Chad Topaz Queer DEI Race Traitor
@chadtopaz.bsky.social
Data science + math for social justice. Violist, yogi, husband, dad to human & dogs. 🏳️🌈 Views do not represent my employers.
Author of Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change.
Preorder at: https://bit.ly/4nT7qUh
Author of Unlocking Justice: The Power of Data to Confront Inequity and Create Change.
Preorder at: https://bit.ly/4nT7qUh
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🚨My nerds: new preprint + data available to you starting now. Plz enjoy what I believe to be (other than tax stuff) the first large scale empirical dataset about the Federalist Society. Have fun! 😘 #LawSky #PoliSky #AcademicSky osf.io/preprints/so...
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Wait, do people at the NY Times not know that we hate the NY Times now?
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wait, do people at the NY Times not know that we hate the NY Times now?
Wait, do people at the NY Times not know that we hate the NY Times now?
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Wait, do people at the NY Times not know that we hate the NY Times now?
Ok math friends, now that I am once again an AMS, MAA, and SIAM member (first time in a longtime for the first two) what should I do? Accepting suggestions of how to make this <waves hands at math and beyond> better using my positionality and total lack of self regard.
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Ok math friends, now that I am once again an AMS, MAA, and SIAM member (first time in a longtime for the first two) what should I do? Accepting suggestions of how to make this <waves hands at math and beyond> better using my positionality and total lack of self regard.
Wrote a problem set for my Data for Justice class on using NLP to study the most recent 30 days of headlines related to trans issues. They do some word counts, a simple sentiment analysis on Fox news vs other outlets, and a very basic LDA topic model.
10 wks ago these students couldn't program.
10 wks ago these students couldn't program.
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Wrote a problem set for my Data for Justice class on using NLP to study the most recent 30 days of headlines related to trans issues. They do some word counts, a simple sentiment analysis on Fox news vs other outlets, and a very basic LDA topic model.
10 wks ago these students couldn't program.
10 wks ago these students couldn't program.
It’s cold and windy and hence I have a brutally busy day ahead of me of maintaining a proper skin barrier.
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
It’s cold and windy and hence I have a brutally busy day ahead of me of maintaining a proper skin barrier.
I will be pre-ordering this and really need for you to, as well.
November 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I will be pre-ordering this and really need for you to, as well.
Hi again! Hourly reminder to primary them!! At whatever is the next opportunity!
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hi again! Hourly reminder to primary them!! At whatever is the next opportunity!
Friends, I have done the unthinkable and rejoined 3 math societies with the goal of productively fucking shit up. I have set an initial 1 year time horizon for myself and when that alarm clock goes off I will assess if progress has been made or if it has been a waste and made me feel terrible.
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Friends, I have done the unthinkable and rejoined 3 math societies with the goal of productively fucking shit up. I have set an initial 1 year time horizon for myself and when that alarm clock goes off I will assess if progress has been made or if it has been a waste and made me feel terrible.
Good morning to everyone who needs a reminder to primary them all! (And to everyone who already reminded themselves.)
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Good morning to everyone who needs a reminder to primary them all! (And to everyone who already reminded themselves.)
I pray for a swift end of the political consultant class.
November 10, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I pray for a swift end of the political consultant class.
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If these 8 democrats do this, I hope they experience the most miserable primary campaigns in history www.politico.com/live-updates...
Senate hopes for shutdown breakthrough Sunday
Senators believe enough Democrats are ready to reopen the government.
www.politico.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
If these 8 democrats do this, I hope they experience the most miserable primary campaigns in history www.politico.com/live-updates...
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
Now that the election is over and I don't have to worry about my VAST INFLUENCE swaying things, am I allowed to just come out and say that Zohran Mamdani is mega effing hot?
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Now that the election is over and I don't have to worry about my VAST INFLUENCE swaying things, am I allowed to just come out and say that Zohran Mamdani is mega effing hot?
Controversial life spitballing here: should I rejoin all the math societies I quit and use all means at my disposal unleash the full fury of my wokeism upon them?
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Controversial life spitballing here: should I rejoin all the math societies I quit and use all means at my disposal unleash the full fury of my wokeism upon them?
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What does a Scottish person with a UTI say while ziplining?
"I canopy."
You're welcome.
"I canopy."
You're welcome.
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What does a Scottish person with a UTI say while ziplining?
"I canopy."
You're welcome.
"I canopy."
You're welcome.
What does a Scottish person with a UTI say while ziplining?
"I canopy."
You're welcome.
"I canopy."
You're welcome.
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What does a Scottish person with a UTI say while ziplining?
"I canopy."
You're welcome.
"I canopy."
You're welcome.
The last thought to pass through my mind before I die in bed, desperately gasping for breath, will be: why are there so many dogs up in my face.
November 9, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The last thought to pass through my mind before I die in bed, desperately gasping for breath, will be: why are there so many dogs up in my face.
Game time, bitches! Caroline Shaw's Entr'acte, Mozart Symphony #35, Schumann Symphony #4. Let's do this.
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Game time, bitches! Caroline Shaw's Entr'acte, Mozart Symphony #35, Schumann Symphony #4. Let's do this.
Who is Derek Thompson and how do we make him go away?
November 7, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Who is Derek Thompson and how do we make him go away?
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just thinking about billionaires panicking because all their money couldn't stop mamdani and that warms my heart
November 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
just thinking about billionaires panicking because all their money couldn't stop mamdani and that warms my heart
Eating cold leftover French fries and prednisone like a FUCKING BOSS
November 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Eating cold leftover French fries and prednisone like a FUCKING BOSS
Make sure to send your kid to Cornell never. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireS...
Cornell University to pay $60M in deal with Trump administration to restore federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy Leagu...
abcnews.go.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Make sure to send your kid to Cornell never. abcnews.go.com/amp/US/wireS...
New work on the economics of firearms with the inimitable @davidblakejohnson.bsky.social. I’m so privileged to learn from him!
Hey, #econsky if you are interested in guns, check out our new paper (with @chadtopaz.bsky.social )
The big result is that America's gun habits are predictable & stable. Culture > crime spikes. Who knew math could make firearms feel so... flat?
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The big result is that America's gun habits are predictable & stable. Culture > crime spikes. Who knew math could make firearms feel so... flat?
shorturl.at/DPo5s
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November 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New work on the economics of firearms with the inimitable @davidblakejohnson.bsky.social. I’m so privileged to learn from him!
Kid needed dinner delivered to him at school yesterday because he had a late tech rehearsal so I did what any dad would do and sent him texts like "Your DadDash driver is on the way. Please secure your pets," and then took a pic of me handing him the food and sent it to him for confirmation.
November 7, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Kid needed dinner delivered to him at school yesterday because he had a late tech rehearsal so I did what any dad would do and sent him texts like "Your DadDash driver is on the way. Please secure your pets," and then took a pic of me handing him the food and sent it to him for confirmation.