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Rohan Alexander
@rohanalexander.bsky.social
I spend too much money on books. And too much time writing them. 🇦🇺🇨🇦.
https://rohanalexander.com
http://tellingstorieswithdata.com
Very happy to host Chris Barrie tomorrow at noon EST on "Reasoning models and synthetic data generation".
All welcome.
Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970
Details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
November 25, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Cannot make this up.
November 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
This Wednesday, 19 November 2025, noon (EST) on Zoom - utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970 - I'm hosting Mellissa Meisels, Yale, on "Strategic Campaign Attention to Abortion Before and After Dobbs". All welcome! Sign-up/details: rohanalexander.com/tdw.html
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Allowing billionaires to collude is the most Canadian thing that could happen to the Hudson's Bay charter
November 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Given the topic, I'm not sure that Elliott would want me to post this, but it was an interesting read so sharing it nonetheless:
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
You should quit social media for good
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Very useful!
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
I’m quoted in @theguardian.com today on the forms, impacts, and gendered differences in the violence faced by politicians and why it matters for democracy.

Read more: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

@utoronto.ca #VAWIP #gendersky #polsky
‘Attacked no matter what they do’: why female politicians face relentless cycle of abuse
Assault on Mexican president highlights abuse faced by women in politics and ‘reinforces patriarchal boundaries’
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 PM
There are three Toronto Data Workshop online talks coming up 12, 19, and 26 November, noon EST. This first is this Wednesday at noon on Zoom: utoronto.zoom.us/j/4784708970. All welcome.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
One of the recommendations: @rohanalexander.bsky.social ‘s book
November 10, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Happy new Helen DeWitt book day for those who celebrate (which in a just world would be everyone)!!!
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Teaching stream faculty searches are great because you get all sorts of ideas for your own teaching/assessment!
November 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
Job Opportunity Alert

Instructional Professor (open rank) in Data Science: apply.interfolio.com/176416

EOE/Vet/Disability
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November 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Amazing pol sci post doc.
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)

www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wake up babe, new Helen DeWitt profile just dropped!
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/b...
A Work of Genius or a Complete Mess? Even Its Author Can’t Decide.
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Reposted by Rohan Alexander
Excited to see our Bluesky paper featured in @davidakin.bsky.social’s daily roundup newsletter.

Read more about our results here: doi.org/10.1017/S000...
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Enjoying these graphs.
October 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
It's of course not great that Lily Allen had horrid marriage, but wow what an album and so great to have her back in our lives.
October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Got my own office coffee set-up (staff at L'Espresso were rude one too many times!)
October 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Number of unique speakers in the Australian parliament, by gender, 1998-2025. By Lindsay Katz and @inessadeangelis.bsky.social.
October 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM
GitHub Actions is my passion.
October 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
IDK why but the second espresso just always pours better.
October 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
October 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Setting up a MCQ mid-term and reminded of the time one of my professors made every answer d, apart from one question, "to see who has confidence in their answers".
October 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM