Dr. Katherine Haenschen
@drkath.bsky.social
Asst Prof at Northeastern. Digital media & politics. Proud NJ native. Fan of #UCONN, enabling multi-family housing near transit, meatballs, field experiments.
I deeply admire Pew surveys, I assign them, I cite them.
Also, I think they need to think and be more precise about what "using" YouTube means.
Also, I think they need to think and be more precise about what "using" YouTube means.
Younger adults are far more likely than older adults to report using YouTube and TikTok daily. www.pewresearch.org/...
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I deeply admire Pew surveys, I assign them, I cite them.
Also, I think they need to think and be more precise about what "using" YouTube means.
Also, I think they need to think and be more precise about what "using" YouTube means.
Ooh, this is a good take!
But keep your shoes on, people, regardless of your class status or tax bracket.
But keep your shoes on, people, regardless of your class status or tax bracket.
A roundtrip LAX-JFK flight in the late 60s was around $3K in today’s dollars. The people who wore suits on those flights were the people who regularly wore suits. Complaining about informally-dressed fliers is complaining that the wrong sorts of people are flying today.
November 25, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Ooh, this is a good take!
But keep your shoes on, people, regardless of your class status or tax bracket.
But keep your shoes on, people, regardless of your class status or tax bracket.
First go read the Ezra Klein op-ed on building housing.
THEN go read all the Boomer Libs in the top comments who are doing a "whataboutism" on his central argument. Sigh.
THEN go read all the Boomer Libs in the top comments who are doing a "whataboutism" on his central argument. Sigh.
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
First go read the Ezra Klein op-ed on building housing.
THEN go read all the Boomer Libs in the top comments who are doing a "whataboutism" on his central argument. Sigh.
THEN go read all the Boomer Libs in the top comments who are doing a "whataboutism" on his central argument. Sigh.
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Bear in mind: it has ever been thus!
There's no golden age when information was immaculate & the people devoted to imbibing it all. The midcentury US, with its major newspapers & three networks, was where the basic survey research demonstrating how little citizens know about politics was conducted
There's no golden age when information was immaculate & the people devoted to imbibing it all. The midcentury US, with its major newspapers & three networks, was where the basic survey research demonstrating how little citizens know about politics was conducted
You cannot rationally govern an electorate guided by hallucinations
Yep. If voters aren't making choices based in actual reality then democracy cannot function
November 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Bear in mind: it has ever been thus!
There's no golden age when information was immaculate & the people devoted to imbibing it all. The midcentury US, with its major newspapers & three networks, was where the basic survey research demonstrating how little citizens know about politics was conducted
There's no golden age when information was immaculate & the people devoted to imbibing it all. The midcentury US, with its major newspapers & three networks, was where the basic survey research demonstrating how little citizens know about politics was conducted
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This is the future liberals want
Almost every Safeway in San Francisco is planning a total rebuild into "housing over grocery." At least three recent proposals. Meanwhile, zero proposals from Safeway in the East Bay. sfyimby.com/2025/11/prel... sfyimby.com/2025/11/perm... sfyimby.com/2025/11/bern...
Preliminary Plans Filed For Safeway in Outer Richmond, San Francisco - San Francisco YIMBY
Preliminary plans have been filed for an eight-story apartment complex at 850 La Playa Street in San Francisco’s Richmond District. The project will...
sfyimby.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
This is the future liberals want
Classics from my childhood:
Post-Its (ok steal from office)
New Socks (my kids get these)
Candy
Your Favorite Pens
A bunch of asparagus!
(My Dad and I put fresh asparagus tied with a red ribbon in my Mom’s stocking every year for a decade. She loved it and cooked it the next day!)
Post-Its (ok steal from office)
New Socks (my kids get these)
Candy
Your Favorite Pens
A bunch of asparagus!
(My Dad and I put fresh asparagus tied with a red ribbon in my Mom’s stocking every year for a decade. She loved it and cooked it the next day!)
seasonal alert: when you're out and about for the next few weeks, try to clock good stocking stuffers and scoop 'em up!
signed, a lady who always forgets about stocking stuffers until 7pm on xmas eve
signed, a lady who always forgets about stocking stuffers until 7pm on xmas eve
November 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Classics from my childhood:
Post-Its (ok steal from office)
New Socks (my kids get these)
Candy
Your Favorite Pens
A bunch of asparagus!
(My Dad and I put fresh asparagus tied with a red ribbon in my Mom’s stocking every year for a decade. She loved it and cooked it the next day!)
Post-Its (ok steal from office)
New Socks (my kids get these)
Candy
Your Favorite Pens
A bunch of asparagus!
(My Dad and I put fresh asparagus tied with a red ribbon in my Mom’s stocking every year for a decade. She loved it and cooked it the next day!)
As a post-doc I remember noticing that the parking garage was free, but the gym cost money.
What you subsidize is what people will do!
What you subsidize is what people will do!
University students who were provided with a free gym card (in a randomized experiment) exercised more and had a significant improvement in academic performance. The treated students were also less likely to drop out of classes
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent
www.journals.uchicago.edu
November 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
As a post-doc I remember noticing that the parking garage was free, but the gym cost money.
What you subsidize is what people will do!
What you subsidize is what people will do!
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November 24, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
Bahahaha, an academic publisher just quoted me a $2,990 "open access" charge. Mitch, please. (My university doesn't have a broad agreement with this publisher and the few APC credits available this year have already been used.)
November 24, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Bahahaha, an academic publisher just quoted me a $2,990 "open access" charge. Mitch, please. (My university doesn't have a broad agreement with this publisher and the few APC credits available this year have already been used.)
The AVERAGE in Norfolk County MA is around $27k PER CHILD.
The last monthly check I wrote for two kids in full-time daycare worked out to $1075 PER WEEK.
That is almost $56k per year and includes a sibling discount.
The last monthly check I wrote for two kids in full-time daycare worked out to $1075 PER WEEK.
That is almost $56k per year and includes a sibling discount.
November 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The AVERAGE in Norfolk County MA is around $27k PER CHILD.
The last monthly check I wrote for two kids in full-time daycare worked out to $1075 PER WEEK.
That is almost $56k per year and includes a sibling discount.
The last monthly check I wrote for two kids in full-time daycare worked out to $1075 PER WEEK.
That is almost $56k per year and includes a sibling discount.
Throughout my career as an organizer, I have watched as
younger people show up to more established organizing venues only to have their ideas dismissed & their involvement rejected by older long-timers.
Also: build more housing!
younger people show up to more established organizing venues only to have their ideas dismissed & their involvement rejected by older long-timers.
Also: build more housing!
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Throughout my career as an organizer, I have watched as
younger people show up to more established organizing venues only to have their ideas dismissed & their involvement rejected by older long-timers.
Also: build more housing!
younger people show up to more established organizing venues only to have their ideas dismissed & their involvement rejected by older long-timers.
Also: build more housing!
This is a societal problem that should be solved with government intervention, but instead of America is just force the nation’s Gen X and Millennial daughters to do it! //
‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | ‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This is a societal problem that should be solved with government intervention, but instead of America is just force the nation’s Gen X and Millennial daughters to do it! //
‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
‘We Had No Idea What Was Coming’: Caring for My Aging Father www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Ok tweeps, I have a fennel bulb to use up tomorrow. What should I make with it?
November 23, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Ok tweeps, I have a fennel bulb to use up tomorrow. What should I make with it?
Someone please give me a large amount of money to experimentally assess the impact of Batman at your polling location on turnout.
For enough money, I will attempt to obtain enough statistical power adequate to assess multiple superheroes.
For enough money, I will attempt to obtain enough statistical power adequate to assess multiple superheroes.
Italian researchers did a study where they looked at whether more people would give up their seat on a train for a pregnant passenger if Batman were present.
The answer is yes. People are more likely to engage in prosocial behavior when Batman’s around.
Now. How do we apply this to vaccination?
The answer is yes. People are more likely to engage in prosocial behavior when Batman’s around.
Now. How do we apply this to vaccination?
Unexpected events and prosocial behavior: the Batman effect
Prosocial behavior, the act of helping others, is essential to social life, yet spontaneous environmental triggers for such behavior remain underexplored. This study tested whether an unexpected event, such as the presence of a person dressed as ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 23, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Someone please give me a large amount of money to experimentally assess the impact of Batman at your polling location on turnout.
For enough money, I will attempt to obtain enough statistical power adequate to assess multiple superheroes.
For enough money, I will attempt to obtain enough statistical power adequate to assess multiple superheroes.
Thank goodness Van Scoyoc is looking out for people in the most expensive $4M+ homes in this overly expensive town! 🙄
The median single-family owner in Brookline will see their property taxes go up 6.1% for 2026.
Read more about how that number came to be, and what it means for you, plus the tax increases for condos and apartment buildings:
brookline.news/heres-how-mu...
Read more about how that number came to be, and what it means for you, plus the tax increases for condos and apartment buildings:
brookline.news/heres-how-mu...
Here's how much your property tax bill is about to go up in Brookline - Brookline.News
The median single-family home owner in Brookline will see their property tax bill increase by 6% in 2026, with condo taxes increasing by slightly less.
brookline.news
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thank goodness Van Scoyoc is looking out for people in the most expensive $4M+ homes in this overly expensive town! 🙄
Extremely niche take: The fact that Lizza had <2k followers on here when he posted Part I, and now only has ~2k is evidence of how BlueSky DGAF about clout-chasing, insider-y, access-trading “journalists.”
November 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Extremely niche take: The fact that Lizza had <2k followers on here when he posted Part I, and now only has ~2k is evidence of how BlueSky DGAF about clout-chasing, insider-y, access-trading “journalists.”
One of my favorite consultants used to describe good candidates as “having a little Elvis in them” and that’s really kind of it. Mamdani has tremendous rizz. A lot of candidates don’t.
Zohran is a generational talent, but I really worry the democrats are gonna take away all the wrong lessons from this, because none of the rest of them can do this.
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
One of my favorite consultants used to describe good candidates as “having a little Elvis in them” and that’s really kind of it. Mamdani has tremendous rizz. A lot of candidates don’t.
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you know what? good advice.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
you know what? good advice.
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Cancelled my plans so I could sit on my couch and eat frozen food (I cooked it first) and watch a romcom. Spent the day vacillating between Pretty Woman vs Devil Wears Prada, but wound up making a last-minute switch for one of cinema’s greatest Katharines.
a woman wearing earrings and a necklace looks at the camera
ALT: a woman wearing earrings and a necklace looks at the camera
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November 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Cancelled my plans so I could sit on my couch and eat frozen food (I cooked it first) and watch a romcom. Spent the day vacillating between Pretty Woman vs Devil Wears Prada, but wound up making a last-minute switch for one of cinema’s greatest Katharines.
I will read ONE and only ONE recap of the Oval Office visit today. Just one.
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
I will read ONE and only ONE recap of the Oval Office visit today. Just one.
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Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
November 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Breaking: Administration officials working overtime to find turkeys with sexual assault and crypto scam convictions so the President can pardon them
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Behind this important reversal is a member of the Coast Guard who saw what was happening and had the courage to leak it to the press. That person deserves serious praise.
Reposted by Dr. Katherine Haenschen
Man, if we can come out of this scandal with both Larry Summers and Jaime Dimon getting ostracized from polite society, that would be amazing.
Top JPMC execs were in constant contact with Epstein and were aware of his shady financials. Top staff at JPMC, reporting directly to CEO Jamie Dimon, closely supervised Epstein’s accounts. One even coached Epstein on how to sanitize his suspiciously large cash withdrawals.
November 20, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Man, if we can come out of this scandal with both Larry Summers and Jaime Dimon getting ostracized from polite society, that would be amazing.