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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Aug 27

Given the return of blue books in higher education, why not?

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Jun 20

Which command?

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Jun 2

Bravo

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · May 31

I see this “If there’s money for a parade, there’s money for Medicaid!” slogan, and, while I appreciate the sentiment, logically it feels equivalent to “If you can afford a pet, you can afford a jet!”

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · May 30

Juicero 2.0

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · May 26

Hard numbers on the Bluesky death spiral.

Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · May 26

(It’s also probably an issue that we’ve gone from 1.8 to 1.3 million users in like two months if you’re trying to take the long view on setting up an account)

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Boo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · May 26

(It’s also probably an issue that we’ve gone from 1.8 to 1.3 million users in like two months if you’re trying to take the long view on setting up an account)

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Retraction Watch @retractionwatch.com · May 25

"In extremely rare move, Harvard revokes tenure and cuts ties with star business professor" Francesca Gino

In extremely rare move, Harvard revokes tenure and cuts ties with star business professor

An internal investigation had found that Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino’s research on why people lie and cheat was based on falsified data.

www.wgbh.org

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Apr 19

The hounds have been released at the annual Hoppin’ Hounds Easter Treat Hunt.

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Klaus Pforr @klauspforr.bsky.social · Apr 11

Interesting review paper on nonprob online samples by @jeremyfreese.bsky.social and Olivia Jin
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Online Nonprobability Samples | Annual Reviews

Online nonprobability samples provide social scientists with opportunities to conduct surveys and experiments on large, diverse samples at modest prices. Researchers may find bewildering the options o...

www.annualreviews.org

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Apr 4

*raises hand*

The Onion @theonion.com · Apr 4

Nation Could Have Sworn Russell Brand Was Already Convicted Sex Offender

NEW YORK—Stressing that the memory seemed so fresh and vivid in their minds, the confused nation announced Monday that they could have sworn British entertainer Russell Brand was already a convicted s...

theonion.com

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The Onion @theonion.com · Apr 4

Nation Could Have Sworn Russell Brand Was Already Convicted Sex Offender

NEW YORK—Stressing that the memory seemed so fresh and vivid in their minds, the confused nation announced Monday that they could have sworn British entertainer Russell Brand was already a convicted s...

theonion.com

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Apr 1

No greater condescension.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 20

These are precisely the times when it is most important to share the gummi bears with others.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 14

Yeah, but I think university policy could address that. Like it could formalize that a 2 hour exam slot means an exam that reasonably could be expected to be finished by most students in less than 1 hour.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 14

If trends continue, it won’t be that long until the proportion of students with disability accommodations at schools like Stanford passes 50%. I feel like when it does the school should just shift to formally assuming the most common accommodations are universal.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 12

16th?

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 11

If you have a loved one and a PS5, I cannot recommend Split Fiction highly enough if you want a fun distraction from everything else. (Does not require significant thumb capital to play successfully.)

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 11

The opposite. The US President forced Canada to take part of the US that was all toxic waste.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 8

The third talk should have been “Who will pay for the drinks and reception of the future?”

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 6

Sure, a lot of bad stuff going on so it’s fortunate that I’m still riding this high from a couple days ago.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 6

Huh. I’ve had two that I can recall done by my host as part of the intro for talks I have given. (One was in Canada, tho.)

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thanks. They’ve also seemed commonplace at local theater performances here in the Bay Area.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Mar 6

“Three or four land acknowledgements in ten years”? Huh. Is that others’ experience? Whether Bay Area or academia, I certainly have experienced them far more than that.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Mar 6

i’m sorry, i’m tired of this shit. there was no pronoun policing. i have encountered exactly three or four land acknowledgments in like ten years, and the most you’ll hear about “intersectionality” is in liberal nonprofits. this is just freefloating resentment masquerading as analysis.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Mar 6

Elissa Slotkin told Tim Alberta why her response to Trump's joint address did not touch on a laundry list of priorities from various advocacy groups.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Mar 6

i’m sorry, i’m tired of this shit. there was no pronoun policing. i have encountered exactly three or four land acknowledgments in like ten years, and the most you’ll hear about “intersectionality” is in liberal nonprofits. this is just freefloating resentment masquerading as analysis.

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · Mar 6

Elissa Slotkin told Tim Alberta why her response to Trump's joint address did not touch on a laundry list of priorities from various advocacy groups.
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

None of this would seem a revolutionary approach to rhetoric. Still, it was fraught with risk all the same: Democrats “have been on their heels since the election,” Slotkin told me, and the party faithful have been agitating since January 20 for someone, anyone, to stand up to Trump. The announcement of Slotkin had already been met with grumbling from progressives online; anything short of oratorical firebolts would confirm the complacent, feckless approach of the D.C. governing class.

Slotkin viewed the stakes somewhat differently: This speech could, at least symbolically, commence a new chapter of Democratic Party opposition to a president whose success is inextricable from the tone-deaf ineptitude of Democratic Party opposition. If her team’s resistance to Trump’s first term was marked by hysteria and hashtags—all the land acknowledgments and pronoun policing and intersectionality initiatives—Slotkin saw last night the opportunity to set a different tone.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Feb 27

This is great. Thanks for writing it.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Feb 20

Yeah, it is too overwhelming.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Feb 18

Finally exasperated enough by Google’s search engine that i am going to give going all-in on DuckDuckGo a whirl for awhile.

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Jeremy Freese @jeremyfreese.bsky.social · Feb 12

This is not a time for weakness. Looking at the theme when you do the NYT’s Strands puzzle is weakness. Be strong.

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Feb 12

Stand Up for Science rallies will be held in DC and state capitals on March 7th. Share with friends. Sign-up here to get email updates with details: www.eventbrite.com/e/stand-up-f...

STAND UP FOR SCIENCE 2025 - DC and NATIONWIDE

Stand up for science with us on March 7th, 2025, because science is for everyone! More info at www.standupforscience2025.org

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