Leo Simonetta

Leo Simonetta

@leosimonetta.bsky.social

Former academic (VCU, GSU & UNH) and researcher in higher education positioning & marketing. Now Emeritus. Not that kind of Psychologist. Survey geek. AAPORista.(He/His)

808 Followers 1,397 Following 112 Posts Joined Oct 2023
2 weeks ago

The real problem is that everyone who's rich enough can be as antisocial as they want. A few of them are pedophiles because there are pedophiles in every socioeconomic stratum. Most people in that tax bracket would rather bankrupt widows and orphans.

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5 months ago

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

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5 months ago

"It's mine baby mine with President Trump"

Not sure what that means but it sounds childish enough.

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5 months ago

At the Nuremberg trials, Karl Dönitz was convicted of war crimes for the sinking of civilian vessels. This is not a complicated question, it's been illegal for centuries.

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5 months ago

BEWARE: Surveys that allow anyone to "opt in" are vulnerable to those who create many accounts (using VPN to bypass IP limits) & use automated tools to generate bogus responses (such as saying "yes" to question about being licensed to operate nuclear submarines).
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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5 months ago
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Everything about this headline is hilarious. And the YouTube views are a reflection of how wildly the right has overblown the number of people paying attention.

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6 months ago
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GOT EM!

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6 months ago
SHRM statement on Robby Starbuck

🧵 NEW: A spokesperson from SHRM (Society for Human Resources Management) messaged me today about the organization's decision to platform anti-DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) activist and Heritage Foundation fellow Robby Starbuck at its October event in Kentucky.

#SHRM #SHRMBlueprint

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6 months ago

Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

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7 months ago

One thing I cannot emphasize enough in these benighted times is that NO ONE who is not a US Citizen should be crossing the US Border in either direction unless they have no other choice.

It's immensely unsafe.

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7 months ago
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Shark Week's Megalodon Hoax - Riverside - HD Podcast & Video Software

No, Virginia: There are no megalogons lurking in the ocean @whysharksmatter.bsky.social on some of the weirdest misinformation to surface from #sharkweek 🦈 Many thanks to David Shiffman for allowing @skaana.bsky.social to share a bit of podcast video for the first time riverside.fm/shared/expor...

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7 months ago
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Opinion | The Boy Who Cried Hoax

Gift article - The Boy Who Cried Hoax www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/o...

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7 months ago
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I’m gonna post this every day so nobody forgets exactly who Pedophile Trump is and why the Epstein files have suddenly disappeared.

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7 months ago

How could the device which replicates all our statistical biases possibly be biased?

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Trump wants to go back to a racist name and logo but folks have other ideas.

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7 months ago

Anything, ANYTHING to distract from Epstein.

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7 months ago
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Oh so the president could release secret files if he wanted to, you say?

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8 months ago
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If you pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit with Trump, and don’t have to admit fault, just to get his FCC to approve your sale…

… congratulations, you paid a bribe, not a settlement.

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8 months ago

What does a bubble look like before it pops?

- Promises exceed delivery
- Value premised on buzz words in name (think .com)
- Market value of company driven solely by expected future value rather than present value to customers

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8 months ago
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Opinion | How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers (Gift Article) The administration's cuts to the Department of Health and Human Services are going to do irreparable harm to the nation’s health.

(Gift article) How to Wreck the Nation’s Health, by the Numbers www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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8 months ago
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A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award.

A White Nationalist Wrote a Law School Paper Promoting Racist Views. It Won Him an Award. (Of course it did) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/u...

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9 months ago
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How to tell if a conspiracy theory is probably false Conspiracy theories abound. What should you believe − and how can you tell?

www.yahoo.com/news/tell-co...

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9 months ago
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Under RFK Jr., COVID shots will only be available to people 65+, high-risk groups FDA will require big, pricy trials for approvals for healthy kids and adults…

arstechnica.com/health/2025/...

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10 months ago
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Persistent gaps in academic preparation generate college enrollment disparities Students with strong grades and test scores who pursue a rigorous course of study tend to be more likely to attend and complete college.

www.brookings.edu/articles/per...

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Underserved Students Face Highest Admissions Anxiety Students from underprivileged backgrounds report more stress around the college search and admissions process than their higher-income peers, according to a new report from higher ed consulting firm A...

www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...

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Van Hollen argues Trump has the ability to release Kilmar Abrego Garcia In a letter to the White House, the senator detailed conversation with the Salvadoran vice president.

www.thebaltimorebanner.com/politics-pow...

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Most Americans oppose Trump 3rd term, taking control of Greenland and Canada: POLL The poll finds that Americans widely oppose the U.S. trying to take control of Canada and Greenland, sending U.S. citizens to foreign prisons and a third Trump term.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/ame...

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Trump has lowest 100-day approval rating in 80 years: POLL Donald Trump has the lowest 100-day job approval rating of any president in the past 80 years, according to an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll.

abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

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US federal agency texts Barnard College employees to ask if they’re Jewish Employees received text from EEOC on personal phones linking to survey asking if they are Jewish or Israeli

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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10 months ago
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Keystone cops

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