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Sebastian Karcher
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Director, Qualitative Data Repository (personal account).
Data, Zotero, Social Science Methods
https://sebastiankarcher.com

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adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 5h
I'm convinced something went wrong w the survey. The numbers are too even and... Baltimore? Nothing against the place but no way it makes 1/6 "I want to live there" lists

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 15h
It's quite limited as an LMS so YMMV. You can't really use it for submitting work, obv, discussion features are poor, etc. It works really well for this particular purpose though

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 16h
We moved a large summer institute from distributing lit via Blackboard to Zotero & that was very popular (also w the GA in charge of uploading...).
I also just interviewed an undergrad RA & she mentioned having used Z in several classes, so this doesn't seem unusual

Reposted by Miles Corak, Sebastian Karcher, David Underdown , and 1 more

scottbot.bsky.social
scott b. weingart @scottbot.bsky.social · 23h
Nearly-perfect printed and handwritten text recognition is the most consequential technical contribution to the study of human culture of the last fifteen years, and it's not even close.

It fundamentally changes our (both lay and expert) relationship with the written past.
dancohen.org Dan Cohen @dancohen.org · 1d
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org

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dancohen.org
Dan Cohen @dancohen.org · 1d
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org

Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Sebastian Karcher, Michael Jones‐Correa , and 1 more

robmickey.bsky.social
Rob Mickey @robmickey.bsky.social · 1d
Upcoming deadlines to apply to Syracuse U's great Qualitative and Multi-Method Research 2-week summer program! Fellowships available to cover the costs! Pls circulate widely!

www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, R. M. Wilson, Jacob T. Levy , and 4 more

blipstress.bsky.social
violet allen @blipstress.bsky.social · 1d
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 2d
How far back do you go? At the risk of being purged, I thought his blogging as a grad student ~2008/2009 was quite good and I don't remember seeing much of a sign of things to come.

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 2d
We published this excellent piece in @apsrjournal.bsky.social last December & it references related lit published in most major journals. Do you mean American Politics? www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Representation at Risk: Evaluating Levels and Consequences of Violence against Immigrant-Background Politicians | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Representation at Risk: Evaluating Levels and Consequences of Violence against Immigrant-Background Politicians - Volume 119 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 2d
But what does being on YT mean? Id imagine the share interacting much w original content creators is much smaller, more in the Tiktok ballpark

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 3d
There's nothing special -- Zotero embeds all the metadata for the citations in the document itself, so you can just copy the sections authored by author B into the document authored by author A.
As @evangelinewarren.com notes, the same work cited by both authors will show up twice in bib.

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 3d
So to confirm, yes you can. What's a little awkward is that you can't update the metadata of the citations your co-author added in Zotero (e.g. to fix typo in title) or vice versa.
That's why working in a joint group is better if you remember to do so from the start

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erinbiba.bsky.social
Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 5d
OH SHIT THE BILLS HALLMARK XMAS MOVIE IS AIRING ON SATURDAY

The *entire* city of Buffalo participated in the filming of this movie LOL they filled the stadium and everyone was talking about it 😂

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 6d
Depends on what you're after, but I have this Mighty Wallet and am very fond of it:
mightywallet.shop/products/dot...
Dot Matrix Pi Mighty Wallet
Geek Chic. Printed with the first 2940 digits of the calculation of pi 3.141593... in the classic Dot Matrix printer font on standard blue bar fan-fold paper complete with faux tractor holes! NOTE: Th...
mightywallet.shop

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 6d
You can see the 2025 list of courses & instructors as iqmrnavigator.org/schedule/ -- 2026 is going to look quite similar with some exciting additions to be announced shortly.
IQMR 2025 Schedule
Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR) 2025
iqmrnavigator.org

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 6d
Less than 2 weeks to apply to the Open Pool Fellowships of the Institute for #Qualitative & #Multi-Method Research (IQMR)
Details: www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/cen...

The APSA/IQMR Fellowship for scholar from Arab MENA countries is also open (Dec. 14 deadline): web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...
web.apsanet.org

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 6d
Now we're all in prime Wutbürger age...

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 7d
Ironically, given it appears in a thread about pseudo intellectualism, this is not something Einstein ever said. It's not even clear he believed it, given that the theory of relativity is quite hard to explain in simple terms

Reposted by Sebastian Karcher

cghlewis.bsky.social
Crystal Lewis @cghlewis.bsky.social · 7d
I make a Data Sources Catalog for every project I work with and I can't tell you how often the project team refers to this document to remember what measures are being collected and when. I highly recommend summarizing your plan in a simple format like this.

datamgmtinedresearch.com/dmp#dmp-cata...

Reposted by Jamie Morgan

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 7d
Ethnographers be like

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 7d
Having recently read a bunch of old psych papers, the true retro is "blue books and course credit for lab experiments"

Reposted by Marc Lynch, Simon Hix, Ben H. Ansell , and 45 more

joshmccrain.bsky.social
Josh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social · 7d
new 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

Reposted by Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Elena Litchman, Joshua S. Weitz , and 2 more

volcanojw.bsky.social
Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 7d
Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
Resumption of Operations at NSF
Information for NSF staff and the research community regarding the agency's resumption of operations after a lapse in appropriations.
www.nsf.gov

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 8d
I'm not sure whether this qualifies as having aged extremely well or extremely poorly...

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 8d
Full article here: www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
Harvard’s Epstein Reckoning Is Far From Over | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard shouldn’t be for sale — and known pedophiles certainly shouldn’t be allowed to buy access.
www.thecrimson.com

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 8d
One sign of US political polarization is that Congressional Rs thought "We're going to sink Larry Summers; that'll show the libs" was a great idea.
"released by congressional Republicans" is highligted in the following paragraph: Last week, a slew of emails released by congressional Republicans revealed that Larry Summers maintained a close personal relationship with convicted sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein after the disgraced financier’s crimes were uncovered. While appalling, this is only the latest episode in Harvard’s sordid entanglement with Epstein — and it demands a continued University-wide response.

Reposted by Dorothy Bishop, Brian A. Nosek, Martin Paul Eve , and 4 more

andrew.heiss.phd
Andrew Heiss @andrew.heiss.phd · 9d
I recently discovered Conventional Comments (conventionalcomments.org) for providing a pseudo-standard set of labels for feedback and just tried it for an article review and it was really helpful to specify issues vs. thoughts vs. suggestions, etc. Hopefully it's helpful for the authors too!
We strongly suggest using the following labels: praise: Praises highlight something positive. Try to leave at least one of these comments per review. Do not leave false praise (which can actually be damaging). Do look for something to sincerely praise. nitpick: Nitpicks are trivial preference-based requests. These should be non-blocking by nature. suggestion: Suggestions propose improvements to the current subject. It’s important to be explicit and clear on what is being suggested and why it is an improvement. Consider using patches and the blocking or non-blocking decorations to further communicate your intent. issue: Issues highlight specific problems with the subject under review. These problems can be user-facing or behind the scenes. It is strongly recommended to pair this comment with a suggestion. If you are not sure if a problem exists or not, consider leaving a question. todo: TODO’s are small, trivial, but necessary changes. Distinguishing todo comments from issues: or suggestions: helps direct the reader’s attention to comments requiring more involvement. question: Questions are appropriate if you have a potential concern but are not quite sure if it’s relevant or not. Asking the author for clarification or investigation can lead to a quick resolution. thought: Thoughts represent an idea that popped up from reviewing. These comments are non-blocking by nature, but they are extremely valuable and can lead to more focused initiatives and mentoring opportunities. chore: Chores are simple tasks that must be done before the subject can be “officially” accepted. Usually, these comments reference some common process. Try to leave a link to the process description so that the reader knows how to resolve the chore. note: Notes are always non-blocking and simply highlight something the reader should take note of.

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 9d
Think piece about how Gilmore Girls did to aspiring journalists what West Wing did to aspiring political staffers.
kjephd.bsky.social Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 9d
A writer friend of mine described the emergence of the 'memoir by a 25 year old' phenomenon as involving just out-of-college aspiring writers going somewhere in the world—somewhere exotic, maybe somewhere dangerous—just to accumulate material for that book. It's not impossible

Reposted by Sebastian Karcher

kjephd.bsky.social
Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 9d
A writer friend of mine described the emergence of the 'memoir by a 25 year old' phenomenon as involving just out-of-college aspiring writers going somewhere in the world—somewhere exotic, maybe somewhere dangerous—just to accumulate material for that book. It's not impossible

adam42smith.bsky.social
Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 10d
forums.zotero.org/discussion/1...
Android: issues with citation generatio
I have several issues with the citation/bibliography functions in Android 1.0.0-204 1. When I click the copy citation button, the app crashes reliably.
forums.zotero.org