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Linda Tropp
@lindatropp.bsky.social
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social psychologist at UMass Amherst, studying intergroup relations, social division, status inequalities, and bridging differences; passionate about translating academic research to make the world a better place.. and dogs 🐾 more at: www.lindatropp.com .. more

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 6d
@drzilwhite.bsky.social @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social thanks for your interest - I've been informed by co-authors on the paper that it's in the "copyediting" stage - hope to be able to share soon, once copyediting complete and the paper becomes available online!

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 6d
Will do!

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 6d
@drzilwhite.bsky.social @ericdknowles.bsky.social you (and @pbump.com) might also be interested in a new paper recently accepted for publication, showing that greater consumption of Fox news corresponds with stronger endorsement of "great replacement theory" beliefs (can email if interested)

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Eric Knowles @ericdknowles.bsky.social · 6d
This was a paper with @lindatropp.bsky.social and Mao Mogami. 🙂

psycnet.apa.org/record/2022-...
APA PsycNet
psycnet.apa.org

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Ezra Levin ❌👑 @ezralevin.bsky.social · 6d
We’re hosting a national rapid response call tomorrow night to go over concrete next steps. Please circulate - we need a national response. More details to come. www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...
Rapid Response Call: ICE Killing and Lawlessness in Minneapolis · Indivisible
Join us tomorrow, Thursday, January 8th, at 8:00 pm ET / 5:00 pm PT to discuss the killing and lawlessness by ICE in Minneapolis. We will talk with leaders and provide concrete next steps on how you...
www.mobilize.us

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 10d
and just like that, indeed..

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · 15d
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social pretty much sums up my views on AI: as with the emergence of many new technologies lauded as transformational for humankind, once released, they are no longer values-driven and become money-driven mechanisms targeting and reinforcing humankind's most base instincts

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · 15d
He is turning everything he touches into one of his tacky casinos—at taxpayer expense—while the American people can’t afford rent, healthcare, or groceries. Utterly insane.

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Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social · 15d
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/29/o...
Opinion | An Anti-A.I. Movement Is Coming. Which Party Will Lead It?
www.nytimes.com

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · Dec 14
Started handing out my "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" zine this weekend! It includes shoutouts to @bkindivisible.bsky.social @nywfp.bsky.social @socialists.nyc @jfrejnyc.bsky.social @handsoffnyc.bsky.social and SO MANY OTHER GREAT GROUPS!

Download it digitally at zinefun.fyi !
Cover of a zine titled "Find Your Organizing Home in NYC" featuring a photo of buttons reading "¡Manos fuera NYC!" "Fight Fascism" and "Working Families Party"

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · Dec 10
Why we need students to understand concepts rather than simply learn facts – and what pedagogical approaches can help: https://www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/are-we-teaching-information-or-developing-understanding #HigherEd #AcademicSky #EduSky
Are we teaching information or developing understanding?
Why we need students to understand concepts rather than simply learn facts – and what pedagogical approaches can help
www.timeshighereducation.com

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · Dec 6
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Dec 4
not gonna lie, he seemed to rush through his set list and had no banter or eye contact with the audience, but something about his presence gave me the sense that he was glad to be alive and to be able to play music

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Dec 4
agreed. gin blossoms are the knockoff, not the original. just saw Lemonheads in concert (Amherst MA) during Thanksgiving week!

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Representative Jim McGovern @repmcgovern.bsky.social · Dec 3
How quickly we forget the BS excuses Republicans make up for military invasions. Does anyone remember weapons of mass destruction in Iraq?!?!

It’s almost always about oil. Another GOP president wants to use U.S. soldiers as pawns for big oil in his sick pursuit for money & power.
Trump is threatening to attack a country with more oil than Iraq | CNN Business
The United States appears ready for war with Venezuela, a prospect that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro this weekend attributed to America’s desire to control the country’s vast oil reserves.
www.cnn.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 27
"This moment matters... because they demonstrated something American families and neighborhoods desperately need: the ability to talk to someone you disagree with without treating them like an archenemy"

www.interfaithamerica.org/article/this...
This Thanksgiving, You Should Absolutely Talk About Politics
Here we go again.  Another Thanksgiving. Another round of national advice columns telling you to avoid politics at all costs. Keep the peace. Stick to pie. Pretend your uncle’s Facebook posts about im...
www.interfaithamerica.org

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 26
feels especially poignant this #Thanksgiving in the U.S.

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Nov 22
They line up perfectly.
An Oval Office photo of Trump looking adoringly at Mamdani, while a portrait of Reagan looks on. Above the man-ignoring-his-girlfriend meme.

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tyler walk with me @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · Nov 21
everyone's talking about how bright and charming zohran must be, which is true, but then you remember the spider-brained cryptkeepers trump's surrounded himself with since '15 and realize a single smile from mamdani must have hit like barbecue spare ribs down the gullet of a 12th century peasant.

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 21
agreed. @gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social and I have a paper under review that examines predictors of (a) belief in the existence of systemic racial inequality and (b) support for policies to remedy systemic racial inequality. we would love to read any references you could suggest on the distinction.

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 21
“If you’ve always had power, equity feels like a threat.”

"Change feels threatening, not because anything is being 'taken,' but because the ground is finally shifting toward balance."

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rabbisandra.bsky.social Rabbi Sandra @rabbisandra.bsky.social · Nov 21
“when more people gain access to what was always reserved for a few, it registers as loss rather than correction.
But that discomfort is not harm. That tension is not persecution. That feeling is what happens when the world stops centering you open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
open.substack.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 21
100%. much of the research we do in my field (social psychology) supports this. feel free to DM if you would like me to share some relevant references. 🙏🏼

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Rabbi Sandra @rabbisandra.bsky.social · Nov 21
“when more people gain access to what was always reserved for a few, it registers as loss rather than correction.
But that discomfort is not harm. That tension is not persecution. That feeling is what happens when the world stops centering you open.substack.com/pub/rabbisan...
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
open.substack.com

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 21
this whole thread.

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 20
in case anyone in the U.S. is still wondering...

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Linda Tropp @lindatropp.bsky.social · Nov 20
knowing many directly affected, I personally asked some senior male colleagues to speak out about this during my earlier years as a professor, as i felt too vulnerable due to my stage of career.. it was shocking how much this was 'common knowledge' among women and how few male colleagues knew 😔

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Nov 13
#ButHisEmails

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Dolores Albarracin @dalbarra.bsky.social · Nov 12
Postdoctoral Researcher Positions!