Andrew Heiss
@andrew.heiss.phd
Assistant professor at Georgia State University, formerly at BYU. 6 kids. Study NGOs, human rights, #PublicPolicy, #Nonprofits, #Dataviz, #CausalInference.
#rstats forever.
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#rstats forever.
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The last 2.5 years of Bluesky were a steady build up to "criticism of Jeffrey Epstein's writing ability is ableist." Congrats everyone, we did it.
November 13, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The last 2.5 years of Bluesky were a steady build up to "criticism of Jeffrey Epstein's writing ability is ableist." Congrats everyone, we did it.
There’s this, but it’s getting overloaded bsky.app/profile/paul...
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 AM
There’s this, but it’s getting overloaded bsky.app/profile/paul...
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In a letter Tolkien pretty directly says that technological augmentation rather than skill cultivation is Evil.
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
In a letter Tolkien pretty directly says that technological augmentation rather than skill cultivation is Evil.
Reposted by Andrew Heiss
Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Take LoTR. The reason evil exists in the books is because the creator is singing new creations into existence and Melkor wants to co-opt the song. It’s the reason Sauron’s armies are twisted forms of elves. The evil in LoTR CANNOT CREATE, they can go “this thing looks like this other thing”
ah but we're fancy and do lots of the artisanal stuff—time to switch to standard shapes
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ah but we're fancy and do lots of the artisanal stuff—time to switch to standard shapes
Oh I guess I should use #PositConf25 too :)
November 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Oh I guess I should use #PositConf25 too :)
Just a regular home oven
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Just a regular home oven
Like this for making DAGs with dagitty and R! evalsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com/example/dags...
DAGs – Program Evaluation
Use modern statistical and data scientific tools to measure causal effects and evaluate public policy
evalsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Like this for making DAGs with dagitty and R! evalsp25.classes.andrewheiss.com/example/dags...