I’ll jump into the “good econ, bad public vibes” debate w/ individual-level data: a 10/2024 YouGov survey by @cccr.bsky.social.
I was inspired by Elliot’s analysis below, which shows sustained high prices are probably one cause, even w/ low year-over-year increases now. 1/ bsky.app/profile/gell...
As a longtime Minnesota Vikings fan, I have lots of practice.
Woohoo!! Congrats!
Good game
So sad. And infuriating.
Easy to break. Hard to fix.
Agreed.
Rep. Swalwell needs to drop out of the CA gov race and be arrested.
New at Tusk: This wasn’t some billionaire throwing cars or celebrities into orbit as a vanity project — this was a collective effort to send experts in to do a job and come home safely.
Work by @stecula.bsky.social @prowag.bsky.social @dvshah.bsky.social & me shows Joe Rogan’s audience is high in the “news finds me” perception, which has implications for the epistemology & message “vulnerability” of this not-exactly “apolitical” audience.
preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...
Me too!!
Alums are woking at: Cornell University, University of Washington, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Swansea (in Wales), ASCoR (in the Netherlands), Washington State University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, National University Singapore, Hong Kong Baptist University, and in the private sector. 2/2
I'm so proud of the Prowag Advising Group. They’re making incredible research discoveries, engaging in innovative teaching & sharing their work with the community in inspiring ways! They’re terrific collaborators, deeply theoretical thinkers, innovative methodologists, hard workers & kind souls. 1/
Best Star Trek crew. Wrong answers only.
New working paper: Rethinking Misinformation Interventions. The field has spent years searching for the one intervention that will solve misinformation. This search is the wrong approach — and our disappointment says more about our expectations than our tools. (1/5)
osf.io/preprints/so...
Heads up women on the SAVE Act.
I worked with KP back in 1999-2000 when I was a reporter. So happy for him to get to call a trip to the Sweet Sixteen. He bleeds Husker Red.
Had fun doing an interview with @kristinbrey.bsky.social for a documentary about GenZ politics. Looking forward to seeing the part where, when I was talking, a piece of spittle arced from my mouth onto her clothes and we had a moment of recognition eye contact but were rolling and just kept going.
You and me both.
A tradition unlike any other; pinging @donmoyn.bsky.social with The Clancy Brothers on St. Patrick’s Day. m.youtube.com/watch?v=-ELh...
More on Brendan Carr's "nice license you have there..."
CNN's Brian Stelter ran into him on a flight.
Stelter: "In reality, the FCC has not denied a license renewal in decades, and the entire system seems set up to favor license-holders." view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/177...
Buy this book!
It is undeniable that there is a) both extraordinary new concentrations of wealth and b) those benefiting don't want to share it any way.
The "Giving Pledge" was a nod to some form of social contract. Now, billionaires are walking away from it.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/b...
Where everything’s made up and the points don’t matter.
Important report from @bcburden.bsky.social who runs the @electionscenter.bsky.social on this point. electionlab.mit.edu/articles/opt...
graph showing massive turnover of election officials in western states
We rely on ethical and honest election officials to ensure we can rely on our elections. Those officials have been threatened and attacked, and are fleeing from the profession. Turnover since 2020 is above 50% in western states/
issueone.org/press/new-re...
Striking fact given the long-held belief that “grand juries would indict a ham sandwich.”
More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
