Stella Rouse
@stellarouse.bsky.social
Political scientist and director of the Hispanic Research Center at Arizona State University. I study how identities inform political attitudes. policy preferences, and institutional outcomes. Opinions are obviously my own. www.stellarouse.com
H/T Democratic Socialists
November 22, 2025 at 10:23 PM
H/T Democratic Socialists
This. Is. Exactly. The. Existential. Fight.
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This. Is. Exactly. The. Existential. Fight.
"[participants] were randomly assigned to do so by using either an LLM like ChatGPT or the “old-fashioned way,” by navigating links using a standard Google search."
Lol on "old-fashioned way" being Google searches.
Lol on "old-fashioned way" being Google searches.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"[participants] were randomly assigned to do so by using either an LLM like ChatGPT or the “old-fashioned way,” by navigating links using a standard Google search."
Lol on "old-fashioned way" being Google searches.
Lol on "old-fashioned way" being Google searches.
A fascinating analysis would be examining the recitivism rate of those pardoned by Trump, compared to all other presidential pardons.
A Fraudster Pardoned by Trump Gets 37 Years for Running Ponzi Scheme
www.nytimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:22 AM
A fascinating analysis would be examining the recitivism rate of those pardoned by Trump, compared to all other presidential pardons.
Positive result, but herein lies the weakness of American democracy. The only remedy/guardrail for a rogue administration takes weeks if not months (and sometimes years)-- long after much damage has been done.
BREAKING: Judge Cobb rules that the Pentagon's National Guard deployment into D.C. was illegal.
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
However, she has stayed the effect of her order until Dec. 11 to prevent disorder while the matter is under appeal.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
November 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Positive result, but herein lies the weakness of American democracy. The only remedy/guardrail for a rogue administration takes weeks if not months (and sometimes years)-- long after much damage has been done.
Palate clensing story.
“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Palate clensing story.
Make America Hate Again.
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Make America Hate Again.
"it is LITERALLY possible nobody had ever thought of this as a thing that could happen" sums up the Trump administration, in general, and Trump DOJ, more specifically, pretty well.
Sure. "The Grand Jury did not see the operative indictment" is the kind of fuckup where lawyers literally don't actually know what happens next because it SO fundamental a thing that it is LITERALLY possible nobody had even thought of this as a thing that could happen.
Translate for us non-law-talkers...?
November 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
"it is LITERALLY possible nobody had ever thought of this as a thing that could happen" sums up the Trump administration, in general, and Trump DOJ, more specifically, pretty well.
Stop threatening me with a good time.
AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will “financially ruin” the AI industry.
arstechnica.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Stop threatening me with a good time.
Translation: "the House GOP caucus ran over me, let me kick it to my counterpart in the Senate to see what he can do to change this from its original intent (to release all files)."
Mike Johnson says he's talked to Thune & he's "very confident that when this moves forward in the process - if & when it is processed in the Senate, which is no certainty - they will take the time methodically to do what we have not been allowed to do in the House. To amend this discharge petition."
November 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Translation: "the House GOP caucus ran over me, let me kick it to my counterpart in the Senate to see what he can do to change this from its original intent (to release all files)."
New age of surveillance and risk assessment. This will only get worse and guardrails won't keep up.
AI-powered balloons have been photographing Arizona homes for insurance risk assessments
AI balloons over Arizona capture home images for insurance with Near Space Labs technology raising privacy concerns
azmirror.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New age of surveillance and risk assessment. This will only get worse and guardrails won't keep up.
Please don't embarrass my friend, who will be lining my pockets, by reminding him that he is a ruthless dictator who kills those that criticize him. The reporter had it coming.
**We are broke as a country**
**We are broke as a country**
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Please don't embarrass my friend, who will be lining my pockets, by reminding him that he is a ruthless dictator who kills those that criticize him. The reporter had it coming.
**We are broke as a country**
**We are broke as a country**
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If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If an attractive young woman a third my age didn't want to date me, then why did she ask me for feedback on an economics paper?
by Larry Summers
by Larry Summers
I can't imagine what it is like for career DOJ officials, former or current, who spent years protecting the integrity and independence of such an important part of the federal justice system to see it lit like a dumpster fire in a matter of months.
Judge Says Justice Dept. May Have Committed ‘Misconduct’ in Comey Case
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I can't imagine what it is like for career DOJ officials, former or current, who spent years protecting the integrity and independence of such an important part of the federal justice system to see it lit like a dumpster fire in a matter of months.
This is the plot of Sinners, IRL.
Here’s a story for every national news outlet:
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
In N.C., churchgoers are literally running into the woods as federal agents descend on the property.
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
November 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the plot of Sinners, IRL.
I have to stop playing bingo, or get a completely new card.
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I have to stop playing bingo, or get a completely new card.
Me at the end of a semester.
a robot is dancing on a stage in front of an idol sign
ALT: a robot is dancing on a stage in front of an idol sign
media.tenor.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Me at the end of a semester.
I've leaned heavily on normative vs. postivist distinctions.
Do political science profs have to explain to their students that, for most of American history, it was actually borderline unthinkable that elected officials and their spokespersons would constantly talk like trashy reality show contestants?
After calling Schumer a "Palestinian," Leavitt refers to "Gavin Newscum." So she's just ripping off her boss's smears now.
November 14, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I've leaned heavily on normative vs. postivist distinctions.
The release of the Epstein emails is like lighting an ant colony on fire and watching some very rich and influential white men scrambling out from the safety of their little dark hole.
November 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The release of the Epstein emails is like lighting an ant colony on fire and watching some very rich and influential white men scrambling out from the safety of their little dark hole.
Exhibit 999,999,999 that the best currency the Trump administration traffics in is shamelessness.
Trump Justice Department sues to stop California from redistricting to give Democrats more House seats | CNN Politics
The Trump administration moved Thursday to join a Republican-led legal challenge to California’s effort to redraw the state’s congressional maps ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, throwing the full ...
www.cnn.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Exhibit 999,999,999 that the best currency the Trump administration traffics in is shamelessness.
The "opinions are like a**holes, everybody has one" is not part of the scientific process.
JD Vance: "Science as practiced in its best form is that if you disagree with it, then you ought to criticize it and you ought to argue against it."
November 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The "opinions are like a**holes, everybody has one" is not part of the scientific process.
If you ignore it, climate change will just go away.
Since the beginning of 2025, Democrats have pulled back from talking about climate change, according to data analyzed by The Post.
At the same time, nations and companies have been whittling down their goals — or going silent on the issue entirely.
At the same time, nations and companies have been whittling down their goals — or going silent on the issue entirely.
Climate change is out. Energy affordability is in.
A Washington Post analysis of Democratic lawmakers’ appearances and social media posts show they are going quiet on climate.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:46 PM
If you ignore it, climate change will just go away.
It's hard to reconcile what the Democrats "yes" votes to open the government signifies relative to the alternative. These Dems correctly surmised the GOP isn't willing to play by traditional rules. No SNAP benefits, reduce air traffic, and inflict whatever pain necessary to induce capitulation. 1/
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
It's hard to reconcile what the Democrats "yes" votes to open the government signifies relative to the alternative. These Dems correctly surmised the GOP isn't willing to play by traditional rules. No SNAP benefits, reduce air traffic, and inflict whatever pain necessary to induce capitulation. 1/
There needs to be a viable third party option to the Democrats. I know our system is set up to disincentivize such an option, but damn.
November 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
There needs to be a viable third party option to the Democrats. I know our system is set up to disincentivize such an option, but damn.