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Amanda Jean Stevenson

@amandajean.bsky.social

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Sociologist and demographer. Never repping coauthors or institutions or anything like that.

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · Sep 6

Look at this beautiful plot from Taylor (1961)

basically incomprehensible plot of many squares in a grid with scattered points and regression lines for the points that appear to be in lines

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 10h

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 12h

also because you all did, I actually watched it - despite my hatred of video. thank you!

Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 12h

evergreen comment on so much quant social science, really

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 12h

Confusing is good, actually.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 18h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 14h

Hey Colorado residents, particularly people in Fort Collins, but also those who are somewhat near: my sister and brother in law are running a study on an easy, portable method to help maintain indoor air quality during adverse outside events (like smoke or pollution).

Participate in our Clean Air Study | sapphires

humanenvironments.org

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Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · 14h

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry for the frantic nonsense grammar

Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 1d

One weird effect of the “submerged state“ is that people seem to be incapable of conciebing of government employees as mission-drive, effective, and strategic!

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 1d

those who remain *care* and will work their asses off to try to continue the vital services once provided by many all/nearly alone.

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 1d

The *work* of figuring out how to continue is part of the punishment exacted on those who remain. The tear this is making in safety nets public health science provides isnt binary at all because…

Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 1d

With this HHS RIF, everyone is aggressively “calling” what data sources or government functions are dead, and I’m a bit uncomfortable. Not every team is zeroed out. Many people still doing their jobs. Reporters still need to substantiate claims about e.g. unreliable data. Not sure this is helping

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 1d

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 1d

I don’t know her but man do I empathize. A weird mix of emotions fear/horror/regret/??? wells in me as people I thought were roughly motivated like reveal reveal thy very much are not.

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B Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 2d

Outbreak
12 Monkeys
Containment
Contagion
Andromeda Strain
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Adam Lippert @lippertam.bsky.social · 2d

Every working-age American just gave an average of $94 to Argentina and lost infectious disease surveillance services simultaneously

Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 2d

“We can give $20 billion to Argentina but we can’t afford the CDC’s measles experts” is a hell of an argument

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 3d

Like literally trying to hurt people 💔

Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 3d

So many amazing people who gave us all so much 💔💔💔

Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 3d

I so profoundly hope it’s not *that* that they hate.

Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 3d

I have known a lot of public servants and every single one of them was driven - at least in part - by selfless care for our collective good.

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 3d

we don’t deserve what’s coming.

Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 3d

overdetermined that it’s coming for all of us

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 3d

We are going to feel these effects for decades in the best case. It’s just so dark. ❤️💔

Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 3d

Could they just hate scientists??? (But actually I sadly think it’s probably #3. Chilling.)

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 4d

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 5d

I totally agree childbearing and care is always costlier than not - but wouldn’t you rather daycare (and everything else kids need) were free instead of people without kids being specifically taxed? It seems to me that targeting anyone based on their reproduction is dangerous…

Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · 5d

Ok, I've got some about those city people just generally being bad neighbors, too, I guess.