Simon Reinink, directeur van het Concertgebouw, beschrijft in de Volkskrant precies hoe het Old Boys Network (in dit geval via het corps) functioneert

Corporale studentenverenigingen www.ad.nl/binnenland/n...

You mean I can't just make up people instead of studying people? www.science.org/content/arti...

NEW: As the Trump administration ordered agencies to eradicate “illegal” diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, we identified more than 1,000 nonprofits that removed such language from the mission statements in their tax filings.

Een reflex die je vaker ziet bij (linkse) activisten: verwijzen naar vermeende historische "wetmatigheden" ("Protestbewegingen... beginnen altijd vreedzaam...De geschiedenis leert dat..."). Alsof geweld onontkoombaar is, ipv een keuze door individuen. dub.uu.nl/nl/nieuws/ve...

Ik mis in dit lijstje natuurlijk @joostvervoort.bsky.social van @terzijdehorde.bsky.social. Jammer, @dubnieuws.bsky.social. dub.uu.nl/nl/achtergro...

Hoe herken je door AI geschreven nieuws? Eén manier is om door te klikken op de naam van de auteur en goed te kijken naar wat je dan ziet. Neem het profiel van 'Marlies Jansen', zogenaamd de hoofdredacteur van de AI-gestuurde nieuwssite Krantjeonline. krantjeonline.nl/author/nl1ad... (1/5)

Just in case you wondered: speed cameras actually work to improve road safety. Now proven by science. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

I've spent all day struggling to write a single page of a popular science article. I bang away at a word processor; give up; start diagramming on paper. Take some notes; draft a few sentences in pen; return to the computer...and very slowly I figure out what I was trying to say in the first place.

De toon is weer gezet met dat "belonen voor slecht gedrag". Ik wil jullie wel wat vertellen over die pendelbus want ik maak me er kwaad over. In het plaatje zie je lijn 73. In die bus mogen de asielzoekers helemaal niet komen, die is alleen voor "keurig" lokaal volk. 🧵1/8

Except that the evidence presented for this alleged "rise in connectivity" is rather shaky. I commented on this earlier: bsky.app/profile/rens.... And if this rise does not exist, the whole story falls apart.

📢 Analytical sociology is coming home! Call 4 INAS26 is open 🌍 1-3Jul26 @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and @sociologyoxford.bsky.social (☔) ☢️ Deadline: 1Feb26 🦹 Organisers: @aksoyundan.bsky.social , @kasimirdederichs.bsky.social, D Kretschmer, @awaldendorf.bsky.social Info: tinyurl.com/yc2tusjx

Wat me opnieuw stoort aan het verhaal van Bovens en Wille is de suggestie dat iedere hoogopgeleide "elite" is. Dat gaat óók over leraren, verpleegkundigen, gemeenteambtenaren - gewone mensen in gewone wijken www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/t...

Doet met denken aan mijn studietijd, pre-Google Scholar: als ik literatuur nodig had voor een opdracht zocht ik een boek in de catalogus van de UB en vond meestal op de dezelfde plank nog meer relevante literatuur. dub.uu.nl/nl/blog/even...

Today, higher education in NL takes to the streets once again to fight against budget cuts and for science, education, critical thinking and solidarity. 🟥 #WOinActie 🟥

“I wish I had a garden,” said Toad. “Here are some flower seeds. Plant them in the ground,” said Frog, “and soon you will have a garden.”

I get increasingly annoyed by the framing of "human vs. AI" (or in this case: "human-AI teaming"). AI is software built and operated by humans, trained on previous work by humans, running on hardware built and operated by humans. It is a human tool used by humans www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Is Cloudflare down again? The @science.org website is unreachable...

New paper with @isabellevdv.bsky.social in Criminology! We test causal assumptions and mechs related to PJT using placebos and open text in a vignette. We show that interpreting vignettes is not so simple - assumptions were violated and ppl gave several reasons why they compiled (eg, fear)...

We're hiring a Junior Researcher Data Management 🔎 Help improve metadata workflows, build tools for better data management, and support our training and outreach with researchers. Know someone who fits? Please share! 🌟 www.eur.nl/en/working-a...

"let’s recognize everyone who continues to do the important work of great teaching, despite the discouraging climate" www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Attention #computationalsocialscience researchers! Data donation has become one of the few methods to independently collect digital platforms data. The proposed GDPR Omnibus amendment threatens to make such research impossible. Please sign the open letter: dsa40collaboratory.eu/open-letter-...

Today the European Commission unveiled its Digital Omnibus Package, reopening and weakening core parts of the EU’s digital rulebook, including crucial safeguards in the AI Act. This is a seriously concerning shift for rights and accountability in Europe. cdt.org/insights/cdt...

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture. They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

On elite college admission inequity: Kids from the top 1% are twice as likely to get into Ivy-Plus colleges as middle-class peers with same scores, a gap absent at public flagships. Advantage comes from legacy status, non-academic credentials, athletic recruitment (none predict post-college success)

No, YOU'RE crying on the train into work... xkcd.com/3172/

Baby names aren’t just personal choices; they reflect culture, geography, gender, identity, and as i've been investigating, politics too. I’ve been analyzing 50 years of U.S. baby naming to see how they map onto political polarization in the U.S. Here’s what I found 🧵

This is a very interesting paper but the empirical evidence presented for an increase in connectivity (in their Fig. 1E) is rather problematic. A little thread 👇(1/7):

it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance

This is a very interesting paper but the empirical evidence presented for an increase in connectivity (in their Fig. 1E) is rather problematic. A little thread 👇(1/7):

Kiesraad published a pre-release of the 2025 election results, but the data isn't analysis-friendly. Our @odissei-soda.bsky.social team turned it into an easy-to-use database for researchers. It’s open data and ready to explore. Download & code 👉 github.com/sodascience/...

Job Opportunity! We're looking for a post-doc or late doc to join our team at @gesis.org and @konsortswd.bsky.social (hi @nfdi.de)! You'll work on enhancing comparability of German survey data across projects & disciplines. Strong German skills & interest in social structure required. Check it out:

We wrote the Strain on scientific publishing to highlight the problems of time & trust. With a fantastic group of co-authors, we present The Drain of Scientific Publishing: a 🧵 1/n Drain: arxiv.org/abs/2511.04820 Strain: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/... Oligopoly: direct.mit.edu/qss/article/...

Registration is now open for the 2026 edition of our UU PhD summer school. Check out the not-to-be-missed speaker lineup 🤩🤩 signup now!! @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social @utrechtpmi.bsky.social @epsgraduateschool.bsky.social @rlberendsen.bsky.social @mproveniers.bsky.social @kaisakajala.bsky.social

Et tu, Cornell?

One of the greatest challenges of attending conferences (for me) is finding the time to properly process my notes afterwards

Look at the distribution of z-values from medical research!

Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

Ik ben ook wel eens sceptisch over de vele bijzondere leerstoelen, maar de suggestie van Peter de Waard in de @volkskrant.nl dat hoogleraren na een belletje van een nieuwsrubriek een "factuurtje mogen schrijven" lijkt me grote onzin. Een factuurtje aan wie dan? www.volkskrant.nl/columns-van-...

Milieudefensie, Urgenda, het Samenwerkingsverband van Marokkaanse Nederlanders, en WO=MEN: Volgens Yvonne Hofs in de @volkskrant.nl allemaal "linkse organisaties". Wie opkomt voor het milieu of vrouwenrechten of zelfs maar tot een minderheid behoort is blijkbaar per definitie links tegenwoordig

Geert Wilders, the far right leader in the Netherlands who's party lost considerably and is now is the second party by a small margin, is now spreading (false) rumors about election fraud, straight from the Trump playbook. Just as a reminder that what happens in the US has impact elsewhere

A Nature poll found that 75% of U.S. researchers are considering leaving the country. Guyz, even the *historians* are leaving or contemplating / likely to go. Including, at least 3 historians that I know of in my subfield. 😢

Recognizing talent is an underrated academic skill

On the “defeat” of the far right in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 The total number of far-right seats in the Tweede Kamer: 2021: 28 2023: 41 2025: 42 👈 And I don’t even count BBB here, which has radicalized significantly in the last year.

De politicologen worden blijkbaar almaar militanter. Wordt het tijd dat we ook gaan nadenken over een sociologenleger?

Ik wacht nog even met opgelucht ademhalen als je het goed vindt. D66 staat niet bekend om hun ruggengraat

Mag Sigrid Kaag Frans Timmermans opvolgen? 🙏

Exit polls for the Dutch general elections: the Left has never been smaller (says @tomwgvdmeer.bsky.social)