Wow, super cool dataset: nature.com/articles/s4159…. New dataset of daily global geolocated sentiment from 2019-2023 at admin-2 level for 164 countries.

👇👇Current CV transparency rests on interpreting pixels, not v. useful. We show how to use actual objects (hats, people, etc.) to understand CV classification. Read the whole thread, check out the paper, test the demo, and use the API.

#toread "Recommendations for sharing network data and materials", by Zachary Neal,Zack Almquist,Jim Bagrow,@aaronclauset.bsky.social,Jana Diesner,Emmanuel Lazega,@juniperlov,J.Moody,Tiago Peixoto,ZacharyST,andreiasofia, in Network Science -> cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Is there an easy source of data on #nba players points per game or total per season? I want to teach regression using LeBron's trends in career points. basketball-reference.com is ok but I'd prefer not to pay, surely someone else has done this.

It’s really not complicated. The answer to the housing crisis is to build housing.

My favorite part of the holiday season is that, with the holiday break looming, all the rejections come in at once.

#OpenAccess from Political Analysis - Improving Computer Vision Interpretability: Transparent Two-Level Classification for Complex Scenes - cup.org/3Bw3Dtf - Stefan Scholz, @nils_weidmann, ZacharyST, Eda Keremoğlu & Bastian Goldlücke #FirstView

Happy to see this formatted for print, a nice offset to several rejections last week. Don't forget to check out the API!

Now in FirstView: “Improving Computer Vision Interpretability: Transparent Two-Level Classification for Complex Scenes.” Stefan Scholz, @nils_weidmann, ZacharyST, Eda Keremoğlu, and Bastian Goldlücke propose a two-level method for image classification.

Oh, boy, friends, I've got GREAT NEWS to share. Dr. @IdeanSalehyan - likely the world's leading peace science scholar studying refugees, conflict, & climate -plans to join UGA Department of International Affairs School of Public & International Affairs | UGA in Fall 2026. I am so proud of the team and community of scholars we've created here!

Rejected from NSF MMM with good/fair, good, very good, good, very good/good, excellent, excellent, and fair ratings. How do I interpret that?

I'm a bit behind but everyone who cares about transparent government and research should bookmark this project: lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02/0…

Government is good: zacharyst.com/2025/03/05/in-…

In defense of government services: zacharyst.com/2025/03/05/in-…

May 13th 8 p.m. PST, come to an online info session to learn more. Registration here: ucla.zoom.us/meeting/regist….

Interested in learning about AI & public affairs? Ethics for using data in policy making? Then UCLA's Data Analytics in Public Affairs certificate is for you. Ioin our online information session Wednesday July 23 at 12 p.m. PST. Register here: tinyurl.com/msyfhk84