David Bartram
@dbartram.bsky.social
Sociologist. Interests: inequalities, happiness, migration, & causal identification. Editor-in-chief of @socialindicators.bsky.social. PhD UW-Madison. AI-free teaching & research since 1998. Posts are personal.
https://davidvbartram.wordpress.com
https://davidvbartram.wordpress.com
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The BBC has bigger impartiality problems than its coverage of Trump
It is the BBC’s entire governance structure–rather than individual stories–that should cause most concern
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Michael Prescott and Sir Robbie Gibb both bailed out of journalism years ago, and enjoy lucrative careers in corporate PR. And now they are the arbiters of BBC editorial standards. Go figure www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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The president who hosted Nick Fuentes for dinner
November 4, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The president who hosted Nick Fuentes for dinner
I've been searching for additional publications I could subscribe to (replacing my Washington Post subscription, now cancelled).
My search just got a bit narrower.
My search just got a bit narrower.
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
Trump 2028
There is a legal case for a third term—but it is strewn with obstacles
econ.st
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I've been searching for additional publications I could subscribe to (replacing my Washington Post subscription, now cancelled).
My search just got a bit narrower.
My search just got a bit narrower.
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The first house I bought In Charlottesville was built (IIRC) in 1948 and the deed covenanted that it could not be sold to a person of the negro race or Hebrew religion. Probably true of every house in that neighborhood. Retvrn.
Vance says it is "totally reasonable and acceptable" for people to not want to live next door to people who speak a different language than they do
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The first house I bought In Charlottesville was built (IIRC) in 1948 and the deed covenanted that it could not be sold to a person of the negro race or Hebrew religion. Probably true of every house in that neighborhood. Retvrn.
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Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 30, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Why is it that every disappeared US citizen is not front page news? At the very least we should have a little box with a count of the number of citizens who have been taken away and are not locatable and a link to a story with photos & min-bios, just as we used to do with military casually figures.
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This article deserves to be much more widely known/cited than it is.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
An inconvenient dataset: bias and inappropriate inference with the multilevel model - Quality & Quantity
The multilevel model has become a staple of social research. I textually and formally explicate sample design features that, I contend, are required for unbiased estimation of macro-level multilevel m...
link.springer.com
May 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This article deserves to be much more widely known/cited than it is.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
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Burn. In. Hell.
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday morning as his two sons watched, the older boy begging them not to hurt his father and tearfully asking for a chance to speak to him before they left.
As his two sons watch and cry, ‘Pa, te amo,’ federal agents arrest man outside of Naperville apartments
A Naperville man was hauled away by federal immigration agents Thursday as his two sons cried and begged for him not to be hurt.
trib.al
October 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Burn. In. Hell.
No-one needs ANY of these corporations.
You can boycott them all -- just as with Disney after the Kimmel thing.
If anyone wants some help setting up a laptop with Ubuntu, I'll do what I can.
Use Brave for browsing.
Get off Facebook etc. entirely.
You can boycott them all -- just as with Disney after the Kimmel thing.
If anyone wants some help setting up a laptop with Ubuntu, I'll do what I can.
Use Brave for browsing.
Get off Facebook etc. entirely.
Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the Trump administration.
They all cut checks for the ballroom.
They all cut checks for the ballroom.
Big Tech helped bankroll the East Wing destruction
Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Google have a lot riding on their relationships with the Trump administration. They all cut checks for the ballroom.
www.motherjones.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
No-one needs ANY of these corporations.
You can boycott them all -- just as with Disney after the Kimmel thing.
If anyone wants some help setting up a laptop with Ubuntu, I'll do what I can.
Use Brave for browsing.
Get off Facebook etc. entirely.
You can boycott them all -- just as with Disney after the Kimmel thing.
If anyone wants some help setting up a laptop with Ubuntu, I'll do what I can.
Use Brave for browsing.
Get off Facebook etc. entirely.
If you know the type of UK academic news that usually comes with an initial embargo, then you'll know what sort of good news I've received that I can't currently tell you (!).
October 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
If you know the type of UK academic news that usually comes with an initial embargo, then you'll know what sort of good news I've received that I can't currently tell you (!).
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The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
If someone receiving a fine of this sort happened not to be a UK citizen or have indefinite leave to remain, would getting a fine like this perhaps reduce their chances of success in an application for ILR/citizenship?
Shocking...
Shocking...
I feel Thames Water should have been asked to comment.
Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain www.bbc.com/news/article...
Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain in Richmond
Burcu Yesilyurt says the fine is "disproportionate" while Richmond Council say it is in line with its policies.
www.bbc.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:14 AM
If someone receiving a fine of this sort happened not to be a UK citizen or have indefinite leave to remain, would getting a fine like this perhaps reduce their chances of success in an application for ILR/citizenship?
Shocking...
Shocking...
Tailor-made for @mcmegan.bsky.social ...
The entire "free speech on campus" moral panic was manufactured to blackmail us into making space in intellectual life for bigots and charlatans who couldn't get there on their own merits. Its a DEI scheme for fascism. Congratulations to everyone who took it at face value.
“Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.” Everything about this is so cursed. Masks off at the University of Oxford.
October 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Tailor-made for @mcmegan.bsky.social ...
The reason “viewpoint diversity” is indeed a “MAGA plot” is that the term is cover for an effort to control & destroy US universities.
Has @mcmegan.bsky.social asked herself: who now counts as a “conservative”?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
1/3
Has @mcmegan.bsky.social asked herself: who now counts as a “conservative”?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
1/3
Opinion | The sweetheart deal is over for academia
Universities must rebuild public trust starting with viewpoint diversity.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The reason “viewpoint diversity” is indeed a “MAGA plot” is that the term is cover for an effort to control & destroy US universities.
Has @mcmegan.bsky.social asked herself: who now counts as a “conservative”?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
1/3
Has @mcmegan.bsky.social asked herself: who now counts as a “conservative”?
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
1/3
I don’t want a king either.
October 18, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I don’t want a king either.
October 15, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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New qualitative (health services research) post with my old pal @gemhughes.bsky.social in Leicester. Good team, fun project
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
Research Associate in Health Services Research in Leicester | University of Leicester Recruitment Team
View details and apply for this Research Associate in Health Services Research vacancy in Leicester. We are seeking a Research Associate to our School of Management and contribute to the NIHR-funded ...
jobs.le.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 6:50 AM
New qualitative (health services research) post with my old pal @gemhughes.bsky.social in Leicester. Good team, fun project
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/12...
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1) cops never actually do this.
2) any who would are the ones you definitely want gone.
2) any who would are the ones you definitely want gone.
July 2, 2025 at 10:03 PM
1) cops never actually do this.
2) any who would are the ones you definitely want gone.
2) any who would are the ones you definitely want gone.
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My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:
Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?
t.co/BUTtpK9C4S
October 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
I've been a Wikipedia editor for ~20 years. I used to be very skeptical about its reliability re any issue where there is ideological "vulnerability" (temptation to impose a partisan viewpoint).
But I agree that is mostly beyond right-wing control. Can't be bought. Now more important than ever.
But I agree that is mostly beyond right-wing control. Can't be bought. Now more important than ever.
Just a reminder that Wikipedia is the only remaining reliable source of information that right wing billionaires can't control. (Although they'll never stop trying.)
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Please donate to them whenever you can. Even a little bit helps.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
October 12, 2025 at 1:17 PM
I've been a Wikipedia editor for ~20 years. I used to be very skeptical about its reliability re any issue where there is ideological "vulnerability" (temptation to impose a partisan viewpoint).
But I agree that is mostly beyond right-wing control. Can't be bought. Now more important than ever.
But I agree that is mostly beyond right-wing control. Can't be bought. Now more important than ever.
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All conspiracy theories eventually lead to antisemitism.
Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."
October 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
All conspiracy theories eventually lead to antisemitism.
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To be fair, we thought they said "the best and the brightest" but obviously they said "no breasts and the whitest."
October 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
To be fair, we thought they said "the best and the brightest" but obviously they said "no breasts and the whitest."