Santos is now offering 55% off his Cameo videos, meaning for $150, he will record himself saying just about anything. Although there's no guarantee he won't later deny it on X.
https://www.npr.org/2026/06/04/nx-s1-5846966/george-santos-kalshi-threats
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Daniel P. Aldrich
@dpaldrich@urbanists.social
mastodon 4.7.3Interested in social capital and social infrastructure. My books can be found at https://amzn.to/3TrLAaw. All articles (no paywall) are https://bit.ly/3DS9u9w
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Our new #article with Syed Ainuddin et al is out: A tale of two countries: assessing disaster resilience in Thailand and Pakistan
TL;DR: both have centralized landscape of disaster governance + low-quality infrastructure for disaster emergency and response
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23789689.2026.2707660#abstract
from Barry Blitt
Japan never ceases to amaze
Excited to be here for this important set of conversations
Presentation from Sakakibara shows that neighborhood contexts and perceived social cohesion moderate biological pathways between context and aging
New #article from Jin et al: Spatiotemporal evolution and driving mechanism of urban resilience at the county level
TL;DR: the resilience of urban agglomerations, as the core of regional development, is critical to national security.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0951832026008008?via%3Dihub#fig0003
New #article from Lai et al: Understanding civic participation of older adults: a scoping review
TL;DR: Older adults actively participated in civic activities seen as building social capital.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167494326001615?via%3Dihub
Posts spread on social media saying, “The number of Indian immigrants will increase” and that “Hokkaido will be taken over.” Anti-immigration protesters have scuttled plans for an international school in #Japan
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/16769593
New #article: From Social Capital to Social Liability: Sudan, Civil War, and the Transformation of Social Networks under Conditions of Conflict
TL;DR: Networks that ordinary facilitate trust may become mechanisms through which identifies are identified
https://journalspress.com/social-liability-sudans-networks-in-conflict/
Clear differences among social scientists in terms of AI use and coding agent adoption
https://www.anthropic.com/research/coding-agents-social-sciences
Excited that our new #article with Toshiaki Yoshida is out: Structural factors rather than government investment drive depopulation after Japan’s 2011 disasters
TL;DR: pre-disaster structural factors, not subsequent interventions, drive depopulation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03843-y
New #article from Macedo et al: Role of decision-makers towards climate change resilience of urban transport systems: a scoping review
TL;DR: strong connection between extreme weather driven by climate change +the vulnerabilities of transportation systems
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590198226002526?via%3Dihub#f0020
State of Scholarship: A deterioration in scholarly standards fueled by the substitution of political criteria for properly scholarly criteria in the assessment of research and a more general repudiation of longstanding ideals of rigor and objectivity
https://www.vanderbilt.edu/principles/state-of-scholarship-report/introduction/
New article from Ayodeji Kehinde et al: Leveraging social capital through faith-based organizations: Evidence on technical efficiency from cocoa farmers in Nigeria
TL;DR: importance of social capital + institutional participation in enhancing agricultural productivity https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291126008302?via%3Dihub#fig1
New #article from Pedersen et al: Navigating the polycrisis: resilience strategies of firms in global production networks
TL;DR: preference for cautious strategies involving modest changes, such as buffer and scanning, over more radical and costly options
https://academic.oup.com/joeg/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/jeg/lbag031/8701892?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
Grifters gonna grift: Ballroom donors won $50B in contracts after giving to Trump project
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/06/04/donors-won-50b-contracts-after-giving-trump-ballroom-project-report-says/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzgwNTQ1NjAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzgxOTI3OTk5LCJpYXQiOjE3ODA1NDU2MDAsImp0aSI6ImM3ZDMyNTA2LTI4ODYtNDcxNC05Yzk4LTY2ZDJhYjMwMmQzNiIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9wb2xpdGljcy8yMDI2LzA2LzA0L2Rvbm9ycy13b24tNTBiLWNvbnRyYWN0cy1hZnRlci1naXZpbmctdHJ1bXAtYmFsbHJvb20tcHJvamVjdC1yZXBvcnQtc2F5cy8ifQ.pYLSYZ5mu5AZGS1GkbxViD0vOmlneBxHGxaurs6HzHY
New #article from Maddalena Coccagna et al: Disasters and Vulnerability: a multidimensional dynamic approach
TL;DR: new set of methods that enable knowledge co-production processes
https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/techne/article/view/18574
New #article from Lukas Novotny: From Post-Fire Interventions to Community Resilience: Learning and Adaptation in a Cross-Border Region
TL;DR: effective resilience depends on organisational transformation within local governance
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soru.70039
New #article from Wellner and van Essen: Disaster and automation: from COVID-19 to October 7
TL;DR: technologies reflect and reshape relationships between govt, military, commercial, and civic entities, blurring boundaries between emergency and routine
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13531042.2026.2683205?scroll=top&needAccess=true#abstract
New #article from Patricia López Rodríguez: Social Capital and COVID-19 Pandemic Relationship in Latin America
TL;DR: Relational social capital—particularly institutional trust—was consistently associated with greater compliance with preventive measures.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jcop.70112
New #article from Al Imran et al: What drives coastal disaster resilience at the household level? deciphering coastal household-level economic, social, and infrastructure robustness determinants
TL;DR: actionable leverage points to strengthen resilience
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10668-026-07800-9
New #article from Ayodeji Kehinde et al: Leveraging social capital through faith-based organizations: Evidence on efficiency from farmers in Nigeria
TL;DR: importance of social capital and institutional participation in enhancing agricultural productivity
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590291126008302?via%3Dihub#fig1
New #article from White et al: On the politicization and polarization of psychology: What psychologists can learn from psychologists
TL;DR: social justice promotes identity while simultaneously undermining the ideas that help contain the damage it causes
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352250X26000709?via%3Dihub
New #article from Islam et al: The Consequences of Migration and Displacement for Mental Health: A Qualitative Study of River Nomadic Communities
TL;DR: displacement of river nomads is continuous and multifaceted psychosocial exposure, not a single event.
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/global-mental-health/article/consequences-of-migration-and-displacement-for-mental-health-a-qualitative-study-of-river-nomadic-communities/182C5A957F6611CBF14CE932E223BB42
New #article from Konrad Kubala: State and Civil Society Response to the 2024 Floods in Southern Poland: A Critical Review
TL;DR: paper operationalizes these zones to evaluate how inter-institutional friction impacts societal resilience
https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/qualit/article/view/29488
Our hope is that the guidelines can elevate the importance of social connection to the same level as basic public health practices such as exercising, not smoking and relying on a designated driver when you go out drinking with friends.
https://theconversation.com/we-created-health-guidelines-for-fighting-loneliness-heres-what-we-recommend-268560
New #article from Lauren McKeague and Angela Bies: Nonprofits and Interest Groups in Crisis Management
TL;DR: risis management is moving toward an “all-of-society” approach that includes community-based groups and individuals
https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/62239/chapter-abstract/550719112?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
New #article by Jue Wang et al: Built Environment Equity and Area-Level Happiness: Distributional Imbalance and Spatial Discordance in Vulnerable Areas of Shanghai
TL;DR: Shanghai still faces clear challenges in built environment distributional equity
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/18/15/7699
New #article from Yang et al: Dynamics of collectivistic language and emotional expression in China's early pandemic: A social media analysis
TL;DR: collectivism reconfigures through level-specific activation with divergent emotional consequences
https://bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/bjop.70090
New #article from Pang et al: Construct Overlap Inflates Apparent Economic-Capacity Alignment: Evidence from a Hebei City Panel, 2014–2023
TL;DR: non-economic service-infrastructure-ecological resilience-capacity index + separate economic-development index
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/18/15/7637
New #article from Yuzeng Xin et al: How Artificial Intelligence Pilot Zones Enhance Corporate Green Resilience? Evidence from China’s Listed Firms
TL;DR: AI-oriented place-based policies can strengthen firms’ capability to sustain green development
New #article from Wang et al: Statewide Corridor Evacuation Response and Re-Entry Behaviors in Florida During Hurricane Irma
TL;DR: evacuation and re-entry curves can characterize corridor-level emergency response and recovery patterns
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/atr/5836541
Our hope is that the guidelines can elevate the importance of social connection to the same level as basic public health practices such as exercising, not smoking and relying on a designated driver when you go out drinking with friends.
https://theconversation.com/we-created-health-guidelines-for-fighting-loneliness-heres-what-we-recommend-268560
New #article from Aditantri et al: Understanding Community Participation for Climate Change Adaptation in Coastal Settlement of Pekalongan, Indonesia
TL;DR: imperative to strengthen the synergy between institutional policies + community-driven initiatives
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1755-1315/1646/1/012002/pdf
The proposed Harvard restructuring, developed by the FAS Task Force on Workforce Planning with support from McKinsey & Company, would likely replace many unit-level administrative roles with staff who serve multiple academic units
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2026/5/20/administrative-restructuring/
New #article from Adnan et al: Evaluating urban green spaces as catalysts for sustainable urbanization by integrating environmental health and social development
TL;DR: Miyawaki Forest had the lowest maintenance-phase impacts among the studied sites.
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s43621-026-03651-6
New #article from Feng et al: Exploring social capital as a strategy for social work practice in China: A qualitative inquiry
TL;DR: strengthening bonding networks, broadening bridging networks and mobilizing resources in response to service users’ needs
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00208728261451095
New #article from Benti et al: Integrated Assessment of the Central Rift Valley: A Review of Hydrological, Ecological, Human Activities Challenges
TL;DR: Governance remains fragmented, fails to address the interactions bt hydrology, ecology, and humans
https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/18/11/5334
Make America ignorant of geography again: US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/30/government-map-mislabels-african-countries
New #article from Oh and Fei: Building Meta-Dynamic Capabilities Through AI-HI Collaboration: Experimental Evidence from Multinational Organizations in Disaster Response Operations
TL;DR: AI alone cannot effectively handle tasks requiring tacit knowledge
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/16/6/273#
Honored to be quoted in @UrbanLandInst economic snapshot on the contentious politics of data centers
TL;DR: The data center fight is unfolding exactly the way controversial facility siting usually does, and that tells us where the money goes next.
https://urbanland.uli.org/capital-markets-and-finance/economist-snapshot-the-rising-cost-of-data-center-pushback
New #article from Kadochnikova et : Short-Run Costs, Long-Run Gains: Asymmetric Dynamics Between Social and Economic Development
TL;DR: improved social indicators are associated with more favorable economic dynamics in the medium term
https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/14/6/193
Interesting work from Jose Tomas et al on spirituality and social connectedness: those with low social connectedness consistently showed the worst outcomes (loneliness, depression, distress)
New #article from Hjalmar Carlsen et al: Demand Networks and Informal Volunteering
TL;DR: results clearly indicate the importance of the demand side to adequately explain informal volunteering.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1468-4446.70151?utm_source=researchgate.net&utm_medium=article
Excited that with Toshiaki Yoshida our new article is out: Structural factors rather than reconstruction investment drive depopulation after Japan’s 2011 disasters
TL;DR: pre-disaster structural factors, rather than policy interventions, drive depopulation
https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-026-03843-y