E. David Klonsky, PhD

Disturbingly detailed analysis of my first rewatch incoming

Had the opportunity to watch and coach some amazing competitors yesterday. Awesome performances by some awesome humans! And a really fun day. #bjj #jiujitsu

Mood in minneapolis right now

Mainly I just want something larger, old twitter had broad and deep perspectives from so many people; it felt like a reasonable cross-section of the world's social-media-engaging population both within and outside academia. Bluesky is narrow and shallow in comparison.

I’m back on Threads again. Want to give it another try?

I’ve found Bluesky on the quiet side, I won’t support Twitter/X, and supposedly last month Threads had more activity than Twitter/X.

Academic Threads seems pretty quiet still, but … if you join maybe we can change that?

To be clear, quant research can be super flawed and limited, and qual research can open our eyes to ways in which our quant measures, research questions, and study designs should be improved. But the best qualitative research is still extraordinarily limited epistemologically.

Harsh but…

Qual researchers: qualitative research isn’t meant to be generalizable, and concepts like reliability and replication are positivist (or something)

Me confidently: you want me to put stock in unreliable measurement of non-generalizable information that will never be replicated?

I often think about the immigrants ICE is rounding up and how 99% of them have worked harder at their jobs than any of these operator cosplayers ever have or ever will.

👏Footage from London shows the moment activists removed the Islamic Republic’s flag from the Iranian embassy balcony and raised the Lion and Sun flag instead.

Ilia Hashemi has shared many disturbing videos about the massacre occurring in Iran on his Twitter account. I am sharing only one of them, reluctantly, here. If you have any audience with the press, please take a look at them.

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Sarah Ramani on Instagram: "Tehran, Saturday, January 10, 2026. This is our revolution. We are standing. “See us — we are here, in the heart of darkness, without internet, without connection.” Be ou... 71K likes, 3,019 comments - sarahrmni on January 10, 2026: "Tehran, Saturday, January 10, 2026. This is our revolution. We are standing. “See us — we are here, in the heart of darkness, without inter...

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A lot not going well in the world, but should the Iranian people take back control of their country from religious extremists, that would be a good thing.

Agree. In case it was ambiguous, my reply was nodding along with you (and lamenting the lack of skepticism you are requesting even though it’s warranted).

I feel like even 10 years ago scientists on social media were slightly more immune to ingroup and confirmation type biases than others. But those days seem over: increasingly there is implicit agreement on what beliefs/conclusions are acceptable, and skepticism and evidence are applied accordingly.

The Good Jew My life changed irrevocably two years ago.

I told my daughter to hide her Star of David in public. I hate myself for it. But I did it anyway. A letter to my non-Jewish friends.

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Think you’re reading into this too much, some of the 7 teams that called might have been exploring interest in advisory roles or assistant coach positions — which many former head coaches take before their next head coach job.

1000 times yes.

The world is watching Iran. Dozens killed. Thousands detained. And yet people keep marching — for dignity, for economic survival, for a future they can recognize. Their courage deserves more than silence.

I haven’t seen stranger things. Yet feel compelled to answer star wars episode 1.

No Blood For Oil vs. Exactly How Much Oil Are We Talking About?

Expect to see a lot of this classic Onion headline, from 23 years ago, over the coming weeks.

My son is reading that (the former) right now ☺️

Understanding Suicide to Prevent Suicide: A Deeper Dive - Zur Institute

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Stephen Miller • @St... • 13m Ø Watched the Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra Family Christmas with my kids. Imagine watching that and thinking America needed infinity migrants from the third world.

Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti

Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta

Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers

Hard agree. In both academics and politics it often feels like folks disagree with their projection of what you’re saying. Often the disagreement with their projection is vehement.

So much of complicated statistics (latent class/profile stuff, SEM, network analysis) seems optimized for publishing in ‘top’ journals without meaningfully improving knowledge.

YouTube video by Yair Rosenberg Music יאיר רוזנברג Maoz Tzur - Yair Rosenberg (Official Lyric Clip) | מעוז צור - יאיר רוזנברג

Sometimes, it is very hard to find the words—but Jewish tradition already has. We sing Maoz Tzur when we light the menorah, but if you listen to the lyrics, it is not a celebratory song, but rather one about pain and perseverance. This is my version, which attempts to bring out those resonances.

Wow.

🙏

Almost maybe? All credit to him though. He did enough to win, just didn’t happen today.