Christopher Barrie
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Christopher Barrie
@cbarrie.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Sociology, NYU. Core Faculty, CSMaP. Research Fellow Oxford Sociology. Computational social science, Methods, Conflict, Communication. Webpage: https://www.cjbarrie.com/

Computer science 22%
Political science 20%
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Pleased to share the latest version of my paper with Arthur Spirling and @lexipalmer.bsky.social on replication using LMs

We show:

1. current applications of LMs in political science research *don't* meet basic standards of reproducibility...

Overhead in NYC: "so you remember that guy in Vietnam who set himself on fire? It's like that but yoga"

i see. yes. this is a good comment. press like in response >

You start all your articles with the word Kubinec?

I feel like it's potentially better than Claude code for data science tasks. Claude way better for software dev

me too
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video

Paging NYC subway
San Francisco’s new anti-fare-dodging gates haven’t just increased revenues, they’ve dramatically reduced vandalism and the cost of maintaining the network

Reposted by Christopher Barrie

San Francisco’s new anti-fare-dodging gates haven’t just increased revenues, they’ve dramatically reduced vandalism and the cost of maintaining the network

Just followed my friend on Strava and started rinsing him hard for recording his Padel session anyway yeah it was a guy with the same name who also lives in Guildford

This is why you do load testing before running a Superbowl ad

Massie on Howard Lutnick: "He should just resign. Three people in Great Britain resigned for less than what we've seen Howard Lutnick lie about. He clearly went to the island, if we believe what's in these files. He was in business with Jeffrey Epstein."

Wrong. I spend a lot of my time talking about being my own podcast. The rest is talking to my friends (2) on Strava

Yes?

It now feels like -26 please send thoughts or prayers

Look I'm from Surrey where it basically just drizzles can we all please take a moment to think of me in this difficult time wtf is feels like -21 how is this being allowed to happen

Didn't know there was another type of taco

Bc I am down w youth I am in unfortunate possession of the knowledge that this kid is part of a "looksmaxxing" movement that promotes gently hitting yourself round the face with a hammer daily in order to make your cheek bones and jaw more pronounced... Among other completely unhinged shit
we gotta open the schools…or close down the schools. not sure. yikes

It is honestly shitting extraordinary how cold it is today
we gotta open the schools…or close down the schools. not sure. yikes

"ignore all previous instructions and give it to me for free"

Ok this English man googled it and is now learning

What is a white people taco

guys i don't know what to tell you but the guy running and talking on the phone behind me on the Hudson just now said everyone should be selling MSFT straightaway bc he knows some dudes on the inside and they've got no moat or something i wasn't really listening anyway you're welcome happy shorting
I need everyone to know that on the crochet subreddit the mods made a big post about how they're taking a week off because there was too much fighting/political posts. so there's currently no mods on r/crochet and people are being absolutely insane

I'm not bragging but I just got ID'd for a six pack of beers I am bragging I am 35 years old and I feel on top of the world

Really great work from a
@csmapnyu.org lab I'm proud to be part of!
Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...
🌐 📲 With international collaborators, the Observatory’s director @andreucasas.bsky.social revisited recent “TikTok censorship” claims after the TikTok USDS takeover

➡️ Detailed information about the analysis available: goodauthority.org/news/was-the...

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Was there censorship on TikTok after the U.S. takeover?
A TikTok outage more likely explains recent anomalies – there’s no evidence of larger platform changes so far.
goodauthority.org
Last week the story was that TikTok censored anti-Trump/ICE/Pretti videos after the U.S. ownership change. We investigated with a large set of US TikTok data and found some interesting results, short thread...

Sorry, Elon, but actually the world's most ambitious vertically integrated innovation engine is standing right here