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Steven Ruggles

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Historical demographer and data impresario Wired profile: https://www.wired.com/1995/03/ruggles/ Publications: https://users.pop.umn.edu/~ruggl001/ Data: https://www.ipums.org/

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01.03.2026 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 6
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Tulsi Gabbard released a fundraising video in 2019 titled "Trump's Path To War With Iran"

"We've gotta stop Donald Trump from starting a war with Iran."

01.03.2026 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2784    πŸ” 1107    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 93
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From SSHA2023 to SSHJ2026! doi.org/10.1017/ssh.... β€˜I don’t trust you’: American Response to US Census Bureau Privacy and Disclosure Control, 1960–1970
@socscihistory.bsky.social @stevenruggles.bsky.social @ipums.bsky.social @minnpop.bsky.social @altnatarchives.altgov.info

26.02.2026 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s -9 degrees. Downtown Minneapolis is packed for the anti-ICE rally and the crowd keeps growing

23.01.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 37429    πŸ” 10909    πŸ’¬ 809    πŸ“Œ 975

Trump just said the US population was 315 million, "counting all the illegals."

Demography is not his strong suit.

20.01.2026 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Minneapolis is colder than Nuuk in January.

17.01.2026 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
ICE slipping on ice

ICE slipping on ice

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12.01.2026 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 23746    πŸ” 4373    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 946

Its not that the media is not covering what is happening, but it does feel like the military occupation of an American city should be treated as a national crisis.

12.01.2026 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 6733    πŸ” 2450    πŸ’¬ 225    πŸ“Œ 92
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Physical box? Are you using Windows 95?
Just go to settings>system>about and it's right there!

19.12.2025 01:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Here is the percentage of white males age 30-39 working in professional, technical, and managerial jobs between 1850 and 2024. The current generation has not been squeezed out of such jobs. If there is any lost generation here, I would say it is boomers who were 30-39 in 1990. (@ipums.bsky.social)

18.12.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

This is amazing. If you haven't reveled in the glory that is the IPUMS international census archive, you should! Here's something I made from it: "The Rise of One-Person Households" journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

01.12.2025 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
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Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm.
Doing my best to address this.
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Gabrielle Giffords β€’ @GabbyGiffords β€’ 3h X My husband @CaptMarkKelly is a 25-year Navy combat pilot veteran. He served our country with strength, courage, and integrity, dedicating his career to protecting us and upholding our constitution. Today, the President of the United States called him a traitor and demanded he be Show more Captain Mark Kelly @CaptMarkK...β€’ 3h I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit β€” all for my country. I never thought l'd see a President call for my execution.... β€’ 3.7K {7 2.3K 8.9K thl 461K 企 Janette Fenway @LeesLemmas β€’ 43m @elonmusk Why is my feed suddenly flooded with lefty lawmakers spouting nonsense? 276 β€’ 69 贝 Elon Musk * X @elonmusk X.com Because we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this. 3:49 PM β€’ 11/20/25 β€’ 6.3K Views

An X user asks Elon Musk why they’re seeing tweets from left-wing lawmakers.

Musk: β€œBecause we are failing very badly with the recommendations algorithm. Doing my best to address this.”

21.11.2025 00:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1938    πŸ” 561    πŸ’¬ 95    πŸ“Œ 126

When Canada tried this is was a data disaster for large swaths of the country

18.11.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 60    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0
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A perpetual mood:

18.11.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2
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Federal agents wearing tactical gear used chemical irritants on protesters at the Bro-Tex facility in St. Paul.

Video by reporter Louis Krauss, who is on the scene.

18.11.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 490    πŸ” 372    πŸ’¬ 55    πŸ“Œ 40

Very sad.

15.11.2025 22:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you haven't joined your local AAUP, now is a great time to do so.

15.11.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

but ... I'm still driven to discover! I can't move on.

13.11.2025 20:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

The officer Sandwich Guy is charged with assaulting testifies that he could feel the impact of the sandwich through his ballistic vest, and it β€œexploded all over my uniform.” He says he could β€œsmell the onions and the mustard.”

04.11.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2255    πŸ” 388    πŸ’¬ 259    πŸ“Œ 401
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Column | The biggest careers that have now vanished, according to data The Department of Data started spelunking through archaic occupations in search of disappearing jobs β€” but it turns out the best answer is more obvious than you think.

Shoutout to the "yeoman data drovers at @IPUMS":
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

03.11.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was raining and cold.

03.11.2025 01:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

More good optics. What a genius!

01.11.2025 03:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data Collection. Volume 58, Issue 4 of Historical Methods: A Journal of Quantitative and Interdisciplinary History

Pleased to be part of the history making "IPUMS USA Full Count Census Data" special issue in Historical Methods 58(4). @ipums.bsky.social @stevenruggles.bsky.social @mattanelson.bsky.social @juliariveradrew.bsky.social @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/vhim20/5...

31.10.2025 17:21 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One

Donald Trump appeared to describe a dementia screening he underwent at Walter Reed Medical Center as a 'very hard' IQ test while speaking with reporters inside Air Force One

The NY Times and WaPo may be lost causes but holy shite look at PEOPLE out here absolutely killing it with 100% unvarnished truths 🌟

28.10.2025 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 10046    πŸ” 2767    πŸ’¬ 199    πŸ“Œ 145

Photo from @katieharbath.bsky.social

23.10.2025 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wow.

23.10.2025 18:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There is no difference between Trump destroying the East Wing and using a wrecking ball on the Washington Monument or Smithsonian. Just because he (temporarily) lives there doesn't give him the right to demolish the White House without Congressional approval.

22.10.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3930    πŸ” 1050    πŸ’¬ 135    πŸ“Œ 56

the president has destroyed the east wing of the white house without so much as a word of input from anyone else to build a royal ballroom paid for with bribes

21.10.2025 20:27 β€” πŸ‘ 10857    πŸ” 3659    πŸ’¬ 219    πŸ“Œ 129
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

18.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 89017    πŸ” 28858    πŸ’¬ 2307    πŸ“Œ 1846