James M. Zumel Dumlao
@jamesmzd.bsky.social
PhD Candidate at the University of Michigan School of Information :: Knowledge/Cultural Production, Science of Science :: he/him/his https://jamesmzd.github.io/
I see this one making the rounds so I am sharing a bit of a warning. This is a non-peer-reviewed, poorly detailed report from an advocacy organization. Some key information is missing, and what is reported ("The steepest judgment gap.. comes from male Gen Z") smells like p-hacking.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · last mo.Women’s use of AI is perceived as a sign of incompetence, while men’s use of AI is seen as an indication of initiative. 🤦🏻♂️
Just a quick update: It was the biggest comeback in NBA finals history.
riqa@riqa.bsky.social · 2mo agoknicks fans in full cope right now
This Day in Labor History: May 23, 1861. Three slaves named Shepard Mallory, James Baker, and Frank Townsend fled to Fort Monroe, Virginia, to escape their master. Benjamin Butler, the politician turned Union officer, refused to return them. Let's talk the slave self-emancipation of the Civil War!
📣 Volunteer position alert 📣 At PYMS, we are looking for a new Board Member! Are you an ECR with a passion for meta-science? Do you want to help organize events for fellow meta-scientists and help grow PYMS over the coming years? Check out the open position of Board Member!
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Whoever thought of letting shops post short-form video on DoorDash. You are a genius of temptation…
🥁🥁🥁 Newly out from us today in Science Advances: “Biased AI Writing Assistants Shift Users’ Attitudes on Societal Issues”. Large Language Models are providing users with autocomplete writing suggestions on many platforms. Could these suggestions shift users’ own attitudes? (spoiler: YES) (1/7)
I enjoyed this recent @mattpolprof.bsky.social piece on Habermas, which makes the sympathetic observation that Habermas *wanted* philosophy to be dull and difficult, if by that you mean modest and respectful of the arguments of others www.liberalcurrents.com/also-a-revie...
Also a Review of Habermas
Is Habermas a titan of recent philosophy or a stodgy academic lacking a burning political vision?
liberalcurrents.com
Here's @davekarpf lucid on AI and research. AI kills the paper and good riddance https://davekarpf.beehiiv.com/p/can-ai-replace-social-science-researchers
Can AI Replace Social Science Researchers?
No. No it can't. Come on, now.
davekarpf.beehiiv.com
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
TRIGGER WARNING, because here is a US Marshal from Trump‘s Gestapo Force in Memphis kicking a puppy today in the Whitehaven neighborhood and breaking its rib. They were serving a warrant and I guess BIG MAN got scared of the schnauzer. (I didn’t take the video, the dog’s person did)
This is one of the more interesting localized struggles right now - at the intersection of data centers, rising electricity costs, and nuclear weapons www.michigandaily.com/news/news-br...
Los Alamos confirms UMich data center to be used for nuclear weapons research
A representative of Los Alamos National Laboratory confirmed nuclear weapons research will be a priority for its portion of the data center it intends to construct in collaboration with the University...
michigandaily.com
If Starbucks won’t respect workers at the bargaining table, they don’t deserve our clicks or orders. Our call to action is simple: 📱 Delete the Starbucks app. #DeleteTheApp bit.ly/deletetheapp
Important letter from the University of Michigan AAUP chapter and @aaup.org national challenging the expansion of surveillance practices at our university: umaaup.org/2026/01/23/a...
AAUP Sends Letter of Concern Regarding Expanding Surveillance at the University of Michigan
January 23, 2026Via email and physical mailDomenico Grasso, President, University of Michigan3190 Ruthven Building1109 Geddes Ave.Ann Arbor, MI 48109grasso@umich.eduDear President Grasso,The AAUP (…
umaaup.org
[Trying this again with the right pictures!] Really pleased with this paper -- posting a new version with a better discussion of the previous literature, some new results on calendar-time portfolios, and some fixed errors! paulgp.com/papers/finan...
Thanks El Cerrito/Richmond Annex Walk & Roll for holding a powerful vigil yesterday for Donna Revecho, who was killed while crossing San Pablo Ave. It was inspiring to join dozens to stand up for safe streets. We need to hold Caltrans accountable to make San Pablo safer & prevent more tragedies!
Post a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the ULP strike.
JediKat@jedikat71.bsky.social · 9mo agoPost a bird to support @sbworkersunited.org and warn your followers not to buy Starbucks for the duration of the strike.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history. Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification. I glanced down at the message. “Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began. So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
Analysing submissions to 60 Institute of Physics journals, @jamesmzd.bsky.social & Misha Teplitskiy find that #PeerReviewers tend to favour submissions from their own countries, meaning authors from countries with few reviewers face a major structural barrier. @lseimpactblog.bsky.social
Lack of geographic diversity in peer review skews “publishable” research - Impact of Social Sciences
An analysis of peer review data for 204,718 submissions to 60 Institute of Physics journals finds that reviewers tend to favour submissions from their own countries.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
🗃️ From the archive: "When implemented without democratic oversight, global performance metrics risk becoming tools of centralisation" #Bibliometrics #ResearchAssessment
How authoritarian states co-opt academic modernisation and bibliometrics for control - Impact of Social Sciences
Do bibliometric performance metrics, which underpin global higher education policies, also provide a means for authoritarian states to coerce academics?
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Austerity measures all over the place but the university has $50 million for… whatever this is
U-M announces investment in institute for civil discourse | The University Record
record.umich.edu
How to quantify the impact of AI on long-run cultural evolution? Published today, I give it a go! 400+ years of strategic dynamics in the game of Go (Baduk/Weiqi), from feudalism to AlphaGo!
💥New: Lack of geographic diversity in peer review skews “publishable” research ✍️ @jamesmzd.bsky.social & Misha Teplitskiy #PeerReview #PeerReviewWeek #PRW25 #AcademicSky
Lack of geographic diversity in peer review skews “publishable” research - Impact of Social Sciences
An analysis of peer review data for 204,718 submissions to 60 Institute of Physics journals finds that reviewers tend to favour submissions from their own countries.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity. 1/n
After the lunch break, the next session will be 'Open Science and Data Sharing' The first of three talks will be by Vincent Yuan, with 'Researcher Adherence to Journal Data Sharing Policies: A Meta-Research Study' VY: Science runs on trust - but we need evidence. #PRC10
