Jukka Savolainen
@savolainen.bsky.social
Everything happens for a reason you make up afterward. A recovering sociologist from Töölö 🇫🇮 Savolainen in name & ethnicity. #kalakukko
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November 16, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Stew was a mensch 💔
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Stewart Emory Tolnay (Stew) Obituary | 1951 - 2025 | Seattle Times
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November 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Stew was a mensch 💔
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This is what it looks like to advance viewpoint diversity and open inquiry in American criminology #ASC2025 photo credit: @jerryratcliffe.net
November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
This is what it looks like to advance viewpoint diversity and open inquiry in American criminology #ASC2025 photo credit: @jerryratcliffe.net
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Government is open for business 🙏👍 ✈️
Government is open for business 🙏👍 ✈️
Trump Administration Live Updates: Senate Moves to Vote as Democratic Defectors Relent on Shutdown
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November 10, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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Government is open for business 🙏👍 ✈️
Government is open for business 🙏👍 ✈️
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I feel happy just thinking of #RecipeOfTheDay. I feel even happier eating it: it’s Marmalade Pudding Cake! www.nigella.com/recipes/marm...
Marmalade Pudding Cake
Now, this is a beauty. I don't mean flash or fancy — rather the opposite; there is something austerely handsome about its appearance, and yet gorgeously warming about its taste. But then, this laid-ba...
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November 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I feel happy just thinking of #RecipeOfTheDay. I feel even happier eating it: it’s Marmalade Pudding Cake! www.nigella.com/recipes/marm...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Lot to love about this @nytimes.com editorial arguing for moderate politics as the way for Dems to win. I was struck by this passage on measurement validity. Potential reading for those teaching undergrad methods.
Lot to love about this @nytimes.com editorial arguing for moderate politics as the way for Dems to win. I was struck by this passage on measurement validity. Potential reading for those teaching undergrad methods.
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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Lot to love about this @nytimes.com editorial arguing for moderate politics as the way for Dems to win. I was struck by this passage on measurement validity. Potential reading for those teaching undergrad methods.
Lot to love about this @nytimes.com editorial arguing for moderate politics as the way for Dems to win. I was struck by this passage on measurement validity. Potential reading for those teaching undergrad methods.
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Just came across this. Neither Freakonomics nor Sean Carroll has called yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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A suggestion for Freakonomics and Sean Carroll: Interview Nick Brown | Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
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October 28, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Just came across this. Neither Freakonomics nor Sean Carroll has called yet. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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#RecipeOfTheDay is Roast Duck Legs with Potatoes, and it could scarcely be any easier to cook or feel more of a treat to eat! www.nigella.com/recipes/roas...
Roast Duck Legs with Potatoes
This is one of those leave 'em and love 'em meals. For all the ease of express-style food, there is a lot to be said for simply stashing something in the oven for an hour or two when stuck in too-tire...
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October 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is Roast Duck Legs with Potatoes, and it could scarcely be any easier to cook or feel more of a treat to eat! www.nigella.com/recipes/roas...
Sociology in 🇺🇸
"For nearly 100-years, the conference has traveled across beautiful Indigenous homelands throughout the ... Turtle Island. In this historic moment, we are proud to name the PSA’s conference theme in Indigenous language: Shúkwaatnim na iwáyumixa"
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"For nearly 100-years, the conference has traveled across beautiful Indigenous homelands throughout the ... Turtle Island. In this historic moment, we are proud to name the PSA’s conference theme in Indigenous language: Shúkwaatnim na iwáyumixa"
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Pacific Sociological Association - 97th Annual PSA Conference (PSA 2026)
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October 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sociology in 🇺🇸
"For nearly 100-years, the conference has traveled across beautiful Indigenous homelands throughout the ... Turtle Island. In this historic moment, we are proud to name the PSA’s conference theme in Indigenous language: Shúkwaatnim na iwáyumixa"
www.pacificsoc.org/event-5909126
"For nearly 100-years, the conference has traveled across beautiful Indigenous homelands throughout the ... Turtle Island. In this historic moment, we are proud to name the PSA’s conference theme in Indigenous language: Shúkwaatnim na iwáyumixa"
www.pacificsoc.org/event-5909126
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#RecipeOfTheDay is the flamboyantly delectable Peach Melba Pavlova! I prefer to make most elements a day in advance (as explained in the recipe intro) but that’s for ease, not an essential step. www.nigella.com/recipes/peac...
Peach Melba Pavlova
My Peach Melba Pavlova is a dream of a dessert: crisp-edged meringue with a marshmallow centre, spread with softly whipped cream, covered with golden peach wedges and drizzled with a sauce of pureed r...
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August 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#RecipeOfTheDay is the flamboyantly delectable Peach Melba Pavlova! I prefer to make most elements a day in advance (as explained in the recipe intro) but that’s for ease, not an essential step. www.nigella.com/recipes/peac...
"Genetic variants associated with personality have widespread associations with other attributes, including social, economic, and medical outcomes."
Important knowledge for social scientists:
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Important knowledge for social scientists:
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Personality Genomics | Annual Reviews
Recent research advances have precipitated the era of personality genomics: the study of how variation in human DNA sequence predicts individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, fee...
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August 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Genetic variants associated with personality have widespread associations with other attributes, including social, economic, and medical outcomes."
Important knowledge for social scientists:
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Important knowledge for social scientists:
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Example where a public statement by an academic association is appropriate/necessary. "Can't be neutral in a moving train."
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Example where a public statement by an academic association is appropriate/necessary. "Can't be neutral in a moving train."
Sociological research
www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98359/
www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98359/
New Vindication for the Regnerus Same-Sex Parenting Study
Suppressing disfavored ideas from consideration has serious consequences for the possibility of scientifically informed public discourse in our day.
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July 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Sociological research
www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98359/
www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2025/07/98359/
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New paper by @njudd.com shows that an additional year of education doesn't causally affect telomere length in old age, despite many (theory) accounts arguing otherwise. It's been desk rejected by 13 journals happy to publish small 'positive' telomere studies. Sigh. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
New paper by @njudd.com shows that an additional year of education doesn't causally affect telomere length in old age, despite many (theory) accounts arguing otherwise. It's been desk rejected by 13 journals happy to publish small 'positive' telomere studies. Sigh. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
To the absolute shock of no one in academia:
"The university not only screened out candidates based on their commitment to diversity ideology—it also screened out candidates based on their protected identity characteristics."
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"The university not only screened out candidates based on their commitment to diversity ideology—it also screened out candidates based on their protected identity characteristics."
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Cornell Hired Based on Race, Internal Documents Show
The Department of Justice should investigate for a potential violation of the Civil Rights Act.
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June 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
To the absolute shock of no one in academia:
"The university not only screened out candidates based on their commitment to diversity ideology—it also screened out candidates based on their protected identity characteristics."
www.city-journal.org/article/corn...
"The university not only screened out candidates based on their commitment to diversity ideology—it also screened out candidates based on their protected identity characteristics."
www.city-journal.org/article/corn...
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Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down
June 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Guys, the final deadline for being shocked that Mamdani’s mom is Mira Nair is next Monday, June 30th, write it down
#Sociology was well represented at the 2025 meeting of Heterodox Academy @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social #HxA2025.
First, Abigail Saguy was recognized with the teaching award 👏 🏆
First, Abigail Saguy was recognized with the teaching award 👏 🏆
June 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
#Sociology was well represented at the 2025 meeting of Heterodox Academy @heterodoxacademy.bsky.social #HxA2025.
First, Abigail Saguy was recognized with the teaching award 👏 🏆
First, Abigail Saguy was recognized with the teaching award 👏 🏆
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I just updated my spreadsheet of crime-related papers published in top Economics journals:
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June 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
I just updated my spreadsheet of crime-related papers published in top Economics journals:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The causal effect of prison.
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/r...
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/r...
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June 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The causal effect of prison.
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/r...
www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/r...
If your university still dances to the tune of "DEI" don't be too shy to share this. They may get mad but it's important to question authority with facts, right?
www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/rethinking...
www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/rethinking...
The Truth About Sexism in Science
In many areas, gender bias has vanished - and in some, it's reversed
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June 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
If your university still dances to the tune of "DEI" don't be too shy to share this. They may get mad but it's important to question authority with facts, right?
www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/rethinking...
www.stevestewartwilliams.com/p/rethinking...
The inaugural Heterodox Social Science conference was a roaring success with loads of fun!
June 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The inaugural Heterodox Social Science conference was a roaring success with loads of fun!
Had the pleasure of sitting next to Alan Sokal, my hero, at this fun event in London.
June 5, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Had the pleasure of sitting next to Alan Sokal, my hero, at this fun event in London.
Ron Clark was the most influential social/behavioral scientist of his generation.
Very sad to hear that Ron Clarke has died. He originally identified that understanding crime *opportunities* is much more important in preventing crime than studying factors like offender genetics or upbringing.
Millions have not been victims because of his work. He was also a truly nice guy.
Millions have not been victims because of his work. He was also a truly nice guy.
May 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Ron Clark was the most influential social/behavioral scientist of his generation.