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Kathleen Weldon
@kathleenweldon.bsky.social
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Polling data archivist. Posting mostly about old polling and sometimes new politics. Also like reading about food, art, and quirky history. Oh, and I make collages.
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leahfeiger.bsky.social Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 18h
NEW: Dr. Oz is quite literally telling his federal employees to eat less.

“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services employees.
Dr. Oz Tells His Federal Employees to Eat Less
“You don't have to try every cookie on the holiday table,” wrote Mehmet Oz in an email to all Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services staffers.
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December 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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Did you know you can get a spreadsheet of 120 Radio Free Europe reports available at Roper?
bit.ly/48USe49
Religious Beliefs and Practices in East Europe, 1985
The Future and Communism in Bulgaria, 1963
The "Youth Problem" as Seen by Young People From Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland, 1971 etc
December 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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day 8 of #artadventcalendar
something wintery
Paper collage of a deer in snow with trees, more snow-covered trees behind, city houses in the far background, and green aurora in the sky.
December 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Thought I was going to spend today decorating, prepping christmas cookie doughs, exercising, and cleaning.
I spent the day decorating and now it’s dinnertime.
Holidays are a lot of work.
December 7, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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It’s day 7 of #artadventcalendar. From a circus series
Paper collage. A sketched nude male figure stands on a platform. Behind him a long ladder reached to the ground, where a crowd is shown in an old black and white photo, from above at a distance, leaving only heads that give an impression of abstracted texture. The crowd makes an arc over a black foreground, which has at its center a stone basin. The water in the basin is a blue and white astronomical illustration, with the planets orbits creating ripples. Wide white on blue stripes in the background indicate a tent. At the top right text reads Remarkable Fall from the Sky.
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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#artadventcalendar day 6
Paper collage - sea monster in an ocean under a zeppelin, a woman in an art nouveau style looking on in the foreground - probably a mermaid
December 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Day five, #artadventcalendar
Paper collage of a mermaid sitting on rocks, in b&w and blue.
December 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Good morning and happy #artadventcalendar day 4! A throwback to my earliest attempts at collage, when I was using very little color.
Paper collage. A woman opens a robot with wings and removes a small bird from inside. A larger bird sits on the head of the robot. Behind them, mountains, trees. Only the birds are in color.
December 4, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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I’m processing some early Norsk Gallup polls, and this is my new favorite collection.
Hard hitting question about christmas greetings Within a month we shall be writing Christmas greetings again. If we write the usual Christmas and New Year seeing us ones, we get away with a cheaper postage. As for the postages do you think it should be important whether one writes 5 words or more on the greeting card? Yes, should play a role. No, should be of no imporTance. Why? 24b. Otherwise one could write a letter on the greeting card, Christmas cards are not letters. 5 words are sufficient, 5 words should do. Don't need to write more than absolutely necessary.
December 3, 2025 at 3:58 PM
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#artadventcalendar day three: another tarot card, 3 of wands
Three of wands collage tarot card. A nude figure looks out over hills to the sea, where ships sail. The sly is full of stars, and an old map cuts across the Milky Way. The colors are muted, mostly black and white with a green sea.
December 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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Today in "stuff people don't know we have": 120 reports from Radio Free Europe's research division, 1961-1987, available by request for members. Get the list here: ropercenter.cornell.edu/usia-digital...
USIA Digital Report Collection | Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
These reports, which were previously unavailable digitally, come from the United States Information Agency. Also known as the U.S. Information Service (USIS), the USIA was a foreign affairs agency in ...
ropercenter.cornell.edu
December 2, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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#artadventcalendar Day two, something from the tarot deck:
The mage: tarot card in black and green, a man in robes before a table with the infinity symbol on front. The table holds cup, sword, wand and coin. A large blue hand is behind his head.
December 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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Finger Lakes folks, the Christmas in Moravia celebration is this weekend www.fingerlakes.org/events/chris... and features collage from yours truly on display (and for sale) at Mackey Ink tattoo shop in its new location.
Resin-coated original paper collages in a lit display case, looking very shiny and snazzy Collage prints on display on a narrow black wall shelving unit in front of a brick wall, along with some prints from paintings by Jeff Perrault
December 1, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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I really hope the plumbers who claimed they were coming today will in fact show at some point. I eventually would like to take a shower. Or wash dishes. Things are getting dire.
December 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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I’m going to post some old collage for #artadventcalendar Day one, something simple:
Paper collage of a woman in robes with an ancient Greek pr Roman style on a swing high above a landscape. A road made of wooden boards runs under her feet, while on each side of the road shows a ink drawing of a snowy New England village. In the distance, where the road and snow scene end, a photo of green hills and fields shows before a painted light tan sky.
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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You've just died.

The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you.

It’s hard to imagine exactly how Buddy Cianci’s mayoral election crosstabs from an Italian-only sample could kill me, but I suppose it’s possible…
Banner book of crosstab results by age and education on vote intention and approval from Buddy Cianci’s 1978 mayoral race (dear god, how long was he mayor?). Handwritten note indicates an Italian-only sample. He held a commanding lead across groups, but was particularly popular among higher educated and early middle aged folks. Sample sizes, as can be typical in political polls, were really small (145) and probably shouldn’t support too much subgroup analysis, but someone was doing it anyway.
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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Ring the Bell. paper collage #artsky
Paper collage. Square format. A tiny figure of a woman in black victorian garb stands at the the top of stairs facing a door. The door is in a type of hedge made of black and white photos of floral ground over. Behind the hedge is a blue sky and a circular metal object rising like a great sun or moon. It’s some kind of scientific instruments, with markings. There is an off center hole in this object, and within it is the painted figure of a nude, head hidden under a raised arm, with a painted blue background, greener than the sky and streaked. The yellow of the metal is reflected in color and shape by a curved central section of hedge, which is sepia toned.
November 26, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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One of the stupider hills I will nonetheless die on is that I don’t read any book with a title that describes a grown woman 1) as a “girl” or 2) in terms of her relationship to a man. The Girl Who Ran or The Clockmaker’s Daughter or The Tailor’s Wife or The Girl on the Train.

Why so many?
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Reposted by Kathleen Weldon
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In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries IMLS
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Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries
Press Release: Court permanently blocks Trump's executive order to dismantle federal agency for America's libraries. The U.S. District Court for the District of Rhode Island struck down the Trump Adm...
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November 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Ending Friday with coming across another question in my absolute favorite question series from UK Gallup: In or Out?
(1989)
Survey question and handwritten results: Different things, such as products or ideas, can be popular, 'in' fashion, or 'out' of fashion. I am going to read out some items and I would like you to tell me whether you think they are 'in' or 'out' at present. (Read out, reversing order for alternate contacts, and mark an answer for each item) a) Furry dice etc. in cars b) Shopping at Sainsburys c) Pearls d) Hats for men e) Pierced ears for women f) Belief in God g) Flourescent colours h) Getting engaged i) (The name Richard for boys j) Leg warmers Highest In rating: pierced ears for women at 79% Highest Out rating: Furry dice in cars at 69%
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Storage visit days mostly consist of telling myself “don’t get distracted!” over and over.
Questionnaire from Market Opinion Research of Michigan on which factors make a vegetable soup more tasty Fresh vegetables, proportion of different tupes of vegetable, seasoning, cooking time, proportion if water to vegetable, type of water (?), size of the vegetable cuttings, temperature at which the soup is cooked, the beef stock. Folders on surveys from MOR, Michigan, late 1970s. Close up from the top view of file labels,
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.

The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.

Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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new paper by Sean Westwood:

With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM