Daniel Weitzel
@danweitzel.net
Does research on democracy at Colorado State
Probably editing .init.el at the moment
Probably editing .init.el at the moment
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And the freestyle causal inference top Play of the Week goes to the @economist.com Charlemagne piece on Europeans needing to work more
August 14, 2025 at 5:00 PM
And the freestyle causal inference top Play of the Week goes to the @economist.com Charlemagne piece on Europeans needing to work more
Reposted by Daniel Weitzel
I have long puzzled about the AI investment boom. Here's a model for it: www.gojiberries.io/picks-shovel...
Picks, Shovels, Superstars, and Poachers: Explaining the AI Investment Boom
Standard real-options theory makes a clear prediction: when technology advances rapidly, costs fall steeply, and technical approaches remain uncertain, firms should wait. The option value of deferring...
www.gojiberries.io
August 13, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I have long puzzled about the AI investment boom. Here's a model for it: www.gojiberries.io/picks-shovel...
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I wrote a whole paper about revisions! They are a statistical best practice but can erode public trust in institutions. Governments don't revise their data unless they're forced to - which is why revisions are more prevalent among democracies (see Ireland, Greece)
www.iasmingoes.com/papers/Goes-...
www.iasmingoes.com/papers/Goes-...
August 1, 2025 at 10:24 PM
I wrote a whole paper about revisions! They are a statistical best practice but can erode public trust in institutions. Governments don't revise their data unless they're forced to - which is why revisions are more prevalent among democracies (see Ireland, Greece)
www.iasmingoes.com/papers/Goes-...
www.iasmingoes.com/papers/Goes-...
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just like buying a new empty notebook, switching todo apps will *definitely* make me more productive
July 25, 2025 at 7:49 PM
just like buying a new empty notebook, switching todo apps will *definitely* make me more productive
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This was a fun paper to write and we are very grateful for the recognition!
Outstanding Article Award: @iasmingoes.bsky.social and Terry Chapman, “Can “Soft” Advice from International Organizations Catalyze Natural Resource Sector Reform?” International Studies Quarterly, doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
June 20, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This was a fun paper to write and we are very grateful for the recognition!
Asked ChatGPT how to expand a data frame with a categorical variable and count.
Thought it was hallucinating when it suggested `uncount()`, but nope! It's a legit #tidyverse function. Reverse a count with grouped `uncount()`.
Love it!
Thought it was hallucinating when it suggested `uncount()`, but nope! It's a legit #tidyverse function. Reverse a count with grouped `uncount()`.
Love it!
April 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Asked ChatGPT how to expand a data frame with a categorical variable and count.
Thought it was hallucinating when it suggested `uncount()`, but nope! It's a legit #tidyverse function. Reverse a count with grouped `uncount()`.
Love it!
Thought it was hallucinating when it suggested `uncount()`, but nope! It's a legit #tidyverse function. Reverse a count with grouped `uncount()`.
Love it!
Reposted by Daniel Weitzel
If you want to study 'TV news' (for which ideally you should get the images), here are the transcripts from archive.org
github.com/notnews/arch...
github.com/notnews/arch...
April 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you want to study 'TV news' (for which ideally you should get the images), here are the transcripts from archive.org
github.com/notnews/arch...
github.com/notnews/arch...
Happy 25th anniversary to R 1.0.0! 📊👩💻⌨️🎉🍾
February 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Happy 25th anniversary to R 1.0.0! 📊👩💻⌨️🎉🍾
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Yesterday brought 18°C in Cologne (DE), which is 3°C above the previous record temperature for a 24th of November. This made me revisit a map I made last year.
Most of 2024 has been warmer than the long-term average for Germany from 1961-1990.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25 Heat #rstats #ClimateChange
Most of 2024 has been warmer than the long-term average for Germany from 1961-1990.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25 Heat #rstats #ClimateChange
November 25, 2024 at 7:25 PM
Yesterday brought 18°C in Cologne (DE), which is 3°C above the previous record temperature for a 24th of November. This made me revisit a map I made last year.
Most of 2024 has been warmer than the long-term average for Germany from 1961-1990.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25 Heat #rstats #ClimateChange
Most of 2024 has been warmer than the long-term average for Germany from 1961-1990.
#30DayMapChallenge Day 25 Heat #rstats #ClimateChange
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Good morning colleagues. CSU Political Science is hiring in American Politics/Political Communication. App deadline is 9/8. Tell your friends.
Here's the APSA eJobs listing: members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJobs/…
Or direct to CSU: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/148354
Happy to answer questions.
Here's the APSA eJobs listing: members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJobs/…
Or direct to CSU: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/148354
Happy to answer questions.
eJobs
https://members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJobs/…
July 24, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Good morning colleagues. CSU Political Science is hiring in American Politics/Political Communication. App deadline is 9/8. Tell your friends.
Here's the APSA eJobs listing: members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJobs/…
Or direct to CSU: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/148354
Happy to answer questions.
Here's the APSA eJobs listing: members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJobs/…
Or direct to CSU: jobs.colostate.edu/postings/148354
Happy to answer questions.
Hey #polisky, we are hiring in American Politics at Colorado State!
Great colleagues, wonderful state, 350 miles of bike lanes, and over 300 days of sunshine. We have a great group studying AP, behavior and CSS more generally. There also is an HPC available!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/148...
Great colleagues, wonderful state, 350 miles of bike lanes, and over 300 days of sunshine. We have a great group studying AP, behavior and CSS more generally. There also is an HPC available!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/148...
Assistant Professor of American Politics
The Department of Political Science at Colorado State University invites applications for an entry-level tenure-track Assistant Professor position in American politics with a specialization in politic...
jobs.colostate.edu
July 24, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Hey #polisky, we are hiring in American Politics at Colorado State!
Great colleagues, wonderful state, 350 miles of bike lanes, and over 300 days of sunshine. We have a great group studying AP, behavior and CSS more generally. There also is an HPC available!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/148...
Great colleagues, wonderful state, 350 miles of bike lanes, and over 300 days of sunshine. We have a great group studying AP, behavior and CSS more generally. There also is an HPC available!
jobs.colostate.edu/postings/148...
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When oil revenue is high, Latin America has easier access to credit. You'd think states would seize this opportunity to borrow more. In a forthcoming World Development article that is open access until June 26, Stephen Kaplan and I show that they don't authors.elsevier.com/a/1j2gk,6yxD...
May 9, 2024 at 3:17 PM
When oil revenue is high, Latin America has easier access to credit. You'd think states would seize this opportunity to borrow more. In a forthcoming World Development article that is open access until June 26, Stephen Kaplan and I show that they don't authors.elsevier.com/a/1j2gk,6yxD...
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Polisky! In a new ISQ piece, Terry Chapman and I look at the effects of IMF surveillance on natural resource governance. We find that developing countries like Guyana are more likely to create natural resource funds when the IMF advises them to do so doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
April 1, 2024 at 1:05 AM
Polisky! In a new ISQ piece, Terry Chapman and I look at the effects of IMF surveillance on natural resource governance. We find that developing countries like Guyana are more likely to create natural resource funds when the IMF advises them to do so doi.org/10.1093/isq/...
#polisky Friends, I'm collecting job market resources for social science undergrads. I want to include examples of jobs that students can have with a social science BA, an intro stats course, and R coding skills.
What are successful stories or job ads that I should include?
What are successful stories or job ads that I should include?
March 25, 2024 at 9:52 PM
#polisky Friends, I'm collecting job market resources for social science undergrads. I want to include examples of jobs that students can have with a social science BA, an intro stats course, and R coding skills.
What are successful stories or job ads that I should include?
What are successful stories or job ads that I should include?
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now tallying libraries used in replication files of **34** social science journals + support for python
github.com/recite/softv...
if stata mavens know how to tally imports in stata, let me know. (ssc install is not used frequently)
w/ @danweitzel.net
github.com/recite/softv...
if stata mavens know how to tally imports in stata, let me know. (ssc install is not used frequently)
w/ @danweitzel.net
December 30, 2023 at 11:28 PM
now tallying libraries used in replication files of **34** social science journals + support for python
github.com/recite/softv...
if stata mavens know how to tally imports in stata, let me know. (ssc install is not used frequently)
w/ @danweitzel.net
github.com/recite/softv...
if stata mavens know how to tally imports in stata, let me know. (ssc install is not used frequently)
w/ @danweitzel.net
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Are you interested in democratic backsliding?
With @honoratam.bsky.social and Joep van Lit we are organizing a workshop on "Early Signs of Democratic Recession in Established and Backsliding Democracies"
Join us at the @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions
polisky
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
With @honoratam.bsky.social and Joep van Lit we are organizing a workshop on "Early Signs of Democratic Recession in Established and Backsliding Democracies"
Join us at the @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions
polisky
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
November 7, 2023 at 7:21 PM
Are you interested in democratic backsliding?
With @honoratam.bsky.social and Joep van Lit we are organizing a workshop on "Early Signs of Democratic Recession in Established and Backsliding Democracies"
Join us at the @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions
polisky
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
With @honoratam.bsky.social and Joep van Lit we are organizing a workshop on "Early Signs of Democratic Recession in Established and Backsliding Democracies"
Join us at the @ecpr.bsky.social joint sessions
polisky
ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
Polisky, check out this super cool resource: demscore.se
"An innovative e-infrastructure providing free access to harmonized data from several of the world’s largest datasets on Democracy, Environment, Migration, Social Policy, Conflict, and Representation"
"An innovative e-infrastructure providing free access to harmonized data from several of the world’s largest datasets on Democracy, Environment, Migration, Social Policy, Conflict, and Representation"
November 3, 2023 at 7:35 PM
Polisky, check out this super cool resource: demscore.se
"An innovative e-infrastructure providing free access to harmonized data from several of the world’s largest datasets on Democracy, Environment, Migration, Social Policy, Conflict, and Representation"
"An innovative e-infrastructure providing free access to harmonized data from several of the world’s largest datasets on Democracy, Environment, Migration, Social Policy, Conflict, and Representation"
New Polisky working paper here: github.com/soodoku/part...
How much do Republicans and Democrats disagree about political facts? In the news, we can frequently find reports of large gaps in how partisans perceive the world.
Wide and widening partisan gaps have serious implications for the functioning of our democratic systems! 1/7
Wide and widening partisan gaps have serious implications for the functioning of our democratic systems! 1/7
October 23, 2023 at 3:14 AM
New Polisky working paper here: github.com/soodoku/part...
How much do Republicans and Democrats disagree about political facts? In the news, we can frequently find reports of large gaps in how partisans perceive the world.
Wide and widening partisan gaps have serious implications for the functioning of our democratic systems! 1/7
Wide and widening partisan gaps have serious implications for the functioning of our democratic systems! 1/7
October 23, 2023 at 3:04 AM
How much do Republicans and Democrats disagree about political facts? In the news, we can frequently find reports of large gaps in how partisans perceive the world.
Wide and widening partisan gaps have serious implications for the functioning of our democratic systems! 1/7
Wide and widening partisan gaps have serious implications for the functioning of our democratic systems! 1/7
Polisky people might be interested in this!
Introducing @paperposterbot.bsky.social [cc @cdsamii.bsky.social whose request spawned this], which posts stat.ME and econ.EM papers from their respective rss feeds. ATprotocol is super user-friendly.
Should run every day unless my cron job fails me.
source code: gist.github.com/apoorvalal/e...
Should run every day unless my cron job fails me.
source code: gist.github.com/apoorvalal/e...
bsky.app bot to check arxiv rss feeds and post updates. adapt to your own needs.
bsky.app bot to check arxiv rss feeds and post updates. adapt to your own needs. - paperbot.py
gist.github.com
October 1, 2023 at 1:51 AM
Polisky people might be interested in this!
The design of threads here is absolutely amazing. This is so much better than at the bad place.
September 30, 2023 at 2:20 AM
The design of threads here is absolutely amazing. This is so much better than at the bad place.
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For #rstats users, {renv} now provides similar functionality to {groundhog}. With your script open in RStudio, simply call renv::embed() & a code snippet will be inserted at the top with the script's version-specific dependencies and the code to install them 🧪#stats
rstudio.github.io/renv/referen...
rstudio.github.io/renv/referen...
September 28, 2023 at 1:52 PM
For #rstats users, {renv} now provides similar functionality to {groundhog}. With your script open in RStudio, simply call renv::embed() & a code snippet will be inserted at the top with the script's version-specific dependencies and the code to install them 🧪#stats
rstudio.github.io/renv/referen...
rstudio.github.io/renv/referen...
If you don't use Netlify you can either change the DNS entry on the website of your Domain host or upload a txt file from the Bluesky settings (at Change handle) to your website.
If you use Netlify you can also change your handle by updating the DNS record. Head over to Netlify, search for Settings, Domains, and under DNS settings select "Add a new record". The name is "_atproto", type is TXT and the value is whatever you get under "Change handle" in your Bluesky settings
September 28, 2023 at 3:06 AM
If you don't use Netlify you can either change the DNS entry on the website of your Domain host or upload a txt file from the Bluesky settings (at Change handle) to your website.
Threads enabled ✅
Own domain as handle ✅
Own domain as handle ✅
September 27, 2023 at 11:07 PM
Threads enabled ✅
Own domain as handle ✅
Own domain as handle ✅