From the first piece I published about generative AI (in the Boston Globe a couple of weeks before ChatGPT was released in 2022). Full text outside paywall here: writinghacks.substack.com/p/what-we-lo...

“The most important skill in prompting is expertise in the domain you’re prompting for.”

LLMs reward expertise

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Some thoughts on LLMs and automated social science: brice.green/blog/2026-06...

2026-06-29 The Hypothesis Space is Boring

Perhaps against my better judgement I’ve started working on a paper studying the use of LLMs as stand-ins for humans for, e.g., polling, A/B testing, and social science research.

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1. We—@eduede.bsky.social, @mjcrockett.bsky.social, Kevin Gross, and I—have a new preprint on the arXiv today, based on ideas that emerged during an @sfiscience.bsky.social workshop in November 2024: The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science.

The unintended consequences of large language models as a labor-augmenting technology in science

As a labor-augmenting technology, large language models (LLMs) have the potential to accelerate scientific activity across the research pipeline. But even if LLMs perform on par with human experts at ...

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„In der Kontroverse um seine Polemik gegen Precht wurde Sloterdijk etwa in der Frankfurter Rundschau dann selbst als „Dieter Bohlen der Philosophie“ bezeichnet.“

Johannes Franzen@johannesfranzen.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Die Angst davor, Richard David Precht zu werden. Über Geisteswissenschaften und Öffentlichkeit: kulturundkontroverse859.substack.com/p/die-angst-...

When I say I bike everywhere, I mean I bike everywhere.

Among the 57 people confirmed dead so far, was also her. #ceuta I’m sure few (on here at least) need a reminder that those statistical numbers represent persons with names, loved ones, a history, hopes for their future, and, most important of all, dignity. I wish the other side understood this too.

Moghreb Tetuán Player Dies During Attempt to Reach Ceuta

Moroccan footballer Faten Ben Omar El Azizi, who played for Morocco Athlétic Tangier, has died after attempting to swim to the Spanish...

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Your Bluesky account is a lot more than just a Bluesky profile. For instance, I also use @leaflet.pub (website/newsletter), @grain.social (pictures), @popfeed.social (movies, TV shows), @bookhive.buzz (books), @tangled.org (code), @margin.at and @semble.so (social bookmarks). #EconSky

Leaflet@leaflet.pub · last wk.

Bluesky and Leaflet are in the Atmosphere!!! ...wtf does does that mean? Here's a little explainer, written for everyone. No tech experience or prior knowledge required. All you need is 4 minutes or less :D

(Swiss) politicians are bad at knowing what voters actually want. There is a clear conservatism bias: Political elites systematically perceive voters as more conservative than they really are, irrespective of the actual policy debate (e.g., raising retirement age) www.defacto.expert/2026/07/28/s...

📢 We’re hiring! Postdoc in Personality Psychology & Psychological Assessment at the University of Greifswald. ✨ Lots of freedom for your own research ✨ Start Oct 2026 or later ✨ Long-term perspective toward a permanent position Deadline: 15 Aug Please share — and feel free to get in touch!

Fantastic job opportunity at the European University Institute in Florence: Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics Application deadline: October 15. @eui-sps.bsky.social www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

🚨 New GERDA update: - Large update of mayoral elections (6 new states) - Landrat elections - Wahlkreis (district)-level results (BW & LW) - Local council seats (Gemeinde/Stadt & Kreis) - 2026 elections: BW state, BY & HE local More info below and here: www.german-elections.com

GERDA: German Election Database

Comprehensive dataset of local, state, federal, European, mayoral, Landrat, and county election results in Germany at the municipality and constituency (Wahlkreis) level, plus subnational public opini...

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Bluesky is actually really fun if you block the right 27,000 people

Holding onto summer for as long as I can. No matter how pretty the fall colors get, autumn has nothing on this view.

It’s Friday night, baby! Time to sip one herbal tea and politely obey the law

W3 Persönlichkeitspsychologie in Jena jobs.zeit.de/jobs/w3-prof...

W3-Professur für Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik - Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena bietet Stelle als W3-Professur für Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik in Jena - jetzt bewerben!

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🔺Psychology Job 🔺 Assistant Professor in Psychology (Grade 8) at Durham Uni to support our new MSc Psychology (Conversion) You should use computational approaches, incl machine learning and artificial intelligence Closing date 30th Aug Please share! #Psychology #AcademicSky #PhDSky More info 👇

Es wird „Hormos“ (stimmhafte s) ausgesprochen. Nicht Hormuus oder Hummus.

An der @unigreifswald.bsky.social sind zwei unbefristete Vollzeitstellen ausgeschrieben: eine für Politikwissenschaftler:innen, eine für Soziolog:innen. Bewerbungsfrist: 31. August 2026. Teilen ausdrücklich erwünscht. Die Ausschreibungen folgen im nächsten Post. Fragen gerne per DM.

He is PERFECT ... #Jimothy

In Seattle, we have a local raccoon with short spine syndrome who's been kicking it around the city, and we have all collectively named him Jimothy. Here's Jimothy. We love Jimothy.

I'm Gonna Do What's Called a Pro Gamer Move

Registration open for workshop 02.11. - 04.11.2026, Mannheim, Germany. The course is aimed at post-graduate and senior researchers, who want to work with EU‐LFS and EU-SILC. Instructors: Heike Wirth, Andrea Lengerer, Klaus Pforr, Jonathan Latner (IAB Nuremberg). 2/2

Are you a sociologist studying social inequality? Come join our awesome sociology department at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social as an assistant professor www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Assistant Professor in Social Inequality

Are you an expert in the sociology of social inequality or social stratification? Do you want to inspire students? Become our new assistant professor!

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🚨 Job Alert 🚨 The Department of Political Science at Radboud University Nijmegen is recruiting for a Full Professor in International Relations. More information on this vacancy is available here: www.ru.nl/en/working-a... Application deadline is 16 August 2026.

Full Professor of International Relations | Radboud University

Do you want to work as a Full Professor of International Relations at the Nijmegen School of Management? Check our vacancy!

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Hier geht es zu den Ausschreibungen: Politikwissenschaft: www.uni-greifswald.de/universitaet... Soziologie: www.uni-greifswald.de/universitaet...

New working paper w/ @denis-cohen.bsky.social @rantuna.bsky.social & @turnbulldugarte.com! *Does publicly refusing to cooperate with the far right only strengthen it?* A widespread belief says yes. In this paper, we test it based on a natural experiment from Spain. tinyurl.com/5azkfnas [1/6]

🚨We are hiring a two-year postdoctoral researcher (80%) at the University of Zurich within the new Horizon Europe project WELFAIR on the political implications of technological change, demographic ageing and rising inequality. The full job ad is here: tinyurl.com/3b6ddm25 Apply by August 9, 2026.

New preprint: @nadiyakelle.bsky.social and I study the association of starting or stopping to volunteer and big 5 personality development in older adults osf.io/preprints/ps... (1/7)

Grüße von der Monnem Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🙋🏻‍♀️