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I admire folks who do so, and admire even more those who can do so with a spirit of curiosity. Instead of subtweeting displeasure, has anyone here tried engaging in dialogue? (8/end)

Fewer focus on its inverse, heterophily, and even fewer are willing to actively reach across some real or perceived divide to understand someone’s behaviors, especially when those behaviors might differ from their own. (7/8)

Who knows what the best-available defense to this sort of thing is, @kjhealy.co ? I sure don’t. I'll offer (preaching to choir, I know) that many of us who study networks are perpetually vexed by the concept of homophily and why we end up connected with people like ourselves. (6/8)

I haven’t walked a mile in @nachristakis.bsky.social 's shoes, and live a different life, with surely different constraints, so I can't judge. As it looks now, this thread and these comments look pretty consistently like an online piling-on, and we know that can escalate pretty quickly. (5/8)

But yes, the devil is in the details, so going beyond generic acts to specifics: would I have sought meetings with that particular "philanthropist"? Unambiguously: no, that’s not a choice I, nor perhaps many of us, would have made.🤮 (4/8)

He's always (very) aggressively fundraised for his lab's research program, students, fellows, and staff. I benefitted from such support as an advisee, so would be a hypocrite to generically fault any scientist for seeking funding, as I (and many of us) do to support those we advise. (3/8)

I've known @nachristakis.bsky.social, a scientist and humanist, virtually my entire professional career in the context of being a strong educator, devoted spouse and parent. He’s always struck me as a kind, thoughtful, curious, and humane person. (2/8)

I feel like someone’s gotta say something, so I guess it’s going to be me. I’m 100% certain that I either know, have met, or have sought meetings with people who have done horrible things in their lives, too. How about y’all? Association is not causation, and it's not guilt — of anything. (1/8)

write to Kevin Lewis @ UCSD about his syllabus (he’s not on here, sadly for us, but great for him)- he’s taught a course on this for years!

Also, ripping off early 90s Apple Garamond ad style isn’t very creative.

I always try to talk up the great work of my colleague Jen Lundquist (not on bsky) who developed UMass’ Academic Freedom Crisis Toolkit, as a public resource, especially to help guide faculty who face online harassment, doxxing, weaponized FOIA… www.umass.edu/faculty-deve...

Alex, what's the ref? (link sends to institution-gated login). Would love evidence-based nudges for our department curriculum folks to consider more robust integration of other-than-Stata! 🤑

Have you seen this CFP? www.ma3challenge.org

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