Nick Ottone
@nottone.bsky.social
American Politics PhD Candidate @ Yale | studying policy influence of nonprofits in local politics | also thinking about political behavior and movies, probably
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Re this absurdity on the HUD homepage right now, a federal employee told me:
"I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."
"I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."
September 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Re this absurdity on the HUD homepage right now, a federal employee told me:
"I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."
"I'm fucking pissed that I still have to take annual ethics training and Hatch Act training."
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Another great talk, this time from Nick Ottone @nottone.bsky.social at @priec.bsky.social on the impact of group based diversity on downstream sentencing decisions
(He’s on the market!! Look out, he’s on the way up!!)
(He’s on the market!! Look out, he’s on the way up!!)
September 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Another great talk, this time from Nick Ottone @nottone.bsky.social at @priec.bsky.social on the impact of group based diversity on downstream sentencing decisions
(He’s on the market!! Look out, he’s on the way up!!)
(He’s on the market!! Look out, he’s on the way up!!)
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the free press trying to make a scandal out of reading robert dahl is very funny (shoutout to dahl, one of the best to ever do it)
One of Bari Weiss’s reporters over at the Free Press was shocked to discover what Columbia students are reading in class:
lol wat
lol wat
September 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
the free press trying to make a scandal out of reading robert dahl is very funny (shoutout to dahl, one of the best to ever do it)
An interesting example of “outside lobbying” in the wild!
August 25, 2025 at 9:13 PM
An interesting example of “outside lobbying” in the wild!
Let he who has not sought friendlier data cast the first stone
August 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Let he who has not sought friendlier data cast the first stone
Excited to see this column with Limor Peer published in Harvard Data Science Review! Also very mystified by the (seemingly AI-generated) thumbnail!
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/suy0nbh5...
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/suy0nbh5...
Code Review, Reproducibility, and Improving the Scholarly Record
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu
July 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Excited to see this column with Limor Peer published in Harvard Data Science Review! Also very mystified by the (seemingly AI-generated) thumbnail!
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/suy0nbh5...
hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/suy0nbh5...
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Is this not popularism
Nationally - Net Support For Mamdani's Policies:
Raises Taxes On Corporations/Millionaires: +43%
Free Child Care For Children Under 5 Years: +38%
Freezing Rent For Lower-Income Tenants: +38%
Government-Owned Grocery Stores: +20%
Eliminating Fares On Public Buses: +10%
YouGov / June 30, 2025
Raises Taxes On Corporations/Millionaires: +43%
Free Child Care For Children Under 5 Years: +38%
Freezing Rent For Lower-Income Tenants: +38%
Government-Owned Grocery Stores: +20%
Eliminating Fares On Public Buses: +10%
YouGov / June 30, 2025
July 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Is this not popularism
Original thought alert! Very strange how this same party attacked Michelle Obama’s healthy school lunches and Bloomberg’s Big Gulp ban as “nanny state” intrusions on their precious liberties. Would read a book on this evolution.
Mehmet Oz just said on Fox News that:
“It is your patriotic duty to be as healthy as you can”.
“It is your patriotic duty to be as healthy as you can”.
May 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Original thought alert! Very strange how this same party attacked Michelle Obama’s healthy school lunches and Bloomberg’s Big Gulp ban as “nanny state” intrusions on their precious liberties. Would read a book on this evolution.
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NYU School of Law has told 31 pro-Palestine students they must sign away their right to protest if they want to return to campus and sit exams.
theintercept.com/2025/05/03/n...
theintercept.com/2025/05/03/n...
May 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NYU School of Law has told 31 pro-Palestine students they must sign away their right to protest if they want to return to campus and sit exams.
theintercept.com/2025/05/03/n...
theintercept.com/2025/05/03/n...
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For this very reason, I really don't think it's a coincidence that mass deregulation has been ordered by a big-time government contractor, who would have a LOT of contact with regulators. Why we should be normatively concerned about government contractors' lobbying and influence!
Anecdata, but in my experience industry elites and their lawyers complain CONSTANTLY about bureaucrats holding up their drug approvals or asking about their workplace safety. I would bet that a lot of them think that Musk is doing some good right now, even if they don't support the whole regime.
March 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
For this very reason, I really don't think it's a coincidence that mass deregulation has been ordered by a big-time government contractor, who would have a LOT of contact with regulators. Why we should be normatively concerned about government contractors' lobbying and influence!
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So excited that this study is finally published!
We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters
Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨
We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters
Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨
New paper from Natalie Hernandez, Nicholas Ottone, and @jkalla.bsky.social, finding that targeted mobilization appeals are no more effective than standard appeals in mobilizing existing supporters to take action on behalf abortion rights: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Targeted Abortion Frames Do Not Mobilize Political Action-Taking - Natalie Hernandez, Nicholas Ottone, Joshua Kalla, 2025
With the advent of Big Data, political organizations are increasingly able to target messages by demographic information. Past research has found mixed results ...
journals.sagepub.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
So excited that this study is finally published!
We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters
Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨
We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters
Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨
So excited that this study is finally published!
We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters
Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨
We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters
Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨
New paper from Natalie Hernandez, Nicholas Ottone, and @jkalla.bsky.social, finding that targeted mobilization appeals are no more effective than standard appeals in mobilizing existing supporters to take action on behalf abortion rights: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Targeted Abortion Frames Do Not Mobilize Political Action-Taking - Natalie Hernandez, Nicholas Ottone, Joshua Kalla, 2025
With the advent of Big Data, political organizations are increasingly able to target messages by demographic information. Past research has found mixed results ...
journals.sagepub.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:17 AM
So excited that this study is finally published!
We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters
Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨
We focus on the methods that organizations use to mobilize *existing supporters* of abortion rights to move them from passive to active supporters
Turns out messaging targeted to them does not work... but it doesn't alienate people either 🤨
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"Electoral Turnover and Government Efficiency: Evidence from Federal Procurement" by Kyuwon Lee. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
March 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
"Electoral Turnover and Government Efficiency: Evidence from Federal Procurement" by Kyuwon Lee. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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The federal government spends a lot on contracts with outside organizations — most of it in places where DOGE isn't cutting.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
March 4, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The federal government spends a lot on contracts with outside organizations — most of it in places where DOGE isn't cutting.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
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You are right that we should be looking outside the US for understanding but I’d also say probably some of the work on authoritarianism in the US are relevant. A non-Cambridge book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Paths Out of Dixie
press.princeton.edu
February 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
You are right that we should be looking outside the US for understanding but I’d also say probably some of the work on authoritarianism in the US are relevant. A non-Cambridge book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Social housing funding appears poised to pass by a wide margin in Seattle. The Prop 1A version to enact an excise tax on employers with highly compensated employees is leading with 58% of the vote.
February 12, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Social housing funding appears poised to pass by a wide margin in Seattle. The Prop 1A version to enact an excise tax on employers with highly compensated employees is leading with 58% of the vote.
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Hot off the presses: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
Elon Musk’s Demolition Crew
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, has been unleashed on federal agencies. ProPublica is attempting to document who is working with him and what they are doing.
projects.propublica.org
February 6, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hot off the presses: projects.propublica.org/elon-musk-do...
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Trump isnt just trying to impound appropriated but unobligated funding. He's frozen dispersement of billions of dollars of CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED funds. Whatever you think about the validity of impounding unobligated funds, this is quite clearly a direct and widespread violation of contract law. 🧵
January 31, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Trump isnt just trying to impound appropriated but unobligated funding. He's frozen dispersement of billions of dollars of CONTRACTUALLY OBLIGATED funds. Whatever you think about the validity of impounding unobligated funds, this is quite clearly a direct and widespread violation of contract law. 🧵
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Me researching and reporting: Haha!! Fuck yeah! Yes!!
Me writing: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me writing: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Me researching and reporting: Haha!! Fuck yeah! Yes!!
Me writing: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me writing: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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#OpenAccess from our new issue -
Shared Demographic Characteristics Do Not Reliably Facilitate Persuasion in Interpersonal Conversations: Evidence from Eight Experiments - cup.org/4getJPI
- @dbroockman.bsky.social, @jkalla.bsky.social, @nottone.bsky.social, Erik Santoro & @amandaweiss.bsky.social
Shared Demographic Characteristics Do Not Reliably Facilitate Persuasion in Interpersonal Conversations: Evidence from Eight Experiments - cup.org/4getJPI
- @dbroockman.bsky.social, @jkalla.bsky.social, @nottone.bsky.social, Erik Santoro & @amandaweiss.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
#OpenAccess from our new issue -
Shared Demographic Characteristics Do Not Reliably Facilitate Persuasion in Interpersonal Conversations: Evidence from Eight Experiments - cup.org/4getJPI
- @dbroockman.bsky.social, @jkalla.bsky.social, @nottone.bsky.social, Erik Santoro & @amandaweiss.bsky.social
Shared Demographic Characteristics Do Not Reliably Facilitate Persuasion in Interpersonal Conversations: Evidence from Eight Experiments - cup.org/4getJPI
- @dbroockman.bsky.social, @jkalla.bsky.social, @nottone.bsky.social, Erik Santoro & @amandaweiss.bsky.social
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My baby sister is a UCLA undergrad and I'm sending texts every six hours like "ARE YOU STILL OKAY DO YOU HAVE A GO-BAG???"
Anyhow re-upping mutual aid resources in the greater Los Angeles area: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Anyhow re-upping mutual aid resources in the greater Los Angeles area: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources
docs.google.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
My baby sister is a UCLA undergrad and I'm sending texts every six hours like "ARE YOU STILL OKAY DO YOU HAVE A GO-BAG???"
Anyhow re-upping mutual aid resources in the greater Los Angeles area: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Anyhow re-upping mutual aid resources in the greater Los Angeles area: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...