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I see the joint backlash to transgender rights and social science (and the broader anti-DEI push), as part of the Copernican revolution the social sciences have brought to society over the past 75 years. We've long been seen and seen ourselves as less cumulative than the "hard" sciences. But no.

If anyone at #ASA2026 wants to talk MCPs for data sharing and data analysis, hit me up. (They're APIs for AIs) We've been working on them for chip50.org and nationalinternetobservatory.org and they're really going to change the way research gets done in the next 5 years.

The Civic Health and Institutions Project | CHIP50The Civic Health and Institutions Projectchip50.org

#asa2026 just's want to make sure you don't get lost.

So thrilled I finally got to meet @jessicacalarco.com IRL at the panel on how women became America's safety net. I'd love to see the comparative politics folks and Americanists pick up the core argument that the social burdens of neoliberal policy fall on women (and other marginalized groups).

Rail is my favorite way to get to ASA #ASA2026 #Sociology

For all of you sociologists coming to #ASA2026 this weekend, I'm giving a how-to workshop on using data from the National Internet Observatory to study what people are doing online. We have data on people's searches, what they're talking to chatbots about, and what's on their phone. #ASA #Sociology

Five years ago, it was just a proposal to the NSF. This past week, 30 research teams from around the world and across disciplines are using NIO data to answer critical questions about how we're living our digitally-mediated lives.

Such a wonderful analysis of Nolan's Odyssey foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/23/o...

Odysseus at the End of CivilizationNolan’s film confronts the betrayal of the West’s own values.foreignpolicy.com

Drove through Albany and man that city is not doing itself any favors. If they elected me mayor, I'd change the name to Hudson Valley City. The area is really nice!

@proffnes.discuss.systems.ap.brid.gy and Scott Cambo will be presenting our Mobile Network Traffic data at #ACM #SIGCOMM this summer. If you've ever wanted to study what information is flowing in and out of Americans' mobile phones, this is for you. conferences.sigcomm.org/sigcomm/2026...

Yep! Come one, come all (university-based researchers). We have free data sets on Americans' mobile app usage, browsing history, use of generative AI, and online search. It's all very sensitive data, so you have to do a proposal, sign a DUA, and use our enclaves. It takes time to get going.

Surprised I haven't seen anyone try to connect the dots between Larry Ellison's new media empire and the eventual need to bail his Cisco out if the AI bubble pops.

I'm sad to say after 40 years of living I only now see the purpose of putting ornaments on a tree. Each year, we take the old ones out to revisit the memories they represent and find new ones to place among our little pantheon.

Interesting seeing UVA put a $10M/yr team together on alumni donations and go to the ACC championship the next year. Under NIL alumni donations make elite teams possible. (Not that it wasn't that way before, but $10M only went so far when you could buy coaches, staff, and facilities.)