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This is absolutely grotesque. They can change whatever webpages they want, but they can't change history, nor can they erase the existence of trans people.

submitted 14 days ago • 1 comment

Great lineup for higher ed policy folks. And a good excuse to look away from the news for an hour!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

submitted 22 days ago • 810 comments

I’m just waiting for the political scientist who runs the experiment measuring how much of a negative impact texts about donating have on likelihood of voting for that party. It is such a massive turnoff/annoyance and I’m 100% convinced it depresses turnout

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The entire archive of CDC datasets can be found here. HUGE shoutout to data archivists- this work is important 👏🙌🏻 archive.org/details/2025...

submitted 26 days ago • 231 comments

Is anyone tracking which institutions are doing this? Which websites they’ve are deleting? And the date they deleted?

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So excited to get one of these in April

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Many students hesitate to come to office hours because they don't know what to say. I've started explicitly asking all students to attend at least once and providing sentence starters—it's made a big difference in increasing participation.

submitted 33 days ago • 14 comments

We’ve made so much progress on HIV, and it’s awful to think how much backsliding we’re going to do

submitted 34 days ago • 0 comments

This sucks. AND, I would like to see some private institutions step the fuck up and offer to host these kinds of events for now.

submitted 35 days ago • 4 comments

Not even this adorable seal can melt their cold dark hearts

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Unfortunately they haven’t closed all the borders and I still have to board my flight home from Canada

submitted 38 days ago • 0 comments

Frequently accompanied by the gene that makes people stand on the left side of the escalator

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

I know everyone is hearing a lot about Palisades but Altadena is not a wealthy community on average and is extremely impacted. If you can donate to any relief effort, make sure it is legit, and please do so. 🙏

submitted 47 days ago • 0 comments

The Palisades Fire is so sad to see

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I grew up the son of an independent party planner, so it’s in my blood to be anti-Big Party. But I’m still pro-worker and this is awful

submitted 69 days ago • 0 comments

Unfinished regulations, including on debt forgiveness are being withdrawn because otherwise it would give the incoming administration the chance to re-write them to achieve their own policy goals. Withdrawing unfinished rules forces the incoming admin to start fresh, which takes more time.

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submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments

Don’t worry. Huron’s about us page says they “create sustainable results for the organizations we serve,” so it’ll definitely all pay off in a couple years

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

This is unsurprising and extremely worrisome for my mental health

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

Great opportunity to make use of this data!

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

For everyone just tuning in: The most Jersey political scandal of all time has dropped — www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...

submitted 78 days ago • 40 comments

If you’re still looking for somewhere to put your wapo subscription dollars, please consider the sun-times. They’re going to have a lot of important work to do

submitted 80 days ago • 0 comments

Apropos of nothing

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Every year around now, I start to see grad students on social media bemoan that they’re going home for the holidays to a family that doesn’t understand their research, or what they do in general, and it breaks my heart. 🧵 🧪 #SciComm

submitted 81 days ago • 33 comments

Finally getting around to reading this one, and it all feels icky

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We are hiring for two new roles on Strada's research team! Both of these positions will work closely with me and the research team, as well as the Quality Coaching and Affordability teams. Positions can be based in either DC or Indy #highered

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

Just a reminder that @gmcd.bsky.social and @kylefbutts.bsky.social have made an incredible public good describing how to use data.table and fixest to encourage moving from Stata to R! stata2r.github.io

submitted 86 days ago • 14 comments

Sen. Dick Durbin, majority whip, is urging the Biden administration to continue discharging student loans under borrower defense to repayment, a program that forgives debts for those whose colleges defrauded them. #edusky #highered www.c-span.org/video/?c5144...

submitted 87 days ago • 1 comment

"Every prohibitive application fee, convoluted form or arbitrary rule might as well be a sign that says, 'Turn back now.'"

submitted 88 days ago • 0 comments

Reposting this for those who disconnected over Thanksgiving

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Since I am suddenly inundated with statistics-oriented followers, I should post again that I am still conducting free weekly open office-hours for anyone in the world with Econometrics questions, Wed 10-12AM Eastern or by appointment. Details and sign up at donskerclass.github.io/OfficeHours....

submitted 118 days ago • 4 comments

... less than 10% of most IR/IE staff members' time is spent working on advanced analysis and data science projects. Instead most staff time is spent on data gathering and management, and basic analytics This was my experience nearly two decades ago www.airweb.org/article/2024... #emchat #highered

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

The US is the only country with more civilian guns than people www.smallarmssurvey.org/database/glo...

submitted 90 days ago • 24 comments

I love public transit

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Has anyone done work on the majors/departments that are most likely to be cut, potentially with some kind of geographic lens?

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

We are hiring for two new roles on Strada's research team! Both of these positions will work closely with me and the research team, as well as the Quality Coaching and Affordability teams. Positions can be based in either DC or Indy #highered

submitted 94 days ago • 1 comment

PNPI is doing a bootcamp on microcredentials for interested folks: pnpi.org/2025-microcr... Some scholarships are available as well: www.surveymonkey.com/r/RFZ6QVY

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