Mary loves goats and chickens
@populist2002.bsky.social
Rural sociologist whose passion is making the world a better place through food.
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In Dublin last year, an annoying interviewer demanded of me: “Your country has been overtaken by fascists. Why are you smiling?” I was too jetlagged to have a sensible answer so I said, “I’m smiling because I have a knife between my teeth.” The knife might look like this:
Auspicious Omens and Excellent Insubordination
I started this out as a letter to a friend who's feeling down about where we as a nation are at in this moment, and I am still learning how this newsletter thing works so thought I could use the newsl...
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February 11, 2026 at 2:42 AM
In Dublin last year, an annoying interviewer demanded of me: “Your country has been overtaken by fascists. Why are you smiling?” I was too jetlagged to have a sensible answer so I said, “I’m smiling because I have a knife between my teeth.” The knife might look like this:
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I live in Minneapolis, and witnessing the ways local businesses are boldly and creatively stepping up to meet community needs as large corporations offer mild statements or facilitate ICE reminds me why antimonopoly policy is central to a healthy democracy.
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Wall Street Doesn’t Reward Resilience, Main Street Does
Minnesota shows how small businesses can support their communities through crisis while large corporations make measured statements, or worse, cooperate with authoritarian overreach.
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February 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I live in Minneapolis, and witnessing the ways local businesses are boldly and creatively stepping up to meet community needs as large corporations offer mild statements or facilitate ICE reminds me why antimonopoly policy is central to a healthy democracy.
foodandpower.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
foodandpower.substack.com/p/wall-stree...
@pbsnews.org was Gary Abernathy the only conservative you could find? He has totally lost his mind. Surely there are other person?
January 31, 2026 at 12:53 AM
@pbsnews.org was Gary Abernathy the only conservative you could find? He has totally lost his mind. Surely there are other person?
@stacyfmitchell.bsky.social are you having problems with your grocery map? It got blocked by our organization but yesterday I could open it in Safari on my phone. Today no. Any info?
January 30, 2026 at 3:06 PM
@stacyfmitchell.bsky.social are you having problems with your grocery map? It got blocked by our organization but yesterday I could open it in Safari on my phone. Today no. Any info?
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1. We have a new tool for exploring how corporate concentration has hollowed out grocery access in your region: an interactive map that shows food deserts along with the location of every grocery store in the US by type — independent, small chain, large chain, or megachain like Walmart or Kroger.
Mapping Food Deserts and Grocery Consolidation
To help users explore how corporate concentration has reshaped food access across the United States, ILSR created an interactive map that shows food deserts alongside the location of different types…
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January 29, 2026 at 1:15 PM
1. We have a new tool for exploring how corporate concentration has hollowed out grocery access in your region: an interactive map that shows food deserts along with the location of every grocery store in the US by type — independent, small chain, large chain, or megachain like Walmart or Kroger.
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If you can and if 1) you want to hit at corporate supporters of ICE, 2) you support workers, and 3) you want to protest against data harvesting - stop using Whole Foods.
If you can and if 1) you want to hit at corporate supporters of ICE, 2) you support workers, and 3) you want to protest against data harvesting - stop using Whole Foods.
Grocery Update #137: Amazon's Big Week.
Like Skynet, but with a customer loyalty program.
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January 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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If you can and if 1) you want to hit at corporate supporters of ICE, 2) you support workers, and 3) you want to protest against data harvesting - stop using Whole Foods.
If you can and if 1) you want to hit at corporate supporters of ICE, 2) you support workers, and 3) you want to protest against data harvesting - stop using Whole Foods.
Amazing succinct thread!
As innumerable scholars of the law (& history) of money & banking have shown, a) banks, chartered by the govt, *lend out more money than they have*; thus they loan money into existence, essentially (under governmental license) & b) they earn, in essence, a profit from this - interest on those loans
January 28, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Amazing succinct thread!
One of the many destabilizing actions unleashed upon the world by this regime.
It has been one year since the January 2025 suspension of USAID. In our new paper (with Annabelle Tan and @ashani.bsky.social), we treat this suspension as a natural experiment and examine how foreign aid withdrawal affects conflict dynamics. A thread:
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Aid, Interrupted: Conflict Dynamics Following the USAID Suspension in Africa
Foreign aid withdrawal may put the stability of aid-dependent states at risk. Yet short-term conflict responses to donor-side aid disruptions remain poorly unde
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January 21, 2026 at 11:23 AM
One of the many destabilizing actions unleashed upon the world by this regime.
This is tragic
I went to Minneapolis last week. What I saw was horrifying and inspiring in equal measure. Gift link to my latest column: www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/o...
Opinion | In Minneapolis, I Glimpsed a Civil War
www.nytimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:17 PM
This is tragic
Walmart heirs….
One billionaire owns so much land that his holdings are bigger than Yellowstone National Park.
Stan Kroenke bought nearly 1 million more acres in New Mexico at the end of last year, and he now owns 2.7 million acres of US land.
Stan Kroenke bought nearly 1 million more acres in New Mexico at the end of last year, and he now owns 2.7 million acres of US land.
January 15, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Walmart heirs….
Please please watch this seriously concerning video! @linamkhan.bsky.social is absolutely correct that this is an issue of reducing competition not just pricing!
EXCLUSIVE: We found that Instacart is using AI algorithms to charge customers different prices for the same items.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
It's not just online. It's in physical grocery stores too.
Our months-long investigation with @consumerreports.org and @groundwork.bsky.social found it could cost families $1200/year.
We Had 400 People Shop For Groceries. What We Found Will Shock You.
YouTube video by More Perfect Union
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January 15, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Please please watch this seriously concerning video! @linamkhan.bsky.social is absolutely correct that this is an issue of reducing competition not just pricing!
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If you’re scared of a Honda Pilot driving less than 5 miles an hour, with its wheels pointing away from you, you should not be working in law-enforcement…
You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.
You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.
January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If you’re scared of a Honda Pilot driving less than 5 miles an hour, with its wheels pointing away from you, you should not be working in law-enforcement…
You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.
You shouldn’t have a gun. You shouldn’t have a badge. You should find a new line of work.
I just skimmed this and it looks amazing. It’s a different way if looking at state/economy power than many sociologists use but really interesting.
Important study. Essentially it finds a straight line between the pro-corporate concentration policies of Reagan/Clinton/Thatcher/Blair and the decline of democracy. Interestingly, the mechanism is not income inequality but the raw power the biggest corps wield over government.
How Rising Corporate Market Power Undermines Democracy - ProMarket
In new research, Seda Basihos investigates the relationship between a decline in market competition and global democratic backsliding. She finds that market concentration leads to increasing…
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January 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I just skimmed this and it looks amazing. It’s a different way if looking at state/economy power than many sociologists use but really interesting.
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There’s a debate about whether to focus on lowering prices or saving democracy. But both crises flow from the extreme concentration of economic power. The solution is to shift that power back into people’s hands — through strong public institutions, worker rights, and thriving small businesses.
New York’s affordability crisis flows from a deeper problem: essential systems — groceries, energy, Internet, banking, healthcare — have consolidated in the hands of distant corporations. Today, ILSR sent the Mamdani team a memo laying out policies to reclaim local control. ilsr.org/articles/mem...
January 6, 2026 at 1:47 PM
There’s a debate about whether to focus on lowering prices or saving democracy. But both crises flow from the extreme concentration of economic power. The solution is to shift that power back into people’s hands — through strong public institutions, worker rights, and thriving small businesses.
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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When we say “billionaires should not exist,” what we mean is:
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
When we say “billionaires should not exist,” what we mean is:
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
Instead of billionaires…
Everyone should have healthcare.
Everyone should have housing.
Everyone should have access to healthy food and clean water.
Billionaires are a policy failure.
So sad to see this at my alma mater.
It's over.
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.
www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
So sad to see this at my alma mater.
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From where I am standing, I know this is the movement I have been working toward. I feel the rafters shaking and the walls moving. I feel the aftershock of the work that went into Aftyn’s race and how it’s rippling out into red states across the country.
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Stress Fractures
Running everywhere
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December 3, 2025 at 7:59 PM
From where I am standing, I know this is the movement I have been working toward. I feel the rafters shaking and the walls moving. I feel the aftershock of the work that went into Aftyn’s race and how it’s rippling out into red states across the country.
open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...
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The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
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December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
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🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcnews.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:30 AM
🧵This 58-year-old nurse from Maryland is seen being violently dragged along the ground by officials in Ghana.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
Trump deported her there.
This abhorrent & disgusting abuse of a woman who saved American lives and cared for injured and ill Americans for 30 years.
All the details below are worse.
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Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Part of this week’s newsletter was inspired by the post below. Was there a way to show the distance between normal Americans and the super wealthy?
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Jeffrey Epstein Was a Warlord. We Have to Talk About It.
www.thenation.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is fascinating!
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
This is fascinating!
Oh my
Three future PAA presidents (Taeuber, Taeuber, Whelpton) and one ASA president (Hankins) wrote positive pieces in American Journal of Sociology in the 1930s about Hitler's pronatalist policies.
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October 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Oh my
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Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
October 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?