Three weeks ago, the inaugural @epssnet.bsky.social conference took place in Belfast. The enthusiasm, active participation and support from the community made this conference a huge success.

Reviewers sometimes point out a problem in an empirical project and say it needs "theorizing". I'm not sure what this means and I wish reviewers would be more specific.

TIL

"This is a X, not a Y" is a perfectly good sentence structure. Also, it has become difficult not to suspect that Claude is involved when you encounter it.

Bye bye #EPSS2026 - the GOAT of all conferences ♥️ @epssnet.bsky.social

Welcome to Belfast! 🎉Tonight marks the informal start of #EPSS2026! Before the conference officially opens, there are two great ways to ease in.

Oxford academic Alexander Betts set a world record at the London Marathon yesterday for the fastest time while dressed as an academic, finishing the course in 2hr55m26 – an average speed of just under 9mph. He is Professor of Forced Migration and International Affairs at the Refugee Studies Centre.

Spotted on a local windshield: an admirably thorough and polite critique of how the car had been parked

Hey, I wrote a thing about AI in astrophysics ergosphere.blog/posts/the-ma...

For anyone looking for postdocs for their students, over the next few months LSE “fellow” positions will start being listed. Research + teaching but 2-3 year runway. The new Global School of Sustainability has 5 new ones posted now! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

🎺 Call for proposals 🎺 1️⃣ replicate an existing experiment 2️⃣ run a novel experiment on repdata.com 3️⃣ coauthor with Mary McGrath and me to meta-analyze the replications and existing studies 4️⃣ publish your study details: alexandercoppock.com/replication_... applications open Feb 1 please repost!

mad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent

Saint Olaf College is making a tenure track hire in feminist philosophy. We have great students, a lively, collegial department, and are near the vibrant twin cities metro area. Great job! Drop me a line with any questions. philjobs.org/job/show/29582

Tony! Toni!

Jacob Montgomery@jacobmontgomery.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Slightly diminish a band: Vice Presidents of the United States of America

Yes. If you don't have tasks for which this makes sense, then move along.

Jon Mellon@jonmellon.bsky.social · 12mo ago

No, you create a test set of examples of the task and establish the success rate. If it succeeds at an acceptable rate, use it for the task with whatever checks are necessary. If it doesn't, retry the test set in 6 months to see if it's still below the acceptable standard.

EPSA have announced that they will hold a conference in July 2026. 😵‍💫 We understand that there might be some confusion about EPSS and EPSA. 👉🏽 So we thought we would clarify some things. A short 🧵

The endowment tax provisions seem to have been written by someone who likes RDD -- so many consequential and arbitrary cutoffs!

New working paper! - zikai.li and I look at the problem of assessing pre-trends using one of the "new" DiD methods - fixed effects regression imputation. tl;dr - don't use the same regression you used to impute post-treatment to also impute pre-treatment. osf.io/preprints/so... (1/14)

Yesterday EPSS was founded, today we answer members’ questions. A 🧵 1. Who formed EPSS? EPSS was founded by a supermajority vote of the EPSA Council, made up of 3 EPSAL shareholders & 9 elected, appointed, or ex officio members. 1/

As an EPSA Council member I voted for the creation of EPSS yesterday and have been part of conversations about these issues for the past year. Others had a much bigger and longer-standing role, but I can answer questions, especially from those not at the conference.

EPSS@epssnet.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

🚨 Big News for European Political Science 🚨 We’re thrilled to announce the launch of the European Political Science Society (EPSS): a new, member-led, not-for-profit association built to support our scholarly community. 🔗 epssnet.org Here’s a thread with everything you need to know. 🧵

Whoa there, just tell your coauthors what regression you'd rather run -- no need to go to the NYT opinion pages about it

More polling just dropped -- by a pretty huge margin Americans think that having international students at US universities is good for the country, not bad -- 56% to 14% (+42) and for 18-29 YOs, nearly 1/2 say international students are "very good"

Maya Sen@mayasen.bsky.social · last yr.

one last post on international students -- public opinion is not in the administration's favor on this, and universities should not let them forget it

All over the US, Chinese students who have worked hard to get admissions spots at US universities and excelled in their programs are now considering whether it's safe to visit home or attend a conference abroad. They are wondering if they should transfer to a non-US program. What a ludicrous waste.

From end-of-quarter reflection essay by student: "Overall, I’ve realized that social science is more fundamentally flawed than I thought." Success I think? Then, "All science is imperfect in some way, and the act of generating knowledge despite the limitations of research is admirable." Success!

Great news. Much more of this. Can't wait to hear that she's home safe and free again.

Joshua J. Friedman@joshuajfriedman.com · last yr.

Judge Session: I see no evidence of risk or danger of any kind. The court orders ICE to release Rümeysa Öztürk from custody IMMEDIATELY. She is free to return to her home in Massachusetts. Also free to travel within Mass and VT. I'm not going to restrict her travel, because I see no danger of flight

🚨 REPLICATION REPORT UPDATE: One year ago, a tweet by John Holbein alerted me, @ollefolke.bsky.social, and @jopieboy.bsky.social to a paper with a shocking result about Sweden’s law criminalizing the purchase of sex.🧵

10/ Please help share our extended replication to correct the record on this misleading policy evaluation! Full replication text here: www.econstor.eu/handle/10419...

If we know where they were sent, but it isn’t to detention: exile. If we know where they are & it’s in detention: extraordinary rendition. If we don’t know where they are, but we know someone’s holding them: kidnapping. Otherwise, if we don’t know where they are: disappearance.

Mehdi Hasan@mehdirhasan.bsky.social · last yr.

Given the literal definition of deportation is removing a foreigner or noncitizen from the country, we - journalists, media orgs - should probably all stop referring to the ‘deportation’ of a 2 year old US citizen. It’s NOT a deportation. I’m not sure what it is. A kidnapping?

So far, about 1000 students have had their visas revoked. Rubio has claimed these are activists that have vandalized libraries, taken over campuses, and done all sorts of crazy things. But Rubio or the State Dept refuses to get into the details. So lets do that.