Jonathan Horowitz
@jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social
Sociology sometimes. Goal is to be the most boring poster on the internet. I can't believe I have to say this, but these views are mine alone.
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My first ASA panel had 5 solo grad students on the panel (including me). Nobody showed up. Four of the papers were published in ASR, AJS, Social Forces, and Social Science & Medicine. The former grad students are now faculty at Harvard, NYU, University of Toronto, and Vanderbilt.
This applies in every discipline. Plenty of science conferences where everyone is sucking up to the Big Names and ignoring cool science and scientists from less prestigious institutions or countries. Be the person who welcomes everyone to your community, whatever it may be! #academicsky
5. Who are you to the people new to the community? Who are you to people who can offer you nothing in that community but encouragement? Who are you to the people attractive to you? Who are you to those NOT attractive to you? Are you happy to talk to a "nobody" or looking to trade up in conversation?
February 6, 2026 at 3:27 PM
My first ASA panel had 5 solo grad students on the panel (including me). Nobody showed up. Four of the papers were published in ASR, AJS, Social Forces, and Social Science & Medicine. The former grad students are now faculty at Harvard, NYU, University of Toronto, and Vanderbilt.
How can I have been working on this paper for SIX YEARS and I didn't put in page numbers until today?
February 4, 2026 at 3:02 PM
How can I have been working on this paper for SIX YEARS and I didn't put in page numbers until today?
This reminded me: Back in 2019 there was an ad on the ASA Job Bank for a professor job at King Fahd Security College. Can't even imagine the ethical contortions I would need to teach the Saudi royal family's secret police.
I wrote a Substack post about the latest set of academics tied to Epstein:
open.substack.com/pub/davebrad...
open.substack.com/pub/davebrad...
February 1, 2026 at 1:32 PM
This reminded me: Back in 2019 there was an ad on the ASA Job Bank for a professor job at King Fahd Security College. Can't even imagine the ethical contortions I would need to teach the Saudi royal family's secret police.
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I'm hiring a post-doctoral researcher to join us at the University of Oxford and our @inetoxford.bsky.social Inequality team. Ideal candidate has experience in the fields of inequality, social mobility, and/or public policy. We can sponsor visas for non-UK applicants. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
Vacancies
Jobs and Vacancies at INET Oxford, The Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford
www.inet.ox.ac.uk
January 21, 2026 at 6:13 PM
I'm hiring a post-doctoral researcher to join us at the University of Oxford and our @inetoxford.bsky.social Inequality team. Ideal candidate has experience in the fields of inequality, social mobility, and/or public policy. We can sponsor visas for non-UK applicants. www.inet.ox.ac.uk/vacancies
P.G.R.E.A.M
(positional goods rule everything around me)
(positional goods rule everything around me)
New at ESR: The integration paradox reconsidered!
@frankvantubergen.bsky.social shows that higher perceived discrimination is not driven by education alone
What matters is relative premigration education and status loss, pointing to education as a positional resource!
➡ doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf054
@frankvantubergen.bsky.social shows that higher perceived discrimination is not driven by education alone
What matters is relative premigration education and status loss, pointing to education as a positional resource!
➡ doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf054
Beyond absolute education: relative educational attainment and perceived discrimination among immigrants
Abstract. The integration paradox—the positive association between absolute education and perceived discrimination among more visible immigrant groups—has
doi.org
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 PM
P.G.R.E.A.M
(positional goods rule everything around me)
(positional goods rule everything around me)
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Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
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Canada's national newspaper has you covered:
January 16, 2026 at 9:16 PM
Canada's national newspaper has you covered:
I woke up this morning with Slarta John's bouncy vocals from Basement Jaxx's Jump 'N Shout in my head. I thought, I wonder what Slarta John is up to now? Unfortunately, he died 6 months ago. In honor of Slarta John:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOJF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOJF...
Basement Jaxx - Jump N Shout (feat. Slarta John) (Official Video)
YouTube video by Basement Jaxx
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January 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
I woke up this morning with Slarta John's bouncy vocals from Basement Jaxx's Jump 'N Shout in my head. I thought, I wonder what Slarta John is up to now? Unfortunately, he died 6 months ago. In honor of Slarta John:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOJF...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOJF...
Did anyone else get a very suspicious looking email from @popassocamerica.bsky.social? I am thinking stole some emails, including mine.
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Did anyone else get a very suspicious looking email from @popassocamerica.bsky.social? I am thinking stole some emails, including mine.
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And you're saying AI has no positive use cases
I created an AI not that finds FB marketplace ads for fascist memorabilia, contacts the sellers, haggles with them for a few hours, then sets an appointment in an out of the way service station, and sends them messages "just five more minutes and I'll be there"
January 11, 2026 at 11:52 AM
And you're saying AI has no positive use cases
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As a statistical educator, it had not occurred to me that I need to caution students against regressing a variable on a function of itself. My naivete is unbounded.
The Peri & Sparber paper (linked below) looks really good! It has synthetic data analyses and everything.
The Peri & Sparber paper (linked below) looks really good! It has synthetic data analyses and everything.
Third, it's true: some immigration researchers' choices do bias their results.
A key example is Borjas (2006).
Peri & Sparber (2011) show that Borjas chose a regression specification that generated spurious negative correlation between immigration & native employment.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ju...
A key example is Borjas (2006).
Peri & Sparber (2011) show that Borjas chose a regression specification that generated spurious negative correlation between immigration & native employment.
doi.org/10.1016/j.ju...
January 8, 2026 at 9:16 AM
As a statistical educator, it had not occurred to me that I need to caution students against regressing a variable on a function of itself. My naivete is unbounded.
The Peri & Sparber paper (linked below) looks really good! It has synthetic data analyses and everything.
The Peri & Sparber paper (linked below) looks really good! It has synthetic data analyses and everything.
Can confirm this effect with my not even close to randomly selected sample of N=1
When temporary foreign workers in Canada obtain permanent residency it leads to increased job mobility, earnings, and sorting into high-wage firms, from Kory Kroft, Isaac Norwich, Matthew J. Notowidigdo, and Stephen Tino www.nber.org/papers/w34630
January 8, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Can confirm this effect with my not even close to randomly selected sample of N=1
The quote ⬇️ is a very normal way to hurt yourself. Not ridiculous.
But if you step on a belt buckle you left on the ground and it punctures your foot. Or if you bash your head into the corner of the door frame because you couldn't be bothered to put on glasses. IN THE SAME MONTH. IN THE SAME SPOT.
But if you step on a belt buckle you left on the ground and it punctures your foot. Or if you bash your head into the corner of the door frame because you couldn't be bothered to put on glasses. IN THE SAME MONTH. IN THE SAME SPOT.
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:54 PM
The quote ⬇️ is a very normal way to hurt yourself. Not ridiculous.
But if you step on a belt buckle you left on the ground and it punctures your foot. Or if you bash your head into the corner of the door frame because you couldn't be bothered to put on glasses. IN THE SAME MONTH. IN THE SAME SPOT.
But if you step on a belt buckle you left on the ground and it punctures your foot. Or if you bash your head into the corner of the door frame because you couldn't be bothered to put on glasses. IN THE SAME MONTH. IN THE SAME SPOT.
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Well now, this is a very exciting development for the sociology blogging world.
I'm sure you already know this, but Brady's a top tier poverty scholar. I'm definitely subscribing to his substack.
I'm sure you already know this, but Brady's a top tier poverty scholar. I'm definitely subscribing to his substack.
January 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Well now, this is a very exciting development for the sociology blogging world.
I'm sure you already know this, but Brady's a top tier poverty scholar. I'm definitely subscribing to his substack.
I'm sure you already know this, but Brady's a top tier poverty scholar. I'm definitely subscribing to his substack.
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Young people's moves contribute to inequality by sorting people with high earning potential to areas with high pay premiums. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Great new work by @xiaoweixu.bsky.social based on English admin data. @theifs.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
Great new work by @xiaoweixu.bsky.social based on English admin data. @theifs.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
January 5, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Young people's moves contribute to inequality by sorting people with high earning potential to areas with high pay premiums. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Great new work by @xiaoweixu.bsky.social based on English admin data. @theifs.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
Great new work by @xiaoweixu.bsky.social based on English admin data. @theifs.bsky.social @sriucl.bsky.social @cepeo-ucl.bsky.social
There is not one single news report I have seen that indicates the United States has control of *anything* in Venezuela. Are there US forces in control of the capitol? Of the military? The streets?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Who's in charge of Venezuela and what happens next?
Donald Trump says the US will "run" Venezuela until a "safe" transition after capturing its president and first lady.
www.bbc.com
January 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
There is not one single news report I have seen that indicates the United States has control of *anything* in Venezuela. Are there US forces in control of the capitol? Of the military? The streets?
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Have we ever gotten an extended apology for this one?
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Have we ever gotten an extended apology for this one?
I purchased a new messenger bag because Canadian rules only allow you to carry on very small items. At the screening the native-French-speaking officer asked me to put my "purse" on the conveyor belt. Probably a translation-to-English issue. I was so confused. All very interesting to me.
I started watching some of this content when I was researching men's purses (has to be marketed as tacticool or tech because gender) and just couldn't get over how much of it is an excuse for grown men to indulge in boyish fixations on pocket knives
December 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I purchased a new messenger bag because Canadian rules only allow you to carry on very small items. At the screening the native-French-speaking officer asked me to put my "purse" on the conveyor belt. Probably a translation-to-English issue. I was so confused. All very interesting to me.
You would think this would be a bigger issue, but if you look at the discourse around masking / vaccination / COVID and gun control in the US you can see how this easily turns into a "no way to prevent this" headline in The Onion.
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
You would think this would be a bigger issue, but if you look at the discourse around masking / vaccination / COVID and gun control in the US you can see how this easily turns into a "no way to prevent this" headline in The Onion.
It's been 10 years since the Mast Brothers-repackaging-Valrhona scandal and I keep thinking about how much it foreshadowed our lives today. It's like The Truman Show of scandals.
dallasfood.org/2015/12/mast...
dallasfood.org/2015/12/mast...
Mast Brothers: What Lies Behind the Beards (Part 1, Taste/Texture) | DallasFood
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December 27, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's been 10 years since the Mast Brothers-repackaging-Valrhona scandal and I keep thinking about how much it foreshadowed our lives today. It's like The Truman Show of scandals.
dallasfood.org/2015/12/mast...
dallasfood.org/2015/12/mast...
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Important letter from an actual expert
December 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Important letter from an actual expert
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“I would engage you in a battle of wits but you are clearly unarmed.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“I would engage you in a battle of wits but you are clearly unarmed.”
I used Quarto (for R) for the first time this month and I'm absolutely in love. It's the first time I've ever thought to myself that I could switch over to R for real.
December 25, 2025 at 4:43 PM
I used Quarto (for R) for the first time this month and I'm absolutely in love. It's the first time I've ever thought to myself that I could switch over to R for real.