Alexis Santos
@appdemography.bsky.social
Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 + Dog lover + Salsa/Music Enthusiast.
Twitter retiree.
I study Demography and Population Health. Trained in Economics.
www.alexisrsantos.com
Twitter retiree.
I study Demography and Population Health. Trained in Economics.
www.alexisrsantos.com
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Alexis Santos
@appdemography.bsky.social
· Feb 12
A republic, if you can keep it. - Benjamin Franklin
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My new faculty orientation in 2011 featured two messages: “get grants and don’t have sex with students.” I thought it was odd because both points seemed obvious, but as the Epstein emails suggest, for many academic men the later wasn’t nearly as obvious as it should have been.
November 17, 2025 at 12:00 AM
My new faculty orientation in 2011 featured two messages: “get grants and don’t have sex with students.” I thought it was odd because both points seemed obvious, but as the Epstein emails suggest, for many academic men the later wasn’t nearly as obvious as it should have been.
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Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Call for Papers!
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
Submit your paper for the conference: 'Kinship Structures, Dynamics and Inequalities', taking place on 8 and 9 June 2026 @mpidr.bsky.social in Rostock organized by @demography.bsky.social, @iussp.bsky.social +coll.
Deadline: 21 January 2026
www.demogr.mpg.de/go/kinship-conference
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Book Review:
A Little History of Mathematics
Author: @snezanalawrence.bsky.social
Published in Annals of Science and #FREE to read! @tandfresearch.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Little History of Mathematics
Author: @snezanalawrence.bsky.social
Published in Annals of Science and #FREE to read! @tandfresearch.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Book Review:
A Little History of Mathematics
Author: @snezanalawrence.bsky.social
Published in Annals of Science and #FREE to read! @tandfresearch.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A Little History of Mathematics
Author: @snezanalawrence.bsky.social
Published in Annals of Science and #FREE to read! @tandfresearch.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our article on historical demography of #PuertoRico is out!
In times of economic transformations/instability, birth patterns in PR are disrupted 🇵🇷.
Thanks @hathitrust.bsky.social for making these data accessible and to @pennstateuniv.bsky.social!
coauthored with Wilmarí De Jesús.
In times of economic transformations/instability, birth patterns in PR are disrupted 🇵🇷.
Thanks @hathitrust.bsky.social for making these data accessible and to @pennstateuniv.bsky.social!
coauthored with Wilmarí De Jesús.
Season of birth in Puerto Rico: Rethinking changes in patterns using 90 years of births occurring under US occupation
This article examines birth seasonality in Puerto Rico and explores whether patterns shift during periods of economic transformation. We compiled monthly birth counts for approximately 5.64 million...
www.tandfonline.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Our article on historical demography of #PuertoRico is out!
In times of economic transformations/instability, birth patterns in PR are disrupted 🇵🇷.
Thanks @hathitrust.bsky.social for making these data accessible and to @pennstateuniv.bsky.social!
coauthored with Wilmarí De Jesús.
In times of economic transformations/instability, birth patterns in PR are disrupted 🇵🇷.
Thanks @hathitrust.bsky.social for making these data accessible and to @pennstateuniv.bsky.social!
coauthored with Wilmarí De Jesús.
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3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
S. Carolina RE-Intros Bill To Kill Women For Getting An Abortion
Here's what's in the bill, why it is so dangerous, and the meaningful steps you can take to fight back, support women's health, and help block this bill from becoming law
www.qasimrashid.com
October 6, 2025 at 10:58 PM
3 MAGA extremists have re-intro'd a bill that allows South Carolina to execute women who receive an abortion. If you haven't heard about S 323, it's because corporate media has completely ignored it.
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
Here's the overview, the sponsors, & how to fight back:
www.qasimrashid.com/p/s-carolina...
Top Feeling: a journal acceptance on Monday AM!
a yellow and black cartoon character with a pink nose and mouth
ALT: a yellow and black cartoon character with a pink nose and mouth
media.tenor.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Top Feeling: a journal acceptance on Monday AM!
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🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
High rates of polygyny do not lock large proportions of men out of the marriage market | PNAS
There is a widespread belief, in both the scholarly literature and the popular press,
that polygyny prevents large numbers of men from marrying by ...
www.pnas.org
October 6, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🚨 The Economist has been telling you for years that polygamy causes civil war by locking men out of marriage. A new article with @rebeccasear.bsky.social and @anthrolog.bsky.social explains that the demography of marriage markets doesn't actually work that way. 🧵
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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The @popassocamerica.bsky.social deadline is coming up on Sunday 📆
I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health.
I look forward to reading your work in this area!
I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health.
I look forward to reading your work in this area!
September 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The @popassocamerica.bsky.social deadline is coming up on Sunday 📆
I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health.
I look forward to reading your work in this area!
I welcome submissions to Session 708: Older Workers, Longer Working Lives, and Health.
I look forward to reading your work in this area!
Have they endorsed @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social? What happened to Vote Blue No Matter Who? @democrats.org
October 1, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Have they endorsed @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social? What happened to Vote Blue No Matter Who? @democrats.org
A lot of people will need to update their slides :D
Life satisfaction mostly declines with age. Previous findings (esp. the famous U-shaped age-SWB trajectory) were artifacts of misspecified models. doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
September 30, 2025 at 6:58 PM
A lot of people will need to update their slides :D
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✨ Want to use quant methods to study crime, desistance and intimate partner violence? A *funded PhD* at @demosocupf.bsky.social is opening soon! DM if you are interested 📬
August 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
✨ Want to use quant methods to study crime, desistance and intimate partner violence? A *funded PhD* at @demosocupf.bsky.social is opening soon! DM if you are interested 📬
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Sam the rural health advoCATe applauds this exploration of a disease with a higher rural burden.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Geographic Disparities in Tobacco Treatment for COPD
This cohort study evaluates whether rural residence or physical distance to a specialty clinic are associated with the prescription of comprehensive tobacco dependence treatment among individuals with...
jamanetwork.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Sam the rural health advoCATe applauds this exploration of a disease with a higher rural burden.
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
#PowerOfRuralCats
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
August 13, 2025 at 6:06 AM
This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.
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Netanyahu said Monday there is "no starvation" in Gaza.
Netanyahu is a war criminal.
youtu.be/ejPzTSeB_OI?...
Netanyahu is a war criminal.
youtu.be/ejPzTSeB_OI?...
Netanyahu denies starvation in Gaza as images of emaciated children spark global outcry
YouTube video by CBS Evening News
youtu.be
July 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Netanyahu said Monday there is "no starvation" in Gaza.
Netanyahu is a war criminal.
youtu.be/ejPzTSeB_OI?...
Netanyahu is a war criminal.
youtu.be/ejPzTSeB_OI?...
My mom has kept issues of ArcUser received in my home in Puerto Rico since Spring 2019! Wow!
What do I do with them?
What do I do with them?
July 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My mom has kept issues of ArcUser received in my home in Puerto Rico since Spring 2019! Wow!
What do I do with them?
What do I do with them?
Our work on Demographic Aging in Ecuador has been published ahead of print in #TheGerontologist
academic.oup.com/gerontologis...
academic.oup.com/gerontologis...
Demographic Shifts and Aging in the Middle of the World: Health Challenges and Policy Opportunities in Ecuador
Abstract. Ecuador is a middle-income country in South America with approximately 18 million residents. While still young, the country is undergoing a demog
academic.oup.com
July 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our work on Demographic Aging in Ecuador has been published ahead of print in #TheGerontologist
academic.oup.com/gerontologis...
academic.oup.com/gerontologis...
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I’m thrilled to share new work out in Social Networks!
In this project, randomly allocating students to teams permitted identifying causal effects of co-membership.
Thanks to Sarah Gordon, Wayne Baker, Jose Uribe, and Cassandra Chambers for bringing me on!
Ful article: 📄 lnkd.in/e9TyvnRX
In this project, randomly allocating students to teams permitted identifying causal effects of co-membership.
Thanks to Sarah Gordon, Wayne Baker, Jose Uribe, and Cassandra Chambers for bringing me on!
Ful article: 📄 lnkd.in/e9TyvnRX
July 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I’m thrilled to share new work out in Social Networks!
In this project, randomly allocating students to teams permitted identifying causal effects of co-membership.
Thanks to Sarah Gordon, Wayne Baker, Jose Uribe, and Cassandra Chambers for bringing me on!
Ful article: 📄 lnkd.in/e9TyvnRX
In this project, randomly allocating students to teams permitted identifying causal effects of co-membership.
Thanks to Sarah Gordon, Wayne Baker, Jose Uribe, and Cassandra Chambers for bringing me on!
Ful article: 📄 lnkd.in/e9TyvnRX
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My student has worked so hard. He just turned in his final dissertation chapter draft …. It is so good! … I AM CERTAINLY NOT EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW …
a cartoon horse is screaming with its mouth wide open in the desert .
ALT: a cartoon horse is screaming with its mouth wide open in the desert .
media.tenor.com
July 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My student has worked so hard. He just turned in his final dissertation chapter draft …. It is so good! … I AM CERTAINLY NOT EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW …
I hate that my friend moved from Los Angeles to Chicago! I used to be able to call him at EST Midnight and talk for an hour. He should go back to Los Angeles as it is move convenient for me.
July 6, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I hate that my friend moved from Los Angeles to Chicago! I used to be able to call him at EST Midnight and talk for an hour. He should go back to Los Angeles as it is move convenient for me.
Time for some good old phrenology!
“Zohran Mamdani claims to be Indian and African despite clearly being mesaticephalic and having cheekbones that indicate he is prone to lower sentiments and Philoprogenitiveness”
a cartoon character is touching a statue of a man 's head that says phrenology
Alt: a cartoon character is touching a statue of a man 's head that says phrenology
media.tenor.com
July 3, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Time for some good old phrenology!
Anybody with a Kindergarten diploma could have told him this.
July 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Anybody with a Kindergarten diploma could have told him this.
Fetterman is probably one of the worse disappointments we’ve had as voters in PA. Voted for a so called “liberal” and turns out he is OK with a bunch of Trump agenda. For shame,
@fetterman.senate.gov …
@fetterman.senate.gov …
June 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Fetterman is probably one of the worse disappointments we’ve had as voters in PA. Voted for a so called “liberal” and turns out he is OK with a bunch of Trump agenda. For shame,
@fetterman.senate.gov …
@fetterman.senate.gov …
Free Markets have failed the people 100% of the time. Yet, we always justify such failures. Why not try a new way?
June 27, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Free Markets have failed the people 100% of the time. Yet, we always justify such failures. Why not try a new way?