MattSedlar

I wrote a little something about the state of Sociology in Florida. Spoilers: the situation is not great cepr.net/publications/i…

Last year, I asked Treasury Secretary Bessent a simple question: who pays tariffs? He was unable to answer. For today’s podcast, we get down to the bottom of it. (Spoiler alert: it ends up being you and me). Great to have @DeanBaker13 from @ceprdc on the pod! youtu.be/P5tI-lkIyas

New year, new episode! @dmwilliamsSOC, a sociology professor at California State University, Chico, and author of Who Do We Trust?, joins me to unpack issues around trust and how we can practice radical trust in 2026. open.spotify.com/episode/4cIJig…

The "One Big Beautiful Bill" strips $100M in environmental review funding and $450M from forest management grants. The very programs designed to prevent wildfires. While claiming to fight fires, the GOP is making them worse. @MattSedlar details the hypocrisy: cepr.net/publications/b…

The price of tax cuts for the wealthy? Our lives. #Texas

No to US-Israeli war on Iran. This is a horrific act of aggression and it must be stopped.

.@FEMA's new head says hurricane guidance is "same as last year" despite losing 1/3 of staff and NOAA cutting 20% of workers. How do you prep for another above-normal season with slashed capacity? More from @MattSedlar: f.mtr.cool/vexeqaidkk

@marklucovsky @ContraPoints Psst. Reread the tweet.

@ContraPoints Great, then please leave. Maybe go to North Dakota or something? Just get the fuck out of my state you racist piece of shit

It sickens me to hear Spanish spoken on the streets of Los Angeles, San Diego, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Santa Ana, San Jose, Santa Barbara, San Bernardino, El Cerrito, La Mirada, San Luis Obispo

🏠 Fridays on The Rooftop 🏠 @FLHatNewAmerica's Tim Robustelli (@t_robo17) recently sat down with climate analyst @MattSedlar to discuss climate adaptation efforts that states and local governments can pursue as federal support is cut. 🔗 go.newamerica.org/climate-adapta…

@timgill924 Maybe he lives on campus, squatting in an unused office.

Based on this dude's Twitter bio, you'd think he's currently teaching at the University of Cambridge. No, he's just bragging that he received his Ph.D. from there some time ago. Kind of bizarre. I don't think I've ever seen someone do that. Possibly unethical?

Florida has spent only 6% of its BRIC funds, and now infrastructure projects to protect against hurricanes are being canceled across the state. @mattsedlar investigates the consequences of FEMA's decision to axe this crucial program. Full article: f.mtr.cool/ekryllhptt

The season finale of @SociologyRuins explores the intersection of robotics and reproductive labor, highlighting the potential risks of deploying technology without considering societal implications. @ColetteSearls joins the discussion open.spotify.com/episode/3tbKAO…

@legitjaredness @McR1B69 This is the correct answer.

@McR1B69 I mean when I was traveling for sales I did this but with bathrooms because they were always clean. Hilton Garden Inns were always the best.

What stops someone from just strolling into any hotel in America at breakfast hours and acting like they’re supposed to be there, getting a free continental breakfast and leaving?

@DLP_neb @Holden_Culotta @grok That’s what is bothering you and not that the evidence is based on remote viewers?

A declassified CIA document from 1987 reveals that extraterrestrial beings live right here on Earth. They have bases in Alaska, Africa, and Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. “We have run into three types of entities within the solar system … ” Allegedly. 🧵THREAD

@BillBraskySofB @Davemoaz1 @itslaylas International and out of state tuition as well as on-campus housing are all big moneymakers.

@Davemoaz1 @itslaylas They’ll go bankrupt. International students pay full tuition, often significantly more than out-of-state American students. They have long served as the financial backbone of the US University system. Most Americans couldn’t afford tuition before. Now, that number will only rise

President Claire Shipman of Columbia University just sent out an email advertising an "International Student Relief Hardship Fund". When you click on the link for "Special Student Relief", you're taken to the ICE website to report people. Sent this after a student was detained.

A big win for Louisiana’s wetlands! ⚖️ Chevron ordered to pay Plaquemines Parish over $744 million for damaging wetlands. This landmark ruling will fund crucial coastal restoration projects. cepr.net/publications/l…

I’m looking forward to visiting Disneyland Canada.

The best retaliation by our trading partners would be more free trade: stop respecting U.S. patent and copyright monopolies cepr.net/publications/f… Trump rich friends will feel that one really quick, and it will help the economies of our former allies.

@JustinWolfers There is an emergency Cabinet meeting right now on Heard Island to discuss retaliatory tariffs.. don't mess with the penguins.

my thesis student is struggling & I asked her if she ever tried changing the font in the document to see it in a different way. she did & was like, "this is the best writing tip I've ever gotten" so I came here to remind all my writer friends of it. some tricks are tried & true.