Ariel Edwards-Levy
@aedwardslevy.bsky.social
Polling editor at CNN, keeping (cross)tabs on public opinion and the news. I like puns.
What Americans think is and isn't acceptable from immigration officers and the general public, per new @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
January 29, 2026 at 7:56 PM
What Americans think is and isn't acceptable from immigration officers and the general public, per new @pewresearch.org: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
did a survey programmer write this menu
January 28, 2026 at 7:10 PM
did a survey programmer write this menu
(image from Hyperbole and a Half: hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/02/plea...)
January 28, 2026 at 5:10 PM
(image from Hyperbole and a Half: hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/02/plea...)
going to be thinking forever about this bit of storm advice someone posted
January 27, 2026 at 7:58 PM
going to be thinking forever about this bit of storm advice someone posted
Americans said earlier this month by a 10-point margin they were more concerned about government crackdowns on protesters than the protests themselves getting out of hand.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 25, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Americans said earlier this month by a 10-point margin they were more concerned about government crackdowns on protesters than the protests themselves getting out of hand.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
what young adults in 1939 admired about another person their age who "rates particularly high" with them
January 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
what young adults in 1939 admired about another person their age who "rates particularly high" with them
"what kind of work do you want to do when you leave school?"
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"what kind of work do you want to do when you leave school?"
what the youth of 1939 found irritating about their parents (and how they thought they themselves were irritating)
January 23, 2026 at 4:31 PM
what the youth of 1939 found irritating about their parents (and how they thought they themselves were irritating)
and actually sort of fascinating -- what the youth of 1939 said when they were asked to choose the (preferably living) famous or well-known person they most admired
January 23, 2026 at 4:29 PM
and actually sort of fascinating -- what the youth of 1939 said when they were asked to choose the (preferably living) famous or well-known person they most admired
casually asking the children why they do not smoke cigarettes
January 23, 2026 at 4:16 PM
casually asking the children why they do not smoke cigarettes
i have a tremendous number of questions about what the Americans of 1939 were doing with iced tea
January 23, 2026 at 4:09 PM
i have a tremendous number of questions about what the Americans of 1939 were doing with iced tea
struggling mightily not to reply to this with "THEN WHO WAS PHONE?"
January 21, 2026 at 1:44 AM
struggling mightily not to reply to this with "THEN WHO WAS PHONE?"
there are bad uses cases for LLMs, but it must be said that the Washington Post's summaries of their article comments are consistently very funny
January 20, 2026 at 5:36 PM
there are bad uses cases for LLMs, but it must be said that the Washington Post's summaries of their article comments are consistently very funny
gonna need more than a crossword's worth of letters tbh
January 20, 2026 at 3:16 PM
gonna need more than a crossword's worth of letters tbh
January 20, 2026 at 2:49 AM
we have officially entered the ugh days of winter
January 17, 2026 at 7:32 PM
we have officially entered the ugh days of winter
tfw you're trying to make a bar chart but datawrapper is bored
January 16, 2026 at 8:08 PM
tfw you're trying to make a bar chart but datawrapper is bored
mute button getting a healthy workout today
January 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
mute button getting a healthy workout today
New from us: Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
January 16, 2026 at 3:09 PM
New from us: Public opinion on nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s first year back in the White House is negative, a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS finds.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/01/16/p...
New CNN polling:
Most Americans see an immigration officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good as an inappropriate use of force. Roughly half view it as a sign of broader issues with the way ICE is operating, w/under 1/3 saying that ICE operations have made cities safer.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/p...
Most Americans see an immigration officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good as an inappropriate use of force. Roughly half view it as a sign of broader issues with the way ICE is operating, w/under 1/3 saying that ICE operations have made cities safer.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/p...
January 14, 2026 at 5:05 PM
New CNN polling:
Most Americans see an immigration officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good as an inappropriate use of force. Roughly half view it as a sign of broader issues with the way ICE is operating, w/under 1/3 saying that ICE operations have made cities safer.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/p...
Most Americans see an immigration officer’s fatal shooting of Renee Good as an inappropriate use of force. Roughly half view it as a sign of broader issues with the way ICE is operating, w/under 1/3 saying that ICE operations have made cities safer.
www.cnn.com/2026/01/14/p...
there are four personality types
January 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
there are four personality types
it is the Los Angeles River
the sign designating it as such is necessary because it is not, in all places and seasons, otherwise clear to the eye that it is a river, but I love how hopeful the little bird is
(photo via Downtowngal on Wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lo...)
the sign designating it as such is necessary because it is not, in all places and seasons, otherwise clear to the eye that it is a river, but I love how hopeful the little bird is
(photo via Downtowngal on Wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lo...)
January 12, 2026 at 10:14 PM
it is the Los Angeles River
the sign designating it as such is necessary because it is not, in all places and seasons, otherwise clear to the eye that it is a river, but I love how hopeful the little bird is
(photo via Downtowngal on Wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lo...)
the sign designating it as such is necessary because it is not, in all places and seasons, otherwise clear to the eye that it is a river, but I love how hopeful the little bird is
(photo via Downtowngal on Wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lo...)
also today in sentences
January 9, 2026 at 4:49 PM
also today in sentences