Jessica Polos
@jessicapolos.bsky.social
Assistant Professor @DePaul_MPH. Sociologist + demographer via @cdeuw @cdhauw studying structural discrimination and health. Views = own.
Why even accept the review if you’re just going to put it through the slop machine?
December 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Why even accept the review if you’re just going to put it through the slop machine?
Billionaire names other billionaires the Billionaire of the Year.
Time Magazine puts the "architects of AI" on its Person of the Year cover time.com/7339685/pers...
December 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Billionaire names other billionaires the Billionaire of the Year.
Reposted by Jessica Polos
As we swing into an era in which being a good mother now means having to “do your own research” and figure out on your own what is good for your children’s unique needs, it’s important to understand that this shift is part of a long arc of controlling women.
How ‘scientific motherhood’ polices and subjugates women | Aeon Essays
‘Scientific motherhood’ promised to create high standards for child-rearing. But it’s really a system designed to police women
aeon.co
December 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
As we swing into an era in which being a good mother now means having to “do your own research” and figure out on your own what is good for your children’s unique needs, it’s important to understand that this shift is part of a long arc of controlling women.
There’s a full blown cheating crisis in just about every sector rn - politics, law, tech - and not too many ppl doing anything about it. And it’s not just driven by AI - it’s a push against rules based orders.
There's a full-blown cheating crisis in higher education around the globe, and apparently the only people doing anything about it are individual faculty in our own classes. It's madness.
December 5, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There’s a full blown cheating crisis in just about every sector rn - politics, law, tech - and not too many ppl doing anything about it. And it’s not just driven by AI - it’s a push against rules based orders.
This makes me feel better about asking everyone at UW CDHA seminar ‘What is sociology?’. No one answered the question, so I thought I must be the clueless one, but I’m glad to hear none of us have any idea.
Freshman year: took soc 101, couldn't even figure out what soc was, cried
Senior year: graduating with a soc major, still didn't get what soc was, cried
Grad school: cried a lot just because
Asst prof: What is sociology? What a fascinating question that we'll get to explore together this semester
Senior year: graduating with a soc major, still didn't get what soc was, cried
Grad school: cried a lot just because
Asst prof: What is sociology? What a fascinating question that we'll get to explore together this semester
"What *is* sociology, exactly?"
Sir I have no idea.
Sir I have no idea.
December 2, 2025 at 1:56 AM
This makes me feel better about asking everyone at UW CDHA seminar ‘What is sociology?’. No one answered the question, so I thought I must be the clueless one, but I’m glad to hear none of us have any idea.
And if they win, Costco will cut all of its members a check, right?
“Costco is suing the Trump administration for a refund of the tariffs it has paid since President Trump imposed duties on nearly all imported products earlier this year… [arguing] that the tariffs are illegal because Congress, and not the president, has the authority to set tariffs.“
Update from Chris Cameron
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
And if they win, Costco will cut all of its members a check, right?
Technology is now so advanced that it has made technology useless. Back to analog surveys!
This is terrifying.
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
"[AI agents] can... infer a researcher's latent hypotheses and produce data that artificially confirms them."
...
"We can no longer trust that survey responses are coming from real people" [email protected]
November 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Technology is now so advanced that it has made technology useless. Back to analog surveys!
‘Who’s your Mom, Donnie?’ is a good mneumonic device.
Mayor Mamdani is easy to pronounce
Just say it over and over
Just say it over and over
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
‘Who’s your Mom, Donnie?’ is a good mneumonic device.
Our system too often puts people in impossible situations and then punishes them for being in impossible situations.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Our system too often puts people in impossible situations and then punishes them for being in impossible situations.
How do we know Claude didn’t put this person up to it? Maybe Claude’s the hacker.
Anthropic says a hacker used its Claude chatbot "to an unprecedented degree": Claude identified vulnerable companies, wrote infostealer malware, analyzed stolen files for extortion purposes, calculated extortion amounts, and wrote extortion messages. www.nbcnews.com/tech/securit...
August 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
How do we know Claude didn’t put this person up to it? Maybe Claude’s the hacker.
Uhh we should fund and regulate it. I do not want people knowing my thoughts ty.
Science is awesome. We should fund it.
Breaking News: Scientists hoping to help people who cannot talk reported that they were able to decode not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying.
August 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Uhh we should fund and regulate it. I do not want people knowing my thoughts ty.
Slightly diminish a band: Smooch
Slightly diminish a band: Boyintelligent
Slightly diminish a band: The Only Mostly Dead Kennedys
August 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Slightly diminish a band: Smooch
I have recently begun to prefer Coke Zero over Diet Coke too. I don’t know what has come over me. But the taxonomy is pretty spot on.
And the 1.25L virtue is you drink it in more than one sitting but it will be gone before it goes flat.
And the 1.25L virtue is you drink it in more than one sitting but it will be gone before it goes flat.
This is fine except Coke Zero is better than Diet Coke
The truth is out there
July 11, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I have recently begun to prefer Coke Zero over Diet Coke too. I don’t know what has come over me. But the taxonomy is pretty spot on.
And the 1.25L virtue is you drink it in more than one sitting but it will be gone before it goes flat.
And the 1.25L virtue is you drink it in more than one sitting but it will be gone before it goes flat.
The only nutrition research I buy into without reading the paper.
Most people who drink coffee appreciate the quick jolt of energy it provides. But in a new study, scientists have found that coffee may offer the much longer-term benefit of healthy aging.
Drinking Coffee Is Associated With a Longer, Healthier Life, According to a New Study
A new study of over 47,000 women found links between coffee drinking and healthy aging. Here’s what we know.
trib.al
June 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
The only nutrition research I buy into without reading the paper.
Reposted by Jessica Polos
It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
May 7, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It’s weird to live in a time when basic principles like cruelty is wrong, cheating is empty & the idea that curiosity, generosity, originality, the satisfaction of earned accomplishments & loving intimacy are the center of a good life feel like countercultural concepts
Ok fortunes in fortune cookies are getting bad bad. They went from being fortunes to being proverbs to being the advice of a mid-level corporate manager.
April 26, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Ok fortunes in fortune cookies are getting bad bad. They went from being fortunes to being proverbs to being the advice of a mid-level corporate manager.
Reposted by Jessica Polos
Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
April 17, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
It will be a miracle if this poster makes it to PAA and I don’t leave it somewhere in the airport, on the train, etc. I can’t explain, but my brain does not recognize or therefore keep track of this weird thing.
April 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It will be a miracle if this poster makes it to PAA and I don’t leave it somewhere in the airport, on the train, etc. I can’t explain, but my brain does not recognize or therefore keep track of this weird thing.
Reposted by Jessica Polos
🚨 Come research singlehood with me! I’m hiring a 3-year Postdoc w/interest in Family Demography to start this Fall. Please share!
📍 Barcelona (@cedemografia.bsky.social)
🔎 ERC-funded project 'SINGLE'
📅 Deadline – April 24, 2025
🔗 More info: shorturl.at/400eo
#Postdoc #Demography
📍 Barcelona (@cedemografia.bsky.social)
🔎 ERC-funded project 'SINGLE'
📅 Deadline – April 24, 2025
🔗 More info: shorturl.at/400eo
#Postdoc #Demography
a sign that says we 're hiring in orange on a white background
ALT: a sign that says we 're hiring in orange on a white background
media.tenor.com
March 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🚨 Come research singlehood with me! I’m hiring a 3-year Postdoc w/interest in Family Demography to start this Fall. Please share!
📍 Barcelona (@cedemografia.bsky.social)
🔎 ERC-funded project 'SINGLE'
📅 Deadline – April 24, 2025
🔗 More info: shorturl.at/400eo
#Postdoc #Demography
📍 Barcelona (@cedemografia.bsky.social)
🔎 ERC-funded project 'SINGLE'
📅 Deadline – April 24, 2025
🔗 More info: shorturl.at/400eo
#Postdoc #Demography
One of my uni’s grant submission systems is not working properly and I cannot upload a proposal. They want me to restart my computer and try again.
Do they know how many documents and windows I have open in like 14 different apps?! Most related to this submission? The gall!!
Do they know how many documents and windows I have open in like 14 different apps?! Most related to this submission? The gall!!
March 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
One of my uni’s grant submission systems is not working properly and I cannot upload a proposal. They want me to restart my computer and try again.
Do they know how many documents and windows I have open in like 14 different apps?! Most related to this submission? The gall!!
Do they know how many documents and windows I have open in like 14 different apps?! Most related to this submission? The gall!!
My MPH students presented their capstones last night. Several lamented their data sets disappearing part way through the project and info cited from CDC gone overnight. Made me sad to think of what this exercise will look like next year.
March 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My MPH students presented their capstones last night. Several lamented their data sets disappearing part way through the project and info cited from CDC gone overnight. Made me sad to think of what this exercise will look like next year.
Anyone else feel like we’re living in The Matrix Prequel? Like the series of events leading to humanity’s entrapment in false reality, rule by bots, and the utter destruction of the earth and climate?
February 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Anyone else feel like we’re living in The Matrix Prequel? Like the series of events leading to humanity’s entrapment in false reality, rule by bots, and the utter destruction of the earth and climate?
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Do you want to live longer? Join a union.
In new research, @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social uses #PSIDdata for 50 years to find that for each year of union membership, the risk of mortality drops by 1.5%.
#labor #union #lifecourse.
In new research, @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social uses #PSIDdata for 50 years to find that for each year of union membership, the risk of mortality drops by 1.5%.
#labor #union #lifecourse.
The mortality implications of a unionized career - PubMed
An emerging literature has documented a wide range of protections and benefits that union membership provides for health and wellbeing. However, this literature primarily focuses on point-in-time…
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Do you want to live longer? Join a union.
In new research, @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social uses #PSIDdata for 50 years to find that for each year of union membership, the risk of mortality drops by 1.5%.
#labor #union #lifecourse.
In new research, @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social uses #PSIDdata for 50 years to find that for each year of union membership, the risk of mortality drops by 1.5%.
#labor #union #lifecourse.
At what point does humanity’s use of AI lead to the infinity mirror effect? That is, AI is used to respond to AI is used to respond to AI ad infinitum.
And at what point does something explode?
And at what point does something explode?
February 24, 2025 at 10:13 PM
At what point does humanity’s use of AI lead to the infinity mirror effect? That is, AI is used to respond to AI is used to respond to AI ad infinitum.
And at what point does something explode?
And at what point does something explode?
As someone who has had a premature baby and studies infant prematurity, this is both personally and professionally outrageous.
No Republican in Congress should be allowed the claim to be “pro-life” ever again. This is a disgrace.
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/cdc-s...
CDC Shutters PRAMS Program on Maternal and Infant Health
The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) is a federal data collection...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:06 AM
As someone who has had a premature baby and studies infant prematurity, this is both personally and professionally outrageous.