New Clippings: Political violence on the rise, the decline of Jewish humor, threats to census expertise, and outrage-based media fueling polarization.
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Thrilled that my paper "Partisan disparities in the funding of science in the United States" with Nic Fishman, @leahrosenstiel.bsky.social, and @dashunwang.bsky.social was published in @science.org today!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Cat’s Folding Bedside Bassinet with Folding Wheels and Mobile

New study by @brendannyhan.bsky.social, @jasonreifler.bsky.social & colleagues demonstrates that prebunking election fraud rumors — by warning about anticipated false claims & filling conceptual gaps that those claims exploit — helps to reduce belief in falsehoods: www.science.org/content/arti...

Finally being called up to the big leagues.

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

Well on the bright side www.avclub.com/mitchell-and...

New— Nazis with giant swastika flags marched in downtown Indianapolis on Saturday with two police escorts. They shouted “white power” and said to the woman who took this video (reshared here with her permission) “fuck you, n***** bitch.”

Police did not intervene. I cannot find local news coverage.

possibly one of the most exciting theory papers in recent times, and just perfect that it's out there in the best sociology journal (imho).

from @acastroaraujo.bsky.social & @nicolasrestrepo.bsky.social:

Someone forgot to take down this webpage:

www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

Congratulations Nic!!!

Thread explaining how warped coverage that constantly promotes bad news (e.g. about crime rates) and ignores good news about the same topics, creates a distorted perception of reality — dynamics that make it difficult for a democratic country to identify, diagnose, and address actual problems.

Go, a college student, has a dependent visa (her mother, an Episcopal minister, is here on a religious worker visa), which doesn't expire until Dec. But when she tried to renew it early, ICE nabbed her and sent her halfway across the US to a detention center.
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It’s come to my attention that this has come to Dan’s attention. Please proceed accordingly.

It has come my attention that, thanks to a reddit post on r/science, this article with @drmann.bsky.social on the quasi-religious characteristics of right-wing news media is trending. A temporary open access link from Sage below for anyone interested in digging into the argument and framework.

"Hope this email finds you in good." is my new favorite predatory journal email opener.

This makes me wonder why we don’t see very gendered grilling play sets more.

I decided to make a long blog post combining general sociological things I am aware of with personal observations of cultural and lifestyle differences between the UK and USA.

sootyempiric.blogspot.com/2025/07/comp...

My team is organizing a workshop on information disorder at the CSCW conference (Oct 18, Bergen, Norway). We aim to convene scholars committed to understanding mis & disinfo, scams, online hate, etc. Applicants should submit 2-6 page position papers by Aug 1: cscw2025infodisorder.netlify.app

*Republicans* now approaching pre-Trump levels of saying immigration is a good thing for the country

New paper on by Hansjörg Schwertz & my colleague Dana Tulodziecki, who is doing cool work on space ethics now!

@purduephilosophy.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...