John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 52mSupport for the death penalty continues to wane, but even in 2001, a supermajority of Americans opposed televising the execution of Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City Bomber. (24 yes, 73 no) 081
Reposted by John Cluveriuselias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 4hquick argument in favor of trusting the polls, at least in the sense that theyre telling you we're in an anti-incumbent environment that is almost unprecedentedly fierce and intense, especially without boots on the ground or the economy in recession. tl;dr it's unprecedented but real b/c trump 2204
Reposted by John CluveriusNorth Carolina Conference of the AAUP @ncaaup.bsky.social · 7hThis op-ed really nails it. Universities going all in on generative AI are pulling us backwards on student mental health. Is that the university mission? Is that what a public good looks like? ncnewsline.com/2026/10/08/w...ncnewsline.comCommentary: Would your campus host credit card companies or Big Tobacco? Then why Big Tech? • NC NewslineLike many other universities, NC State is introducing generative AI products into workspaces, classrooms, and learning management systems, but, to my knowledge, they are not informing students and par... 117664
Reposted by John Cluveriuselias isquith @eliasisquith.blog · 11hlmao this is awesomely vicious: “If social media has made us more stupid, the movie treats us accordingly.”ft.comThe Social Reckoning film review — Facebook sequel is Jaws if the shark ate everyone and kept swimmingFollow-up to ‘The Social Network’ covers how the company was exposed for profiting from misinformation and doing users harm — but falls frustratingly flat 0357
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 11hThat’ll get your median 18 year old Californian to enroll! 010
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 11hExit polls from 2024 have Trump winning Latinos in Texas - decent spread on the source so I’m not sure which are weighted to final results, but CNN has him winning TX Latinos by 10 000
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 12hSame poll in Texas for Governor Also btw field is 9/18-28 Abbott 48% Hinojosa 44 Others/ will not vote 3 Undecided 6 Because adjusted margin of error is +/- 4.5, we characterize this race as tight, close, or about even. uml.edu/polls 010
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 12hThis is the only condition under which we use “tie” or “dead heat” - when two candidate totals are exactly the same regardless of MoE. 040
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 12hWe are LIVE with a new @umlcpo.bsky.social / @today.yougov.com poll in TEXAS: Talarico 45 Paxton 45 Undecided 7 Others/Will not vote 3 MoE 4.5% N=850 LVs uml.edu/polls 322
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 12hi made a deal for a novelty plus additional kitkat subunits. 120
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 12hoh my younger one is gonna be ripshit pissed they were promised ice cream in volume commensurate with the number of jabs 150
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 12hthis dude makes me feel a lot better about telling a reporter "hold on, you got me in the middle of tummy time" for a quote about a primary election luckily he was a print guy so me reading campaign finance reports out loud in a goofy voice did not translate onto the article. 2143
Reposted by John CluveriusDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 13hNot sure why anyone bothers with anti-AI activism when the most effective strategy would be to just point as many microphones as possible to its most vocal champions. 26776143
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026oh i was assured the new cdc director was a chill normie who could have imagined this 051
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026this guy should be screaming on some tiny market public access cable, not being wined and dined by billionaires, feted at harvard, and leading the intellectual circle of the vice president of the united states 1513
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026my family doesn't have rumors, they have receipts. several branches have receipts. 110
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026there is a social media trend of gen Z campaign workers showing off canvassing fits and i am *here* for it. 120
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026this is the kind of perspective taking necessary in a conversation between someone who lives in my state and someone who lives in your state :) 010
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026to be fair, Hollings' 1998 win makes South Carolina the state with the 4th longest dry spell for Democrats winning a Senate or governor's race. 110
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 08/10/2026i mean, those ships that brought chili peppers to india were packed to the gills with enslaved people from Africa; like imagine you were so into chattel slavery you had a license from the pope to do it. 110
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026i feel like this should have been an airbnb/america 250 ad. 040
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026it's more that you have to go into the app, make sure you're collecting data, and then contact the subject and work through any issues via Zoom if there's something wrong 110
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026sometimes grants just make you smile, like imagining the poor postdoc who has to troubleshoot 250 oura rings 110
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026as a cishet white dude academic having a wife who outearns me rules so hard, except when I ask my department chair about when I get my bonus or when the employee stock purchase plan window opens 030
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026This is my whole thing. Their message is “bad things will happen” with no public upside. And this from a guy who got a whole ass Ronan Farrow written profile on him with the theme of “I cannot call this person a pathological liar but he sure seems to me like one” 031
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I don’t understand the audience for this. Who is he trying to convince? 141
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026there is obviously a partisan shine over a lot of this, but the reason why so many Democrats said Biden was too old to be president in 2024 was that to them he appeared frail. 120
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026age is not about age. it's about frailty. because voters have been lied to over and over about the health of prominent elected officials, they use visual and auditory cues to judge it. that's why Collins' benign tremor is a bigger deal now than it was six years ago. 130
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 07/10/2026live from the Maine Senate debates. Very well reported piece on Collins' essential tremor and the political impact from it here:pressherald.comIs Susan Collins' "benign" tremor really harmless?The 73-year-old said she’s had the neurological condition her entire time in the Senate, but the disclosure also highlights Collins’ age at a time when being older is becoming a liability for some est... 041
Reposted by John CluveriusJane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social · 07/10/2026they were *lying* when they were "worried" about Asian-American college applicants, and they are *lying* now when they're "worried" about "strivers." They do not want non-white people being in any way superior (or evident) to white people. that's it. that's the whole thing. 71123131
Reposted by John CluveriusDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:science.org‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences researchAgency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year 9658514
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I haven't seen it up close yet but I'm not sure I want to. 010
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026yeah no don't pay too much to any one poll. unless it's a UMass Lowell poll. 020
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026hey i'm just naturally very fair-skinned, ok? 030
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026you can't collect marlboro miles from content, i guess 000
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Med faculty have it pretty rough he should definitely be making the sandwiches 070
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026honestly this sandwich story is pretty relatable. kids need their sandwiches, and you already woke your poor wife up early because some swedes were blowing through your do not disturb ass-early in the morning. 180
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026And just, be there until Election Day. t. Everyone has to start somewhere, and success in professional politics is largely about being obviously competent in the right place at the right time. Go back home, and stay in touch with people. Group chats are key. 000
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Be unfailingly polite, make sure you have clothes for the weather, have extra chargers and power packs, and just ask nonstop "how can i help?" You will meet people who are essentially recruiters for presidential campaigns who are on leave to volunteer. Be their best friend. 200
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Get 90 day supplies of your meds if you can, and get to wherever they tell you to go however you can. Bus? Train? Bum a ride? If you have a car it's better, but no one is perfect. All you have to do is impress people. 100
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Lock & maybe scrub your socials immediately. You are not the story. You don't want a basement dweller finding you and stitching your shit into opposition ads. 100