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SciLove @scilove.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

🤯 Do you also find it hard to keep up with research in your field? 💡SciLove is here to help — follow your favorite journals and authors, swipe and save the newest articles, and connect with others. 📱 3,000+ journals, updated daily. Available on web and mobile. Give it a try! 🔗 www.scilove.app

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SciLove — Discover new research on the go

A personalized feed of the latest peer-reviewed papers — swipe to save, skip, and make connections in minutes a day.

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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The media and academia have an obligation to not remain neutral in the face of authoritarianism. These institutions need liberal institutions to exist in any meaningful way. Authoritarianism is an existential threat. Our devotion to "neutrality" will keep us from fighting for our own survival.

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Next up here at #ASA2026: a session on elites. Five papers exploring wealth contestation, inequality perceptions, housing wealth, tax havens, and international elites. I'll summarize each below.

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Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥 @hermwerf.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Assistant professorship in political science at the @eui-sps.bsky.social! Come and work with us. www.eui.eu/About/JobOpp...

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Open competitions for academic posts

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 14/07/2026

📣Job opportunity (d/l Aug 13): @willemdekoster.bsky.social is hiring a 3-yr postdoc to study the different meanings people ascribe to climate change, drawing on survey (experiment) and discrete choice experiment. Open to Sociology and Social Science PhDs! Apply here: www.eur.nl/en/working-a...

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Postdoc Sociology; Understanding climate change attitudes (3 years, 0.8 fte)

What does climate change mean to people? And how do these meanings shape their responses to policy and information campaigns?

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 08/07/2026

Wrote something about a super exciting project with @jrf-uk.bsky.social @unioftheartslondon.bsky.social where we supported storytellers to creatively tackle the problem of wealth inequality

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The Onion @theonion.com · 24/06/2026

Buying is as close as you'll get to living. store.theonion.com/products/infowar…

Onion.InfoWear: Limited Edition Crossbody Bag

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 25/06/2026

You know who you are. Now we do too

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The Onion @theonion.com · 25/06/2026

“With Raid Immortality Spray, bugs will no longer be granted the sweet release of death, and will instead be burdened with forever walking the Earth watching friends, family, and loved ones slowly wither and expire around them,” said brand representative Sawyer Weidman

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New Raid Immortality Spray Curses Insects To Watch Everyone They Love Die

RACINE, WI—Vowing that the new product line was the ideal way to make termites and beetles suffer for all eternity, household chemical manufacturer S.C. Johnson announced Wednesday that its insecticid...

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A fifth of Leave voters have died.

Graph showing the movement of Leave and Remain voters since 2016

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Science Magazine @science.org · 22/06/2026

Exclusive: The National Science Foundation is trimming this year’s budgets for hundreds of its traditional basic science programs by roughly 20% to 30%, even though its overall budget is down just 3%. scim.ag/4xY2KCm

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Exclusive: NSF slashes research programs to support new tech initiative, insiders say

Unexpected shift in funds has meant sharp drop in grants this fiscal year

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The Onion @theonion.com · 17/06/2026

Elon Musk Becomes World’s First Trillionaire theonion.com/elon-musk-becomes-worl…

“Good, one less billionaire.”

Rocky Galindo, Bell Tester

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

“I want to understand: Where are the taboos? Where are the things that we find difficult to talk about?” – Elif Shafak spoke to @afsee-lse.bsky.social about inequalities – and how literature can expand our worldview #LSEInequalitiesBlog blogs.lse.ac.uk/inequalities...

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How art and literature can expose inequalities – Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak discusses how art and literature can expose inequalities, break taboos and expand our worldview in an age of populist politics and polarisation

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 16/06/2026

Regular reminder that re-armament in Germany means enriching the already very rich, sprawling clans who are the quiet shareholders of century-old tank manufacturers whose websites have nothing to say about their Hitler-decorated grandfather's use of forced labor during WWII, or anything else.

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The reclusive heirs in line for billions when Europe’s top tankmaker lists

Unlikely cast of characters who own half of KNDS set for a windfall as Berlin prepares to buy in at an up to €20bn valuation

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Running an experiment to study racial discrimination? Going to use names to signal race? Here's a new tool! This helps you to choose the names you want to use based on: 1.) the strength of the racial signal you want to send 2.) whether you want to hold other factors (e.g., class) constant

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Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Our book Trigger Points is now out in open access. Huge thanks to Mike Savage for a terrific foreword and to Michèle Lamont, Silja Häusermann and Daniel Ziblatt for their kind words. Link below: @mikesavagelse.bsky.social @mlamont.bsky.social @siljahausermann.bsky.social @dziblatt.bsky.social

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Lauren Deschain @thatnerdchick.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Thanks, Vonnegut. 💜

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · 13/05/2026

Students, if you’re thinking about dropping a note to that teacher or professor about what their class/project/mentorship has meant to you, but you worry it will be cringe or cheesy, let me just tell you they will coast on the fuzzy feelings prompted by that note for months, if not years

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 12/05/2026

Watch out, this might just be the tallest short you'll see all week youtube.com/shorts/H5sZo...

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The Reality Of Getting Rich From Poverty

YouTube video by Building Wealth Without Borders

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 11/05/2026

In case anyone is dying to hear a poor but privileged sociologist give financial advice, this one's for you 😘 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa2F...

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Harvard PhD Professor:The Economy Is Collapsing, It’s Getting Harder To Build Wealth | Jonathan Mijs

YouTube video by Building Wealth Without Borders

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12 Paper: osf.io/preprints/so...

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Nora Kenworthy @kenworthy.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I’ll be honest: I’m not loving how this hantavirus situation is looking, and I’m also not loving all the public health scientists out here downplaying it and prematurely telling people not to worry. Even if this turns out to be nothing, it’s not good for building trust.

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 27/02/2026

How has public belief in the importance of merit🥇 and privilege💰 changed over time? 🆕Data viz shows a widening gap b/w the perceived importance of family wealth (privilege) and hard work (merit) in a majority of countries in the West Paper: doi.org/10.1177/2378... Code: github.com/cybe2001/mer...

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A.S. Paglayan @aspaglayan.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

I'm deeply grateful to the American Educational Studies Association for recognizing my book with a Critics' Choice Book Award. @princetonupress.bsky.social @aesatalk.bsky.social Check out "Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education" here: www.amazon.com/Raised-Obey-...

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Raised to Obey: The Rise and Spread of Mass Education (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

“In the case of the US, CEOs of publicly listed companies earn 269 times more than the average full-time worker. People thought CEOs only earned 18 times as much, and they would prefer it to be just 5 times” – Christopher Hoy in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog

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The wage gap and far-right support for redistribution

New study on beliefs and preferences about the wage gap (CEOs vs average worker). When the true gap is revealed, far right voters change their policy views most.

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Adam L @adam-lg.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

There’s a Stairway to Heaven, but a Highway to Hell. This implies Heaven is a walkable community, and Hell is a congested interstate.

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Why is it so hard to do anything about wealth inequality? In the final episode of this series of Antisocial Economics, Sarah Kerr (@wealtherty.bsky.social) talks to Will Snell, @michaelvaughan.bsky.social, and @jonathanmijs.com about what makes change hard to achieve. buff.ly/pEad8xT

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Antisocial Economics

What is wealth? How come so many of us haven’t got any? How does wealth inequality make poverty worse? In the UK and other rich economies, wealth inequality and poverty are at incredibly high…

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 15/07/2025

Better parks 🌳, tighter communities🧑‍🤝‍🧑!

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 14/07/2025

Mooie kans om te leren van een toponderzoeker in een hele fijne afdeling.

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 09/07/2025

Can providing facts about ethnic discrimination change people's beliefs and raise support for affirmative action? We put it to the test in new @ispp-pops.bsky.social study with @willemdekoster.bsky.social, Jeroen v/d Waal and Masja van Meteren. A thread! Open access link: doi.org/10.1111/pops...

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 03/07/2025

Great piece by Yukiko Asada et al. @socialindicators.bsky.social on taking seriously 'luck' as a driver of life outcomes and inequality, creatively illustrated with reference to the life course of a certain French painter in this figure. Full article: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Jaap Nieuwenhuis @jaapnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Onze reactie in De Volkskrant op het vorige week verschenen SCP rapport Verdeeld over het land. @jonathanmijs.com‬ @agatatroost.bsky.social @rug-gmw.bsky.social‬ @volkskrant.nl‬

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 02/06/2025

Really interesting paper by @hwaight.bsky.social & Adam Goldstein describing the looong trend of public perceptions that "the rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer."

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Emily St. John Mandel @emilymandel.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?” - A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic

NYT headline: “Kennedy Advises New Parents to ‘Do Your Own Research’ on Vaccines”
Subheader:
“In an interview with Dr. Phil, the health secretary offered false information about vaccine oversight and revealed a lack of basic understanding of new drug approvals.”

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Jaap Nieuwenhuis @jaapnieuwenhuis.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

We zijn geïnterviewd door Dylan van Rijsbergen over ons project over klasse en klassenbewustzijn voor Jacobin. Heel toepasselijk is het gepubliceerd op 1 mei. Het artikel: jacobin.nl/waarom-klass... @jonathanmijs.com Agata Troost @dylanvr.bsky.social @rug-gmw.bsky.social @jacobinnl.bsky.social

Artikel in Jacobin over klassenbewustzijn.

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Catherine E. de Vries @catherinedevries.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

My sabbatical leave allowed me to reflect on my professional life. As I’ve stepped into more senior roles in academia (plus gotten a bit older), I often get asked:  “How do you keep writing academic articles, policy work, opinion pieces, while juggling everything else?” My answer: skillpower 🧵

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Branie @braniedepodcast.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Deze week verschijnt-ie eindelijk: AJAX 125 JAAR, een monument van een jubileumboek van 12 kilo zwaar. Via Kick Uitgevers. 1600 pagina's. 2059 foto's. Een must voor elke Ajacied. Branie geeft een set weg! Volg ons account, repost dit bericht en maak kans. Vrijdag wijzen we de winnaar aan. #Ajax

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Boston University Arts & Sciences @bucas.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Hulu’s political thriller TV series “Paradise” depicts a perfect, egalitarian society, one that Assistant Professor of Sociology @jonathanmijs.com helped create as the show’s technical consultant, providing insight into inequality in a society. Read more here: abc7ny.com/videoClip/hu...

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How Hulu's 'Paradise' explores the idea of a perfect society

Meet Jonathan Mijs, a sociology professor who helped shape the concept of what a perfect society might look like in Hulu's "Paradise."

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BostonJoan 🏳️‍🌈 🦫 @bostonjoan.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

…And I get to work with this guy!? @jonathanmijs.com, this is awesome! Paradise is serious about its sociology. www.bu.edu/articles/202...

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Hulu’s Hit Series Paradise Was Shaped in Part by This BU Sociologist

CAS’ Jonathan Mijs explains his behind-the-scenes role

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Sol Gamsu @solgamsu.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Re-reading this by @jonathanmijs.com & @mikesavagelse.bsky.social as my students are looking at meritocracy in their essays. Strikes me that the lowest dip in working-class belief in meritocracy roughly coincides with the greatest period of union militancy onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Cool paper on “humanity’s perennial tendency to denigrate kids”. Here’s screenshot of abstract:

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Jonathan Mijs @jonathanmijs.com · 30/11/2024

Really cool piece by @rosenjordanblum.bsky.social & co. using party manifesto data to link political change to growing income inequality across the globe. academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it www.nber.org/system/files...

The G.I. Bill, Standardized Testing, and Socioeconomic Origins of the U.S. Educational Elite Over a Century
Ran Abramitzky, Jennifer K. Kowalski, Santiago Pérez, and Joseph Price
NBER Working Paper No. 33164
November 2024
JEL No. 123, 124, N32
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We compile, transcribe, and standardize historical records for 2.5 million students at 65 elite (private and public) U.S. colleges. By combining these data with more recent survey and administrative data, we assemble the largest dataset on the socioeconomic backgrounds of students at American colleges spanning the last 100 years. We document the following: First, despite a large increase in the share of lower-income students in the overall college-going population, the representation of these students at elite private or public colleges has remained at similarly low levels throughout the last century. Second, the representation of upper-income students at elite colleges decreased after World War II, but this group has regained its high representation since the 1980s. Third, while there has been no increase in the economic diversity of elite private and public colleges, these colleges have become more racially and geographically diverse. Fourth, two major policy changes in the history of American higher education, namely the G.I. Bill after World War II and the introduction of standardized tests for admissions, had little success in increasing the representation of lower- and middle-income students at elite colleges.

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Simon Groth @simongroth.com · 17/11/2024

Publisher: Do you want to put an LLM clause in the copyright statement? Me: Definitely. How specific can we get? Publisher: As specific as you like.

The copyright statement from Ephemeral City which reads in part: No part of this book may be used as data for ‘training’ any large language model or as part of any machine learning or neural network architeture. Human creaivity cannot be replicated by doing maths with stolen art. Altman, Andressen, and all their cronies can get fucked. Enquires should be made to the publisher.

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