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Alexis Santos

@appdemography.bsky.social

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Puerto Rican 🇵🇷 + Dog lover + Salsa/Music Enthusiast. 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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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 4d

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...

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

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · 5d

Top Feeling: a journal acceptance on Monday AM!

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Hampton Gaddy @hggaddy.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 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. 🧵

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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 ...

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · 5d

It was not Toby.

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Leah Abrams @leahrabrams.bsky.social · 10d

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!

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · 10d

Have they endorsed @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social? What happened to Vote Blue No Matter Who? @democrats.org

Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · 10d

A lot of people will need to update their slides :D

Tamkinat Rauf @tsrauf.bsky.social · 12d

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/...

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Marti Rovira @mrovira.bsky.social · Aug 28

✨ 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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@janprobst.bsky.social @janprobst.bsky.social · Aug 27

Sam the rural health advoCATe applauds this exploration of a disease with a higher rural burden.
#PowerOfRuralCats
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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...

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America Xanadu @johnxuandou.bsky.social · Aug 13

This is one of the most beautiful things I have witnessed, the craft here is impeccable.

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · Jul 29

Netanyahu said Monday there is "no starvation" in Gaza.

Netanyahu is a war criminal.

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Netanyahu denies starvation in Gaza as images of emaciated children spark global outcry

YouTube video by CBS Evening News

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 29

Scratch that … SUMMER 2017!

Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 29

My mom has kept issues of ArcUser received in my home in Puerto Rico since Spring 2019! Wow!

What do I do with them?

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 28

Our work on Demographic Aging in Ecuador has been published ahead of print in #TheGerontologist

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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

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 28

Congratulations Dr. Arribas Colmenar!

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Bruce Desmarais @brucedesmarais.bsky.social · Jul 24

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

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Jen @jdloverr63.bsky.social · Jul 19

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 17

What opposition?

Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 16

What baby elephant?

Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 12

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 …

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 6

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.

Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 5

The New York Times is doing a really bad work at journalism by giving a microphone and amplifying the voices of people who have supported eugenics views and the so called “pro-birth” movement. THIS IS NOT NEWSWORTHY!

Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 3

Time for some good old phrenology!

Eme Flores @emeflores.bsky.social · Jul 3

“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”

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jul 3

Anybody with a Kindergarten diploma could have told him this.

Freedom Writers Collaborative @fwcollaborative.bsky.social · Jul 3

Trump Says Call with Putin Yields No Progress on Ukraine Cease-Fire

The apparent impasse came during a roughly hourlong conversation between the leaders on Thursday morning.

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Alexis Santos @appdemography.bsky.social · Jun 28

Fetterman, you are an accomplice to TRUMP. Such a dissapointment man … I believed in you.