Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
@scoccoklein.bsky.social
Expert in climate change and children's wellbeing. Adjunct Professor of Social Policy at Hunter College. Funny IRL. Mother to wonderful humans and spoiled dogs.
Does the public support #foreignaid?
The answer is YES, especially when it supports:
💰Redistribution from #billionaires
💹Investments in sustainability
⛈️#LossandDamage funds to help low-income countries cope with #climatechange
@wid.world @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
The answer is YES, especially when it supports:
💰Redistribution from #billionaires
💹Investments in sustainability
⛈️#LossandDamage funds to help low-income countries cope with #climatechange
@wid.world @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
Research shows strong public support for global climate & redistributive policies — and this new study by @adrien-fabre.bsky.social confirms it, through an original survey representative of the population in 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 🇮🇹 🇵🇱 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇨🇭 🇯🇵 🇷🇺 🇸🇦 🇺🇸
Read more: wid.world/news-article...
Read more: wid.world/news-article...
Public Acceptance of International Redistribution in High-Income Countries - WID - World Inequality Database
Public Acceptance of International Redistribution in High-Income Countries This paper examines the support for global redistribution policies through an original survey representative of the populatio...
wid.world
November 14, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Does the public support #foreignaid?
The answer is YES, especially when it supports:
💰Redistribution from #billionaires
💹Investments in sustainability
⛈️#LossandDamage funds to help low-income countries cope with #climatechange
@wid.world @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
The answer is YES, especially when it supports:
💰Redistribution from #billionaires
💹Investments in sustainability
⛈️#LossandDamage funds to help low-income countries cope with #climatechange
@wid.world @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmileusaid.bsky.social
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
Hi @larrysummers.bsky.social
Remember when you hypothesized that the shortage of women in science could be explained by innate differences in mathematical ability?
Good times.
Remember when you hypothesized that the shortage of women in science could be explained by innate differences in mathematical ability?
Good times.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Hi @larrysummers.bsky.social
Remember when you hypothesized that the shortage of women in science could be explained by innate differences in mathematical ability?
Good times.
Remember when you hypothesized that the shortage of women in science could be explained by innate differences in mathematical ability?
Good times.
#Inequality in the US is exceptional
We are more unequal now than at any point in our history. And we are more unequal than other high-income countries.
But until recently, we could not measure WEALTH inequality
Or how it is affecting our DEMOCRACY
@schechtlm.bsky.social 👇shows it's bad
We are more unequal now than at any point in our history. And we are more unequal than other high-income countries.
But until recently, we could not measure WEALTH inequality
Or how it is affecting our DEMOCRACY
@schechtlm.bsky.social 👇shows it's bad
Rising wealth concentration tends to undermine democracy, according to a Stone Center Working Paper by @schechtlm.bsky.social. In this interview, he discusses how he drew on two new sources of data to compare democratic backsliding in 50 U.S. states.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/the-effect-o...
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/the-effect-o...
The Effect of Increasing Wealth Inequality on U.S. Democracy at the State Level - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Manuel Schechtl, a 2022–2024 Stone Center postdoctoral scholar, discusses his Stone Center Working Paper, which combines two new sources of data to compare the extent of democratic backsliding in all ...
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
#Inequality in the US is exceptional
We are more unequal now than at any point in our history. And we are more unequal than other high-income countries.
But until recently, we could not measure WEALTH inequality
Or how it is affecting our DEMOCRACY
@schechtlm.bsky.social 👇shows it's bad
We are more unequal now than at any point in our history. And we are more unequal than other high-income countries.
But until recently, we could not measure WEALTH inequality
Or how it is affecting our DEMOCRACY
@schechtlm.bsky.social 👇shows it's bad
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
November 7, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
Summing up US politics right now.
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Summing up US politics right now.
Let's say it one more time (so that #RFKJr and the #MAHA dipshits hear it)- correlation does not imply causation.
A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism
COVID During Pregnancy May Increase Risk of Autism in Kids
A new study adds to the evidence that viral infections during pregnancy might contribute to a child’s likelihood of having autism
www.scientificamerican.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📱For all the parents struggling to keep their kids (and themselves) safe from the dangers of smartphone and social media.
🏆Bravo to @thebulwark.com for giving the platform to young people. And bravo to #NewYorkTeenTechCouncil for their leadership
🏆Bravo to @thebulwark.com for giving the platform to young people. And bravo to #NewYorkTeenTechCouncil for their leadership
"This plan limiting smartphone use during the school day...is about recognizing that the digital environment itself has become a public-health concern."
Elle Vidra, a high school senior and New York Teen Tech Council member:
Elle Vidra, a high school senior and New York Teen Tech Council member:
I’m a Teenager. Here’s How We Can Protect Kids From Online Harm.
Practical suggestions for schools and families.
www.thebulwark.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
📱For all the parents struggling to keep their kids (and themselves) safe from the dangers of smartphone and social media.
🏆Bravo to @thebulwark.com for giving the platform to young people. And bravo to #NewYorkTeenTechCouncil for their leadership
🏆Bravo to @thebulwark.com for giving the platform to young people. And bravo to #NewYorkTeenTechCouncil for their leadership
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime.
While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...
While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...
VIDEO: FBI Agents Visit Anti-ICE Protester
“Your name was brought up.”
www.kenklippenstein.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I obtained video of two FBI agents visiting an anti-ICE protester not charged with any crime.
While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...
While the media continue to mock Trump's war on "Antifa" as legally impossible, the FBI is quietly implementing it with investigations like these:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/video-fbi-...
What's it like inside your head?
October 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
What's it like inside your head?
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
October 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Terrifying. An Associated Press investigation found more than 420 bills attacking longstanding public health protections such as vaccines, milk safety and fluoride have been introduced in statehouses across the US so far this year. Around 30 bills in 12 states have already been enacted or adopted.
An interesting study for the #climatechange and #communication folks
Belief in #conspiracy theories undermines sustainability with lower support for reducing carbon emissions, investing in clean energy sources and protecting the environment.
Links as well with public health and social cohesion.
Belief in #conspiracy theories undermines sustainability with lower support for reducing carbon emissions, investing in clean energy sources and protecting the environment.
Links as well with public health and social cohesion.
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
An interesting study for the #climatechange and #communication folks
Belief in #conspiracy theories undermines sustainability with lower support for reducing carbon emissions, investing in clean energy sources and protecting the environment.
Links as well with public health and social cohesion.
Belief in #conspiracy theories undermines sustainability with lower support for reducing carbon emissions, investing in clean energy sources and protecting the environment.
Links as well with public health and social cohesion.
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
October 20, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Two weeks! Apply by Nov. 3 to our postdoctoral scholars program. Two positions starting in Aug. 2026: one focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Learn more at the link below!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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NO KINGS NYC!
10.18.25
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US STAND TOGETHER, PROTESTING FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, RACIAL JUSTICE, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, GENDER EQUALITY, FAIR WAGES, CLEAN AIR + WATER, AND MORE!
🎵 Freedom NO KINGS, by Ole No Kings
@bkindivisible.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social l
10.18.25
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US STAND TOGETHER, PROTESTING FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, RACIAL JUSTICE, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, GENDER EQUALITY, FAIR WAGES, CLEAN AIR + WATER, AND MORE!
🎵 Freedom NO KINGS, by Ole No Kings
@bkindivisible.bsky.social
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October 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
NO KINGS NYC!
10.18.25
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US STAND TOGETHER, PROTESTING FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, RACIAL JUSTICE, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, GENDER EQUALITY, FAIR WAGES, CLEAN AIR + WATER, AND MORE!
🎵 Freedom NO KINGS, by Ole No Kings
@bkindivisible.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social l
10.18.25
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF US STAND TOGETHER, PROTESTING FOR AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE, RACIAL JUSTICE, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, GENDER EQUALITY, FAIR WAGES, CLEAN AIR + WATER, AND MORE!
🎵 Freedom NO KINGS, by Ole No Kings
@bkindivisible.bsky.social
@50501movement.bsky.social l
📣 A call out to #urban practitioners, students and early career researchers to serve as Expert Reviewers for the #IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.
A great opportunity to contribute to the next IPCC report and ensure a diverse range of perspectives!
www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
A great opportunity to contribute to the next IPCC report and ensure a diverse range of perspectives!
www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
IPCC seeks experts to review the first draft of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities — IPCC
www.ipcc.ch
October 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📣 A call out to #urban practitioners, students and early career researchers to serve as Expert Reviewers for the #IPCC Special Report on Climate Change and Cities.
A great opportunity to contribute to the next IPCC report and ensure a diverse range of perspectives!
www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
A great opportunity to contribute to the next IPCC report and ensure a diverse range of perspectives!
www.ipcc.ch/2025/09/17/p...
Cowardice in Action
😱This week, Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) cut all funding to US nonprofits
Giving in to political harassment and legal intimidation by Trump and his enablers 🧵
thesocialchangenest.org/articles/chi...
@altusaid.altgov.info @bkindivisible.bsky.social
😱This week, Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) cut all funding to US nonprofits
Giving in to political harassment and legal intimidation by Trump and his enablers 🧵
thesocialchangenest.org/articles/chi...
@altusaid.altgov.info @bkindivisible.bsky.social
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) Are No Longer Funding NGOs in the U.S.
The Children's Investment Fund Foundation have stopped funding U.S nonprofits after coming under pressure from a conservative watchdog group.
thesocialchangenest.org
October 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Cowardice in Action
😱This week, Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) cut all funding to US nonprofits
Giving in to political harassment and legal intimidation by Trump and his enablers 🧵
thesocialchangenest.org/articles/chi...
@altusaid.altgov.info @bkindivisible.bsky.social
😱This week, Children Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) cut all funding to US nonprofits
Giving in to political harassment and legal intimidation by Trump and his enablers 🧵
thesocialchangenest.org/articles/chi...
@altusaid.altgov.info @bkindivisible.bsky.social
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
The fact that this coming 9 days before the largest peaceful protest in modern American history is absolutely intentional. We will not back down. Trump and Miller can lie, smear, and threaten all they want. They will lose. No Kings, No Kings, No Kings. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
October 9, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The fact that this coming 9 days before the largest peaceful protest in modern American history is absolutely intentional. We will not back down. Trump and Miller can lie, smear, and threaten all they want. They will lose. No Kings, No Kings, No Kings. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
🔖Climate scientists and educators, bookmark this guide!
🎯You could be targeted next for political harassment and intimidation.
🎯You could be targeted next for political harassment and intimidation.
While climate scientists have been under attack for years, they are facing an increasing onslaught of politically motivated attacks in the current "post-truth" political environment. Check out our Pocket Guide to Handling Political Harassment & Legal Intimidation: www.csldf.org/resource/poc...
A Pocket Guide for Scientists: Handling Political Harassment and Legal Intimidation - Climate Science Legal Defense Fund
We produced this guide to educate scientists about the legal risks they may face from politically-motivated attacks.
www.csldf.org
October 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🔖Climate scientists and educators, bookmark this guide!
🎯You could be targeted next for political harassment and intimidation.
🎯You could be targeted next for political harassment and intimidation.
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
Planetary boundaries sound very abstract & high level, this year, for the first time @eraju.bsky.social & I contributed a chapter how breaching these boundaries has affected people around the world: losing lives, livelihoods, health… & for whom the limits of adaptation have been reached.
Seven of nine planetary boundaries now breached – ocean acidification joins the danger zone," says PIK director Johan Rockström presenting the key findings of the Planetary Health Check 2025 today. #PlanetaryBoundaries
➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
➡️ www.pik-potsdam.de/en/news/late...
September 26, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Planetary boundaries sound very abstract & high level, this year, for the first time @eraju.bsky.social & I contributed a chapter how breaching these boundaries has affected people around the world: losing lives, livelihoods, health… & for whom the limits of adaptation have been reached.
The latest nonsense about #autism from the 🧠🐛 and the 🍊🤡is hard to bear.
For all the #neurodivergent people out there, know that you are not a problem to be fixed. You are beautiful. You are valued. You are the future.
autismspectrumnews.org/cultural-aut...
For all the #neurodivergent people out there, know that you are not a problem to be fixed. You are beautiful. You are valued. You are the future.
autismspectrumnews.org/cultural-aut...
Cultural Autism Studies at Yale: A Revolution
Autistic voices lead a global cultural revolution in understanding and inclusivity at the Cultural Autism Studies at Yale.
autismspectrumnews.org
September 22, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The latest nonsense about #autism from the 🧠🐛 and the 🍊🤡is hard to bear.
For all the #neurodivergent people out there, know that you are not a problem to be fixed. You are beautiful. You are valued. You are the future.
autismspectrumnews.org/cultural-aut...
For all the #neurodivergent people out there, know that you are not a problem to be fixed. You are beautiful. You are valued. You are the future.
autismspectrumnews.org/cultural-aut...
😡 Frustrated over US foreign aid cuts, inaction on Gaza, and all the other nightmares consuming our country?
🗽Do you live in Lower #Manhattan or Brownstone #Brooklyn.
#CongressmanDanGoldman is holding a virtual townhall Tues 9/16
Register in advance
goldman.house.gov/about/events...
🗽Do you live in Lower #Manhattan or Brownstone #Brooklyn.
#CongressmanDanGoldman is holding a virtual townhall Tues 9/16
Register in advance
goldman.house.gov/about/events...
Rep. Goldman to Host Virtual Constituent Townhall
Join Representative Goldman for a September town hall to discuss the Trump Administration’s policies and orders that have continued to impact nonprofits, education, citizenship, immigration, health ca...
goldman.house.gov
September 15, 2025 at 2:15 PM
😡 Frustrated over US foreign aid cuts, inaction on Gaza, and all the other nightmares consuming our country?
🗽Do you live in Lower #Manhattan or Brownstone #Brooklyn.
#CongressmanDanGoldman is holding a virtual townhall Tues 9/16
Register in advance
goldman.house.gov/about/events...
🗽Do you live in Lower #Manhattan or Brownstone #Brooklyn.
#CongressmanDanGoldman is holding a virtual townhall Tues 9/16
Register in advance
goldman.house.gov/about/events...
Reposted by Dr. Samantha Cocco-Klein
This is one of the many, many reasons we should all condemn the celebration of political violence, as Kirk did here: You often don't get to decide when to dismount the tiger. It eats you first.
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is one of the many, many reasons we should all condemn the celebration of political violence, as Kirk did here: You often don't get to decide when to dismount the tiger. It eats you first.
Great opportunity for students and recent grads to gain hands-on experience in climate work
The Constellation Fellowship has 45 positions across a range of areas (tech, communication, community engagement)
But hurry! The deadline is Sept 7!
www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/constellatio...
The Constellation Fellowship has 45 positions across a range of areas (tech, communication, community engagement)
But hurry! The deadline is Sept 7!
www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/constellatio...
Constellation Fellowship Positions
www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org
September 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Great opportunity for students and recent grads to gain hands-on experience in climate work
The Constellation Fellowship has 45 positions across a range of areas (tech, communication, community engagement)
But hurry! The deadline is Sept 7!
www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/constellatio...
The Constellation Fellowship has 45 positions across a range of areas (tech, communication, community engagement)
But hurry! The deadline is Sept 7!
www.globalwarmingmitigationproject.org/constellatio...