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Sierra Davis Thomander πŸ“Š

@sierrathomander.bsky.social

Stanford Political Science PhD Candidate | Gender, Political Behavior/Psych, Experiments & Surveys | LDS | BYU & Qualtrics Alum | πŸ¦₯ fan | Zach, Matisse & Violet | she/her | Views my own ✌🏽

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And these aren't kids! They're adults ranging from mid 20s to their forties.

15.10.2025 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

basic research on wacky things like Gila monster venom are what gave us GLP-1 drugs that are treating diabetes, obesity, & addiction in new ways

this piece from @whyy.org is great

an analogy: navigation apps are great but don't tell you how to climb Mt. Everest & survive

whyy.org/segments/oze...

15.10.2025 03:56 β€” πŸ‘ 550    πŸ” 179    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 3

Me checking my email while on the academic job market

14.10.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Far more important imo

12.10.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do they do like, major specific stuff? We have some of that (e.g., business).

11.10.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It is!

10.10.2025 05:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lol I love this!

09.10.2025 20:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know some people think "it is what it is" is a thought-terminating cliche or whatever, but it's getting me through job market season day by day πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

09.10.2025 20:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My husband's grandpa is from Ririe, and my in-laws actually named my husband's older brother Ririe! Ririe lives in Declo though.

09.10.2025 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Lol this is funny

09.10.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been banging this drum for the past four months or so: DOGE and Russ Vought broke the appropriations process. What's the point of going through the arduous process of crafting 12 spending bills, clearing them through committee and getting them through two chambers if Trump does rescissions?

08.10.2025 01:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1418    πŸ” 447    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 17

bring back the santa robes

07.10.2025 04:01 β€” πŸ‘ 225    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 0

We hoe potatoes.

07.10.2025 06:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Henceforth the red robes will only be worn as an away kit when the Canadian Supreme Court is playing the US one.

07.10.2025 05:40 β€” πŸ‘ 527    πŸ” 95    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 1

Oh boy, do I have the perfect state for you!

07.10.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

My husband did NOT believe me when I showed him this picture. He thought it was a joke.

07.10.2025 01:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Very interesting. Why do you think this shift is occurring now?

07.10.2025 01:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Open enrollment begins on November 1, Mike.

06.10.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 109    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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stand by my choices for my daughter's cultural doll school project. Happy LDS General Conference weekend! 🀍 #lds #ldsconf

(Her kindergarten teacher is also LDS & is gonna lol)

05.10.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's a hit βœ¨πŸ§‘πŸ’šπŸ€πŸ§‘πŸ’šπŸ€βœ¨

04.10.2025 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A great day of sorrow for our faith after our President dies and a church building full of our brothers and sisters in Michigan was attacked by a gunman/arsonist. Please keep the victims and families in your thoughts and prayers at this time.

29.09.2025 07:45 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social

Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are?

@simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions

Thread 🧡1/10

29.09.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 166    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 4

Will do!

23.09.2025 23:17 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy to announce that my sweet daughter Matisse is playing Molly in the Palo Alto Players production of Annie! β­οΈπŸ—½πŸŽ­

If you're in the Bay Area in November (or wanna visit), come and see her!
paplayers.org/event/annie/

Her show datesπŸ—“οΈ: 11/7, 11/14, 11/15 evening, 11/22 matinee, 11/23

23.09.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm glad to hear 40-ish is a reasonable number maybe? The job market is tough, but fortunately my subfield is doing ok relative to others. Fingers crossed!

21.09.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

17 academic job applications down, now just 21 more to go! πŸ˜…

21.09.2025 06:44 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

to put an even finer point on it: the percentage of U.S. adults who say they β€œstrongly disapprove” of Trumpβ€˜s job as president (about 46-50% of adults) is significantly higher than the percent of adults who voted for him (about 32% of adults)

20.09.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 455    πŸ” 118    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

This is very on brand for them

05.08.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is absolute nonsense. First of all, VCs don't do survey-based statistical sampling on this scale, where the error is somewhat inherent. Second, modeling errors on a much larger scale are a common and accepted risk in VC.

04.08.2025 20:14 β€” πŸ‘ 652    πŸ” 110    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 18

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