Carl Schmertmann

Trump’s presidency is a wealth transfer from the bottom to the top

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Agora que o brasileiro já descobriu que pesquisa eleitoral não é destino, precisamos ensinar que o mercado financeiro não é a economia.

Our First Nations traditional territory maps are progressing. We're likely a week away from completing our alpha build. This will replace the Native-Land.ca territory maps, which went offline earlier this year (though they have other maps still online). It'll go online at knowledgekeepr.com

Brazil's election was decided in the densely populated south and north east

Brasil celebrates Lula victory

Close to half of all votes counted (a few mins ago, 90 mins after polls closed!), and Brazil's election could not be much closer. 50.09% Lula, 49.91% Bolsonaro

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“They have found the original homeland of modern horses.” #ScienceMagArchives https://scim.ag/4zlJRZN

The U.S. birth rate fell to its lowest level ever recorded, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The drop would have been greater, but women over age 30 are having more children. n.pr/4BwslEf

Best way to fight back? Vote. Minnesota: You can vote now or cast your ballot by November 3.

🇧🇷 Eleição

Happy Pythagorean Triple Date Day

🇧🇷Araçari-de-pescoço-vermelho 🌎Pteroglossus bitorquatus Conservação: Em Perigo O araçari-de-pescoço-vermelho é uma ave piciforme da família Ramphastidae. 📷 Lindolfo Souto

Trump says of Somalia that "all they have is people that shoot you all the time ... it's a shit house country"

The pedophile protection party’s president is laundering right-wing conspiracy theories through the most corrupt DOJ in American history. Whenever the news turns bad, this creep reaches for one name: mine. So let’s make it crystal clear. My name has always been Ilhan Omar.

The Executive Branch has no authority to regulate states’ election decisions as to candidate qualifications, and the choice to file a lawsuit like this just days before an election speaks volumes about the political corruption festering at the top levels of the DOJ.

Right wing pricks going to prickle

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🇵🇹 Portugal's median age has nearly doubled since 1950. 1950: 25.0 1990: 33.2 2026: 47.2 2050: 48.3 (projected) Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024 📊 #demography

Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

What share of typical monthly income is needed to rent 100 m² of housing across Europe? Denmark looks attractive.

My brain cannot process this level of corruption. She was being paid $50 million to engineer a pardon from Trump *while working at the Justice Department* as a "Special Government Employee." And it worked. He got the pardon, and she got the money. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/20/u...

The cool thing about voting early is that it makes you better than everyone else. Remember that

BREAKING: The hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau "will not move forward," the lead researcher says. “The solution is clear here: Take the money and vaccinate as many kids as you can,” @pauloffit.bsky.social told me: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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It is a devastating and shameful set of circumstances that the police force in Guinea-Bissau, one of the poorest counties in the world, has had to take action to stop a predatory, unethical experiment on infants from being done by Danish scientists who are funded by the US—and Bill Ackman.

The Art of the Kneel

I have been trying to think of what Trump’s hideous “ballroom” project reminds me of — and I finally have it — it is Nicolai Ceausescu’s infamous and unfinished House of the People in communist Romania, which also brought awfulness to a lovely downtown.

In the middle of an exhausting semester I’m just 😵‍💫🤬☠️ to see announcement today from provost’s office that they have entered into a formal arrangement with Anthropic while a bunch of us faculty are literally still awaiting settlement from Anthropic because THEY STOLE OUR SCHOLARSHIP 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

Countries with the most international migrants, 2024 1. 🇺🇸 United States: 52.4 million 2. 🇩🇪 Germany: 16.8 million 3. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia: 13.7 million 4. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom: 11.8 million 5. 🇫🇷 France: 9.2 million 6. 🇪🇸 Spain: 8.9 million Source: UN DESA, International Migrant Stock 2024 #demography

In early 2025, I assumed the Trump regime would delete the Department of Justice’s press releases and other statements related to more than 1,000 Jan. 6 cases. So I downloaded them. We’ve now made them available to the public with a search tool. They can’t erase history. jan6memoryproject.org

As well they should! Unless there are real consequences and accountability for this administration, the damage to constitutional government will be permanent.

DemSem tomorrow! #DemSemTuesday

🇮🇷 Iran's fertility rate fell faster than almost anywhere: from more than 6 births per woman to 2 in 16 years. 1984: 6.4 2000: 2.0 2026: 1.66 Source: UN projections, World Population Prospects 2024 📊 #demography

Following new reports showing Senator Ashley Moody dodging questions and refusing to account for her role in the diversion of $10M meant for vulnerable sick Florida children into partisan political funds, U.S. Senate candidate Angie Nixon released the following statement.

I’m looking for a postdoc (3y) to research kinship dynamics from a demographic, sociological, public health, or mathematical perspective. Reach out if you are interested and have any questions about the role or the MPIDR! 👇

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com President Trump’s administration “is tacitly declaring the citizenship of all foreign-born people provisional, their Americanness something that can be revoked,” our columnist Michelle Goldberg writes. “It’s a frontal attack on the idea of constitutional equality.”

Esta ideia aqui é crucial. O que nos torna humanos é o prazer da descoberta. De saber que as coisas não vêm prontas, que existe um processo para chegar ao produto. O que nos torna humanos é a capacidade de sermos amadores.

Just thinking about this as the state harasses Ilhan Omar over 40 year old paperwork.