Doug Livingston
@douglivingston.bsky.social
Professor (Emory University), Epidemiologist cosplaying as an econ. High Church Anglocatholic with irenic sympathies. He/Him.
First time I met my now SIL she started asking me questions to validate stories my brother had told her. The dawning look of horror as she began to realize it was all true 😅
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
First time I met my now SIL she started asking me questions to validate stories my brother had told her. The dawning look of horror as she began to realize it was all true 😅
As someone raised Evangelical with deep family connections to that world, this is maybe the one "big E" evangelical guy who actually was vocal in 2016, and they still hate him for it.
December 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
As someone raised Evangelical with deep family connections to that world, this is maybe the one "big E" evangelical guy who actually was vocal in 2016, and they still hate him for it.
These critiques never seem to be all that specific either. What policies are the fault of "the faculty lounge", which ones specifically? Scratch beneath the surface and it always seems to come back to "just let the right openly hate queer people."
December 14, 2025 at 10:10 PM
These critiques never seem to be all that specific either. What policies are the fault of "the faculty lounge", which ones specifically? Scratch beneath the surface and it always seems to come back to "just let the right openly hate queer people."
Lol, we can't even affect policy at our own institutions, much less shape national policy.
December 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Lol, we can't even affect policy at our own institutions, much less shape national policy.
Worth upholding*
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Worth upholding*
I get the moralizing aspect, but as we said prioritizing the common good is a moral I think with upholding.
December 10, 2025 at 4:51 AM
I get the moralizing aspect, but as we said prioritizing the common good is a moral I think with upholding.
I think this is a place where regressive taxation is not what we typically interpret it as. They are in the sense that all consumption based taxes are, but there is an important distinction. The benefits are also accrued by low income folks paying the disproportionate share of the taxes.
December 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
I think this is a place where regressive taxation is not what we typically interpret it as. They are in the sense that all consumption based taxes are, but there is an important distinction. The benefits are also accrued by low income folks paying the disproportionate share of the taxes.
Huh, I don't think of it as right wing (though I didn't think of them as left wing either). Those taxes are a core public health tool specifically focused on the common good. Alcohol and tobacco taxes specifically, are some of our most powerful life saving public health interventions.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Huh, I don't think of it as right wing (though I didn't think of them as left wing either). Those taxes are a core public health tool specifically focused on the common good. Alcohol and tobacco taxes specifically, are some of our most powerful life saving public health interventions.
Do they not see how this infantilizes students?
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Do they not see how this infantilizes students?
I've decided to interpret this as they have a religious objection to ICE raids
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I've decided to interpret this as they have a religious objection to ICE raids
Reposted by Doug Livingston
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
"Woke is ruining D&D". Meanwhile Dimension 20, one of the wokest real play shows around, just sold out Madison Square Garden and the Hollywood Bowl for live shows and brings armies of new players to RPGs.
November 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is a huge part of why so many people think we're in the middle of a widespread "anti-woke backlash": Small movements opposed to social progress are collected into trend stories by conservative media. Far larger movements that want more diversity are ignored or cast as threats.
There's no methods development that the observational medical literature can't misuse. Its TTE now, but you look back at when propensity scores were fashionable and see the same thing.
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
There's no methods development that the observational medical literature can't misuse. Its TTE now, but you look back at when propensity scores were fashionable and see the same thing.
Dark chocolate pecan, cranberry curd, or apple miso?
November 27, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Dark chocolate pecan, cranberry curd, or apple miso?
Oldest friend came down. We are on day 2 of 3 for meal prep.
There are so many pies Talique.
There are so many pies Talique.
November 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Oldest friend came down. We are on day 2 of 3 for meal prep.
There are so many pies Talique.
There are so many pies Talique.
I'd love to figure out a real solution for how this could be. Instead, I'll float the remote possibility that a randomization protocol in the published medical literature may just be wrong.
November 27, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I'd love to figure out a real solution for how this could be. Instead, I'll float the remote possibility that a randomization protocol in the published medical literature may just be wrong.
Did they say they were balanced in their blocks of 4? 😅
November 27, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Did they say they were balanced in their blocks of 4? 😅
Dark chocolate pecan pie is hard to beat
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Dark chocolate pecan pie is hard to beat
Im gonna contend that Rogue One should be higher up. Maybe even in a tie with ESB. But solid list Fr.
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Im gonna contend that Rogue One should be higher up. Maybe even in a tie with ESB. But solid list Fr.
Eggnog, splash of something, and freshly grated nutmeg is hard to beat
November 24, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Eggnog, splash of something, and freshly grated nutmeg is hard to beat
My hopeful universalism continues to be challenged
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My hopeful universalism continues to be challenged
How do these people engage in this and think they will avoid damnation?
November 18, 2025 at 3:11 AM
How do these people engage in this and think they will avoid damnation?
And there's hesitancy in curriculums to force having to learn additional quant software (which is a real problem). But yeah, if you knew better you'd never fit a basic mixed model on MPlus. There's just a meaningful chunk of folks who have been trained that way.
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
And there's hesitancy in curriculums to force having to learn additional quant software (which is a real problem). But yeah, if you knew better you'd never fit a basic mixed model on MPlus. There's just a meaningful chunk of folks who have been trained that way.