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Dan de Kadt

@dandekadt.bsky.social

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Social and data science at the London School of Economics Democracy, behaviour, meta-science, 🇿🇦🇺🇲 Won't interact with anon accounts. www.ddekadt.com

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · May 14

🚨 “Good Description” with @annagbusse.bsky.social 🚨

What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?

We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.

Two main contributions...

🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc

good_description/good_description_ddk_agb.pdf at main · ddekadt/good_description

Homepage of "Good Description" by Daniel de Kadt & Anna Grzymala-Busse - ddekadt/good_description

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Frog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 4h

Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.”

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 4h

Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move.

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 19h

I’m old Gandalf, I know I may not look it

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

Tbc someone screencapped this tweet of mine from 6 years ago and is recycling it for karma

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

My best post tbf

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure my cooking circa 2010 would have done any favours to the people of Mzansi

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

(And to fill promotion files)

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

But this might mean fewer sweet pubs in top outlets, and what would the world be like then?? Think of the loss.

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

What have you never had a meal that made you think "wow all my negative assumptions about this cultural group were unfounded?"

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

Nobel season is upon us so I am staying close to my phone so I can post without delay

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

you're welcome (except my articles are poorly argued and theoretically empty)

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 1d

"hand-to-hand combat with antifa every night"

a guy in a frog costume standing facing a line of police and ICE agents in Portland

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

And the skeptics say AI won't put us all out of work

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 1d

The White House plans to further debase and pervert our military troops to occupy yet another US city.

It justifies that plan by claiming to know more and care more about crime, in that city, than the city’s literal Chief of Police.

Conservative and Liberal Americans reject military rule.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

COLLINS: The police chief of Portland says the president's claims don't match up with what's happening on the ground

LEAVITT: You're probably talking to partisan Democrat officials who are opposed to everything this president does

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

A day trip it is then!

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

There are a few clinics in London -- can advise if you need.

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

"What did you do at work today, dad?"

"Well, son, I started the day off by participating in the military occupation of a peaceful American city and ended the day being publicly humiliated by an inflatable frog"

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 1d

Biased as I am, this is a great paper on the limits of current generative AI models for learning about fundamentally subjective assessments (in this case, evaluating features of neighborhoods from photographs).

Nationally Representative, Locally Misaligned: The Biases of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Neighborhood Perception | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

Nationally Representative, Locally Misaligned: The Biases of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Neighborhood Perception

www.cambridge.org

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 2d

Weird take. Many people who have actually lived under fascism or ideologically associated regimes are sounding the alarm.

Maybe the point is we are not *yet* “living under” it… ok? But these transitions don’t happen discontinuously, so it’s a bit of a meaningless exercise.

Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 3d

If we were living under fascism, none of you would be here daring to post things. You'd be erasing your social media accounts and keeping your head down; you'd know that peacocking your faux-bravery on a network would expose you to being disappeared.
You have no idea what "fascism" really means.

shane @mouthfulofcavities.bsky.social · 3d

the regime is zip tying toddlers and ripping them away from their mothers unclothed... calling it fascism upsets this neo-con.

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 3d

NYT has more euphemisms than a paper with no identification strategy

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4d

Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds

From the New York Times: Breaking news: U.S. attacks Venezuelan boat for fourth time, challenging legal bounds

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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 4d

Zodiac killer murders again, challenging legal bounds

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 4d

American men and women are incurring large risks and sacrifices to defend our democracy. Acts of historic dignity and honor. Please support them.

Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 4d

It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.

Office of the President
Dear Dartmouth community,

As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.”

I am deeply committed to Dartmouth’s academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence.

You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves.

Best,
Sian Leah Beilock
President

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 4d

Following Apple’s removal of ICEBlock, both Google and Apple have removed a similar app for reporting ICE raids called Red Dot.

Google states it removed the app for targeting a vulnerable group that is at risk of violence — ICE agents.

Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’

The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.

www.404media.co

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 4d

Not sure I really agree with the point but liking to indicate that I agree the rest is a distraction.

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Thomas Leeper @thosjleeper.bsky.social · 4d

Democrats need to commit to removing the police powers from ICE. It should be reimagined as an agency where its employees wear suits and badges and have to treat people with dignity and respect. And its entire current workforce should be fired, if only for symbolic reasons.

Eric Reinhart @eric-reinhart.com · 4d

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

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