Ryann Manning

Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪

From Edward Tufte & graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d...

Ok Californians living overseas…go to votefromabroad.org and get that FPCA in. You’ve got an election coming up! @demsabroad.bsky.social

He has kept among us in times of peace Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil power. He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution & unacknowledged by our laws.

I like to buy the treats as gifts, because I think most pet owners don’t know these sustainable options exist

Jiminy's | Wholesome Dog Food and Treats Made From Insect Protein Jiminy's makes dog food and dog treats using nutritious and sustainable insect protein. Great for your dog and the environment. Try Jiminy's Today!

The best name goes to Jiminy's (as in Cricket) with insect-based food and treats jiminys.com

Sustainability There is a better way to feed our pets. Our ingredients are nutrient-rich and sustainable; made from insects, alternative proteins and other novel ingredients!

All Pro Advantage (formerly HOPE foods) was launched from a University of Toronto startup accelerator, and offers food and treats made from insects, fungi, plants, and algae altproadvantage.ca/pages/sustai...

Wilder Harrier Wilder Harrier is tackling dog allergies and digestive issues with hypoallergenic, insect- and invasive fish-based dog food and treats. Shop for limited ingredient, novel protein dog food now.

Wilder Harrier, a Montreal-based company, makes insect-based food & treats and others made with the invasive silver carp fish threatening the Great Lakes www.wilderharrier.com

It's true rabbits have a low carbon paw-print, but there are also more sustainable options for dog food and treats.🧵 with some we've tried, all approved by my (admittedly not picky) husky

Our department at the University of Toronto is hiring an assistant professor of sociology of race / ethnicity this fall.

I'm not on the hiring committee but am very happy to talk to you about the position if you are interested. You can email, DM, or find me at ASA.

jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

We're hiring! Please share with your networks! Note: our research associates have a few years of experience - we're most excited about truly excellent scholars who are also known for being kind.

The brilliant @sarahbrayne.bsky.social's analysis of system avoidance (journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...) is going to be even more important in the near term than it already is.

This is good for flow, right?

We are hiring at Rotman Strategy in the Fall. Apply here. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.
jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky

Screengrab of an email from Academia.edu, saying "listen to an AI podcast of your paper" and containing a link to a short audio file of my paper on colonialism and postcolonialism in the Cartmel and Davies eras of Doctor Who. This is a 10,000 word paper, you can't do a 5-minute podcast on it that makes any sense.

A warning to people with Academia.edu accounts (as most academics do): if you don't know it yet, they've turned into AI shills. As well as this "podcast", they've also tried to sell me AI-compiled bibliographies. You can go to settings and opt out easily, and I recommend you do.

Here’s Your Cheat Sheet for Vaccine Recommendations Backed by Science These graphics will guide you through science-based vaccine guidelines for children and adults

Vaccination schedules on the CDC website have already started changing under RFK Jr. So we published a guide to the evidence-based vaccine recommendations in place *before* all 17 members of the advisory panel were abruptly dismissed by the new admin. www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-... 🧪

Racial bias exists in five-star ratings for gig workers, study shows. Thumbs up/thumbs down scale would fix that The ratings gap has financial consequences and non-white workers were found to earn 91 cents for every dollar their white counterparts made for the same work

Racial bias exists in five-star ratings for gig workers, study shows. A thumbs up/thumbs down scale would fix that says an article from The Globe & Mail on research by @decelles.bsky.social and colleagues in @nature.com www.theglobeandmail.com/business/car...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.

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Contributor: What does Juneteenth have in common with today's immigration raids? History shows us that the law is important but reaches its full potential only when the people are informed and use it to defend their rights.

We can't all be lawyers, but the law belongs to us. My dear friend Vivek Maru on the power of legal empowerment. "If we know [the law], we can use it. If we use it, we can fix it." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

📌 for teaching

I am privileged to announce the publication of the Anti-Autocracy Handbook: sks.to/autocracy 1/12

Contributor: What does Juneteenth have in common with today's immigration raids? History shows us that the law is important but reaches its full potential only when the people are informed and use it to defend their rights.

We can't all be lawyers, but the law belongs to us. My dear friend Vivek Maru on the power of legal empowerment. "If we know [the law], we can use it. If we use it, we can fix it." www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

An introductory course makes people think they know more about a subject than they do. pubsonline.informs.org/doi/abs/10.1...

Polling data from Harris & Associates 1966. Q: Do you approve of what Freedom Riders are Doing? 22% approve 61%disapprove18%no opinion.

I just like to post these data from time to time to puncture the mythological aura of mid 20th c protests. They were less popular than pretty much any 21st c mass action & people criticizing them used the same lines. Protest is about people coming together, shaping narratives, & building power.

I’ve never forgotten this picture from 2016 and how it completely reshaped my understanding of how the media covers protests.

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

Very smart, high ROI initiative from the Spencer Foundation.

Providing bridge funding for canceled NSF grants:

1) directs funds to projects already screened by a top-noch review process.
2) avoids imposing proposal prep costs on researchers.
3) ameliorates the disruption from GOP sabotage.

When two elephants fight, it is the grass that gets trampled.

No reason, just thinking today about this proverb from East Africa (Kikuyu, I believe)

Me too!

Not my uni but for Orgs & Mgt students, Queens offers a PhD in Management. And I hear Kingston is lovely

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy.
Details found here👇

www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...