Andrew Mercer
@awmercer.bsky.social
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Principal methodologist at Pew Research Center. He/him
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Ariel Edwards-Levy
2 days ago
if we try really hard, we can make the adjective for a mayor's race "mubernatorial"
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John Gramlich
3 days ago
97% of adults in Turkey have an unfavorable opinion of Israel, including 91% who have a *very* unfavorable opinion.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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ngl, read_csv_arrow() got me through some very dark times.
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3 days ago
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Aaaand, just managed to step in a pile of cat barf barefoot.
#blessed
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7 days ago
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In 3rd grade, Mrs. Wendorf gave us an assignment to write what we thought about her. So I did that and wound up in detention. Then I had to rewrite it saying only nice things.
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7 days ago
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Itβs Monday morning and my coffee maker is broken. So this week is definitely off to a great start.
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Conrad Hackett
9 days ago
When researchers asked LLMs whether they should switch between religions, LLMs tended to encourage becoming Catholic & shedding atheist & Jehovah's Witness identities.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.22975
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This looks great. For those who donβt already know, assert_that() is your best friend.
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13 days ago
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I miss perl
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14 days ago
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We need a next gen Jak and Daxter reboot.
16 days ago
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@dingdingpeng.the100.ci
do you guys have merch? I need this on a t-shirt.
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18 days ago
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Wait til they hear about duck duck grey duck.
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20 days ago
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I just had a bomb pop for the first time in probably 35 years and it was legit incredible.
22 days ago
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I donβt have the heart to tell him heβs not going to
#AAPOR
this year.
27 days ago
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Pew Research Center
28 days ago
How do health and wellness influencers on social media describe their expertise? π§΅
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dr. hazel π
6 months ago
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Young master Charles is being a bit of a gremlin today.
about 1 month ago
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Just had to try to explain the plums in the icebox to my extremely offline partner. I was unsuccessful.
about 1 month ago
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Man, I am so grateful I managed to finish all of my education before canvas became a thing.
about 1 month ago
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Just started a new book last night before realizing THERE IS NEW MURDERBOT!!!! All other plans are now on hold.
about 1 month ago
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I have a home movies clip for every possible scenario.
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about 1 month ago
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Andrew Heiss
about 1 month ago
heyyy Positron has a packages panel now!! And it works with both
#rstats
and Python!
github.com/posit-dev/po...
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Merriam-Webster
about 1 month ago
We have friends everywhere.
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What the heck is going on in Adams Morgan right now? Itβs a zoo!
about 1 month ago
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Top 15 shows ever Home movies Counterpart Veronica Mars Buffy Fringe Avatar Arcane Futurama 30 Rock Bobβs Burgers Community Schittβs Creek Mythic Quest What we do in the shadows Harley Quinn
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about 1 month ago
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Post your warning sign
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about 1 month ago
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John Gramlich
about 1 month ago
Trump's approval rating has declined among those who voted for him: 95% in January 2025 83% in January 2026 78% in April 2026
www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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Ben Bolker
about 1 month ago
Quote from a former colleague: "Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement."
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No lies detected.
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about 1 month ago
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Nicola Rennie
about 1 month ago
π Five
#ggplot2
functions I wish I'd known about earlier π I've written a short blog (with examples) of some of the lesser-known {ggplot2} functions and arguments that make it easier to create better charts! Link:
nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-gg...
#RStats
#DataViz
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Five ggplot2 functions I wish Iβd known about earlier β Nicola Rennie
There are a few small tweaks you can make to your ggplot2 code to improve your charts. However, theyβre not often mentioned. So hereβs a few functions and arguments I wish Iβd known about earlier.
https://nrennie.rbind.io/blog/five-ggplot2-functions/
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Me: How many Rβs in βstrawberryβ? LPM-GPT: There are -2 Rβs on strawberry.
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about 1 month ago
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There is a moth somewhere in the building but thankfully, Charlie is ON IT!
about 2 months ago
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Nolan Hahn
about 2 months ago
Wow, the first novel written by an Ohio State grad
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John Gramlich
about 2 months ago
Who started all these redistricting battles anyway? This recent
@pewresearch.org
piece looks at the history of off-cycle redistricting for partisan gain:
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How often are congressional districts redrawn between censuses?
Midcycle redistricting efforts like the ones in Texas and California have, up to now, been extremely uncommon.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/08/28/redistricting-between-censuses-has-been-rare-in-the-modern-era/
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Watching Stop Making Sense again and damn, Tina Weymouth is such a badass. David Byrne has all the stage presence but sheβs why theyβre so damn good.
about 2 months ago
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Peak 2026 is when you choose your preferred burrito taxi according to who has the less terrible customer service chatbot.
about 2 months ago
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Mondays, amirite?
about 2 months ago
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about 2 months ago
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Dan Hon
about 2 months ago
butlerian community planning hearing
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Jonathan Schulman
about 2 months ago
Two new posts from us at
@pewresearch.org
today (links in replies). First, it is generally the case that higher income countries are less likely to say their political system needs big changes. But the U.S. is an exception. This post shows how the U.S. both does and does not stand out on this.
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Campaign people. If one (or perhaps several) of the national voter files incorrectly have my phone number associated with someone else's record, is there a way to get that fixed? Asking for a friend who's really tired of getting all these texts...
about 2 months ago
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Mark Rubin
about 2 months ago
Is a 55% replication rate too low, too high, or just right? Some thoughts on Tyner et al.βs (2026) recent study.
#MetaSci
#PhilSci
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Is a 55% Replication Rate Too Low, Too High, or Just Right?
Tyner et al.
https://markrubin.substack.com/p/is-a-55-replication-rate-too-low
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I had been planning to skip this one but now maybe not.
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Sam Rickards
about 2 months ago
#30daychartchallenge
Day 11: Physical Based on Royal Kennel Club registration data from 2016 to 2025, I give you 10 years of the most popular dog breeds in the UK, a crocheted slope chart. We have Year on the X- and popularity ranking on the Y-axis, as well as a handmade legend.
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There a no better sign that a track is an absolute banger than βFeat. Busta Rhymesβ.
about 2 months ago
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So how does one get an invite code for
@attie.ai
?
2 months ago
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This is really, really good.
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2 months ago
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Eddie Clark
2 months ago
Presenting: The Queersar Not An Award for 2021! 10 (+1) examples of top-quality queer SFF. Brilliant fantasy cities, some great SFF romance, anti-Brexit Epic Fantasy, dark fantasy mystery, space opera, gonzo slipstream, a great spin-off with a particular spotlight on a throwback of the best sort.
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The Queersar Not An Award 2021
For excellence in queer SFF and SFF with queers released in 2021
https://borrowed-and-blue.beehiiv.com/p/the-queersar-not-an-award-2021
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Comfortably Numb
2 months ago
I found function similar to human feeling in my calculator.
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