Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is genius. I wish we had something even remotely like Radio 1 in the US. 010
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I am not an alt country guy, but Bitin’ List by Tyler Childers is just an incredible hater song. A+open.spotify.comBitin' ListTyler Childers · Snipe Hunter · Song · 2025 020
Reposted by Andrew MercerAnn Leckie @annleckie.com · 25/09/2026Y'all know there's a new book by Yoon Ha Lee coming soon, right?? www.simonandschuster.com/books/Code-a...simonandschuster.comCode and CodexThree-time Hugo Award finalist Yoon Ha Lee returns to science fiction with a swashbuckling space opera fighting against an evil empire trying to er... 1519153
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Meanwhile, my average is about 35 years and rising. 081
Reposted by Andrew MercerAstronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans @astroroyalscot.bsky.social · 20/09/2026NASA picture of the day today is a real 🏴beauty! This is a composite image of the ~5000yo Callanish Stones on the Isle of Lewis. The amazing Giuseppe Petricca has only gone and photographed the Sun at noon there, every few days, for a whole year. #Dedication 🔭🧪👌 ℹ️: science.nasa.gov/image-articl... 6744241397
Reposted by Andrew MercerAndrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Also, let’s bring back big ass jnco jeans. 121
Reposted by Andrew MercerPollcat, AKA Scott Keeter @pollcat.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Almost 70% of national polls in 2024 were weighted on party affiliation or past vote. This kind of political weighting is controversial. But evidence shows it has made polls modestly more accurate. New report: how it works, how we do it and its limits: www.pewresearch.org/methods/2026...pewresearch.orgWeighting Polls on Party Affiliation and Past VoteThis report explains how political weighting works, how Pew Research Center does it, and some of its limitations. 21413
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026We just finished watching Paper Girls on prime. Such a good and fun show! It’s a travesty that it got cancelled after one season. 130
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 08/09/2026How, in 2026, can an app have a list of states and US territories, but be missing DC? 140
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 07/09/2026What are your favorite high energy, disco bangers? Along the lines of Knock on Wood, Don’t leave me this way, Staying alive, etc… 631
Reposted by Andrew Mercertweety fish oh wow like a chimera or something spoooky @sifu.tweety.fish · 06/09/2026that was a really pleasing moment to not follow college football at all. sorry for your loss, everybody! 051
Reposted by Andrew MercerVincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Big news! 🎉 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚐𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚜 1.0.0 for #Rstats is out. It’s a big number and it feels like a big step. I wrote a blog on the challenges of interpreting statistical models, SPEED, cool new features, the future, and a 5 year package development and writing odyssey. arelbundock.com/posts/margin... 1642199
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I have never been to APSA, but reading about it on here it seems like you all dress up very fancy for it. 140
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Autocorrect has gone insane lately. Just converted baby yoda into baby toad. Also earlier today it changed filename.sav into filename.Sad… Ok, maybe there’s something to that second one. 190
Reposted by Andrew MercerSanjay Srivastava @sanjaysrivastava.com · 03/09/2026Nothing, absolutely nothing, says your nodes need to be circles 57720
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Most people will remember him for his movies, but my favorite Tim Curry performance might actually be the Abhorsen trilogy by @garthnix.bsky.social. His narration on the audiobooks elevated what was already an incredible series of books. 140
Reposted by Andrew MercerBen Bolker @bbolker.bsky.social · 23/08/2026One of my important roles as a senior academic: telling/reminding super-smart junior people that (1) they may soon have the novel experience of not being the smartest one in the room; (2) when they *are* the smartest one in the room, they should still try not to be jerks 527920
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Pro tip: the burrito taxi is not a very good Mexican Pizza taxi. 020
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026So I decided to give Reacher a try. I’ve gotta say, two episodes in, it seems pretty meh. Does it get better? Or is this just not for me? 440
Reposted by Andrew MercerAmerican Association for Public Opinion Research @aapor.bsky.social · 19/08/2026AAPOR has released a statement strongly condemning the fabrication of data in any #Polling or #PublicOpinionResearch following reports that an organization produced and distributed fake polling data as part of a “short-term social experiment": aapor.org?p=8271aapor.orgAAPOR Responds to Fabricated Polling Data - AAPORAn organization produced fake polls as part of a short-term social experiment. AAPOR condemns the fabrication of data in any polling or public opinion research. 0910
Reposted by Andrew MercerPew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 19/08/2026For the first time, a majority of adults under 30 say they’re more concerned than excited about #AI. Their concern is now on par with those in their 30s and 40s, and those 65 and up. 526374
Reposted by Andrew MercerDrew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle. Deadline Oct. 21. www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrantrapoportfamilyfoundation.comRapoport Doctoral Dissertation GrantsSupporting projects for PhD students doing political science research, democracy and social justice. 17790
Reposted by Andrew MercerBrandy Jensen @brandyjensen.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Literally yes 6359011051
Reposted by Andrew MercerBen Rosen @benrosen.bsky.social · 05/08/2026i know votes are still being counted but the more i look at this michigan senate map the more it becomes clear that it kind of looks like a mitten 685147533
Reposted by Andrew MercerAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026If you post survey data, news articles, etc. without a link back to the source whenever possible, you are weakening the informational chain of custody and making it harder for other people to confirm that they're seeing accurate information. This holds even if you're mad at whatever it is. 13621120
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Half way through the last season of Succession and I just hate all of these mfers. Literally every character on the show. 4211
Reposted by Andrew MercerPew Research Center @pewresearch.org · 06/07/2026Lawmakers in the U.S. represent more people than in almost any other country. Each of the 435 voting members of the U.S. House of Representatives represents about 802,000 people. The median representation ratio among 106 democracies was about 31,000 people per lawmaker. #USDemocracy 912561
Reposted by Andrew MercerJohn Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 06/07/2026"Washington, D.C., is the only national capital of any democracy whose residents have no voting representation in the national legislature."pewresearch.org8 ways that U.S.-style democracy stands out globallyAs the U.S. celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence this year, here are eight ways its political system stands apart from the world's other 105 democracies. 512248
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Are images failing to load on mobile for anyone else or is it just me? 590
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Two episodes in, Something Very Bad Will Happen has been surprisingly good. Very creepy. 000
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Outside it is approximately the surface temperature of the sun, but inside my office I'm losing circulation in my fingers and need to wear a fleece. Thinking about getting my space heater. 060
Reposted by Andrew MercerRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 28/06/2026you ever seen somebody so good at what they do that his opponents were chanting his name and carrying him off the stage afterwards 171183254
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I had missed this piece from a few weeks ago, but wow this is one striking graph! Line go up! www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/... 023
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Watching From Season 4 and this show still doesn’t make any damn sense. 000
Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I came late to the whole Dungeon Crawler Carl thing, and after listening to the first audiobook, I thought it was fun but didn't really see what all the fuss was about. Two weeks later, I'm half way through book 6 and considering getting a Desperado Club tattoo. #princessposse 120
Reposted by Andrew MercerScott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social · 17/06/2026CNN repeated a question from a 1997 Washington Post-Kaiser Family Foundation-Harvard poll about returning to 1950s gender roles. Fascinating results, discuss -> www.cnn.com/2026/06/17/p... 33421