Jill Laufer
@jilllaufer.bsky.social
UCDavis PhD Political Sci. • Media & Framing • Youth Civic Engagement • Voting & Partisanship • Gun Violence & Climate Change • AI & Tech
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so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
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Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
December 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University.
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish
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From the Yale Youth Poll - note how much more young people care about housing. It's issue #3 in importance for them! (And since housing is most people's biggest expense, "affordability" is really another way of talking about housing.)
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
From the Yale Youth Poll - note how much more young people care about housing. It's issue #3 in importance for them! (And since housing is most people's biggest expense, "affordability" is really another way of talking about housing.)
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Who consents when an AI agent clicks? Who steers the choice? Who is accountable when things go wrong? And can European rules discipline AI agents without smothering innovation? AI agents are neither a new contracting party nor the new yardstick for the “average consumer," writes Camillia Rida.
When an AI Agent Says ‘I Agree,’ Who’s Consenting? | TechPolicy.Press
AI agents are neither a new contracting party nor the new yardstick for the “average consumer," writes Camillia Rida.
buff.ly
December 13, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Who consents when an AI agent clicks? Who steers the choice? Who is accountable when things go wrong? And can European rules discipline AI agents without smothering innovation? AI agents are neither a new contracting party nor the new yardstick for the “average consumer," writes Camillia Rida.
(Finally) Sunny Oaktown Caterday
with Sunny ☀️
with Sunny ☀️
December 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
(Finally) Sunny Oaktown Caterday
with Sunny ☀️
with Sunny ☀️
It sounds so humblebragnerdy, but so excited for the break after I submit my grades on Monday to catch up on all the amazing paleoanthropology episodes on NOVA @novapbs.bsky.social
#PBSforever!
#PBSforever!
December 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It sounds so humblebragnerdy, but so excited for the break after I submit my grades on Monday to catch up on all the amazing paleoanthropology episodes on NOVA @novapbs.bsky.social
#PBSforever!
#PBSforever!
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If AI proves too risky for insurers, that provides a clear incentive for the AI industry to develop clearer safety standards, Clara Riedenstein writes.
Why Insurers May Unwittingly Become AI Safety Champions | TechPolicy.Press
Insurance companies might reveal themselves, inadvertently, as the unexpected frontline promoters of AI safety, Clara Riedenstein writes.
www.techpolicy.press
December 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
If AI proves too risky for insurers, that provides a clear incentive for the AI industry to develop clearer safety standards, Clara Riedenstein writes.
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See the piece below and also this week’s New Yorker podcast with these same three political scientists on the state of American democracy. I continue to learn a lot from them
www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
December 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
See the piece below and also this week’s New Yorker podcast with these same three political scientists on the state of American democracy. I continue to learn a lot from them
www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
www.newyorker.com/podcast/poli...
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👋 Our social media team is hiring and we would love to hear from you if you’re looking to take your activism to the next level.
Senior Social Media Associate | Join Our Team
About Indivisible Project We’re building something new. We’re a progressive grassroots organization that began in the aftermath of Tr...
ats.rippling.com
December 13, 2025 at 1:59 AM
👋 Our social media team is hiring and we would love to hear from you if you’re looking to take your activism to the next level.
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New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
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"With only 18% coming from megadonors, Dems have a fundraising advantage among grassroots supporters that enabled them to outraise Republicans in 2024. Yet the party courts billionaires while campaigning against oligarchy," writes @adambonica.bsky.social. data4democracy.substack.com/p/money-does...
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
data4democracy.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"With only 18% coming from megadonors, Dems have a fundraising advantage among grassroots supporters that enabled them to outraise Republicans in 2024. Yet the party courts billionaires while campaigning against oligarchy," writes @adambonica.bsky.social. data4democracy.substack.com/p/money-does...
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some literature for the people:
@mattgrossmann.bsky.social, "How Social Science Got Better: Overcoming Bias with More Evidence, Diversity, and Self-Reflection"
academic.oup.com/book/39935?l...
@mattgrossmann.bsky.social, "How Social Science Got Better: Overcoming Bias with More Evidence, Diversity, and Self-Reflection"
academic.oup.com/book/39935?l...
How Social Science Got Better: Overcoming Bias with More Evidence, Diversity, and Self-Reflection
Abstract. Social science research is facing mounting criticism, as canonical studies fail to replicate, questionable research practices abound, and researc
academic.oup.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
some literature for the people:
@mattgrossmann.bsky.social, "How Social Science Got Better: Overcoming Bias with More Evidence, Diversity, and Self-Reflection"
academic.oup.com/book/39935?l...
@mattgrossmann.bsky.social, "How Social Science Got Better: Overcoming Bias with More Evidence, Diversity, and Self-Reflection"
academic.oup.com/book/39935?l...
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Everywhere you look there is an opening for leadership.
What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility
What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility
December 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Everywhere you look there is an opening for leadership.
What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility
What an irony that the Democratic consultant-pundit class fell into a poll-following Popularist obsession at a time of such volatility
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A warm wind shift is unfolding in a remote part of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Despite its geographical isolation, this change has scientists concerned that the planet could break temperature records in the years to come.
A wind burst forming over remote ocean may affect global weather in 2026
Westerly wind bursts can trigger the beginning of a shift from La Niña to El Niño, a change that can have big consequences for the planet’s weather patterns.
wapo.st
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
A warm wind shift is unfolding in a remote part of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. Despite its geographical isolation, this change has scientists concerned that the planet could break temperature records in the years to come.
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NEW DATA: Where the teens are
YouTube 92%
TikTok 68%
Instagram 63%
Snapchat 55%
Facebook 31% (down from 71%)
WhatsApp 24%
Reddit 17%
X 16% (down from 33%)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/
YouTube 92%
TikTok 68%
Instagram 63%
Snapchat 55%
Facebook 31% (down from 71%)
WhatsApp 24%
Reddit 17%
X 16% (down from 33%)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/
December 9, 2025 at 9:51 PM
NEW DATA: Where the teens are
YouTube 92%
TikTok 68%
Instagram 63%
Snapchat 55%
Facebook 31% (down from 71%)
WhatsApp 24%
Reddit 17%
X 16% (down from 33%)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/
YouTube 92%
TikTok 68%
Instagram 63%
Snapchat 55%
Facebook 31% (down from 71%)
WhatsApp 24%
Reddit 17%
X 16% (down from 33%)
https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/
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@edenfineday.bsky.social : "Since 2020 when IndigiNews was launched, we have either been named as a finalist or won 54 awards. For a newsroom of, like, five people, including me, that’s unheard of." via @thetyee.ca @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Eden Fineday Is a Creative Force | The Tyee
The Cree media leader looks back on a transformational year. Second in a series.
thetyee.ca
December 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM
@edenfineday.bsky.social : "Since 2020 when IndigiNews was launched, we have either been named as a finalist or won 54 awards. For a newsroom of, like, five people, including me, that’s unheard of." via @thetyee.ca @harrisonmooney.bsky.social thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...
Oh wow!
OpenAI loses fight to keep ChatGPT logs secret in copyright case reut.rs/4piz7Ha
OpenAI loses fight to keep ChatGPT logs secret in copyright case
OpenAI must produce millions of anonymized chat logs from ChatGPT users in its high-stakes copyright dispute with the New York Times and other news outlets, a federal judge in Manhattan ruled.
reut.rs
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Oh wow!
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In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
Seventh patient in HIV remission after stem cell transplant | News | ConnectSci
connectsci.au
December 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
In a world awash with negative science/health news this is unashamedly great news. connectsci.au/news/news-pa...
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Our paper on how cross-cutting group memberships predict warmer out-party affect and analyses suggesting this is why Latinos in the US have warmer feelings toward the out-party is now fully published in the most recent @polbehavior.bsky.social issue.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Our paper on how cross-cutting group memberships predict warmer out-party affect and analyses suggesting this is why Latinos in the US have warmer feelings toward the out-party is now fully published in the most recent @polbehavior.bsky.social issue.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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New in Science: Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Key from @jennyallen.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social: (1) important new paradigm (2) but not clear why results differ
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Key from @jennyallen.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social: (1) important new paradigm (2) but not clear why results differ
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New in Science: Reranking partisan animosity in algorithmic social media feeds alters affective polarization www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Key from @jennyallen.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social: (1) important new paradigm (2) but not clear why results differ
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
Key from @jennyallen.bsky.social @jatucker.bsky.social: (1) important new paradigm (2) but not clear why results differ
www.science.org/doi/full/10....
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"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
"We will call the 12th month of the year 'December'... which means 'tenth month.'"
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really recommend cameron mcwhirter’s book on the AR-15 www.amazon.com/American-Gun...
November 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
really recommend cameron mcwhirter’s book on the AR-15 www.amazon.com/American-Gun...
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a 14-year old went viral a decade ago in Atlanta for reciting a poem titled "White Boy Privilege”.
on Tuesday, he's running for a seat on the Atlanta school board, with support from the WFP and DSA.
one of my 25 elections to watch in December: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
on Tuesday, he's running for a seat on the Atlanta school board, with support from the WFP and DSA.
one of my 25 elections to watch in December: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
November 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
a 14-year old went viral a decade ago in Atlanta for reciting a poem titled "White Boy Privilege”.
on Tuesday, he's running for a seat on the Atlanta school board, with support from the WFP and DSA.
one of my 25 elections to watch in December: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...
on Tuesday, he's running for a seat on the Atlanta school board, with support from the WFP and DSA.
one of my 25 elections to watch in December: boltsmag.org/whats-on-the...