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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Yet another "American politics or college football?" moment

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Don't. Print. Slurpable. In the Newspaper.

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is one of the most baffling aspects of AI in academia. Just... Why? You could have just declined to review...?

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

@doctorow.pluralistic.net writes about this in his Reverse Centaur's Guide... What will the bubble's residue look like, and who will be able to harness it?

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It is very humbling to write a book on political overconfidence (i.e., I now have some new form of imposter syndrome nobody has yet thought of). But I'm proud of the finished product and I hope it makes a valuable contribution! OVERCONFIDENT AMERICA (2027, Cambridge) is done & on its way to you ✨

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Full manuscript to publisher delivery day ✨

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Gotta update my 2026 election forecast model, which is 4% partisan composition of the electorate, 5% polling aggregates, and 91% egg What, it did fine in 2024?

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Ian Anson @iganson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's going to be fun when an LLM ingests the fake citations in this thread and gives them back to people trying to write AI generated "literature" "reviews"

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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

From bluecrab.info: When air temperatures drop below 50°F (10°C), [Maryland] blue crabs leave shallow, inshore waters and seek deeper areas, where they bury themselves and remain in a state of torpor throughout the winter.

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BLUECRAB.INFO - The Blue Crab Archives

Everything about blue crabs including science and biology, industry and consumer topics, and chicken-necking!

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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

Political scientists have yet to invent negative youth turnout, but perhaps with modern technological innovations it remains possible

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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

It has done me no favors in the imposter syndrome dept to write a book about overconfidence, but yes, I'm really looking forward to it coming out!

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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

These findings really accord with something I tell so many grad students: It's not one job market!

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

But isn't self reported prospective turnout propensity endogenous to, e.g., PID strength? Saying you're "certainly going to vote" can itself be an expression of inparty solidarity. I don't know exactly what I'm supposed to take away from this.

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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

Teamwork makes the dream (of electric sheep) work

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