Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 22/08/2026A real tragedy that it has come to that. US could not ask for a better ally and neighbor than Canada. To throw it all away because a fading, deranged emperor-wannabe is grasping for relevance makes it even sadder. The ultimate sadness is how quiet American elites and American public are about this 131
Reposted by Dominik StecułaAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 17/08/2026I wrote this because most journalists facing this pressure can’t. The paper we count on to check authoritarianism spiked an investigation into the Democratic Party because the party’s lawyers threatened to sue. Holding authoritarians accountable starts with holding your own side accountable.data4democracy.substack.comWith Fear and FavorInstitutions don’t have courage. They have incentives. 26633227
Reposted by Dominik StecułaAlex B. Rivard @alexbrivard.bsky.social · 22/07/2026New article published at the International Journal of Political Science with @ericmerkley.bsky.social and @stecula.bsky.social academic.oup.com/ijpor/articl... 296
Reposted by Dominik StecułaStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Here's a figure from a survey question I ran with @stecula.bsky.social and Alex Rivard last year. We asked people how home prices in their metro area compared to the national average and then binned those respondents into actual housing price quintiles. 3314
Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Getting to work with Danna, Mike, and Dhavan was so fun and the research, imho, is pretty good too. Check it out. Hopefully first of a few from this team! 141
Reposted by Dominik StecułaDannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Thrilled to report our study of Rogan’s audience is published! 2 datasets. 2 different years w range of socio-demog, political, trust-oriented, & epistemic predictors. (Also: Working w @stecula.bsky.social @prowag.bsky.social & @dvshah.bsky.social was stupid fun) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comThe Joe Rogan Experience: Epistemic Style Over Ideological Extremity in the ManosphereDespite increasing prominence in the contemporary media ecosystem, podcasts have attracted limited scholarly attention. This study examines audience characteristics of the most popular podcast in t... 04821
Reposted by Dominik StecułaJon Green @jongreen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026new WP (w/ @stecula.bsky.social): we infer show-level metadata for a large sample of popular politics and politics-adjacent podcasts, then merge it with survey data to characterize political information exposure for their audiences link: osf.io/ycujf/files/... 2114
Reposted by Dominik StecułaJon Green @jongreen.bsky.social · 19/05/2026new WP (w/ @ntd.bsky.social): we use the case of Christian nationalism to make a broader point about "niche ideologies" in mass opinion research, and why you shouldn't scale them the same way you'd scale more general attitudes Link: osf.io/wbdut/files/... 24926
Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Turning kids orange will obviously cure the children of autism, but the elites don't want you to know this 060
Reposted by Dominik StecułaJay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 29/04/2026The best predictor of scientific impact isn't gender, seniority, methodology, or geography, it is the informal network of colleagues and mentors who provide guidance and feedback. We are often ignore the most important source of success--our social support network. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 1295
Reposted by Dominik StecułaStuart Soroka @snsoroka.bsky.social · 10/03/2026I am excited about this new paper, Negativity & Misinformation, just out with @cbwlezien.bsky.social in @polcommjournal.bsky.social: "durable biases in information processing, by media organizations and humans more generally, can produce misinformation and misperceptions..." doi.org/10.1080/1058...doi.orgNegativity and MisinformationThere are large and growing bodies of research highlighting inaccuracies in news coverage. In this paper, we suggest that negativity biases account for a substantial portion of longstanding inaccur... 06021
Reposted by Dominik StecułaAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Attendance is free, and our speakers are generously donating their time and energy. But if you want to help us do more events like this, consider donating to Pulaski's 2026 fundraiser: www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati...zeffy.comPulaski Institution Project 26/250At The Pulaski Institution, we want to defend and promote liberal democracy by focusing on heartland areas. But for us, heartland isn’t a narrow or geographically limited thing. It’s not rural vs. urb... 013
Reposted by Dominik StecułaAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 31/01/2026straight up Gestapo shit 19093237410122
Reposted by Dominik StecułaPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 31/01/2026This incident alone would have triggered hearings and probably a senior-level resignation in another administration. 542514578
Reposted by Dominik StecułaKyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 29/01/2026Our BPP paper on government shutdowns, need for chaos, and prospect theory (w/ Erin Fitz, @stecula.bsky.social, Matt Hitt, and me). Here's the abstract and link for "Mindset to Gain? Framing Effects, Need for Chaos, and the Limits of 'Burning It All Down'." www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 132
Reposted by Dominik StecułaAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 09/01/2026If you like the writing I do, know that the same spirit and analysis animates my org. We think we’ve got a lot to offer in the fight for democracy. Please consider supporting us today. 094
Reposted by Dominik StecułaAlan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 03/01/20262026 is the year we level up The Pulaski Institution in our mission to promote democracy in the heartlands. I’m so proud of what we’ve done so far on an almost non-existent budget, and I know we have a unique vision that is more relevant than ever. Won’t you join us? www.zeffy.com/en-US/donati... 613948
Reposted by Dominik StecułaFactCheck.org @factcheck.org · 06/01/2026On Jan. 5, Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Jim O’Neill signed a memorandum that reduced the number of diseases targeted in the childhood vaccine schedule for all children to 11, just one more than Denmark's schedule. 187
Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 03/01/2026There was simply no way to predict that the guy who renamed the Department of Defense the Department of War will start a war 010
Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The dream of back to back FIFA Peace Prizes is fading away 061
Reposted by Dominik StecułaBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/12/2025Pure, unmitigated hate. 17537127
Reposted by Dominik StecułaDrew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 02/12/2025George Will: "Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement. ... The killing of the survivors by this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans. A nation incapable of shame is dangerous, not least to itself" www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...washingtonpost.comOpinion | A sickening moral slum of an administrationRegarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent. 722257712
Reposted by Dominik StecułaMax Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Oh please just fuck off 1913168396
Reposted by Dominik StecułaDolores Albarracin @dalbarra.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Postdoctoral Researcher Positions! 12422
Reposted by Dominik StecułaConrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Republicans increasingly oppose requiring healthy kids to get MMR vaccines to attend public schools 2016 19% 2019 20% 2023 42% 2025 47% www.pewresearch.org/science/2025... 🧪 32252121
Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 22/11/2025More than twice as many Republicans report getting news regularly from the Joe Rogan Experience podcast than from Tucker Carlson. Also more Republicans get news on JRE than on Newsmax, Daily Wire, or Breitbart 22011
Reposted by Dominik StecułaJosh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social · 18/11/2025new paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research 38770390
Reposted by Dominik StecułaStan Oklobdzija @stano.bsky.social · 03/11/2025I just ran a survey (with @stecula.bsky.social and Alex Rivard) and we found that people have no idea what housing prices are like in their community. People simultaneously underestimate what homes cost in their metros and think that where they live is much more expensive than the rest of the US. 1132
Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Our universities are truly a US superpower. Most states have at least one world class research university that is an engine of the local economy and a magnet for top talent from all over the world. Policies like this are not like stepping on a rake, its like blowing your own head off with a cannon. 55318
Reposted by Dominik StecułaKyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 17/10/2025in case you missed it when I posted the preprint on acceptance, here's the more aesthetically pleasing, actually formatted (and unfortunately timely) article for your reading pleasure! (cc: Fitz, @stecula.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social): www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgMindset to gain? Framing effects, Need for Chaos, and the limits of ‘Burning It All Down’ | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge CoreMindset to gain? Framing effects, Need for Chaos, and the limits of ‘Burning It All Down’ 063
Reposted by Dominik StecułaMichael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Old enough to remember when scenes like this would have been unthinkable in America. (It was 9 months ago) 561738481
Reposted by Dominik StecułaAlejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/10/2025ICE is not only chasing down every random brown person in Chicago, they have a cameraman following them to film this for social media. Cruelty and inhumanity as content. 20452592099
Reposted by Dominik StecułaBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Not happening somewhere else. Here. In America. Right now. 221118383
Reposted by Dominik StecułaAPSA & ICA Political Communication Divisions @polcomm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025Throwback Thursday! Let’s take a moment to look back at the 2025 Political Communication APSA Preconference! The many smiling faces in the selection of pictures show just how amazing the preconference was. You can find more pictures at this link: shorturl.at/EJj3v 151
Reposted by Dominik StecułaKyle Saunders @kylesaunders.bsky.social · 25/09/2025New (very timely!) paper with Erin Fitz, @stecula.bsky.social, @matthewhitt.bsky.social & myself, accepted at Behavioural Public Policy entitled "Mindset to Gain? Framing Effects, Need for Chaos, and the Limits of 'Burning It All Down'"--a thread and a link: osf.io/preprints/ps...osf.ioOSF 176
Reposted by Dominik StecułaSenator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 18/09/2025Trump is launching a full blown attack on free speech while his harem of billionaires buys up every media platform. This is no coincidence. It’s a coordinated attack on your fundamental right to speak freely without worrying if you’ll lose your job or worse.nytimes.comABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Off Air for Charlie Kirk Comments After F.C.C. Pressure 1353150918
Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 18/09/2025APSA in Vancouver was a blast, so great to see old friends. See you all next year in Boston. 080
Reposted by Dominik StecułaMatt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Today's ACIP meeting may use VAERS data to make false claims about vaccine injury. To help sort out what's true from what's false, @stecula.bsky.social and I updated an explainer we wrote several years ago for @us.theconversation.com. theconversation.com/vaccine-deat...theconversation.comVaccine death and side effects database relies on unverified reports – and Trump officials and right-wing media are applying it out of contextAnti-vaccine activists are using the side effect reporting system to spread fear and misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccines. But the database could also be used as a gauge for public concerns. 186
Reposted by Dominik StecułaDavid Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social · 22/08/2025What are we doing here, @nytimes.com? You were obviously not built for covering authoritarianism. 516726
Reposted by Dominik StecułaBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357 Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions! 2177168
Reposted by Dominik StecułaGordon Pennycook @gordpennycook.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Interested in doing a postdoc with me & @dgrand.bsky.social? Consider applying to Cornell's Klarman Fellowship: as.cornell.edu/research/kla... It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadlineas.cornell.eduKlarman FellowshipsThe Klarman Fellowships in the College of Arts & Sciences provide postdoctoral opportunities to early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise. Among the most selective of its kin... 14726
Reposted by Dominik StecułaMatt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Few Americans actively support the Trump admin's attacks on higher ed. But, our data show that many seem to have no problem with it. @stecula.bsky.social and I discuss why Americans should *demand* that our elected officials stand up for higher ed. www.scientificamerican.com/article/atta...scientificamerican.comApathy Over Attacks on Higher Education Needs to ChangeIf Americans don’t fight back against efforts to dismantle higher education, the U.S. will lose lifesaving medical research, innovation that spurs our economy and the ability to freely study science a... 612239
Reposted by Dominik StecułaPatricia Rossini @patyrossini.bsky.social · 23/05/2025🚨🚨 Only a few days left to submit a paper for the Political Communication Preconference at APSA! 🚨🚨 @ashleymuddiman.bsky.social @stecula.bsky.social and I are looking forward to your submissions! DEADLINE: May 25th, 11.59pm PDT (GMT-7). CFP here: u.osu.edu/apsa2025/u.osu.edu2025 Political Communication APSA Preconference 023
Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social · 23/05/20253 more days! Get your applications in and share widely! 020
