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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I've been in meetings virtually all day with thesis/independent study researchers, RAs, and coauthors. No matter the level, no matter the subject, the following consensus emerged: RESEARCH IS HARD!!

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

All the gambling apps in the world could never replicate the electric, down-to-the-wire feeling of waiting for the check at a nice restaurant with a 1 year old & a 5 year old at your table

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Didn't know I needed a chili roaster until now

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

me: no worries (galadriel voice) but they were all of them deceived, for another worry was made

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

My students are working on survey questions for our upcoming Baltimore County exit poll. One of them wrote an age question in our shared doc with the following categories: 18-25, 26-30, 31-35, 36-40, 41-45, 45+

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Man's Rapid Aging Transformation

Alt: Man's Rapid Aging Transformation

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The US economy is just a "fleece the rubes" engine that is being revved so hard the pistons are glowing

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Putting off my pile of grading

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

*raving maniacally* Tea!! Candles!!! Books!!!! Cardigans!!!!! get behind me dew point

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

This is my favorite account on here by a country mile

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Now Open! Submit papers for the 18th APSA Teaching & Learning Conference, to explore the theme "Building Bridges: Dialogue and Discovery in Political Science." 📍Portland, Oregon | February 5-7 Submit by October 7th! buff.ly/AOMVnAq #APSATLC

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Now Open: Call for Proposals for the 2027 APSA Teaching and Learning Conference (TLC)

Join political science teacher-scholars and students for a unique meeting to promote greater understanding of high-impact practices and innovative methodologies for the political science classroom.

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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy Constitution Day to all who (are compelled by Section 111(b) of Division J of Public Law 108-447 to) observe!

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

While this is an instructive visualization, I am deeply unsettled by the Bubonic Sweden animation at the end

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Ah, surely using the overconfidence machine for political information is not at all relevant to my new book (Cambridge, 2027), OVERCONFIDENT AMERICA

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I read this 3x like..... ok, but where is the sinkhole in Baltimore located this time? It would be nice to know what intersection

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

officially vagueposting about mountains beginning today... 👀⛰️

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Baltimore red line since the 2010s

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

My father-in-law tested coal power plant emissions for decades, climbing stacks in harsh weather and subjecting himself to extreme noise levels and severe air quality to inform EPA of emissions violators. From WV to Chicago to the Gulf. I can't imagine his feelings right now.

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Rare overnight superfecta of 5-year-old nightmare, baby lost paci, cat yelling astonishingly loud for no reason, and smoke detector low battery chirp Happy weekend

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is a cold-sweat nightmare for any election administrator, to say nothing of the campaigns!! I'm imagining great herds of lawyers running towards Missouri from all directions.

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Adam Berinsky @adamberinsky.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I'm excited to share this article about a project I've been working on with fantastic collaborators. Check out the dashboard for yourself here: llmelectionobservatory.org www.nytimes.com/2026/09/10/b...

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Election LLM Observatory

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

IDK what it is about today in particular, but my inbox is getting absolutely flooded by the Misguided Robots Who Send Me Baffling Emails About Products and Services That Have Nothing Even Remotely to Do With the Job of a College Professor

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Todayborday is Labor Day Sorry, it's all hardwired, I wish I could turn it off

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Why wasn't any of this around when I was in Bloomington??

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Yesterday I showed my students the ANES data visualizers for 7-point PID across the years. The plot could be broken across "high" and "low" political knowledge. Students laughed... What is "low knowledge?" Read the fine print. It's everyone who couldn't ID who controls the House. Laughter died down.

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What if the whole internet suddenly goes d

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Ross Dahlke @rossdahlke.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My MA student, Huang, and I find 16% of US adults report using Polymarket. Use is higher among those with lower incomes and less education, but similar across political parties. In both parties, use is correlated with lower civic knowledge and certain anti-democratic attitudes:

Key findings from a survey of U.S. adults about Polymarket. Any use was reported by 15.7%; 11.2% used it a moderate amount or more. Use was higher among Democrats (16.8%) and Republicans (18.0%) than Independents (10.8%); adults under 50 (about 23%) than older adults (6.5–7.0%); and Black (30.4%) and Hispanic respondents (20.1%) than White respondents (11.4%). Use declined as income and education rose and was somewhat higher among men than women. Users had varied demographic profiles. Compared with nonusers, users scored lower on a basic civics question and were more accepting of some forms of political rule-breaking and limits on debate or speech. These patterns generally appeared within each party.

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Six grouped bar charts show self-reported Polymarket use by age, income, gender, education, party, and race and ethnicity. “Any use” was reported by 23.0% of ages 18–29, 23.5% of ages 30–49, 6.5% of ages 50–64, and 7.0% of ages 65-plus. Use declined from 19.9% among households earning under $50,000 to 9.4% among those earning $150,000 or more, and from 19.6% among adults with a high-school education or less to 12.8% among those with a four-year or postgraduate degree. Rates were 17.7% for men and 14.2% for women; 16.8% for Democrats, 10.8% for Independents, and 18.0% for Republicans; and 11.4% for White, 30.4% for Black, and 20.1% for Hispanic respondents.

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'll never forget flying to Montréal out of DCA for APSA, on a tiny plane populated almost exclusively by Very Important political scientists, while in possession of the world's smallest, loudest baby

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Not to mention, we're hosting the Red Sox this weekend so staying home in Baltimore was clearly the play from the beginning

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

No APSA for me this year. Big plans are in motion and our family really can't spare the bandwidth. I'll see y'all next year (working on my wardrobe til then!)

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wrote myself a quick note this afternoon that is now rapidly transforming itself into a book proposal Oh no

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

There was once a time when everyone looked forward to some pulled pork and a mediocre Carolina team of mostly in-state guys, kicking off at noon against Wake Forest, and it was just fine. But the Brand must be Promoted, so now a gang of mercenaries is wrangling frogs in Ireland. Blah.

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Salil @salilb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

would have been better if he didn't obsess so much about his launch angle

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

What was Icarus' career OPS+?

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Got big news. Still not ready to share it. Hnnngh.

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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

You shouldn't say "y'all" unless you're from the area covered by the Tennessee Valley Authority. That's because it's an Appalachian Controlée

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Have analytics gone too far

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I literally just did my longstanding first-day debate in my voting class: "will this be a 'normal' election?" And the resounding answer was "yup, very normal"

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The first week of the semester is paved with good intentions

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we have elizabeth at home @spindlypete.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

i don't like a car where the headlights go 😠 i don't think it's good for us people to be around so many of them. cars should look like 🫪

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

"a agreement" My friends, you are literally the New York Times. Do better (in general).

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