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Jason Reifler
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Political Science Prof at University of Southampton. I study misperceptions, fact-checking, and foreign policy attitudes. American in the UK. he/his (y'all whenever possible). Spurs #COYS.

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · Jun 12
The most popular thing I did on the old site was telling people about my rejections. Failure and rejection is a big part of academic life. It happens to all of us -- well, at least everyone I know. This thread lists mine and is founded on the hope it helps other people cope better with their own.

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Florence So @floriso.bsky.social · 12h
🌟 JOB ALERT! 🌟

I’m hiring 1 postdoc for my ERC project ECONENGAGE (@ Gothenburg 🇸🇪)! Starting ca. Aug '26! Congenial colleagues + int'l & supportive environment. 💸 for conferences + workshops! Lots of professional networking opportunities with scholars! Deadline Jan 7th. Apply! (see more below 🧵)
Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Science PAR 2025/838
The Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers and
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 1d
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for postdocs (for 2026-2028) from across diverse disciplines whose research sheds light on the challenges of our modern information environment, promotes civic health, and/or helps people/communities navigate online spaces: apply.interfolio.com/177901
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 1d
The UW Center for an Informed Public is looking for nominations of folks making a difference towards promoting civic health and helping people and communities navigate the complex information systems that we all seem to be caught up in. If you know of someone making impact, please nominate them!
cip.uw.edu Center for an Informed Public @cip.uw.edu · 4d
🧵We're seeking nominations for the CIP Award for Impact & Excellence, which recognizes outstanding contributions, achievements or bodies of work that advance civic health and promote an informed society by helping individuals, communities and institutions navigate complex information challenges.
A graphic reading "CIP Award for Impact & Excellence" set on an evening photo of UW Red Square with the broken obelisk sculpture and Kane Hall illuminated.

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Aurélia Bardon @aureliabardon.bsky.social · 1d
📣 We're hiring a postdoc in political science for our ReJust project @uni-konstanz.de!

Project with Dirk Leuffen @leuffen.bsky.social and Urs Fischbacher

3-year position | Deadline: Dec. 15, 2025 | Start: April 2026

Please share widely 🙏
Postdoctoral Research Position
Deadline: 15.12.2025
stellen.uni-konstanz.de

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 4d
As they say “Huge, if true”

(For context, something like 10^11 is the total number of humans who have ever lived)
littmath.bsky.social Daniel Litt @littmath.bsky.social · 4d
new trolley problem just dropped: Elon vs. 10^58 randomly chosen people. let's see what Grok has to say

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Daniel Litt @littmath.bsky.social · 4d
new trolley problem just dropped: Elon vs. 10^58 randomly chosen people. let's see what Grok has to say

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 7d
Troy Parrott might return to the PL and score a ton of goals. If so, great for him and would be wonderful if at Spurs. But, there are probably more examples of players who didn’t successfully move AZ Alkmaar goal scoring success to the PL (Janssen and Jozy Altidore both spring to mind).
jasonreifler.bsky.social Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 7d
Very happy to see that former Spurs academy player Troy Parrott is scoring goals for club and country.

For all those saying Spurs should have kept him, I’ll just point out that Vincent Janssen also scored a ton of goals for AZ Alkmaar. Just some perspective for those suffering seller’s remorse.

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, David Darmofal

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 7d
As AI becomes ever more sophisticated, its effects on those (like me) who use online surveys and experiments may be dire. (As one coauthor called it -- the botpocalypse!) The second POAL methods brief by the excellent @laurenleek.eu digs deeper into the problem. Very important reading!
poalab.bsky.social Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 7d
"Safeguarding data quality is no longer a single checkpoint but an end-to-end pipeline - one that reallocates substantial resources from sampling to continuous fraud monitoring"

Read our new POAL Methods Brief by @laurenleek.eu on dealing with AI bots in surveys!

Link: www.poal.co.uk/briefai.pdf
www.poal.co.uk

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 7d
Very happy to see that former Spurs academy player Troy Parrott is scoring goals for club and country.

For all those saying Spurs should have kept him, I’ll just point out that Vincent Janssen also scored a ton of goals for AZ Alkmaar. Just some perspective for those suffering seller’s remorse.

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 7d
Happy to report I am now a Tottenham Hotspur season ticket holder.

Oh my, what have I done?

Reposted by Justin H. Kirkland, Jason Reifler, David Darmofal

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Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 7d
"Safeguarding data quality is no longer a single checkpoint but an end-to-end pipeline - one that reallocates substantial resources from sampling to continuous fraud monitoring"

Read our new POAL Methods Brief by @laurenleek.eu on dealing with AI bots in surveys!

Link: www.poal.co.uk/briefai.pdf
www.poal.co.uk

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 10d
Marriage is crazy given how people change over time. When we got married, my wife preferred smooth peanut butter and I was a crunchy evangelist. In 22+ years, our positions have entirely switched. Do we even know each other anymore?

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 15d
Part of POAL's mission is to apply our expertise in public opinion and behavior research beyond academia. We are developing a consultancy arm — if our skills can help you, we'd love to talk.

@miriamsorace.bsky.social @poalab.bsky.social

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 15d
The Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) is a collaboration by Southampton, Reading, and the LSE to leverage our strengths in public opinion research for academia and beyond. Today we've published our first methods brief— a short primer on conjoint experiments by the fantastic Thomas Robinson (LSE).
poalab.bsky.social Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 15d
"While testing one dimension at a time can yield simple results, those effects may not generalise to richer, real-world contexts."

Read our new POAL Methods Briefs on Conjoint Experiments from Thomas Robinson!

Link: www.poal.co.uk/research/met...
Public Opinion Analytics Lab
The website of the Public Opinion Analytics Lab
www.poal.co.uk

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Public Opinion Analytics Lab (POAL) @poalab.bsky.social · 15d
"While testing one dimension at a time can yield simple results, those effects may not generalise to richer, real-world contexts."

Read our new POAL Methods Briefs on Conjoint Experiments from Thomas Robinson!

Link: www.poal.co.uk/research/met...
Public Opinion Analytics Lab
The website of the Public Opinion Analytics Lab
www.poal.co.uk

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 20d
Van de Ven has submitted his Puskas entry.

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 24d
If you just took the songs that are covers (I’m counting the Meat Puppets songs even though they joined) it would probably be the best covers EP of all time.

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · 25d
Reject. Needs more theory.

(Actually, I love it. Accept!)

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · Oct 24
Does the money really even exist? Who does this, versus say buy Trump crypto? Seems just as like that there’s a fictional donor (repurpose money in some way? Just owning the libs as they chase a made up thing? Who knows?). All options are bad & we don’t even know what bad we’re trying to discover.

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · Oct 23
Grass torn underfoot,
the ball slips through nervous feet—
passes lost, hopes fade.

(Slight human editing from ChatGPT prompt of “Write a haiku reflecting the struggles of a soccer team struggling to retain possession and generate good attack”)

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · Oct 17
Rage Against The Bastards
riddley82.bsky.social Ross that Simpsons guy @riddley82.bsky.social · Oct 17
Improve a bands name by using the word Bastard...

Red Hot Chilli Bastards.

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · Oct 17
Rage Against The Bastards

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Ross that Simpsons guy @riddley82.bsky.social · Oct 17
Improve a bands name by using the word Bastard...

Red Hot Chilli Bastards.

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · Oct 14
The brief moment of happiness as Sisyphus watches the boulder roll down the hill.

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · Oct 10
As noted by others, I’m enjoying Marinakis struggling. MGW saga led to learning more about EM, and he seems a very shady dude. I wish struggles happening with someone else and that Ange was revitalizing a team somewhere. (I also think Forest fans deserve a better owner.)

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Matt Graham @mattgraham.bsky.social · Oct 8
Temple Political Science is hiring in International Relations, specializing in security.

Temple is Philadelphia's public university. We play an important role in our community & serve many inspiring students. Plus, Philadelphia is a great place to live. Apply!
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Oct 8
NEW - 'The Power of the Crowd: How the Public Can Both Spoil and Improve Social Media as a Source of Information'

This Cambridge Element by F. Stöckel, S. Stöckli, B.A. Lyons, H. Kroker & @jasonreifler.bsky.social is free to read for 2 weeks.

cup.org/4344Tyl

#cambridgeelements #politics #Polisky
Cover titled "The Power of the Crowd" by Sabrina Stöckli, Benjamin A. Lyons, and Hannah Krekler, published by Cambridge Elements in Political Science. The cover features a vibrant, multicolored geometric background.

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Jean-François Bonnefon @jfbonnefon.bsky.social · Oct 7
Taylor Swift singing about peer review
It's actually sweet All the time you've spent on me It's honestly wild All the effort you've put in It's actually romantic Stop talking dirty to me It sounded nasty, but it Feels like you're flirting with me

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · Oct 7
I think there’s a Full Monty joke in here somewhere, but can’t quite uncover it.

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Jason Reifler @jasonreifler.bsky.social · Oct 7
“If we read this bad faith thing as if it were good faith, it doesn’t sound that bad.”

10/10, no notes.
brendannyhan.bsky.social Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Oct 6
Danielle Allen fails the Lando test / lives out the Arrested Development meme: "A deal on the core principles in a compact could then become a framework for negotiating on legislation." Come ON. With this administration and this Congress?
therenovator.substack.com/p/why-im-exc...