Mastodawn

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Jan 13, 2023

My coauthors and I are at #SPSA2023! We present our work on state level interest groups tomorrow morning at 9:30am. It is no secret that interest groups lobby heavily at the state level, yet systematic data on their activities and positions is hard to come by in statehouses. We aim to change that with our work!

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Jan 13, 2023

bamboo Jan 11, 2023

#HeatPumps ‘are now the best chance we have to phase out fossil fuels as a means of heating and could set the stage for a #ClimatePolicy revolution. / Demand is already skyrocketing in Europe, where surging gas prices due to the war in Ukraine have forced consumers to scramble for alternative home-heating strategies.’ #sustainability #ClimateChange https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/04/heat-pumps-climate-carbon-emission-revolution/

Why everyone is going to need a heat pump

A revolution in how we heat our homes is coming — if we're brave enough to make it happen.

The Washington Post

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Dec 13, 2022

Nathan Kalmoe Dec 13, 2022

New special issue of Perspectives on Politics now out, focused on Black Lives Matter (Chris Parker editor). Lots of great work here, all open access!

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/latest-issue

Includes an article by co-authors & I on local social media dialogue while folks watched live-streamed protests unfolding in Baton Rouge after police murdered Alton Sterling here in 2016. We find commenters were roughly representative of local ppl & local views, and the convo had both extreme hostility & calls for peace.

Perspectives on Politics | Latest issue | Cambridge Core

Perspectives on Politics

Cambridge Core

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Dec 13, 2022

Joanne Freeman Dec 13, 2022

Book-banning is becoming more organized and effective.

Pro-book folk need to organize right back at them.

#bookbanning #democracy

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/12/books/book-bans-libraries.html?referringSource=articleShare

A Fast-Growing Network of Conservative Groups Is Fueling a Surge in Book Bans

Some groups are new, some are longstanding. Some are local, others national. Over the past two years, they have become vastly more organized, well funded, effective — and criticized.

The New York Times

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Dec 13, 2022

Show thread

Theresa Gessler Dec 13, 2022

@politicalscience @migration

Finally, evidence from a survey supports the idea that exposure mostly inflames those on the right. When predicting anti-refugee responses, we find a significant interaction between identifying as a right-wing partisan and treatment for several questions on policy and being worried about #immigration

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Dec 8, 2022

Virginia's Air Pollution Control Board is taking steps to leave RGGI, a move that is legally suspect and simply a bad idea. Under Democratic leadership the state was looking to lead on climate mitigation, but Republican Governor Youngkin seems more than happy to walk the state backwards. https://www.virginiamercury.com/2022/12/07/virginia-begins-official-withdrawal-from-regional-carbon-market/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=72e4bfdb-c0d2-4374-9e32-9b146d3c750f #climatepolicy #climatechange

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Dec 6, 2022

Conrad Hackett

Dec 6, 2022

Be sure to catch the end of this clever NASA "climate spiral" video showing monthly global temperature changes between 1880 and 2021
https://climate.nasa.gov/climate_resources/300/video-climate-spiral/ #dataviz #boost #climatechange #climate

Video: Climate Spiral – Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

The visualization shows monthly global temperature anomalies (changes from an average) between the years 1880 and 2021.

Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Dec 6, 2022

Brendan Nyhan Dec 6, 2022

RT @[email protected]

Life in DeSantistan https://twitter.com/jonfreadom/status/1599817288282411008

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/jonathanchait/status/1599959833234771968

Jonathan Friedman 📚 on Twitter

“The teacher who filed the complaint-- which led to the book being restricted to back rooms and requiring specific parental permission for a student to even see it -- zeroed in on these 2 pages as allegedly breaking new Florida education laws, incl the Stop WOKE act.”

Twitter

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Dec 6, 2022

Magpieblog Dec 6, 2022

The chinook salmon run in the Yukon River is the lowest ever recorded – down 95% from previous levels.

' Many [First Nations people] fear an integral part of their traditional lifestyle and spiritual identity is about to disappear for ever. “Our name, culture, language, ways of knowing and doing, our intergenerational teaching, storytelling, ceremony – everything surrounds salmon,” says [Little Salmon Carmacks chief, Nicole] Tom. “ '

#FirstNations #Indigenous #salmon

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/05/canada-first-nations-yukon-river-chinook-salmon

‘A soul wound’: a First Nation built its culture around salmon. Now they have to fly it in frozen

As chinook numbers migrating to Canada fall 95% to record lows, communities are resorting to importing fish to keep their traditions alive

The Guardian

Becky Bromley-Trujillo Dec 2, 2022

Mallory SoRelle Dec 2, 2022

Ok #politicalscience hive mind, I'm teaching a new undergrad course this spring and am looking for *public scholarship* (op-eds, podcasts, etc.) about #policyfeedback. Any policy, region, or mechanism. Bonus points if it uses an #experiment. What are your faves?