George Rohrich
urgoin.bsky.social
George Rohrich
@urgoin.bsky.social
Peace and Conflict Studies- Universität Marburg
Community and Preventative Health
Nature and outdoor enthusiast found in mts of Washington.
In servitude of Finn and Tobi 🐱🐱
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Social media feeds today are optimized for engagement, often leading to misalignment between users' intentions and technology use.

In a new paper, we introduce Bonsai, a tool to create feeds based on stated preferences, rather than predicted engagement.

arxiv.org/abs/2509.10776
September 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Federal agents hurled tear gas at people on a busy Logan Square street, outside a grocery store and near an elementary school.

Reckless, undertrained ICE hires are a danger to everyone. This is terrorism against US citizens.
October 4, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Chelan, WA marches for FREEDOM & DEMOCRACY!!! #HandsOff #Resist #1A
April 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Born out of pandemic era health reforms that was thought to be a safe flexibility option for seniors accessing healthcare, particularly in rural areas, Medicare coverage for most types of telehealth visits will end in the next month.
February 22, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Idaho Period Project mission is “to create access to essential menstrual products for every woman and girl in #Idaho, ending period poverty and ensuring health, dignity, and equality for all.”
March 14 at 6 pm / Idaho Falls Snake River Event Center, Shilo Inn
www.eastidahonews.com/2025/02/loca...
Local nonprofit to host gala to support Idaho girls and raise funds to end period poverty - East Idaho News
IDAHO FALLS — A local nonprofit is inviting the community to an upcoming event to celebrate progress and raise funds to end period poverty. The Idaho Period Project is putting on a gala called “EmpowH...
www.eastidahonews.com
February 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9
February 13, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Friend/enemy, us/them, these frameworks have moved from narratives from fringe extremist to subtle mainstream talking points to pervasive worldviews in our society. How do we break this cycle?

A well written article and worth a read!

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/o...
Opinion | Us and Them Is All the Rage (Gift Article)
A German political theorist helps explain MAGA morality.
www.nytimes.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM