William Martindale
@wijama.bsky.social
Taiwanese-American MCEPA student at UC San Diego. Known as 馬凱威 to the other half of my family. I research conspiracy theories in the Chinese-speaking world. Follow me for bad jokes, stats nerd stuff, and updates on whatever I'm reading.
if the airport security thing doesn't work out for them they could have a very successful career sending phishing emails
November 19, 2025 at 6:51 AM
if the airport security thing doesn't work out for them they could have a very successful career sending phishing emails
Regarding point 2, what are the grounds for saying "Yes, there have been anti-Trump protests, marches, and hashtags, but nothing to the scale of what happened eight years ago"? The data I'm aware says there are more and larger protests now than his first term.
Infographic: Number of Protests Has Picked Up Since Trump’s First Term
This chart shows the cumulative number of protests per day of U.S. President Donald Trump's first nine months in office, by term.
www.statista.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Regarding point 2, what are the grounds for saying "Yes, there have been anti-Trump protests, marches, and hashtags, but nothing to the scale of what happened eight years ago"? The data I'm aware says there are more and larger protests now than his first term.
this implies that we eat santa claus
November 16, 2025 at 2:58 AM
this implies that we eat santa claus
Sorry I already made plans
raining today, so looking forward to a nice afternoon of leaning on my windowsill, pondering
November 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sorry I already made plans
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And from Sunshine Hillygus at Duke:
I love that this includes a *self-reported* measure of whether respondent was just trying to be funny with some responses.
(I don't even know what "Trump Bee Movie" means here but I will certainly google)
I love that this includes a *self-reported* measure of whether respondent was just trying to be funny with some responses.
(I don't even know what "Trump Bee Movie" means here but I will certainly google)
November 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
And from Sunshine Hillygus at Duke:
I love that this includes a *self-reported* measure of whether respondent was just trying to be funny with some responses.
(I don't even know what "Trump Bee Movie" means here but I will certainly google)
I love that this includes a *self-reported* measure of whether respondent was just trying to be funny with some responses.
(I don't even know what "Trump Bee Movie" means here but I will certainly google)
Reposted by William Martindale
From Matt Tyler at Rice on measuring support for beliefs in conspiracies: One idea is to look at whether respondents report consistent beliefs over multiple questions in the same survey, with different wording.
(Also: bonus Olympics content!)
(Also: bonus Olympics content!)
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
From Matt Tyler at Rice on measuring support for beliefs in conspiracies: One idea is to look at whether respondents report consistent beliefs over multiple questions in the same survey, with different wording.
(Also: bonus Olympics content!)
(Also: bonus Olympics content!)
This has always been my feeling as well. Though for some applications like dashboarding plotly can be pretty nice
November 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
This has always been my feeling as well. Though for some applications like dashboarding plotly can be pretty nice
That's amazing you are a hero
November 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
That's amazing you are a hero
This is AI generated, right? The zipper looks wrong (has an open spot just beneath zipper) and the straw doesn't go to the bottom of the jacket, which you would want for a real beer jacket
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
This is AI generated, right? The zipper looks wrong (has an open spot just beneath zipper) and the straw doesn't go to the bottom of the jacket, which you would want for a real beer jacket
I almost would have preferred if she thought my grandparents were gangsters
November 9, 2025 at 4:01 AM
I almost would have preferred if she thought my grandparents were gangsters
palms out is crazy
November 9, 2025 at 12:27 AM
palms out is crazy