🚨1 WEEK LEFT🚨 Want advanced training in data analysis? Registration for the ICPSR Summer Program First General Session ends FRIDAY May 29. Register here: https://cvent.me/o5EkXv

If you've submitted to Journal of Statistical Software in the last few years and have comments (good or bad) about the review process (time lag etc.) could you please DM me ... ?

Politics by Formula: How Congressional Policymaking Creates Disparities is now out! I show how politics shapes and often distorts important federal programs, driving inequalities across states.

Apply by June 15th! Submit your application for the 2026 APSA Fund for #Latino Scholarship! The fund will award grants to initiatives that identify promising Latino/a undergraduates and encourage them to enter the profession of #polisky. Apply Now! buff.ly/Nis2Hgk

#OpenAccess from Latin American Politics and Society - The Effectiveness of Discursive Frames Deployed by Latin America’s Right-wing Populists: Evidence from Costa Rica - https://cup.org/43ftG28 - Jordi Díez & @michelledion.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

Also, breakfast tacos are good tacos for any time of day or night. Now: Let’s talk salsa…..

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🚨The Toronto Political Behaviour Workshop is back for its 12th edition! Join us on Nov. 13–14, 2026 @UofT! We welcome paper/poster proposals on any topic in political behaviour, broadly defined! 📅 Submission Deadline: July 11. Apply here: utorontops.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

I have loved working with @ropensci.org so much! ❤️ For the qualtRics package specifically, we are currently looking for a new maintainer as I no longer deal with Qualtrics as part of my daily work. If you are a user of both #rstats and Qualtrics, let's chat: github.com/ropensci/qua...

Today’s Supreme Court ruling guts the Voting Rights Act and turns back the clock on the foundational promise of equality and fairness in our election systems.

I love that immigrants brought May Day back to the US where it began!

Someone sent me this.

Stop the gigification of teaching on our campuses in Ontario! Fairness for Contract Faculty means not only healthier working conditions for contract faculty, but better conditions for learning for our students, too! #Fairness4CF Read the op-ed from @ocufa.bsky.social here: bit.ly/4lmnVIp

The OCUFA Board stands with contract faculty calling for #Fairness4CF and an end to the gigification of faculty work. Stable jobs, fair pay, and benefits strengthen our universities and support student learning. Read the op-ed ➡️ tinyurl.com/cfsmdoa

"Across the province, more than half of undergraduate courses are now taught by contract faculty - highly trained instructors hired on short-term, often precarious contracts" Full-time students deserve full-time professors. 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓 @ocufa.bsky.social @bufa.bsky.social ocufa.on.ca/ontarios-uni...

This is important. 👇

#OpenAccess from @cjps-rcsp.bsky.social - The Political Preferences of Prospective Homeowners: Evidence from Canada - https://cup.org/3NdfceS - Thomas R. Vargas & @michelledion.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

Unfortunately, it is only a contract position, but we are a great place to work with great colleagues! I am happy to answer any questions people might have about this job or our campus.

Scholarship applications the 2026 ICPSR Summer Program close Sunday! Over $400k in scholarships available! Apply by March 1. For more details: myumi.ch/ICPSRscholarships #SumProg26 #ICPSR #QuantitativeMethods #ScholarshipOpportunities #GraduateStudies #DataScienceEducation #ResearchTraining

Bill Siemering, founding program director of NPR, author of its mission statement, has asked me to inquire if any profs might be interested in a Zoom class visit? No honorarium necessary. Bill founded All Things Considered, Fresh Air, won a MacArthur, etc.

In yet another rigorous analysis, findings show that the economics discipline is rough on women. It's not just about getting questioned or cut off--it's also about adversarial behavior.

Another Canadian Member of Parliament is quitting the 3-in-1 online harassment, extremist propaganda and computer-generated sex image app, X dot com

1. UWaterloo has lost over 200 full-time employees thanks to Doug Ford's university budget crisis. That's 5% of the workforce. 2. Who cares whether most are via layoffs or attrition? Programs and student experience are suffering. 3. It's "fewer than," not "less than". uwimprint.ca/less-than-60...

On this day in 1892, Bessie Coleman was born. Her extraordinary life and career deserves to be celebrated in the canon of U.S. history. https://www.texasmonthly.com/being-texan/bessie-coleman-trailblazing-black-texan-pilot/

Here's a time-lapse from yesterday as thousands of people marched through downtown Minneapolis to protest ICE. 📷️: Sydney Lewis/The Minnesota Star Tribune

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

Warning: Reports indicate immigration checkpoints along major interstates in Oklahoma, with Interstate 40 most impacted.

Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...

From an email to one of our faculty members.... Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!

We're excited to release version 1.0 of the Dynamic Democracy website. It includes updated data on state policy, public opinion, mass ideology, and representation. The website enables you to see how these measures are changing overtime across states and within states. www.dynamicdemocracy.us

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

D.C. police officers experienced some of the most intense violence during the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. We sat down with two of them to rewatch their body camera footage from that day. n.pr/4pjPwtV

Come work with me! McMaster has posted its call for applications for Canada Impact+ positions! Candidates must currently be working/residing outside Canada. Deadline is Jan 22! research.mcmaster.ca/home/support...

Hey folks! I built a Canadian trade database to practice what I'm learning about DuckDB. The database includes all Canadian imports and exports from 1988 to present as per Statistics Canada. Here's a blog post I wrote with more details: joshpersi.github.io/blog/posts/0... #rstats #duckdb

This is awful news…. These centres were so important in my training as a comparativist. Funding for summer travel and guest speakers…

This should be the biggest story in the country right now. The sitting US President was extorting state lawmakers from his own party by threatening to withhold public money if they didn’t gerrymander for him. I don’t know how else to say it…

"Nova Scotia to sell off remaining $14M worth of American booze. Net profit of $4M will go to Feed Nova Scotia, other community food groups. Premier Tim Houston said the province will not be ordering any more from the U.S. once the inventory is sold off." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

* please share* The PoliSci dept at MUN in St. John's NL, Canada is inviting appl. for Canada Excellence Research Chair/Comparative Democratic Resilience in the Global South. Senior folks (incl. int'l appl!) w expertise on Africa & LA encouraged to apply. Deadline: December 14 shorturl.at/I74RL

The River Sings Jeff Dillon 2015

👉 #FurloughedFederalWorkers AFL-CIO, the country's largest federation of unions, has compiled a complete state-by-state list of benefits for federal workers. State Resources for Shutdown-Impacted Federal Employees and Contractors | AFL-CIO share.google/ohEa5d6NYVdY...

This is really valuable information that media companies should be sharing as well.

What an amazing woman and political leader!

From the Daily Texan, the UT student newspaper: Academic freedom should not be for sale. thedailytexan.com/2025/10/16/a...

Our analysis, which shows that more women nearly bled to death during miscarriage after Texas banned abortion, adds to a growing body of reporting revealing that maternal outcomes have gotten worse under bans. (Published July) By @andreasuozzo.com, Kavitha Surana and Lizzie Presser

😍 Boston, you are beautiful. #NoKings

Chicago - no kings

Great! You're up next @utaustin.bsky.social ! All @texasexes.org ('96 here) should consider signing this alumni petition to help keep UT great, with academic freedom! www.change.org/p/alumni-urg...

Reduction in force (RIF, I.e. firing) email and page 1 of the RIF memo. CDC, this is absolutely illegal and our union (AFGE) will be suing. afge2883ga.org The union is asking that you send your RIF notice to: [email protected] with Name CIO/division/branch FTE status & tenure