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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.
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{Social, Data, Network, Information} Scientist, @cuboulder.info

Visiting Scientist, @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social AY25-26

High-tempo collaboration, information commons, public interest data science

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · Sep 2
ICYMI, I’m on sabbatical this AY at @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social:

popcenter.harvard.edu/blog/directo...

I’ll be working on a STS-flavored book project about ecofascist data science that combines critical demography and data studies.

Let me know if you’re in Boston this year and want to meet up!
Brian Keegan – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
A Harvard University cross-school, interfaculty initiative administered by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
popcenter.harvard.edu

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 6h
NEW: Read this terrific piece @virginiaheffernan.bsky.social for @thenerve.news in which she unpicks Edge.org, the hugely influential 'salon' funded by Epstein & threaded through with race science & eugenics.
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The billionaires' eugenics project: how Epstein infiltrated Harvard, muzzled the humanities and preached master-race science
Edge - Jeffrey Epstein's favourite intellectual salon - was sold to me as a gathering of the world's finest minds, writes Virginia Heffernan. The files reveal it was something far darker: a decades-lo...
www.thenerve.news

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 12h
who among us
GitHub Action for Deploy Documentation failing repeatedly until finally working

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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 23h
when MAGA white supremacists like Carl whinge abt passing of 1965 Hart-Celler Immigration Act they are complaining that it overturned 1924 Johnson-Reed Act, a law limiting immigration to people from Northern Europe, which was drafted by eugenicist Rep. Albert Johnson, with BIG support from the Klan

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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 1d
White House stands by State Department nominee who complains that "white Americans are increasingly second-class citizens," warns of "white erasure" and says "the Jews love to see themselves as oppressed." @camcgrady.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/u...
Trump Nominates an Apostle of ‘White Erasure’ for the State Department
www.nytimes.com

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Silvia Secchi @profsecchi.bsky.social · 1d
You can rest assured that someone w/ administration ties will make bank from this directly and also that from now on the private sector will be even more prominent in the provision of a public good - information - w/ all accompanying inefficiencies & inequities. Really selling the country for parts.
wxmanms1.bsky.social Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump Administration appears to be continuing to move forward in its plans to dismantle the Nat'l Center for Atmospheric Research, announcing yesterday plans to shed the NCAR supercomputing facility to a third party. More: tinyurl.com/26924vy4
NSF announces move of National Center for Atmospheric Research's supercomputing facility to a third party
Impacts on computing resources for atmospheric science research unclear
tinyurl.com

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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · 1d
My employer, Univ. Colorado will pay OpenAI $2M/year under the banner of “equity”. That’s 54 full scholarships / year. Plus, our IT will be able to read our chatGPT logs, and our chats can be requested under public records law. No thanks. Surveillance is not equity

www.axios.com/local/boulde...
CU signs $2M OpenAI deal for ChatGPT access
Students and faculty will gain access to ChatGPT Edu starting in March under a three-year deal.
www.axios.com

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · 1d
Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Social Sciences

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A line curve showing number of awards for fiscal year 2026 compared to fiscal years 2021-2025 for the Directorate for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. The fiscal year 2026 curve lies well below curves for other fiscal years.

Reposted by David Lazer, Brian Keegan

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 1d
Aligning Computational Tools for the Political Science Research Lifecycle: Research Group Workshop | Deadline: February 25, 2026 #APSAVRM2026

This Research Group focuses on advancing the adoption, adaptation, and application of large language models, machine learning, etc.
Aligning Computational Tools for the Political Science Research Lifecycle: Research Group Workshop | Deadline: February 25, 2026 -
Aligning Computational Tools for the Political Science Research Lifecycle: APSA Virtual Research Group Workshop APSA 2026 Virtual Research Meeting April 15 – April 16, 2026 (EST) | Apply to Research…
buff.ly

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1d
The Trump Administration appears to be continuing to move forward in its plans to dismantle the Nat'l Center for Atmospheric Research, announcing yesterday plans to shed the NCAR supercomputing facility to a third party. More: tinyurl.com/26924vy4
NSF announces move of National Center for Atmospheric Research's supercomputing facility to a third party
Impacts on computing resources for atmospheric science research unclear
tinyurl.com

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The Verge @theverge.com · 2d
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 2d
paging @caseynewton.bsky.social

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 2d
Which means she has a promising future at the anti-woke @cbsnews.com

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 2d
All those gigantic buildings for data centers can probably be re-pitched as concentration camps for ICE after the AI bubble pops. www.kcur.org/news/2026-02...
Kansas City developers halt sale of warehouse for ICE detention center as public pressure mounts
Federal officials first toured the building in January, sparking speculation over whether the owners had sold the building to the U.S. government. Media reports suggested the sale was part of a push t...
www.kcur.org

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Ken Mahan @weatherken.bsky.social · 2d
Lots of winter data out there, but here's the latest on #Boston.
If winter ended today. Boston's average temperature sits at 27.6°. That would tie 1977...brr..

But we'll end up with warmer temperatures over the next 7 days, which will bring our avg. temp back up a notch. #mawx

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
World's richest man is a racist crank, media continues to credulously report on his ketamine-fueled fantasies

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 3d
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January
Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts
www.theguardian.com

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
Also thanks to @jacebrowning.info, et al. for building the underlying infrastructure of @memegen.link github.com/jacebrowning...
GitHub - jacebrowning/memegen: The free and open source API to generate memes.
The free and open source API to generate memes. Contribute to jacebrowning/memegen development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
welp, this is what I spent $15 of free Claude Code credits on last night.

I'm so sorry @matplotlib.org

www.brianckeegan.com/memeplotlib/...

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 3d
I see no reason not to look at the online gambling and prediction market craze as a new opioids crisis.

It will wreak havoc on lower-income Americans and leave a trail of destruction and despair in its wake.

The companies are just Purdue Pharma 2.0

www.liberalcurrents.com/from-pill-mi...
From Pill Mills to Prop Bets: Prediction Markets and Mobile Sports Betting Apps Are Fueling America’s Next Addiction Crisis
Against the gamblification of the world.
www.liberalcurrents.com

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
“It’s only a pogrom if it happened in Central Europe between 1935 and 1945, otherwise it’s just sparkling police violence.”

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
Heterodox free speech warriors using ideological litmus tests?!
a man is sitting on a couch with his hands on his face and the words pretends to be shocked
ALT: a man is sitting on a couch with his hands on his face and the words pretends to be shocked
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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
All workers deserve a union! ✊

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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 3d
🌟 Sex workers at Sheri’s Ranch, a legal brothel in Pahrump, Nevada, are unionizing with the Communications Workers of America @cwaunion.bsky.social

Last week, management fired several pro-union workers—including the union’s primary organizer, Jupiter Jetson
thenevadaindependent.com/article/sex-...
Sex workers at Pahrump brothel are unionizing, alleging unfair contracts and conditions - The Nevada Independent
In the last week, the brothel has fired three workers who challenged a new contract that they say is unfair. Lawyers have filed an injunction with the federal labor board.
thenevadaindependent.com

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
my @matplotlib.org figures some days

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MoMA Paintings and Sculpture @moma.bsky.social · 3d
Gego, Drawing without Paper 84/25 and 84/26, 1984 and 1987
https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136988
Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros in honor of Susan and Glenn Lowry

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
I want to build a rocket factory to let every Trump administration official touch the Sun.
milesklee.bsky.social Miles Klee 🦉 @milesklee.bsky.social · 3d
insane to be reporting this stuff with a straight face. like what are we doing here man
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.

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Miles Klee 🦉 @milesklee.bsky.social · 3d
insane to be reporting this stuff with a straight face. like what are we doing here man
Elon Musk Wants to Build an A.I. Satellite Factory on the Moon In a meeting with employees at his company xAI, Mr. Musk revealed a vision for a facility that includes a giant catapult to launch his satellites into space.

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 3d
And more reporting on a historic program that is increasingly unsettled, with late-breaking changes to criteria, fewer awards, applications returned without review, and more:

via @jonathanwosen.bsky.social for @statnews.com

www.statnews.com/2026/02/11/n...

Reposted by Anne Norton, Brian Keegan, David Murakami Wood

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Michael @michaelr12.bsky.social · 4d
Imagine a President bulldozing 1/3 of our Historic White House pocketing $300 million and that doesn’t even crack the top 100 most destructive, vile, disgusting things he’s done, yet here we are

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Rafe Meager (they/them) @economeager.bsky.social · 4d
tumblr still has it, despite everything. social media platforms are really almost impossible to kill.
tumblr user evilwizard posts: ontology professor (adding another grain of sand to my enclosure): is it a pile yet me (up to my neck in sand, struggling to breathe): I’ll never talk ontology professor: just tell me when it becomes a pile and this can all be over it has like 12K reblogs and 16K likes