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sam-workman.bsky.social
Professor & Director of the Institute for Policy Research and Public Affairs at West Virginia University 🍸cocktails 📜 policy 📊 data 📍Morgantown, West Virginia, Appalachia, USA 🌎https://www.linkedin.com/in/samuel-workman
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Obvious - the wheel... Real - Guns Morbidly, and by the end, guns will have shaped far more of human history than LLMs could ever hope.

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Gonna be a lot more of this as the climate changes. 🍷

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

At least one of the reasons the D's are ineffectual as an opposition party. Too long on the teat themselves. www.cnn.com/2025/06/11/p...

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New research from my colleagues out today looking at the environmental and social impacts of food crop-based biofuels in the US, where we now use >30% of the corn supply and >40% of the soybean oil supply (on tens of millions of acres of prime cropland) to produce only ~6% of US transport fuel. 🧪

submitted 3 days ago • 13 comments

This week's #cocktail is for an old friend. She's the best in the business at the science of water policy and biggest Cynar fan I know. Here you go @eakoebele.bsky.social, Cardoon's Cousin! #keepingmyword. 🍸🍹🥃 #WestVirginia #poliscidrinks

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Great 🧵 and a good read. It articulates exactly the Manchin-era success in WV. The below is an under-appreciated point. Also - nat'l media and party narratives penetrate the rural, local level more deeply than ever. There's less room to maneuver for these would-be candidates.

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Good 🧵.

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Spring is sadly coming to an end, a casualty of the tyranny of the sun. Here is a cocktail for contemplating the enormity of it all and recall cooler, colorful days. 🍸🍹🥃 #cocktails #poliscidrinks #WestVirginia

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

"... scientists are now so hemmed in by writing grant applications, administrative duties and teaching, that they have little time for original thought." Also we write too much and think too little. #metascience #academicchatter

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There is a future, rapidly approaching, where Appalachians will again be left behind because AI and "smart" appliances can't understand us in voice interaction. WV #appalachia #WestVirginia #rural

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👥Does increasing affective polarization decrease trust in others? Check out a new @3streamsblog.bsky.social blog post about recent research on how affective polarization reduce generalized trust in Spain to learn more: #polisky medium.com/3streams/pol...

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Giant data centers are taking over the U.S. — and angering local residents

submitted 19 days ago • 21 comments

I like the thinking here on Cabernet, but realistically, you'd likely start with white or rose, not any red. #wine #grapes #imbibe #drinks 🍷 www.wineenthusiast.com/culture/cabe...

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Long week means a bonus cocktail. Perfect weather in middle Appalachia for an Amaretto Sour. This Jeff Morgenthaler's spec. 🍸🍹🥃 #cocktails #WestVirginia #poliscidrinks #amaretto #bourbon #lemon

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Long week means a bonus cocktail. Perfect weather in middle Appalachia for an Amaretto Sour. This Jeff Morgenthaler's spec. 🍸🍹🥃 #cocktails #WestVirginia #poliscidrinks #amaretto #bourbon #lemon

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Earlier this week, we posted a map on county-level spending in the general fiscal category of "Culture and Recreation." Today, we examine one of the most important institutional cogs within the category—Public Libraries. #publiclibraries #economicdevelopment #publicpolicy #rural #localgovernment

submitted 37 days ago • 1 comment

Along with diversification in the energy sector for oil and gas, West Virginia has a strong, emergent economy around tourism, culture, the arts, and recreation. WV #artsandculture #economicdevelopment #westvirginia #localgovernment #counties #rural #publicpolicy

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Happy Cinco de Mayo to my Mexican brothers and sisters who found a way to make superb liquor in an unforgiving environment. A true testament to innovativeness and problem solving. 🍸🍹#poliscidrinks #cocktails #WestVirginia WV

submitted 39 days ago • 1 comment

📈🧵! Job growth held steady in April. March was revised down but still looks solid. Net net, job gains are still bumping along at more or less the rate we were for much of last year. #NumbersDay

submitted 43 days ago • 15 comments

Studying economics and business in college makes students become much more conservative. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

submitted 43 days ago • 14 comments

Good stuff, and just in time for syllabi.

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

It was great to be with so many smart cyber security, AI, engineering, and healthacre experts at WVU's AI Symposium "AI in Action: Navigating Challenges and Opportunities Across Domains." 🏛️ 🌐 #WVU #AI #socialscience WV

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