Tracy Sweet
@tracysweet.bsky.social
She/Her ~ Statistician/Quant Methodologist at UMD ~ CMU Stats Alum ~ Researches racial equity, social networks, machine learning, Bayesian things ~ Mom of 3 kids, 2 dogs, 1 cat
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Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
National media should really be covering the fact thay every major school, museum, and arts institution in the Twin Cities, and hundreds of local businesses are closed tomorrow to protest federal occupation.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
Nothing like this at this scale has happened anywhere in America anytime in living memory.
January 22, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Congress passed the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 (over Truman's veto) to make general strikes so incredibly difficult to organize that there hasn't been one since.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
That there is a general strike happening in a major US city on such short notice is nothing short of a miracle.
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
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NEW: NeurIPS,one of the world’s top academic AI conferences, accepted research papers with 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
NeurIPS papers contained 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims | Fortune
An analysis of NeurIPS 2025 papers by startup GPTZero reveals how AI-generated citations are slipping into elite academic research.
fortune.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:11 PM
NEW: NeurIPS,one of the world’s top academic AI conferences, accepted research papers with 100+ AI-hallucinated citations, new report claims
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
fortune.com/2026/01/21/n...
I can’t believe that UNL would need to cut four dept and merge other programs just to save 27M! Their operating budget is a billion dollars. They could have just asked every dept/office/program to cut 2.7%!
December 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I can’t believe that UNL would need to cut four dept and merge other programs just to save 27M! Their operating budget is a billion dollars. They could have just asked every dept/office/program to cut 2.7%!
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Today, UNL AAUP held a jazz funeral procession through the UNL campus to mourn the “deaths” of multiple program degrees & 120 faculty positions if UNL’s Board of Regents votes to cut $27.5 million from the budget on Friday.
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
December 3, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Today, UNL AAUP held a jazz funeral procession through the UNL campus to mourn the “deaths” of multiple program degrees & 120 faculty positions if UNL’s Board of Regents votes to cut $27.5 million from the budget on Friday.
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
Help fight back. Send a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/one-...
What survey instrument are folks using to measure perceived learning in college students? This is waaaay outside my field, so any help is appreciated!
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
What survey instrument are folks using to measure perceived learning in college students? This is waaaay outside my field, so any help is appreciated!
I found some discrepancies in the results produced by code that I recently wrote and code that I wrote 10-15 years ago. So it's a me vs me situation, and I'm not sure who to trust! 😆
October 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I found some discrepancies in the results produced by code that I recently wrote and code that I wrote 10-15 years ago. So it's a me vs me situation, and I'm not sure who to trust! 😆
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korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 14, 2025 at 6:06 PM
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
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I am excited to share that I’m looking to recruit a PhD student to join my Stress and Health Equity lab in Fall 2026. We are located in the HDFS department at the beautiful University of Delaware.
Feel free to share! ☺️
Feel free to share! ☺️
September 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I am excited to share that I’m looking to recruit a PhD student to join my Stress and Health Equity lab in Fall 2026. We are located in the HDFS department at the beautiful University of Delaware.
Feel free to share! ☺️
Feel free to share! ☺️
I was on a zoom call where an LLM trained on ChatGPT4 accepted an arithmetic error. It was a sum of 4 numbers. Correct answer was 60, and it accepted an answer of 61. 🙃
Keep using your calculators, folks!
Keep using your calculators, folks!
August 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I was on a zoom call where an LLM trained on ChatGPT4 accepted an arithmetic error. It was a sum of 4 numbers. Correct answer was 60, and it accepted an answer of 61. 🙃
Keep using your calculators, folks!
Keep using your calculators, folks!
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The real big deal here is an assoc hire. Very few of those this year.
My department is searching for two tenure-line positions to start in August 2026. Come join our growing team and make a difference in building the future!
Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680
Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632
Assistant professor of higher education: apply.interfolio.com/172680
Associate/full professor of education policy: apply.interfolio.com/172632
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August 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The real big deal here is an assoc hire. Very few of those this year.
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This is brilliant.
🚨ACTION OF THE DAY🚨
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
@standupforscience.bsky.social
Day 21! QUACK-O-GRAM THURSDAY!
For $3 we will hand deliver an "IMPEACH THE QUACK" rubber ducky to your House Representative! (By one of our team members in a duck suit!)
DO IT (AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS)
act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...
August 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is brilliant.
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Officer David Rose was murdered in the line of duty, protecting our community from domestic terrorism.
He leaves behind a pregnant wife and two young children. Let’s stand with his family after this terrible loss:
Link:
give.cdcfoundation.org/give/715122#...
He leaves behind a pregnant wife and two young children. Let’s stand with his family after this terrible loss:
Link:
give.cdcfoundation.org/give/715122#...
August 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Officer David Rose was murdered in the line of duty, protecting our community from domestic terrorism.
He leaves behind a pregnant wife and two young children. Let’s stand with his family after this terrible loss:
Link:
give.cdcfoundation.org/give/715122#...
He leaves behind a pregnant wife and two young children. Let’s stand with his family after this terrible loss:
Link:
give.cdcfoundation.org/give/715122#...
Check out this article about the various programs that are available to early career #STEMEd researchers, where each author describes their experience with the program. Note that the NSF training/methods institutes are always changing. journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/jm...
View of Programs and Opportunities for Early Career Mathematics Education Scholars
journals.library.columbia.edu
July 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Check out this article about the various programs that are available to early career #STEMEd researchers, where each author describes their experience with the program. Note that the NSF training/methods institutes are always changing. journals.library.columbia.edu/index.php/jm...
Help appreciated! I'm looking for an education journal that publishes illustrations of statistical methods. It could be teaching corner for education researchers. It could be a case study.
Methods are not new, but we discuss algorithmic bias in education. Any ideas?
Methods are not new, but we discuss algorithmic bias in education. Any ideas?
June 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Help appreciated! I'm looking for an education journal that publishes illustrations of statistical methods. It could be teaching corner for education researchers. It could be a case study.
Methods are not new, but we discuss algorithmic bias in education. Any ideas?
Methods are not new, but we discuss algorithmic bias in education. Any ideas?
You know the joy of a canceled meeting? It is far overshadowed by a scheduled day-long meeting that was advertised as ending at 2pm to still be going on at 3pm with no end in sight. 😫
June 12, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You know the joy of a canceled meeting? It is far overshadowed by a scheduled day-long meeting that was advertised as ending at 2pm to still be going on at 3pm with no end in sight. 😫
In one week, I'll be teaching a workshop on social network analysis? Join me!
Anyone interested in learning social network analysis in R? I'll be teaching a workshop soon. May 15/16th.
umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/courses/intr...
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May 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In one week, I'll be teaching a workshop on social network analysis? Join me!
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🧪 PRACTICAL tip for NSF PIs with terminated grants:
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
a man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the camera
Alt: A man wearing glasses and a green and white shirt looks at the camera
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May 4, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🧪 PRACTICAL tip for NSF PIs with terminated grants:
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
You're entitled to recover more closeout costs than a DOGE-fueled NSF may lead you to believe.
➡️ Do this NOW: Send fed reg 2 CFR 200.472 on allowable "termination costs" to your sponsored research office:
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...
1/8 🧵
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"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
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How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
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April 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"You know, as an example, red lead was used to make cheddar... A can of coffee could be coffee, but it could be ground bone, or charred shells, or dirt." Deborah Blum on our bad food past -- and how to avoid it being our future:
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
buttondown.com/theswordandt...
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We’re hiring postdocs to join my lab at UNC. If you’re interested in adolescence, brain, and social development, DM me. Our work incorporates fMRI, social media, and longitudinal methods. We study risks and opportunities in adolescence. If you’re at #SRCD2025 and want to meet, please reach out!
April 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
We’re hiring postdocs to join my lab at UNC. If you’re interested in adolescence, brain, and social development, DM me. Our work incorporates fMRI, social media, and longitudinal methods. We study risks and opportunities in adolescence. If you’re at #SRCD2025 and want to meet, please reach out!
Anyone interested in learning social network analysis in R? I'll be teaching a workshop soon. May 15/16th.
umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/courses/intr...
umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/courses/intr...
April 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Anyone interested in learning social network analysis in R? I'll be teaching a workshop soon. May 15/16th.
umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/courses/intr...
umd-cilvr.catalog.instructure.com/courses/intr...
Just had a grant canceled. It longer aligns with agency priorities. Know what it aligns with? The agencies priorities when we wrote and were awarded the grant!
I didn’t know I needed a time machine to do science.
I didn’t know I needed a time machine to do science.
April 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Just had a grant canceled. It longer aligns with agency priorities. Know what it aligns with? The agencies priorities when we wrote and were awarded the grant!
I didn’t know I needed a time machine to do science.
I didn’t know I needed a time machine to do science.
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🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
April 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
🙏 We need your help 🙏
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
The government continues to cancel grants at both NIH and NSF to censor science it doesn't like.
We're tracking terminations to organize and advocate. Please report your terminated grants:
NIH:
forms.gle/J2znQ7y7YpeP...
NSF: airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
w/ @noamross.net
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Not sure who needs to hear this, but any govt official who violates someone's constitutional rights -- and is acting outside the scope of their lawful authority -- can be PERSONALLY liable in a civil suit.
ICE officers. Cabinet members. White House staffers. Even the president.
ICE officers. Cabinet members. White House staffers. Even the president.
April 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Not sure who needs to hear this, but any govt official who violates someone's constitutional rights -- and is acting outside the scope of their lawful authority -- can be PERSONALLY liable in a civil suit.
ICE officers. Cabinet members. White House staffers. Even the president.
ICE officers. Cabinet members. White House staffers. Even the president.
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Observe that the one that complied and the one that didn't comply are treated exactly the same way.
Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools)
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants
April 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Observe that the one that complied and the one that didn't comply are treated exactly the same way.