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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · 21d

"Interpretations of Topbot as measuring perceived income decile or subjective social status ... are untenable, and empirical claims made on these bases should be revisited."

Important intervention relevant to many ppl studying the origins of political party support.

Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 27d

NEW: Anderson, "An Unreliable Ladder: Top–Bottom Self-Placement, Subjective Social Status, and Political Preferences sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...

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Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @sociusjournal.bsky.social · Aug 19

📶 Who’s still offline in a wired world?

A new #Socius data visualization by @spencerallen.bsky.social (@um-psc.bsky.social)‬ tracks #BroadbandAccess in the U.S. from 2013–2023—showing gaps by #Race, #Education & #Poverty have narrowed, but persist.

Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

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Caroline Lee @carolinewlee.bsky.social · Aug 11

Another outstanding @asapolisoc.bsky.social panel on Electoral Politics. #asa2025

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Zach Parolin @zparolin.bsky.social · Jul 31

Bocconi University in Milan is hiring in sociology at any level (open rank). Ideal candidate might focus on inequality, social policy, computational, labor markets, or similar. Happy to answer questions about my time there for anyone considering applying. More details: jobmarket.unibocconi.eu

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Thomas Davidson @thomasdavidson.bsky.social · Aug 1

I’m delighted to share that the August 2025 special issue of Sociological Methods & Research on Generative AI is out now. Along with my co-editor, Daniel Karell, we put together this issue to build on the conference we organized last year.

Here's a thread on each of the ten papers:

A screenshot of the Sociological Methods & Research website showing the special issue title

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Jul 22

Those gummy worms are a data science joke waiting to happen!

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · May 26

Attn: the special issue of SMR on Generative AI in Sociology is now online. The whole issue is fire, but the introduction by @thomasdavidson.bsky.social and Danny Karell is a must read, covering prompting, measurement, and simulations. It's a road map for soc sci research in the genAI era. +

Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence into Social Science Research: Measurement, Prompting, and Simulation - Thomas Davidson, Daniel Karell, 2025

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers new capabilities for analyzing data, creating synthetic media, and simulating realistic social interactions. This...

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rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · May 7

So I don't have the energy to redo the entire thread about the papal conclave but I will redo the part about the Latin nerdery: the announcement of a new pope is always in Latin, and uses a very traditional form.

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Apr 30

Palate cleanser #ggplot

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Arpit Gupta @arpitrage.bsky.social · Mar 29

RCT suggests smartphones make adults dumb cc @paulgp.com @novosad.bsky.social

academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Mar 26

mtcars %>%
group_by(cyl, am) %>%
summarise(tariff = if_else(cyl == 8 & am == 0, 25.0, 15.0))

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Airways Magazine @airwaysmag.bsky.social · Mar 26

OAG data shows that passenger bookings on Canada–U.S. routes are currently down by 70% compared to last year. www.airwaysmag.com/new-post/boo...

OAG: Bookings on Canada–U.S. Air Routes Down by 70%

OAG data shows that passenger bookings on Canada–U.S. routes are currently down by 70% compared to last year.

www.airwaysmag.com

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Noah Kazis @noahkazis.bsky.social · Mar 18

Because Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson's "Abundance" is less a book than a discourse-generating machine (by design), I'm going to review the *reviews* (I also have a review of the actual book coming, I'm not a total weirdo).

Roughly from worst to best:

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Mar 7

Hello, #ESS2025! I'll be presenting tomorrow, Friday at the "From Polarization to Solidarity" mini-conference. Whittier, 4th floor @ 8AM.

Come to find out what this map tells us about territorial identification in contemporary Europe!

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · Mar 5

As reported, the entire staff of 538 was laid off this morning. This is a severe blow to political data journalism, and I feel for my colleagues. Readers note: As we were instructed not to publish any new content, all planned updates to polls data and averages are canceled indefinitely. Huge loss :(

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Feb 24

Yes, absolutely enough to do there for a couple of days! Weather should be good, Euro goes just a little bit further, English is widely spoken. Full disclosure: I'm from there, but everyone I know has enjoyed their trip!

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Feb 21

Consider taking the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia, for medieval old town charm!

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Dec 9

The tech story no one is talking about #clubhouse

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Nov 25

Not for the faint of heart! And I recognize your name from tje Stats Stack Exchange, so thanks retrospectively! 😀

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Nov 25

PSA: Grad students can sign up for a GitHub Education account and get free unlimited access to GitHub Co-Pilot. It plugs in directly to RStudio and is extremely handy. #rstats

Students - GitHub Education

GitHub is where people build software. More than 100 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 420 million projects.

github.com

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Jul 26

💰 🌨 Is your GoFundMe campaign doomed to fail?

My new piece in @us.theconversation.com (with Erik Schneiderhan) discusses the unsuccesful campaigns and disappointed users the platform doesn't tell you about and what this says about the problems of for-profit philanthropy in an algorithmic age.

What GoFundMe conceals: The campaigns that fail

Most people are left refreshing the page and coming up empty-handed.

theconversation.com

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Jun 20

💡Why does income inequality matter for the success of far-right politics?

My new article in Socius argues that inequality is a social status threat that consolidates group boundaries & promotes ethnonationalism, which draws voters to the far right.

See journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Politics of Boundary Consolidation: Income Inequality, Ethnonationalism, and Radical-Right Voting - Martin Lukk, 2024

Scholars have linked income inequality to the recent success of radical-right parties and movements. Yet research shows that inequality reduces participation am...

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Jun 12

Check out Daniela Zuzunaga Zegarra's (Queen's University) new review of my book GoFailMe: The Unfulfilled Promise of Digital Crowdfunding (@stanfordpress.bsky.social) in @hnetreviews.bsky.social!

networks.h-net.org/group/review...

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Mar 13

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Martin Lukk @martinlukk.bsky.social · Mar 13

Glad to be quoted in this story on a recent viral crowdfunding campaign in DC and the many things that can go wrong when raising money this way.

A TikToker raised $400K for an unhoused man. Then things got messy.

It all began with a request for hot tea.

www.washingtonpost.com

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