Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026«No creo que nadie deba ser torturado con avena, independientemente de la temperatura» —Élder Dale G. Renlund 😁 #LDSConf #GeneralConference 011
Reposted by Hans HassellKay on the Prairie @kayontheprairie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026View from Gorham Mountain summit at Acadia. I had asked a worker at the gift shop what her favorite trail was and she didn’t steer me wrong. This was probably my favorite hike of the trip. Fun rock scrambles and a beautiful payoff at the top. ⛰️ #acadia #maine #hiking #nationalparks 2242
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What band has the biggest file drawer problem? NOFX 160
Reposted by Hans HassellBen Burnley @benburnley.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Colorado State University is hiring two TT assistant professors in American politics this year. Links below. CSU is a great university, our department is wonderful, and Fort Collins is a beautiful place to live. I'm not on the committee, but I am happy to answer questions. Please reach out! 114
Reposted by Hans HassellJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 01/10/2026Hey, your grad student just reached out to me — they are wondering: 910614
Reposted by Hans HassellDaniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026As a Williams College alum I’m… less than thrilled that I need to push back on this Williams professor. 9647
Reposted by Hans HassellPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I enjoy watching people bring exceptional analytic rigour to a lost cause. Like, yes your mediation analysis will be immaculate and no that mediator has not been measured properly and never will 2412
Reposted by Hans HassellBrian Schaffner @bfschaffner.bsky.social · 29/09/2026we’re hiring an assistant professor in American politics 🐘 apply.interfolio.com/194599 14024
Reposted by Hans HassellJonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 28/09/2026I preordered it in the summer and look what came today! Very excited for this one. Congratulations to @jlray.bsky.social, @angelaxocampo.bsky.social, and the off-BlueSky authors! 2287
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026@aedwardslevy.bsky.social , any instances of this wording in polls? 240
Reposted by Hans HassellDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I am always here for data sonification posts:mattwaite.comAnnouncing soundeR, an R package that turns data into music(?) – Matt WaiteAnnouncing the soundeR package, that turns data into sounds. It’s made for people with basic tidyverse skills and a rudimentary understanding of music. You can make sounds with very little, and there’... 061
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Four shalle ryde, and Four shall alfo ryde, and Three sharl ryde the Skye as twixt, and Wonne shal ryde in flames; and thyr sahll be no stopping themme: not fish..." At least they weren't headed towards Lower Tadfield Air Base 010
Reposted by Hans HassellProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/20266/ The next day, an email popped in my inbox: 'Welcome to the DraftKings VIP Showcase.' I couldn’t believe it. My night of loss chasing was being rewarded. Reading the fine print, I was floored: The more I spent on long-odds wagers, the faster I’d advance through the ranks. 41434119
Reposted by Hans HassellProPublica @propublica.org · 26/09/20264/ But over the next 10 weeks, I’d mimic the patterns of a problem gambler with the help of a panel of gambling experts and learn just how much DraftKings would encourage my recklessness — and just how little pushback I’d get as I spiraled downward.propublica.orgI Deliberately Bet Like a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP.Amid growing public health concerns, operators like DraftKings have touted “responsible gaming” tools and prompts. But as I went off the deep end, I found they were no match for the incentives and pro... 41593283
Reposted by Hans HassellTom Pepinsky @tompepinsky.com · 26/09/2026In this post, I argue that all false citations are fraud, regardless of how they are generated. tompepinsky.com/2026/09/26/f...tompepinsky.comFalse Citations Are FraudI want to establish the normative position that false citations are fraud. In other words, I want you to think that when someone shares research with you that contains false citations, they are com… 23811
Reposted by Hans HassellMegan Non Brevis @theorymeg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I also experience this, after 16 years of teaching! Something that helps me is Federer’s statistic — something like he won 80% of his matches but only 51% of his points. You don’t have to be perfect every day, you’re playing a long game and it’s the cumulative effect that matters. 021
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Confession: More than 15 years after teaching my first class, and I still get feelings of dread before class. The feelings are similar to how I would feel before track races. Nervousness + knowing it's going to be work+ really concerned with doing well. Similar feelings? How do you deal with it? 6150
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And making your theory that most might think they already know seem revelatory. 061
Reposted by Hans HassellHans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What other books are there that use Academia as a setting? And are worth reading? Here's what I've read that I found worth reading: Katabasis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katabas... Lucky Jim: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Jim Dear Committee Members: www.goodreads.com/en/book/show... 321
Reposted by Hans HassellDaniel de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I have far more interesting conversations with graduate students than with Claude or ChatGPT 041
Reposted by Hans HassellShauna Allen @shaunart.bsky.social · 22/09/202611 years later, we came back to Acadia National Park for less than 24 hours and a few stops on the “quiet side” of Mt Desert Island. 011
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"The consequence is that office seekers and officeholders are more constrained to the extent they depend on policy-motivated activists for access to office." Who wrote this, John Aldrich in Why Parties or The Party Decides? 131
Reposted by Hans HassellBrandy Alexander🍸 @brandyalex7.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Beautiful morning in Acadia National Park! 021
Reposted by Hans HassellKelly Cosgrove @kellycosgrove.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Beautiful day in Acadia National Park 141
Reposted by Hans HassellDave @daveamp.bsky.social · 19/09/2026My university: we have to put all useful information for the functioning of the university behind a firewall and make it unsearchable because of web scraping Also my university: we need to use AI for everything. 0111
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026What other books are there that use Academia as a setting? And are worth reading? Here's what I've read that I found worth reading: Katabasis: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katabas... Lucky Jim: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky_Jim Dear Committee Members: www.goodreads.com/en/book/show... 321
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Teaching a 12 student class is so much more engaging than 50 person class. 030
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"When these diverse party players can agree to work together for a candidate, as they usually can, they constitute a formidable political force." The Party Decides, page 5 Re reading and it becomes less definitive and more conditional 330
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026The sign is a lie. If you swim at Sand Beach, you freeze. 000
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Great pick up! He's shown he can still do it on a cold rainy night in Stoke. 010
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Anthony Downs "Does this guy actually know anything about real politics? I don't think he's ever actually paid attention to what's going on with parties and elections. How can he give students on the ground experience that will help prepare them for their job?" 030
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Having 5 open jars of spaghetti sauce in your fridge (like we do) is a sure sign that life is a little hectic these days... 020
Reposted by Hans HassellKevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Two weeks ago researchers identified another "OpenAI Swarm" where their Agents started editing an old wiki page. They released the edit data, which can be used to reveal a network made by looking at the edits (they were signed) and the pages they were editing. kevinreuning.com/blog/ai_swar...kevinreuning.comOpenAI Swarm – Kevin Reuning 144
Reposted by Hans HassellLindsey Meeks @lmeeks.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Every time I teach Media Literacy, I ask students what they think are the top 3-5 news stories since 2000. I usually have the top 10 but this year it is only 9 because of so little consensus. And yes, for 9, they wrote "prez elections," not any in particular, so I wasn't forcing it to be a catchall. 002
Reposted by Hans HassellJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026you joke, but we're not too far away from a world where we have actual quotas 001
Reposted by Hans HassellMatthew Geras @matthewgeras.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Happy to share my latest article examining the gendered pathways to the position of state party chair. Women are more likely to serve as state party chair by working their way up through the party organization. Men more commonly leverage experience in elected office.tandfonline.comPathways to Party Power: Exploring the Gendered Paths to State Party LeadershipThis paper evaluates whether the men and women who hold the position of state party chair have different previous experiences and explores which factors correlate with state parties electing women ... 051
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I'm hanging out at the local rec center while the little does some training. I'm watching a community intramural volleyball game. There are a few ringers, but one team looks like an extended family group and I've never seen so much ribbing and laughing in a team sport. The community is good here. 010
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026"The increasing readiness with which men submit themselves to organization accounts in large measure for the rapid growth of party despotism..." -Anson Morse, 1896 100
Reposted by Hans HassellDerek Willis @dwillis.bsky.social · 10/09/2026During March Madness, "over 120 million Americans who cannot otherwise place sports wagers on individual college athletes could still legally risk money on them, including 82 million people living in states where sports betting isn’t legal at all." cnsmaryland.org/2026/09/10/o... 001
Reposted by Hans HassellRanger Matt @tamranger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026The boardwalk section of Jordan Pond Path #jordanpond #jordanpondtrail #acadianationalpark #acadia #maine 1252
Reposted by Hans HassellJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 03/05/2026Prestige bias is a major problem in academia: success in academia leads to other unfair advantages. Prestige bias is bigger in fields that are less scientific (eg., art, history). Fields where claims are more testable have lower prestige markers (eg math, physics). kurtishingl.com/files/PTTS_l... 68023
Reposted by Hans HassellElizabeth (Bit) Meehan, PhD @elizabethbitmeehan.com · 06/09/2026Being able to give people t-shirts & tote bags 😅 but in all seriousness, bringing together people in person who’ve only known each other via Zoom / social media 061
