A post-Trump strategy to repair democracy: open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
December 28, 2023 at 3:16 PM
A post-Trump strategy to repair democracy: open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Expert in neuroscience and autism: "Maternal use of Tylenol/acetaminophen carries no measurable risk of autism spectrum disorder to the baby."
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Tylenol carries no added risk for autism
Neuroscience, epidemiology, and a damaging public statement
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September 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Expert in neuroscience and autism: "Maternal use of Tylenol/acetaminophen carries no measurable risk of autism spectrum disorder to the baby."
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This could end up as a backfiring “dummymander” that gives dems more seats. open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
The Texas Jigsaw Massacre
Governor Abbott has a brilliant plan. What could possibly go wrong?
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July 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This could end up as a backfiring “dummymander” that gives dems more seats. open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
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For U.S. science, a small step back from the brink
And an evidence-based path for you to help on Friday.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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September 7, 2024 at 10:21 PM
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Every scientist should read this open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
An action primer for scientists (and everyone)
Eight ways to act locally, with examples.
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February 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Every scientist should read this open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Good afternoon at the protest at Tesla in West Chester, PA. Way more supportive beeps than maga fingers. Highly recommend finding a local event on Indivisible and getting involved. Here's why....
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Protestors in front of the West Chester, PA Tesla dealership. Huge crowd today! #protectdemocracy
March 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Good afternoon at the protest at Tesla in West Chester, PA. Way more supportive beeps than maga fingers. Highly recommend finding a local event on Indivisible and getting involved. Here's why....
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"It's about equal to a woman in her 30s delaying the decision to have a baby by...two months. The sibling control gets that down to less than 1 month, and we couldn't rule out that acetaminophen *helps* by the equivalent of 1 month." open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Tylenol carries no added risk for autism
Neuroscience, epidemiology, and a damaging public statement
open.substack.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
"It's about equal to a woman in her 30s delaying the decision to have a baby by...two months. The sibling control gets that down to less than 1 month, and we couldn't rule out that acetaminophen *helps* by the equivalent of 1 month." open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Worst gerrymanders in the USA, as ranked by
@samwang.bsky.social:
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Texas is now #1.
“how is it that Texas has been able to achieve such a dubious honor? The answer is simple: they are disregarding the Voting Rights Act.”
@samwang.bsky.social:
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Texas is now #1.
“how is it that Texas has been able to achieve such a dubious honor? The answer is simple: they are disregarding the Voting Rights Act.”
August 22, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Worst gerrymanders in the USA, as ranked by
@samwang.bsky.social:
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Texas is now #1.
“how is it that Texas has been able to achieve such a dubious honor? The answer is simple: they are disregarding the Voting Rights Act.”
@samwang.bsky.social:
open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Texas is now #1.
“how is it that Texas has been able to achieve such a dubious honor? The answer is simple: they are disregarding the Voting Rights Act.”
Maximize your vote with Nebraska: open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Nebraska Rising
The biggest bargain of the 2024 election, for the cost of a few runzas
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October 7, 2024 at 4:24 AM
Maximize your vote with Nebraska: open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Redistricting plans in 50 states, graded (correctly)...but first, we have to kill the proportionality myth.
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Redistricting plans in 50 states, graded (correctly)
...but first, we have to kill the proportionality myth.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Redistricting plans in 50 states, graded (correctly)...but first, we have to kill the proportionality myth.
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In Texas, “the all-time worst gerrymander in the modern era of voting rights” is toast.
An “improper instruction from the Trump Department of Justice to use race led a Trump-appointed judge to strike down a plan demanded by Trump himself”
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86 racial gerrymandering.
An “improper instruction from the Trump Department of Justice to use race led a Trump-appointed judge to strike down a plan demanded by Trump himself”
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86 racial gerrymandering.
Texas Toast
Are the mid-decade redistricting wars winding down?
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November 19, 2025 at 2:15 PM
In Texas, “the all-time worst gerrymander in the modern era of voting rights” is toast.
An “improper instruction from the Trump Department of Justice to use race led a Trump-appointed judge to strike down a plan demanded by Trump himself”
open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
86 racial gerrymandering.
An “improper instruction from the Trump Department of Justice to use race led a Trump-appointed judge to strike down a plan demanded by Trump himself”
open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
86 racial gerrymandering.
A post-Trump strategy to repair democracy
Prepare not just for 2024, but for what comes after.
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December 28, 2023 at 10:18 PM
Instead of these talking heads, there is just enough time to watch my new talk on how to use science to make democracy better in 2025: go.ted.com/samwang
September 11, 2024 at 12:49 AM
Instead of these talking heads, there is just enough time to watch my new talk on how to use science to make democracy better in 2025: go.ted.com/samwang
In this moment, elected officials, journalists, universities, and businesses are failing through inaction. Complying with authoritarian demands does not help: Columbia University's attempt at appeasement got them nowhere. open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Scientists get involved, one local rally at a time
Next step: offer your local paper an interview
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March 8, 2025 at 7:36 PM
In this moment, elected officials, journalists, universities, and businesses are failing through inaction. Complying with authoritarian demands does not help: Columbia University's attempt at appeasement got them nowhere. open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Good analysis of the new Wisconsin districting open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Gerrymander, undone
The new plan that brings representative, competitive government to Wisconsin for the first time in over a decade. But there's a catch in the Senate.
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February 20, 2024 at 3:28 AM
Good analysis of the new Wisconsin districting open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
New today, my TED Talk.
To repair democracy, you play a central role - but math can help. Data and computer simulation can guide reformers toward practical solutions - and avoid pitfalls.
Your pre-debate viewing: go.ted.com/samwang
To repair democracy, you play a central role - but math can help. Data and computer simulation can guide reformers toward practical solutions - and avoid pitfalls.
Your pre-debate viewing: go.ted.com/samwang
Can math help repair democracy?
Could math help make American democracy more responsive to the people? From detecting gerrymandered districts to predicting the impact of alternative election methods like ranked-choice voting, neuros...
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September 10, 2024 at 3:23 PM
New today, my TED Talk.
To repair democracy, you play a central role - but math can help. Data and computer simulation can guide reformers toward practical solutions - and avoid pitfalls.
Your pre-debate viewing: go.ted.com/samwang
To repair democracy, you play a central role - but math can help. Data and computer simulation can guide reformers toward practical solutions - and avoid pitfalls.
Your pre-debate viewing: go.ted.com/samwang
@samwang.bsky.social writes very useful columns, grounded in neuroscientific research, on effective protests.
Here's the first of two:
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Here's the first of two:
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The neuroscience of effective political action
Assessing whether actions are salient, visible, and long-lasting. Also: what to do this weekend.
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March 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
@samwang.bsky.social writes very useful columns, grounded in neuroscientific research, on effective protests.
Here's the first of two:
open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Here's the first of two:
open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
An action primer for scientists (and everyone)
Eight ways to act locally, with examples.
open.substack.com
February 20, 2025 at 2:48 PM
March 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Redistricting plans in 50 states, graded (correctly)
open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
Redistricting plans in 50 states, graded (correctly)
...but first, we have to kill the proportionality myth.
open.substack.com
August 27, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Redistricting plans in 50 states, graded (correctly)
open.substack.com/pub/samwang/...
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