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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1h

I don't know I've ever seen them on a menu in DC (as a person who searches out good lengua tacos)

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 2h

Is that like a mix of cheek, tongue, etc?

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 9h

Honestly and seriously think this is an EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE tactic to use against these weak fascist losers.

GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 12h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Robert Griffin, Phd @rpgriffin.bsky.social · 18h

New piece from me @chriswarshaw.bsky.social , @devincaughey.bsky.social , and Bernard Fraga.

Story: though we've entered a high turnout era, turnout gaps between racial groups have reemerged.

Nerdy story: Using publicly available data, we've generated new, reliable turnout estimates over time.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 3h

Perhaps a better analogy is if a group of car thieves created a ride hailing app, and insisted that they be able to keep stealing cars to keep the input costs and therefore subscription costs low.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 3h

Bank robbers say asking permission to loot vaults would kill the bank robbing industry

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 3h

Also, I’m older now, so I see the wisdom in protecting copyright. If the AI industry can’t flourish without engaging in copyright violations at scale, then it should die

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 3h

For those of us who are old enough to remember Napster being shut down over a copyright infringement, it is really interesting to see the balance of power shift between entertainment and tech

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 14h

Where's your go-to spot in DC? Since moving to Takoma DC, I've been more in Silver Spring than the 9th street corridor, admittedly

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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 16h

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

(RNS) — Last month, the Rev. David Black stood in front of a Chicago-area U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility and spread his arms wide. Adorned in all black and wearing a clerical collar, the pastor looked up at a group of masked, heavily armed ICE agents on the roof and began to pray.

“I invited them to repentance,” Black, a minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA), said in an interview. “I basically offered an altar call. I invited them to come and receive that salvation, and be part of the kingdom that is coming.”

But when Black began to lower his arms a few seconds later, the agents responded to his spiritual plea by firing pepper balls, or chemical agents that cause eye irritation and respiratory distress, video footage shows. One struck Black in the head, exploding into a puff of white pepper smoke and forcing him to his knees. Fellow demonstrators rushed to his aid, and as the pastor rubbed his face in pain, the agents continued to fire.

“We could hear them laughing,” Black said.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 19h

I am not a constitutional scholar but I am pretty sure “the president my personally levy taxes and choose what they fund” is not in fact what the founders intended

George Pearkes @peark.es · 20h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 18h

Yes, it turns out to be more useful to collect data rather than merely trying to predict it

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 20h

Well that's not how appropriations work at all

*WHITE HOUSE TO TRANSFER TARIFF REVENUE TO FUND WIC: LEAVITT

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 18h

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing folks to uncritically call large statistical models “intelligence“

Kevin Riggle @kevinriggle.bsky.social · 19h

Shocked, shocked to discover that an ML model is bad at predicting the distribution of datasets it wasn’t trained on

Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 20h

More great work from @gelliottmorris.com and the @verasight.bsky.social team on synthetic samples. The area where it is probably most enthusiastically embraced is market research ... turns out it doesn't work well for simulating consumer behavior either www.verasight.io/reports/coff...

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 20h

More great work from @gelliottmorris.com and the @verasight.bsky.social team on synthetic samples. The area where it is probably most enthusiastically embraced is market research ... turns out it doesn't work well for simulating consumer behavior either www.verasight.io/reports/coff...

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 20h

Good Senior Data Science job (remote) at MoveOn:

job-boards.greenhouse.io/moveonorg/jo...

Senior Data Scientist

Anywhere in the continental U.S.

job-boards.greenhouse.io

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 23h

Made up facts to fit their ideological preferences is increasingly this court’s central methodology

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 23h

It's not just that they're going to strike down a law against conversion therapy, it's that they're going to do it on behalf of made-up claims from a straw plaintiff who can't honestly show the law affected her at all

Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 23h

One thing about American's widespread distrust and disapproval of the Supreme Court is that mainstream news coverage mostly doesn't dwell on stuff like standing, so people don't even begin to grasp how rigged the Court truly is www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 23h

The thing about anti-establishment grifters like MTG is that their whole schtick is criticizing those in power, so when the re her allies that are in power one clear if surprising option is to turn on them

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · 1d

👀 Marjorie Taylor Greene breaks with Republicans on Obamacare funding, saying she’s not a fan of the law but demands action to prevent a premium hike. “I’m absolutely disgusted that health insurance premiums will DOUBLE if the tax credits expire this year.” She says GOP leaders don’t have a plan.

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d

Survey world folks: Where have you posted job listings (outside of the AAPOR email list) and gotten good candidates in the past?

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Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 1d

For lots more context beyond Elliott's essay, @lilymasonphd.bsky.social & I have a forthcoming article in POQ on best practices for measuring & interpreting violent political attitudes, w/ tons of new evidence.

Pre-print: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/9blbj...

Appendix: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kc1i5...

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d

A reminder that a (the?) central organizing principle of this administration's actions is "how will it play to the base when we put a sizzle reel up on social media?"

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

“.. leadership asked for ‘large, beefy’ agents to conduct an arrest of Comey ‘in full kit,’ including Kevlar vests and exterior wear emblazoned with the FBI logo.”

@macfarlanenews.bsky.social
www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-arr...

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d

Don't put lies on the teevee

The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 1d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 1d

Well, today @deldeib.bsky.social has a very helpful explainer. Here's what an external review is, how it works, and how you can use it to help to get coverage of your own medical care: "Appeal, appeal, appeal, appeal... That’s all you have." www.propublica.org/article/heal...

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Robyn Swirling @rswirling.bsky.social · 1d

To turn this off in LinkedIn go to Settings —> Data Privacy. It’s the last item in the “how LinkedIn uses your data” section.

Doug Lindner @douglindner.bsky.social · 1d

PSA: LinkedIn turns this on by default

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Kevin Collins @kwcollins.bsky.social · 1d

The answer to this depends a lot on what features you need and what price you're willing to pay. I like Alchemer a lot (like 80% of features of Qualtrics, at a much lower price point), but happy to offer more tailored recs depending on what you need

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