Mark Abraham
@markabraham.bsky.social
Collecting and sharing data on community-level health and well-being. Personal account: Posts here do not represent the views of my employer. #NHV resident.
From today's @ctmirror.org: " #Connecticut residents are struggling more with mental health issues and some basic needs than they were in 2018, according to a survey released this month by @datahaven.bsky.social, a nonprofit organization producing data for the state." ctmirror.org/2025/11/20/c...
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
From today's @ctmirror.org: " #Connecticut residents are struggling more with mental health issues and some basic needs than they were in 2018, according to a survey released this month by @datahaven.bsky.social, a nonprofit organization producing data for the state." ctmirror.org/2025/11/20/c...
This is a better chart for rise in renter cost burden since 2019, especially for renters >$45K (many families earning under that amount would not be able to afford to pay more anyhow) -- so the rising concern is higher than an average of all renters might suggest www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/housing...
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is a better chart for rise in renter cost burden since 2019, especially for renters >$45K (many families earning under that amount would not be able to afford to pay more anyhow) -- so the rising concern is higher than an average of all renters might suggest www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/housing...
Large increase in renter cost burden
www.jchs.harvard.edu/state-nation...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/state-nation...
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Large increase in renter cost burden
www.jchs.harvard.edu/state-nation...
www.jchs.harvard.edu/state-nation...
New feature article from TNJ (nation's best student magazine): Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
November 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
New feature article from TNJ (nation's best student magazine): Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI thenewjournalatyale.com/2025/10/insi...
Impact of SCOTUS admissions decision: Share of Black students entering Princeton, Cornell, and Wellesley falls to <5%
jamessmurphy.com/2025/09/15/t...
jamessmurphy.com/2025/09/15/t...
October 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Impact of SCOTUS admissions decision: Share of Black students entering Princeton, Cornell, and Wellesley falls to <5%
jamessmurphy.com/2025/09/15/t...
jamessmurphy.com/2025/09/15/t...
Austerity and corruption is always the cause.
October 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Austerity and corruption is always the cause.
Graphic by @rwjf.org describing a few of the ways in which recent policy changes will impact families and communities. Keep an eye out for reports from organizations such as @datahaven.bsky.social, which publish reports/maps on how these changes impact individual towns & legislative districts. #nnip
October 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Graphic by @rwjf.org describing a few of the ways in which recent policy changes will impact families and communities. Keep an eye out for reports from organizations such as @datahaven.bsky.social, which publish reports/maps on how these changes impact individual towns & legislative districts. #nnip
On 1934, about a year into Hitler’s appointment, “the cabinet decreed the "Law On The Allegiance of Civil Servants and Soldiers of the Armed Forces", which superseded original oaths and decreed both members of the armed forces and civil servants had to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler personally”
October 1, 2025 at 2:56 AM
On 1934, about a year into Hitler’s appointment, “the cabinet decreed the "Law On The Allegiance of Civil Servants and Soldiers of the Armed Forces", which superseded original oaths and decreed both members of the armed forces and civil servants had to swear an oath of loyalty to Hitler personally”
#NHV is implementing strong road diets with cycletracks along Whitney and State, 16 years after a huge citywide push by residents and city councilmen (now mayor and state rep), making room for 450 new homes
www.newhavenindependent.org/article/whit...
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September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
#NHV is implementing strong road diets with cycletracks along Whitney and State, 16 years after a huge citywide push by residents and city councilmen (now mayor and state rep), making room for 450 new homes
www.newhavenindependent.org/article/whit...
www.newhavenindependent.org/article/stat...
www.newhavenindependent.org/article/whit...
www.newhavenindependent.org/article/stat...
Other than Boston, New Haven is the most walkable city in New England www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... #nhv #urbanplanning #connecticut
September 15, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Other than Boston, New Haven is the most walkable city in New England www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi... #nhv #urbanplanning #connecticut
Food insecurity rates in CT show this as well
September 11, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Food insecurity rates in CT show this as well
Changes from last year via @jamessmurphy.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Changes from last year via @jamessmurphy.bsky.social
ICE recruit excited about “slamming people’s faces into the pavement”
September 2, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ICE recruit excited about “slamming people’s faces into the pavement”
New: Connecticut and other Northeast states may consider seceding from federal #publichealth oversight
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
#vaccines #connecticut
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
#vaccines #connecticut
August 29, 2025 at 1:40 PM
New: Connecticut and other Northeast states may consider seceding from federal #publichealth oversight
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
#vaccines #connecticut
www.ctinsider.com/connecticut/...
#vaccines #connecticut
ChatGPT vs Driving to Work vs Hamburger
August 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
ChatGPT vs Driving to Work vs Hamburger
What happened in 2025?
August 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
What happened in 2025?
New study: "In a randomized controlled trial involving nearly 17,000 students, we find that mandatory in-class phone collection led to higher grades --- particularly among lower-performing, first-year, and non-STEM students"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #k12 #education
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #k12 #education
August 5, 2025 at 3:07 PM
New study: "In a randomized controlled trial involving nearly 17,000 students, we find that mandatory in-class phone collection led to higher grades --- particularly among lower-performing, first-year, and non-STEM students"
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #k12 #education
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #k12 #education
I'm not an expert on this. What happened in January 2025? #jobsreport
August 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I'm not an expert on this. What happened in January 2025? #jobsreport
July 25, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It is almost as large as Manhattan, and uses far more energy (the entirety of NYC peaks at 10GW during the worst heat waves).
July 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It is almost as large as Manhattan, and uses far more energy (the entirety of NYC peaks at 10GW during the worst heat waves).
“No important social welfare program like Medicaid has ever been rolled back to this extent.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
July 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“No important social welfare program like Medicaid has ever been rolled back to this extent.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Envisioning #Hartford if it had tens of billions of dollars to relocate destructive urban highways and reconnect the waterfront area www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
#Connecticut #urbanplanning
#Connecticut #urbanplanning
June 3, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Envisioning #Hartford if it had tens of billions of dollars to relocate destructive urban highways and reconnect the waterfront area www.cnu.org/publicsquare...
#Connecticut #urbanplanning
#Connecticut #urbanplanning
Fundamental cause of the US housing crisis: Because of rising intergenerational wealth inequality, larger homes that used to be occupied by families are increasingly occupied by single adults age 75 and over (who have accumulated far more wealth than adults under the age of 50).
May 29, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Fundamental cause of the US housing crisis: Because of rising intergenerational wealth inequality, larger homes that used to be occupied by families are increasingly occupied by single adults age 75 and over (who have accumulated far more wealth than adults under the age of 50).