Daniel de Kadt
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Human large language model based at Cornell University
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Homepage of "Good Description" by Daniel de Kadt & Anna Grzymala-Busse - ddekadt/good_description
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🚨 “Good Description” with @annagbusse.bsky.social 🚨
What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?
We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.
Two main contributions...
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What sets 'good' description apart from 'mere' description?
We develop a framework for evaluating descriptive research, whether we are doing it as scholars or assessing it as readers.
Two main contributions...
🔗📄 tinyurl.com/gooddesc
“After review, Author no. 7 failed to cluster standard errors. R&R rescinded, decision is rejection.”
VAR but for peer review
September 16, 2026 at 1:06 PM
“After review, Author no. 7 failed to cluster standard errors. R&R rescinded, decision is rejection.”
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A federal judge just enjoined one of the US Administration’s sharpest attacks on international students.
The ruling references research by me & my stellar co-authors six times.
Facts matter. Facts are necessary for democracy, accountability, and the rule of law. Research delivers them.
The ruling references research by me & my stellar co-authors six times.
Facts matter. Facts are necessary for democracy, accountability, and the rule of law. Research delivers them.
Memorandum & Order – #50 in Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration v. United States Department of Homeland Security (D. Mass., 1:26-cv-13799) – CourtListener.com
District Judge F. Dennis Saylor, IV: MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION. Plaintiffs' motion for APA § 705 relief, a preliminary injunction, or, in the alternative, summary judgm...
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September 14, 2026 at 10:05 PM
A federal judge just enjoined one of the US Administration’s sharpest attacks on international students.
The ruling references research by me & my stellar co-authors six times.
Facts matter. Facts are necessary for democracy, accountability, and the rule of law. Research delivers them.
The ruling references research by me & my stellar co-authors six times.
Facts matter. Facts are necessary for democracy, accountability, and the rule of law. Research delivers them.
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Your regular reminder - despite our neverending National Conversation™️ - that there are <exactly zero> societal institutions that are <more protective> of free speech & viewpoint diversity & the marketplace of ideas than colleges & universities.
Yikes, if this is accurate, its basically the owner class using their power to shut down dissent. The Patriots Robert Kraft told Sheerhan his concert would be cancelled if Mackelmore stayed on the your, and that other stadium owners would follow suit.
Banned: Macklemore's powerful statement deserves reading.
www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2H...
www.instagram.com/p/DdRdsy0m2H...
September 14, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Your regular reminder - despite our neverending National Conversation™️ - that there are <exactly zero> societal institutions that are <more protective> of free speech & viewpoint diversity & the marketplace of ideas than colleges & universities.
I want to love baseball (as a surrogate for my beloved cricket, maybe), but every time I watch it I feel like I just spend an inordinate amount of time watching men in caps chewing gum/tobacco staring pensively into the distance.
September 14, 2026 at 2:04 AM
I want to love baseball (as a surrogate for my beloved cricket, maybe), but every time I watch it I feel like I just spend an inordinate amount of time watching men in caps chewing gum/tobacco staring pensively into the distance.
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This will devastate our research+innovation capacity, bedrock of the 21st century economy.
35% of *all* employed people in the US with STEM PhD degrees are both foreign-born *and* graduated from a US university. —> nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/292...
Shutting them out is extremist folly.
35% of *all* employed people in the US with STEM PhD degrees are both foreign-born *and* graduated from a US university. —> nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/292...
Shutting them out is extremist folly.
September 12, 2026 at 11:04 PM
This will devastate our research+innovation capacity, bedrock of the 21st century economy.
35% of *all* employed people in the US with STEM PhD degrees are both foreign-born *and* graduated from a US university. —> nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/292...
Shutting them out is extremist folly.
35% of *all* employed people in the US with STEM PhD degrees are both foreign-born *and* graduated from a US university. —> nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/292...
Shutting them out is extremist folly.
How Spaghetti all'Assassina got its name
(by Rudyard Kipling)
(by Rudyard Kipling)
September 13, 2026 at 7:44 PM
How Spaghetti all'Assassina got its name
(by Rudyard Kipling)
(by Rudyard Kipling)
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The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week.
It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
September 12, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The US President's new proposal to tax international students has been approved by the White House for release this week.
It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
It's an unprecedented $100,000 tax on int'l grads who stay to work after graduation on Optional Practical Training (most grads do), a crucial bridge to remaining by any channel.
They're having discussion about it at OpenAI inspired by a rumor that there were discussions about it going on at Anthropic
September 12, 2026 at 10:53 PM
They're having discussion about it at OpenAI inspired by a rumor that there were discussions about it going on at Anthropic
Real life foxes tho... I'm not sure there is an animal where the gap between reality and our imagination is larger.
September 12, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Real life foxes tho... I'm not sure there is an animal where the gap between reality and our imagination is larger.
It does not seem right that when Anthropic execs tweet about their research having a 10% chance of killing all humans they get a bumper IPO payout, but when I do the same thing I get a referral to the IRB for "additional training"
September 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
It does not seem right that when Anthropic execs tweet about their research having a 10% chance of killing all humans they get a bumper IPO payout, but when I do the same thing I get a referral to the IRB for "additional training"
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DAY 33 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class
How do citizens in autocracies process info about risky political choices & behavior? What's their tolerance for taking risks that can catalyze change? Bryn Rosenfeld will illuminate in her book project
More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/bryn-...
How do citizens in autocracies process info about risky political choices & behavior? What's their tolerance for taking risks that can catalyze change? Bryn Rosenfeld will illuminate in her book project
More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/bryn-...
September 4, 2026 at 5:11 PM
DAY 33 introducing members of the 2026-27 CASBS class
How do citizens in autocracies process info about risky political choices & behavior? What's their tolerance for taking risks that can catalyze change? Bryn Rosenfeld will illuminate in her book project
More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/bryn-...
How do citizens in autocracies process info about risky political choices & behavior? What's their tolerance for taking risks that can catalyze change? Bryn Rosenfeld will illuminate in her book project
More: casbs.stanford.edu/people/bryn-...
I’m on the edge of a very big breakthrough on the study of South African politics but my work is too dangerous so I have decided to step back and not publish anything anymore
(This is not a marketing stunt)
(This is not a marketing stunt)
September 9, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I’m on the edge of a very big breakthrough on the study of South African politics but my work is too dangerous so I have decided to step back and not publish anything anymore
(This is not a marketing stunt)
(This is not a marketing stunt)
I’m riddled with confirmation bias at this point but this is so obviously what’s been going on for a while
September 9, 2026 at 12:03 AM
I’m riddled with confirmation bias at this point but this is so obviously what’s been going on for a while
Who among us had not been inspired by a rumour
September 8, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Who among us had not been inspired by a rumour
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I was lucky enough to be a small part of a truly outstanding APSA panel on Thursday afternoon on "Support for Democratic Norms." I got to learn about work by @annamikk.bsky.social, @erincikanek.bsky.social, and a series of others not on BlueSky. Such smart, careful work on an essential topic. /1
September 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
I was lucky enough to be a small part of a truly outstanding APSA panel on Thursday afternoon on "Support for Democratic Norms." I got to learn about work by @annamikk.bsky.social, @erincikanek.bsky.social, and a series of others not on BlueSky. Such smart, careful work on an essential topic. /1
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Can you hear concealed political dissent in a survey response?
At #APSA2026, I’m presenting joint work with Andrey Tkachenko & Damir Sarsengaliyev using 7,324 Russian telephone interviews from the first months of the invasion of Ukraine.
At #APSA2026, I’m presenting joint work with Andrey Tkachenko & Damir Sarsengaliyev using 7,324 Russian telephone interviews from the first months of the invasion of Ukraine.
September 2, 2026 at 4:59 AM
Can you hear concealed political dissent in a survey response?
At #APSA2026, I’m presenting joint work with Andrey Tkachenko & Damir Sarsengaliyev using 7,324 Russian telephone interviews from the first months of the invasion of Ukraine.
At #APSA2026, I’m presenting joint work with Andrey Tkachenko & Damir Sarsengaliyev using 7,324 Russian telephone interviews from the first months of the invasion of Ukraine.
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Open-rank positions in quantitative methods (indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34175) and IR (indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34176) at Indiana. Deadline for both is 10/1.
September 2, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Open-rank positions in quantitative methods (indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34175) and IR (indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/34176) at Indiana. Deadline for both is 10/1.
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#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social -
Are Voters Myopic or Looking for Improvement? - https://cup.org/4gvG85v
- MARKUS PRIOR & @talbotmandrews.bsky.social
#FirstView
Are Voters Myopic or Looking for Improvement? - https://cup.org/4gvG85v
- MARKUS PRIOR & @talbotmandrews.bsky.social
#FirstView
September 1, 2026 at 10:20 PM
#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social -
Are Voters Myopic or Looking for Improvement? - https://cup.org/4gvG85v
- MARKUS PRIOR & @talbotmandrews.bsky.social
#FirstView
Are Voters Myopic or Looking for Improvement? - https://cup.org/4gvG85v
- MARKUS PRIOR & @talbotmandrews.bsky.social
#FirstView
Anyone from the UK coming to APSA?
August 31, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Anyone from the UK coming to APSA?
Ppl are mocking Duffy here but I'm a single issue voter and the single issue is the stop/start button on your car.
Sean Duffy: "You know the stop/start button on your car? I hate that thing. Thank you Lee Zeldin! He's gotten rid of it and the first cars without the stop/start button are rolling off the line."
August 31, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Ppl are mocking Duffy here but I'm a single issue voter and the single issue is the stop/start button on your car.
Teaching is actually the most important part of the job.
(And I like the implication that any university can stop a social scientist from "doing research" -- you need a pen and piece of paper.)
(And I like the implication that any university can stop a social scientist from "doing research" -- you need a pen and piece of paper.)
Punished with a lighter workload. Savage.
Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research
August 31, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Teaching is actually the most important part of the job.
(And I like the implication that any university can stop a social scientist from "doing research" -- you need a pen and piece of paper.)
(And I like the implication that any university can stop a social scientist from "doing research" -- you need a pen and piece of paper.)
Yes obviously, Guardian. This is *why* most of us listen to podcasts.
August 31, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Yes obviously, Guardian. This is *why* most of us listen to podcasts.
One kind of interesting thing worth remembering is that if all social media suddenly stopped working the world would basically not lose anything of value.
Makes you think
Makes you think
I post here & LinkedIn & X. There is almost no real-world value in posting here, very rarely do people tell me that they read something by me on BlueSky & all of the big AI talk is on X…
…but assuming it isn’t full of threats & insults (way too common) the actual discussion can be really good here
…but assuming it isn’t full of threats & insults (way too common) the actual discussion can be really good here
Let's not shame people on X. People have bills to pay and network effects are powerful.
Instead, encourage and enable "cross posting" to Bluesky like @thdxr.com does
@toni.bsky.team Bluesky PBC should reach out to VIPs on X to offer simple solutions to cross posting, maybe even a free app/service.
Instead, encourage and enable "cross posting" to Bluesky like @thdxr.com does
@toni.bsky.team Bluesky PBC should reach out to VIPs on X to offer simple solutions to cross posting, maybe even a free app/service.
August 31, 2026 at 2:00 PM
One kind of interesting thing worth remembering is that if all social media suddenly stopped working the world would basically not lose anything of value.
Makes you think
Makes you think
Are you, or do you have, a PhD student (or ECS) working on the economics or political economy of Africa or South Africa?
Consider applying for this workshop at Stellenbosch! If selected you get a trip to beautiful South Africa, dedicated feedback on your work, and to network with other great folks.
Consider applying for this workshop at Stellenbosch! If selected you get a trip to beautiful South Africa, dedicated feedback on your work, and to network with other great folks.
August 29, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Are you, or do you have, a PhD student (or ECS) working on the economics or political economy of Africa or South Africa?
Consider applying for this workshop at Stellenbosch! If selected you get a trip to beautiful South Africa, dedicated feedback on your work, and to network with other great folks.
Consider applying for this workshop at Stellenbosch! If selected you get a trip to beautiful South Africa, dedicated feedback on your work, and to network with other great folks.
he rolled the precision-engineered German vacuum cleaner over the kitchen tiles and felt his eyes glass over… “now I am become Boomer, destroyer of worlds”
August 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM
he rolled the precision-engineered German vacuum cleaner over the kitchen tiles and felt his eyes glass over… “now I am become Boomer, destroyer of worlds”