Re this absurdity on the HUD homepage right now, a federal employee told me: "I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."

Another great talk, this time from Nick Ottone @nottone.bsky.social at @priec.bsky.social on the impact of group based diversity on downstream sentencing decisions (He’s on the market!! Look out, he’s on the way up!!)

the free press trying to make a scandal out of reading robert dahl is very funny (shoutout to dahl, one of the best to ever do it)

An interesting example of “outside lobbying” in the wild!

A new pup!

Let he who has not sought friendlier data cast the first stone

Excited to see this column with Limor Peer published in Harvard Data Science Review! Also very mystified by the (seemingly AI-generated) thumbnail! hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/suy0nbh5...

Is this not popularism

Original thought alert! Very strange how this same party attacked Michelle Obama’s healthy school lunches and Bloomberg’s Big Gulp ban as “nanny state” intrusions on their precious liberties. Would read a book on this evolution.

NYU School of Law has told 31 pro-Palestine students they must sign away their right to protest if they want to return to campus and sit exams. theintercept.com/2025/05/03/n...

This is high art

For this very reason, I really don't think it's a coincidence that mass deregulation has been ordered by a big-time government contractor, who would have a LOT of contact with regulators. Why we should be normatively concerned about government contractors' lobbying and influence!

So excited that this study is finally published! We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨

So excited that this study is finally published! We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨

"Electoral Turnover and Government Efficiency: Evidence from Federal Procurement" by Kyuwon Lee. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

The federal government spends a lot on contracts with outside organizations — most of it in places where DOGE isn't cutting. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges. This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.

You are right that we should be looking outside the US for understanding but I’d also say probably some of the work on authoritarianism in the US are relevant. A non-Cambridge book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Social housing funding appears poised to pass by a wide margin in Seattle. The Prop 1A version to enact an excise tax on employers with highly compensated employees is leading with 58% of the vote.

Hot off the presses: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...

Trump isnt just trying to impound appropriated but unobligated funding. He's frozen dispersement of billions of dollars of CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED funds. Whatever you think about the validity of impounding unobligated funds, this is quite clearly a direct and widespread violation of contract law. 🧵

Me researching and reporting: Haha!! Fuck yeah! Yes!! Me writing: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

#OpenAccess from our new issue - Shared Demographic Characteristics Do Not Reliably Facilitate Persuasion in Interpersonal Conversations: Evidence from Eight Experiments - cup.org/4getJPI - @dbroockman.bsky.social, @jkalla.bsky.social, @nottone.bsky.social, Erik Santoro & @amandaweiss.bsky.social

My baby sister is a UCLA undergrad and I'm sending texts every six hours like "ARE YOU STILL OKAY DO YOU HAVE A GO-BAG???" Anyhow re-upping mutual aid resources in the greater Los Angeles area: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

When Twitter was still useful, I’d post a year-end list of art I had enjoyed. Here’s my list for 2024: Abbott Elementary Just for Us (Edelman) Anora Decameron His Three Daughters Get on Your Knees (Novak) Merrily We Roll Along Oh, so we have to keep doing this forever (Petri) Outsiders Sing Sing

Constrained market, little competition, excessive complexity, uninterrogatable pricing, no government subject matter experts, a one-way ratchet on pricing...it's all a recipe for adding an extra zero to the price tag of every big project.

At the scene of the Amazon strike: The NYPD has now erected barricades to allow Amazon contractors to enter and leave the distribution center, helping Amazon break the picket line.

NYU Campus Security and Administration is totally out of control. On Wednesday - I filmed a peaceful protest in Bobst library for two hours. Yesterday at 2pm while at home, I received an email explaining that I’ve been designated “persona non grata” and banned from several buildings on campus.

Research: fun?

Hey everyone! I'm working on an experimental project with text as data. Does anyone know of a dictionary of words about race or racism in the American context, such that one could use it to detect participants talking about race in web chat data? Any help appreciated!

Thrilled that this article is out! And just in time for anyone who needed holiday reading! Catch up on the latest persuasion research in between dinner and football.

Nonprofits who contract with the city on crucial services say they’re owed millions on unpaid and/or unregistered /delayed contracts. They’re mulling layoffs or service cuts — but the city says everything is fine: www.thecity.nyc/2024/11/26/n... @thecity.bsky.social

@nottone.bsky.social and I have made a starter pack of Junior Quant Americanists! If you want to understand American politics and policy through research by cutting-edge (mostly ABD/postdoc) researchers, then this is the list for you. Let us know who we are missing! go.bsky.app/KKmVtH6

Congestion pricing saved by negative polarization?

I'm on team Theda Skocpol/Hahrie Han on this. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

oh, so we have to keep doing this forever wapo.st/4fkUVgo

For one week, every four years, the best job in America is well-respected pollster with deep knowledge of a swing state’s idiosyncratic electorate.

Apropos of an indictment, the Eric Adams quote that has taken up residence in my head: “If I see a piece of chicken, I’m going to nibble on it.”

I will NEVER understand why people think qual research is easier. It is NOT. Omg I’m dying over here. (But it’s really rewarding!!)

Academics love to say "most famously" and then describe a fact that 9 people in the world are aware of

Why not report positive/negative favorability without adjusting for people who don’t know what you’re talking about? Or at least report DK/NAs up front? -5 is far worse for a recently introduced VP than like the sitting President, for example, but we don’t get that context.

So excited to see Amanda’s really impressive JMP out in the world, and I cannot wait for others to read and cite it!

Paper conditionally accepted to BJPS! "Beyond Retraumatization: Trauma-Informed Political Science Research" (osf.io/rvksp) Robust ethical frameworks improve the experience of research participants and help us get richer, more complete data. polisky

What on earth did I do to get put on the RFK Jr mailing list

In case anyone needs a refresher on what government does, I’ve got you covered.

After a student asked me about borrowing a book for class, I tried to find a good guide to legal, free sources of academic e-books and I couldn't... so I made one! tinyurl.com/book-resources *So many* fantastic online libraries out there, not to mention open-access textbooks.