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Masha Krupenkin

7 months

My study shows that anti-immigrant rhetoric leads to increased web searches for terms like “how to report someone to ICE”

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📚 In this @LSEUSAblog piece, @BostonCollege 's @MashaKrupenkin writes that Trump’s negative rhetoric about immigrants can have real consequences for their daily lives

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Masha Krupenkin

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3 years

As a life-long progressive Democrat and a Russian-American, I cannot express how much of a betrayal it feels that calls to expel Russian students are coming from some on the left, not the right.

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3 years

*sigh* to everyone in the comments loudly explaining the difference between liberals and left… I am literally a professor of political science. The ideological distinction between the two groups matters in the activism context, but for the majority of US public, Dems = “left”.

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I am a professional political scientist. Here are three simple steps for making the most out of election night: Step 1: unplug your router Step 2: put your phone in airplane mode Step 3: go do literally anything else The results will still be there in the morning.

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@Maladroithe Mess is an unavoidable part of having an pet (…or a child). If you can’t live with some mess, don’t get a pet. No take-backsies.

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@Streetsdisple Funny, how people can actually feel empathy towards other experiencing discrimination, even without having gone through it themselves. I was just teaching about Japanese internment in my class about race & ethnicity in US politics on Wednesday.

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@diannaeanderson I volunteer for a crisis hotline (not Trevor Project). Offering any kind of direct advice is very much a no-no, the goal is to meet them where they are at and help them brainstorm ways to feel better. Makes me sick that the right now labels this “grooming”.

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3 years

No soundcloud, but please donate to the people of Ukraine who are bravely resisting Putin’s illegal invasion:

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@pervocracy Sitting in the airport in my n100 surrounded by maskless people and feeling this thread pretty hard

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@RottenInDenmark It’s a good label… for people who know stats. I don’t know how much the general population gets out of “n=24” or “underpowered”

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@RottenInDenmark Even if you’re only talking about cis people who get pregnant, the word “women” is inadequate. The 10-year-old who needed an abortion in Ohio is not a woman, she is a child.

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Big professional news! Starting in Fall 2025, I will be an Assistant Professor at the iSchool at the University of Maryland, College Park. This is my dream job and I am absolutely thrilled to be joining such a vibrant and interdisciplinary space!

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@ErinInTheMorn @byJudeDoyle Obviously not the important part, *but* the reason there are no RCTs about gender affirming care is that it would be wildly unethical to prevent trans folks from transitioning in the name of an experiment. No IRB would approve it!

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@ArmandDoma The “little girl lost” vibes are so cringe. No, spending your 20s working hard at a startup does not absolve you of responsibility for your actions. This is an adult woman. She committed her crimes as an adult woman.

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@JessicaValenti @AnthonyMKreis Kind of surprised by the amount of agency he gives women in all this tbh. Most misogynists just stop with “women are incompetent & society is biased in their favor” (lol), but in this guy’s view, women have been fundamentally reshaping US institutions, which kinda slaps.

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@diannaeanderson I looked up the article and read the convo. The counselor does a really good job exploring the issue and feelings associated, and the critiques in the article are not in any way reflective of what counselors are supposed to do!

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@lint_ax This remains one of my favorite academic paper titles of all time. I don’t think it was intentional.

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@NellDollBell @rajandelman I think so much of it is #1 . When I read The Feminine Mystique in my early 20’s (book is problematic but some parts are really good), Friedan’s arg that idealized housewife was just an overgrown child avoiding adulthood really stuck with me.

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@perpetua Pokemon Go summer was pretty lit tbh. I reflect on early 2016 nostalgically because of how things took such a terrible nosedive afterwards

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@sam_d_1995 Til that I’m a “men’s rights guy” because I happen to like walkable neighborhoods.

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@clapifyoulikeme Oh uh, I guess I can just teleport to my job at Boston College every day, right?

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@stan_okl Be careful, someone On Here might actually believe you

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@MKamensek @EricMGarcia You would have supported Japanese internment during WWII.

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@noralove Actually no, I don’t think this is comparable to the experiences of POC in the US. Russians were never enslaved or lynched in the US, nor were they barred from naturalizing for 2/3 of US history as many asian-americans were. I could go on and on, but I think you get my point.

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@anactualwalnut Why would you not own a plunger??

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@Wiglette Last time I used one was in 2019. I had some pretty serious safety concerns as a single female traveler, so after that I just stuck to hotels.

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@lint_ax The problem in poli sci is that for some reason scholars decided that expressive/civic duty motivations to vote should be called “the D term” (in a specific equation). So you’ll end up with a bunch of profs in a room contemplating “how to get at the D”.

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@jbouie Imagine writing an article about the Civil War and not mentioning slavery even once! Like, yes, the caning of Charles Sumner after he gave a speech, I wonder what that speech was about? Who knows, probably not important.

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@JessicaValenti @AnthonyMKreis This is “don’t threaten me with a good time” in article form

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@diannaeanderson This is very bleak, but we are seeing a concerted attack from the right on any programs that affirm the dignity and humanity of trans people. I would not be surprised if the next iteration of those horrible anti trans bills also has provisions about crisis/suicide hotlines

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@Halalcoholism "basic biological reality" - have never seen this phrase used ever by anyone sane and normal. It has like a 100% accuracy rate for identifying messed up people.

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@diannaeanderson Eg article says that counselor never said “it’s ok to be cishet”… well no duh, what would be the point of saying that? Also did not see any evidence of counselor “advocating” for transition, as claimed… just asking the person to share how they’re feeling about it

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@RachelMesch Yup. Similar story. Mine had a negative reputation outside of my grad program, but a very positive one inside. Another prof told me, “his bark is worse than his bite”. Reader, it wasn’t.

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@GraphCrimes Also, WILD to claim that people speaking the USSR’s state language somehow makes them a natural part of Russia. Lots of people in that part of the world speak Russian! Doesn’t mean invasion is justified.

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@epicdndmemes I just love the idea of a giant plant monster finding a red ribbon and tying it around their trunk in a pretty bow

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@NellDollBell @rajandelman Yeah, the point is that the *ideal* is being eternally a child & happy about that. The reality is very different. And many women had no other options other than to buy in and hope for the best.

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@the_transit_guy Eh, I’ve come across this version of that map before. I am a bit skeptical of this data because the discontinuity w the border counties bw WI and IL/MN seems a little too sharp to be plausible. South WI super drunk, but north IL counties that border it are not???

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@anactualwalnut i mean, if it’s working out for you, whatevs, just seems like a weird thing to not own

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@RottenInDenmark “There has been only one study that has looked at the rate at which police use lethal force in similar circumstances across racial groups.” This sentence is actually straight up false. There have been a number of studies w better methodology that fryer (1/2)

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@RottenInDenmark Not even remotely the worst part of this piece, but “don’t use dating apps” is wildly unrealistic advice for anyone older than college-age in the year of our lord 2022. Anyone who gives that advice is out of touch by default.

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@tressiemcphd Yes. As a Russian-American woman, I knew very early on that the phrase, “oh, I love Russian women” meant I needed to run in the opposite direction very fast.

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@Mannanan6 @RubenGallego Bullshit. My family came over in the 90’s because my dad was able to study in the US. My parents have stories about the poverty and chaos they went through in Russia. I would strongly suggest you reconsider your position.

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@BigMeanInternet only a few sentences in, but anyone who refers to "inner cities" as a euphemism for "black people" is living in the 1980's (obviously not the biggest issue with the article, but it stood out)

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@kelechnekoff @LeslieMac WTF is wrong with people? (Rhetorical question, it's very very clear exactly what is wrong with Julie! But seriously, using the name of a murdered Black man as a racist punchline, WTF.)

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This totally ignores the role of adjunctification. There is still demand for college teaching labor - just now, those classes are mostly taught by underpaid adjuncts, rather than tenured or TT faculty. In the 70’s, ~75% of faculty were tenured or TT. Now it’s ~25%

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Why have the academic job prospects for grad students gotten so much worse over time? Clear one-paragraph explanation from @mattyglesias :

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@mikecherepko Petition to coin a new term - “suburbsplaining”, when a suburbanite explains how scary and dysfunctional the cities are to someone who lives in one.

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@revhowardarson Always funny how people who say things like “95% of every profession are bad at their jobs” think they’re part of the other 5%

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@hemantmehta Assuming she’s not lying abt the essay topic (she probably is) 1. Her daughter either voluntarily enrolled in a class about sexuality 2. The book “Tearoom Trade” is often discussed in a research ethics context (as an example of violation of privacy)

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@LisaEirene @twjpdx23 Ironic, since those trucks are the ones most likely to tread on pedestrians!

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@RottenInDenmark “Don’t be proactive about your romantic life! Instead, feverishly hope that your partnered friends have someone, anyone, they could possibly set you up with”

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@RachelMesch He briefly left for another university, and amassed so many enemies so quickly there that he came back the next academic year (and the university took him back)

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@oneunderscore__ Honestly this would be so epic if only it were true. I think the flat earthers would do much better if they stepped away from the facebook machine and reinvented themselves as fantasy novelists.

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@RottenInDenmark This specific question was actually an intense methodological debate in poli sci just last year. See this WaPo article: (2/2)

Opinion | It took us months to contest a flawed study on police bias. Here’s why that’s dangerous.

Our ordeal reveals the often-arbitrary nature of the academic publication process.

www.washingtonpost.com

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@NowWeAreAllTom @RottenInDenmark I uhh am a little bit confused about what he means when he says “cancel culture” here? Usually, when these folks say “cancel culture”, they mean someone getting fired or at least criticized. Here he’s just describing a social movement… that happens to be about Black folks…

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@incelReplies Is “you look like a chef” imply that he thinks she’s fat?

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@hakeemjefferson if anything, these results suggest to me that different racial groups view the racial feeling therm question differently... whites see it as a measure of prejudice, and thus subject to more social desirability than do other groups

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@clapifyoulikeme Perhaps I can get another tenure track job in political science, we know they are so plentiful! *looks at notes* Oh uh, a bunch of these states are literally trying to make teaching/research about race illegal and also get rid of tenure? Aw shucks.

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@Mustard35389585 @RottenInDenmark It’s bullshit. Treating trans people like people takes nothing away from my rights.

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@LilySimpson1312 … heroism? i guess that’s what these people call “fighting valiantly for your right to own other human beings as property” jfc

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@RubenGallego Dude, what the fuck? I respected you. My family came over when I was a kid because my dad was able to study at a US university. We’re not oligarchs, not even close. I strongly suggest you reconsider.

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@salstrange Yes, because having children to fix your personal problems famously results in totally healthy parent-child relationships.

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@rcmacleod It is just wild to me that we’re applying such a different standard to gender affirming medical care than to other kinds of healthcare. I knew someone whose parents didn’t believe that asthma existed, and no one stopped that person from getting an inhaler at 18 (1/2) Same story

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@ErinInTheMorn @byJudeDoyle I’m actually curious if anyone’s written about how “No RCTs” arg has been used broadly as an argument against effective medical practices (I’ve seen that arg among anti-vaxxers as well… bc like transition, withholding all childhood vaccines is unethical)

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@dee_bee_h first two lines: sure, ok, interesting concept rest of the poem: nopity nope! (extra wtf shoutout to "I'd be thinner in that life")

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First "first day of school" @ BC // Last "first day of school" @ BC

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I like Tim Walz. He reminds me of various neighbors/teachers/etc I had in Wisconsin. Folks who weren’t always quite sure what my/my immigrant family’s deal was, but were unfailingly kind regardless.

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@CAKitchener This story has a happy ending. In her 20’s, she met the right person. Sitting in the pews at her wedding a few years ago, I was so happy and grateful that things had worked out OK for her and she got a chance to meet the right person for her (2/2)

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@cd_hooks Looked up the essay - large chunks of it are indistinguishable from the average Tucker Carlson broadcast.

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@MKamensek @EricMGarcia I am in this country because my dad came over on a student visa during the 1990’s. Punishing people on the basis of their ethnicity is cruel. And it would do nothing to Putin, just hurt innocent people. Were you for the Trump admin’s proposal to expel Chinese students, too?

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@profmusgrave The Onion said it best

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@ButNotTheCity Pew did a great survey of police officers a few years ago. The results were… well, pretty much what you would expect.

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@anactualwalnut It’s one of those things that you don’t need until you do! he sounds great, tho, hope all continues to go well :)

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@epicdndmemes Fancy plant!

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@holden I always point out that CPAC uninvited milo after he said some particularly nasty stuff. So they’re not actually against deplatforming, they just don’t believe that racism, transphobia, conspiracy theories aren’t over the line.

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@RottenInDenmark I was genuinely shocked when that article talked about both child sex exploitation and young people accessing porn as though they were part of the same problem. Two very different things!!!

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@MatthewDownhour Intellectuals are usually one of the first groups on the chopping block, too.

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@mattjuden @ryancbriggs @MWStory Yup. Why I personally would hit the red button (also, I'm p risk averse). $1 Mil is a house. $50 Mil is a... nicer house? Plus a lot of money left over that I wouldn't know what to do with, anyway.

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@rcmacleod w psychiatric meds, or literally any other kind of healthcare, where we consider the age of 18 to be adulthood & ability to consent… and yet for some reason transitioning is different??? (2/2)

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@BrendanNyhan I don’t like protests at houses. But on my list of “issues media and congress should be acting on”, it ranks somewhere around number 50, if not lower. Guess where abortion rights rank!

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@JohnHolbein1 I’ve argued that PhD programs with strong records placing students in industry jobs ought to advertise that to prospective students!

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@matt_blackwell The pit I just felt in my stomach even seeing those four words!

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@edburmila I lived in the bay area for 30K *a year* while I was in grad school, and I was fine (single & in my 20's with no dependents; ymmv). These folks complaining about how 30K a month is "barely getting by" can go cry me a river.

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@MBDigital001 @RachelMesch @Yale @Columbia Isn’t that always how it goes? You eventually learn there’s more. Always more.

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@masonmennenga I see they’ve managed to achieve the “burning cross” vibe without actually using fire. How innovative.

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@TaylorLorenz surprisingly expensive for a brand name that sounds like an amazon dropship seller!

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@Hannah_Dreyfus Oh god, that’s a devastating article.

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@profmusgrave Is this why academics love LaTeX?

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@MBDigital001 @RachelMesch @Yale @Columbia He was very good at hiding it. And quite a prominent, well-liked researcher (well-liked by the right people). Eventually, I learned there were many more people like me out there, mostly junior women.

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@QuinettaPhD I hope this is just a grad student who doesn’t know the norms of the discipline… still, yikes.

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@MattGertz “Millions”… if we take in 3 million refugees, that will still be less than 1% of the population!

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@erin_cikanek When you hit that 10K word limit

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@whitemakotiger @waitbutwhy lol absolutely not

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@KevinMKruse I guess the correct question to ask is "freedom and prosperity for who?"

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@gelliottmorris Can’t comment about anything outside the US, but O’Hare is the worst. Don’t understand the hate for Newark, it is by far the most conveniently located NYC area airport. Just a straight shot on NJ Transit from Penn Station.

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@Jacob_Montg Are you recommending an appendectomy?

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@diannaeanderson Whoa that is wild. Usually I’m very “free market” when it comes to tattoos (top artists have orders of magnitude more demand than supply, so they can increase prices accordingly)… but this is *wild*

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@uhshanti Totally wild. I have had a "Support Ukraine" sign up on my office door since 2022. By these guidelines, that means I would also be compelled to include pro-putin signage?

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@RepDuBois @RottenInDenmark I would disagree. War on women 100% includes trans women. It’s about more than just reproductive rights.

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@drvolts Moved from a denser/walkable ish suburb to a very car dependent suburb when I was 9. Can definitely attest to how much lonelier it was for me as a child.

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@tiredgenerally I have a philosophical objection to reclining seats on airplanes.

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