Nick Brody
@nbrody.bsky.social
Comm Prof at The University of Puget Sound studying technology and relationships.
www.pugetsound.edu/directory/nicholas-brody
www.pugetsound.edu/directory/nicholas-brody
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Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
November 16, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Antisemitism is a lot like Qanon child abuse conspiracies in that there’s this real and bad phenomenon and, parallel to that, what can only be described as a large scale mass psychosis about a mostly fictional version of the same phenomenon
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If you're ever tempted to believe or cite Jonathan Haidt's moral panic crusade against social media, you should consider that he's now also part of Heritage's crusade to criminalize porn.
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
If you're ever tempted to believe or cite Jonathan Haidt's moral panic crusade against social media, you should consider that he's now also part of Heritage's crusade to criminalize porn.
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Maybe legalizing gambling and then aggressively marketing it to every demographic possible, allowing them to buy sports networks, and putting it all on your phone was a bad idea I dunno
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Maybe legalizing gambling and then aggressively marketing it to every demographic possible, allowing them to buy sports networks, and putting it all on your phone was a bad idea I dunno
Mark Zuckerberg thinks this is something people want.
September 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Mark Zuckerberg thinks this is something people want.
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Believing that em dashes reveal LLM usage just reveals that you don't read.
July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Believing that em dashes reveal LLM usage just reveals that you don't read.
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The double standard here is stunning. Universities are losing grants, student aid, and endowments for being "too woke." But churches (which also receive federal funds, eg, for school vouchers, food banks, and marriage promotion programs) are now allowed to openly endorse political candidates.
July 8, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The double standard here is stunning. Universities are losing grants, student aid, and endowments for being "too woke." But churches (which also receive federal funds, eg, for school vouchers, food banks, and marriage promotion programs) are now allowed to openly endorse political candidates.
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Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
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Articles like this should note that LAPD reported the fewest violent crimes since 2015, the fewest property crimes since 2014, and the fewest murders since 1966 through May.
AYERS: “.. As is so often the case, Donald Trump’s opponents are playing into his hands. .. This is exactly the kind of fight that Donald Trump loves ..”
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June 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Articles like this should note that LAPD reported the fewest violent crimes since 2015, the fewest property crimes since 2014, and the fewest murders since 1966 through May.
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We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
June 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
We need to build some real social stigma around being afraid of cities. You don't have to like them or live there, but a politics built this strongly around watching TV and going "ewww" is embarrassing, and people should be embarrassed by it. It's like "fear of werewolves" being your top issue.
Google's vision of tbr future if childhood is bleak AF
June 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Google's vision of tbr future if childhood is bleak AF
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Oh ok that’s why it all went down that way and I’ve just got to be ok with it lol
May 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Oh ok that’s why it all went down that way and I’ve just got to be ok with it lol
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Pope Leo spotted on the 2005 World Series broadcast
May 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Pope Leo spotted on the 2005 World Series broadcast
It does not serve academics well to take a chicken little/luddite approach to the gen AI issue. College was never about learning how to write essays. It's about learning to think. It's about learning to relate to others.
May 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
It does not serve academics well to take a chicken little/luddite approach to the gen AI issue. College was never about learning how to write essays. It's about learning to think. It's about learning to relate to others.
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I just *profoundly* object to the framing in that article linked to in the OP: that all the students are doing it and no one cares and it's time to give up because the lazy cheating students don't actually want to learn anything.
May 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I just *profoundly* object to the framing in that article linked to in the OP: that all the students are doing it and no one cares and it's time to give up because the lazy cheating students don't actually want to learn anything.
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ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
May 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
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AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels.
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
April 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
AGI is coming for all of us. It will write symphonies, direct movies, and author the best novels.
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
The only thing it won’t be able to do is VC investing, which must be reserved as a task only for the most-special people
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Pouring out a little liquor today for the handful of women astronauts who survived years of onerous training, men, and men only to have the press make Katy Perry their equal.
April 14, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Pouring out a little liquor today for the handful of women astronauts who survived years of onerous training, men, and men only to have the press make Katy Perry their equal.
Really cool quiz in the NYT today put together by comm scholars Jeff Hall and Andy Merolla (neither on bluesky) based on their recent book. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Quiz: How Healthy Is Your Social Life? (Gift Article)
Research shows that our happiness depends on a complex web of relationships and interactions. Fifteen simple questions can assess yours.
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April 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Really cool quiz in the NYT today put together by comm scholars Jeff Hall and Andy Merolla (neither on bluesky) based on their recent book. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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I am really pleased to see our meta-analysis of media literacy interventions (160 studies!) has been published in HCR. Unsurprisingly, there is a lot of nuance. One piece of good news is that the interventions work longitudinally.
Free download here:
academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...
Free download here:
academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...
Media literacy interventions: meta-analytic review of 40 years of research
Abstract. We conducted a comprehensive meta-analysis of 160 media literacy interventions from 1983 to 2023, finding overall positive effects. Effects were
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March 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I am really pleased to see our meta-analysis of media literacy interventions (160 studies!) has been published in HCR. Unsurprisingly, there is a lot of nuance. One piece of good news is that the interventions work longitudinally.
Free download here:
academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...
Free download here:
academic.oup.com/hcr/advance-...
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Comedy is legal again
March 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Comedy is legal again
Arkansas has one of the worst performing public education systems in the country. But @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social is happy to provide cover for Hukabee on a policy that will make no meaningful difference on any of these metrics. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
March 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arkansas has one of the worst performing public education systems in the country. But @jonathanhaidt.bsky.social is happy to provide cover for Hukabee on a policy that will make no meaningful difference on any of these metrics. www.edweek.org/policy-polit...
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March 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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SEW issues Severe Thunderstorm Watch for King, Lewis, Pierce, Thurston [WA] till Mar 26, 9:00 PM PDT
at Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:15:25 +0000 via IEMbot
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March 26, 2025 at 10:33 PM
SEW issues Severe Thunderstorm Watch for King, Lewis, Pierce, Thurston [WA] till Mar 26, 9:00 PM PDT
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Additional Details Here.
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Chiming in as an expert on texting behavior: these fools are dumb as shit. Your average 12 year old knows to check who's on the chat before sending anything.
March 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Chiming in as an expert on texting behavior: these fools are dumb as shit. Your average 12 year old knows to check who's on the chat before sending anything.