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BK Lee
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Assistant Professor of Sociology at NYU. I study social cohesion, health, and political polarization using LLMs, causal inference, and social network analysis. https://www.byungkyulee.com/
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BK Lee @letitbk.bsky.social · May 27
"That one toxic friend" might be aging you faster!

Our new working paper shows that negative social ties are common and linked to faster epigenetic aging, higher inflammation, and poorer mental and physical health.

Link: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Associations Between Negative Social Ties and Accelerated Biological Aging, Inflammation, and Multiple Morbidities
Negative social ties, or "difficult ties," are pervasive yet understudied components of social networks that may accelerate biological aging and morbidity. Using ego-centric network data and DNA methy...
www.medrxiv.org
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caseybreen.bsky.social
Our new paper develops and tests a network-based method for estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies.

Joint w/ @dennisfeehan.bsky.social and team from Geneva-based NGO @impact-initiatives.bsky.social

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Estimating death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies using the network survival method
Abstract. Reliable estimates of death rates in complex humanitarian emergencies are critical for assessing the severity of a crisis and for effectively all
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November 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
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caseybreen.bsky.social
New @pnas.org paper constructing subnational estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender, including gender gaps, for 117 low- and middle- income countries from 2015 through 2025.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data | PNAS
The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet re...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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sunniesuhyoung.bsky.social
Our Responsible AI team at Apple is looking for spring/summer 2026 PhD research interns! Please apply at jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail... and email rai-internship@group.apple.com. Do not send extra info (e.g., CV), just drop us a line so we can find your application in the central pool!
Machine Learning / AI Internships - Jobs - Careers at Apple
Apply for a Machine Learning / AI Internships job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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crahal.com
🚨It's that exciting time of year!🚨

Our team has got TWO open DPhil (PhD) positions in #datascience + #health here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social for 2026🎉! See for details:

1️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/HDS_2026.html
2️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/pophealth_2026.html

Please share and help us to find our future teammates ❤️!
September 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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fmerhout.bsky.social
Come join me in wonderful Copenhagen! 🇩🇰

My department is looking to fill at least two positions - any specialization and any level! The University of Copenhagen aims to be the best place for the best ideas. What’s yours?

Apply by Nov 15.
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
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September 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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lsemethodology.bsky.social
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October and join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025
September 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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sorenable.bsky.social
A new study confirms what I’ve known for years: ambivalent ties (relationships w/ intermittent stress + support) may accelerate aging *more* than purely negative ones. Half-and-half ties (like with dysfunctional family) can be the most damaging. Very validating! pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40475146/
Negative Social Ties as Emerging Risk Factors for Accelerated Aging, Inflammation, and Multimorbidity - PubMed
Negative social ties, or "hasslers," are pervasive yet understudied components of social networks that may accelerate biological aging and morbidity. Using ego-centric network data and DNA methylation...
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August 8, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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danieltadmon.bsky.social
✨New✨ postdoc opportunity to collaborate with @mollycopeland.bsky.social and myself on an exciting project on geography, community, and mental health at @ndsociology.bsky.social. Happy to talk to anyone interested. Please resky (or whatever retweeting is called here)!
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June 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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dingemanwiertz.bsky.social
Hurray!
June 14, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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Our survey of LGBTQ adults in the U.S. found that most who are married to or living with a same-sex spouse or partner (63%) say their relationship is going very well, and married respondents are especially likely to say this.
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Plot showing that married LGBTQ adults with a same-sex spouse or partner rate their relationship more highly than those living with a partner
June 13, 2025 at 2:40 AM
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tvanheuvelen.bsky.social
Over at the blog, I write about a few interesting articles about place. Features of place matter for suicide rates. Features of place are really changing.

asocial.substack.com/p/inequality...
June 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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socpaperbot.bsky.social
Who polices which boundaries? How racial self-identification affects external classification https://osf.io/bhrdj This study explores whether Americans agree on the ethnoracial categories that are worth policing. It evaluates how receptive White, Black, Latino, and Asian Americans are to #sociology
June 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
letitbk.bsky.social
I am happy to share the news that our paper received an Honorable Mention for the Best Publication Award from the Section on the Sociology of Mental Health, ASA, this year!!
letitbk.bsky.social BK Lee @letitbk.bsky.social · Nov 19
Excited to share my paper published in ASR on unemployment and suicide!! Using big administrative data on suicide, we show that unemployed people are more likely to die by suicide, but their suicide risk is lower when and where more people are unemployed. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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June 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
letitbk.bsky.social
"That one toxic friend" might be aging you faster!

Our new working paper shows that negative social ties are common and linked to faster epigenetic aging, higher inflammation, and poorer mental and physical health.

Link: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Associations Between Negative Social Ties and Accelerated Biological Aging, Inflammation, and Multiple Morbidities
Negative social ties, or "difficult ties," are pervasive yet understudied components of social networks that may accelerate biological aging and morbidity. Using ego-centric network data and DNA methy...
www.medrxiv.org
May 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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medrxivpreprint.bsky.social
Associations Between Negative Social Ties and Accelerated Biological Aging, Inflammation, and Multiple Morbidities https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.05.23.25328261v1
May 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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alondra.bsky.social
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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danielaurbinaj.bsky.social
New paper with Daria Tisch ‪(@dariatisch.bsky.social‬) on fairness perceptions of housework divisions using a multi-factorial experiment in the U.S., now out in one of my favorite journals––Gender and Society: doi.org/10.1177/0891...
Perceived Fairness of Couples’ Division of Housework: Evidence From a Multi-Factorial Experiment in the United States - Daniela R. Urbina, Daria Tisch, 2025
Although the ratio of women’s to men’s housework hours has declined, women still spend more time than men doing household tasks in most high-income contexts. Th...
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May 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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gec.bsky.social
Marco Rubio says he alone can deport people for their “past, current, or expected beliefs”
"Thought crimes": Rubio lays out government's justification for deportations based on "beliefs"
Rubio said that speech-based deportations were one part of the United States' fight against antisemitism
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April 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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yyachung.bsky.social
All she did was write an op-ed. That's it. One of my past mentees is a current international student at Tufts. This is absolutely terrifying.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · Mar 26
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.

They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.

From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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bartbonikowski.bsky.social
Shame. This is happening across essential institutions: media, Congress, law firms, & now universities. Instead of standing up to illegal authoritarian power grabs, they capitulate, hoping the threat will pass. It won’t. And as the rule of law & the constitutional order die, so does our democracy.
himself.bsky.social Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · Mar 21
"A Columbia senior administrator said the school considered legal options ...but ... the ... government has so many available levers to claw back money, it would be a difficult fight. Additionally the school believed there was considerable overlap between needed campus changes and Trump’s demands."
epopppp.bsky.social Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · Mar 21
This is a shameful moment in the history of the American university.
March 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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aoc.bsky.social
We expected 2,000 people out in GOP-held Greeley, Colorado.

11,000 people showed up.

Something special is happening, folks. Now is the time to organize in every dimension possible and get to work.
daveweigel.bsky.social Dave Weigel @daveweigel.bsky.social · Mar 21
Overflow crowd for Bernie/AOC rally in Greeley, CO — the small one today, big one is in Denver later
March 21, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Friendly reminder for faculty to join @aaup.bsky.social ! They are fighting for us and we should be members!

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March 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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aurabogado.bsky.social
A US-born citizen was walking near Chicago in January. ICE snatched him off the street, handcuffed him, threw into a van. His wallet, which contained his ID, was confiscated. He was detained for 10 hours before being released without a record of what occurred.

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A screenshot from a court filing reads, in part: "Julio Noriega is 54 years old, was born in Chicago, and is a U.S. citizen. On January 31, 2025, he was walking near the corner of Cermak Road and Harlem Avenue in Berwyn, Illinois, handing out his resume to local businesses. As he walked out of a Jiffy Lube, he was approached by ICE officers who grabbed and handcuffed him and put him into a van, without an opportunity to explain his citizenship. The officers drove Julio and others around for more than an hour before bringing him to an ICE processing center, where he remained, still handcuffed, for several more hours. All the while, Julio had a wallet containing identification that ICE had confiscated. The officers never showed Julio a warrant, and they did not ask him any questions to ascertain whether he was a noncitizen or a flight risk. After about 10 hours, ICE officers reviewed the contents of Julio’s wallet, realized he was a U.S. citizen, and released him with no money and no paperwork."
March 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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March 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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the feminine urge to
Bluesky CEO: imagine a 'world without Caesars'
Jay Graber dunks on Mark Zuckerberg without mentioning his name.
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March 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM