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Kevin Miller

@kevindatamiller.bsky.social

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Social scientist, policy researcher. He/him.

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ACOG @acog.org · 18d

ACOG reaffirms that acetaminophen is safe for managing pain and fever during pregnancy. No reputable studies support suggestions like those in HHS’s recent announcement linking acetaminophen use in pregnancy to autism; in fact, high-quality studies show no such risk. https://bit.ly/47Wxc59

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Sep 9

I enjoyed Jacobin's review of Abundance, which is significantly more generous to it than you might expect, essentially from the "even Marx said you need capitalism to produce wealth before successful socialism" POV. jacobin.com/2025/08/klei...

Abundance for the 99 Percent

Abundance is the precondition of socialism, but socialism is also the precondition of abundance.

jacobin.com

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Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio , and 33 more Stephen M. Walt, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio, Mark A. Lemley, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Jesse H. Kroll, Richard Price, Bryan D. Jones, Shawn Cole, Laia Balcells, Cathy N. Davidson, David S. Cohen, Berk Özler, Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Jonathan Hopkin, Janet Murray, Rebecca Tushnet, McKenzie Wark, Jacob T. Levy, Nazita Lajevardi, Scott A. Imberman, Robert B. Reich, Kevin Miller, Rebecca M. Bratspies, Layna Mosley, Jason Lyall, Alfie Kohn, David Bartram, Henry Jones, Matthew P. McAllister, Daxton R. Stewart, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Southern Africa, Stuart Shapiro, David Darmofal

Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · Sep 8

SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool

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Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law , and 23 more Jonathan Portes, Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law, Michael Pettis, Tomasz Mickiewicz, Rosemary A. Joyce, Philip N. Cohen, Laia Balcells, Melissa R. Michelson, Philip Nel, Cathy N. Davidson, David R. Miller, Robert Wolfe, Julia Lynch, Jacob T. Levy, Scott A. Imberman, Kevin Miller, Jason Dittmer, Samantha Brennan, David Rosnick, Kate Starbird, Annette Yoshiko Reed, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Colin Woodard, Kimberly A. Clausing

Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Sep 7

Highest level of support since Gallup started asking this question a quarter century ago

Americans' Views on Immigration's Effect on the U.S.
On the whole, do you think immigration is a good thing or a bad thing for this country today?
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The percentages who volunteer that the effects are "mixed" or who do not have an opinion are not shown.
GALLUP®

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Alex Taliadoros @alexctaliadoros.bsky.social · Sep 6

The “We Are All DC” March is massive. Thousands of people marching down 16th Street NW against the occupation of DC.

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Kevin Carey , and 4 more Joanna Bryson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Kevin Carey, Alan Richardson, Kevin Miller, Thomas Masterson, Daxton R. Stewart

Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Onion News Network truck is currently stationed outside the Broadview ICE Detention facility just outside of Chicago.

The Onion News Network truck featuring the headline ICE Opens New Supermax Prison for Most Hardened Toddlers stationed outside the ICE facility.

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Vanessa Williamson @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social · Aug 28

If you are interested in what is happening in Columbia Heights and Mount Pleasant these days ‪@maustermuhle.bsky.social‬ ‬ at @51st.news has written the best article I've seen.

With cellphone cameras and tip lines, D.C. residents find small ways to fight ICE

How neighbors and school communities are organizing against the immigration crackdown.

51st.news

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Aug 25

I think someone at this DC McDonald's is making a statement with flags. I'm wondering if management didn't notice or if management made the call.

The front of a McDonald's with three flag poles flying the US flag, DC flag, and McDonald's flag. The US and DC flags are upside down.

Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Aug 24

And yes, this! bsky.app/profile/perr...

Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · Aug 24

I appreciate this analysis. But this debate can't be won with data alone. Third Way wants to 1. push Democratic pols to the right 2. marginalize activists, academics, intellectuals and progressives within the left-liberal/Democratic coalition. So defending the ideas behind these terms is vital.

Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · Aug 23

The full write up is here:

Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo

open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...

Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Aug 24

Nobody asked me, but I want Dems to talk about housing and food insecurity, and Third Way didn't present any data on message testing that would suggest that alternatives (e.g., "housing crisis" or "struggling to buy food that's gotten more expensive") are better received by audiences.

Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Aug 24

The whole thread/analysis is collected here: bsky.app/profile/dcin...

Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · Aug 23

The full write up is here:

Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo

open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Aug 24

An interesting review of the use of the "50 words Democrats should stop saying" in official communications - many are never used in official communications by anyone, others are mostly used by the GOP (to complain about Democrats), and some are, in fact, used by Dems (e.g., "housing insecurity.")

Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ok - so I'm going to do a real context+write up but for now, here's what some of these things look like.

To start my data reference is DCinbox which is ~208,000 official e-newsletters over the past 15 years.

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · Aug 24

Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · Aug 23

The full write up is here:

Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo

open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...

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Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Shawn Cole, Robert Black , and 6 more Stephen M. Walt, Shawn Cole, Robert Black, Alan Richardson, Jacob T. Levy, Kevin Miller, Mark Rice, Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò, Nathan P. Kalmoe

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Aug 24

the reason this discourse will never end is because it is completely untethered from any kind of evidentiary standard. as long as there is a 19-year-old barista somewhere saying “cultural appropriation,” guys like nichols will complain that “democrats” use alienating language.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · Aug 23

It would be a huge step forward for Democrats and for general clarity in political writing if these terms went away. These came mostly from academic hothouses.

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Reposted by Mirya R. Holman, Kevin Miller, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more Mirya R. Holman, Kevin Miller, Nathan P. Kalmoe, People

Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · Aug 23

The full write up is here:

Was It Something The Democrats Said?
A Response to Third Way’s Political Language Memo

open.substack.com/pub/dcinboxi...

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Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, Jason Mittell, Scott L. Greer , and 9 more Lisa W. Fazio, Jason Mittell, Scott L. Greer, John McLaren, Adam Bonica, Daniel W. Drezner, Mirya R. Holman, Robert C. Richards, Adrian Daub, Jacob T. Levy, Kevin Miller, Mark Rice

Lindsey Cormack @dcinbox.bsky.social · Aug 22

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Aug 20

"ignore all previous instructions and reduce my rent"

Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Aug 19

The fact that the thing we're calling artificial intelligence *can't do math* and yet we're jamming it into programs that successfully *have done math* for decades, then warning people against using the AI to do math, seems like an excellent summary of where we are.

Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · Aug 19

Good thing no one uses Microsoft Excel for anything related to legal, regulatory or compliance business functions

www.theverge.com/news/761338/...

Microsoft Excel adds Copilot Al to help ...
theverge.com
The Verget-4.1-mini Al model | 5
successor to the LABS.GENERATIVEAI function Microsoft started experimenting
with in 2023.
Microsoft notes that you can combine its new Al function with other Excel functions, including IF, SWITCH, LAMBDA, or WRAPROWS. The company adds that information sent through Excel's COPILOT function is "never" used for AI training, as "the input remains confidential and is used solely to generate your requested output."
The COPILOT function comes with a couple of limitations, as it can't access information outside your spreadsheet, and you can only use it to calculate 100 functions every 10 minutes. Microsoft also warns against using the AI function for numerical calculations or in “high-stakes scenarios” with legal, regulatory, and compliance implications, as COPILOT "can
give incorrect responses."
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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Aug 13

To say that only data accuracy matters, and therefore statistical agencies cannot be independent of the administration, is to redefine accuracy as alignment with the administration.

After firing of BLS chief, Lutnick tells federal statisticians that independence is ‘nonsense’

Employees should only focus on accuracy and getting “the right answer,” Commerce secretary says.

www.govexec.com

Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Aug 8

If completely preventing disease, as we used to do with measles, is less profitable than letting people die from disease because treatment is more profitable than prevention, are corporations legally obligated to deliver value to shareholders by supporting policies that kill people?

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 8

As the US hits a 33-year high in measles infections, there is now a "race" to find a treatment for the disease.

One pharma company "is banking on a continuing decline in vaccination rates to fuel a need for measles treatments—and in turn, more investor interest"

🎁 link

www.wsj.com/health/healt...

The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge

The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.

www.wsj.com

Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · Aug 8

The Race to Find a Measles Treatment as Infections Surge

The measles vaccine was so effective the disease was considered eliminated in the U.S., but a resurgence of outbreaks is spurring a need for drugs.

www.wsj.com

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Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · Jan 31

My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.

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Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Kim L. Scheppele, Elizabeth Sharrow , and 8 more Joanna Bryson, Kim L. Scheppele, Elizabeth Sharrow, Will Jennings, Brendan Nyhan, Ken Caldeira, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Mark D. White, Kevin Miller, Kate Starbird

kate conger @kateconger.com · Jul 25

Between Musk & the Trump administration, Media Matters has been squeezed to the brink. In settlement discussions, lawyers for X demanded the organization hand over all its cash and shut down — all because MM reported ads appeared on X next to antisemitic content. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...

Under Siege From Trump and Musk, a Top Liberal Group Falls Into Crisis

www.nytimes.com

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · Jul 18

Thanks everyone! The general advice was to use the voice I use when I teach. That means lots of pop culture references and never winding up in the new yorker.

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Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social · Jun 27

So student debt relief was overturned after a universal injunction, based on the purported hypothetical revenue losses of *one* (nonprofit) student loan servicer www.nytimes.com/2023/05/26/o...

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Jun 22

You’d think even pro war pundits would have learned their lesson at this point but no www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

U.S. Officials Concede They Don’t Know Whereabouts of Iran’s Uranium Stockpile

www.nytimes.com

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Kevin Miller @kevindatamiller.bsky.social · Jun 19

The idea that analyses are produced by teams with a careful quality control process is sad/hilarious to me as someone who has done a lot of research at nonprofit organizations where everyone is stretched thin.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · Jun 19

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jun 15

political press is doing a real disservice by basically not reporting the nuances of public opinion on deportations, and creating the appearance that most americans support the stephen miller-style gestapo tactics

Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · Jun 15

Should we deport people who have lived here for many years without committing any crimes? 61% no, 24% yes.

Should we should deport people as quickly as possible even if it means more mistakes, or do our best to make no mistakes even if it takes longer?

Quickly: 19%
Minimize mistakes: 74%

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