C. Henry
@henryhenryhenry.com
political scientist @ University of Zürich
platforms, political violence, social media, computing
research & writing:
henryhenryhenry.com
sometimes land of enchantment, sometimes land of Helvetia
platforms, political violence, social media, computing
research & writing:
henryhenryhenry.com
sometimes land of enchantment, sometimes land of Helvetia
I will support a bailout only if all the big tech c-suite, product guys, and SWEs are pressganged into national service rewilding golf courses
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I will support a bailout only if all the big tech c-suite, product guys, and SWEs are pressganged into national service rewilding golf courses
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📣New paper!
Thrilled to share the methodological recipe for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social in this article co-authored with @adiod.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher @alexhanna.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social
👉 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Thrilled to share the methodological recipe for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social in this article co-authored with @adiod.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher @alexhanna.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social
👉 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
November 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📣New paper!
Thrilled to share the methodological recipe for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social in this article co-authored with @adiod.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher @alexhanna.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social
👉 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
Thrilled to share the methodological recipe for @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social in this article co-authored with @adiod.bsky.social @krystalkauffman.bsky.social Camilla Salim Wagner, Laurenz Sachenbacher @alexhanna.bsky.social & @timnitgebru.bsky.social
👉 ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AI...
it’s weird out there. the politics of my youth — the individualist, conservationist Montana — are gone. tbh I largely blame the spread of a nasty strain of evangelicalism
boy Montana is gone-gone
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 6:10 PM
it’s weird out there. the politics of my youth — the individualist, conservationist Montana — are gone. tbh I largely blame the spread of a nasty strain of evangelicalism
producer/consumer dynamic is an important part of the story, but the market analogy obscures how many online communities are now organized around disnormative information practices — an emergent property that I’m not sure is fully explained by pure competition over attention
The collapsing cost of media production has fragmented media into literally millions of publishers, creating a true marketplace of ideas where producers benefit by providing the exact narratives that consumers enjoy hearing the most. That means lurid doomerism is endemic
boy there seems to be a bottomless appetite for dogmatic economic pessimism on video platforms. clicked on one of those during the morning Zwift and now my youtube feed is WE'RE DOOMED re the stock market, jobs, car market, inflation, AI on and on
November 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
producer/consumer dynamic is an important part of the story, but the market analogy obscures how many online communities are now organized around disnormative information practices — an emergent property that I’m not sure is fully explained by pure competition over attention
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👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
👉 Our new paper uses daily mobility data to show that spatial isolation is much more common today among those living in advantaged neighborhoods than the converse.
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
👩🏻💻 Lots of massive data wrangling and careful assumptions about mobility data needed - but check it out here! doi.org/10.1177/0042...
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the twitter location reveal is like discovering the puddles in the quiktrip parking lot didn't pass a health code inspection. should probably stop drinking out of them regardless.
genuinely says so much about what twitter has become that the biggest rightwing grift accounts pushing US fascist narratives aren’t real people and not even close to the united states
November 24, 2025 at 9:04 AM
the twitter location reveal is like discovering the puddles in the quiktrip parking lot didn't pass a health code inspection. should probably stop drinking out of them regardless.
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The decline of religion as a source of meaning in people's lives remains underrated as a factor shaping society. The need doesn't go away - they just seek it out elsewhere in (often false) health/wellness beliefs, (often highly polarized/conflictual) politics, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
November 25, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The decline of religion as a source of meaning in people's lives remains underrated as a factor shaping society. The need doesn't go away - they just seek it out elsewhere in (often false) health/wellness beliefs, (often highly polarized/conflictual) politics, etc. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/o...
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there's a very real risk that an era of corporate trench warfare over LLMs has settled in, complete with grinding incrementalism and weaponized KPIs, that will crowd out incentives to do actual scientific research on real artificial intelligence
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
there's a very real risk that an era of corporate trench warfare over LLMs has settled in, complete with grinding incrementalism and weaponized KPIs, that will crowd out incentives to do actual scientific research on real artificial intelligence
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I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
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the incandescent rage I feel at being asked to Make An Account for an App That Should Not Require An Account
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
the incandescent rage I feel at being asked to Make An Account for an App That Should Not Require An Account
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NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
It’s one of the most influential social psychology studies ever. Was it all a lie?
A classic book on UFO believers and their "cognitive dissonance" after aliens failed to land is called into question.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
NEW: When Propecy Fails is one of the most famous social psychology books of all time, a look at a small group of UFO believers when the “spacemen” failed to land. I wrote about a new study from an independent researcher who says the book is not what it seems. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
there's a very real risk that an era of corporate trench warfare over LLMs has settled in, complete with grinding incrementalism and weaponized KPIs, that will crowd out incentives to do actual scientific research on real artificial intelligence
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
there's a very real risk that an era of corporate trench warfare over LLMs has settled in, complete with grinding incrementalism and weaponized KPIs, that will crowd out incentives to do actual scientific research on real artificial intelligence
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Political Scientist Vahid Abedini detained boarding flight as he traveled to the annual MESA conference
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Political Scientist Vahid Abedini detained boarding flight as he traveled to the annual MESA conference
the incandescent rage I feel at being asked to Make An Account for an App That Should Not Require An Account
November 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
the incandescent rage I feel at being asked to Make An Account for an App That Should Not Require An Account
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🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
November 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🔔Job Alert 🔔
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
Thrilled to share that @stefaniebailer.bsky.social and I have been awarded 1.5 million CHF in SNSF funding for our new project: “Electoral choice: Which role does legislators’ quality play?”
We’re recruiting 1 postdoc and 2 PhD candidates to join us in Basel and Geneva!
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I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
That MAGA Account Might Be a Troll From Pakistan
How X blew up its own platform with a new location feature
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote about the fake account blowup on X this weekend. A genuine post-truth nightmare and proof that these companies have polluted their platforms so thoroughly and traded reality for profit that they've undermined the very idea of what the internet is supposed to be.
it’s that time of the year again (rewatching Halt and Catch Fire)
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
it’s that time of the year again (rewatching Halt and Catch Fire)
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Happy to see a bunch of our work referenced in this piece by @brendannyhan.bsky.social. The piece provides a good overview of the reasons why young people have not be participating in these performative days of peaceful activism, but they HAVE been protesting in other ways during Trump2.0.
My @nytimes.com op-ed: The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z? www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o... (gift link)
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
The key point: "The absence of young people from conventional protests is both a problem and a warning."
Opinion | The Boomers Are Protesting Trump. Where Is Gen Z?
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy to see a bunch of our work referenced in this piece by @brendannyhan.bsky.social. The piece provides a good overview of the reasons why young people have not be participating in these performative days of peaceful activism, but they HAVE been protesting in other ways during Trump2.0.
if you're a human on the internet and you work at an organization without any strategy for dealing with Infinite Gamergate (which is basically all of them), you should read this:
Two months after firing over Charlie Kirk comments, Ghost of Yotei dev blames harassment campaign, not 'bad joke'
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
aftermath.site/sucker-punch-c...
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
if you're a human on the internet and you work at an organization without any strategy for dealing with Infinite Gamergate (which is basically all of them), you should read this:
i love when Bitcoin drops below $90k, bc it means my copy of Phoebe Bridger's 7" Killer EP that I bought for $1 at a show in Chicago in 2015 has a better 10 year yield
November 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
i love when Bitcoin drops below $90k, bc it means my copy of Phoebe Bridger's 7" Killer EP that I bought for $1 at a show in Chicago in 2015 has a better 10 year yield
Community time bank, such a cool idea, New Mexico at it again:
Spending Time at a Las Cruces Timebank
Community Timebanks
YouTube video by 505OMATIC
youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Community time bank, such a cool idea, New Mexico at it again:
[historically dominant group] is in trouble. maybe [reversing gains of historically marginalized group] is the solution.
November 24, 2025 at 1:28 PM
[historically dominant group] is in trouble. maybe [reversing gains of historically marginalized group] is the solution.
i have run out of green chile a month before i am to return to NM, please respect my privacy in this emotional time
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
i have run out of green chile a month before i am to return to NM, please respect my privacy in this emotional time
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New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
November 24, 2025 at 9:48 AM
New Publication with @lhaffert.bsky.social in @ejprjournal.bsky.social!
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
We study the role of generations in the urban-rural divide, which is increasingly shaping the politics of many democracies.
Studying Switzerland, we show: The urban-rural divide is stronger among younger generations. (1/10) 🧵👇
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To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Donate to The Liberal Currents Startup Fund, organized by Adam Gurri
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. Liberal Currents is that. Help… Adam Gurri needs your support for The Liberal Currents Startup Fund
www.gofundme.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
To fight fascism we need opposition media with a backbone. 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 is that. Help us grow our voice. www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...