Naming your home security company after the guy who allowed two hobbits and Gollum to sneak into Mount Doom, one of the most secure places of his realm and destroy his precious piece of jewelry is not quite the flex they think it is.

The when to shovel advice is top tier forecasting

Reading and baking out of the old church cook books is the closest I’ll ever get to doing the technical challenge in GBBO.

Here is the percentage of white males age 30-39 working in professional, technical, and managerial jobs between 1850 and 2024. The current generation has not been squeezed out of such jobs. If there is any lost generation here, I would say it is boomers who were 30-39 in 1990. (@ipums.bsky.social)

We know you are all doing extraordinary work #poweredbyIPUMS - and we want to reward it! The annual research awards competition is now open - submit a nomination today! 🏆 (Did we mention the cash prizes? 💸) www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...

I am thrilled to announce that my first PhD paper, 'Analysing biases in genealogies using demographic microsimulation', co-authored with @demography.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, has already been published in the European Journal of Population. rdcu.be/eTImq

Here's a great write-up of my talk the other night. In the U.S., population panic over low birth rates is a smokescreen designed to provide cover for policies that are facially pronatalist but really about reestablishing gender, race, religion, ability, LGBTQ, nativity, etc hierarchies.

“There are Minnesota people who don’t eat at Culver’s because it’s a Wisconsin brand,” according to the announcer of this Gopher-Badger game. These people do not exist, you are making up a guy to tell us about.

The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure invites applications for a two-week Summer School on ‘Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility’, held at University of Cambridge from July 6-17th, 2026. Application deadline February 2 2026.

George Alter & Sam Williamson discuss the 1st pensions for Pennsylvania RR workers at the 50th anniversary SSHA meeting. Men in strenuous occupations often shifted to less demanding jobs as they aged. Late retirees lived longer. Locomotive engineers & conductors were well paid for travelling work.

Participants at the 50th meeting of the Social Science History Association take a moment to remember the great Andrew Beveridge. Steve Ruggles, Margo Anderson and Vernon Burton led the appreciation! www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...

When Canada tried this is was a data disaster for large swaths of the country

I moved to Minnesota in June 2023 during a day when the air smelled like a campfire. When I’ve asked longtime Minnesotans about the increasingly severe smoke during our summers, they all say it was never a problem until a few years ago. And wow, this graph has got the receipts.

One week until the start of the Social Science History Association annual meeting in Chicago, 20-23 November. The Data Infrastructure Network can't wait to see you! @socscihistory.bsky.social ssha2025.ssha.org

The Cdn Network for Economic History & the Indigenous Economics Study Group invite proposals for a conference Aug 21-23 2026 in Yellowknife NWT: “Historical Persistence & Economic Development: Culture, Institutions & Understudied Economies” More info [email protected] or [email protected]

"At Iowa [Writing Workshop], many of my colleagues had attended Ivy Leagues, yet received nothing close to the level of thought and care I did as a student." Minnesotans are so lucky to have this wonderful liberal arts college in our public university system. I hope we see & preserve its value

New @pewresearch.org on how the Census has measured race over time. The social construction of race made apparent.

Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!

Check out this conference if you work on topics related to kinship structure and dynamics (within and beyond the household), caregiving, intergenerational processes, family bereavement, LGBTQ+ & chosen kinship, etc. @iussp.bsky.social Submit by 21 Jan 2026 👇 www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference

www.cmfdata.org Great data drop! @rickhornbeck.bsky.social

Curious about using census microdata in your research? 📊 Join us for a webinar on IPUMS International, the world’s leading repository of harmonized census data. 🗓️ 12 Nov 2025 | 🕒 15:15–16:30 UK | 💻 Zoom Register: forms.gle/oqTDNU4Zpn2s... Hosted by the LSE Historical Economic Demography Group.

What a travesty. Besides the point of detaining people (& at sensitive locations) but what would they do with the children in these circumstances? What about rising costs of child care for parents? Many are already aware of the hypocrisy of this administration but what a lack of morality & concern.

Shari Eli, Nicholas Li & Janki Shah use new complete count data to assess what can & cannot be learned about socio-economic status from the Canadian census 1871-1901. They analyze the non-reporting of earnings despite having an occupation & the characteristics of people at different earning levels.

Pleased to be part of the history making "IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data" special issue in Historical Methods 58(4). @ipums.bsky.social @stevenruggles.bsky.social @mattanelson.bsky.social @juliariveradrew.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/vhim20/5...

TCRG Webinar: Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social and Natalia Uro-De Leon will present on Shoreland and setbacks: The Minnesota Zoning Atlas. Wed., Nov. 19, 12:00 Noon. RSVP here tcrgnov19.eventbrite.com

Postdoc at the Minnesota Population Center, @minnpop.bsky.social Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know! (This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)

Was Manchester really as segregated as Engels said? What kept the rich and poor apart.... if anything? My first article is out today in @historicaljnl.bsky.social and I'm so pleased to share it with you all! doi:10.1017/S0018246X25101246 @stjohnscollege.bsky.social @camunicampop.bsky.social

Just sayin' 😉

Our 50th Meeting program is nearly complete. If you plan to come to the conference, book your hotel soon as the special rate ends on October 15th. To find out how and to register for the conference, visit: ssha.org/conference/t...

Our student Yue (Bruce) Yu has been working on an improved pipeline for nominative record linkage in Chinese historical datasets that uses machine learning. This working paper describes the approach and compares it with our existing, somewhat ad hoc approach for the 缙绅录. osf.io/preprints/so...

It’s horrific and inexplicable. Donald Trump and RFK Jr. are objectively pro-cancer. They’re destroying the entire infrastructure that has made so much progress and is poised to make much more. People will suffer and die because of them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/m...

"The labor participation rate for women with children younger than 5 had the biggest midyear drop in more than 40 years during the first six months of 2025."

#ESHD2025 AWARDS!!!!! The Tamara Hareven Award has been established by the ESHD to recognize the best PhD thesis. Björn Quanjer @Radboud_Uni "A Tale Of Tallness. A household perspective on early life determinants of male height within the Netherlands between 1850 and 1950"

#ESHD2025 AWARDS! The Roger Schofield Award has been established to recognize the best paper presented by a young demographer at the ESHD Conference Emma Diduch Work,Marriage & Motherhood In Derbyshire:Event History Analysis Of Women's Employment & Fertility Histories,1881-1911

#ESHD2025 Awards! The Louis Henry Award has been established by the EDHD to recognize methodological innovations in data collection,visualization or analysis Mosaic Database by Szoltysek,Ogórek, Gruber & Poniat Social Science History @CambridgeCore 2025 doi:10.1017/ssh.2024.18

Nine former heads of the CDC—appointed by presidents of both parties—warn the nation of the immense peril RFK Jr is putting the country in. Gift link, please send to families and friends www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

You know you did the Great Minnesota Get-Together (the State Fair for the non-Minnesotans) right when you’re still full 8 hours later and are drinking a ton of water because how pickled one is from all the salt, fats, and alcohol consumed. State sanctioned gluttony at its finest.

Very happy to see my review with John Parman “Racial Residential Segregation in the United States” is finally out in Journal of Economic Literature! Thanks to everyone who provided feedback as we worked on this over the years!! @aeajournals.bsky.social www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

“The study authors asked GPT 4o-mini to evaluate the quality of 217 papers. The tool didn’t mention in any of the reports that the papers being analyzed had been retracted or had validity issues. In 190 cases, GPT described the papers as world leading, internationally excellent, or close to that”

Join us Sept 17 for a timely webinar on Birthright Citizenship and learn from the experts @unlawfulentries.bsky.social @skantrow.bsky.social @cnacken1.bsky.social William Jones and Cecilia Marquez. Register z.umn.edu/BirthrightCitizen @umn-amst.bsky.social @umnlawschool.bsky.social

New post, on why a 1% hallucination risk is terrible if you’re using large language models to look for unusual events: kucharski.substack.com/p/small-hall...

The University of Minnesota, Morris provides an amazing liberal arts experience and learning environment that equals or exceeds MN's private liberal arts colleges at a 1/3 or 1/4 of the price. Stop prioritizing 70k/yr institutions. Check out places like Morris! www.startribune.com/university-o...

The historical U.S. census just does not get old. What a treat to work with these census and IPUMS data enthusiasts. @mattanelson.bsky.social, @j-david-hacker.bsky.social, Matthew Sobek, Lap Huynh, @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social, @stevenruggles.bsky.social, @ipums.bsky.social

The 2025 SSHA Conference in Chicago is just around the corner! Regular registration rates expire at the end of September. Find out more and read the most up to date version of the program here: ssha.org/conference/

Off to a great start here at the Data-Intensive Research Conference! @umnlifecourse.bsky.social

🎉🎉 Nos professeures Simona Bignami (PI) et @lisaydillon.bsky.social obtiennent une subvention CRSH-Savoir pour « Settling the Canadian West: Evolving household and family structures across ethnic groups between 1901 and 1911 » avec @kris-inwood.bsky.social, en collaboration avec D. Ghio et J. Jedwab

We'll have some less smoky summers, but get used to smokier MN summer trend until we reduce GHG emissions. Canada has 1.2 BILLION ACRES of boreal forests. Hotter drier climate sucks more moisture from dry fuels. Unfortunately this is the tip of the iceberg for smoke potential.

You can “other” them into categories of “exclusion” –e.g. proposals to fiddle the constitutional basis of apportionment. Add a “citizenship” question to the 2030 census. “Exclude” “non citizens” from House apportionment calculations. One version of that. www.congress.gov/bill/118th-c...

📣 We are seeking to fill multiple postdoctoral positions! We have funding to fill NIH T32 program-based positions. Positions start Fall 2025, but timing is flexible! We'll begin reviewing applications July 21st, 2025 - so don't wait! Apply now! pop.umn.edu/training/pos...

I'm happy to share that the 2nd paper of my PhD "Assessing the validity of microsimulated kinship networks using Swedish population registers", with @demography.bsky.social, @martinkolk.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, is available as an MPIDR Working Paper share.google/g0nVmiSI6huB...