Sander Wagner
@sanderwagner.bsky.social
Sequel to that "man falls in love with octopus" movie comes with a real twist:
this time the "octopus" wrote the screenplay
this time the "octopus" wrote the screenplay
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Sequel to that "man falls in love with octopus" movie comes with a real twist:
this time the "octopus" wrote the screenplay
this time the "octopus" wrote the screenplay
me: Nutrition research is often quite lacking in its methods but at the same time the world leader in meme virality, by regularly uncovering things we want to be true to feel better about the food identity we have developed.
also me: this study must be true.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
also me: this study must be true.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
Study finds potential link between high-fat cheese and lower risk of dementia
A study out of Sweden has looked at the possible link between eating more high-fat cheese, like cheddar, gouda and brie, and a lower risk of developing dementia.
www.ctvnews.ca
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 PM
me: Nutrition research is often quite lacking in its methods but at the same time the world leader in meme virality, by regularly uncovering things we want to be true to feel better about the food identity we have developed.
also me: this study must be true.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
also me: this study must be true.
www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...
It isn't just the amount of "It isn't just X. It's Y." It's also the amount of em-dashes that has gone up so much in writing you read these days.
December 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
It isn't just the amount of "It isn't just X. It's Y." It's also the amount of em-dashes that has gone up so much in writing you read these days.
From where I see cultural consumption and perceptions of coolness shifting, I intuitively agree with this "America Is Losing the Fight for the Teenagers of the World" take, but would love to see a data driven analysis of cultural consumption platforms to back it up. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
Opinion | America Is Losing the Fight for the Teenagers of the World
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
From where I see cultural consumption and perceptions of coolness shifting, I intuitively agree with this "America Is Losing the Fight for the Teenagers of the World" take, but would love to see a data driven analysis of cultural consumption platforms to back it up. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/o...
Among the many things that are problematic about the ongoing expansion of what we define as falling under mental health and neuroconditions is the use of it as a shield by silicon valley types by having problematic behaviour fall under the definition of a disorder
December 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Among the many things that are problematic about the ongoing expansion of what we define as falling under mental health and neuroconditions is the use of it as a shield by silicon valley types by having problematic behaviour fall under the definition of a disorder
Is the desire of researchers and research writers to find a pun on the research they are writing on:
a) too low
b) optimal
c) too high
?
a) too low
b) optimal
c) too high
?
December 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Is the desire of researchers and research writers to find a pun on the research they are writing on:
a) too low
b) optimal
c) too high
?
a) too low
b) optimal
c) too high
?
A (very deserved) love letter to Melvyn Bragg's "In Our Time" radio show. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/m...
The Soothing British Radio Show That Blew My Mind — and Put Me Right to Sleep
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A (very deserved) love letter to Melvyn Bragg's "In Our Time" radio show. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/m...
Very cool poster. Anyone seen this movie? Should I check it out?
"Return of the Jedi" poster from Hungary. Artwork by Tibor Helényi.
December 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Very cool poster. Anyone seen this movie? Should I check it out?
Everything is getting gamblified.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Everything is getting gamblified.
Fantastic new dataset on parental leave policies across european countries and time.
It will be a valuable research for social science and policy scholars from now on.
Proud to have been part of the multi-national team gathering information to put this together.
It will be a valuable research for social science and policy scholars from now on.
Proud to have been part of the multi-national team gathering information to put this together.
📢 New dataset for researchers!
The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024.
🔗 eplp-dataset.org
The new European Parenting Leave Policies (EPLP) Dataset tracks parenting leave regulations over five decades! It provides harmonised data on maternity, co-parent, paid parental, and job-protected leave across 21 countries from 1970 to 2024.
🔗 eplp-dataset.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Fantastic new dataset on parental leave policies across european countries and time.
It will be a valuable research for social science and policy scholars from now on.
Proud to have been part of the multi-national team gathering information to put this together.
It will be a valuable research for social science and policy scholars from now on.
Proud to have been part of the multi-national team gathering information to put this together.
"It was just an accident" joining "I am still here" as another very good movie depicting authoritarian rule by focussing on the derailing of the everyday of normal people.
December 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
"It was just an accident" joining "I am still here" as another very good movie depicting authoritarian rule by focussing on the derailing of the everyday of normal people.
Reposted by Sander Wagner
The Beige Book says employment is contracting, ADP says employment is contracting, the BLS says unemployment is going up, continuing jobless claims are rising, and WARN notices are up. It's very clear what's going on in the labor market, but stocks are up so people brush it off.
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
The Beige Book says employment is contracting, ADP says employment is contracting, the BLS says unemployment is going up, continuing jobless claims are rising, and WARN notices are up. It's very clear what's going on in the labor market, but stocks are up so people brush it off.
December 3, 2025 at 11:34 AM
So disappointed none of the three eze goals was from a setpiece. Honestly doesn't even feel like my club anymore.
November 24, 2025 at 11:53 AM
So disappointed none of the three eze goals was from a setpiece. Honestly doesn't even feel like my club anymore.
Meanwhile in Oxfordshire
Mountain of waste dumped in Oxfordshire field contains rubbish from councils
Mountain of waste dumped in Oxfordshire field contains rubbish from councils
Evidence of waste from primary schools and local authorities in south-east England points to possible large-scale corruption, expert says
Waste from local authorities in the south-east is among the vast mound of rubbish dumped illegally next to a river in Oxfordshire, it can be revealed.
The finding provides evidence of possible large-scale corruption in waste management, a legal expert has warned. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Meanwhile in Oxfordshire
Is there a more nerdy conference title than "Register Based Fertility Research Meeting". These are my people.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Is there a more nerdy conference title than "Register Based Fertility Research Meeting". These are my people.
Reposted by Sander Wagner
In other news look at councils projected cumulative deficit just on special needs costs over the next few years. Yikes.
November 17, 2025 at 9:27 AM
In other news look at councils projected cumulative deficit just on special needs costs over the next few years. Yikes.
Reposted by Sander Wagner
New article in @sfjournal.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and I. Lievore on the effect of edu expansion among parents on children's achievement
Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?
Short answer: yes
1/2
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?
Short answer: yes
1/2
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands? The withering performance and advantage of their children
Abstract. Extensive research has examined the effect of educational expansion in one cohort on educational inequality and occupational returns in that same
academic.oup.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:06 AM
New article in @sfjournal.bsky.social with @mvaldes1989.bsky.social and I. Lievore on the effect of edu expansion among parents on children's achievement
Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?
Short answer: yes
1/2
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
Do university-educated families lose their edge as education expands among parents?
Short answer: yes
1/2
academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
If the current newscycle goes on in this intensity for 2 more days i expect some rockets over venezuela.
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If the current newscycle goes on in this intensity for 2 more days i expect some rockets over venezuela.
there is a thesis (not in my field, but still...) to be written about how to interpret that kieslowski reference in rosalia's berghain video.
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
there is a thesis (not in my field, but still...) to be written about how to interpret that kieslowski reference in rosalia's berghain video.
US politics will enter into and polarize every aspect of life and culture: premier league edition
November 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
US politics will enter into and polarize every aspect of life and culture: premier league edition
As a general rule, making films that are also good art about the current moment in history is pretty hard.
But seeing "one battle after another" and "bugonia" back to back convinced me that the moment we are living through is absurd enough that it has suddenly become much more possible.
But seeing "one battle after another" and "bugonia" back to back convinced me that the moment we are living through is absurd enough that it has suddenly become much more possible.
November 3, 2025 at 2:53 PM
As a general rule, making films that are also good art about the current moment in history is pretty hard.
But seeing "one battle after another" and "bugonia" back to back convinced me that the moment we are living through is absurd enough that it has suddenly become much more possible.
But seeing "one battle after another" and "bugonia" back to back convinced me that the moment we are living through is absurd enough that it has suddenly become much more possible.
With a little extra effort this analysis of dynasties in football (or "intergenerational occupational persistence in elite sports" if you prefer academiaspeak) could probably be turned into a sociology paper.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/footba...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/footba...
Are football's family dynasties the future of elite player development?
Hello and welcome back to PITCHSIDE MONITOR, your ultimate source for exclusive club management insights! Football Family Legacies: A Data-Driven Analysis Several weeks ago in Huddersfield, on a pitch...
www.linkedin.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
With a little extra effort this analysis of dynasties in football (or "intergenerational occupational persistence in elite sports" if you prefer academiaspeak) could probably be turned into a sociology paper.
www.linkedin.com/pulse/footba...
www.linkedin.com/pulse/footba...
Early and late diagnosed autism are quite different, also genetically www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Early and late diagnosed autism are quite different, also genetically www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Has Christopher Nolan ever done a good movie before Oppenheimer?
October 31, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Has Christopher Nolan ever done a good movie before Oppenheimer?