Matt Nelson
@mattanelson.bsky.social
Historical demographer | ISRDI Senior Research Scientist | IPUMS Full Count Census Data 1790-1950 | Kinship Networks | 10 gallon 🩸 donor
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“Strong financial support for mothers from the government can make motherhood more affordable and promote gender equality in economic resources.”
Investing in mothers and families - even if it doesn’t raise the birth rates - is worth doing.
Investing in mothers and families - even if it doesn’t raise the birth rates - is worth doing.
Denmark’s generous child care and parental leave policies erase 80% of the ‘motherhood penalty’ for working moms
Two researchers found that Danish government benefits do not fully offset moms’ lost earnings. But they do help offset lost income for working women with kids.
theconversation.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
“Strong financial support for mothers from the government can make motherhood more affordable and promote gender equality in economic resources.”
Investing in mothers and families - even if it doesn’t raise the birth rates - is worth doing.
Investing in mothers and families - even if it doesn’t raise the birth rates - is worth doing.
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I am excited to be hiring two post-doctoral positions at UCLA--please share with your networks. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - February 1, 2026 - July 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
February 3, 2026 at 12:48 AM
I am excited to be hiring two post-doctoral positions at UCLA--please share with your networks. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.....
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Remember to get those abstract submissions in for the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference hosted in Minneapolis in July! The deadline is TODAY (February 2nd). lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-proposals
Call for Proposals | LIFE COURSE CENTER, AN NIA CENTER ON THE DEMOGRAPHY AND ECONOMICS OF AGING
lcc.umn.edu
February 2, 2026 at 6:16 PM
Remember to get those abstract submissions in for the 2026 Data-Intensive Research Conference hosted in Minneapolis in July! The deadline is TODAY (February 2nd). lcc.umn.edu/DIRC-proposals
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Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
![Philadelphia, September 17, 1787: "Well, Dr. Franklin, what do we have?" "A republic, if you
can keep it."
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike,
It is so ORDERED.
SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
_________________________________________________
FRED BIERY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
[photo of Liam]
Credit: Bystander
Matthew 19:14
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January 31, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Judge Biery signed the order with a photo of Liam and two bible verses: The first is "But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven." The second is simply "Jesus wept."
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
Astonishing thing for a judge to do.
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Glad to share a new paper, “Reproductive responses to revolution and repression in Finland, 1917–1919”, now open access in The History of the Family! doi.org/10.1080/1081... 1/11
January 30, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Glad to share a new paper, “Reproductive responses to revolution and repression in Finland, 1917–1919”, now open access in The History of the Family! doi.org/10.1080/1081... 1/11
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Join us for Virtual Office Hours TODAY (1/28) from 10:00am-11:30am CT. You'll have the chance to connect with IPUMS data experts and get your questions answered. Pop in anytime, but registration is required: z.umn.edu/IPUMS-VOH
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Population Data Virtual Office Hours hosted by IPUMS. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join us for virtual office hours on Wednesday, January 28 to chat with IPUMS data experts about your questions. Registration is required to attend virtual office hours, but you can drop in any time be...
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January 28, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Join us for Virtual Office Hours TODAY (1/28) from 10:00am-11:30am CT. You'll have the chance to connect with IPUMS data experts and get your questions answered. Pop in anytime, but registration is required: z.umn.edu/IPUMS-VOH
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We did it! We reached the wind chill that is the same in °F and °C!
January 23, 2026 at 3:29 AM
We did it! We reached the wind chill that is the same in °F and °C!
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Now that all right-thinking people are inspired to emulate Minnesota, here's your first step.
(h/t @lookitup.baby and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com )
(h/t @lookitup.baby and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com )
This is light-hearted and doesn't touch on cases of fuckaroundits, but maybe it'll spark joy. Mid 90s local PBS.
youtu.be/oiSzwoJr4-0
youtu.be/oiSzwoJr4-0
How To Talk Minnesotan | Full Length Film
YouTube video by Twin Cities PBS
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Now that all right-thinking people are inspired to emulate Minnesota, here's your first step.
(h/t @lookitup.baby and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com )
(h/t @lookitup.baby and @mostlybree.kitrocha.com )
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They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
Minneapolis church has delivered more than 12,000 boxes of groceries to families in hiding
DHH church has hundreds of volunteers packing and delivering groceries to families who have been too scared to leave their homes during the immigration operation.
www.mprnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 1:02 PM
They have quite an operation going.
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
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Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
January 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Older generations spent a lot less time parenting. Millennial dads spend nearly as much time parenting as Boomer moms did. Millennial and Gen X moms way more.
via The Economist
via The Economist
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The Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion!
pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
January 12, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion!
pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
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Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Historical Demography at the University of Bradford w Jo Buckberry on the AHRC-funded project "Dead and Buried: Investigating changes in health during the Industrial Revolution using documentary records and human skeletal remains"
Job Opportunity at the University of Bradford: Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Historical Demography
University of BradfordAt the University of Bradford, our focus is on creating the conditions for social, cultural, and economic impact. Our work to expand opportunity and enable students to reach thei...
jobs.bradford.ac.uk
January 12, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Historical Demography at the University of Bradford w Jo Buckberry on the AHRC-funded project "Dead and Buried: Investigating changes in health during the Industrial Revolution using documentary records and human skeletal remains"
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#CFA: We are hiring 2 Postdocs and 1 PhD to study how first names convey information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (c.1750-1950). Join us in Trondheim!
2 Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
(deadline for applying: March 15)
2 Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
(deadline for applying: March 15)
Senior researchers in History (291971) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: Senior researchers in History (291971), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026
www.jobbnorge.no
January 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
#CFA: We are hiring 2 Postdocs and 1 PhD to study how first names convey information about parental values and beliefs in historical Europe (c.1750-1950). Join us in Trondheim!
2 Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
(deadline for applying: March 15)
2 Postdocs: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
1 PhD: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
(deadline for applying: March 15)
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Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
January 6, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public.
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...
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The Onion can just copy and paste this HHS language
Copy Editing Matters, from HHS's release on the new childhood vaccine schedule: All the diseases will still be available to anyone who wants them
January 6, 2026 at 1:39 AM
The Onion can just copy and paste this HHS language
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You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Perry: Trusted providers are being unfairly swept up in Minnesota’s fraud crackdown
As the state's new anti-fraud screening system went into effect, the Holland Center expected to receive $212,000 in payments. It instead received $22,000, David M. Perry writes. If nothing changes soo...
www.startribune.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:53 AM
You've probably been following the story about fraud in MN. I wrote about the people who provide services who are being driven into bankruptcy, thanks to the Walz' administration decision to hire Optum AI to screen all payments. It's a disaster.
Naming your home security company after the guy who allowed two hobbits and Gollum to sneak into Mount Doom, one of the most secure places of his realm and destroy his precious piece of jewelry is not quite the flex they think it is.
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Naming your home security company after the guy who allowed two hobbits and Gollum to sneak into Mount Doom, one of the most secure places of his realm and destroy his precious piece of jewelry is not quite the flex they think it is.
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The when to shovel advice is top tier forecasting
Here are the snow totals and timing for the Twin Cities Sunday
Starts: 9-10 AM Sunday
Ends: 12-3 AM Monday
When to shovel: Sunday evening AND Monday morning. Wind will blow snow around all Sunday night.
Type of snow: Starts wet, quickly changes to fluffy.
Starts: 9-10 AM Sunday
Ends: 12-3 AM Monday
When to shovel: Sunday evening AND Monday morning. Wind will blow snow around all Sunday night.
Type of snow: Starts wet, quickly changes to fluffy.
December 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The when to shovel advice is top tier forecasting
Reading and baking out of the old church cook books is the closest I’ll ever get to doing the technical challenge in GBBO.
December 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Reading and baking out of the old church cook books is the closest I’ll ever get to doing the technical challenge in GBBO.
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Here is the percentage of white males age 30-39 working in professional, technical, and managerial jobs between 1850 and 2024. The current generation has not been squeezed out of such jobs. If there is any lost generation here, I would say it is boomers who were 30-39 in 1990. (@ipums.bsky.social)
December 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Here is the percentage of white males age 30-39 working in professional, technical, and managerial jobs between 1850 and 2024. The current generation has not been squeezed out of such jobs. If there is any lost generation here, I would say it is boomers who were 30-39 in 1990. (@ipums.bsky.social)
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We know you are all doing extraordinary work #poweredbyIPUMS - and we want to reward it! The annual research awards competition is now open - submit a nomination today! 🏆 (Did we mention the cash prizes? 💸) www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...
IPUMS Research Awards | IPUMS
We are pleased to announce the opening of the annual IPUMS Research Awards competition. These awards honor outstanding research using IPUMS data to advance or deepen our understanding of social and de...
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December 11, 2025 at 2:40 PM
We know you are all doing extraordinary work #poweredbyIPUMS - and we want to reward it! The annual research awards competition is now open - submit a nomination today! 🏆 (Did we mention the cash prizes? 💸) www.ipums.org/impact/ipums...
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I am thrilled to announce that my first PhD paper, 'Analysing biases in genealogies using demographic microsimulation', co-authored with @demography.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, has already been published in the European Journal of Population. rdcu.be/eTImq
Analysing Biases in Genealogies Using Demographic Microsimulation
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December 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I am thrilled to announce that my first PhD paper, 'Analysing biases in genealogies using demographic microsimulation', co-authored with @demography.bsky.social and @ezagheni.bsky.social, has already been published in the European Journal of Population. rdcu.be/eTImq
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Here's a great write-up of my talk the other night. In the U.S., population panic over low birth rates is a smokescreen designed to provide cover for policies that are facially pronatalist but really about reestablishing gender, race, religion, ability, LGBTQ, nativity, etc hierarchies.
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here's a great write-up of my talk the other night. In the U.S., population panic over low birth rates is a smokescreen designed to provide cover for policies that are facially pronatalist but really about reestablishing gender, race, religion, ability, LGBTQ, nativity, etc hierarchies.
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“There are Minnesota people who don’t eat at Culver’s because it’s a Wisconsin brand,” according to the announcer of this Gopher-Badger game. These people do not exist, you are making up a guy to tell us about.
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
“There are Minnesota people who don’t eat at Culver’s because it’s a Wisconsin brand,” according to the announcer of this Gopher-Badger game. These people do not exist, you are making up a guy to tell us about.
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The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure invites applications for a two-week Summer School on ‘Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility’, held at University of Cambridge from July 6-17th, 2026. Application deadline February 2 2026.
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure, Cambridge » Events
www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure invites applications for a two-week Summer School on ‘Micro-Census Insights into Historical Households, Mortality and Fertility’, held at University of Cambridge from July 6-17th, 2026. Application deadline February 2 2026.