Jess Calarco

It's telling, for example, that the architects of Project 2025 have blamed falling birth rates on "harmful over-consumption of schooling."
www.newsweek.com/birth-rate-p...

They want to go back to a time when college was only for wealthy White men. Because that will make the rest of the population easier to manipulate with misinformation and easier to force into unpaid care roles (women) or underpaid manual labor jobs that remain as more jobs get AI-ed (men).

My take: They want to go back to a time when college was only for wealthy White men. Because that will make the rest of the population easier to manipulate with misinformation and easier to force into unpaid care roles (women) or underpaid manual labor jobs that remain as more jobs get AI-ed (men).

Their tokens are realizing they've been played.

No, adidas.

My kid riding on a ferry

Here's a closer view of the neon dinosaur pants and the neon rainbow sneakers.

I went to a dinner maybe in June with a dude who works on Wall Street. I'm old so I'm not talking about 22 year olds who are analysts.

He said then they're still making money. They won't intervene until they stop seeing opportunities to make money.

My 8-year-old, wearing neon rainbow sneakers, neon dinosaur sweatpants, a neon green windbreaker, and neon green plastic shades, walking on a path by the ocean.

This kid's style is *chef's kiss*

Whose Economy Is it Anyway?
Where the numbers are made up, and the lies don't matter.

I think the use of chatbots for stuff like this is intended to train people to use it to avoid everything that’s painful or hard. It can write the obituary, the breakup text, the complaint letter. It’s meant to separate humans from their difficult feelings. Seems bad.

White House Press Release: BLS Has Lengthy History of Inaccuracies, Incompetence

We know Trump lies all the time, but it feels important that reporters covering his politicization of employment data make sure to point out that even his stated reasons are bullshit!

That's so kind, thank you! And thank you for reading ❤️

A 10-day hunger
strike persists at
Florida's Alligator Alcatraz detention facility for undocumented immigrants, according to NBC. Stories of Multiple detainees are refusing food, following Governor Ron DeSantis' disclosure inhumane living
conditions

My husband is our resident travel planner, and he always finds great places for us to visit/stay (usually for very reasonable prices, too).

Kid 2 eating a giant chocolate croissant

Kid 1 eating a ham and cheese croissant with hot honey and rosemary

It's been rainy and cold so far for us, so I'm guessing September will be much nicer. But we've really enjoyed the Australia Museum, the Hyde Park Barracks, and for coffee shops, Tenacious Bakery on Oxford St.

A view of Sydney harbor before sunrise

A view of Sydney Harbor from an apartment

My view for the next couple of days.

This is such a great point. Instead of building to match society's needs we instead just overload it and say deal with it, mostly out of spite of ppl possibly getting benefits they don't deserve. End result is BS austerity.

Holding It Together by Jessica Calarco: 9780593538128 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books Other countries have social safety nets. The U.S. has women. Holding It Together chronicles the causes and dire consequences. America runs on women—women who are tasked with holding society...

And of course, it's the same story here in the US.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

It's the same story here in the US.
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697130...

Neoliberalism's core assumption is that societies don't need safety nets, because people can take care of themselves. But that just incentivizes people to push the work of care downstream onto women. And to prevent them from having the kind of power to push it back.

Neoliberalism's core assumption is that societies don't need safety nets, because people can take care of themselves. But that just incentivizes people to push the work of care downstream onto women. And to prevent them from having the kind of power to push it back.

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During the month of June, the Trump administration created a paltry 14,000 jobs. In May it was 19,000

Those two months together would've been equal to one awful week during the Biden administration

Krugman: This is, by the way, [what] standard autocratic regimes are known for. In some ways, among their first targets are statistical agencies because they want the numbers to say what they want the numbers to say.

The Human Toll The US is undergoing rapid social, economic, and policy change. If you've been impacted, we want to hear your story! To participate, visit: https://tinyurl.com/thehumantoll Study sponsored under University of Wisconsin-Madison IRB Protocol #2025-1096. PI: Dr. Jessica Calarco Participants must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the US [image of a person with their face in their hands]

How have you been impacted by the changes we've seen under the current administration? What would you want to say to those in charge?

I'm launching a new research initiative to collect and share anonymous stories of the human toll. And I'd be very grateful for your help.

tinyurl.com/thehumantoll

The Human Toll The US is undergoing rapid social, economic, and policy change. If you've been impacted, we want to hear your story! To participate, visit: https://tinyurl.com/thehumantoll Study sponsored under University of Wisconsin-Madison IRB Protocol #2025-1096. PI: Dr. Jessica Calarco Participants must be at least 18 years of age and reside in the US [image of a person with their face in their hands]

If you want to share your story--or share what you'd say to the people responsible for the current changes in the US--you can do so at the link below. And please share widely! It's essential that we document the human toll.

tinyurl.com/thehumantoll

Thanks! And yes, that's the hope. The study website already has some of the stories posted, but I've got some other ideas, too. The challenge is getting enough people to contribute.
humantoll.org

If they use his numbers, they'll be actively helping him to create a fake reality where America is finally great again. And if they don't use his numbers, *he'll* accuse *them* of promoting lies.

The game ends unexpectedly, often without warning.

The Human Toll The Human Toll shares the anonymous stories of people impacted by recent social, economic, and policy changes in the US, with the goal of promoting awareness and empathy, providing a sense of connecti...

I'm deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories for The Human Toll project. These stories capture the deep sense of fear, loss, helplessness, disappointment, and anger that people are experiencing in the wake of recent changes in the US. But they also offer reason for hope.

humantoll.org