Jason Pudlo
@jasonpudlo.bsky.social
Religion, environment, and disaster researcher. Public administration professor. Mountains, then prairie, now pirate coast.
(My posts most certainly do not represent the views of my employer)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-8413
(My posts most certainly do not represent the views of my employer)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4123-8413
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Hi!! I'm working a special series for @onthemedia.bsky.social, a deep dive into FEMA. I'll be looking at the history of the agency and what's happening there now. If you work there or know someone who does, please hit me up by email or signal... Thanks!
November 25, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Hi!! I'm working a special series for @onthemedia.bsky.social, a deep dive into FEMA. I'll be looking at the history of the agency and what's happening there now. If you work there or know someone who does, please hit me up by email or signal... Thanks!
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My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
OU College of International Studies professor reportedly arrested by ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement reportedly arrested an OU professor at Will Rogers International Airport Saturday.
www.oudaily.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
My colleague, Dr. Vahid Abedini, was illegally detained by ICE on Saturday. He is currently being held without a court date in sight, despite being in the country legally. Please spread the word! We must ensure his due process rights are upheld. www.oudaily.com/news/ou-prof...
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This is just sad! Some of these funds were used for buyouts, historically implemented by municipal govts but pulled up to the state under NCORR, and then contracted out which ended up creating more problems. Our article on buyouts in eastern NC touches on this: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency So Poorly Managed That State Auditor Couldn’t Determine Full Extent of Waste - Inside Climate News
The story of the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency’s disaster response efforts was itself ”a disaster.” That’s what State Auditor Dave Boliek, a Republican, concluded in a scathing 506...
insideclimatenews.org
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is just sad! Some of these funds were used for buyouts, historically implemented by municipal govts but pulled up to the state under NCORR, and then contracted out which ended up creating more problems. Our article on buyouts in eastern NC touches on this: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
Mother Viola Fletcher passes away at 111 years old
TULSA, Okla. — Mayor Monroe Nichols announced the passing of one of the two last remaining survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Mother Viola Fletcher.
www.fox23.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Rest in Power to Mother Viola Ford Fletcher.
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
111 years, the oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre.
She never got the justice she deserved
www.fox23.com/news/mother-...
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NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
As ICE descends on Charlotte, faith leaders draw on other cities' actions to aid immigrants
(RNS) — As many as 500 people, a mix of clergy and other volunteers, have appeared at the training sessions on how to counter ICE.
religionnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:38 PM
NEW: Churches in Charlotte are hosting trainings on how to response to ICE agents — with *hundreds* filling pews.
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
At one training, a child led those gathered in "This Little Light of Mine" — but changed the words to “All around Border Patrol, I’m gonna let it shine" religionnews.com/2025/11/20/a...
Bureaucratic capture? Authoritarian backsliding? Comparative cases from this century?
Yup, this just got added to my class. Fits perfectly in the "current challenges for public administration" week at the end of the semester.
Yup, this just got added to my class. Fits perfectly in the "current challenges for public administration" week at the end of the semester.
Is the U.S. showing early signs of state capture?
Naomi Roht-Arriaza compares patterns of state capture from four countries and highlights the warning signs emerging in the United States.
www.justsecurity.org/124560/us-ca...
Naomi Roht-Arriaza compares patterns of state capture from four countries and highlights the warning signs emerging in the United States.
www.justsecurity.org/124560/us-ca...
Is the U.S. Becoming a Captured State? A Comparative Perspective
Patterns of state capture in South Africa, El Salvador, Sri Lanka and Guatemala offer a cautionary guide for the United States.
www.justsecurity.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Bureaucratic capture? Authoritarian backsliding? Comparative cases from this century?
Yup, this just got added to my class. Fits perfectly in the "current challenges for public administration" week at the end of the semester.
Yup, this just got added to my class. Fits perfectly in the "current challenges for public administration" week at the end of the semester.
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Via @charlotteobserver.com: Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
Witnesses say one man was detained while doing yard work while his wife and child were inside.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Via @charlotteobserver.com: Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
“Inside the church, women and children sobbed as they wondered whether their loved ones had been taken.” www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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here's a nice distraction: today Boston is getting it's tree from Halifax, a tradition going back decades since Boston sent help after a deadly explosion there in 1917.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
Boston mayor heads to Nova Scotia to personally pick up traditional Christmas Tree
Every year for decades, the Canadian province of Nova Scotia provides Boston Common’s Christmas Tree as a gift. This year, Mayor Michelle Wu will attend the tree-cutting in person.
www.nbcboston.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
here's a nice distraction: today Boston is getting it's tree from Halifax, a tradition going back decades since Boston sent help after a deadly explosion there in 1917.
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
www.nbcboston.com/news/local/b...
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✓ Increasingly expensive disaster costs
✓ Higher reinsurance pricing (insurance for insurers)
✓ Insurers reassess their portfolio exposure / raise premiums
✓ Replacement costs rise
✓ More people move to high-risk areas
✓ Home values decline
...and more.
The link? Growing risks from climate change.
✓ Higher reinsurance pricing (insurance for insurers)
✓ Insurers reassess their portfolio exposure / raise premiums
✓ Replacement costs rise
✓ More people move to high-risk areas
✓ Home values decline
...and more.
The link? Growing risks from climate change.
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices. n.pr/47QGKwH
It's harder to get home insurance. That's changing communities across the U.S.
Home insurance is getting less affordable, and less available, as insurers raise prices and pull back from areas with extreme weather. That's forcing families across the country to make tough choices.
n.pr
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
✓ Increasingly expensive disaster costs
✓ Higher reinsurance pricing (insurance for insurers)
✓ Insurers reassess their portfolio exposure / raise premiums
✓ Replacement costs rise
✓ More people move to high-risk areas
✓ Home values decline
...and more.
The link? Growing risks from climate change.
✓ Higher reinsurance pricing (insurance for insurers)
✓ Insurers reassess their portfolio exposure / raise premiums
✓ Replacement costs rise
✓ More people move to high-risk areas
✓ Home values decline
...and more.
The link? Growing risks from climate change.
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Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Protecting my sanity as votes happen by trying to make this cake.
November 10, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Protecting my sanity as votes happen by trying to make this cake.
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Are you connected with recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene? If so, a request...we are beginning a new study on household financial recovery after the hurricane and hoping to interview several dozen households across all of the affected states.
November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Are you connected with recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene? If so, a request...we are beginning a new study on household financial recovery after the hurricane and hoping to interview several dozen households across all of the affected states.
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There's a growing problem of politicizing disaster relief and mitigation, and that's becoming very evident across the country in some recent news stories.
This week’s weather includes snow, cold, and a wet West. We take a first crack at the historical perspective of this hurricane season. And newsy bits today focuses on the federal government’s withdrawal from disaster mitigation and aid. More in the post! Below or at theeyewall.com.
A first look at hurricane season's historical perspective, plus Snowvember!
Lake effect returns, plus a look at the federal government withdrawing from disaster mitigation and assistance
theeyewall.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
There's a growing problem of politicizing disaster relief and mitigation, and that's becoming very evident across the country in some recent news stories.
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The best arguments in favor of Dems caving all assume we're in the status quo ante regime and not experiencing rapid autocratization and constitutional failure
November 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The best arguments in favor of Dems caving all assume we're in the status quo ante regime and not experiencing rapid autocratization and constitutional failure
I spent years dealing with asthma without consistent or affordable medical coverage in the pre-ACA years. The only thing that made it bearable was my short time on a union-provided health plan. I am pretty close to a single issue voter on healthcare.
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I spent years dealing with asthma without consistent or affordable medical coverage in the pre-ACA years. The only thing that made it bearable was my short time on a union-provided health plan. I am pretty close to a single issue voter on healthcare.
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So, the caving, what's the "real" core concern? I'd guess:
1. The hungry? ❌
2. The uninsured ❌
3. Societal air travel addiction ✅
We'll see I guess.
1. The hungry? ❌
2. The uninsured ❌
3. Societal air travel addiction ✅
We'll see I guess.
November 9, 2025 at 11:32 PM
So, the caving, what's the "real" core concern? I'd guess:
1. The hungry? ❌
2. The uninsured ❌
3. Societal air travel addiction ✅
We'll see I guess.
1. The hungry? ❌
2. The uninsured ❌
3. Societal air travel addiction ✅
We'll see I guess.
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How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
How do so many democrats still not understand that the ACA *was* the compromise.
Watched Death by Lightening - for pedagogy, of course.
Not alot about the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (sadly). But, episode 3 could be great in a PA classroom. Especially as part of a larger discussion about the return of patronage.
Now I need to read Candice Millard's book on Garfield.
Not alot about the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (sadly). But, episode 3 could be great in a PA classroom. Especially as part of a larger discussion about the return of patronage.
Now I need to read Candice Millard's book on Garfield.
November 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Watched Death by Lightening - for pedagogy, of course.
Not alot about the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (sadly). But, episode 3 could be great in a PA classroom. Especially as part of a larger discussion about the return of patronage.
Now I need to read Candice Millard's book on Garfield.
Not alot about the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (sadly). But, episode 3 could be great in a PA classroom. Especially as part of a larger discussion about the return of patronage.
Now I need to read Candice Millard's book on Garfield.
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Why do Americans have so little trust in major institutions? Because we can't predictably rely on them to do what they were built to do.
If my upcoming travel gets disrupted, it will be inconvenient but not tragic. On the other hand, there are people who will undoubtedly have very important travel plans coming up. It breaks my heart that we live in a country where basic things are breaking down.
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Why do Americans have so little trust in major institutions? Because we can't predictably rely on them to do what they were built to do.
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This is how Pres. Obama responded when Karmel Allison fainted on stage.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
This is how Pres. Obama responded when Karmel Allison fainted on stage.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
He caught her and said: “You’re OK. I’m right here. I got you."
The idea that the president could -- as a natural impulse -- display genuine concern and empathy for another person feels completely unrecognizable today.
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Colleagues - Consider serving as an 'expert reviewer' for IPCC-Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. Registration for expert reviewers closes Nov 30.
Website Link: www.ipcc.ch/report/speci...
Call for Reviewers: www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
Registration Page: apps.ipcc.ch/comments/src...
Website Link: www.ipcc.ch/report/speci...
Call for Reviewers: www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
Registration Page: apps.ipcc.ch/comments/src...
Special Report on Climate Change and Cities — IPCC
www.ipcc.ch
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Colleagues - Consider serving as an 'expert reviewer' for IPCC-Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. Registration for expert reviewers closes Nov 30.
Website Link: www.ipcc.ch/report/speci...
Call for Reviewers: www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
Registration Page: apps.ipcc.ch/comments/src...
Website Link: www.ipcc.ch/report/speci...
Call for Reviewers: www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
Registration Page: apps.ipcc.ch/comments/src...
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North Carolina has joined eleven other states in a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alleging that the agencies are withholding $17.5 million in grants over “unlawful terms.”
www.bpr.org/politics-gov...
www.bpr.org/politics-gov...
North Carolina files lawsuit against FEMA over $17.5 million in withheld grants
The FEMA money is crucial for many states, including North Carolina, in funding emergency equipment. It also supports the salaries of personnel who step in to assist with natural disasters and other e...
www.bpr.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
North Carolina has joined eleven other states in a lawsuit against the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, alleging that the agencies are withholding $17.5 million in grants over “unlawful terms.”
www.bpr.org/politics-gov...
www.bpr.org/politics-gov...
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“When universities abandon faculty under attack, when they violate their own governance procedures, when they tell contradictory stories about their motivations, when they refuse basic transparency about their decision-making—they’re not protecting their institutions. They’re hollowing them out.”
My University Just Taught Extremists How to Eliminate Academic Programs They Don't Like
Texas Christian University handed its power to the people working hardest to dismantle learning itself.
www.texasobserver.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:55 PM
“When universities abandon faculty under attack, when they violate their own governance procedures, when they tell contradictory stories about their motivations, when they refuse basic transparency about their decision-making—they’re not protecting their institutions. They’re hollowing them out.”
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Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Australia has so much clean energy they're literally giving it away. Meanwhile, GOP is in all-out war to stamp out solar
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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Covering half of parking lots with solar canopies in the USA would generate ~1.4 terawatts. ☀️🇺🇸 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
South Korea (hey how about it PM #MarkCarney?) #Solar #ClimateChange #EnergyTransition electrek.co/2025/11/02/n...
New national law will turn large parking lots into solar power farms
Starting this month, parking lots in South Korea with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar canopies and carports.
electrek.co
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Covering half of parking lots with solar canopies in the USA would generate ~1.4 terawatts. ☀️🇺🇸 rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...