Sarah Oliver

Ludacris idea

Some great recent research on gender biases in support for women candidates. Impressive research design with fascinating, though disheartening, results.

The stickers are from Dollar Tree. Would look great on the blender but might complicate washing

Quotas at that

You beat me to it

White House MAHA Report may have garbled science by using AI, experts say The report, led by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was intended to address the reasons for the decline in Americans’ life expectancy.

This whole MAHA report debacle is a gift for professors looking for a good example to help teach about academic integrity in the age of AI. Gist article from WaPo: wapo.st/45wdA6A

You are not dumb or a jackass. You are smart and capable and an excellent human!

If they can fill out all the new paperwork properly and it is processed properly and timely. Which it is often not, as seen with many eligible people losing SNAP for employment paperwork issues.

Ooh, good resources! Baglione has a number of worksheets for writing a research paper on this page: edge.sagepub.com/baglione4e/s...

There is no evidence of fraud. The voting results are absolutely statistically possible.

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It caught you braking... But not enough

Ah yes, the "but her emails" effect

Do the students receive specific rules about what they can and cannot say? That seems to be a bigger story of restricting speech. Either way, this student did a brave thing after developing important civic skills in college.

It's fine, he also cancelled disparate impact as evidence of discrimination. /s

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To Cis People Who Feel Despair I get it! Some thoughts.

gonna re-link these, in case they're of help to anyone (and for new followers)...

advice for cis allies who feel despair but don't know what to do:
whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/to-cis-peo...

and thoughts for adults worried about trans/gnc kids:
whats-helping-today.beehiiv.com/p/dear-sandy...

The bad data backing Josh Hawley's attack on abortion pills A new study being used to call for mifepristone restrictions relies on vague and dubious definitions of drug-related complications.

Important. reason.com/2025/05/05/t...

Glad to see Towson University on this list.

Alright- as an older woman let me just do my part counseling younger women about this. As a young thing you think you have the energy to be submissive workhorse for your man and family. The you grow up a bit.

NSA adviser does not need Senate Confirmation

ooooh. Pink slime in the wild

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My student just shared this with me. One story has a comment from the university that was pretty vague but implied the study overall was reviewed by an IRB but it did not include the Reddit AI experiment part.

Professor win today: a student, unprompted, said my research methods class is fun. 😹

Just-out YouGov polling shows Trump's approval on the economy continuing to plunge — and his handling of immigration turning negative very sharply. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

When the "activities" are cash only and you don't want a paper trail.

I once asked for the salad bar as a kid when my dad took me to Wendy's. For years he told people about it as an example of who his daughter is and always threw in the joke "salad, that's what food eats." Wendy's had a good salad bar. I stand by that to this day.

Anyone have suggestions regarding how to use this ruling to help teach intro to American government?

Can pardon criminal contempt, not civil contempt, afaik