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Efrén Pérez
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UCLA Political Psychologist. Director of Race, Ethnicity, Politics, & Society (REPS) Lab. Newby accordionist 🪗. Arriba El Grullo, Jalisco 🇲🇽.

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 22h
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victorerikray.bsky.social Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve had differing views on changing program names to avoid racist backlash. Sometimes I think you save what you can, sometimes I think it is capitulation, and I believe people can honestly disagree and be on the same side.

But when I get an email from a place that changed its name, I‘m sad.

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Joel Le Forestier @joelleforestier.bsky.social · 23h
Know a promising undergrad who wants more time before applying to grad school? Pitt has a funded postbac program for students from underrepresented groups.

This year, my lab will consider applications for solo supervision or to be co-supervised by @mehrgol.bsky.social!

App deadline is March 15!
Hot Metal Bridge Post-Bac Program | The Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences Graduate Studies | University of Pittsburgh
This two-semester post-baccalaureate fellowship program is designed to help talented students from groups traditionally underrepresented in their academic disciplines, including pell eligible, first g...
www.asgraduate.pitt.edu

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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 1d
I’ve had differing views on changing program names to avoid racist backlash. Sometimes I think you save what you can, sometimes I think it is capitulation, and I believe people can honestly disagree and be on the same side.

But when I get an email from a place that changed its name, I‘m sad.

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 1d
ICE raids can revive Democrats’ multiracial coalition.
(@efrenpolipsy.bsky.social)
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thehill.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 2d
Important! (cc: R2)
danbischof.bsky.social Danbischof @danbischof.bsky.social · 5d
🚨📄 New paper (conditional accepted at @thejop.bsky.social):

We test whether social desirability bias actually distorts answers in online surveys.

Short version:
It mostly doesn’t.

w. @timallinger.bsky.social @kristianvsf.bsky.social @morganlcj.bsky.social

URL: osf.io/preprints/os...

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 2d
“Look, mom, no hands” 🇲🇽

-Me, in The Hill today

Mounds of data we’ve collected—even before the current immigration mess—suggests major ingredients are there for this type of coalition-building, which is sorely needed now and going forward

thehill.com/opinion/camp...
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Stan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 2d
Been thinking about how the government that follows Trump's must constantly demonstrate to both Americans and the world that Trumpism is over. The rule of law is nothing more than a series of expectations and as such, strong and obvious signals must be sent that this shit does not fly any longer.
brendannyhan.bsky.social Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 3d
Utterly unacceptable in a democracy. In a sane world, House Republicans would be drafting impeachment articles today and Senate Republicans would be preparing for a trial to convict and remove him from office

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Anton Strezhnev @astrezh.bsky.social · 3d
I keep coming back to @cdsamii.bsky.social essay on the “problem-centered” over “puzzle-centered” research paradigm and I can’t help but feel like so many problems with social science methods boil down to this cyrussamii.com?p=3682
The “problem solving” approach and social science methodology – Cyrus Samii
cyrussamii.com

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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 3d
Doctors say that vaccines protect children from dangerous diseases. A nepo baby who barbecues dogs and snorts cocaine off toilet seats says that vaccines make children vulnerable to 5G radiation. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.

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Jaweed Kaleem @jaweedkaleem.bsky.social · 3d
NEW: The Trump administration has dropped its appeal of a federal court order blocking its $1.2-billion settlement demand to UCLA over alleged campus civil rights violations: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Trump administration drops its appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement
The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. But it ...
www.latimes.com

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 3d
Incredibly rough week. Deep research budget cuts starting to affect more of us, including my lab 🥹🥹🥹

But life must go on, so we’re celebrating being Mexican 🇲🇽, especially in these times.

Firing up the grill and putting on the norteño jams 🪗🤠🌵

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 5d
At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.

Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:
Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties
The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.
www.bloodinthemachine.com

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Claire Adida @claireadida.bsky.social · 5d
An important reality check.
chenoweth.bsky.social Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 5d
The volume & geographic distribution of protest nationwide during year 1 of Trump's second term was extraordinary.
Map showing tens of thousands of protests across the US between Trump's inauguration last year and January 31, 2026.

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 5d
the median voter

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Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social · 5d
“When Citizens United was decided in 2010, billionaires had spent $18 million on the 2000 election, $13M 2004 and $16M in 2008. Then came the deluge. In 2012 it was $231M, and nearly doubled again in next three election cycles —to $682M in 2016, $1.2 billion in 2020 and $2.6 billion in 2024.” Gift:
Opinion | Affordability and the ‘Epstein Class’ Will Define American Politics
www.nytimes.com

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Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social · 5d
The closest I’ve found

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 5d
We're less than a decade away from cures for many forms of cancer. It's so hard to see so many people die from that damnable disease.

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 5d
Pretty clear that Trump aims to destroy the basic research capacities of the United States.