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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · 8d

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Gergely Orosz @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com · 23d

Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.

One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.

Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · 25d

Enjoyed talking with Joanna Hou at Willamette Week about school board leadership and superintendent relationship.

www.wweek.com/news/schools...

@wweek.com

Portland School Board Leaders Want To Try A New Style of Governance

Eddie Wang and Michelle DePass want a new School Board to prioritize the bigger picture. But accountability means different things to different members.

www.wweek.com

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Sep 8

Science! 🫠

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Sep 7

In 2019, 70% of Republicans said science has had a mostly positive effect on society. A few years later, fewer than half of Republicans (47%) said so.
www.pewresearch.org/science/2023... 🧪🌐

‪Conrad Hackett‬
‪@conradhackett.bsky.social‬
· 9mo
We often worry about the wrong things.

People killed annually by
Sharks 10
Elephants 100
Hippos 500
Snails 10,000
Dogs 25,000
Snakes 50,000
People 475,000
Mosquitoes 725,000
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This graphic, created for Bill Gates' website, shows that diseases transmitted by mosquitoes are responsible for vastly more human deaths than other animals. While sharks inspire fear in many, they kill few people.
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‪Conrad Hackett‬
‪@conradhackett.bsky.social‬
· 9mo
Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction

Graphic from Edward Tufte
More graphics.wsj.com/infectious-d... 🧪
Graphic shows dramatic reduction in polio, rubella, mumps, measles, and hepatitis A cases after the introduction of vaccines for each disease.
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‪Conrad Hackett‬
‪@conradhackett.bsky.social‬
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About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported
About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.
www.pewresearch.org

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‪Conrad Hackett‬
‪@conradhackett.bsky.social‬
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Disease prevalence in US states before & after vaccine introduction 🧪

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

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‪Conrad Hackett‬
‪@conradhackett.bsky.social‬
· 9mo
Americans killed annually by
All Islamic jihadist terrorists 9
Armed toddlers 21
Lightning 31
Lawnmowers 69
Busses 264
Falling out of bed 737
Being shot by another American 11,737

2017 estimates. The Royal Statistical Society gave this compilation its International Statistic of the Year award.
Chart compiling statistics on the number of Americans killed annually various causes. Includes source notes.
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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Aug 25

Thrilled to welcome Dr. Torres back to the Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling as Associate Dean. Danielle is a tremendous leader who is dedicated to serving our students and centering equity. @lclark.bsky.social
www.lclark.edu/live/news/56...

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Aug 22

Friday afternoon surprise! My team gets me. @lclark.bsky.social

Black and Orange Lewis and Clark socks on a table.

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Aug 14

Wow!

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · Aug 14

Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, are donating $2 billion to Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cancer Institute—the largest known single gift to a U.S. university, coming at a time when colleges’ public funding is under siege.

Nike Co-Founder Phil Knight Gives $2 Billion to Oregon Cancer Center in Record Gift

Knight and his wife are making a record private gift to Oregon Health & Science University amid broader battles over public funding for higher education.

on.wsj.com

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Ray Delahanty | CityNerd @nerd4cities.bsky.social · Aug 11

Hot take, people who hate cities shouldn’t be in charge of cities

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Aug 10

Where are the hard-working Americans who screamed, “They’re stealing our jobs”?

You’re getting your wish. Immigrant workers aren’t showing up, and farm owners are hiring.

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Aug 6

Got my ID card today and they asked if I was a law student. Couldn’t tell if that was a compliment or not. 🤷‍♂️

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Jul 28

New, from an anonymous NIH insider: Trump is being pushed to spend more NIH money. The White House is ordering NIH to do multi-year budgets for awards. This budget trick means fewer awards, fewer labs funded, and lower paylines for researchers. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/alert-the-...

Alert: The Trump administration is quietly slashing new NIH grant awards, and it's not via the budget

NIH’s sudden move to multiyear grant funding is forcing shocking cuts in the number of grants funded. This is an effective budget cut. It's bad, folks.

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Jul 24

This is all very bad.

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Cara Jackson @carajackson.bsky.social · Jul 24

It's been 5 months since we wrote this. I'm still worried.

"cuts aren’t efficient if education leaders lose access to data and research that helps them make more informed, cost-effective decisions about resource allocation." #EdResearch #EdPolicy www.brookings.edu/articles/cut...

Cutting research funding would make education less effective and efficient | Brookings

Presidents of education research associations explain the impacts of recent funding cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).

www.brookings.edu

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Jul 23

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 23

Breaking News: The EPA is said to have drafted a plan that would end its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.

E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change

According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · Jul 22

Notre Dame keeps hiring!

Director of Research Programs for the Center for Educational Research and Action

Due date to apply: August 1

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/UniversityOf...

Director of Research Programs | ERA

Company Description: The University of Notre Dame is more than a workplace, it's a vibrant, mission-driven community where every employee is valued and supported. Rooted in a tradition of excellence a...

jobs.smartrecruiters.com

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Brennan Center @brennancenter.org · Jul 19

Today marks the 177th anniversary of the Seneca Falls Convention, a landmark moment in the fight for women’s voting rights that helped pave the way for the 19th Amendment. At the Brennan Center, we continue to fight to ensure every American — regardless of race or gender — can cast a ballot.

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · Jul 18

Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thinking about John Lewis and his legacy of fighting for justice. We are a better country because of his leadership.

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Jul 18

This is not okay.
www.opb.org/article/2025...

ICE arrests chiropractor outside his kid’s Beaverton preschool

Federal immigration officers arrested a 38-year old Iranian man outside his child’s preschool in Beaverton on Tuesday, according to school and law enforcement officials. The man is married to a U.S. c...

www.opb.org

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Jul 18

NIH too? 🙏

Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · Jul 17

🧪Have a terminated NSF grant? Or been impacted by such a termination? Call your Senators, esp if they're Repub!!

An amendment to restore killed NSF grants will later be debated on the *full Senate* floor, after it narrowly failed in committee today.

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Senate panel raises hopes that NSF will restore killed grants

Republicans promise to work with Democrats to salvage defeated amendment

www.science.org

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Jul 17

Dame coming home would make me happy.

Bill Oram @billoram.bsky.social · Jul 17

BREAKING:

Damian Lillard's return to Portland as a free agent could be imminent. Sources say he and the Trail Blazers are deep in discussions about a stunning reunion as the 35-year-old rehabs from a torn Achilles tendon.

www.oregonlive.com/sports/2025/...

Damian Lillard deep in discussions with Trail Blazers about possible return | Bill Oram

The 35-year-old, who is coming off of a torn Achilles tendon, spent the first 11 years of his illustrious career in Portland before requesting a trade and spending the last two seasons in Milwaukee.

www.oregonlive.com

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Meredith Shiner @meredithshiner.com · Jul 17

Savvy operative types in DC truly believed then and believe now that average Americans are too dumb to understand how government works or why it exists. Educating and defending the Corporation for Public Broadcasting—with its profound impact on people for negligible taxpayer cost—was a layup.

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AEFP @aefpweb.bsky.social · Jul 16

AEFP invites applications for the editorship of EFP, the association’s flagship journal. Applications are due Nov 1. Read more about it here: aefpweb.org/callfore...

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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · Jul 16

I'm not sure what the posts are likely to be, but @aefplivehandbook.bsky.social has joined the Bluesky party!

For those who don't know, the Live Handbook, an @aefpweb.bsky.social initiative, is a great resource/entry point to learn about ed policy research: livehandbook.org/higher-educa...

Higher Education

Higher education includes all post-high school education, including two- and four-year colleges and universities and a variety of credential types. Our summaries cover U.S. policies related to financi...

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Andy Saultz @andysaultz.bsky.social · Jul 16

💯 so many in higher ed get leadership positions with little or no training. Feels like the assumption all to often is that if someone is a productive scholar they can figure it out.

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