Brad Jones
@bradjones.bsky.social
Senior Research Director, YouGov; Formerly Meta; Even more formerly Pew Research Center
@today.yougov.com have we considered a cross promotion?
would I buy a crunch.io breakfast cereal, probably
For a minute I thought this said demographic crunch.
November 22, 2025 at 8:40 PM
@today.yougov.com have we considered a cross promotion?
Having spent a few unhappy months working for Meta, this rings very true
re: roblox dude's interview crashout. the thing he wants to say but can't is "at scale, kids are gonna get hurt. that is the price for scale." the thing nobody wants to say out loud is "maybe scaling to a level where harm isn't manageable is bad, and scale should be contained"
November 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Having spent a few unhappy months working for Meta, this rings very true
Reposted by Brad Jones
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
Reposted by Brad Jones
I want a god
as my accomplice
who spends nights
in houses
of ill repute
and gets up late
on Saturdays
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
I want a
more godlike
god
Prayer, by Francisco X. Alarcón www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
as my accomplice
who spends nights
in houses
of ill repute
and gets up late
on Saturdays
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
I want a
more godlike
god
Prayer, by Francisco X. Alarcón www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I want a god
as my accomplice
who spends nights
in houses
of ill repute
and gets up late
on Saturdays
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
I want a
more godlike
god
Prayer, by Francisco X. Alarcón www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
as my accomplice
who spends nights
in houses
of ill repute
and gets up late
on Saturdays
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
I want a
more godlike
god
Prayer, by Francisco X. Alarcón www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
I want a god
as my accomplice
who spends nights
in houses
of ill repute
and gets up late
on Saturdays
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
I want a
more godlike
god
Prayer, by Francisco X. Alarcón www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
as my accomplice
who spends nights
in houses
of ill repute
and gets up late
on Saturdays
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
I want a
more godlike
god
Prayer, by Francisco X. Alarcón www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
November 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I want a god
as my accomplice
who spends nights
in houses
of ill repute
and gets up late
on Saturdays
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
I want a
more godlike
god
Prayer, by Francisco X. Alarcón www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
as my accomplice
who spends nights
in houses
of ill repute
and gets up late
on Saturdays
...
a god
knocked
unconscious
by the billy club
of a policeman
at a demonstration
...
I want a
more godlike
god
Prayer, by Francisco X. Alarcón www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53880/...
I'd love to see something like this from LDS leaders
Good statement from the US conference of Catholic Bishops
November 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I'd love to see something like this from LDS leaders
The process of being subjected to "open enrollment" seems designed in a lab to radicalize people against our byzantine health care system.
Just me?
Just me?
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The process of being subjected to "open enrollment" seems designed in a lab to radicalize people against our byzantine health care system.
Just me?
Just me?
The new Mountain Goats album is soooo good
There is a Type of Guy whose entire personality is just “listens to The Mountain Goats.”
…and, chat, yeah, that’s me now. I have become that guy.
…and, chat, yeah, that’s me now. I have become that guy.
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
The new Mountain Goats album is soooo good
I don't know if it is still possible to get hardbound copies of @camillagluh.bsky.social 's Desert Prophet, but if you can, you should.
An all around beautiful object and a story that will haunt you.
An all around beautiful object and a story that will haunt you.
November 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I don't know if it is still possible to get hardbound copies of @camillagluh.bsky.social 's Desert Prophet, but if you can, you should.
An all around beautiful object and a story that will haunt you.
An all around beautiful object and a story that will haunt you.
PSA: exit polls can be valuable tools for understanding voter attitudes once the results are known, but unweighted pre-results releases should be taken with an ENORMOUS grain of salt.
November 5, 2025 at 12:14 AM
PSA: exit polls can be valuable tools for understanding voter attitudes once the results are known, but unweighted pre-results releases should be taken with an ENORMOUS grain of salt.
I was very excited to receive my copy of @camillagluh.bsky.social 's Desert Prophet. The book is beautiful.
November 4, 2025 at 3:21 AM
I was very excited to receive my copy of @camillagluh.bsky.social 's Desert Prophet. The book is beautiful.
Spotted a pair of bald eagles on a walk this evening around the Windsor lake
November 2, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Spotted a pair of bald eagles on a walk this evening around the Windsor lake
Got to admire the comprehensiveness of the Joseph Smith Papers Project
www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summar...
#mormonhistory
www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summar...
#mormonhistory
Phrenology Chart, 14 January 1840–B, Page 1
DEVELOPMENTS OFMr. Joseph Smith jr’sHEAD.Dr. Alfred WOODWARD11 Mar. 1807–15 Dec. 1884. Phrenologist....
www.josephsmithpapers.org
October 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Got to admire the comprehensiveness of the Joseph Smith Papers Project
www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summar...
#mormonhistory
www.josephsmithpapers.org/paper-summar...
#mormonhistory
TIL that (partly) why we talk about Columbus at all is that revolutionary-era Americans were looking for non-British founding figures as they tried to forge their own identity (h/t @benjaminepark.bsky.social). I think we can do better.
Happy Indigenous Peoples' day!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I47...
Happy Indigenous Peoples' day!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I47...
Christopher Columbus in LDS Scripture: What We Get Wrong
YouTube video by Benjamin Park, Historian
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
TIL that (partly) why we talk about Columbus at all is that revolutionary-era Americans were looking for non-British founding figures as they tried to forge their own identity (h/t @benjaminepark.bsky.social). I think we can do better.
Happy Indigenous Peoples' day!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I47...
Happy Indigenous Peoples' day!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I47...
I think @gelliottmorris.com does great work, and people are justifiably excited about the revival of this project.
My concern with this general enterprise is that it flattens the purpose of polling. Key topline numbers are important, but polls are much more than just grist for the aggregators. 1/
My concern with this general enterprise is that it flattens the purpose of polling. Key topline numbers are important, but polls are much more than just grist for the aggregators. 1/
October 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I think @gelliottmorris.com does great work, and people are justifiably excited about the revival of this project.
My concern with this general enterprise is that it flattens the purpose of polling. Key topline numbers are important, but polls are much more than just grist for the aggregators. 1/
My concern with this general enterprise is that it flattens the purpose of polling. Key topline numbers are important, but polls are much more than just grist for the aggregators. 1/
I'm looking forward to meeting up with a great lineup of survey folks in Minneapolis on Friday celebrating the 80th (!) anniversary of the Minnesota Poll.
I'll be talking about new methods in conducting local and state opinion research.
mnpoll.umn.edu/symposium-3-...
I'll be talking about new methods in conducting local and state opinion research.
mnpoll.umn.edu/symposium-3-...
Symposium #3 - The Future of State and Local Opinion Research | Interdisciplinary Collaborative Workshop: Eighty Years of the Minnesota Poll
mnpoll.umn.edu
September 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I'm looking forward to meeting up with a great lineup of survey folks in Minneapolis on Friday celebrating the 80th (!) anniversary of the Minnesota Poll.
I'll be talking about new methods in conducting local and state opinion research.
mnpoll.umn.edu/symposium-3-...
I'll be talking about new methods in conducting local and state opinion research.
mnpoll.umn.edu/symposium-3-...
Serving sizes 🤝 polling estimates
Better when rounded
Better when rounded
September 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Serving sizes 🤝 polling estimates
Better when rounded
Better when rounded
Does "Department of War" branding make it easier for Dems to cut defense spending?
September 5, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Does "Department of War" branding make it easier for Dems to cut defense spending?
This was excellent (even though I almost couldn't make out the words toward the end through the tears welling up). An extraordinarily beautiful book about grief and rememberance.
@writerpoetjohn.bsky.social @thomasdocherty.bsky.social
@writerpoetjohn.bsky.social @thomasdocherty.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 1:45 AM
This was excellent (even though I almost couldn't make out the words toward the end through the tears welling up). An extraordinarily beautiful book about grief and rememberance.
@writerpoetjohn.bsky.social @thomasdocherty.bsky.social
@writerpoetjohn.bsky.social @thomasdocherty.bsky.social
Is someone working on updating Pete Seger's "What a friend we have in Congress" to fit our current situation? (original lyrics in the alt text)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSEI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSEI...
![Pete Seeger as an excuse to post the lyrics in alt text:
[Verse 1]
What a friend we have in congress
Who will guard our every shore
Spend three quarters of our taxes
Getting ready for the war
[Verse 2]
Guns will make our coastline bristle
And we have to fill the skies
Full of planes and missiles
They'll be paid for by and by
[Verse 3]
Have you noticed all the progress
In our mighty airborne fleet?
By the time a plane's adopted
It's already obsolete
[Verse 4]
Modern bombs are sure to carry
Loads of glory, joy and thrills
What a privilege to bury
All the death our money kills
[Verse 5]
There's no factory profit brothers
And we have to do or die
One improvement then another
They'll be paid for by and by](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:35e2tl3i24v4pwulhgb3geb6/bafkreif7lx6ldmgahibgdvgu3twu2fd3vpwdfemr73ogb6qdpbgu763xte@jpeg)
July 4, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Is someone working on updating Pete Seger's "What a friend we have in Congress" to fit our current situation? (original lyrics in the alt text)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSEI...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSEI...
Pew's validated voter report should be required reading for folks interested in US politics
NEW: After each U.S. election, we match respondents from our nationally representative American Trends panel to official state voting records to verify who actually turned out to vote (or didn’t) to produce a comprehensive analysis of precisely who voted and how they voted. A few key points (🧵👇):
June 26, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Pew's validated voter report should be required reading for folks interested in US politics
How well do people really understand the politics of their own neighborhoods?
On Thursday, May 15, from 4:30–6:00 PM, my colleague Alexis Essa and I will present new findings from YouGov at the AAPOR Annual Conference in St. Louis.
I hope to see folks there at #AAPOR2025.
On Thursday, May 15, from 4:30–6:00 PM, my colleague Alexis Essa and I will present new findings from YouGov at the AAPOR Annual Conference in St. Louis.
I hope to see folks there at #AAPOR2025.
May 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
How well do people really understand the politics of their own neighborhoods?
On Thursday, May 15, from 4:30–6:00 PM, my colleague Alexis Essa and I will present new findings from YouGov at the AAPOR Annual Conference in St. Louis.
I hope to see folks there at #AAPOR2025.
On Thursday, May 15, from 4:30–6:00 PM, my colleague Alexis Essa and I will present new findings from YouGov at the AAPOR Annual Conference in St. Louis.
I hope to see folks there at #AAPOR2025.