have devoted their time at the event to praising the president and his accomplishments.
theconversation.com
February 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The MAGA cult showing their crazy delusions on the main stage. Truly insane.
theconversation.com/i-went-to-cp...
theconversation.com/i-went-to-cp...
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It's easy to feel powerless. I'm not sure how to make my voice heard in the face of so much evil. But today I canceled my Sam's membership and bought a Costco membership, so it feels like a start.
January 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
It's easy to feel powerless. I'm not sure how to make my voice heard in the face of so much evil. But today I canceled my Sam's membership and bought a Costco membership, so it feels like a start.
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As Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour comes to a close, here are eight ways Swiftmania is likely to change concerts forever 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/3P1BrBX
December 5, 2024 at 8:25 PM
As Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour comes to a close, here are eight ways Swiftmania is likely to change concerts forever 🔗 https://on.wsj.com/3P1BrBX
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Tumors are also suckers for candy corn, as it turns out. It's likely that high fructose corn syrup consumption leads to more circulating lipids in the blood for hungry cancer. #nutritionscience 🧪 🩺 #chemistry source.washu.edu/2024/12/rese...
Research reveals how fructose in diet enhances tumor growth
Fructose is a sweetener added to ultra-processed foods, typically in the form of high-fructose corn syrup. WashU research shows that the liver turns fructose into lipids that many types of cancers cra...
source.washu.edu
December 5, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Tumors are also suckers for candy corn, as it turns out. It's likely that high fructose corn syrup consumption leads to more circulating lipids in the blood for hungry cancer. #nutritionscience 🧪 🩺 #chemistry source.washu.edu/2024/12/rese...
Everyone is talking about the mass X-odus over at Twitter, but how are brands responding? I talked with WashU marketing expert Michael Wall about how brands should navigate partisan polarization online.
source.washu.edu/2024/11/wash...
source.washu.edu/2024/11/wash...
WashU Expert: ‘X-odus’ creates growing challenges for brand marketing
If there is one thing that is constant in marketing, it's that things are constantly changing, according to Michael Wall, a marketing expert at WashU Olin Business School. As social media users flock ...
source.washu.edu
November 13, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Everyone is talking about the mass X-odus over at Twitter, but how are brands responding? I talked with WashU marketing expert Michael Wall about how brands should navigate partisan polarization online.
source.washu.edu/2024/11/wash...
source.washu.edu/2024/11/wash...
This makes my feminist heart break even more.
The compounding rejection of first Hillary Clinton then Kamala Harris as a presidenital candidate has exposed an uncomfortable but steady undercurrent of American society: Women do not necessarily agree on what counts as progress or a setback.
Was the Trump Election a Setback for Women? Even Women Do Not Agree.
Kamala Harris would have been the first female president in the nation’s nearly 250-year history. But many women chose Donald Trump, despite his history of sexism and his support for the end of Roe v....
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2024 at 8:17 PM
This makes my feminist heart break even more.
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Good news: Twitter is collapsing.
And this chart doesn't even show the last two weeks—which have seen the largest exodus in site history.
There are reports from Newsweek and others that Twitter may merge with Truth Social.
If that happens, the last collapse of Twitter may happen almost overnight.
And this chart doesn't even show the last two weeks—which have seen the largest exodus in site history.
There are reports from Newsweek and others that Twitter may merge with Truth Social.
If that happens, the last collapse of Twitter may happen almost overnight.
November 12, 2024 at 7:15 PM
Good news: Twitter is collapsing.
And this chart doesn't even show the last two weeks—which have seen the largest exodus in site history.
There are reports from Newsweek and others that Twitter may merge with Truth Social.
If that happens, the last collapse of Twitter may happen almost overnight.
And this chart doesn't even show the last two weeks—which have seen the largest exodus in site history.
There are reports from Newsweek and others that Twitter may merge with Truth Social.
If that happens, the last collapse of Twitter may happen almost overnight.