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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D.
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{Social, Data, Network, Information} Scientist, @cuboulder.info

Visiting Scientist, @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social AY25-26

High-tempo collaboration, information commons, public interest data science

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · Sep 2
ICYMI, I’m on sabbatical this AY at @harvardpopcenter.bsky.social:

popcenter.harvard.edu/blog/directo...

I’ll be working on a STS-flavored book project about ecofascist data science that combines critical demography and data studies.

Let me know if you’re in Boston this year and want to meet up!
Brian Keegan – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
A Harvard University cross-school, interfaculty initiative administered by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
popcenter.harvard.edu

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 15h
DOGE was A LOT less likely to cancel contracts from companies that donated money to Republicans than companies that donated to Democrats.

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Jon Phillips @jowiph.bsky.social · 1d
Mandatory:

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it's charloh! (it/its) @charloh.online · 1d
stop making us know what mark Cuban is saying! knock that off right now!!

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 1d
NORAD Santa tracker is Woke

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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 1d
still my favorite christmas post
vigilantsycamore Dec 25, 2020 Ebenezer Scrooge: Goes outside 500 Muppets: There goes Mr Asshole! There Goes Mr Bitch!

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 1d
Bari doesn’t have any Democratic senators’ numbers in her contacts

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 1d
Show me how your 2025 went

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Sarah O @erniebufflo.bsky.social · 1d
Yes, in fact @lastweektonight.com did a great segment on it:

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honor sachs @drhonor.bsky.social · 1d
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
cnn.com CNN @cnn.com · 2d
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d
It is 2010 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.

It is 2019 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.

It is 2025 and Thomas Chatterton Williams is releasing an awful anti-woke memoir.

It is 2032 and
Dr Manhattan at his rural Mars chateau

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The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social · 1d
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Marginal Returns to Public Universities,” by Jack Mountjoy: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Marginal Returns to Public Universities
Abstract. This paper studies the returns to enrolling in American public universities by comparing the long-term outcomes of barely admitted versus barely
doi.org

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CNN @cnn.com · 2d
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 2d
Best explanation of the liar's dividend that I've ever seen.

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 2d
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 3d
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:

⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year

Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
In Covid's Wake: How Our Politics Failed Us by Stephen Macedo and Frances Lee. A New Yorker Best Book of the Year; An Economist Best Book of the Year; A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 2d
Small addendum, minor point: “and killed hundreds of thousands of people already.” www.propublica.org/article/keny...

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 2d
These declines are MASSIVE.

And the comparative silence in media coverage is absolutely DAMNING.

“Why are ppl always so afraid of crime?”

THIS is why. When crime goes up, media trips over itself to report it.

Falls to pre-war (!!) levels? Just CRICKETS.
jeffasher.bsky.social Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 2d
I count 10 cities in 2025 that are on track to have the fewest murders since at least 1970. Newark is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1956 (though only have data through Oct this year) and San Francisco is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1942.

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Lee Kovarsky @kovarsky.bsky.social · 2d
Check out the Kavanaugh FN 4; I think it's pretty clear that the Kavanaugh Stop thing has gotten to him:

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Nicholas Thompson @nxthompson.bsky.social · 2d
"The reason so many of yesterday’s free-speech champions transitioned so easily into today’s pro-Trump censors is that their definition of free speech never included the right of others to talk back." @adamserwer.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The Triumph of Free-Speech Hypocrisy
What the 60 Minutes scandal reveals
www.theatlantic.com

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Derek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 3d
The "magic" of these coding assistants is that they seem like they can drive the bus. But you’re the one who should be behind the wheel.

Here's how I spent almost all of the $250 in Claude Code credits I got last month, and what I made and learned.
All the Claude (Code) Things – Derek Willis
Academic and journalist
thescoop.org

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BoulderCAST Weather 🏔️⛈️ @bouldercast.com · 3d
🔥 🚨 NEW WILDFIRE EVAC IN BOULDER COUNTY: Wildfire occurring in the area of In the Area of 519 Wild Turkey Trail in Fourmile Canyon. Use Evening Star Road for Evacuations. Avoid Wild Turkey Trail. #wildturkeyfire #cofire

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404 Media @404media.co · 3d
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
www.404media.co

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
Never forget:
THE NEW YORK TIMES OPINION Australians Have More Fun What we can learn from "Canada in a thong." Jan. 8, 2019 By Bari Weiss Ms. Weiss is a writer and editor in the Opinion section.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 3d
As the president graffitis his name to beloved institutions and builds monuments to his own vanity, we must focus on how much fun it will be to tear it all down. trib.al/iSSkej1
The Immanent Joy of Detrumpification
As the president graffitis his name to beloved institutions and builds monuments to his own vanity, we must focus on how much fun it will be to tear it all down.
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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
Despite watching it in Laser 3D IMAX, Avatar Fire and Ash can’t shake the vibes of being a 3-hour cutscene from Call of Duty: Pandora Warfare.

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 3d
Here's one from the archives: Labor organizers can take steps to preserve their documents and strategies, so future workers will have a practical guide. Read my reporting on how museum workers at the Philadelphia Museum of Art did just that. ✊
Preserving Labor History in the Present, for the Future
Labor activists take steps to preserve the documents and strategies they use today, so future organizers will have a practical guide.
newsletter.mariannedhenin.com

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Clayton Cubitt @claytoncubitt.bsky.social · 3d
The Dunning-Kruger Effect and the Streisand Effect, when merged, become the Bari Weiss Effect

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Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. @brianckeegan.com · 3d
Bari Weiss googling “streisand effect” for the first time
justinbaragona.bsky.social Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 3d
During today's editorial call, Bari Weiss doubled down on pulling the CECOT segment while lashing out at Sharyn Alfonsi:

"The only newsroom that I'm interested in running is one where we are able to have contentious disagreements about the thorniest and editorial matters, and do so with respect."

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 3d
For many, the end of the year is an opportunity to catch up on reading or to purchase books as gifts. In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power. Check out the list:
Tech Policy Press: The Year in Books 2025 | TechPolicy.Press
In 2025, a number of authors joined the Tech Policy Press podcast, providing fresh insights into how technology interacts with people, politics, and power.
www.techpolicy.press

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Tawni Marshall @tawnimarshall.bsky.social · 3d
Weird how The Free Press was able to publish all of these without comment from the Washigton University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital.
The Free Press I Thought I Was Saving Trans Kids. Now I’m Blowing the Whistle. There are more than 100 pediatric gender clinics across the U.S. I worked at one. What’s happening to children is morally and medically appalling. by Jamie Reed Jamie Reed: The Courage to Admit You’re Wrong When I blew the whistle on a transgender clinic, some suggested I had been ‘brainwashed by the right.’ No. I’m a progressive who follows science. by Jamie Reed I Spent 13 Years Living as a Man. But After My Spouse’s Exposé, I’m Detransitioning. When Jamie Reed revealed the dangers of gender-affirming care for minors, I felt threatened. That’s because she was right. by Roxanne Reed Why I Hope the Supreme Court Upholds the Ban on Child Transition Today, the top legal minds in the country will consider whether there’s a constitutional right to harm children. Jamie Reed asks: How did we get to this point? by Jamie Reed