Nice thread from Corrine McConnaughy on a long ago but still pertinent point from Key and Heard’s classic Southern Politics (1949)

Congrats Tigers! Bust those brackets!

This is...significant.

I still think a lot of people are missing the point in all the experts vs. politicians debate; they are both important to the policy process, but they can't be substitutes for each other. Here's my old thread clarifying all of this.

It's about time we had a history of the ERA across this whole period! Looking forward to reading!

Data from CAWP shows marked partisan difference in ♀️'s representation in 🇺🇸 politics. Women hold 28% of seats in Congress (similar to the🌍 average), but 41% of Democratic seats and only 15% of Republican seats. From Kelly Dittmar: forbes.com/sites/kellydit…

One of the most wonderful things about human beings is that they are capable of unpredictable and incentive-incompatible behavior.

Job!!

After a long and unsuccessful search for a statistical inference and regression textbook at the right level for our PhD students, I finally decided to write up my lecture notes as a book. The book is publicly available if you are interested: mattblackwell.github.io/gov2002-book/

Indeed--this seemed really likely at least as far back as 2018: x.com/cmMcConnaughy/…

Many viral threads by growth hackers / influencers claimed to explain the Twitter algorithm. All of them were BS. Read this instead from actual experts Igor Brigadir 🇺🇦 and vicki: github.com/igorbrigadir/a… Most important part: how the different actions you can take are weighed.