Matt Farrell (@prof_farrell) 's Twitter Profile
Matt Farrell

@prof_farrell

Educator | Poli-Sci, Public Opinion & Survey Methods | Elections analyst | Opinions are mine; temperament is my father's.

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Jonathan Robinson (@jon_m_rob) 's Twitter Profile Photo

When social media usage is tracked to measure actual consumption on phones & not self-reported, political content consumption follows a power law, w/ the vast majority of impressions & watch time coming from a very small # of power users, most interactions are v. short & variable

When social media usage is tracked to measure actual consumption on phones & not self-reported, political content consumption follows a power law, w/ the vast majority of impressions & watch time coming from a very small # of power users, most interactions are v. short & variable
Khoa Vu (@khoavuumn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Econ Nobel prize this year goes to Twitter account Bob63728 for his impressive work on "Isn't This Obvious?" and "Any people can just tell you that without a study."

Matt Farrell (@prof_farrell) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Veblen wins again: "Many of the guests on its leafy terrace spend more time photographing their cocktails than drinking them." economist.com/finance-and-ec…

Jason Pargin, author of John Dies at the End, etc (@jasonkpargin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"Haha look at this nerdy, bootlicking conformist. That's so cringe, dude, everyone is laughing at you. Nonconformity is what makes you cool, how can you not know that? Everyone is doing it but you. Read the room."

Nate Silver (@natesilver538) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The Blue Jays last appeared in the World Series in 1993 and yet have won a championship more recently than any Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup.

Max Fisher (@max_fisher) 's Twitter Profile Photo

its crazy that our whole economy now is seven different guys in silicon valley each trying really hard not to be the first to run out of stock-pumping schemes

Josh Billinson (@jbillinson) 's Twitter Profile Photo

What if gambling wasn’t legal or illegal, but a secret third option: We build a magical glowing city in the middle of the desert where all vices are legal, but the system also regulates itself by making you feel really gross if you’re ever there for more than a few days.

Chris Lesinski (@lesinski) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Quite an epic AI typo in The Journal today. The Paramount exec is named Cindy Holland and they wrote “Cindy the Netherlands”

Quite an epic AI typo in The Journal today. 

The Paramount exec is named Cindy Holland and they wrote “Cindy the Netherlands”
Timothy Snyder (@timothydsnyder) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There are many good science fiction novels. Not a single one that I have read delivers a happy vision of the future in which aged right-wing billionaires control the media.