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Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 23d

Finally wrote something responding to that silly piece from a few weeks ago about why everyone should stay on X (they still wanted to call it Twitter, but Twitter is dead).

You can stay in the system designed to hold you back, or you can be a part of building something better. It's time to build.

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 23d

Stop Begging. Start Building

As a reminder, I’m on the board at Bluesky, which means you should consider me extremely biased, even as this article isn’t really about Bluesky. The writer Jerusalem Demsas wants you to stay on Twitter. In "The case for staying on Twitter," she admits the site is…

Stop Begging. Start Building

As a reminder, I’m on the board at Bluesky, which means you should consider me extremely biased, even as this article isn’t really about Bluesky. The writer Jerusalem Demsas wants you to stay on Twitter. In "The case for staying on Twitter," she admits the site is effectively overrun by neo-Nazis, but she argues that people should remain on Elon Musk's platform to fight for it.

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · Aug 8

'The central goals of open science – transparency, social accessibility, robustness – apply across all disciplines.'

In a recent interview, Dr Eike Rinke discussed the importance of open research in improving the quality of research in higher education:

open-science-future.zbw.eu/en/shift-tow...

"The shift towards more robust research is primarily a social change."

Open science is a social change and spreads primarily through communities and networks. Networks offer exchange, social recognition, ...

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · Aug 1

*Overstate*, Josh, overstate! (And: yes!)

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · Jul 31

In which I note that OS is a social movement aimed at better aligning "good" & "successful" research - and shoutout @ukrepro.bsky.social, @reproducibilitea.org & our wonderful librarian allies like @openresleeds.bsky.social

English version here: open-science-future.zbw.eu/en/shift-tow...

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Centre for Democratic Politics @cdpleeds.bsky.social · Jul 22

We have a new blog post about lowering the voting age to 16 in the UK by @oliver-booth.bsky.social

Check it out 👇

Votes at 16: Right Policy, Wrong Motives?

Labour has announced plans to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in the next general election. This will bring the UK in line with devolved and local elections in Scotland and Wales. Labour’s propos

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · Jun 30

This looks like some good evidence-assessment stuff right here.

Charlie Rahal @crahal.com · Jun 30

🚀 RobustiPy is out of beta! Feature rich, we hope it becomes useful for model uncertainty / #datascience.

We include 🔟 replications, including “unexplained discrepancies” in prior work!

📄 Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2506.19958
💻 GitHub: github.com/RobustiPy/robustipy
🌐 Homepage: robustipy.github.io

Introducing RobustiPy: An efficient next generation multiversal library with model selection, averaging, resampling, and explainable artificial intelligence

We present RobustiPy, a next generation Python-based framework for model uncertainty quantification and multiverse analysis, released under the GNU GPL v3.0. Through the integration of efficient boots...

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · Jun 23

Looking forward to this in Leeds tomorrow!

@lida-leeds.bsky.social @srmleeds.bsky.social

Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · Jun 17

EVENT IN LEEDS ON 24 JUNE: "Meeting the AI & Big Data Revolutions in Quantitative Social Science: Challenges & Opportunities"

TIME: 1530-1700 (networking 1700-1800)
LOCATION: Nexus, Uni of Leeds
DETAILS & REGISTER: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/meeting-th...

@lida-leeds.bsky.social, @srmleeds.bsky.social

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · May 23

Most weeks I recommend to our Leeds @ukrepro.bsky.social network an "Open Research Friday Reading". Why not share it here, too?

Today I shared "A Manifesto for a Globally DEI Open Science" by @sakshighai.bsky.social et al. - important read for any social scientist ☝️

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

A manifesto for a globally diverse, equitable, and inclusive open science - Communications Psychology

Psychology must embrace more responsible practices in design, reporting, generalisation, and evaluation of research to counteract the spectre of Questionable Generalisability Practices and the issue o...

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Open Research Leeds @openresleeds.bsky.social · May 15

This morning @helenblomfield.bsky.social and @nickshepp.bsky.social have teamed up with @emrinke.bsky.social to talk about Open Political Research

(Described by @lauracon.bsky.social as an #OpenResearch / data management super group 🤣)

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Centre for Democratic Politics @cdpleeds.bsky.social · May 8

The Centre for Democratic Politics is also on LinkedIn!

Follow our page for information about upcoming events and research.

Centre for Democratic Politics @cdpleeds.bsky.social · May 8

The Centre for Democratic Politics has hosted and co-hosted several events for its members during this academic year.

Look out for information about up-coming events on our social media pages and our website.

A white poster with purple text that reads 'Overview of Previous Events - Academic Year 24/25'. There are 9 boxes which each include an even hosted or co-hosted by the CDP.

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POLIS at Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social · May 13

Dr Eike Rinke and co-authors have had their article on 'The reliability of replications' published by The Royal Society 📃

In it, @emrinke.bsky.social explores the importance of including clear explanations alongside research results 🔍

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

The reliability of replications: a study in computational reproductions | Royal Society Open Science

This study investigates researcher variability in computational reproduction, an activity for which it is least expected. Eighty-five independent teams attempted numerical replication of results from ...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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Dr Kelly Lloyd @kellylloyd.bsky.social · Apr 23

📣 New Open Research event at University of Leeds

Open Research for All: Bridging Disciplines 🌉

Join us at this in-person event (including lunch) on Wed 14 May (11am-2pm) for several exciting OR talks 🌟

Register: leeds.libcal.com/event/4369744

@openresleeds.bsky.social @nickshepp.bsky.social

Open Research for All: Bridging Disciplines

Join us at this in-person event (including lunch) on Wednesday 14 May (11:00-14:00, Level 13 Research Meeting Rooms in Edward Boyle library) for several exciting open research...

leeds.libcal.com

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Max Grömping @maxgroemping.bsky.social · Apr 14

Congrats, @breznaunate.bsky.social @emrinke.bsky.social @kunkakom.bsky.social and team. Taking part in this project was not only eye-opening in terms of #metascience but also great fun. Even with shared data and code, reproducibility is not a given. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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UK Reproducibility Network @ukrepro.bsky.social · Apr 2

Open code and software encourages collaboration between code users, developers and researchers.

What are your experiences with sharing your code and software?

#OpenResearch #Research #OpenCode #OpenSoftware

Open code and software

YouTube video by UK Reproducibility Network

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · Mar 28

Your regular reminder that the position to only make "the data supporting the findings of this study ... available upon reasonable request" is not (usually) itself reasonable.

(Ugh, when will this practice finally end?)

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Peter Tennant @pwgtennant.bsky.social · Mar 26

Do you have recommendations for people who are interested in / have spoken about the problems (practical or ethical) of using AI in social science research?

They need to be UK based. I am organising a panel for an event. Thank you so much!

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Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social · Mar 20

An excellent investigation highlighting the value of sharing code, in addition to data, for establishing reproducibility.

Nate Breznau @breznaunate.bsky.social · Mar 20

We crowdsourced 85 teams to indep. computationally reproduce results from a single study in randomized conditions. Reproducibility:

• depends heavily on the transparency of materials
• high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · Mar 19

1. For the past thirty years I've had the best job in the world.

 I've had the opportunity to follow my curiosity; explore the workings of nature and society; mentor students and junior colleagues in the same process; and teach generations of students about it all.

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · Mar 20

📊 Large-scale reproducibility experiment out now @royalsocietypublishing.org

☝️Moral of the story: When you publish research results, do it along w/ hi-qual code & clear explanations of what you did. Otherwise they may be less reproducible than you think.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

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Lukas Otto @lukotto.bsky.social · Mar 12

🚀 The GESIS AppKit is live! 🚀

Three years ago we started the project of providing "an App" for Social Scientists @gesis.org . Today, it is much more than that. It is a management system for mobile, intensive-longitudinal studies. Interested?

✅ Register here: www.gesis.org/gesis-appkit...

www.gesis.org

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Altmetric @altmetric.com · Mar 10

There are concerns that Bluesky's impact has faded since the initial hype. This is false.

That impression results from reading headlines about social media instead of the hard data.

The five HIGHEST points of Bluesky posts mentioning research all occur in the last 2 weeks.

Large increase in research sharing in 2025

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Elie Michel @eliemichel.bsky.social · Mar 3

We are trying to build the most ambitious infrastrucutre for democracy research - and we need your support !

MEDem @medem.bsky.social · Mar 3

In about a month, we submit our application for the ESFRI Roadmap 🇪🇺
Help us reach 1,000 researchers by showing your support here: forms.gle/dm8K4xFgXD9b...
⚙️ Regardless, we’re sure you’ll find MEDem’s tools & services useful once they’re live. We’re already working on first prototypes this year! 🏗️📊

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · Feb 26

This event happening today with us at CDP from 3-4 pm UK time. This is a hybrid, open event, so join us from afar or at Leeds if you are interested to learn more about Cláudia's work on "Parliamentary Storytelling in Brazil and in the UK".

Centre for Democratic Politics @cdpleeds.bsky.social · Jan 19

Join us for this event with Dr Cláudia Lemos called "Narratives about Democracy: The Use of Parliamentary Storytelling in Brazil and in the UK"
📆 26th February 2025
🕒 15:00 - 16:00
📍 Social Sciences SR 14.33

More information 👇

Cláudia Lemos | Narratives about Democracy: The Use of Parliamentary Storytelling in Brazil and in the UK

In this seminar, titled ‘Narratives about democracy: the use of parliamentary storytelling in Brazil and in the UK’, Cláudia Lemos, a Visiting Scholar from the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil, wil

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · Feb 10

Speaking of null results, have a look at this outstanding study by @nicolaiberk.bsky.social, just out with us at Political Communication, where he shows with exemplary rigor how BILD's sudden shift towards framing immigration as related to crime had zero effect on readers' attitudes on immigration.

Jon Mellon @jonmellon.bsky.social · Feb 10

But have these practices led to an increase in publications of null results? Not really. Almost all articles still talk about non-null results in their abstracts and precise nulls are still almost non-existent.

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Eike Mark Rinke @emrinke.bsky.social · Feb 6

Our CDP 2024/25 Alice Bacon Lecture with broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty will happen tonight! Few tickets left, registration info below. If you're in Leeds, make sure to drop by.

Centre for Democratic Politics @cdpleeds.bsky.social · Jan 8

Join us for the 2024/25 Alice Bacon Lecture with celebrated broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty
📆6th February 2025
🕒18:30 - 19:30
📍Great Hall
More information 👇
cdp.leeds.ac.uk/events/naga-...

Naga Munchetty | Alice Bacon Lecture

Celebrated broadcaster and journalist Naga Munchetty is to give the 2024/5 Alice Bacon Lecture at the University of Leeds on Thursday 6th February 2025.The lecture will take place at 18:30 – 19

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