Dr. Matt Boxer
@mboxer.bsky.social
Assistant Research Prof, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies @ Brandeis University. Jewish studies and sociology. Writes broadly about contemporary Jewish life using both quantitative and qualitative methods. Might have a space laser.
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The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The world's richest 0.001% now control 3x as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity combined.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
56,000 wealthy individuals have more than roughly 4 billion people.
Read that back.
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ICYMI: Last night @jeremyfaust.bsky.social revealed that Drs. Makary and Prasad of the FDA have lied to all of us with their claims that COVID19 vaccines “killed 10 children”.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
Scoop: FDA vaccine chief’s memo cited 10 pediatric Covid-19 vaccine deaths—but the agency’s own analysis found 0–7.
Dr. Vinay Prasad circulated a memo before FDA scientists finished their work. His conclusions overshot what the agency’s own analysts ultimately found.
insidemedicine.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
ICYMI: Last night @jeremyfaust.bsky.social revealed that Drs. Makary and Prasad of the FDA have lied to all of us with their claims that COVID19 vaccines “killed 10 children”.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
The scientists that did the work found that there were ZERO deaths that they could be certain were caused by the vaccines.
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At a minimum, Prasad and Makary should lose their licenses for blatantly lying to the public about kids dying from the COVID19 vaccine, when the actual investigation found that zero deaths were certain to have been caused by vaccination.
Despicable, egregious, murderous behavior.
Link below.
Despicable, egregious, murderous behavior.
Link below.
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
At a minimum, Prasad and Makary should lose their licenses for blatantly lying to the public about kids dying from the COVID19 vaccine, when the actual investigation found that zero deaths were certain to have been caused by vaccination.
Despicable, egregious, murderous behavior.
Link below.
Despicable, egregious, murderous behavior.
Link below.
If you want to save a trillion dollars a year, you have to eliminate the for-profit system.
In fact, how about we just get rid of anything that profits from human misery?
In fact, how about we just get rid of anything that profits from human misery?
Roger Marshall: "We want patients to become consumers again. We want patients to see what the actual prices are. We believe that if we would add the price tags to this bill, that it would save the country a trillion dollars a year."
December 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
If you want to save a trillion dollars a year, you have to eliminate the for-profit system.
In fact, how about we just get rid of anything that profits from human misery?
In fact, how about we just get rid of anything that profits from human misery?
"Young people want authenticity!"
Ok, how are you going to give them authentic content?
"We're gonna have AI do it!"
Ok, how are you going to give them authentic content?
"We're gonna have AI do it!"
Media companies have been trying to figure out how NOT to pay reporters for decades. Mass layoffs and freelancer exploitation are their bread and butter. They won’t be satisfied until they eliminate their staff entirely. AI is their dream come true. It’s “we don’t even have to pay you in exposure”
Is there any data whatsoever that "younger listeners" actually want this? Or did they just have a contract with an AI voice company and this is what they shat out and because it's new they've decided it's for the youth.
digiday.com/media/the-wa...
digiday.com/media/the-wa...
December 10, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"Young people want authenticity!"
Ok, how are you going to give them authentic content?
"We're gonna have AI do it!"
Ok, how are you going to give them authentic content?
"We're gonna have AI do it!"
Speaking of Jews and Chinese food on Christmas, our 2015 study of the Jewish community of Nashville and Middle Tennessee found that 32% of Jewish adults in the region had eaten Chinese food the previous Christmas.
(We ask the hard questions.)
(We ask the hard questions.)
Jewish Christmas traditions date back centuries in Europe. But in the U.S., new traditions arose, with Chinese food becoming the most famous way Jews marked a day when most of the world shut down. buff.ly/FNWNiPa
Merry Jewish Christmas: How Chinese food and the movies became a time-honored tradition for American Jews
What do you do on Dec. 25 if you don’t celebrate Christmas? For Jewish Americans, the answers range from takeout to filling a shift for Christian colleagues.
theconversation.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Speaking of Jews and Chinese food on Christmas, our 2015 study of the Jewish community of Nashville and Middle Tennessee found that 32% of Jewish adults in the region had eaten Chinese food the previous Christmas.
(We ask the hard questions.)
(We ask the hard questions.)
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Fair to say this is probably true of most vaccines. Absent a specific medical issue diagnosed by a real doctor, not someone who pretends to be one on TV, someone telling you not to get a potentially life-saving vaccine is trying to kill you.
PSA: if anyone in your life is trying to dissuade you from getting the shingles shot, you should probably assume that person hates you, and wants you to suffer. There is literally no other explanation.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
Shingles hurts worse than childbirth. Worse than knee surgery. Worst pain of my life.
I am baffled by this because I have had so many friends with shingles and NONE of them made it sound fun. Not one. A vaccine that made me absolutely miserable for 48 hours would still be a huge improvement over the mildest case of shingles I've heard of. (Also it made me tired for 1 day.)
December 9, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Fair to say this is probably true of most vaccines. Absent a specific medical issue diagnosed by a real doctor, not someone who pretends to be one on TV, someone telling you not to get a potentially life-saving vaccine is trying to kill you.
I wonder how many of the agrees and neutrals think space lasers are real.
"Jews in the US are more loyal to Israel than America"
Disagree: 40%
Agree: 20%
Neutral: 40%
Yale U. / Nov 11, 2025
Disagree: 40%
Agree: 20%
Neutral: 40%
Yale U. / Nov 11, 2025
December 9, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I wonder how many of the agrees and neutrals think space lasers are real.
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First, it was members of his Cabinet, then members of Bill Pulte's family and now the President himself.
The breathtaking hypocrisy of this adminstration's weapon-of-choice shows the real basis for these investigations: political retribution.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The breathtaking hypocrisy of this adminstration's weapon-of-choice shows the real basis for these investigations: political retribution.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 9, 2025 at 12:40 AM
First, it was members of his Cabinet, then members of Bill Pulte's family and now the President himself.
The breathtaking hypocrisy of this adminstration's weapon-of-choice shows the real basis for these investigations: political retribution.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The breathtaking hypocrisy of this adminstration's weapon-of-choice shows the real basis for these investigations: political retribution.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
The part of the Dunning-Kruger effect that covers incompetent people severely overestimating their expertise and having supreme confidence in their extremely uninformed views might have to be renamed after the conman currently in charge of public health.
As with everything he says, this is wildly uninformed. Formula keeps getting better and saves lives. And modern research indicates that outcomes are roughly the same. There are reasons to breastfeed but your child isn’t suffering if you don’t
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:41 PM
The part of the Dunning-Kruger effect that covers incompetent people severely overestimating their expertise and having supreme confidence in their extremely uninformed views might have to be renamed after the conman currently in charge of public health.
I love that the Forward is sharing so much content in recent months about small Jewish communities.
forward.com/culture/7884...
forward.com/culture/7884...
Why small town Jews buried their dead in big cities — and what those journeys reveal today
In rural America, Jewish burial often meant long journeys to city cemeteries — even as towns kept vigil at home.
forward.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I love that the Forward is sharing so much content in recent months about small Jewish communities.
forward.com/culture/7884...
forward.com/culture/7884...
This is your periodic reminder that when JD Vance described Trump as "America's Hitler," he was expressing admiration, not criticism.
JD Vance says antisemitism isn't "exploding" on the right.
December 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This is your periodic reminder that when JD Vance described Trump as "America's Hitler," he was expressing admiration, not criticism.
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A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
Redirecting
doi.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
A study on 1.7 million people in Hong Kong shows superior hybrid immunity to Covid in people who got vaccinated before infection vs. people who got infected first. "Our findings are a direct rebuttal to arguments for natural immunity," the authors write. doi.org/10.1016/j.va...
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During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:19 PM
During ratification of the 14th Amendment, senators discussed whether the Citizenship Clause would apply to the children of immigrants and resoundingly concluded that it did. The text and history all point in one direction and the counter-arguments are patently fraudulent. I am going to lose my mind
The slogan is New Coke. Or the Chevy Nova in a Spanish-speaking country.
We could go on forever about how much this slogan sucks.
And you could wonder all day why Jeffries—instead of trying to impress donors, CNBC, and Fox News by attacking socialism—can’t simply defend Democrats’ vastly superior economic record of delivering for all Americans.
And you could wonder all day why Jeffries—instead of trying to impress donors, CNBC, and Fox News by attacking socialism—can’t simply defend Democrats’ vastly superior economic record of delivering for all Americans.
Democrats’ New Slogan Is a Donor-Class Disaster
It’s time to start the 2028 primary and step over this donor-coddling nonsense.
www.theframelab.org
December 7, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The slogan is New Coke. Or the Chevy Nova in a Spanish-speaking country.
Finally, an idea upon which we we agree.
But what's this "if"?
But what's this "if"?
Trump: We never had a president hosting the awards. If I cannot beat out Jimmy Kimmel in terms of talent, I don't think I should be president.
December 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Finally, an idea upon which we we agree.
But what's this "if"?
But what's this "if"?
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Today I got a peace price from my homeowners association. They made it into a beautiful medallion and put it on a chain right next to a key that opens up a the most important door
to the recycling bin . And the medallion is gold. I couldn’t be more proud. Just wanted to share the news.
to the recycling bin . And the medallion is gold. I couldn’t be more proud. Just wanted to share the news.
December 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Today I got a peace price from my homeowners association. They made it into a beautiful medallion and put it on a chain right next to a key that opens up a the most important door
to the recycling bin . And the medallion is gold. I couldn’t be more proud. Just wanted to share the news.
to the recycling bin . And the medallion is gold. I couldn’t be more proud. Just wanted to share the news.
Nice to know you can order up a war crime over Twitter or Signal.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Nice to know you can order up a war crime over Twitter or Signal.
One day, if the country survives, people will talk about John Roberts with the same reverence as Roger Taney.
December 4, 2025 at 11:35 PM
One day, if the country survives, people will talk about John Roberts with the same reverence as Roger Taney.
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Here's the rule:
If you're resisting fascism from within the government, you're my favorite no matter what the cloud shows.
If you're resisting fascism from within the government, you're my favorite no matter what the cloud shows.
December 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Here's the rule:
If you're resisting fascism from within the government, you're my favorite no matter what the cloud shows.
If you're resisting fascism from within the government, you're my favorite no matter what the cloud shows.
"How One Incredibly Compromised Man Repeatedly Sacrificed His Country's National Interest and its People's Preferences Rather than Cede Power" should be the title of every biography that will ever be written about Benjamin Netanyahu.
I wrote about Benjamin Netanyahu's attempt to call off his own corruption trial, which is really the story of how one incredibly compromised man has repeatedly sacrificed his country's national interest and its people's preferences rather than cede power. Gift link:
Netanyahu Just Admitted He’s Unfit to Lead Israel
In attempting to call off his corruption trial, Netanyahu didn’t incriminate himself, but he did something just as damning.
www.theatlantic.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"How One Incredibly Compromised Man Repeatedly Sacrificed His Country's National Interest and its People's Preferences Rather than Cede Power" should be the title of every biography that will ever be written about Benjamin Netanyahu.