Pam Herd
@pamherd.bsky.social
Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
And this is what SSA communication looks like under the Trump Administration.
November 6, 2025 at 3:22 PM
And this is what SSA communication looks like under the Trump Administration.
All time favorite of my kiddos
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
All time favorite of my kiddos
lolz "Some people never grow out of the first time they watched The West Wing—... Many of those people decide to get into politics. That doesn’t mean we need to listen to them, though."
October 30, 2025 at 4:35 PM
lolz "Some people never grow out of the first time they watched The West Wing—... Many of those people decide to get into politics. That doesn’t mean we need to listen to them, though."
WSJ Opinion for the win here in all honesty....(sigh)
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
WSJ Opinion for the win here in all honesty....(sigh)
Sit with the fact that private unregulated firms are selecting embryos based not just on cancer polygenic risk scores, but also ones for 'intelligence'. Pronatalists are frequently using these services. It's definitely eugenic thinking, but the deep irony is that it literally doesn't 'work.'
October 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Sit with the fact that private unregulated firms are selecting embryos based not just on cancer polygenic risk scores, but also ones for 'intelligence'. Pronatalists are frequently using these services. It's definitely eugenic thinking, but the deep irony is that it literally doesn't 'work.'
Well this broke my heart.
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Well this broke my heart.
The last year has proven how much mainstream media misunderstood what was happening on college campuses— almost certainly because of their fixation on a few elite privates. [Censorship accusation? University administrators are barring publication] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/b...
October 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The last year has proven how much mainstream media misunderstood what was happening on college campuses— almost certainly because of their fixation on a few elite privates. [Censorship accusation? University administrators are barring publication] www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/b...
Grandma Shelly out for No Kings Day! But she’s out there every Saturday now.
October 18, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Grandma Shelly out for No Kings Day! But she’s out there every Saturday now.
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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October 17, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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We're 10 months into this. A TV host is running the Defense Department, berating Generals about 'woke', and revealing state secrets in his text groups. ICE agents are throwing tear gas at babies, and kidnapping children. Where's Congress? #NoKings
October 15, 2025 at 3:12 AM
We're 10 months into this. A TV host is running the Defense Department, berating Generals about 'woke', and revealing state secrets in his text groups. ICE agents are throwing tear gas at babies, and kidnapping children. Where's Congress? #NoKings
My 80 year old mother (a lifelong registered Republican until 2018 and, by god, is not one for protesting) is making her voice heard on our small-town New England town green.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 PM
My 80 year old mother (a lifelong registered Republican until 2018 and, by god, is not one for protesting) is making her voice heard on our small-town New England town green.
RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.
October 11, 2025 at 2:58 PM
RFK fired the CDC official (w/decades of experience) leading the measles outbreak response. It's been decades since we've had such a large outbreak. And just to ensure they they can spread the measles outbreak even farther, they also fired the leadership for the center focused on immunization.
States are facing catastrophic SNAP cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill--North Carolina is saying they may shutter their SNAP program. The Bill cuts the budget to administer SNAP, charges states billions for making administrative mistakes, all while adding even more admin complexity to the program.
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
States are facing catastrophic SNAP cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill--North Carolina is saying they may shutter their SNAP program. The Bill cuts the budget to administer SNAP, charges states billions for making administrative mistakes, all while adding even more admin complexity to the program.
The growth in 'pick n choose' your vaccine reflects the deep individualism that underlies how we think about our health, as well as how to improve our collective health. @jenniferreich.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
September 30, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The growth in 'pick n choose' your vaccine reflects the deep individualism that underlies how we think about our health, as well as how to improve our collective health. @jenniferreich.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/o...
A Professor of *checks notes* German literature, at UC-Santa Cruz, has a few thoughts on the "radicals who dominate college campuses" and are "poisoning America.. When will we take our campuses back from the destructive radicals who now control them?" www.wsj.com/opinion/amer...
September 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A Professor of *checks notes* German literature, at UC-Santa Cruz, has a few thoughts on the "radicals who dominate college campuses" and are "poisoning America.. When will we take our campuses back from the destructive radicals who now control them?" www.wsj.com/opinion/amer...
This is bananas. Florida State ranks 17th on their list—excellent free speech! Meanwhile, an actual student weighs in on how FL state law is censoring speech at Florida State.
September 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This is bananas. Florida State ranks 17th on their list—excellent free speech! Meanwhile, an actual student weighs in on how FL state law is censoring speech at Florida State.
Always interesting who people are willing to sacrifice
September 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Always interesting who people are willing to sacrifice
He's just super excited to roll out the professor sweaters.
September 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
He's just super excited to roll out the professor sweaters.
Well I won’t miss you! Join me, it made me feel just a small bit better.
September 18, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Well I won’t miss you! Join me, it made me feel just a small bit better.
Journalists can actually can point out that "GOP claims that the left fosters extremism" is factually inaccurate. partyhttps://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/for-democrats-kirks-shooting-lays-bare-their-struggle-to-rebut-trump-25d73093?mod=hp_lead_pos6
September 17, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Journalists can actually can point out that "GOP claims that the left fosters extremism" is factually inaccurate. partyhttps://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/for-democrats-kirks-shooting-lays-bare-their-struggle-to-rebut-trump-25d73093?mod=hp_lead_pos6
He’s just such an a**hole
September 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM
He’s just such an a**hole
RFK has repeatedly said that he's making changes to "increase trust in the CDC". His tenure so far has had the exact opposite impact.
September 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
RFK has repeatedly said that he's making changes to "increase trust in the CDC". His tenure so far has had the exact opposite impact.
Support for childhood vaccines remains high. The CNN stat is really misleading. Pew find that 88% of the US public think the benefits of measles vaccines outweighs any risks.
September 4, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Support for childhood vaccines remains high. The CNN stat is really misleading. Pew find that 88% of the US public think the benefits of measles vaccines outweighs any risks.