eric gonzalez juenke
@egojunk.bsky.social
Personal account. I study and teach racial and ethnic politics for work. Re-posting election twitter stuff. https://goodauthority.org/people/eric-gonzalez-juenke/
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Perhaps worth remembering that polls about US intervention in Venezuela conducted before today are no longer informative. Expect public opinion to polarise very quickly (dampening any effect on Americans’ views of Trump):
We were lucky enough to have our YouGov/The Economist poll in field when the US bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. You can see the partisan realignment in real time
January 3, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Perhaps worth remembering that polls about US intervention in Venezuela conducted before today are no longer informative. Expect public opinion to polarise very quickly (dampening any effect on Americans’ views of Trump):
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Take less than 5 minutes for this beautiful Townes Van Zandt performance of “Pancho and Lefty” shot on film.
Townes Van Zandt - Pancho and Lefty. Heartworn Highways
YouTube video by The Record Selector
www.youtube.com
January 2, 2026 at 8:46 PM
Take less than 5 minutes for this beautiful Townes Van Zandt performance of “Pancho and Lefty” shot on film.
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Fascinating paper by Hood, McKee & Pittman demonstrating that election deniers were less likely to vote in the 2021 Georgia Senate runoff election.
If fewer GA Republicans believed the big lie, both GA Senate seats might still be in Republican control.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
If fewer GA Republicans believed the big lie, both GA Senate seats might still be in Republican control.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
January 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Fascinating paper by Hood, McKee & Pittman demonstrating that election deniers were less likely to vote in the 2021 Georgia Senate runoff election.
If fewer GA Republicans believed the big lie, both GA Senate seats might still be in Republican control.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
If fewer GA Republicans believed the big lie, both GA Senate seats might still be in Republican control.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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“Insofar as LLMs are used to avoid reading, thinking, and writing, their use is incompatible with liberal education. It is not more complicated than that.”
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Permission Structures
How AI-skeptic Professors Can Still Help Students Write Papers
open.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:17 PM
“Insofar as LLMs are used to avoid reading, thinking, and writing, their use is incompatible with liberal education. It is not more complicated than that.”
open.substack.com/pub/mattdina...
open.substack.com/pub/mattdina...
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"Quarterback whisperers are as real as fairy godmothers. Show me one, and I will show you a bullseye drawn around the dart. Believing in quarterback whisperers makes for shaky analysis. Believing you have become one can lead to organizational disaster."
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The Year in Bad Ideas
Relieve the worst of the NFL in 2025: Jets nihilism, Vegas fatalism, and The Legend of the Intangible Man.
miketanier.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:42 PM
"Quarterback whisperers are as real as fairy godmothers. Show me one, and I will show you a bullseye drawn around the dart. Believing in quarterback whisperers makes for shaky analysis. Believing you have become one can lead to organizational disaster."
miketanier.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
miketanier.substack.com/p/the-year-i...
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Worth reading for sure.
Uploaded my State of LLMs 2025 report for this year:
magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/state-of-l...
I planned to just write a brief overview, but yeah, it was an eventful year so it was impossible to keep it below 7000 words :D.
magazine.sebastianraschka.com/p/state-of-l...
I planned to just write a brief overview, but yeah, it was an eventful year so it was impossible to keep it below 7000 words :D.
The State Of LLMs 2025: Progress, Progress, and Predictions
A 2025 review of large language models, from DeepSeek R1 and RLVR to inference-time scaling, benchmarks, architectures, and predictions for 2026.
magazine.sebastianraschka.com
January 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Worth reading for sure.
Knee-jerk reaction: “steroids help kids run 4-minute mile”
But, it’s important to understand the results of this research in case we skeptics are wrong.
But, it’s important to understand the results of this research in case we skeptics are wrong.
"AI Tutoring Enhances Student Learning Without Crowding Out Reading Effort"
www.iza.org/publications...
www.iza.org/publications...
AI Tutoring Enhances Student Learning Without Crowding Out Reading Effort
We study how AI tutoring affects learning in higher education through a randomized experiment with 334 university students preparing for an incentiviz...
www.iza.org
January 2, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Knee-jerk reaction: “steroids help kids run 4-minute mile”
But, it’s important to understand the results of this research in case we skeptics are wrong.
But, it’s important to understand the results of this research in case we skeptics are wrong.
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Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
January 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Cover reveal. It's about how & why colonies/states controlled international & domestic migration until 1888, why in the late 19th c the feds took over, & what it was like for politically disfavored groups to live under that arrangement of power. You can't understand voluntary migration history 1/
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sometimes I’ll make a joke to my wife and she’ll roll her eyes and ask if I’m “gonna post that one on bluesky.” I mean, yes, but her tone is very hurtful
January 2, 2026 at 3:00 AM
sometimes I’ll make a joke to my wife and she’ll roll her eyes and ask if I’m “gonna post that one on bluesky.” I mean, yes, but her tone is very hurtful
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A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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January 1, 2026 at 5:13 PM
A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026
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Scholars who do historical research, eat your Wheaties (or whatever else fuels you). In the year of the nation's 250th birthday, there will be all sorts of nonsense that we will counter-program with actual history.
a bowl of cereal with milk being poured into it and the words `` got wheaties '' written on the bottom .
Alt: a bowl of cereal with milk being poured into it and the words `` got wheaties '' written on the bottom .
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Scholars who do historical research, eat your Wheaties (or whatever else fuels you). In the year of the nation's 250th birthday, there will be all sorts of nonsense that we will counter-program with actual history.
Internet: here’s my 12–step detox plan using mercury pills and horse placentas.
Every single scientific study: just eat more veggies and grains (and a little less meat).
Normies: No. Mercury horse.
Every single scientific study: just eat more veggies and grains (and a little less meat).
Normies: No. Mercury horse.
Study of more than 100,000 people supports your parents’ advice: eat your vegetables
go.nature.com/3MEaHcI
go.nature.com/3MEaHcI
The best foods for healthy ageing ― and the worst
Study of more than 100,000 people supports your parents’ advice: eat your veggies.
go.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 2:05 PM
Internet: here’s my 12–step detox plan using mercury pills and horse placentas.
Every single scientific study: just eat more veggies and grains (and a little less meat).
Normies: No. Mercury horse.
Every single scientific study: just eat more veggies and grains (and a little less meat).
Normies: No. Mercury horse.
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Study of more than 100,000 people supports your parents’ advice: eat your vegetables
go.nature.com/3MEaHcI
go.nature.com/3MEaHcI
The best foods for healthy ageing ― and the worst
Study of more than 100,000 people supports your parents’ advice: eat your veggies.
go.nature.com
January 1, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Study of more than 100,000 people supports your parents’ advice: eat your vegetables
go.nature.com/3MEaHcI
go.nature.com/3MEaHcI
Do not conform. Post about your little cornbread on new years.
January 1, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Do not conform. Post about your little cornbread on new years.
Heading out to an 1980s show in Lansing. Gonna try turning it off and back on again to see if it helps.
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Heading out to an 1980s show in Lansing. Gonna try turning it off and back on again to see if it helps.
December 31, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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i'm stupid. put me in the ny times.
December 30, 2025 at 9:13 PM
i'm stupid. put me in the ny times.
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Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
December 30, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Men doing this whole “I will vanquish continents for my children” LARP is so goofy in the context of household surveys. It’s nice you’ll kill millions for your daughter, maybe we can start at doing a load of laundry for your wife who does the vast majority of household labor?
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Renee Hardman will make history as the first Black woman to serve in the Iowa Senate.
She will continue to serve as CEO of Lutheran Services in Iowa as her day job.
She will continue to serve as CEO of Lutheran Services in Iowa as her day job.
December 31, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Renee Hardman will make history as the first Black woman to serve in the Iowa Senate.
She will continue to serve as CEO of Lutheran Services in Iowa as her day job.
She will continue to serve as CEO of Lutheran Services in Iowa as her day job.
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Useful to think of the U.S. as a petro-state in which fossil fuel interests have captured both a major political party and large swaths of the country to advance their industry and undermine clean energy competition, from nuclear to solar. thehill.com/policy/energ...
December 31, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Useful to think of the U.S. as a petro-state in which fossil fuel interests have captured both a major political party and large swaths of the country to advance their industry and undermine clean energy competition, from nuclear to solar. thehill.com/policy/energ...
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“Over the past decade, while the United States ramped up fossil fuel exports, China has focused on dominating renewables. Today, Chinese companies make so many of the world’s solar panels, electric vehicles and batteries that they are slashing prices and scrambling to find buyers.” Gift link:
Cheap Solar Is Transforming Lives and Economies Across Africa
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
“Over the past decade, while the United States ramped up fossil fuel exports, China has focused on dominating renewables. Today, Chinese companies make so many of the world’s solar panels, electric vehicles and batteries that they are slashing prices and scrambling to find buyers.” Gift link:
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Stumbled across this cool interactive tool on media use & trust from Pew:
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...
News Media Tracker
Pew Research Center’s News Media Tracker shows data on Americans’ awareness of, use of and trust in 30 major news sources to map out part of the U.S. media ecosystem.
www.pewresearch.org
December 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Stumbled across this cool interactive tool on media use & trust from Pew:
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...
www.pewresearch.org/journalism/f...
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Take a look folks. People are saying @3streamsblog.bsky.social went BIGLY this year! 😎 🏛️ #polisky
So many big stories @3streamsblog.bsky.social in 2025 cc @billresh.bsky.social @sam-workman.bsky.social @cmwitko.bsky.social: one of the biggest was @jandrewsinclair.bsky.social on historical precedents for Mayor Mamdani medium.com/3streams/zoh...
Zohran Mamdani and the Other “Boy Mayor”
What today’s mayor-elect can learn from the ghosts of New York City government
medium.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Take a look folks. People are saying @3streamsblog.bsky.social went BIGLY this year! 😎 🏛️ #polisky
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My new book — Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction — is now available as an e-book (paperback in March 2026)! The book offers a concise history of humanitarianism in an international perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
December 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My new book — Humanitarianism: A Very Short Introduction — is now available as an e-book (paperback in March 2026)! The book offers a concise history of humanitarianism in an international perspective, from the 18th century to the present. More info here: global.oup.com/academic/pro...