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Anna S. Mueller

@annamueller.bsky.social
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Sociologist & professor who studies youth suicide, schools, medicine & her cats. Co-Author: Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide & What to Do About Them. Swellesley Alum. Views my own.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
I have seven invitations from student groups to talk about A.I. They know what I think about A.I. That's why they asked me. They aren't feeling it, y'all.
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Seth Abrutyn @sethabrutyn.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
If you are about to teach classical sociological theory, I wrote something many moons ago that might help you think about the why, how, and what. To be honest, nearly a decade later I am still chewing on this issue, unsure of what the "right" choice is sethabrutyn.com/2019/09/20/t...
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The Pedagogical Dead-End Known as “Classical” Sociological Theory
This is the first in a series of (increasingly more practical) posts about teaching classical theory; or, perhaps, not teaching it. I have written about  this elsewhere, recently tweeted a thr…
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Anna S. Mueller @annamueller.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Dwanna was a formidable scholar and sociologist. I am so sorry that canceled flights keep me from attending 😔
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Indigenous Peoples and Native Nations (ASA) @ipnn-asa.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
See you this sunday :)
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IU Sociology @iusociology.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Congrats to Dr. Brea Perry for receiving the 2026 Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health! @ASA Section on Mental Health #ASA2026
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IU Sociology @iusociology.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
IU Sociology Presentations for Saturday, August 8, 2026! #ASA2026 @asanews.bsky.social
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 01/08/2026
"An estimated 26,000 children who entered the U.S. without parents or guardians are expected to be left without independent legal representation as soon as Monday, according to lawyers who help represent them." www.npr.org/2026/08/01/n...
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More than 25,000 children lose previous legal protections, as federal contract ends
Thousands of unaccompanied immigrant children are set to lose legal representation. The federal contract that pays for legal access expired Friday.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 22/06/2026
Looking further out, all the other current tornado warnings are storms that will stay south of us. It'll be really hard for any of the cells west of us to strengthen much, now that we have all this rain cooled air. Will watch, but not expecting them to do much. Moderate & flooding rain continues.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 22/06/2026
If I hear the sirens going off again right now (7:39 pm -- my music is turned up, as usual when focusing on weather!), I will only say that the area of rotation is within 1 or 2 miles of being out of the county. There is no tornado risk anywhere else in Monroe Co right now.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 22/06/2026
Sirens will now start sounding in Monroe County, but the tornado warning in question does not include Bloomington. It is for a storm that will scrape the far northern section of the county. This particular area of rotation is not for Bloomington.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 21/06/2026
Heads up for this evening Bloomington: "A tornado watch will be needed soon" says the Storm Prediction Center. We'll see what these storms look like in another half hour or so. ETA after about 7 pm.
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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I love this. Unmute.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 18/06/2026
There has been one confirmed tornado on the storm that's now approaching Terre Haute, which looks like it's the storm that would head toward Bloomington eventually (after 9:30, maybe closer to 10). That is a **long** time for a storm to have to maintain its structure & character. Wait and see.
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Seth Abrutyn @sethabrutyn.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Sometimes doing the work is really worth it. Our work on #suicide, #suicideprevention, and #lgbtq youth found its way into this important resource. A prideful public #sociology moment. @annamueller.bsky.social afsp.org/story/new-pu...
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New Public Resource for LGBTQ+ Suicide Prevention Launched this Pride Month
This LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP), the largest private funder of suicide prevention research, is hosting its first national public presentations of Pride P...
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
You could just read scholarship before you cite it and only coauthor pieces with other people who do the same.
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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 14/05/2026
Two new facts stand out: 1. 85% of hallucinated citations in preprints are also in the subsequent journal version (thanks, peer review!) 2. Fake cites more likely to use the names of (male) scholars who are already highly cited, creating a fake-citation Matthew effect. arxiv.org/abs/2605.07723
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LLM hallucinations in the wild: Large-scale evidence from non-existent citations
Large language models (LLMs) are known to generate plausible but false information across a wide range of contexts, yet the real-world magnitude and consequences of this hallucination problem remain p...
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 28/04/2026
By the time you see this, the broad area of rotation will have crossed I 69 and be over the northern side of Bloomington. Stay in your safe place for a little while longer.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 28/04/2026
If you are in Clear Creek, you are OK. If you are anywhere in the northern half of Bloomington, you need to be in a safe place now, for about 10 minutes.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 28/04/2026
It is possible that this rotation will pass very close to Bloomington. This is a “step into the hall closet or bathroom for a few minutes” not a “must get in a bank vault” kind of tornado warning.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
This is so vital. AI — like the internet — benefits when we refuse to consider its materiality.
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 19/03/2026
Turning off notifications is the first thing I do when I get a new phone (or a new app). I've even been known to turn off the notifications on other people's devices, too : )
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 18/03/2026
“The detector analyzes articles from multiple news publishers daily and categorizes them based on their political affiliation.”
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Penn lab uses AI models to track political biases across news publications
The platform analyzes articles from multiple news publishers daily and categorizes them based on their political affiliation.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 20/02/2026
If you are in Clear Creek this tornado is going to miss you. It is moving toward Bloomington, not you.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 20/02/2026
I see it on radar now. Tornado on the ground, west side of town. Bloomington, safe place, now.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 19/02/2026
Area of rotation with the most likely chance of tornado is now entering Monroe County. Bloomington, you have only 2-3 minutes remaining to get everyone to your safe place. Ellettsville, no tornado for you.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 19/02/2026
No tornado on the ground at the moment, but radar presentation still appears strong. South side of Bloomington, to Clear Creek, in the biggest risk area.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 19/02/2026
This storm is a heavy rain & hail (up to ping pong ball size) producer, you will likely not be able to see a tornado coming. Do not try to do that.
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Cody Kirkpatrick @cody.im · 19/02/2026
This tornado warning includes Bloomington, so you should take the safety precautions you normally take. The most dangerous side of the storm is the southern side -- greatest tornado risk should be downtown southward to Clear Creek.
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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷 Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social Details here (please RT) www.shorturl.at/E57le
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
So if you're a family evicted from your apartment, or a mother fleeing domestic violence with her children, or someone unhoused trying to get off the street or out of their car for a night... you're not allowed to stay at these Asheville hotels. Just unabashed discrimination.
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans. 🧵 1 of 9
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Anna S. Mueller @annamueller.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Happy October 3rd to all who celebrate
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Anna S. Mueller @annamueller.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Very excited for the opportunity to give a keynote titled Harnessing Community Engagement to Solve Common Methodological Challenges in Social Science Research at the annual @iaphs.bsky.social meetings! Join us if you can!
A ppt slide w the title of Anna’s talk. The background is a bus driving in a desert sunset.
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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 22/08/2025
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
Why should I write better when a machine can do it for me?
Because actually no one can do it for you, because your voice is unique among all the people on earth. Siri never petted a horse's neck. Alexa has never been ghosted by the captain of the football team. But you have lived, your heart is beating, you have suffered, and you have something important to say. It's a human's job, to use words, and whatever job you give to a machine, that part of your brain goes dark. Maybe it's worth it when it comes to remembering phone numbers and directions, but when that part of your brain that uses words goes dark, that's a vast area that's very close to your soul. Don't let some internet platform convince you that what you have to say and create isn't worthwhile. Words are the echo of your soul. Honing that echo matters.
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Christiaan Monden @cmonden.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements This is a big deal
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AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION
Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations


Statement from the American Economic Association on the
Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner

Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today.
The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day.
Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias.
The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity.
Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions.
We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure.

Lawrence Katz
President, American Economic Association
Katharine Abraham
President-Elect, American Economic Association
Karen Dynan
Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics
Kenneth Troske
Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations
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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Tragedies are political. Not bc we want to score points against "the other side" but bc we want to improve the conditions that contributed to those tragedies and prevent future death and destruction. Doesn't matter if it's a school shooting, a pandemic, a wildfire, or a flash flood.
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Anna S. Mueller @annamueller.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
My supervisor is really taking her role seriously today. I swear I am on task…but maybe it’s not the task she wants.
A grey and white tuxedo cat with one ear stares intently at Anna while sitting on her desk. A grey and white tuxedo cat with one ear stares intently at Anna from underneath her computer monitor. A grey and white tuxedo cat with one ear stares intently at Anna from between her two computer monitors.
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Anna S. Mueller @annamueller.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Yesterday was the last day of my sabbatical 😭 …but today is Day 1 of full professor hood 🥳
Anna smiling on a beach in sunglasses and a hat
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Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions @jhucgvs.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Firearm suicides reached record highs for the third straight year in 2023—accounting for 58% of all gun deaths in the U.S. Our new report breaks down the data and the urgent need for action. 🔗 Read the news release: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/new-rep...
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New Report Highlights U.S. 2023 Gun Deaths: Suicide by Firearm at Record Levels for Third Straight Year | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Report analyzing CDC data finds that 58% of total firearm fatalities in 2023 were suicides; suicides have accounted for majority of firearm deaths every year since 1995
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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 18/06/2025
Today, lenacapavir was approved by the FDA as a twice yearly preventive shot! Here's how we got here:
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Anna S. Mueller @annamueller.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Sofía and Chaska hope your Sunday evening involves lounging peacefully in a fading sun beam
Two grey cats curled up in a sun beam. They are not touching but are holding a similar pose.
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Anna S. Mueller @annamueller.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Sofía wishes everyone a happy Caturday
A grey and white tuxedo cat sternly staring at the camera while wearing a cone (of shame) covered in planets and stars. She looks both stern and adorable.
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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Has everyone seen @nedasoc.bsky.social 's paper thread game? 👇 Because she has raised. the. bar. (Important, and sobering, paper too)
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Helen Branswell 🇨🇦 @helenbranswell.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses. In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Fair.
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Ed Hawkins @edhawkins.org · 27/05/2025
The popular story behind one of the most famous maps ever drawn is (partly) a myth www.maps.com/snow-mistake...
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Snow Mistake: Correcting Myths in the Mapping of Cholera
What if the famous map of Broad Street played no role in determining how cholera spread? Or if John Snow didn't make the storied map?
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