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conradhackett.bsky.social
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
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Pew Research Center is seeking a Data Archivist to support our commitment to open science and data transparency. This newly created role will play a key part in enhancing the accessibility, usability, and reproducibility of our research data while continuing to protect the privacy and identity of our survey participants. As Data Archivist, you will lead efforts to create and implement best practices for preparing, documenting, and disseminating datasets. These best practices should maximize FAIR (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable) principles while minimizing disclosure risk. You will work across teams to ensure our data is well-organized and thoroughly documented. You will serve as an internal advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are not only accurate and comprehensive but also easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. This is a full-time, Pew Research Center position. The position is funded by an external grant and limited to a two-year term. Primary Responsibilities Develop optimization procedures to improve discoverability of our datasets on internal and external platforms Develop and maintain standards to improve accessibility of our microdata and tab plans by changing/adding formats and/or adding documentation Identify metadata documentation best practices and a process to implement those best practices at the Center Work with Legal to evaluate most appropriate license to publicly share the Center's survey data, including Creative Common options Identify and correct processing inefficiencies in our data publication process Sit on the internal Disclosure Risk Taskforce Document analytical decisions and code to support transparency and replicability, including the development of a RACI chart for publishing code to recreate derived variables that are used in reports but are not included in the microdata Manage/create merged time series datasets for select Center datasets Identify a process for internally archiving data and projects that are no longer in active use Identify and implement a process to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) to microdata Prepare and upload public-facing datasets and restricted-use datasets for external sharing. Train staff on FAIR principles and best practices in data archiving. Education/Training/Experience Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in library sciences, organizational management, or a related field. 5-7 years of experience with data archiving, database management, or survey research. This may include graduate training at the MA/PhD level or equivalent experience in an applied setting. At least 3-5 years of experience applying FAIR and open science principles. Background in social science research or data curation. Experience in data management, archiving, or research support. Familiarity with FAIR principles, Creative Common licensing, data privacy principles, and exposure risk. Proficiency in metadata standards and documentation tools. Experience managing research projects, including working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. Experience with statistical software (e.g., R, Python, Stata) and reproducible research workflows. Knowledge, Skill and Workplace Requirements Strong organizational and communication skills. Detail oriented with exacting standards to maintain accuracy and impartiality in all work products. Ability to work independently to carry out special projects from start to finish. Ability to balance numerous tasks simultaneously. Ability to work collaboratively and collegially with other team members, as well as with staff from other Pew Research Center teams. Ability to balance competing priorities and identify optimal solutions FLSA Status: Exempt Compensation: Starting salary is commensurate with experience within the range of $100,000 - $120,000. Hybrid Work Schedule: Pew Research Center staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office three core days weekly (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday). Staff may work virtually from remote locations on other days in a typical work week.
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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gregggonsalves.bsky.social
RFK Jr.'s claim that COVID vaccines are deadly? Wrong. Wrong. Wrong. In this new extraordinarily large study, vaccinated individuals had a 74% lower risk of death from severe COVID-19 and a 25% lower risk of all-cause mortality compared to those unvaccinated. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
COVID-19 mRNA Vaccination and 4-Year All-Cause Mortality Among Adults in France
This cohort study uses the data from all adults aged 18 to 59 years living in France on November 1, 2021, to evaluate whether there is an association of receipt of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine with long-t...
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December 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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aprilseventy6.blacksky.app
The parental units have been putting praise break music over their kids tantrums. 🤣🤣🤣
November 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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rnavarre.bsky.social
*sigh* it would be hard, but if Harvard needs more professors w/no ties to Epstein, I could swap my 4/4 for a 1/0 with a ridiculous amount of research funds and more pay.

It would require me riding the red line, but it’s a sacrifice I’d be willing to make.
noahshachtman.bsky.social Noah Shachtman @noahshachtman.bsky.social · Nov 19
@kbriquelet.bsky.social broke the story for The Beast of the secret Epstein charity funneling money to Harvard in *2019*.

archive.ph/urSDo/again?...

Better late than never, I guess.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...
Harvard Will Open a New Inquiry Into Faculty Ties to Epstein
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November 19, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Rudy Bridges is younger than the Sitting President of the United States and 29 sitting United States Senators
dgraham.bsky.social David A. Graham @dgraham.bsky.social · Nov 15
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
derfbackderf.bsky.social Derf Backderf @derfbackderf.bsky.social · Nov 15
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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cenmag.bsky.social
The chemistry of candy corn: This edition of #PeriodicGraphics explores the colorful chemistry behind this classic #Halloween candy. cen.acs.org/food/food-in... #chemsky 🧪
Candy corn is a type of candy called a mallow cream. Manufacturers make candy corn by combining fondant with frappé (a marshmallow-like ingredient), coloring agents, and flavors. Machines deposit the mixture in layers into a mold formed from impressions in cornstarch. The cornstarch removes moisture from the candies as they dry. Manufacturers then put the dried candy corn into a metal tumbling pan and coat it in shellac wax for a shiny appearance.

Candy corn's colors come from food dyes. These include the azo dyes tartrazine (yellow 5) and sunset yellow (yellow 6). Erythrosine (red no. 3) is another dye that candy corn manufacturers often use. Manufacturers have also created alternative candy corn, which is colored with turmeric and β-carotene instead of synthetic dyes.
October 31, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
WOW! Our survey of scientists who stopped using Twitter and started using Bluesky is now the #1 most-shared on social media article in the history of the journal Integrative and Comparative Biology! Thanks for reading it, everyone! @sicbjournals.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/icb/... 🧪
Scientists no Longer Find Twitter Professionally Useful, and have Switched to Bluesky
Synopsis. Social media has become widely used by the scientific community for a variety of professional uses, including networking and public outreach. For
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October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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smittenkitchen.bsky.social
This cake tastes like a glazed apple cider doughnut and will make your kitchen smell like fall blew up (gently, aromatically) in it, but is secretly even more magical: it’s naturally dairy- and egg-free.

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October 9, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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carebear2717.bsky.social
So so exhausting and never-ending
jazzreads.bsky.social JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · Sep 28
So exhausting..
September 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
The professor has been fired and senior administrators removed from their post. No mention of this in the New York Times, The Free Press, The Atlantic or other outlets who drove the campus speech moral panic.
houstonchronicle.com Houston Chronicle @houstonchronicle.com · Sep 10
Texas A&M University System orders audit of all courses after gender identity lesson goes viral

Details: bit.ly/42jauQZ
September 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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ethnography911.bsky.social
Someone on here asked about whether pomodoro method worked for people. There were a lot of “no” answers esp from people with ADHD. I’ve been a proponent and user of the ‘method’ for some time —even though I’ve found that recently, it sometimes fails me. This had me rethinking why it worked
July 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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the times is reporting that fema let call center operator contracts expire on july 5, the day after the texas flood, and calls answered went from 99.7% that day to 36% the next to 16% the next www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
FEMA Didn’t Answer Thousands of Calls From Flood Survivors, Documents Show
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July 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
In addition, ICE must immediately provide people detained in the basement of the Los Angeles federal building access to lawyers and confidential legal calls.

Overcrowding has been so bad, people would disappear down into the basement for days before surfacing at other detention centers.
CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Court ORDERS as follows: 1. The Access/Detention Plaintiffs' Ex Parte Application for TRO (ECF No. 38) is GRANTED. a. Defendants Kristi Noem, Todd M. Lyons, and Ernesto Santacruz Jr. shall provide access to Room B-18 of the Federal Building located at 300 North Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012 ("B-18") for legal visitation by current and prospective attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants. Legal visitation shall be permitted seven days per week, for a minimum of eight hours per day on business days (Monday through Friday), and a minimum of four hours per day on weekends and holidays. Should exigent circumstances require closure for the safety of human life or the protection of property, the Defendants must notify Access/Detention Plaintiffs as soon as practicable and certainly within four (4) hours to make alternative arrangements for legal visitation and/or notice to affected detainees and attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants. No such closure shall last any longer than reasonably necessary for the safety of human life or the protection of property. b. Defendants Kristi Noem, Todd M. Lyons, and Ernesto Santacruz Jr. shall provide individuals detained at B-18 with access to confidential telephone calls with attorneys, legal representatives, and legal assistants at no charge to the detainee. Such legal telephone calls shall not be screened, recorded, or otherwise monitored.
July 12, 2025 at 2:43 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨 In Los Angeles, ICE and Border Patrol are banned from stopping and questioning people based solely on:

- Their race/ethnicity
- Speaking Spanish or having an accent
- Being at a specific place (e.g. hanging outside Home Depot where day laborers congregate)
- Doing specific work (e.g. landscaping)
The Stop/Arrest Plaintiffs' Ex Parte Application for TRO (ECF No. 45) is GRANTED. a. As required by the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution, Defendants shall be enjoined from conducting detentive stops in this District unless the agent or officer has reasonable suspicion that the person to be stopped is within the United States in violation of U.S. immigration law. b. In connection with paragraph (1), Defendants may not rely solely on the factors below, alone or in combination, to form reasonable suspicion for a detentive stop, except as permitted by law: i. Apparent race or ethnicity; ii. Speaking Spanish or speaking English with an accent; iii. Presence at a particular location (e.g. bus stop, car wash, tow yard, day laborer pick up site, agricultural site, etc.); or iv. The type of work one does.
July 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
🚨Federal judge orders DHS to limit “roving patrols” in Los Angeles.

The judge finds that the evidence shows that DHS officers are racially profiling people to demand their papers, which all sides agree is illegal, and orders DHS to stop those unlawful practices.
What the federal government would have this Court believe—in the face of a mountain of evidence presented in this case—is that none of this is actually happening. Most of the questions before this Court are fairly simple and non-controversial, and both sides in this case agree on the answers. • May the federal government conduct immigration enforcement— even large scale immigration enforcement-in Los Angeles? Yes, it may. • Do all individuals regardless of immigration status— share in the rights guaranteed by the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution? Yes, they do. • Is it illegal to conduct roving patrols which identify people based upon race alone, aggressively question them, and then detain them without a warrant, without their consent, and without reasonable suspicion that they are without status? Yes, it is. • Is it unlawful to prevent people from having access to lawyers who can help them in immigration court? Yes, it is. There are really two questions in controversy that this Court must decide today. First, are the individuals and organizations who brought this lawsuit likely to succeed in proving that the federal government is indeed conducting roving patrols without reasonable suspicion and denying access to lawyers? This Court decides—based on all the evidence presented-that they are. And second, what should be done about it? The individuals and organizations who have brought this lawsuit have made a fairly modest request: that this Court order the federal government to stop.
July 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
One of the plaintiffs is a U.S. citizen working at a car wash that has been raided by Border Patrol multiple times. He gave them his ID but they demanded a passport.

Because he didn’t have one, they detained him and drove him to a different location to check his status.
On the morning of June 18, 2025, Hernandez Viramontes was working at a car wash in Orange County, where he has worked for approximately ten (10) years, when immigration agents arrived. Id. $ 148. During this visit, the agents did not identify themselves. Id. 9 149. Agents asked Hernandez Viramontes whether he was a citizen, and he replied yes and explained that he was a dual citizen of the U.S. and Mexico. Id. 9 151. They asked for an ID, which he provided. Id. Agents then explained that his ID was not enough and because he did not have his passport, they were taking him. Id. Agents placed Hernandez Viramontes in a vehicle and transported him away. Id. 4 152. During this time, Hernandez Viramontes did not know whether they were going to take him to a detention center. Id. Agents verified his citizenship and, about twenty minutes later, brought him back to the car wash. Id. $ 153. When agents brought Hernandez Viramontes back to the car wash, they did not apologize. Id. 4 154. Shortly after agents returned Hernandez Viramontes to the car wash, yet another group of agents raided the carwash again. Id. 9 155.
July 12, 2025 at 3:00 AM
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BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work.

She orders the agencies to stop.

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July 12, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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kattenbarge.bsky.social
Every time I see conservative fearmongering about how dangerous the NYC subway is, I feel the need to defend it. I grew up in Ohio. It’s cars that are dangerous. It’s car accidents that are terrifyingly common. I’m not being dramatic when I say the subway is one of the best parts of my life now.
July 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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the u.s. is an outlier in violence among developed countries and we talk about it a lot. the u.s. is an outlier in traffic deaths and injuries and we don't www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes...
July 8, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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We’ve bombed Iran. And dismantled our joint terrorism task force. And sent a third of the FBI to help ICE. And gutted the National Security Council. And a drunk guy is in charge at the pentagon. And our intelligence allies probably won’t share intel with us. Because people couldn’t vote for a woman.
June 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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I need all of #lawsky to see this video from a Colorado appeals court livestream yesterday. I am in actual tears. Sound *incredibly* on, the subtitles will not help.
June 19, 2025 at 2:47 AM
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derekcrim.bsky.social
Literally every person should be screaming this at the top of their lungs — this is what silence is condoning.
nkalamb.bsky.social Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · Jun 18
"Not for you."

Palestinian citizens of Israel--21% of the population--are being excluded from bomb shelters on the basis of their ethnicity.

This is the society the West will defend at all costs.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/...
Mostly living in cities, towns, and villages within Israel’s internationally recognised borders, many Palestinian citizens of Israel found themselves excluded from life-saving infrastructure during the worst nights of the Iran-Israel conflict to date. For Samar al-Rashed, a 29-year-old single mother living in a mostly Jewish apartment complex near Acre, the reality of that exclusion came on Friday night. Samar was at home with her five-year-old daughter, Jihan. As sirens pierced the air, warning of incoming missiles, she grabbed her daughter and rushed for the building’s shelter. “I didn’t have time to pack anything,” she recalled. “Just water, our phones, and my daughter’s hand in mine.” The panicking mother tried to ease her daughter’s fear, while hiding her own, gently encouraging her in soft-spoken Arabic to keep up with her rushed steps towards the shelter, as other neighbours climbed down the stairs, too. But at the shelter door, she said, an Israeli resident, having heard her speak Arabic, blocked their entry – and shut it in their faces. “I was stunned,” she said. “I speak Hebrew fluently. I tried to explain. But he looked at me with contempt and just said, ‘Not for you.’”
June 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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arrianna-planey.bsky.social
I was told to change language in a grant proposal to avoid the term "racial segregation" and add in a clause stating that it ("neighborhood disadvantage" was suggested) is "harmful for white people, too."

Mind you, the (non-federal) funder is not demanding these changes.
June 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM