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Jonathan Renshon

H-index: 25
Political science 62%
Sociology 15%
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
NYT Pitchbot now reduced to summaries since there is nothing left to satirize
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Game not over and already blaming the officiating 👀
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Modest proposal to fix NBA games: instead of the same old terrible post game interviews with players (“we just executed”), interview family members. Don’t you want to know what Jokic’s older brother thinks about the officiating?! He cannot be fined! #nba #playoffs
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Bottled *just* around the last time the Knicks were in the Eastern Conferenxe Finals. Just a coincidence. No jinxes.
yonahfreemark.com
NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Congestion pricing has improved life in New York City by: reducing cars on the street, speeding traffic (especially at peak hours), speeding buses and making them more reliable, expanding transit ridership, reducing car crashes, reducing noise complaints, and increasing the number of visitors. Fire response times fell in the NYC congestion zone, even as they increased in the rest of the city. Car crashes with injuries fell citywide, but they fell especially dramatically in the congestion pricing zone from 2024 to 2025 Local buses have sped up dramatically in the congestion pricing zone.
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Absolutely incredible ending. Again. Thibs - I forgive you for running Hart and Brunson into the ground. All is forgiven.
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Amazing
aecoppock.bsky.social
This new package for mediation is great! The user interface is *so intuitive* but the unsung hero of this software is the documentation:
Arguments
data	
Not needed, wouldn't make your analysis and more correct.

Details
We have:

X: a binary treatment variable, that is affected by an unmeasured confounder (U).

M: a mediator, that is mostly driven by U, not X

Y: an outcome, that is influenced by both M and U, but you can’t see U.

What you don’t have:

Any valid identification strategy

Temporal ordering

Careful causal reasoning

Value
Nothing, because you shouldn't do mediation analysis.
aecoppock.bsky.social
This new package for mediation is great! The user interface is *so intuitive* but the unsung hero of this software is the documentation:
Arguments
data	
Not needed, wouldn't make your analysis and more correct.

Details
We have:

X: a binary treatment variable, that is affected by an unmeasured confounder (U).

M: a mediator, that is mostly driven by U, not X

Y: an outcome, that is influenced by both M and U, but you can’t see U.

What you don’t have:

Any valid identification strategy

Temporal ordering

Careful causal reasoning

Value
Nothing, because you shouldn't do mediation analysis.
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Delighted to be a part of this and hear about a bunch of great new work!
mcopelov.bsky.social
Celebrating a successful Europe Amidst Uncertainty conference in the traditional Wisconsin fashion, at the Terrace @stefwalter.bsky.social @florianfoos.bsky.social @stephofmann.bsky.social @jonathan-renshon.bsky.social @amyren.bsky.social

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mcopelov.bsky.social
Celebrating a successful Europe Amidst Uncertainty conference in the traditional Wisconsin fashion, at the Terrace @stefwalter.bsky.social @florianfoos.bsky.social @stephofmann.bsky.social @jonathan-renshon.bsky.social @amyren.bsky.social
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
😜some people are determined to put The Onion out of business
vikrambath.bsky.social
AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels.

The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
Marc Andreessen says when AI does everything else, VC might be one of the last jobs still done by humans.

It's more art than science. There's no formula. Just taste, psychology, and chaos tolerance.
vikrambath.bsky.social
AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels.

The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
Marc Andreessen says when AI does everything else, VC might be one of the last jobs still done by humans.

It's more art than science. There's no formula. Just taste, psychology, and chaos tolerance.
jlpweeks.bsky.social
It's hard to find the words. NSF just terminated the grant for Journeys, a mentoring workshop that tried to tackle underrepresentation of women in international relations. Future scholarship will be the worse for it. But this photo from our last gathering will motivate me to keep fighting.
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Locking down the pro-salmonella vote early
tomscocca.bsky.social
"The Agriculture Department will not require poultry companies to limit salmonella bacteria in their products, halting a Biden Administration effort to prevent food poisoning from contaminated meat."

www.seattletimes.com/business/usd...
USDA withdraws a plan to limit salmonella levels in raw poultry
The Agriculture Department says it is withdrawing a plan to limit salmonella bacteria in poultry products.
www.seattletimes.com

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jfallows.bsky.social
Very useful interactive spreadsheet of the college/univ prez who have signed this declaration of academic independence.

Up to 480 signers now, up from 180 three days ago.

Thanks to @ejgoldstick.bsky.social for putting it together.

For reference, his doc is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
I'd like to say that this quote is as true out of context as it is in the proper context.
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Probably worth it
espn.com
ESPN @espn.com · Apr 22
Anthony Edwards has been fined $50,000 for directing inappropriate language and making an obscene gesture to a fan during Minnesota's game Saturday against the Lakers.
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
This one is easy. "Yes," right? You can do anything you set your mind to!

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espn.com
Anthony Edwards has been fined $50,000 for directing inappropriate language and making an obscene gesture to a fan during Minnesota's game Saturday against the Lakers.
jonathan-renshon.bsky.social
Contender for best book title
robinince.bsky.social
Something I have always been aware of but apparently some men less so - reading @jess-davies.Sky.social ‘s new book
NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOUR D CK
A handbook for survival in the digital world
JESS DAVIES

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robinince.bsky.social
Something I have always been aware of but apparently some men less so - reading @jess-davies.Sky.social ‘s new book
NO ONE WANTS TO SEE YOUR D CK
A handbook for survival in the digital world
JESS DAVIES

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