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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 16h

Review so good I had to update the bio. (Rejected)

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naitian @naitian.org · 24/09/2026

If you haven't yet registered for TADA 2026 on October 5th (day before COLM), registration is open to the public! Detailed schedule forthcoming, but lots of fantastic posters and talks. We even have a second half-day of lightning talks scheduled! tada2026.eventbrite.com

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Text as Data 2026

A leading forum for interdisciplinary research on the study of politics, society, and culture through computational analysis of documents.

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

When I first went on the job market, I got offers from the best places & chose Stanford. The joy of that moment was tempered by the vitriol of those convinced I was unworthy of such opportunities. I learned long ago I’ll never convince them I am worthy. What great freedom came from that awareness.

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

epistemic risk machine ™️

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I am delighted to share that I'll be joining the University of California Berkeley School of Information as a Bellwether Postdoctoral Scholar!

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brendan o’connor @brenocon.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

The deadline has been extended to Monday, August 3 --

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

I curated some readings for class on "data tensions" and the list felt worth sharing. Come on a tour of datasets, books, the web, and AI with me... We'll start with this piece on the Google Books project: the hopes, dreams, disasters, and aftermath of building a public library on the internet. 1/n

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Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria

“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”

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Dallas Card @dallascard.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Excellent thread! This also reminds me of David Bamman's work on films as data, which, if I understand correctly, you *are* legally allowed to use for research, as long as you own and retain a physical copy, and as long as you don't enjoy watching it : ) www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...

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Measuring diversity in Hollywood through the large-scale computational analysis of film | PNAS

Movies are a massively popular and influential form of media, but their computational study at scale has largely been off-limits to researchers in ...

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Eugene Vinitsky 🍒 @eugenevinitsky.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Learning was always about balancing the stress of productive struggle with the temptation to just glance at the answer key and the temptation got ratcheted up intensely. Unsurprisingly, this creates challenges for a lot of people!

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Kristina Gligoric @IC2S2 @gligoric.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Attending #IC2S2!! Will be co-organizing a tutorial on Simulating Human Survey Responses with Large Language Models, today at 1.15PM, and presenting on Friday in the Understanding Large Language Models session, 10.45AM. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones!!

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jon ben-menachem @jbenmenachem.com · 28/07/2026

Now that all of my dissertation papers have been accepted, I'm making a thread that puts all the papers in the same place! I interviewed local crime journalists to learn more about how the decline of local news, digital publishing, and changing attitudes towards criminal justice affect their work.

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

There are so many cool research questions but finite time AND its summer. What do?

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

“The strongest case for AI as a normal technology is history.”

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Georg Ahnert @ahnert.eurosky.social · 22/07/2026

Excited to present a tutorial on simulating survey responses with LLMs at @ic2s2.bsky.social next week! ✨ 👉 central themes: analytic flexibility & hybrid samples with @gligoric.bsky.social, @indiiigo.bsky.social, @maximiliankreutner.bsky.social, @jrupprec.bsky.social, and @mstrohm.bsky.social – 🧵

Cover image for our IC2S2 Tutorial titled "An Introduction to Simulation Human Survey Responses with LLMs: Potentials and Pitfalls", happening on Tuesday, July 28 between 1:15pm and 4:30pm. The image features a few of the choices researchers can take when simulating survey responses with LLMs: questionnaire presentation and prompt perturbations, amongst others.

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James Guthrie @jeguth.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

They don't know the men's mile record could fall for the first time in 27 years tomorrow.

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Text as Data conference at Berkeley this October! Spread the word!

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

This sounds like a fantastic postdoc opportunity!

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

This is a big deal. Using ballot level data from Washington State, @scottwallard.bsky.social and I estimated that had SCOTUS ruled the other way, more than 250,000 Washingtonians would be disenfranchised per two-year election cycle

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Passed my dissertation defense this week! 🎉 Big big thanks to my dream team committee for their guidance and support! Sasha Johfre, Tyler McCormick, @sarahquinn.bsky.social, @bstewart.bsky.social, @aylincaliskan.bsky.social

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Having a nice collective effervescence moment at Seattle solstice parade. 🌞

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Seattle monorail with fifa tourists is a vibe

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Mark Igra @markigra.sciences.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/06/2026

This was fun. Thanks to my committee (Kate Stovel, Sarah Quinn and Jelani Ince), my fellow grad students (a really impressive bunch), and UW Sociology for putting up with me all these years.

Me wearing UW PhD getup being hooded by Kate in UNC Blue.

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Yuanxi Li @yuan-xi.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Honored to be selected as a 2025–26 Dean’s Medal recipient in UW’s College of Arts & Sciences, representing the Social Sciences. Grateful to the mentors, faculty, and friends who made this journey possible. 💜💛

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UC Berkeley School of Information @berkeleyischool.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Happy Pride Month! Check out the events coming up this month to celebrate the historical and current contributions of LGBTQ+ people and communities! 💙💛 , the I School bit.ly/4v8xSNL

A person in a mascot costume, wearing a yellow jacket and navy pants, holds a rainbow flag while leading a parade on a city street. The parade features a large crowd of participants and spectators, some of whom also hold rainbow flags. Buildings and a Chase bank are visible in the background.

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

I’m sure many people are working on this but what are the epistemic implications of these services for our study of online communities? Garbage in garbage out is not a new concept but how do we avoid throwing the baby out with the bathwater here?

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

“In 2006, we imagined a social media ecosystem that prioritized strengthening connections through media rather than one that replaced connections with media…”

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Last evening in Germany for a bit. Bratwurst or Döner for dinner?

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Submitted a big thing today 🫠

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

"In a context where the wealth of nations depends increasingly on knowledge and technology, when these goods remain concentrated in the hands of a few, without adequate forms of sharing and access, a new imbalance is created that contradicts the universal destination of goods." From Pope Leo, today.

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Survey response rates are down. The White House cites DoorDash to indicate stable inflation. What is going on with official statistics? In a new preprint, we consider the public and private ways datasets are constructed and explore the implications for state governance. 🧵

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Applications for participation in SICSS-UW are due this week, May 22! We have put together an amazing lineup of speakers - very excited for July! sicss.io/2026/uw/apply

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Summer Institute in Computational Social Science

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I love this framing. We need more epistemic humility in general, but especially where we rely upon proxies for hard-to-measure constructs. It’s nuanced but also it’s not!

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Is reject and resubmit becoming the new revise and resubmit? Or is it just me?

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Brandon Stewart @bstewart.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

1/ New @Nature! We study how powerful institutions shape the information environment for LLMs. Commercial LLM training is opaque, so we trace a path from state-coordinated media -> training data -> model responses.

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Great PAA, nice to see friends and make new ones. Lots of new ideas, too. onward!

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

I’m in St. Louis, excited for #PAA2026. If anyone is keen to go for a run this week, let me know!

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Goblin mode - genAI edition

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Everyone in my cohort have passed MA defenses and I feel so proud and excited to see how our work has changed/adapted/improved since we started together in 2023. A special group and in a wonderful Sociology department. ☺️🎉🥳

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Excited to announce that Tyler McCormick and I are organizing a Summer Institute in Computational Social Science at the University of Washington, with a focus on AI and social science research. July 6-17 We encourage applications from PhD students, postdocs, and junior faculty: sicss.io/2026/uw/

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

At #PAA2026, visit booth 409 to see what Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) @mpidr.bsky.social is up to.

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Exhibitor List - PAA 2026 Annual Meeting

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Julia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 14/04/2026

Post Doc at Uni Tübingen! 100% position for 3 (+3) years; they're looking for somebody to analyze large-scale longitudinal datasets in education research. Expertise in machine learning is an advantage, commitment to research transparency desirable 😌 proficiency in German beneficial but not required

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow (100%, E 13 TV-L)

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Adam Visokay @avisokay.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Olympic Sport 🤝 Academia Workshop for a reconciled humanity

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UC Berkeley School of Information @berkeleyischool.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Join us for a Bellwether Lecture tomorrow! 🔔 University of Michigan School of Information Assistant Prof. azjacobs.bsky.social will discuss structure, governance, and inequality in sociotechnical systems & hidden assumptions in machine learning. 📅 April 8, 12:10-1:30 pm 📍 210 South Hall & Online

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