Beth Popp Berman
@epopppp.bsky.social
Professor @ a large Midwestern univ. Wrote a book about economists + policy, one about academic science + policy.
Temporarily on the "government is breaking" beat, but I'd rather be posting about public utility debates from 1906.
I support 🏳️⚧️ rights.
Temporarily on the "government is breaking" beat, but I'd rather be posting about public utility debates from 1906.
I support 🏳️⚧️ rights.
It does suggest maybe I should update my profile pic though
November 7, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It does suggest maybe I should update my profile pic though
I know how to pronounce it, but when I see it used I have to quietly mutter "part for the whole, part for the whole" to myself to remember what it means.
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I know how to pronounce it, but when I see it used I have to quietly mutter "part for the whole, part for the whole" to myself to remember what it means.
And from the angle of those who became involved in anticommunism, @audrajwolfe.bsky.social's Freedom's Laboratory. press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
Freedom's Laboratory
The Cold War Struggle for the Soul of Science
press.jhu.edu
November 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And from the angle of those who became involved in anticommunism, @audrajwolfe.bsky.social's Freedom's Laboratory. press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
More about those who reacted to it than those who were changed by it, but a good book: www.google.com/books/editio...
Disrupting Science
In the decades following World War II, American scientists were celebrated for their contributions to social and technological progress. They were also widely criticized for their increasingly close t...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
More about those who reacted to it than those who were changed by it, but a good book: www.google.com/books/editio...
Reposted by Beth Popp Berman
Twitter/X is a story on its own:
🔴 While users have become more Republican
💥 POSTING has completely transformed: it has moved nearly ❗50 percentage points❗ from Democrat-dominated to slightly Republican-leaning.
🔴 While users have become more Republican
💥 POSTING has completely transformed: it has moved nearly ❗50 percentage points❗ from Democrat-dominated to slightly Republican-leaning.
October 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Twitter/X is a story on its own:
🔴 While users have become more Republican
💥 POSTING has completely transformed: it has moved nearly ❗50 percentage points❗ from Democrat-dominated to slightly Republican-leaning.
🔴 While users have become more Republican
💥 POSTING has completely transformed: it has moved nearly ❗50 percentage points❗ from Democrat-dominated to slightly Republican-leaning.
that is a good idea -- hard to counter a now-stigmatized term. still infuriated by the whole thing.
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
that is a good idea -- hard to counter a now-stigmatized term. still infuriated by the whole thing.
Yes, there are definitely a lot of intersecting dynamics going on and this is certainly preliminary. Still, I'm glad someone is at least trying to collect systematic data.
October 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Yes, there are definitely a lot of intersecting dynamics going on and this is certainly preliminary. Still, I'm glad someone is at least trying to collect systematic data.