A.J. Million
@ajmillion.bsky.social
Washed-up D2 runner, information scientist, U-M research faculty, criminology data archive director, and girl (2x) dad. Thoughts are my own.
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A.J. Million
@ajmillion.bsky.social
· Dec 5
Every year, I read a book for Christmas break. I read David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs in 2022, and man, has this passage stuck with me. Dude was ahead of the curve.
Thrilled to share my most recent paper examining the information needs of firearm injury-prevention researchers. Our takeaway? Supporting these people requires knowing what data they need to "do" research, but to determine that, we have to support their work.
doi.org/10.5334/dsj-...
doi.org/10.5334/dsj-...
Information Needs and Data Harmonization—Two Sides of the Same Coin? | Data Science Journal
doi.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Thrilled to share my most recent paper examining the information needs of firearm injury-prevention researchers. Our takeaway? Supporting these people requires knowing what data they need to "do" research, but to determine that, we have to support their work.
doi.org/10.5334/dsj-...
doi.org/10.5334/dsj-...
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Nominating "There's no justification for this however you cut it but the beatings will continue until a stillborn god is born." for perfect sentences, @lifewinning.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Nominating "There's no justification for this however you cut it but the beatings will continue until a stillborn god is born." for perfect sentences, @lifewinning.com
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A nice piece by @johnkubale.bsky.social and @maggielevenstein.bsky.social about federal statistical data.
Data that taxpayers have paid for and rely on is disappearing – here’s how it’s happening and what you can do about it
Detailed data that US government agencies collect and make available has underpinned research about people, medicine, science, crime, jobs, housing, climate and the economy.
theconversation.com
August 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A nice piece by @johnkubale.bsky.social and @maggielevenstein.bsky.social about federal statistical data.
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I've been thinking a lot about the difference between doing a "search" and doing "research" and how that works with conspiracy theory/lies to control our public sphere. Here's an old thread from 2023
June 20, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the difference between doing a "search" and doing "research" and how that works with conspiracy theory/lies to control our public sphere. Here's an old thread from 2023
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Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
June 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Younger people will be shocked to hear this, but way back when I grew up, anytime you saw a movie where some government official stopped someone on the street and demanded to see their identification papers, that was supposed to let you know they were the *bad* guys.
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Thinking about Melinda Cooper’s “Turbulent Worlds.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
June 1, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Thinking about Melinda Cooper’s “Turbulent Worlds.” journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
The worst fortune cookie.
April 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The worst fortune cookie.
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The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
The DOGE Axe Comes for Libraries and Museums
The Institute of Museum and Library Services has long received bipartisan support. But after years of trying, President Donald Trump has delivered it a crushing blow.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The Trump administration, with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency, has gutted a small federal agency that provides funding to libraries and museums nationwide.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
This threatens student field trips, classes for seniors, and access to digital library services.
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SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
March 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
SCOOP: DOGE notified the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences (IMLS) today that the entire staff is being put on administrative leave effective immediately, I’ve learned from an agency source.
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
They’ll be cancelling huge swaths of grants/contracts and starting a Reduction in Force (RIF).
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This is the first of what I think are going to be A LOT of primary challenges along these lines.
“Right now, the answer to authoritarianism isn’t to be quiet." - @katmabu.bsky.social
Exclusive interview ⤵️
Exclusive interview ⤵️
'We Are in an Emergency': Progressive TikTok Star Launches Bid to Unseat Old Guard Dem
The progressive TikTok star is running for Congress in a Democratic district that hasn’t had a competitive primary in decades.
www.rollingstone.com
March 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the first of what I think are going to be A LOT of primary challenges along these lines.
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter
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Such a curious coincidence, that's exactly what Herbert Hoover said on October 25, 1929, the day after the Dow Jones dropped 9% in a single trading session. millercenter.org/the-presiden...
Trump's stock market is down 10% in less than 30 days.
Trump's stock market is down 10% in less than 30 days.
March 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Such a curious coincidence, that's exactly what Herbert Hoover said on October 25, 1929, the day after the Dow Jones dropped 9% in a single trading session. millercenter.org/the-presiden...
Trump's stock market is down 10% in less than 30 days.
Trump's stock market is down 10% in less than 30 days.
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I rely on the National Center for Education Statistics for both teaching and research. It’s been around since 1867. Its non-partisan data and stats are essential to knowing what’s going on in terms of literacy performance, school libraries, & so much more.
It’s pretty much gone now.
It’s pretty much gone now.
Are Schools Succeeding? Education Department Cuts Could Make It Hard to Know (Gift Article)
At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and data collection.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I rely on the National Center for Education Statistics for both teaching and research. It’s been around since 1867. Its non-partisan data and stats are essential to knowing what’s going on in terms of literacy performance, school libraries, & so much more.
It’s pretty much gone now.
It’s pretty much gone now.
This idea might actually work. For starters, everyone knows cable TV and online discourse are fast and flashy, but they're also terrible substitutes for actual human interaction. In-person interactions require more commitment, but they feel more real.
March 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
This idea might actually work. For starters, everyone knows cable TV and online discourse are fast and flashy, but they're also terrible substitutes for actual human interaction. In-person interactions require more commitment, but they feel more real.
For my Canadian friends, I suggest this oldie from 1988. It fits the times.
Radio Address to the Nation on the Canadian Elections and Free Trade
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www.reaganlibrary.gov
March 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
For my Canadian friends, I suggest this oldie from 1988. It fits the times.
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Delaying Mexican tariffs but not Canadian puts the lie to the idea that the tariffs have anything to do with fentanyl flows (since there are effectively no fentanyl flows across the northern border and there plenty across the southern border.) It was all an empty pretext anyway. This just proves it.
March 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Delaying Mexican tariffs but not Canadian puts the lie to the idea that the tariffs have anything to do with fentanyl flows (since there are effectively no fentanyl flows across the northern border and there plenty across the southern border.) It was all an empty pretext anyway. This just proves it.
I can't wait to tell my Canadian in-laws that they've been taken over by Mexican Cartels. 🙄
Peter Navarro: “Canada has been taken over by Mexican cartels”
Big if true
Big if true
March 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I can't wait to tell my Canadian in-laws that they've been taken over by Mexican Cartels. 🙄
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I’m a rural Democrat and this reads like snake oil. Jesus Christ.
Far left Democrats? Do they mean Bernie? The Bernie who could beat Trump in rural America.
BRB: I’m going to go beat my head against a brick wall and then go to the local diner or tailgate and talk about guns and the Bible.
Far left Democrats? Do they mean Bernie? The Bernie who could beat Trump in rural America.
BRB: I’m going to go beat my head against a brick wall and then go to the local diner or tailgate and talk about guns and the Bible.
New: Last month, a group of moderate Democratic consultants, campaign staffers, elected officials & party leaders gathered in Loudoun County, Virginia, for a retreat where they plotted their party’s comeback.
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
We got their takeaways. t.co/bEwlg4jbtM
March 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I’m a rural Democrat and this reads like snake oil. Jesus Christ.
Far left Democrats? Do they mean Bernie? The Bernie who could beat Trump in rural America.
BRB: I’m going to go beat my head against a brick wall and then go to the local diner or tailgate and talk about guns and the Bible.
Far left Democrats? Do they mean Bernie? The Bernie who could beat Trump in rural America.
BRB: I’m going to go beat my head against a brick wall and then go to the local diner or tailgate and talk about guns and the Bible.
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-The Question: How the hell did we get here?
-The Answer: Citizens United.
-The Answer: Citizens United.
February 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
-The Question: How the hell did we get here?
-The Answer: Citizens United.
-The Answer: Citizens United.
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The community note 🤌😘
February 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
The community note 🤌😘
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Many Americans think we lead the world on innovative disease treatments because the US has fewer regulations.
In reality, it is largely because of early-stage research funded and conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
In reality, it is largely because of early-stage research funded and conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately. The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Many Americans think we lead the world on innovative disease treatments because the US has fewer regulations.
In reality, it is largely because of early-stage research funded and conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).
In reality, it is largely because of early-stage research funded and conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI).