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I like that there’s no good way to explain this to another normal human. It’s either “I beat the shit out of a bunch of teenagers” or “a bunch of teenagers beat the shit out of me.” You lost the second you opened your truck door dude.

They didn’t even drop their back packs.

Great opportunity for junior scholars of modern Japanese history or sociology!

It’s from the liminals we see/feel both obvious and hidden structural forces. Where we find and can counter untested assumptions. #queering

Preferred Reporting Items for Complex Sample Survey Analysis (PRICSSA) Abstract. Methodological issues pertaining to transparency and analytic error have been widely documented for publications featuring analysis of complex sa

#MorningReads Proposes PRICSSA, a new reporting checklist for studies using complex survey data, to improve transparency, reduce analytic errors, and promote rigor and reproducibility through standardized methods and open code. #SOGIData #DataThoughts

On Causality A History of How Economics Learned to Think About Cause and Effect

Nice essay by Carlos Chavez on the history and development of causal inference
carloschavezp29.substack.com/p/on-causality

HHS Is Using AI Tools From Palantir to Target ‘DEI’ and ‘Gender Ideology’ in Grants Since March of 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services has been using tools from Palantir and the startup Credal AI to weed out perceived alignment with “DEI” or “gender ideology.”

SCOOP: Palantir's AI has been deployed at HHS since last March to audit grants, grant applications, & job descriptions for anything related to "DEI" or "gender ideology"

The goal was to ensure compliance with 2 of Trump's executive orders:
www.wired.com/story/hhs-is...

#acadlife

This paper outlines a distributional approach to institutional analysis, reconceptualising institutions as distributions of knowledge and activity across people. We argue that institutionalisation and institutional change are best understood by focussing on actors with the requisite knowledge and motivation to keep institutional patterns going, fix them when they go awry, or transform them when required, here called functionaries. The distributional approach allows us to distinguish between two main types of institutional change often conflated in the literature: Content-based and formal change. Content-based change, the one most often discussed, involves the importation, recombination, or expansion of specific patterns of activity. In contrast, formal change, often neglected in the literature, refers to shifts in the distribution of knowledge and activity, leading to dynamics of centralisation and decentralisation of institutional patterns. In this way, the distributional approach highlights the role of functionaries in both institutional stability and change, providing a micro-level perspective on institutional dynamics.

New paper out with Marshall Taylor and @olizardo.bsky.social:

Functionaries: A Distributional Approach to Institutional Analysis

Instead of institutions as things that contain people, we suggest institutions as expertise distributed across people.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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AI in state war decisions may quietly erode institutional learning: by disrupting deliberation, hiding key processes, encouraging deference to algorithms, and locking in past paths, it risks weakening adherence to international norms of restraint.

Whoa!

Oh how I love Roger Ebert.

Mocktails are becoming a whole thing now. They even have their own section of the menus down here in #nola.

What about love?

Bar chart titled "Americans overwhelmingly expect cost of living to increase next year." The chart shows three categories: "Increase significantly/increase somewhat" at 71%, "Stay about the same" at 18%, and "Decrease significantly/decrease somewhat" at 10%. Caption notes a survey by AmeriSpeak conducted November 21-23, 2025

"Men are more likely than women to think their quality of life will be better in 2026 than it was in 2025." The chart compares responses between two groups: one labeled "Male" and the other "Female" For "Male" 20% believe life will be much or somewhat worse, 42% about the same, and 38% much or somewhat better. For "Female" 26% expect worse, 50% about the same, and 24% better. The source is an AmeriSpeak Omnibus poll with 1,087 adults, conducted November 21-23, 2023. AmeriSpeak Omnibus logo is shown.

Bar chart titled "More Republicans expect their quality of life to improve in 2026, compared to 2025, while Democrats expect it to worsen." The chart compares expectations of quality of life in 2026 among Republicans, Independents, and Democrats. Republicans: 11% worse, 46% same, 43% better. Independents: 23% worse, 42% same, 36% better. Democrats: 32% worse, 48% same, 20% better. Source: AmeriSpeak Omnibus poll, November 21-23, 2025, with 1,087 adults.

Bar chart titled "In 2026, Americans are most hopeful for positive changes in government." It shows percentage levels of hope in various areas: Politics, Government & Leadership (18%), Health & Wellbeing (15%), Employment & Income (15%), Personal Finances (15%), Prices & Cost of Living (13%), Peace & End of Wars (8%), Housing & Home Ownership (8%), Religion & Faith (3%), Education (2%). Source: AmeriSpeak Omnibus poll, conducted November 21-23, 2025. AmeriSpeak Omnibus logo is at the bottom."

How are Americans feeling about 2026? 71% expect rising costs, yet optimism varies by gender, party, and race. Top hope? Positive changes in politics, government, and leadership.

OmniBites from the AmeriSpeak Omnibus: go.norc.org/3NQ5zCK

Last call for the PAA 2026 Annual Awards Nominations! Deadline today to nominate a fellow demographer: buff.ly/VZcZ5G0

All awards will be presented at the #PAA2026 Annual Meeting in St. Louis!

In wanting surrogacy, men spoke to wanting a genetic connection & not having to be surveilled by the state. They cited more control of the process. Also, no men cited concerns related to women's health and body work of the the surrogate in decision making unlike some women and transmasc parents.

My work w/ @amandabaumle.bsky.social w/ LGBT parents, has found that most parents operated on assumptions, stereotypes, & what network/known others did before them vs what they could do or what was legal. We also found men preferred surrogacy but money determined if they did/could.
#stillrelevant

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Study of lesbians to illustrate why it is important to study views of gay men and lesbians who wish to become parents from different perspectives. Finds that stereotypes matter and affect decision making.

Frothy creamy yum.
May or may not contain whiskey.
#latteup #sunshineandcloudsinmycoffee

Current mood:

Often less is more, but not with butter. #gobig

Addressing Gender Inequity in Australian Sports Leadership: A Postfeminist Policy Paradox - Jude Blacklock, Kathryn Henne, Kate Starre, Tate Morgan, 2026 Despite the growth in women's sport, decision-making positions in sports organizations remain dominated by men. This paper examines efforts to improve gend...

New co-authored article by Jude Blacklock, Kathryn Henne, Kate Starre and Tate Morgan examines the paradoxical features of gender equity initiatives, and why they often don’t work as stated. Read more 🔽
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#MorningReads Anti-trans misinformation isn’t just “false facts” spreading. It’s socially embedded, rooted in disrupted collective sense-making. Argues disinformation stabilizes shaky worldviews so solutions require better meaning-making not just better fact-checking. #sociology #translivesmatter

#MorningReads Combating anti-transgender misinformation: A sociological approach:

"Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage." — Lao Tzu

Change in relationship status and internalizing symptoms among adolescents: Testing bidirectionality and moderation by sexual orientation, gender, and age Adolescent romantic experiences are socially normative and serve important social and developmental functions. Despite the well-established concurrent link between romantic involvement and internaliz...

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Longitudinal study of teens: entering romantic rels predicts lower internalizing symptoms for gay, lesbian, & questioning youth—but not for straight or bi. Mental health predicts relationship entry. Highlights romance’s protective role for LGBTQ+ adolescents. #loveispowerfulstuff