3% of US adults say they have had cosmetic plastic surgery.

Check out our new @pewresearch.org report that finds that people in middle-income countries say climate change is affecting their community, and that majorities in these countries are willing to alter the way they live and work to reduce effects of climate change 👇 pewrsr.ch/4oksDHb

This graph never fails to be shocking: "The US has experienced the earliest and greatest slowdown in life expectancy improvements among higher-income countries, reported Eileen Crimmins. “We have horrible life expectancy—and it’s getting worse and worse”" www.prb.org/resources/se...

NEW from @pewresearch.org: Two-thirds of Democrats say their own party makes them feel frustrated. By far the biggest source of this frustration is the feeling that their party isn't pushing back hard enough against the Trump administration. www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

A secular transition is happening in countries around the world. Detailed explanation🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41.... Many Muslim-majority countries, Hindu-majority India in early stage. Countries with large Buddhist & Christian populations in later stages. Blog: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Most Americans say Trump has improperly used his office to: 💠Punish those who say things he does not like (66%) 💠Encourage federal investigations of his political opponents (62%) 💠Enrich himself or his friends and family (61%)

The AAPOR Task Force on 2024 Pre-Election Polling has released its final report today. aapor.org/wp-content/u...

We've done a little on this, and it would be great to do more. Here's a 2022 report on knowledge about international news (obviously many of these items are outdated now): www.pewresearch.org/global/2022/...

Yesterday I was telling my daughter about @ichotiner.bsky.social and the power of a good question (and a good follow-up)... and today this excellent Q&A with the guy lands. www.cjr.org/the-intervie...

Someone recommended the movie They Came Together (2014) to me on twitter a couple years ago and it was the funniest shit ever

Met so many great people and made and maintained good friends. Gained lots of confidence. Mostly thanks to Twitter and creating a fursona to put on it. It was fun and I've never been more known in any other way. I was very sad when I left. Still am.

The United Nations estimates that 6.2 million babies will be born this year across the continent of Europe, including Russia. A greater number of babies are expected to be born in Nigeria alone - 7.6 million kids! population.un.org/dataportal/d...

Please repost: We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

Guess I know why my plane has been waiting to take off … heading early to #SSSR2025 @sssreligion.bsky.social conference but we’ve been stuck on tarmac …

So happy to see Matt's EXCELLENT paper out in the world. I originally agreed to pitch in with sermon transcript analyses largely because I have a soft spot for grad students with overly ambitious plans, and I'm so impressed by how it all turned out.

A lovely thread

Are men and women different? Most Americans say yes in many ways, but there’s little agreement on what’s driving these differences. Republicans tend to point to biology, while Democrats are more likely to point to societal expectations. Read more: pewrsr.ch/3Nx6tkh

As a graduate student, Cristobal Young demonstrated that findings from a prominent study didn't hold up beyond a very narrow set of modeling decisions. I just learned Cristobal has written a book ("Multiverse Analysis") about generating robust results. Ordered! www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...

#AcademicSky Phooey I can't remember enough details to find this again. It's a cool article (blog post?) about how an incorrect fact moves through citations to citations that includes identifying the original & having the original author wade in with apology. Anybody remember this? 1/

65% of Americans are very concerned about the price of food and consumer goods. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/10/03/most-americans-continue-to-rate-the-us-economy-negatively-as-partisan-gap-widens/

Sociologists are far behind economists and political scientists when it comes to sharing data and code, as @jeremyfreese.bsky.social wrote nearly 20 years ago. Alas, there has been little change since then, especially in flagship @asanews.bsky.social journals. boydetective.net/docs/freese-...

Best advice?

Top states for data centers: 1. Virginia (643) 2. Texas (395) 3. California (319) www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Thanks to everyone who shared the opening below, including 156 people here, 34 on LinkedIn and 13 on X. A few notes: 💠@pewresearch.org is a great place to work! 💠In 2026, we'll work in person 3 days a week from our DC office. Sorry, no remote positions. 💠Yes, housing in the DC area is expensive.

86% of Democrats say the U.S. should prioritize expanding wind & solar production 67% of Republicans say it's more important to get energy from fossil fuel sources 🧪

Please repost: We're looking for an excellent writer/editor with strong data journalism skills to join the religion team at @pewresearch.org. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

86% of Democrats say the U.S. should prioritize expanding wind & solar production 67% of Republicans say it's more important to get energy from fossil fuel sources 🧪

59% of U.S. adults now favor more nuclear power plants to generate electricity, up from 43% in 2020. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 🧪

Nuclear reactors built or under construction since 2013 US: 2 China: 46

Thinking about the possibility of violent extremism, ... most Democrats (76%) say right-wing extremism is a major problem ... most Republicans (77%) say left-wing extremism is a major problem www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

16% of Americans say Donald Trump has definitely set a high moral standard for the presidency.

38% of Americans can't name anything they like about the Republican Party & 38% of Americans can't name anything they like about the Democratic Party. news.gallup.com/poll/696635/...

In 2024, 68 million Hispanics made up 20% of the U.S. population. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

After taking a year off from writing alt text for @clipart.bsky.social, I'm finally back at it. Now up to 160,000(!) words total, every single one written by me. Like this 90% true story about Albert Stubblebine, a real name I could have never made up on my own.

More Americans can name what each party is doing wrong than can name what the party is doing right.

38% of Americans can't name anything they like about the Republican Party & 38% of Americans can't name anything they like about the Democratic Party. news.gallup.com/poll/696635/...

Aside from academic journals, where would you most like to see your research discussed?

What is essential to Christianity, according to U.S. Christians Honesty 86% Kindness 85% Belief in God 85% Relationship with Jesus 76% Helping needy 66% Community 33% Family traditions 29% Loving America 29% Going to church 28%

Next week 500 social scientists will gather in Minneapolis for the annual Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (@sssreligion.bsky.social) conference. The program lists the intriguing topics & titles of papers sssreligion.org/annual-meeti.... Does this sound interesting or dreadful to you?

What is even more amazing is how he got his "data"--crowd sourced from letters he sent to ~200 people. "Tell me when this arrives"

68% of U.S. adults say religion is losing influence in American life. www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

This fantastic map by Francis Galton shows travel time from London to the rest of the world in 1881.

For data on the size of religious groups, please check out our @pewresearch.org estimates for 7 groups in 201 countries & territories:

29% of U.S. Christians say 'loving your country' is essential to being Christian. www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

Say there's conflict between their own religious beliefs & mainstream American culture White evangelicals 80% Jews 62% Atheists 61% Black Protestants 58% www.pewresearch.org/religion/202...

How religious is each state? bit.ly/46mkTwp

Americans’ views about religion in public life are shifting: - Growing shares say religion is gaining influence. - Growing shares have a positive view of religion's role in society. - Growing shares feel conflict btw their religious beliefs and the mainstream. New Pew report: pewrsr.ch/3J3oE2s

I will never forget when we flew down to my BIL’s wedding. My husband was the best man. The night before the wedding he realized he’d left his suit a thousand+ miles away at home. It was after stores closed. They were taking wedding photos the next morning before those stores opened. Desperate…

Hard to explain how common Tekton used to be. Everything was typeset in Tekton for a while—it was considered immensely cool. The idea of type with character (in this case architectural) finally met up with legibility and screen/print output capacity. (This is from a mid-1990s high school yearbook)