Kristina Lerman
kristinalerman.bsky.social
Kristina Lerman
@kristinalerman.bsky.social
Senior Principal Scientist at USC Information Sciences Institute. Using data, networks and AI to better understand social groups.
Sounds like Gamer Gate on steroids. I am sorry you went through that, but I hope your revenge is Sweet and Profitable
January 19, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Who executes the 25th Amendment? Congress or the Cabinet?
January 19, 2026 at 9:43 PM
We do have the 25th Amendment for that.
January 19, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Ummm yeah
January 19, 2026 at 9:40 PM
As for social media, evolutionary psychology holds cues. Just like junk food exploits evolved preferences for high energy food, social media exploits evolved sensitivities to signals of threat and safety.

At least that’s the theory I am advocating in my talks on “Psychology of Social Media”
January 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
You shoulda seen the view from my office at USC information sciences institute. Sadly, I gave it up to move to a college town in Midwest. 😆
January 16, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Thing is, not many US citizens *have* passports in the first place. What should they carry around - their birth certificates? This is crazy
January 16, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Wait… I thought ICE was going after *immigrants*
January 16, 2026 at 1:53 PM
I have had people tell me “Mossad agents are walking the streets of Tehran”. When I ask for evidence, they cite Mike Pompeo’s ill advised tweet. Sorry to tell you, but Pompeo’s no longer part of US government
January 16, 2026 at 1:51 PM
“Siri, what’s sycophancy?”
January 16, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Very nice!

When we did the work on Strong Friendship Paradox, we found that you only needed to go up to 3-node interactions but no more. We coined the term “transsortativity” to capture degree correlations between a node’s neighbors. You can’t explain SFP with only pairwise interactions in all nets
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Steve Jobs was like that too. He pursued quack cures and waited too long to treat his pancreatic cancer.
January 13, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The synagogue was called “Beth Israel”. I wonder whether activists who are ignorant of Jewish culture and history consider that an expression of pro-Zionist statement.

“Israel” has been central to Jewish identity for thousands of years. Outsiders may not be aware of that.
January 13, 2026 at 3:20 PM
tragic. The young man targeted it because it had “Jewish ties” and was a “place of Satan”…..? Terrible. Just terrible.
January 13, 2026 at 2:44 PM