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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 16h

Construction of Confederate Monuments in the South reduced lynching. Removal in recent years increased anti-Black hate crimes. Generally, paper makes the case that symbols, like monuments, can substitute for other actions, like violence, that inform racial order.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 17h

This South Side Weekly report on the Chicago building raid is well worth reading. Most striking to me are the indications of collusion between federal authorities and the building owner and management to effect a mass eviction at the blighted property. southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 1d

Pleased Stony Brook's faculty senate passed this resolution yesterday.

www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/univ...

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Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 16d

My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Uncivil Democracy

How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities

press.princeton.edu

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Tiago Ventura @tiagoventura.bsky.social · 1d

How common are “survey professionals” - people who take dozens of online surveys for pay - across online panels, and do they harm data quality?

Our paper, FirstView at @politicalanalysis.bsky.social, tackles this question using browsing data from three U.S. samples (Facebook, YouGov, and Lucid):

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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 1d

poll:
is sponsored by company with a vested interest in results and which is clearly using survey as a promotional tool

writeup:
does not link to toplines
no info on question wording
no methods info
confuses "percentage" and "percentage point"

Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 1d

Hack — Sleep on vacation.

Americans Are Using PTO to Sleep, Not for Vacation—Report

An Amerisleep.com survey revealed that 37 percent of Americans used vacation days in the past year just to rest.

www.newsweek.com

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 1d

DC beer doing my research for me. Great place to start!

DC Beer @dcbeer.com · 1d

It's a new day, so there's a new Snally post up. Drink what the brewers drink, or, in praise of the shifty!

Snallygaster 25: Drink What the Brewers Drink | DC Beer

When they're making a pastry stout, they drink a lager. At Snallygaster 2025 you can have both!

dcbeer.com

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 1d

Don't worry folks, we also have a highly significant adjusted R^2.

Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 1d

Country/region is a numeric variable which has Scotland as being six times greater than Northern England. Whilst I agree with the sentiment, the fact that a lecturer in quantitative methods has just dumped this variable in a regression without thinking... smdh

Table 2. Effects of Ethnic Food Enjoyment on Anti-Immigrant Attitudes & Policy Support.
Variable Perceived cultural & economic threat of immigrants (M1) Pro-Afro-Caribbean immigrant attitudes (M2) Pro-European immigrant attitudes (M3) Pro-Asian immigrant attitudes (M4) Voter support for anti-immigration politicians (M5)
Country/region −0.02 (0.12) 0.01 (0.01) 0.04 (0.01) 0.03 (0.01) −0.03 (0.01)
Settlement type 0.01 (0.02) 0.05 (0.02) −0.02 (0.03) 0.02 (0.02) 0.01 (0.03)
Education −0.12 (0.01)*** 0.15 (0.00)*** 0.17 (0.01)*** 0.13 (0.01)*** −0.07 (0.01)*
Age 0.14 (0.00) −0.03 (0.03) −0.02 (0.00) −0.03 (0.00) 0.11 (0.00)***
Gender −0.07 (0.03)** 0.04 (0.03) 0.03 (0.04) −0.00 (0.03) 0.02 (0.04)
Political orientation 0.22 (0.03)*** −0.19 (0.02)*** −0.22 (0.03)*** −0.15 (0.05)*** 0.29 (0.04)***
Perceived neighbourhood diversity −0.00 (0.02) 0.02 (0.02) 0.01 (0.02) 0.05 (0.02) 0.02 (0.02)
Right-wing newspaper consumption 0.13 (0.02)*** −0.05 (0.02) −0.10 (0.02)*** −0.08 (0.02)* 0.17 (0.03)***
Right-wing party 0.07 (0.05)* −0.07 (0.05)* −0.03 (0.05) −0.07 (0.05) 0.15 (0.06)
Employment status −0.04 (0.02) 0.02 (0.02) 0.02 (0.02) 0.02 (0.02) 0.00 (0.02)
Number of non-White friends −0.09 (0.01)** 0.11 (0.01)*** 0.11 (0.01)*** 0.11 (0.01)*** −0.07 (0.01)**
Ethnic food enjoyment −0.10 (0.00)*** 0.12 (0.00)*** 0.11 (0.00)*** 0.14 (0.00)*** −0.07 (0.00)**
Total R2 (Adjusted) .20*** .15*** .18*** .14*** .29***
N 1,025 1,025 1,025 1,025 1,025

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John Sides @johnsides.bsky.social · 2d

Under Biden, there was no thermostatic shift in public opinion about the size of government. The public stayed relatively liberal. Take attitudes toward the government's role in health care:

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 2d

A fantastic piece by @brewedculture.org on the history and culture of immigrant labor in the Pacific Northwest hop harvest—one now threatened by a xenophobic administration.

“If you’re a resident of this country — not a citizen, but a resident — there’s always a possibility … of deportation.”

Beneath the Bines: The Multicultural Roots of the Pacific Northwest Hop Harvest

”My dad gave me advice 60 years ago: The day that you think you’re any better than the lowest man on the job is the day you start going backwards.” Bill Coleman represents the fifth of seven generatio...

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 2d

My H is Adams endorses this very specific statement from the right wing authoritarianism scale (yay item validity) because he likes Trump. It didn't lead him to support Trump initially.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 2d

Well, there you go. Video at link.
x.com/JasonJournoD...

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Kathleen Weldon @kathleenweldon.bsky.social · 2d

I know people ask these questions to get over social desirability bias (I'm not sexist, but THEY are), but this is silly. Many are reading this as 4 in 10 won't vote for a woman for president (also implied by the headline). It's really that 4 in 10 know a sexist, and I'm stunned it isn't 100%.

Politico @politico.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Americans remain wary of electing a female president, per a new poll.

Four in 10 Americans say they know someone who would not vote for a woman president.

Americans remain wary of electing a female president, new poll reveals

Four in 10 Americans say they know someone who would not vote for a woman president.

www.politico.com

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 3d

To build on this, I like @obrian.bsky.social's book here

press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Then Marc Hetherington, @jonweiler.bsky.social, and I have a book manuscript under review that tries to help explain these bundled orientations.

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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 4d

Seems like he is doing more along these lines than anybody else

www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 4d

Maiden's Brave New World is sick

Buttadeus @thewanderingjew.bsky.social · 4d

In defense of Taylor Swift...what's the best 12th album anyone has ever made?

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 4d

Confusing seeing Vandy as the SEC game of the week but I'll take it #anchordown

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 4d

There are several PhD students here at SBU eagerly waiting on the book after reading your APSR two weeks ago. Here's to a straightforward review process for it!

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 4d

Love this book on Bell

www.amazon.com/Idea-Factory...

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 4d

Sometimes I think about how from 1935-1975ish, Bell Labs produced an insane amount of revolutionary science and technology, including 11 Nobel Prizes, the transistor, UNIX, C, the laser, the solar cell, information theory, etc. The secret? Provide scientists with ample, steady, no-strings funding.

sites.stat.columbia.edu

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 4d

College > NFL

Sickos Committee @sickoscommittee.org · 4d

Here’s a Michigan fan upset while wearing a corn costume.

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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 4d

the fit gap between nbc premier league mornings and all other televised sports in the u.s. is immense

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Zach 🐷🤠 @zrau.bsky.social · 4d

Theo Von is the anti-Timothée Chalamet

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 4d

I've been told, and read similar arguments, that police have a tough job so they need to bet cut some slack in how they behave and how their behaviors are evaluated.

Not sure about that.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5d

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

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Doug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 4d

It's also strange that this is described as a "hit-and-run," which is usually something reserved for a situation in which a driver flees after unintentionally hitting someone. This kid aimed his car at these girls no different than a gun or a missile. His entire intent was to harm them and get away.

Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 4d

This kind of misogyny and sense of entitlement starts early and the fact that no one involved did anything about the clear red flags is disturbing www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/n...