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Dean Eckles

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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Brendan Nyhan, Tom Clark , and 6 more

robertmackey.bsky.social
The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America
A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland
www.theguardian.com
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Lisa W. Fazio, David Lazer , and 17 more

brendannyhan.bsky.social
My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:

Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Berk Özler, Nathan P. Kalmoe

jenlucpiquant.bsky.social
Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/06/1...
Another effort to track ICE raids was just taken offline
People over Papers was removed by Padlet, the platform it was built on, yesterday.
www.technologyreview.com
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mszll.datasci.social.ap.brid.gy
Nice project: A computational framework for quantifying route diversification in road networks
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.02582

Interactive: https://divercitymaps.github.io/
Overview of DiverCity and global patterns in urban road networks. (a) Example of a trip with low DiverCity (2.18) in Mumbai. Near-shortest routes significantly overlap, leading to low route diversity. (b) Example of a trip with high DiverCity (9) in Tokyo, characterized by multiple spatially diverse near-shortest routes. For panels (a) and (b), inset bar plots show the travel time of each alternative route, with NSRs in blue and non-feasible routes (exceeding the near-shortest threshold, shown as a dashed line) in red.
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Stephen M. Walt, Jonathan A. Eisen , and 6 more

akalhan.bsky.social
"[A]gents engulfed my car in tear gas, smashed my driver-side window, and pepper-sprayed my face.... I spent three nights and three days in federal custody. No explanation. No charges. No apology. One day, I was just told, 'you’re free to go.'" #KavanaughStop
I’m a US citizen and a veteran. ICE arrested me for no reason.
Jailed for three days without an explanation or ability to notify anyone, George Retes argues the only path to healing starts with the government taking accountability for its actions.
newsletter.ofthebrave.org
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natematias.bsky.social
Are you a scientist, journalist, or civil society researcher studying New York State's distraction-free school policy, the one that bans internet-enabled devices in schools from bell to bell?

If so, I want to hear from you, as I refine a project to archive & classify published school policies.
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Jonathan Portes, Anna O. Law , and 23 more

dlknowles.bsky.social
I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Aaron Sojourner, Scott A. Imberman , and 3 more

itaisher.bsky.social
This op-ed is excellent and I encourage everyone to read it.

Universities must reject the Trump compact.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
www.nytimes.com
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by Dean Eckles

eckles.bsky.social
boxd.it/beN8Br
Thematically related...
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by Brendan Nyhan — Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Joanna Bryson, Lisa W. Fazio , and 3 more

brendannyhan.bsky.social
This is what authoritarians do - use the powers of the state to humiliate and degrade their opponents in public so that others will not challenge them
robertscotthorton.bsky.social
Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 4d
“The source told CBS News that [Kash Patel and Dan Bongino] 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.” The leadership of the FBI is now in the hands of infantile psychopaths.
The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say
The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, sources tell CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Dana R. Fisher, Josh Pasek

emgusk.bsky.social
Most American Jews say Israel has committed war crimes

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Brendan Nyhan, Trevon D. Logan , and 2 more

donmoyn.bsky.social
*A Republican lawmaker objected to reference to Charlie Kirk holding “often racist and controversial views” in local Alaska news
*The corporate owner took down the story and edited it
*The journalists resigned

This feels like more and more of our media now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/u...
Journalists at 3 Newspapers Quit Over Edits to a Charlie Kirk Story
www.nytimes.com
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wblau.bsky.social
Spot the North-American anomaly: only region where social media use is still growing.
Great work by the FT’s @jburnmurdoch.ft.com
www.ft.com/content/a072... “Have we passed peak social media?”
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carnage4life.bsky.social
Following Apple’s removal of ICEBlock, both Google and Apple have removed a similar app for reporting ICE raids called Red Dot.

Google states it removed the app for targeting a vulnerable group that is at risk of violence — ICE agents.
Google Calls ICE Agents a Vulnerable Group, Removes ICE-Spotting App ‘Red Dot’
The move comes as Apple removed ICEBlock after direct pressure from U.S. Department of Justice officials and signals a broader crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Brendan Nyhan, Bryan D. Jones , and 4 more

robertscotthorton.bsky.social
“The source told CBS News that [Kash Patel and Dan Bongino] 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.” The leadership of the FBI is now in the hands of infantile psychopaths.
The FBI is weighing an arrest and perp walk for Comey — and suspended an agent for refusing to help, sources say
The FBI is considering carrying out a "showy" arrest and perp walk of the agency's now-indicted ex-Director James Comey, sources tell CBS News.
www.cbsnews.com
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gonebabygone.bsky.social
Was kind of surprised by how good Mediaite’s was
Trump Pretends He Has Authority To Imprison Flag Burners for 'One Year'
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Chris Hanretty

mm-jj-nn.bsky.social
I didn't realize that JAX is taking over in the probabilistic programming space. Very fair (afaict) post from Bob Carpenter, one of the core Stan developers, on how that looks from the Stan side.
It’s a JAX, JAX, JAX, JAX World | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Colin F. Camerer, Will Jennings , and 11 more

oregonian.com
Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Daniel W. Drezner, Robert C. Richards

thebulwark.com
"I think in a free country we should be able to post onto the internet, 'hey, there are masked agents on Broadway and Vine and not have the government or the tech oligarchs prevent us from doing that.' Shame on you, Tim Cook."

@radiofreetom.bsky.social joins @timmiller.bsky.social:
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Anna O. Law, David Lazer , and 9 more

jswatz.bsky.social
“No self-respecting university could ever accept something like this,” said Lee Bollinger, a First Amendment scholar and former Columbia University president. “Trying to protect conservative ideas against being ‘belittled’ — that’s about as violative of the First Amendment interests as you can get.”
Colleges weigh whether to sign onto Trump plan or forgo federal benefits
A new proposal from the Trump administration would give colleges funding advantages if they adopt conservative priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Jan W. Mueller

dlknowles.bsky.social
Honestly in some ways this is the epitome of this administration. This is a government of podcasters and TV presenters led by a reality TV star who doesn't actually want to govern, he just wants to create *content*
istanbulshiite.bsky.social
istanbulshiite.bsky.social @istanbulshiite.bsky.social · 5d
DHS posted a sizzle reel about it.
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Richard S.J. Tol, Sander van der Linden , and 10 more

jasonkoebler.bsky.social
so the US government just forced a tech company to delete an app it doesn’t like, which is totally normal stuff

www.404media.co/iceblock-own...
ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’
Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...
www.404media.co
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Anna O. Law, Richard E. Lenski , and 5 more

melissaryan.bsky.social
I always pay attention to what stories People Magazine and other consumer media outlets cover. That's how you can tell that something has broken through the usual political and news bubbles. This horrific Chicago story has broken through. people.com/ice-agents-o...
ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
people.com
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Anna O. Law, Richard S.J. Tol , and 7 more

govpritzker.illinois.gov
ICE is running around Chicago harassing people for not being white.

Just a year ago, that was illegal in the United States and now it’s commonplace.

That’s not making America great again.
South Shore Residents Return To Ransacked Apartments After ICE Raid: 'It Looks Like Hell'
A "now renting" sign outside touts granite countertops. Inside, residents are trying to make sense of the raid that made their already neglected building even worse.
blockclubchicago.org
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by Michael A. Clemens — Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Brendan Nyhan

mclem.org
The US Administration is now illegally impounding federal funding for our universities unless they turn away international students *regardless of their talent and qualifications*.

Arbitrary 15% quota on int'l students, with no more than 5% from a single country (anti-China, anti-India).
www.washingtonexaminer.com
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by Dean Eckles

eckles.bsky.social
We got so many submissions to CODE@MIT this year (up about 35% yoy). It's really tough having to be so selective (30% acceptance for parallel talks). But this is going to be very interesting program, with quite a bit on all of these topics.
codemit.bsky.social
CODE@MIT @codemit.bsky.social · Sep 5
📢 Call for abstracts for the Conference on Digital Experimentation (CODE@MIT), which takes place Nov 14-15.

📨 Submit your best work by *Sept 12th*!
ide.mit.edu/events/2025-...

Here are three topics we're particularly interested in getting more submissions on this year:
With just ten days left until the final abstract deadline, I wanted to highlight some exciting research directions we're hoping to see at CODE 2025 (Nov 14-15 at MIT). This year, we are particularly interested in attracting submissions on the following topics: 1. Meta-experimental methodology and organizational learning from experimentation (e.g., how do systematic experimentation practices influence organizational decision-making? What factors drive institutional adoption of experimental methods? How can we develop frameworks for measuring the aggregate scientific and practical value of experimentation portfolios?) 2. Experimental evidence as foundational input for causal inference and predictive modeling (e.g., integrating randomized controlled trials with observational methods in econometric modeling, data-driven optimization, and synthetic control approaches; RCTs as inputs to media mix models; validation frameworks for surrogate endpoints and proxy measures) 3. AI and experimentation (e.g., AI-assisted experimental design and analysis; RCT-based evaluation frameworks for AI systems; using experiments to improve AI system performance; AI systems as experimental subjects or tools)
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Anna O. Law, Menzie Chinn , and 11 more

reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
What DHS pulled in Chicago on Tuesday is wildly unconstitutional. They smashed down almost every door in the building, dragged entire families into the street, and detained people for hours ("Kavanaugh stops").

Ms. Fisher was held for five hours and another senior citizen was held for three hours.
Rodrick Johnson, 67, is one of many residents who were detained by federal agents during the South Shore raid. A U.S. citizen, he said agents broke through his door and dragged him out in zip ties. Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours before agents finally let him go. “I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up,” Jones said. “I asked if they had a warrant, and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.”
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Anna O. Law, Elizabeth Saunders , and 7 more

reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
Surreal moment for America. Needless to say, if the normal police ever pulled something like this — pulling every single person out of an apartment building and handcuffing them to run warrant checks — they would be sued into oblivion.

Yet ICE is going to get away with it entirely.
"It was scary, because I had never had a gun in my face," Fisher said. "They asked my name and my date of birth and asked me, did I have any warrants? And I told them, 'No, 'Ididn't." Fisher said she was handcuffed before being released around 3 a.m., and she was told that if anyone had any kind of warrant out for them, even if it was unrelated to immigration, they would not be released.
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Reposted by: Dean Eckles, Steve Peers, Robert B. Reich , and 4 more

reichlinmelnick.bsky.social
WOW. Remember this May video of a US citizen wrestled to the ground by ICE agents and detained for an hour despite having a valid REAL ID?

It gets worse. Two weeks later, ICE did it AGAIN — handcuffed him and detained him for 20 minutes despite his REAL ID. Now the Institute for Justice is suing.
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