Ease of access in a digital age.

Still going through ANES data on gender identity (masculinity/femininity), and it's striking the extent to which the relationship between gender traditionalism and being a Republican is limited to white people (and, to some extent, Asian Americans).

I'm back on Civics 101! Always a fun discussion.

AIPAC support is now seen as a red flag for progressive voters; haven’t seen too much of this view playing out in NJ-11 yet, where an AIPAC group has thrown support behind Lt Gov Way.

Just did an interview with CBC national (airing tonight) about US public opinion on military force in Greenland. The phrase “A level of popularity normally reserved for communicable diseases,” may have been uttered.

TIL that you can bet on absolutely everything in the United States except for onion futures and weekly box office receipts.

Trump was “snubbed” for the Nobel Peace Prize in approximately the same way that I was snubbed for the Pritzker Prize in Architecture.

“I have seen things you people wouldn’t believe.” Roy Batty, also me now

I'm going through 2024 ANES data on masculinity/femininity self-placement, looking for differences in how men and women of different racial/ethnic groups describe themselves, and there's some interesting stuff going on, especially with Asian-Americans. The table shows effects, controlling for demos.

Evergreen: “The men who were less-skilled at the game and performing worse relative peers—made frequent, nasty comments to female gamers. In other words, sexist dudes are literally losers.” www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-int...

No new pictures. Where are you at mentally?

Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data! https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/

(Yes, I’ve seen this, and yes, it’s all performances of technical masculinity)

We don’t have public polling on the NJ11 special primary, and we won’t have fundraising data for another week. But if you want to know the dynamics of the race, look at who’s attacking, and who’s being attacked. We’re now getting shovelfuls of anti-Malinowski ads, largely from Gill.

The risk in crypto isn’t a bug, it’s a feature for the young men who are the primary consumers of it.

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/gender-2 #smbc

I cannot emphasize how great it is that my career in higher education means the occasional snow day even though I’m in my 50s.

Big day, everyone! We've finally solved the gender gap in political ambition. Women can also claim they are qualified for a job on the basis of vibes only! Bam, equality.

If you live in one of 46 towns in Essex, Morris & Passaic in NJ CD11, you've got another 24 hours to register to vote in the upcoming special primary to fill the seat of Gov.-elect @MikieSherrill. Deadline Jan 15. Find more info from @njspotlightnews.org www.njspotlightnews.org/nj-decides-2...

The view from my TV: @sarahdbunting.bsky.social delivering wit and wisdom on ABC’s new doc series DIRTY TALK

CrimeCoin exec: "My product has been tarnished by a criminal!" [wompwomp]

Crypto makes perfect sense for some of it’s earliest adherents. If you’re into cryogenics, and need to preserve wealth for when you wake up in Futurama times, it’s not a bad option. Not really for anyone else, though.

Should not be this excited to be third row center for Karl Ove Knaugaard.

“Under the authority of the people”. That’s part of our oath. That’s who I work for, the people of Hoboken and Jersey City.

Wanted to take a minute to highlight one of my favorite findings from the new book. We know that men are more interested in risky financial assets, like crypto, than women are: but it's never been quite clear why that is.

For me: 5: Peanuts 4: Doonesbury 3: Foxtrot 2. Calvin and Hobbes 1. Far Side

Got super sick last month and didn't manage to publicize this when it came out. I was super excited to edit a special issue in The Forum on gender, gender identity, and the 2024 election. Read on to hear about the fantastic articles in this issue:

Wasn’t expecting these for another couple of weeks! In stores next month!

IR Realists saying farewell to the Rational Actor Assumption

b-but my DW-NOMINATE

Much of the research on trans people and members of other sexual orientation or gender identity minority groups is done with small sample sizes, which is fine, esp given the difficulty of getting sample. But we have to be careful about what conclusions we attempt to draw from such small samples.

I've seen this going around. No doubt useful and important research, but "9% of trans people have moved between states" is based on a sample of 111 respondents. Also, some people move every year, and trans people are younger than average etc etc. Consider it a data point, not a statistical fact, IMO

“These findings provide clear evidence that data collected on MTurk simply cannot be trusted.”

Today’s haul of campaign mailers for the NJ11 special election: a Way mailer, what I think is the first Beecher mailer I’ve seen, and outnumbering them all, another in a line of anti-Platkin mailers. He’s out of office shortly, and not running for anything! I know you hate him, but you can stop!

I am re-upping this as a reminder that @polbehavior.bsky.social is looking for a new editor! Editing was the most rewarding part of my career and I encourage folks to think about applying.

Publication date for “Bitcoin Bros” getting closer and closer!

LRB classifieds back on form (no, I have no idea)

JAMELLE GETS IT, PEOPLE.

We need a meme for “Gilens’ed!” like what we have for Converse.

An important feature of non-voters is that they tend to be one of the hardest groups to survey, increasing their potential to surprise...

Jesus Christ man I sleep in one time

Proud of this paper with @mikecowburn.bsky.social 👇

Psst- he’s saying “SAT Scores” because he thinks they’re correlated with IQ, thinks IQ is real, and knows he’ll get called out as racist if he just says “hire the person with the highest IQ.”

Without endorsing any candidate, I’m glad to see that Mejia is knocking on doors. People don’t even know an election is coming up: going into neighborhoods is how you’re going to get people to come out.

I’ve been working with long-term longitudinal data on gender identity (masculinity/femininity), and came across something interesting. I had expected that older people should regard themselves as less gender conforming over time, as age removes some of the traits that we see as important to gender.

This is all betting on basically random outcomes, but in order for it to have psychological value to the bettor, they have to believe that there’s a system that they can learn and master, turning random bets into a test of skill and fortitude.

Got word this morning that NJ Now, a show I've been part of for almost 10 years now, won the NJ Society of Professional Journalists award for best television coverage of New Jersey. Congratulations to Mark J. Bonamo, Joe Silvestri, and the whole team for a job well done.

Some day, I’m going to do a deep dive into the gender dynamics of true crime. So many theories as to why women consume true crime, so little good data.