Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1hColleagues - we need to fix this. Journals already face a flood of low-quality manuscripts and struggle to recruit reviewers. We have the tools to avoid sending out articles in which authors make serious mistakes, misrepresent their actions, or use AI for writing in inappropriate ways. 2180
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1h"Trump’s club would continue to operate under the Trump family company and likely benefit from more business if it becomes a site of long-lasting presidential importance." 4346
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1hLiterally making people use the term on public radio 5428
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1hOne of the most important climate change risks: a slowdown or collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), which would transform Europe as we know it 0208
Reposted by Brendan NyhanNPR @npr.org · 4hResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALan.prOver 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwideResearchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. 481149687
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 11hHe didn't do that, it's a mess but no www.factcheck.org/2026/10/the-...factcheck.orgThe Context for Trump's 'Take Out' Los Angeles, San Diego Remarks - FactCheck.orgPresident Donald Trump’s remarks about the possibility that Iran could “take out” Los Angeles and San Diego have sparked a firestorm of criticism, with Democrats claiming the president was either call... 17254
Reposted by Brendan NyhanGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 17hCook Political Report just shifted the Kansas Senate race from Lean Republican to Toss Up. Trump won Kansas by 16 points, 57-41. Hard to know what to make of this, but it sure looks as if there are now many paths to a Dem majority. 1246484
Reposted by Brendan NyhanAnton Strezhnev @astrezh.bsky.social · 14hAt least no mathematician has ever had an extreme reaction to the rapid development of technology. 13649112
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12hIn an authoritarian regime, people publicly debase themselves to signal loyalty to the ruler 517233
Reposted by Brendan NyhanJesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 12hIf we have some kind of financial crisis, we’re going to be in deep shit www.wsj.com/politics/pol... 31458120
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12hTheir defense is that the acceptance rate is just over 50%! For what used to be an extremely selective position. 3302
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12hThe wreckage of the DOJ civil rights division www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/u... 35830
Reposted by Brendan NyhanStella Rouse @stellarouse.bsky.social · 12hOne surprising thing from the Trump era is the level of cowardness and capitulation exhibited by institutions of power. Even in the face of evidence that pushback works and that the law is on their side, they continue to fall in line. It's a stain that will be hard to erase from history. 714347
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12hI agree, but this is in a case where the company is suing. Actually an important instance of resistance. 140
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12hTime for the truth and reconciliation committees for past academic research. It's full of errors. If we're doing science, we should find out and correct the record. 2171
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12hOh sorry, I ran out of characters. Had at least one of those three problems. 61%! 090
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 13hMy last 18 reviews of first-round manuscripts: -All 6 preregistered studies had undisclosed deviations -9 of 18 had notable technical errors -Last two were heavily AI-written 11 of 18 had one Editors: We need to stop wasting reviewer time. Email me - my coauthors and I can help you fix this! 1445
Reposted by Brendan NyhanMatt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Like national race forecasters, analysts of state legislative races are relatively timid in seeing opportunities for wave election pickups. But if the generic ballot shifts 12 points, with both differential partisan turnout & a large swing, it suggests many unexpected pickups 24110
Reposted by Brendan NyhanDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 20hOne thing about Copenhagen is that there's tons of dense housing but you *never* find it fronting a busy road with cars racing past, which describes about 90% of the apartments in the US. They manage to make it feel tucked away, private, cozy. (These are all from Sluseholmen, my dream neighborhood.) 391314134
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21hWhat would you say if you saw it in another country? "If the fence proposal is implemented, it could limit the public’s access to an open space that has allowed people to practice free speech at the doorstep of the country’s highest seat of power." 55320
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Things that are totally normal - and shouldn't be! - in 2026 2387
Reposted by Brendan NyhanDartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Professors @brendannyhan.bsky.social and Jeffrey Friedman offer strategies for countering AI and restoring confidence in the integrity of writing assignments. “Removing such assignments from undergraduate curricula would, we believe, significantly erode the value of higher education,” they say.chronicle.comHow to Assign Research Papers AgainThree ways to counter AI and restore confidence in the integrity of student writing. 01910
Reposted by Brendan NyhanMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Congrats again to the New York Times on its long form journalism 1439463
Reposted by Brendan NyhanJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 06/10/2026Lots of talk since 2024 among certain consultants about how the Electoral College gets hopeless for Dems after 2030 when the "blue wall" Midwest states no longer have enough votes to deliver an EC majority. But all EC bias predictions depend on Texas being a close but dependable Republican state. 1415019
Reposted by Brendan NyhanWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Just because the abuser stops hitting you for a minute doesn’t mean he’s not an abuser. 216031
Reposted by Brendan NyhanWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Isn’t this guy our Vice President’s favorite public intellectual? I mean, I understand this isn’t Hasan Piker-level antisemitism, but “I openly endorse the views of the guy openly endorsing Hitler” seems like it merits, I dunno, a newspaper story or something 2153976
Reposted by Brendan NyhanDeborah Pearlstein @debpearlstein.bsky.social · 06/10/2026How nice for them. Next question: which act of Congress authorized this expenditure of federal funds? Quaint it may be, but our constitution forbids drawing funds from the treasury except pursuant to acts of congress. 16528155
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Nothing to worry about, just the attorney general of Texas and a possible future U.S. senator engaging in a conspiracy-fueled crackdown on pediatricians administering life-saving vaccines to vulnerable children www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/h...nytimes.comTexas Pediatricians Face Paxton Investigations for Vaccinating Children (Gift Article)Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation. 59745
Reposted by Brendan NyhanGreg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 05/10/2026We live in a time when one political movement uses the role of government spokesperson as an audition to join the privatized ministry of propaganda. 0377
Reposted by Brendan NyhanStephen Judkins @stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It's pretty funny to say this right now, when the world's dictators and aspiring dictators are demonstrating their extreme non-benevolence and commensurate inefficiency. Was invading Ukraine efficient? Were the gulf princelings cheerleading the disastrous Iran war efficient? 1115738
Reposted by Brendan NyhanMurshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 05/10/2026when I read through history I often wonder how could human beings be so cruel, unkind - and utterly devoid of basic humanity. And then I get real time reminders like this. ↘️ 68519
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I'm not saying it's good PR. Just saying that the statement itself is not what's objectionable. 370
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026To be clear, the statement itself is anodyne - every new tech has downsides. More than 35,000 Americans die in car accidents annually! We literally "accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology and people having agency." Obviously it depends on what the "bad things" are! 3213624
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In the mail: The Fog of Accountability by the excellent @jdbk.bsky.social on how "urban politics is defined by minimally effective competition, complex institutions that confuse voters, and a lack of effective media coverage" 1113
Reposted by Brendan NyhanKathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 05/10/2026“The contagion, officially declared vanquished by vaccination, ripped through the Miller family over the summer, sickening six of the seven children and their mother. It skipped only their father, Marvin Miller, and one daughter, Mary Ann. Both had been vaccinated.”nytimes.comMeasles Outbreak in Amish Country Forces Some to Rethink VaccinesThe spread of measles in Pennsylvania and Ohio is largely affecting Amish communities where vaccinations levels are low. 124882
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Listening to experts can be good. Sometimes they know things. 54212
Reposted by Brendan NyhanPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026so: Iran forces US retreat from UK? www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u...nytimes.comU.S. Rushes to Withdraw Bombers From U.K. Air Base After New ThreatsThe withdrawal came with unusual speed, following what U.S. officials said were threats of an Iran-based plot against the installation. 34322113
Reposted by Brendan NyhanJonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Yeah, this is good. People should realize that survey research folks try hard to learn from what happens in each cycle - and then on top of that polling methods have been changing a fair amount. So while some errors will happen, they're not especially likely to be the *same* errors. 522637
Reposted by Brendan NyhanSpooky Back From The Dead Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This has been on my feed all day so I'm going to give it as fair as treatment as I can. Prof. Wolfers is well meaning & I get the intuition, but he's speaking outside his area of expertise and he's just wrong. Having lunch with someone you disagree with isn't going to "cure ideological bias." 🧵 1421969
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Devastating. Charlatans who prey on people who are desperate and vulnerable. 1327
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026and I mean it's worse than that in terms of the parallels 040
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Fair. There are baby bond ideas I like. I just question the timing given the larger context. 100
Reposted by Brendan NyhanAudrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It is hate, vicious insecurity, and disdain for difference all the way down with the American far-right, just like with any far-right movement. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...theatlantic.comThe Mainstreaming of Anti-Indian BigotryA Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits. 32510
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I mean, these are not the same. the visual resemblance to the Reichstag is hard to escape. 77717
Reposted by Brendan NyhanStephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 04/10/2026New York Times/Siena polls find Dems gaining the governors offices in Alaska, Iowa, Texas, and Ohio. That would give Dems control over election admin in Alaska and Texas. It’s a sign that Dems could also win for secretary of state in Iowa and Ohio in this environment www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/u... 925060
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Literally dumping money out the door. Other examples: A friend just got a letter about the "Trump account" for his kid. And he's (not credibly) promising $5k to Americans if he wins. 4389