Andrew Mercer
@awmercer.bsky.social
Principal methodologist at Pew Research Center. He/him
Charlie is glad that vacation is finally over and we can get back to work.
December 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Charlie is glad that vacation is finally over and we can get back to work.
Reposted by Andrew Mercer
Ever since we started making documents in Quarto and Typst, I've wanted to make EVERYTHING in Quarto and Typst. Curious to learn how make documents like these? Boy, do I have the blog post for you! #rstats
rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...
rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Ever since we started making documents in Quarto and Typst, I've wanted to make EVERYTHING in Quarto and Typst. Curious to learn how make documents like these? Boy, do I have the blog post for you! #rstats
rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...
rfortherestofus.com/2025/11/quar...
Important question: a) do you call it “putt putt” or “miniature golf” and b) where did you grow up?
November 30, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Important question: a) do you call it “putt putt” or “miniature golf” and b) where did you grow up?
No joke, I unsubscribed from something and a few hours later I got an email from the same company saying they missed me and asking me to come back.
Happy “Unsubscribe from Marketing Email Lists You Didn’t Know You Were On” season
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
No joke, I unsubscribed from something and a few hours later I got an email from the same company saying they missed me and asking me to come back.
Some salesperson talked my 78 year old, iPhone using mother into getting an Android and well you can probably guess how that’s going…
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Some salesperson talked my 78 year old, iPhone using mother into getting an Android and well you can probably guess how that’s going…
Just going to tap the sign and reiterate that you should question flashy survey results that confirm your priors but are entirely lacking any kind of methodological details.
That’s doubly true when it comes from a company selling a related product.
Just saying…
That’s doubly true when it comes from a company selling a related product.
Just saying…
November 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Just going to tap the sign and reiterate that you should question flashy survey results that confirm your priors but are entirely lacking any kind of methodological details.
That’s doubly true when it comes from a company selling a related product.
Just saying…
That’s doubly true when it comes from a company selling a related product.
Just saying…
I feel so… chaste?
@awmercer.bsky.social has swears! They've used 20 profanities in their last 1,060 posts.
🥇 "hell" (4 times)
🥈 "shit" (3 times)
🥉 "ass" (2 times)
🥇 "hell" (4 times)
🥈 "shit" (3 times)
🥉 "ass" (2 times)
November 29, 2025 at 5:01 AM
I feel so… chaste?
Ok, @profanity.accountant I’m curious.
November 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Ok, @profanity.accountant I’m curious.
Reposted by Andrew Mercer
interesting paper on application of total survey error framework to biomedical data doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Total Survey Error in Biomeasure Data Collection
BackgroundThe integration of biomeasures into social surveys has grown rapidly, enabling new insights into biosocial processes by combining probability-based survey data with biological indicators. Ho...
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
interesting paper on application of total survey error framework to biomedical data doi.org/10.21203/rs....
Janelle Monae opening for Of Montreal
Who was the best opening act you've seen live?
November 24, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Janelle Monae opening for Of Montreal
The real reason people are Bayesians.
Oh no I have a query that will take ~7 minutes to run, I can’t possibly do anything productive during that small amount time, I better go scroll on social media…!
a cartoon of grinch with a very angry look on his face
ALT: a cartoon of grinch with a very angry look on his face
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The real reason people are Bayesians.
Reposted by Andrew Mercer
Anyway the District of Columbia is an incredible city and I love it so much and I’m so glad I get to live here.
November 23, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Anyway the District of Columbia is an incredible city and I love it so much and I’m so glad I get to live here.
Expedia website sent me to the Expedia app sent me to the Alaska airlines website which sent me to the Alaska airlines app and can we just please not?
November 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Expedia website sent me to the Expedia app sent me to the Alaska airlines website which sent me to the Alaska airlines app and can we just please not?
Your daily Charlie
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Your daily Charlie
Reposted by Andrew Mercer
I’m just going to keep posting some version of this photo over and over again as long as Charlie keeps hanging out on my desk.
November 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I’m just going to keep posting some version of this photo over and over again as long as Charlie keeps hanging out on my desk.
I need a new wallet, but when I google for wallet reviews it's all about crypto 🤮
Anyone have a wallet they like?
Anyone have a wallet they like?
November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I need a new wallet, but when I google for wallet reviews it's all about crypto 🤮
Anyone have a wallet they like?
Anyone have a wallet they like?
Somehow, instead of winding down, I’m having a Chase and Status dance party at midnight on a Tuesday. Oh well…
Chase & Status and Stormzy - BACKBONE (Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Chase & Status
m.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Somehow, instead of winding down, I’m having a Chase and Status dance party at midnight on a Tuesday. Oh well…
Reposted by Andrew Mercer
Great new data from KFF/NYT looking at the lives and experiences of immigrants in the US:
www.kff.org/kff-nytimes-...
www.kff.org/kff-nytimes-...
KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants | KFF
KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants The 2025 Survey of Immigrants, a partnership between KFF and The New York Times, takes an in-depth look at the experiences of immigrants during the first y...
www.kff.org
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Great new data from KFF/NYT looking at the lives and experiences of immigrants in the US:
www.kff.org/kff-nytimes-...
www.kff.org/kff-nytimes-...
Reposted by Andrew Mercer
In honor of Cloudflare www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQp...
The Songs: The System is Down
YouTube video by ebyam93
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In honor of Cloudflare www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtQp...
This is the sort of thing that would get me to buy season tickets.
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 17, 2025 at 1:06 AM
This is the sort of thing that would get me to buy season tickets.
Re: #2, do yourself a favor and go watch all the Thin Man movies.
Top 5 movie genres are:
– The CLOCK is TICKING
– Entertaining couple drinks fast and talks faster
– It’s New York in the 1970s and everything is grimy and paranoid
– Nothing actually happens; I may have something in my eye
– These two timelines are gonna collide about forty minutes from now
– The CLOCK is TICKING
– Entertaining couple drinks fast and talks faster
– It’s New York in the 1970s and everything is grimy and paranoid
– Nothing actually happens; I may have something in my eye
– These two timelines are gonna collide about forty minutes from now
Top 5 movie genres are:
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
heist
intelligence/espionage thriller
pitch perfect
cerebral ensemble oscar fodder drama
heist some more
November 17, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Re: #2, do yourself a favor and go watch all the Thin Man movies.
Charlie slept through caturday but better late than never.
November 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Charlie slept through caturday but better late than never.
That Bradley Cooper episode from the Righteous Gemstones needs its own spinoff. I would watch the hell out of that.
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 AM
That Bradley Cooper episode from the Righteous Gemstones needs its own spinoff. I would watch the hell out of that.