Jason Radford, PhD
@jsradford.bsky.social
Sociologist. Entrepreneur. Managing Director of the National Internet Observatory at Northeastern University. Turning science into innovations that solve problems.
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We're working hard to solve the complexity/interpretability tradeoff in machine learning as it applies to misinformation detection. I'm thrilled at how well we've done it thus far at Ostrea Cultura.
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“Kid Rock” is the alternate name for Epstein’s island …. 🤣🖕
February 9, 2026 at 1:51 AM
“Kid Rock” is the alternate name for Epstein’s island …. 🤣🖕
Elite level troll right here
February 9, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Elite level troll right here
Well bless you for doing it. It must bring real joy to people if they actually buy it from you. People swear up and down how good something would be and then not pay for themselves once you try to make it.
January 25, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Well bless you for doing it. It must bring real joy to people if they actually buy it from you. People swear up and down how good something would be and then not pay for themselves once you try to make it.
Yep, it's a quick way to ruin a passion!
January 25, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Yep, it's a quick way to ruin a passion!
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One thing I’ve been thinking about this week:
Improving the flow of information between practitioners/policymakers and researchers, particularly in the public safety space.
Improving the flow of information between practitioners/policymakers and researchers, particularly in the public safety space.
January 25, 2026 at 12:41 PM
One thing I’ve been thinking about this week:
Improving the flow of information between practitioners/policymakers and researchers, particularly in the public safety space.
Improving the flow of information between practitioners/policymakers and researchers, particularly in the public safety space.
Perhaps working with or setting up a peer-reviewed journal just for this work would help young academics invest in this as a legitimate scholarship pathway that is rewarded in their departments? Given the volume of research to be done, capacity and ability to publish might be core design principles.
January 25, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Perhaps working with or setting up a peer-reviewed journal just for this work would help young academics invest in this as a legitimate scholarship pathway that is rewarded in their departments? Given the volume of research to be done, capacity and ability to publish might be core design principles.
I've done a lot of work supporting academic research. If you can, you should also look at supports for the analysis, writing, and publishing phases. Starting projects is easy compared to all the backend work of getting the work done and out, especially with how long peer review takes in soc sci.
January 25, 2026 at 1:24 PM
I've done a lot of work supporting academic research. If you can, you should also look at supports for the analysis, writing, and publishing phases. Starting projects is easy compared to all the backend work of getting the work done and out, especially with how long peer review takes in soc sci.
Paging Cristobal Young
December 18, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Paging Cristobal Young
Surprised I haven't seen anyone try to connect the dots between Larry Ellison's new media empire and the eventual need to bail his Cisco out if the AI bubble pops.
December 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Surprised I haven't seen anyone try to connect the dots between Larry Ellison's new media empire and the eventual need to bail his Cisco out if the AI bubble pops.
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I’m trying to post more about what’s top of mind for me, over on LinkedIn. (I know, I can’t believe it either.)
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I’m trying to post more about what’s top of mind for me, over on LinkedIn. (I know, I can’t believe it either.)
This is such an important undertaking and I'm glad you're doing the work. Building science-based innovation that works and bringing it to market are very different but necessary things. If you need help making the transition, I'd be happy to lend a hand.
December 7, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This is such an important undertaking and I'm glad you're doing the work. Building science-based innovation that works and bringing it to market are very different but necessary things. If you need help making the transition, I'd be happy to lend a hand.
I'm sad to say after 40 years of living I only now see the purpose of putting ornaments on a tree. Each year, we take the old ones out to revisit the memories they represent and find new ones to place among our little pantheon.
December 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I'm sad to say after 40 years of living I only now see the purpose of putting ornaments on a tree. Each year, we take the old ones out to revisit the memories they represent and find new ones to place among our little pantheon.
Okay, my theory is that professional athletes become the continuous engine of growth. New athletes become wealthy, they donate to their alma mater until they're tapped out and the cycle continues with the next generation of alumni who turn professional.
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Okay, my theory is that professional athletes become the continuous engine of growth. New athletes become wealthy, they donate to their alma mater until they're tapped out and the cycle continues with the next generation of alumni who turn professional.
There's no equity. In professional sports, the billionaires own the teams. They get their investment back when they sell. That's not the case in college. Donations get eaten with zero financial return. Eventually the billionaires run out of money they want to donate. There will be a new equilibrium.
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
There's no equity. In professional sports, the billionaires own the teams. They get their investment back when they sell. That's not the case in college. Donations get eaten with zero financial return. Eventually the billionaires run out of money they want to donate. There will be a new equilibrium.
Economically, there's definitely an arms race with no real upper limit. The supply of talent is relatively limited, the donor pool (at some places) is practically infinite. Maintaining a Georgia or Alabama is going to get very expensive. College football goes the way of super-teams but...
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Economically, there's definitely an arms race with no real upper limit. The supply of talent is relatively limited, the donor pool (at some places) is practically infinite. Maintaining a Georgia or Alabama is going to get very expensive. College football goes the way of super-teams but...
I'm all for transferring wealth from billionaires to college kids and players should be paid. My moral concern is the sway these newly influential, almost always anonymous donors get on campus. Also not a new problem but the leverage is different - you lose your marque quarterback next year.
December 7, 2025 at 3:33 AM
I'm all for transferring wealth from billionaires to college kids and players should be paid. My moral concern is the sway these newly influential, almost always anonymous donors get on campus. Also not a new problem but the leverage is different - you lose your marque quarterback next year.
Interesting seeing UVA put a $10M/yr team together on alumni donations and go to the ACC championship the next year. Under NIL alumni donations make elite teams possible. (Not that it wasn't that way before, but $10M only went so far when you could buy coaches, staff, and facilities.)
December 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Interesting seeing UVA put a $10M/yr team together on alumni donations and go to the ACC championship the next year. Under NIL alumni donations make elite teams possible. (Not that it wasn't that way before, but $10M only went so far when you could buy coaches, staff, and facilities.)
Yes please! And start showing up. Go support parents groups. Go support churches. Go support refugees. The party should be a service organization turning grassroot needs into policies.
December 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Yes please! And start showing up. Go support parents groups. Go support churches. Go support refugees. The party should be a service organization turning grassroot needs into policies.
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You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
Behind the Scenes: How UC Faculty Beat Back Trump's Attacks
YouTube video by UC Faculty
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December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
You may have heard that Trump’s extortion of University of California was defeated in court. But do you know who won this historic case? Spoiler: not a single UC administrator participated. It was all faculty members of the UC Faculty Associations and @aaup.org! Cc: @veenadubal.bsky.social
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I’m a campus sexual violence researcher and I started thinking about this in the context of traumatized students.
Extensions are horrifically bad accommodations for survivors. They aren’t going to “get better” in a few days. And that means extensions pile up, pushing the survivor farther behind.
Extensions are horrifically bad accommodations for survivors. They aren’t going to “get better” in a few days. And that means extensions pile up, pushing the survivor farther behind.
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I’m a campus sexual violence researcher and I started thinking about this in the context of traumatized students.
Extensions are horrifically bad accommodations for survivors. They aren’t going to “get better” in a few days. And that means extensions pile up, pushing the survivor farther behind.
Extensions are horrifically bad accommodations for survivors. They aren’t going to “get better” in a few days. And that means extensions pile up, pushing the survivor farther behind.
Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey and they could imagine video calls but not the always-connected life of text messaging. Main character is telling the kid "tell Mommy I called". Tech as simple as texts shape how we stay connected moment to moment in ways people didn't imagine.
December 2, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Watching 2001: A Space Odyssey and they could imagine video calls but not the always-connected life of text messaging. Main character is telling the kid "tell Mommy I called". Tech as simple as texts shape how we stay connected moment to moment in ways people didn't imagine.
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How does one’s religion play into their grade? God said isn’t a good enough citation. Which one and under what context would have been my feedback? Sorry.
OU has put the professor here on administrative leave:
November 30, 2025 at 9:12 PM
How does one’s religion play into their grade? God said isn’t a good enough citation. Which one and under what context would have been my feedback? Sorry.
So the Saudi wealth fund would be the major creditor to a second major American media company (X being the other)?
November 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
So the Saudi wealth fund would be the major creditor to a second major American media company (X being the other)?
We actually never watched the last episode. Still miss the season 1 Spartacus too.
November 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
We actually never watched the last episode. Still miss the season 1 Spartacus too.
Apparently. Haven't seen it though. Oh! It's a sequel!
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Apparently. Haven't seen it though. Oh! It's a sequel!