Thrilled to share that two of our submissions have been accepted as talks at @icssi.org!!!🎉 If you’re interested in #migration and how institutions shape #mobility and #innovation, I’d love to connect. @mrfrank.bsky.social, Junghyun Lim, Yixiao Li, Lisa K. Simon, Ziji Ma, and Qing Chang.

me paying $30 in gas to buy imported things that have been hit with tariffs bc joe rogan is learning about politics at age 58

This. And two-factor authentication

J. Nathan Matias@natematias.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Has anyone computed the cost to the economy of repeatedly verifying you're human? I would gladly install a browser plugin to find out how much time I lose each week to this and what the cost to my employer is.

"Runctitiononal features"? "Medical fymblal"? "1 Tol Line storee"? This gets worse the longer you look at it. But it's got to be good, because it was published in Nature Scientific Reports last week: www.nature.com/articles/s41... h/t @asa.tsbalans.se

How fair are the algorithms that decide who gets information online? Our new paper in PNAS Nexus shows that maximization algorithms, the ones used to pick “influencers” in social networks, unintentionally deepen inequality. 🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

Detecting bias in algorithms used to disseminate information in social networks and mitigating it using multiobjective optimization

Abstract. Social connections are conduits through which individuals communicate, information propagates, and diseases spread. Identifying individuals who a

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This month, no colloquium but a special session about careers in network science! Join us and an all-star panel on October 29. Register here for a Zoom link: iu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Here is a ‘blame-praise curve’ for the percentage of household chores done by husbands People think husbands are blameworthy if they do 20%, but praiseworthy if they do 40% (!) Perceived average is above 40%, so people think below average is still praiseworthy [Thread]

You: pornbots keep randomly following me on Bluesky Me, an intellectual: pornbots are citing my books on Google Scholar

Inflation

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

The 99-cent price of AriZona Iced Tea’s signature tallboys has stayed the same for nearly three decades. President Trump’s 50% tariff on imported aluminum may change that. “I hate even the thought of it,” the founder and chairman Don Vultaggio said. nyti.ms/4lkTrVg

The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.

Federal judge rules cuts to humanities grants were 'unlawful'

The ruling deems the government's termination of grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities "unlawful" and allows a lawsuit brought by humanities groups to move forward.

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Replication Crisis xkcd.com/3117/

This is a travesty & a nightmare. The US was a founder of @gavi.org. It lowers global vaccine costs, has vaccinated 1B children, & averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year - and RFK Jr will be personally responsible. www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

RFK Jr. says US won’t donate to global vaccine effort

Kennedy ripped into Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, in a video address at its pledging summit.

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Don’t eat your receipts

The New York Times@nytimes.com · last yr.

The chemicals in receipts have been linked with reproductive issues. We asked experts whether you should worry.

Qing Chang will present research on “Upward mobility in the green sector for frontline fossil fuel workers”—joined by Michaël Aklin, Morgan Frank, and Shanti Gamper-Rabindran. Register NOW to join live seminar on Zoom: lnkd.in/gAhgfjMq

The EO has to be interpreted in light of the (decades long) Republican attack on science. This has nothing to do with improving science. They're using legitImate criticism from within science to (ironically) decrease the credibility of science. They then have no obligation to listen to scientists.

Brian Nosek@briannosek.bsky.social · last yr.

There is a new Executive Order that is closely related to many of the topics promoted in the science reform movement. It deserves a close read as it will surely have implications for how some promoted reforms are implemented in policy and practice. My hot take 🧵 www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

A story about why Democrats are losers, in four parts.

Exclusive: National Science Foundation staff were told today that the agency’s 37 divisions—across all eight directorates—are being abolished and the number of programs within those divisions will be drastically reduced.

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Thanks to all who joined our conversation on Social Capital in the Age of AI and the screening of Join or Die. 25 years after Bowling Alone, we explored how tech is reshaping trust, connection & civic life in the algorithmic era. @danielaldrich.bsky.social @hamishgibbs.bsky.social socialurban.net

📢 Today I was supposed to be in DC, highlighting what the NSF Social, Behavioral, & Economic Sciences delivers to US taxpayers. NSF had one of the highest returns on investment (ROIs) of federal grantors 👏🏻 (1) and NSF SBE funded 63% of US social and psychological science research (2). 🧵

BREAKING: NSF has frozen all grant funding, as of yesterday. It's unclear when they will resume funding awards, or why the pause has been put in place. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Exclusive: NSF stops awarding new grants and funding existing ones

US science funder also plans to screen grant applications for compliance with ‘agency priorities’.

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🚨New WP🚨 Using GPT4 to persuade participants significantly reduces climate skepticism and inaction -Sig more effective than consensus messaging -Works for Republicans -Evidence of persistence @ 1mo -Scalable! PDF: osf.io/preprints/ps... Try the bot: www.debunkbot.com/climate-change Here’s how 👇

This, @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social might be the dumbest take I've ever seen on social media. "Moderate their position on Canada?" WTF?! If the Republican party started believing in levitation, would you ask Democrats to moderate their position on gravity?

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · last yr.

democrats risk losing swing voters if they don’t moderate their position on canada

AI exposure scores can predict workers' unemployment risk! While individual AI exposure models aren't predictive of job losses, combining them creates a powerful predictive tool. #AIandJobs #FutureOfWork New work with @yyahn.bsky.social & @estebanmoro.bsky.social academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ad...

Perfection

Laura Bassett@lebassett.bsky.social · last yr.

Roses are red Violets are blue

I'm in the @wsj.com with @ericbeinhocker.bsky.social explaining the #CleanEnergy revolution is unstoppable. Despite the Trump administration's determination to promote fossil fuels, the economic and technological forces driving green energy are too powerful to resist. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

Essay | The Clean Energy Revolution Is Unstoppable

The Trump administration is determined to promote fossil fuels, but the economic and technological forces driving solar, wind and other sources are now too powerful to resist.

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Next was an amazing talk by @mrfrank.bsky.social on challenges with determining how susceptible jobs are to automation at @nicoatnu.bsky.social. Frank presents a compelling network-oriented approach for modeling automation shocks. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p0L... (7/8)

Wed@NICO - 2/26/25 - Morgan Frank

YouTube video by Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems

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#AI has evolved and now challenges our understanding of skills and careers. This Wednesday, we are thrilled to host @mrfrank.bsky.social to explore "AI, Complexity, and the Future of Work". Join us in person in Chambers Hall or via Zoom. #WedatNICO 🗓️ Wed 2/26 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

🎨 Is AI democratising creativity—or racing to the bottom? 🎙️ This week I talked with @mrfrank.bsky.social about how AI is reshaping creative industries. 📢 Listen now: [Podcast Link] What do you think—is AI helping or hurting creative professionals? 👇 #AIart #TechAndArt #GenerativeAI #AIethics