Will Giniewski
@w-giniewski.bsky.social
UF Grad Student
Studying: Social attitudes, community cohesion, post traumatic growth, and disaster recovery
Studying: Social attitudes, community cohesion, post traumatic growth, and disaster recovery
Reposted by Will Giniewski
I'm sure I'll take shit for saying this, but this passage from Glenn Loury's Chronicle interview perfectly captures for me the civilizational necessity of a relatively autonomous academic sphere. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
May 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm sure I'll take shit for saying this, but this passage from Glenn Loury's Chronicle interview perfectly captures for me the civilizational necessity of a relatively autonomous academic sphere. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Reposted by Will Giniewski
DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
DHS Scraps Ban on Surveillance Based on Sexual Orientation (1)
A Department of Homeland Security unit eliminated policies prohibiting personnel from conducting intelligence activities based solely on a person’s gender identity or sexual orientation.
news.bgov.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:02 AM
DHS has removed manual guidance barring investigations solely based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
This is a prerequisite to targeting the LGBTQ community with criminal investigations solely based on being LGBTQ.
news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...
Reposted by Will Giniewski
☀️📣 Looking for VOLUNTEERS to help us #standupforscience2025 in Florida!
Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
February 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
☀️📣 Looking for VOLUNTEERS to help us #standupforscience2025 in Florida!
Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
Know someone interested? Fill out this form: airtable.com/app4h5wUssMG...
#scienceforall #sciencenotsilence
In light of all Elon’s comments about balancing the debt I’d like to share some of my favorite words from @stephaniekelton.bsky.social’s “The Deficit Myth.”
February 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In light of all Elon’s comments about balancing the debt I’d like to share some of my favorite words from @stephaniekelton.bsky.social’s “The Deficit Myth.”
Reposted by Will Giniewski
“We refuse to let others be swallowed by the same nightmare we endured. No one deserves to be thrown into a system built to erase them.” Read the letter 16 former Guantanamo detainees wrote in solidarity with the migrants the U.S. is sending there right now.
Former Guantánamo Prisoners Condemn Trump’s Order on Migrants
"Guantánamo does not just allow abuse; it ensures cruelty," write sixteen people who know the real Guantánamo, not the propaganda
www.forever-wars.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“We refuse to let others be swallowed by the same nightmare we endured. No one deserves to be thrown into a system built to erase them.” Read the letter 16 former Guantanamo detainees wrote in solidarity with the migrants the U.S. is sending there right now.
Reposted by Will Giniewski
This is the cool zone. A glimpse into the near future as the rule of law breaks down and communities resort to arming themselves and patrolling neighborhoods to provide protection.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Armed men are guarding the streets of Lincoln Heights, stopping cars and vetting passersby
Lincoln Heights' newest neighborhood watch force consists of masked men with rifles on street corners. People are reporting they're stopping cars and vetting passersby.
www.cincinnati.com
February 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
This is the cool zone. A glimpse into the near future as the rule of law breaks down and communities resort to arming themselves and patrolling neighborhoods to provide protection.
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2...
Reposted by Will Giniewski
People need to understand this is a smash and grab. The billionaire oligarchs are looting the government right now. While most services and functions will be privatized and made worse, the real valuable heist is the data government has that Elon is stealing to feed his AI company.
February 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
People need to understand this is a smash and grab. The billionaire oligarchs are looting the government right now. While most services and functions will be privatized and made worse, the real valuable heist is the data government has that Elon is stealing to feed his AI company.
Reposted by Will Giniewski
DOGE is about to receive full access to IRS taxpayer data. On its own, that’s horrific. But it gets worse.
The guy with access reposted content by Nick Fuentes (who advocates killing Jews) & says he was inspired to join DOGE by Ron Unz (an antisemitic Holocaust denier).
This is beyond dangerous.
The guy with access reposted content by Nick Fuentes (who advocates killing Jews) & says he was inspired to join DOGE by Ron Unz (an antisemitic Holocaust denier).
This is beyond dangerous.
February 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
DOGE is about to receive full access to IRS taxpayer data. On its own, that’s horrific. But it gets worse.
The guy with access reposted content by Nick Fuentes (who advocates killing Jews) & says he was inspired to join DOGE by Ron Unz (an antisemitic Holocaust denier).
This is beyond dangerous.
The guy with access reposted content by Nick Fuentes (who advocates killing Jews) & says he was inspired to join DOGE by Ron Unz (an antisemitic Holocaust denier).
This is beyond dangerous.
Reposted by Will Giniewski
If colleges comply with this letter by the Trump administration, all affinity orgs, affinity graduation ceremonies, and cultural centers funded by the schools could be forced to be shut down before the end of the month.
www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Trump admin threatens to rescind federal funds over DEI
In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.
www.insidehighered.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
If colleges comply with this letter by the Trump administration, all affinity orgs, affinity graduation ceremonies, and cultural centers funded by the schools could be forced to be shut down before the end of the month.
www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
www.insidehighered.com/news/diversi...
Reposted by Will Giniewski
Get in Dorks, we are going protesting.
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS.
More information to come.
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS.
More information to come.
February 9, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Get in Dorks, we are going protesting.
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS.
More information to come.
STAND UP FOR SCIENCE. MARCH 7th 12-4pm. DC AND YOUR STATE CAPITALS.
More information to come.
Reposted by Will Giniewski
The only hope for higher ed is the academic labor movement. Join this @higheredlabor.bsky.social call next week to plan our fight us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Fund Don't Freeze: National Higher Education Strategy Call. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.
Join higher education workers from around the country on 2/13 at 8 PM Eastern / 7 PM Central / 6 PM Mountain / 5 PM Pacific for a national strategy call on the federal attack on higher education and h...
us06web.zoom.us
February 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
The only hope for higher ed is the academic labor movement. Join this @higheredlabor.bsky.social call next week to plan our fight us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Reposted by Will Giniewski
Reminder that Project 2025 called for an end to all FEMA grant programs.
FEMA grants are the primary mechanism for federally funded disaster mitigation and preparedness.
Every single community has benefited from this funding. It benefits the economy and national security.
FEMA grants are the primary mechanism for federally funded disaster mitigation and preparedness.
Every single community has benefited from this funding. It benefits the economy and national security.
February 7, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Reminder that Project 2025 called for an end to all FEMA grant programs.
FEMA grants are the primary mechanism for federally funded disaster mitigation and preparedness.
Every single community has benefited from this funding. It benefits the economy and national security.
FEMA grants are the primary mechanism for federally funded disaster mitigation and preparedness.
Every single community has benefited from this funding. It benefits the economy and national security.
Reposted by Will Giniewski
This is a big deal, it shows DOGE trying to do the thing that I and @nathantankus.bsky.social and everyone freaking out suspected: using the payment system to cancel spending they don't like edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...
Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show | CNN Politics
Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using...
edition.cnn.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This is a big deal, it shows DOGE trying to do the thing that I and @nathantankus.bsky.social and everyone freaking out suspected: using the payment system to cancel spending they don't like edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...
Reposted by Will Giniewski
As I reported exclusively this morning, Musk operatives have not only been given admin privileges on the central Treasury Dept payment system that handles 95% of the US govs budget they have also begun rewriting the code base with little or no advance planning or testing.
New Exclusive building on Wired's reporting: Musk operatives have already pushed live to production extensive code changes to the Treasury Department payment system which makes 95% of fed govs payments. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/musk-...
Musk Cronies Dive Into Treasury Dept Payments Code Base
Overnight Wired reported that contrary to published reports that DOGE operatives at...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
As I reported exclusively this morning, Musk operatives have not only been given admin privileges on the central Treasury Dept payment system that handles 95% of the US govs budget they have also begun rewriting the code base with little or no advance planning or testing.
Reposted by Will Giniewski
MUSK IS STEALING YOUR MONEY RIGHT NOW
no need to make it more complicated than that as a rallying cry
no need to make it more complicated than that as a rallying cry
February 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
MUSK IS STEALING YOUR MONEY RIGHT NOW
no need to make it more complicated than that as a rallying cry
no need to make it more complicated than that as a rallying cry
Reposted by Will Giniewski
Sure sounds like a concentration camp.
And for the whataboutism MAGA mouthbreathers: It's quite different to temporarily house migrants before processing them, vs taking people on US soil, classifying them as criminals, and imprisoning them at a notoriously abusive black site.
And for the whataboutism MAGA mouthbreathers: It's quite different to temporarily house migrants before processing them, vs taking people on US soil, classifying them as criminals, and imprisoning them at a notoriously abusive black site.
February 4, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Sure sounds like a concentration camp.
And for the whataboutism MAGA mouthbreathers: It's quite different to temporarily house migrants before processing them, vs taking people on US soil, classifying them as criminals, and imprisoning them at a notoriously abusive black site.
And for the whataboutism MAGA mouthbreathers: It's quite different to temporarily house migrants before processing them, vs taking people on US soil, classifying them as criminals, and imprisoning them at a notoriously abusive black site.
These plutocrats are trying to liquidate public and private assets into personal profits, we saw how this kind of shock therapy worked in Russia. Only difference is they aren’t satisfied as oligarchs, they want to be techno-feudalist monarchs (www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...).
He’s anti-democracy and pro-Trump: the obscure ‘dark enlightenment’ blogger influencing the next US administration
Key figures in the incoming administration follow Curtis Yarvin, who’s pushing for an autocratic takeover of the US
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
These plutocrats are trying to liquidate public and private assets into personal profits, we saw how this kind of shock therapy worked in Russia. Only difference is they aren’t satisfied as oligarchs, they want to be techno-feudalist monarchs (www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...).
Reposted by Will Giniewski
"If Musk and Trump can reach into... the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, they could possibly not need agency cooperation. They can just impound agency payments themselves. They could also possibly stop paying federal employees they have forced on paid administrative leave, coercing them to resign."
EMERGENCY PIECE: Elon Musk Wants to Get Operational Control of the Treasury’s Payment System. This Could Not Possibly Be More Dangerous. Worse, exclusive new information revealed here explicate how Musk’s actions relate to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
(Link at the end)
(Link at the end)
February 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"If Musk and Trump can reach into... the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, they could possibly not need agency cooperation. They can just impound agency payments themselves. They could also possibly stop paying federal employees they have forced on paid administrative leave, coercing them to resign."
Reposted by Will Giniewski
New and important: we built a federal expenditure tracker. All expenditure line items that are available on the Daily Treasury Statement.
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
February 3, 2025 at 9:41 PM
New and important: we built a federal expenditure tracker. All expenditure line items that are available on the Daily Treasury Statement.
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
USAID was zeroed out on 1/28 and has been at zero ever since.
www.hamiltonproject.org/data/trackin...
#EconSky
Reposted by Will Giniewski
On top of 5000 problems here:
FEMALE AND WOMEN IS ON THE LIST BUT MALE AND MEN ARE NOT. JUST AN FYI.
FEMALE AND WOMEN IS ON THE LIST BUT MALE AND MEN ARE NOT. JUST AN FYI.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
On top of 5000 problems here:
FEMALE AND WOMEN IS ON THE LIST BUT MALE AND MEN ARE NOT. JUST AN FYI.
FEMALE AND WOMEN IS ON THE LIST BUT MALE AND MEN ARE NOT. JUST AN FYI.
Reposted by Will Giniewski
NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: how NSF is scouring research grants for violations of Trump’s orders
The US National Science Foundation has unfrozen grant funding, but it continues to scrutinize research projects, sowing turmoil.
www.nature.com
February 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
NEW: We obtained the directions NSF program officers are following to review all grants for compliance with the Trump EOs and the turmoil it has created in an agency mandated to broaden STEM participation. Our story: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Will Giniewski
As climate denial becomes impossible, we will see how the fascist right wing will weaponized climate distress and disaster relief to further their push towards authoritarianism. This lays the dangerous groundwork for eco-fascism.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
grist.org/extreme-weat...
Fact-checking the viral conspiracies in the wake of Hurricane Helene
Alex Jones and Marjorie Taylor Greene helped stir up a toxic stew of conspiracy theories.
grist.org
October 5, 2024 at 3:11 PM
As climate denial becomes impossible, we will see how the fascist right wing will weaponized climate distress and disaster relief to further their push towards authoritarianism. This lays the dangerous groundwork for eco-fascism.
grist.org/extreme-weat...
grist.org/extreme-weat...
Reposted by Will Giniewski
First first-author paper submitted; preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... We (@colinsmithpsych.bsky.social and @peterkvam.bsky.social ) give a tutorial on a mathematical model of attitudes associations, the Tug-of-war model (TOW), as applied to IAT data (N > 10,000). TOW quantifies associations as (1/13)
OSF
https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/5j3sx😌
September 2, 2024 at 5:39 AM
First first-author paper submitted; preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... We (@colinsmithpsych.bsky.social and @peterkvam.bsky.social ) give a tutorial on a mathematical model of attitudes associations, the Tug-of-war model (TOW), as applied to IAT data (N > 10,000). TOW quantifies associations as (1/13)
Reposted by Will Giniewski
