Taylor Barrett
@tsbarrett.bsky.social
Sociology PhD student at UW Madison | culture, inequality, capitalism
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This isn't just heart breaking, it's terrifying. Your financial situation shouldn't be a factor in receiving or responding to life-saving care. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Odds of surviving cancer drop drastically when credit score dips — Harvard Gazette
Study explores links between financial stress and mortality risk.
news.harvard.edu
November 25, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This isn't just heart breaking, it's terrifying. Your financial situation shouldn't be a factor in receiving or responding to life-saving care. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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It's long past time to refocus economies around what actually matters - wellbeing and sustainability - rather than maximising financial transactions
Important new call to move beyond GDP in Nature
Important new call to move beyond GDP in Nature
Beyond growth — why we need to agree on an alternative to GDP now
The world needs to move towards an approach to measure well-being rather than economic growth. Here’s how that can happen.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It's long past time to refocus economies around what actually matters - wellbeing and sustainability - rather than maximising financial transactions
Important new call to move beyond GDP in Nature
Important new call to move beyond GDP in Nature
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Carbon offsets, though widely used, often fail to deliver real emission cuts. They undermine global climate goals by enabling polluters to avoid reducing fossil-fuel use.
Carbon credits are failing to help with climate change — here’s why
The idea that emissions can be offset through projects that claim to avoid releases or to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is fatally flawed.
www.nature.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Carbon offsets, though widely used, often fail to deliver real emission cuts. They undermine global climate goals by enabling polluters to avoid reducing fossil-fuel use.
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The special section from our 50th anniversary issue, The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide, is now online.
Robin D. G. Kelley revisits Noam Chomsky’s classic argument, with @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social, Jennifer Zacharia, and @martinoneill.bsky.social.
Robin D. G. Kelley revisits Noam Chomsky’s classic argument, with @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social, Jennifer Zacharia, and @martinoneill.bsky.social.
The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide - Boston Review
Speaking the truth and exposing lies is not enough.
www.bostonreview.net
September 2, 2025 at 3:23 PM
The special section from our 50th anniversary issue, The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide, is now online.
Robin D. G. Kelley revisits Noam Chomsky’s classic argument, with @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social, Jennifer Zacharia, and @martinoneill.bsky.social.
Robin D. G. Kelley revisits Noam Chomsky’s classic argument, with @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social, Jennifer Zacharia, and @martinoneill.bsky.social.
Tucker does not know where his wife is. She was taken by ICE during a green card meeting. @latimes.com @laist.com @juliabarajas.bsky.social @ktla.com @joshdubose.bsky.social @thehill.com @abc7.bsky.social @abcnews4.com @theguardian.com @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @nbcnews.com @nbcla.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Tucker does not know where his wife is. She was taken by ICE during a green card meeting. @latimes.com @laist.com @juliabarajas.bsky.social @ktla.com @joshdubose.bsky.social @thehill.com @abc7.bsky.social @abcnews4.com @theguardian.com @cbsnews.com.web.brid.gy @nbcnews.com @nbcla.com
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Nothing is inevitable. In either direction. Hope and work.
“52% of all autocratization episodes become U-Turns, which increases to 73% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of U-Turns (90%) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy”
V-Dem data
V-Dem data
When autocratization is reversed: episodes of U-Turns since 1900
The world is in a “wave of autocratization.” Yet, recent events in Brazil, the Maldives, and Zambia demonstrate that autocratization can be halted and reversed. This article introduces “U-Turn” as ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Nothing is inevitable. In either direction. Hope and work.
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There is no solace for NIH funded researchers in this Supreme Court decision. Grants that were ripped away on dubious grounds, restored by a reasonable judge are now again terminated by an out-of-control Supreme Court. Labs will shutter, people will lose jobs. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US Supreme Court lets Trump cut diversity-related NIH grants
The U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants for research related to racial minorities or LGBT people, part of his crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and transgender identity.
www.reuters.com
August 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
There is no solace for NIH funded researchers in this Supreme Court decision. Grants that were ripped away on dubious grounds, restored by a reasonable judge are now again terminated by an out-of-control Supreme Court. Labs will shutter, people will lose jobs. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
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Today marks the 90th anniversary of Social Security — the most successful anti-poverty program in U.S. history.
As Trump and Republicans try to tear down all of our country’s safety nets, I’ll keep fighting back and making sure every American is able to retire with dignity.
As Trump and Republicans try to tear down all of our country’s safety nets, I’ll keep fighting back and making sure every American is able to retire with dignity.
August 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Today marks the 90th anniversary of Social Security — the most successful anti-poverty program in U.S. history.
As Trump and Republicans try to tear down all of our country’s safety nets, I’ll keep fighting back and making sure every American is able to retire with dignity.
As Trump and Republicans try to tear down all of our country’s safety nets, I’ll keep fighting back and making sure every American is able to retire with dignity.
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NEW ANALYSIS: Trump and Republicans’ Big Bad Betrayal Law will decrease income for the poorest Americans by $1,200 per year and increase it for the richest by $13,600.
The largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in American history.
The largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in American history.
August 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
NEW ANALYSIS: Trump and Republicans’ Big Bad Betrayal Law will decrease income for the poorest Americans by $1,200 per year and increase it for the richest by $13,600.
The largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in American history.
The largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in American history.
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Me & @joanalker1.bsky.social on @npr.org's "It's Been a Minute" talking about the erroneous stereotypes that drive Medicaid cuts & the fundamental connections between all of us. When we harm those whom government deems "underserving," we ultimately harm everyone.
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
Think the Medicaid cuts don't affect you? Think again. : It's Been a Minute
Republicans have passed President Trump's One Big, Beautiful bill, but is it built on bad faith stereotypes? The legislation guts funding for Medicaid, and for a long time Republicans have been attack...
www.npr.org
July 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Me & @joanalker1.bsky.social on @npr.org's "It's Been a Minute" talking about the erroneous stereotypes that drive Medicaid cuts & the fundamental connections between all of us. When we harm those whom government deems "underserving," we ultimately harm everyone.
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
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Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
@roxanegay.bsky.social maybe you’re right.
A new study from MIT’s Media Lab (not yet peer-reviewed & small sample size): ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills. [time.com]
June 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Yes. I am right. I am seeing how Chat GPT is ruining students critical thinking and writing skills in real time. It is not the future. It is a tool designed to render the populace helpless, to make people doubt their innate intelligence, and to foster overreliance on technology.
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I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
June 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am in downtown Los Angeles right now and it is completely surreal to hear that Trump is sending Marines here. We are listening to mariachi music. People have dogs. There are teenagers here. It is utterly and completely peaceful. Please tell your friends.
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First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash ICE to terrorize communities. Now they’ve got the National Guard in L.A. to silence protestors.
This ain’t about law and order.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
This ain’t about law and order.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
June 8, 2025 at 5:29 PM
First they illegally deport citizens. Then they unleash ICE to terrorize communities. Now they’ve got the National Guard in L.A. to silence protestors.
This ain’t about law and order.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
This ain’t about law and order.
This is what authoritarianism looks like.
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I don’t remember hearing of this initiative at the time. It’s not free for all, it’s free for most. Still, wildly successful. A great model.
New Mexico made childcare free. It lifted 120,000 people above the poverty line
The state, which has long ranked worst in the US for child wellbeing, became the first and only in the country to offer free childcare to a majority of families
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
I don’t remember hearing of this initiative at the time. It’s not free for all, it’s free for most. Still, wildly successful. A great model.
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Here’s how the Trump administration is taking decisions about science away from scientists. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Institutionalizing politicized science
The opening months of the Trump administration represent a historic disruption to America’s scientific agencies. Staff have been fired or reassigned in the name of efficiency, resulting in chaos. Gran...
www.science.org
May 10, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Here’s how the Trump administration is taking decisions about science away from scientists. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Trump's FBI director, who promised to punish Trump's political opponents, announces the arrest of a sitting judge.
We're sliding deeper into authoritarianism by the hour.
We're sliding deeper into authoritarianism by the hour.
FBI director says Wisconsin judge arrested for allegedly obstructing ICE | CNN Politics
The Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested a Milwaukee County Circuit judge Friday, FBI Director Kash Patel said on social media, accusing her of helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest.
www.cnn.com
April 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trump's FBI director, who promised to punish Trump's political opponents, announces the arrest of a sitting judge.
We're sliding deeper into authoritarianism by the hour.
We're sliding deeper into authoritarianism by the hour.
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Two headlines in the New York Times today.
April 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Two headlines in the New York Times today.
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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
April 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.
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I don't think it gets more Second Gilded Age than this.
April 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I don't think it gets more Second Gilded Age than this.
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New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause:
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
April 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause:
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
- 15.2m deaths from AIDS
- 2.2m deaths from TB
- 7.9 additional child deaths
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Van Hollen on Fox News Sunday: "My whole point here is if you deprive one man of his constitutional rights, you threaten the constitutional rights of everybody ... if you threaten the rule of law for one person, you threaten if for everybody in America."
April 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Van Hollen on Fox News Sunday: "My whole point here is if you deprive one man of his constitutional rights, you threaten the constitutional rights of everybody ... if you threaten the rule of law for one person, you threaten if for everybody in America."
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I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article
April 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article