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Here's the thing. Journalists look at the two major political parties as two separate types of dog.
There's a therapy dog. This dog is trained and well behaved and when you see it on the couch saying "Fox News is the communications arm of the Republican Party," you smack that dog with a newspaper.
There's a therapy dog. This dog is trained and well behaved and when you see it on the couch saying "Fox News is the communications arm of the Republican Party," you smack that dog with a newspaper.
November 28, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Here's the thing. Journalists look at the two major political parties as two separate types of dog.
There's a therapy dog. This dog is trained and well behaved and when you see it on the couch saying "Fox News is the communications arm of the Republican Party," you smack that dog with a newspaper.
There's a therapy dog. This dog is trained and well behaved and when you see it on the couch saying "Fox News is the communications arm of the Republican Party," you smack that dog with a newspaper.
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Another great read from @scrawford.bsky.social: "We can’t rely on the insurance industry to be the only risk-signaler for homes. These companies may be tracking hurricanes and wildfires, and translating those risks into higher premiums, but they are likely to exclude saltwater intrusion coverage."
New research shows climate risk is already hitting insurance and home values. And that’s only part of the story. Some serious hazards, like saltwater intrusion, often aren’t covered at all -- and aren’t yet priced into housing markets. Column today: susanpcrawford.substack.com/p/new-data-s...
New data shows insurance costs rising and home values sinking as climate risks grow
Insurance markets are flashing warnings — even as some major climate risks remain unmeasured and unaccounted for
susanpcrawford.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Another great read from @scrawford.bsky.social: "We can’t rely on the insurance industry to be the only risk-signaler for homes. These companies may be tracking hurricanes and wildfires, and translating those risks into higher premiums, but they are likely to exclude saltwater intrusion coverage."
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Fantastic event and well organized.
Many scientists, communicators and journalists are currently asking the right questions
How can we bridge the gap between science and society?
What is the role of media and trust?
Are we on an even playing field?
Let me share a few slides from my talk
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Many scientists, communicators and journalists are currently asking the right questions
How can we bridge the gap between science and society?
What is the role of media and trust?
Are we on an even playing field?
Let me share a few slides from my talk
1/
Looking forward to the @mcid-unibe.bsky.social annual event.
I will give a keynote lecture about some of my work and what I learned in the last years:
"Public Health in the Information Age: Old gaps, new vulnerabilities, hidden subversion and the battle for trust"
Should be fun 🎉🧪
I will give a keynote lecture about some of my work and what I learned in the last years:
"Public Health in the Information Age: Old gaps, new vulnerabilities, hidden subversion and the battle for trust"
Should be fun 🎉🧪
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Fantastic event and well organized.
Many scientists, communicators and journalists are currently asking the right questions
How can we bridge the gap between science and society?
What is the role of media and trust?
Are we on an even playing field?
Let me share a few slides from my talk
1/
Many scientists, communicators and journalists are currently asking the right questions
How can we bridge the gap between science and society?
What is the role of media and trust?
Are we on an even playing field?
Let me share a few slides from my talk
1/
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If we want to talk affordability, you know what would really help? Re-jiggering how we pay for college. There's a lot to learn from my native Australia, which has an incredibly fair and efficient system of income-based repayment.
November 27, 2025 at 12:52 PM
If we want to talk affordability, you know what would really help? Re-jiggering how we pay for college. There's a lot to learn from my native Australia, which has an incredibly fair and efficient system of income-based repayment.
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In 2024 (and now apparently) there was an interesting debate over "cheapflation." A study found the price of generic-brand food increased faster than premium, as more affluent customers substituted into generic.
Standard to assume this is a welfare loss.
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
Standard to assume this is a welfare loss.
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
November 26, 2025 at 1:50 PM
In 2024 (and now apparently) there was an interesting debate over "cheapflation." A study found the price of generic-brand food increased faster than premium, as more affluent customers substituted into generic.
Standard to assume this is a welfare loss.
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
Standard to assume this is a welfare loss.
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
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They cancel Liberal writers (who've been right about the Right all along) while promoting recently-former Republicans (who built the monster machine that created Trump) because the legacy media and the Rick Wilsons of the world have a shared common interest in never talking about the Before Time.
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 AM
They cancel Liberal writers (who've been right about the Right all along) while promoting recently-former Republicans (who built the monster machine that created Trump) because the legacy media and the Rick Wilsons of the world have a shared common interest in never talking about the Before Time.
NOBODY COULD HAVE PREDICTED.
youtu.be/KW067woSxws
youtu.be/KW067woSxws
November 24, 2025 at 5:26 AM
NOBODY COULD HAVE PREDICTED.
youtu.be/KW067woSxws
youtu.be/KW067woSxws
Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the Great Pumpkin, Chuck, at least it's an ethos!
That rug really tied the room together, Charlie Brown.
I’m not the guy you kill, Charlie Brown. I’m the guy you buy!
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the Great Pumpkin, Chuck, at least it's an ethos!
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Charlie Brown: Then, by implication, you think you're smarter than I am, since it was you who tricked me.
Lucy: No, I know I'm not smarter than you.
Charlie Brown: Then how did you trick me?
Lucy: You had... disadvantages.
Charlie Brown: What disadvantages?
Lucy: You're a blockhead.
Lucy: No, I know I'm not smarter than you.
Charlie Brown: Then how did you trick me?
Lucy: You had... disadvantages.
Charlie Brown: What disadvantages?
Lucy: You're a blockhead.
October 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Charlie Brown: Then, by implication, you think you're smarter than I am, since it was you who tricked me.
Lucy: No, I know I'm not smarter than you.
Charlie Brown: Then how did you trick me?
Lucy: You had... disadvantages.
Charlie Brown: What disadvantages?
Lucy: You're a blockhead.
Lucy: No, I know I'm not smarter than you.
Charlie Brown: Then how did you trick me?
Lucy: You had... disadvantages.
Charlie Brown: What disadvantages?
Lucy: You're a blockhead.
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I am always surprised to hear that people pay for people like Alex Trembath to put words to screen.
I'm not surprised to see that Alex is getting work from Chris Rufo's outfit at the Manhattan Institute. He fits in there.
www.city-journal.org/person/alex-...
I'm not surprised to see that Alex is getting work from Chris Rufo's outfit at the Manhattan Institute. He fits in there.
www.city-journal.org/person/alex-...
Alex Trembath Archives
www.city-journal.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I am always surprised to hear that people pay for people like Alex Trembath to put words to screen.
I'm not surprised to see that Alex is getting work from Chris Rufo's outfit at the Manhattan Institute. He fits in there.
www.city-journal.org/person/alex-...
I'm not surprised to see that Alex is getting work from Chris Rufo's outfit at the Manhattan Institute. He fits in there.
www.city-journal.org/person/alex-...
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It has always been the case that you can find success by telling billionaires what they want to hear, but the dynamic has never been more explicit and out in the open than today.
November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
It has always been the case that you can find success by telling billionaires what they want to hear, but the dynamic has never been more explicit and out in the open than today.
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These guys have been telling billionaires what they want to hear about climate change for decades now, and finally culture has caught up to them. Congrats I guess.
November 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
These guys have been telling billionaires what they want to hear about climate change for decades now, and finally culture has caught up to them. Congrats I guess.
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Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana.
Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airborne.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airborne.
By @natlash.bsky.social
How ProPublica Investigated a Bird Flu Outbreak in America’s Heartland
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana. Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airb...
www.propublica.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Early this year, bird flu ripped through 80 farms in Ohio and Indiana.
Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airborne.
By @natlash.bsky.social
Using genetic markers, wind simulations, satellite imagery, property records and more, we found that the virus could’ve been airborne.
By @natlash.bsky.social
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AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in, and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in, and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
November 22, 2025 at 10:31 PM
AOC on MTG retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in, and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in, and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office."
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@mattyglesias.bsky.social in a nutshell.
"The left went too left, the right went too right, probably because of the left, and I weep for the center."
Oh and dumps taken on a bunch of policies that matter because polls say they don't matter on a public opinion scale. QeD.
"The left went too left, the right went too right, probably because of the left, and I weep for the center."
Oh and dumps taken on a bunch of policies that matter because polls say they don't matter on a public opinion scale. QeD.
November 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
@mattyglesias.bsky.social in a nutshell.
"The left went too left, the right went too right, probably because of the left, and I weep for the center."
Oh and dumps taken on a bunch of policies that matter because polls say they don't matter on a public opinion scale. QeD.
"The left went too left, the right went too right, probably because of the left, and I weep for the center."
Oh and dumps taken on a bunch of policies that matter because polls say they don't matter on a public opinion scale. QeD.
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Yes. The question is not why Biden's debate performance generated a lot of negative coverage -- he was legitimately bad and was right to drop out -- but why Trump faring so badly against Harris that he turtled from any further debates generated so little
The polls of people who actually watched the debate showed Biden losing badly... by the exact same margin that Trump lost the Harris debate. But Trump by contrast didn't have weeks of drumbeat, full-court-press news afterwards about his debate failure - media instead dropped the story
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Yes. The question is not why Biden's debate performance generated a lot of negative coverage -- he was legitimately bad and was right to drop out -- but why Trump faring so badly against Harris that he turtled from any further debates generated so little
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WA resident dies from bird flu variant never before seen in humans
WA resident dies from bird flu variant never before seen in humans
The death was the second from bird flu recorded in the U.S. since 2022. It was the first human case in the state this year.
www.seattletimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:30 AM
WA resident dies from bird flu variant never before seen in humans
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Fuck normalizing hateful politics and fuck playing nice for access.
This isn’t a game!
This isn’t a game!
November 22, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Fuck normalizing hateful politics and fuck playing nice for access.
This isn’t a game!
This isn’t a game!
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Was there any coverage of the recent record warmth in both the Arctic and Antarctic? Multiple global datasets now confirm these records, and I think it's really quite striking.
Here's some very quick plots showing NOAAGlobalTempv6 data from October too. And see my earlier posts.
Here's some very quick plots showing NOAAGlobalTempv6 data from October too. And see my earlier posts.
November 22, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Was there any coverage of the recent record warmth in both the Arctic and Antarctic? Multiple global datasets now confirm these records, and I think it's really quite striking.
Here's some very quick plots showing NOAAGlobalTempv6 data from October too. And see my earlier posts.
Here's some very quick plots showing NOAAGlobalTempv6 data from October too. And see my earlier posts.
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"We don’t need to be getting our policy insights from a pedophile-adjacent, ethically conflicted nepo baby."
Don’t Let Larry Summers Back Into Polite Society
While Larry Summers’s “association” with Jeffrey Epstein was already known, this newest batch of emails reveals their relationship ran deep.
interc.pt
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"We don’t need to be getting our policy insights from a pedophile-adjacent, ethically conflicted nepo baby."
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If Mamdani invites Trump to Gracie Mansion and serves him 1980’s surf-and-turf and chocolate cake with a chilled can of Diet Coke in a graciously appointed dining room, we might be able to get Medicare For All.
Dream big.
Dream big.
November 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
If Mamdani invites Trump to Gracie Mansion and serves him 1980’s surf-and-turf and chocolate cake with a chilled can of Diet Coke in a graciously appointed dining room, we might be able to get Medicare For All.
Dream big.
Dream big.
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These people were/are idiots. Everything was just a vibe or a sound bite and they never bothered to ask people who might have known better.
November 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
These people were/are idiots. Everything was just a vibe or a sound bite and they never bothered to ask people who might have known better.
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Whether it's Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference or Donald Trump calling for the execution of Democrats, both presidents engaged in norm-busting behavior.
November 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Whether it's Barack Obama wearing a tan suit to a press conference or Donald Trump calling for the execution of Democrats, both presidents engaged in norm-busting behavior.