Kim Weeden
@weedenkim.bsky.social
Inequality, higher education, gender, work and organizations, open science, Alaska.
All posts are made in my personal, not professional, capacity. I do not speak for my employer.
All posts are made in my personal, not professional, capacity. I do not speak for my employer.
<muttering in sociologese>
Class is defined by position in the system of production. To a socialist (it's in Jacobin), asset ownership is key.
Education is an imperfect predictor of an individual's class position.
Income is an imperfect consequence of class position.
Educ * income is a muddle.
Class is defined by position in the system of production. To a socialist (it's in Jacobin), asset ownership is key.
Education is an imperfect predictor of an individual's class position.
Income is an imperfect consequence of class position.
Educ * income is a muddle.
i like that their methodology would classify someone making $150k as working class if they don't have a college degree, but someone making 50k who has a college degree isn't.
September 15, 2026 at 7:04 PM
<muttering in sociologese>
Class is defined by position in the system of production. To a socialist (it's in Jacobin), asset ownership is key.
Education is an imperfect predictor of an individual's class position.
Income is an imperfect consequence of class position.
Educ * income is a muddle.
Class is defined by position in the system of production. To a socialist (it's in Jacobin), asset ownership is key.
Education is an imperfect predictor of an individual's class position.
Income is an imperfect consequence of class position.
Educ * income is a muddle.
Fish are important, but it's bizarre that this is all Peltola seems to talk about.
US-Canada tensions?
Failing schools & DoE cuts?
Cuts to & misappropriation of NP funds (AK has 8)
BBB cuts to Medicaid/ACA?
Climate change & FEMA cuts?
Sinking AK Marine Hwy system?
Violence against AK Native women?
US-Canada tensions?
Failing schools & DoE cuts?
Cuts to & misappropriation of NP funds (AK has 8)
BBB cuts to Medicaid/ACA?
Climate change & FEMA cuts?
Sinking AK Marine Hwy system?
Violence against AK Native women?
Republican U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic challenger Mary Peltola vied to outdo each other as champions of Alaska fishermen at the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce fishery debate Saturday.
Peltola and Sullivan confront trawl bycatch, and each other, at Kodiak fisheries debate
Both Alaska U.S. Senate candidates called for changes to federal fishery management. U.S. House candidates explicitly blamed bycatch for low salmon runs in Western Alaska.
akpub.io
September 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Fish are important, but it's bizarre that this is all Peltola seems to talk about.
US-Canada tensions?
Failing schools & DoE cuts?
Cuts to & misappropriation of NP funds (AK has 8)
BBB cuts to Medicaid/ACA?
Climate change & FEMA cuts?
Sinking AK Marine Hwy system?
Violence against AK Native women?
US-Canada tensions?
Failing schools & DoE cuts?
Cuts to & misappropriation of NP funds (AK has 8)
BBB cuts to Medicaid/ACA?
Climate change & FEMA cuts?
Sinking AK Marine Hwy system?
Violence against AK Native women?
Mike Collins? Isn't he the GOP candidate who refused to denounce the antisemitic and racist posts of the MI Young Republicans & on his outreach team?
No, that's Mike Rogers.
Mike Collins is the GOP candidate whose son-in-law is a neo-Nazi and whose ex-staffer wears KKK robes and posts swastikas.
No, that's Mike Rogers.
Mike Collins is the GOP candidate whose son-in-law is a neo-Nazi and whose ex-staffer wears KKK robes and posts swastikas.
September 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Mike Collins? Isn't he the GOP candidate who refused to denounce the antisemitic and racist posts of the MI Young Republicans & on his outreach team?
No, that's Mike Rogers.
Mike Collins is the GOP candidate whose son-in-law is a neo-Nazi and whose ex-staffer wears KKK robes and posts swastikas.
No, that's Mike Rogers.
Mike Collins is the GOP candidate whose son-in-law is a neo-Nazi and whose ex-staffer wears KKK robes and posts swastikas.
Since 2/28/26, Trump's war in Iran has cost American households $106B, $811 per household, in gas (up 45%) and diesel (up 70%) prices.
That doesn't include the cost of military operations or lost assets, future retribution (inc terrorism) against US, or, most importantly, lives lost or shattered.
That doesn't include the cost of military operations or lost assets, future retribution (inc terrorism) against US, or, most importantly, lives lost or shattered.
Iran War Energy Cost Tracker
Tracks the extra cost paid by U.S. consumers for gasoline and diesel since the Iran conflict began on February 28, 2026, compared against a no-war counterfactual baseline.
iranwarcost.watson.brown.edu
September 15, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Since 2/28/26, Trump's war in Iran has cost American households $106B, $811 per household, in gas (up 45%) and diesel (up 70%) prices.
That doesn't include the cost of military operations or lost assets, future retribution (inc terrorism) against US, or, most importantly, lives lost or shattered.
That doesn't include the cost of military operations or lost assets, future retribution (inc terrorism) against US, or, most importantly, lives lost or shattered.
Current earworm: Whiskeytown's My Hometown (2001)
On back down in my hometown
Everybody's feeling the same
Good money spent on keeping the r̶e̶n̶t̶ tenure and promotion letter
Sent in to the man under a week late
(OK, so my version doesn't have quite the same ring to it.)
On back down in my hometown
Everybody's feeling the same
Good money spent on keeping the r̶e̶n̶t̶ tenure and promotion letter
Sent in to the man under a week late
(OK, so my version doesn't have quite the same ring to it.)
September 14, 2026 at 5:28 PM
Current earworm: Whiskeytown's My Hometown (2001)
On back down in my hometown
Everybody's feeling the same
Good money spent on keeping the r̶e̶n̶t̶ tenure and promotion letter
Sent in to the man under a week late
(OK, so my version doesn't have quite the same ring to it.)
On back down in my hometown
Everybody's feeling the same
Good money spent on keeping the r̶e̶n̶t̶ tenure and promotion letter
Sent in to the man under a week late
(OK, so my version doesn't have quite the same ring to it.)
Reposted by Kim Weeden
Yikes, if this is accurate, its basically the owner class using their power to shut down dissent. The Patriots Robert Kraft told Sheerhan his concert would be cancelled if Mackelmore stayed on the your, and that other stadium owners would follow suit.
Banned: Macklemore's powerful statement deserves reading.
www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2H...
www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2H...
September 14, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Yikes, if this is accurate, its basically the owner class using their power to shut down dissent. The Patriots Robert Kraft told Sheerhan his concert would be cancelled if Mackelmore stayed on the your, and that other stadium owners would follow suit.
Reposted by Kim Weeden
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
Breaking News: The E.P.A. is said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants.
E.P.A. Will Erase Limits on Climate Pollution From Power Plants
Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.
nyti.ms
September 14, 2026 at 3:12 AM
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
Reposted by Kim Weeden
PhD students (& new PhDs): I'm hiring a postdoc at Cornell (Ithaca) to conduct a novel study at the intersection of political economy and tech. Applications are due Oct 16. There are a LOT more details in the job ad so make sure to read it thoroughly: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502
LinkedIn
This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn
lnkd.in
September 14, 2026 at 1:43 PM
PhD students (& new PhDs): I'm hiring a postdoc at Cornell (Ithaca) to conduct a novel study at the intersection of political economy and tech. Applications are due Oct 16. There are a LOT more details in the job ad so make sure to read it thoroughly: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502
Now imagine what E Jean Carroll faced, and what the many other women and girls who have accused him of rape and sexual assault likely faced, when there was no one around to witness and constrain him.
September 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Now imagine what E Jean Carroll faced, and what the many other women and girls who have accused him of rape and sexual assault likely faced, when there was no one around to witness and constrain him.
It would be great if the AK Long Trail is completed. My idea for a marketing pitch may need some work:
"Travel the Long Trail. 5 Trillion Mosquitos Can't be Wrong!"
*UofA estimates that 17,489,393,939,393 mosquitos live in AK in peak season. Not all are in the Interior, it just seems that way.
"Travel the Long Trail. 5 Trillion Mosquitos Can't be Wrong!"
*UofA estimates that 17,489,393,939,393 mosquitos live in AK in peak season. Not all are in the Interior, it just seems that way.
There's a massive gap in the Alaska Long Trail between Healy and Nenana. There's also huge potential. With a bit of work and some funding we can build a world class local and regional trail system.
Alaska Trails executive director Haley Johnston said the word has been getting out to both locals and visitors that large portions of Alaska Long Trail are fit for travel. Bradford Bartels, who was born in Soldotna, hiked the route from Seward to Fairbanks in 47 days. www.adn.com/outdoors-adv...
September 14, 2026 at 11:35 AM
It would be great if the AK Long Trail is completed. My idea for a marketing pitch may need some work:
"Travel the Long Trail. 5 Trillion Mosquitos Can't be Wrong!"
*UofA estimates that 17,489,393,939,393 mosquitos live in AK in peak season. Not all are in the Interior, it just seems that way.
"Travel the Long Trail. 5 Trillion Mosquitos Can't be Wrong!"
*UofA estimates that 17,489,393,939,393 mosquitos live in AK in peak season. Not all are in the Interior, it just seems that way.
Meanwhile, Etna is erupting.
September 14, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Meanwhile, Etna is erupting.
There are leaders, and there are followers.
There are those who pay attention in class, and there are those who don't.
There are those who pay attention in class, and there are those who don't.
September 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
There are leaders, and there are followers.
There are those who pay attention in class, and there are those who don't.
There are those who pay attention in class, and there are those who don't.
Says the party that acts like it knows more about health care than doctors; more about sexual diversity than reproductive biologists; more about vaccines than virologists; more about climate change than environmental scientists; more about tariffs than economists; more about the Middle East than...
Mike Johnson punts on oversight of AI companies: "Congress is obviously less qualified than the people who are pushing this frontier to know the ins and outs of it"
September 13, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Says the party that acts like it knows more about health care than doctors; more about sexual diversity than reproductive biologists; more about vaccines than virologists; more about climate change than environmental scientists; more about tariffs than economists; more about the Middle East than...
Reposted by Kim Weeden
Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of Whittier residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Alaska drops voter misconduct cases against American Samoans who wrongly checked ‘U.S. citizen’ box
An appeals court ruled that state law requires proof that defendants who erroneously filled out voter registration forms had a “consciousness of wrongdoing” and intended to break the law.
www.adn.com
September 12, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Alaska prosecutors are dropping voter misconduct cases against a group of Whittier residents born in American Samoa after a state appeals court threw out felony charges against a woman who wrongly checked a box saying she was a U.S. citizen. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
As long-time followers know, my son excels at Magic the Gathering.
Wizards of the Coast, which owns MtG, invited him to interview. If he worked for them he'd have to quit the Pro Tour b/c he'd have early knowledge of cards.
Yup, Wizards of Coast is more ethical than the Grand Wizard of Mar-O-Lago.
Wizards of the Coast, which owns MtG, invited him to interview. If he worked for them he'd have to quit the Pro Tour b/c he'd have early knowledge of cards.
Yup, Wizards of Coast is more ethical than the Grand Wizard of Mar-O-Lago.
September 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
As long-time followers know, my son excels at Magic the Gathering.
Wizards of the Coast, which owns MtG, invited him to interview. If he worked for them he'd have to quit the Pro Tour b/c he'd have early knowledge of cards.
Yup, Wizards of Coast is more ethical than the Grand Wizard of Mar-O-Lago.
Wizards of the Coast, which owns MtG, invited him to interview. If he worked for them he'd have to quit the Pro Tour b/c he'd have early knowledge of cards.
Yup, Wizards of Coast is more ethical than the Grand Wizard of Mar-O-Lago.
Perfect for parents who name their kids "Ikea."
September 12, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Perfect for parents who name their kids "Ikea."
Think your gas is expensive?
In Western AK, gas comes by barge from Asia 1-2/yr. It's distributed to villages by smaller boats or small plane if river levels low. Heating fuel, too.
Thx to Trump's war, gas in 1 village is $26.82/g & will be until spring. Residents need it for subsistence hunting.
In Western AK, gas comes by barge from Asia 1-2/yr. It's distributed to villages by smaller boats or small plane if river levels low. Heating fuel, too.
Thx to Trump's war, gas in 1 village is $26.82/g & will be until spring. Residents need it for subsistence hunting.
$26.82 a gallon for gas.
That’s what some Alaskans are facing right now, and it’s only getting worse. We need a senator solving the problem, not one still voting for a war that keeps driving prices up.
That’s what some Alaskans are facing right now, and it’s only getting worse. We need a senator solving the problem, not one still voting for a war that keeps driving prices up.
September 11, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Think your gas is expensive?
In Western AK, gas comes by barge from Asia 1-2/yr. It's distributed to villages by smaller boats or small plane if river levels low. Heating fuel, too.
Thx to Trump's war, gas in 1 village is $26.82/g & will be until spring. Residents need it for subsistence hunting.
In Western AK, gas comes by barge from Asia 1-2/yr. It's distributed to villages by smaller boats or small plane if river levels low. Heating fuel, too.
Thx to Trump's war, gas in 1 village is $26.82/g & will be until spring. Residents need it for subsistence hunting.
Nothing says "insincere" like an email with an obviously gen-AI/auto-filled phrase that is incorrect for the context.
September 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Nothing says "insincere" like an email with an obviously gen-AI/auto-filled phrase that is incorrect for the context.
Every story I read about rising food prices ends w/ tips that boil down to, "women should do more unpaid labor."
- shop coupons & flyers
- scrutinize per unit prices
- buy produce from local farms
- buy in bulk and preserve
- eat at home
- plan meals carefully to reduce waste
@jessicacalarco.com
- shop coupons & flyers
- scrutinize per unit prices
- buy produce from local farms
- buy in bulk and preserve
- eat at home
- plan meals carefully to reduce waste
@jessicacalarco.com
September 7, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Every story I read about rising food prices ends w/ tips that boil down to, "women should do more unpaid labor."
- shop coupons & flyers
- scrutinize per unit prices
- buy produce from local farms
- buy in bulk and preserve
- eat at home
- plan meals carefully to reduce waste
@jessicacalarco.com
- shop coupons & flyers
- scrutinize per unit prices
- buy produce from local farms
- buy in bulk and preserve
- eat at home
- plan meals carefully to reduce waste
@jessicacalarco.com
Reposted by Kim Weeden
"A world where there is no N.S.F. funding for social science, but where the A.I. industry funds research... will skew public debate. To navigate the shock waves of A.I., we must restore social science research as an enterprise that starts from the public interest."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...
Opinion | We Can’t Know Our A.I. Future if We Don’t Study It
Just as A.I. is poised to change the world, we’re losing our best ways of studying what that change will look like.
www.nytimes.com
September 7, 2026 at 11:29 AM
"A world where there is no N.S.F. funding for social science, but where the A.I. industry funds research... will skew public debate. To navigate the shock waves of A.I., we must restore social science research as an enterprise that starts from the public interest."
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/o...
Incredibly stupid & racist, but would also be like setting millions of dollars on fire.
Changing signs, web sites, stationary, etc. is costly. Taxpayers would foot some of bill, and businesses would pass on costs to consumers.
NM trails only MS & LA in poverty, so yeah, they can afford it. </s>
Changing signs, web sites, stationary, etc. is costly. Taxpayers would foot some of bill, and businesses would pass on costs to consumers.
NM trails only MS & LA in poverty, so yeah, they can afford it. </s>
September 6, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Incredibly stupid & racist, but would also be like setting millions of dollars on fire.
Changing signs, web sites, stationary, etc. is costly. Taxpayers would foot some of bill, and businesses would pass on costs to consumers.
NM trails only MS & LA in poverty, so yeah, they can afford it. </s>
Changing signs, web sites, stationary, etc. is costly. Taxpayers would foot some of bill, and businesses would pass on costs to consumers.
NM trails only MS & LA in poverty, so yeah, they can afford it. </s>
Reposted by Kim Weeden
DoD has its own research agency DARPA, which receives -5 billion in funding. A ten year contract to shift NIH funds to DoD is simply a budget cut to NIH. It’s also another example of how this Admin does policymaking by other means.
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defense.
go.nature.com/4ycEbk8
go.nature.com/4ycEbk8
Revealed: inside the US military's plan to tap huge sums from the NIH
An agreement paves the way for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of projects to be transferred from the NIH’s institute for infectious diseases to the Department of Defence.
go.nature.com
September 5, 2026 at 11:00 AM
DoD has its own research agency DARPA, which receives -5 billion in funding. A ten year contract to shift NIH funds to DoD is simply a budget cut to NIH. It’s also another example of how this Admin does policymaking by other means.
The Trump-appointed UN rep objected to the Equal Earth map on the grounds that it's woke ideology.
It's a good example of how for this administration, and GOP/MAGA more generally, *anything* that eliminates, reduces, or even just exposes the unearned advantages of the dominant group is anathema.
It's a good example of how for this administration, and GOP/MAGA more generally, *anything* that eliminates, reduces, or even just exposes the unearned advantages of the dominant group is anathema.
September 5, 2026 at 6:14 PM
The Trump-appointed UN rep objected to the Equal Earth map on the grounds that it's woke ideology.
It's a good example of how for this administration, and GOP/MAGA more generally, *anything* that eliminates, reduces, or even just exposes the unearned advantages of the dominant group is anathema.
It's a good example of how for this administration, and GOP/MAGA more generally, *anything* that eliminates, reduces, or even just exposes the unearned advantages of the dominant group is anathema.
Alaska just got a lot smaller and more remote.
OK, it didn't really, but AK "benefited" more than any other state from the Mercator projection.
Below is the Equal Earth map just adopted by the UN, against US objection (of course).
OK, it didn't really, but AK "benefited" more than any other state from the Mercator projection.
Below is the Equal Earth map just adopted by the UN, against US objection (of course).
September 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Alaska just got a lot smaller and more remote.
OK, it didn't really, but AK "benefited" more than any other state from the Mercator projection.
Below is the Equal Earth map just adopted by the UN, against US objection (of course).
OK, it didn't really, but AK "benefited" more than any other state from the Mercator projection.
Below is the Equal Earth map just adopted by the UN, against US objection (of course).
Reposted by Kim Weeden
There is an extraordinary disparity between how aggressively Florida now monitors and regulates the education of adults in public universities and the laissez faire approach to regulating kids in publicly funded private schools
A decade ago, Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexually abusing a 16-year-old.
Last year, she opened a private school there with ease.
As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach:
Last year, she opened a private school there with ease.
As private schools fueled by taxpayer dollars proliferate, states are choosing not to closely regulate who runs them or what they teach:
Barns, Go-Karts and Strip Malls: The Wild West of Private Schools That Collect Taxpayer Dollars
As private schools proliferate, states are choosing a hands-off approach to regulating them. The backgrounds of school founders — sometimes with criminal histories — often don’t matter
www.propublica.org
September 5, 2026 at 12:39 PM
There is an extraordinary disparity between how aggressively Florida now monitors and regulates the education of adults in public universities and the laissez faire approach to regulating kids in publicly funded private schools