Reposted by flavien ganterLiz Haswell @ehaswell.bsky.social · 14/10/2026This was an incredible episode!!! For all scientists who love solving problems just to solve them, for anyone who fears for our students and our future-- 031 0
Reposted by flavien ganterAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Amazing photo in New York Times of Gen Z protests in India. 7296116 0
Reposted by flavien ganterBenjamin @benjaminschneider.ch · 30/09/2026Werner Herzog will be the last human being whose next word no language model can predict 9573146 0
Reposted by flavien ganterundercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 08/09/2026So mathematicians are having their Arrow-Debreu-Mckenzie moment (and drama!) for fluid movement. Fascinating cims.nyu.edu/~tristanb/st...cims.nyu.edu 2157 0
Reposted by flavien ganterBenjamin (Prae) @prae.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Désolé, j'ai beau avoir des décennies en postproduction & projection, je ne comprends toujours pas pourquoi la frame filmée IMAX ne peut pas rentrer dans un DCP FULL_FRAME (normes SMPTE/DCI). Certes, on aura des bandes noires sur les côtés mais franchement, faire du crop dans un film au cinéma… 62712 0
Reposted by flavien ganterOlivier Vokoban @vokoban.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Je vais aller voir Dry Leaf dans un cinéma IMAX et regarder L'Odyssée sur mon téléphone. 051 0
Reposted by flavien ganterpeej @peej.hahabean.maison · 08/07/2026I thought people were sharing this chart bc it looks like Godzilla 121 0
Reposted by flavien ganterTamoor Hussain @tamoorh.com · 03/07/2026Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them 764259637156 0
Reposted by flavien ganterThe Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · 23/06/2026The confirmed programme of the lecture series on Foundations and Frontiers of Analytical Sociology is now available online. The lectures will take place between September 2 and December 11, 2026. Please find the full programme, and short bios of the lecturers here: liu.se/en/news-item...liu.seWorld-leading researchers to headline new lecture series in analytical sociologySome of the world's most influential researchers in analytical sociology, network science, and computational social science will visit Linköping University this autumn as part of a new international l... 0812 0
Reposted by flavien ganterdr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 14/06/2026Last image from tonight (short film in the morning): this brother out here with his Singer sewing machine, gifting people a custom embroidery on their jerseys and hats with the name and the date, was more artistic than anything at Burning Man and ad gorgeous as a Caravaggio. Magic! Goodnight. 210284675682 0
flavien ganter @flavienganter.com · 09/06/20262032 et 2037 arrivent rapidement ; il a simplement voulu faire d’une pierre deux (trois) coups 010 0
Reposted by flavien ganterDenali @denali.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I really enjoy EB White's take on New York and New Yorkers. 833653735 0
Reposted by flavien ganterÉtienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026✨ We are hiring @crestumr.bsky.social ✨ Post-doc position, up to 3 years, in a Horizon project. Profile: at the intersection of NLP & Social Sciences. More information here: shorturl.at/TxDLN 🥰 RT appreciated 🥰shorturl.atPost-doctoral Position: Computational Analysis of Judicial Decisions (CREST/CNRS-Ecole polytechnique) – CSS @ IP-ParisSite web de l'axe sciences sociales computationnelles du CREST-CNRS. Cours et tutoriels pour l'analyse des données numériques en sciences sociales. 04149 0
Reposted by flavien ganterVincent Tiberj @vtiberj.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Trajectoires et origines c’est 27 000 répondants, des immigrés, des descendants d’immigrés, des natifs de natifs, des ultramarins, un questionnaire de plus d’une heure en moyenne, C’est aussi un livre avec 35 auteurs. Surtout il est dispo en libre accès ici : books.openedition.org/ined/26527 5213112 0
Reposted by flavien ganterPatrick Präg @ppraeg.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Bad news for capricorns: they earn less than other zodiac signs Good news for capricorns: it's not due to their zodiac sign 24516 0
flavien ganter @flavienganter.com · 10/05/2026Je confirme ! Ça m’est arrivé quand j’étais gosse et ça reste toujours un souvenir de vacances marquant de mon enfance 020 0
Reposted by flavien ganterMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 29/04/2026This is perhaps the most significant Supreme Court race-related decision in modern history. While people will focus on Congress, this decision will dismantle thousands of districts electing representatives of minority communities at the state and local levels 111289422 0
flavien ganter @flavienganter.com · 22/04/2026Relevant for sociologists too. A nice complement to the Lundberg et al. “define your estimand” approach, focusing on practical implementation—which, in my experience, is often where people become hesitant 191 0
Reposted by flavien ganterScott McGrath @smcgrath.phd · 29/03/2026Not to diminish people's concerns about AI, but I think academics should understand how to use Claude Code. Even if you decide not to use it yourself, your peers will likely try it, and PhD students already are using it. This is an excellent starting point for that journey. #AcademicSky 1223 0
Reposted by flavien ganterRichard Gadsden @po8crg.gadsden.online · 19/03/2026The art to what Mamdani does is that he doesn't assume you know anything of the story he's telling. But he also doesn't assume you don't know. He tells it in a way that is a compelling retelling to those that know and a compelling first telling to those that don't. (hint: this is very hard) 5431100 0
Reposted by flavien ganterRichard McElreath 🐈⬛ @rmcelreath.bsky.social · 05/03/2026🎶Voulez-vous apprendre les statistiques avec moi ce soir?🎶 3101 0
Reposted by flavien ganterPoetics (Journal) @poeticsjournal.bsky.social · 24/02/2026Mapping symbolic ties in U.S. sociology: Evidence from doctoral dissertation vocabularies February 2026 Volume 114 Alex Xiaoqin Yan, Honglin Bao, Tom R. Leppard, Andrew P. Davis Read here. 022 0
Reposted by flavien ganterHélène Rey @helene-rey.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Important paper on X algorithm effect on political views. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 085 0
Reposted by flavien ganterZachary Levenson @grundrza.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Yesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions: 17928371614 0
Reposted by flavien ganterThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 18/02/2026The greatness of Frederick Wiseman’s work “isn’t only in its documentation of extraordinary events but in the fervor with which Wiseman himself experiences them.” @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social writes about the filmmaker, who died yesterday, at the age of 96. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/yJttWLnewyorkermag.visitlink.meWhy Frederick Wiseman Was the Greatest Documentary Filmmaker EverIn nearly sixty years of nonfiction filmmaking, Wiseman passionately probed the nodal points of political and social power and connected them in a cinematic universe of his own. 26122 0
flavien ganter @flavienganter.com · 12/02/2026Ce n’est pas celui qui a récompensé Granovetter, mais le Kohli Prize for Sociology a plus ou moins cette ambition. Premiers lauréats : Esping-Andersen, Lamont et Bearman kohlifoundation.eu/program-the-...kohlifoundation.euProgram – The Kohli Prize for Sociology – Kohli Foundation 231 0
Reposted by flavien ganterTheo Sanderson @theo.io · 08/02/2026I made a map of 3.4 million Bluesky users - see if you can find yourself! bluesky-map.theo.io I've seen some similar projects, but IMO this seems to better capture some of the fine-grained detailbluesky-map.theo.ioBluesky MapInteractive map of 3.4 million Bluesky users, visualised by their follower pattern. 66472482151 0
flavien ganter @flavienganter.com · 07/02/2026I personally do it because I’m always curious about who is in people’s network, and it gives a sense of the intellectual context in which the research was produced, beyond what appears in the literature review 010 0
Reposted by flavien ganterDavis Bickford @davis.social · 16/01/2026David Lynch passed a year ago today. I hope we all can absorb just a little bit of the energy he put out in his lifetime. 462351647 0
Reposted by flavien ganterVicente Valentim @valentimvicente.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Apologies for being self-referential but 1126084 0
Reposted by flavien ganterFlorian Etcheverry @lordofnoyze.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Ayé c'est officiel : tout #TwinPeaks pour la gratuité à la demande du 8 janvier au 19 décembre 2026 sur @artefr.bsky.social . Avec The Return pour la première fois diffusé sans nécessité d'abonnement. Quand même la classe internationale ce plan. 15356202 0
Reposted by flavien ganterCamden @camden.opalgames.fr · 25/12/2025Wikipédia à 2 h du mat', je fais toujours mes meilleures trouvailles : fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livrais...fr.wikipedia.orgLivraison d'enfants par la poste aux États-Unis de 1913 à 1920 — Wikipédia 53815 0
Reposted by flavien ganterI support Somali-Americans @adamrothman.bsky.social · 24/12/2025 “Like Prime, but with human beings.” 1802031716 0
Reposted by flavien ganterAnna Grzymala-Busse @annagbusse.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Just in time for Christmas: a great interview with an absolute legend. Theda Skocpol and Edwin Amenta on her career, US politics, the erosion of democracy, and most of all, what to do about it. sociologica.unibo.it/article/view...sociologica.unibo.it View of Theda Skocpol in Conversation with Edwin Amenta on Sociology, Political Science, Higher Education, and U.S. Politics | Sociologica 216956 0
Reposted by flavien ganterDr Miranda Fay Thomas (they/she) @drmirandafay.bsky.social · 18/12/2025People who aspire to be academics: I wish to live a life of the mind Actual academics: 231518375 0
Reposted by flavien ganterThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 13/12/2025Nicolas Sarkozy, France’s former President, took his 20 days of incarceration seriously. He seems to be the only one who did. 9404157 0
Reposted by flavien ganterJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Name assimilation increases immigrants' earnings A LOT. osf.io/preprints/so... 06926 0
Reposted by flavien ganterPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 28/11/2025A thread of directed acyclic graphs (DAGs) that look like record covers... because that's EXACTLY what the world needs 1. Huey Lewis and the News: link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... 11325110 0
Reposted by flavien ganterSusan Athey @susanathey.bsky.social · 23/11/2025ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains. 28024 0
Reposted by flavien gantersadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 21/11/2025TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that? We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to 5893061780 0
Reposted by flavien ganterJosh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social · 18/11/2025new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research 38769390 0
Reposted by flavien ganterMarianne Blanchard @mblanchard.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Texte salutaire de F.Héran( 💜 sur lui) sur l'annulation du congrès sur la Palestine au Collège de France "les partis pris d’un hebdomadaire bien connu pour son traitement rigoureux des faits ont plus de légitimité qu’un professeur occupant sa chaire depuis 22 ans" blogs.mediapart.fr/francois-her...blogs.mediapart.frPalestine au Collège de France : la protestation de François HéranTitulaire de la chaire « Migrations et sociétés » au Collège de France, François Héran rend publique la lettre qu’il a adressée à son administrateur, Thomas Römer, à propos de l’annulation du colloqu… 0168 0
Reposted by flavien ganterIsabell Stamm @isabellstamm.bsky.social · 05/11/2025Peter Bearman - Laureate of the Kohli Prize 2025- gives the Max Weber lecture @eui-eu.bsky.social. He speaks about pathways to poverty analysing thousands of letters written to Warren Buffet using LLM. @kohli-sociology.bsky.social 0113 0