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Sarah Shugars
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Assistant Professor of Communication @ Rutgers University. Computational social science, political communication, civic studies. First gen. They/them
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Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social · May 13
My newest paper, The Character of Connection: Platform Affordances and Connective Democracy, is now out in Social Media + Society!

This work was done in collaboration with fantastic @rutgerscomminfo.bsky.social PhD student Eunbin Ha

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There is a network of rapist bros who trade tips and best practices
snmrrw.bsky.social Sean Morrow @snmrrw.bsky.social · 3d
Jeffrey Epstein advised Steve Bannon that the lawyers representing Brett Kavanaugh in his confirmation hearing should accuse Christine Blasey Ford of being on medications that cause false memories or memory loss.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
shugars.bsky.social
If you’re wondering which of my coat pockets has a hole in it, it’s the one I put my keys in

(Don’t worry, I fished them out of the lining)
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
70 extrajudicial killings
carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social Carol Rosenberg @carolrosenbergnyt.bsky.social · 8d
Updated: Our tracking guide with the Pentagon’s latest lethal strike on a boat suspected of drug trafficking. Three men were killed in the Caribbean Sea, Defense Secretary Hegseth posted last night, raising the toll to at least 70 killed in this bombing campaign. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Tracking U.S. Military Killings in Boat Attacks
In two months, the Trump administration has killed dozens of people it accused of smuggling drugs aboard boats. Here are the acknowledged strikes so far.
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:39 PM
shugars.bsky.social
Can’t believe I didn’t think to write:

Dr. Shugars supports Sweet Shop!

But seriously: I’m so pumped about @sweetshop.app. Buy comics, read comics. Your mental health will thank you 💜
November 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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kennym.bsky.social
Sarah found one of my favorite share images, but there are others….
November 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
shugars.bsky.social
🚨PSA for all my fellow comic fans: @sweetshop.app is a GREAT new app for digital comics. Check it out! 👇

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November 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
shugars.bsky.social
I protest because I love America #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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eapower.bsky.social
📣 Job alert! *Assistant Prof in Computational Social Science*. We're a friendly department, with sharp students, at a great institution, in a lovely city. We have real strengths in computational social science & are looking for a colleague to build this further. Share and reach out with quesions!
lsemethodology.bsky.social LSE Methodology @lsemethodology.bsky.social · Sep 18
We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science ❗

📚 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Apply before 26 October to join an internationally outstanding group of social science methodologists 🌎
we're hiring assistant professor in computational social science, applications close 26/10/2025
September 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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epopppp.bsky.social
You know things are rough when the AAUP's advice on how to use social media is just "set all your accounts to private."
September 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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olizardo.bsky.social
This time APSA is not on fire but the world is
September 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
shugars.bsky.social
Heading to Vancouver for #APSA2025! If you’re in town and would like to meet up, please feel free to reach out or say “hi” if you see me

I’m especially happy to make time for grad students interested in text, networks, or other computational methods. Come be my friend! 👋🏻
September 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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dadakim.bsky.social
Great job at the Pew Research Center for a Computational Social Science Assistant: pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...
Computational Social Science Assistant, Data Labs
Position Summary The Computational Social Science Assistant works with other staff at Data Labs to produce original research that expands on the work of the Pew Research Center using new methods, data...
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September 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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wearehighered.bsky.social
If you are a researcher in the LA area, please join the Science Fair for Suspended Research, sponsored by the UCLA Faculty Association and the UCLA Brain Research Institute!
Poster titled "Science Fair for Suspended Research" with a drawn image of people wearing lab coats inside a block of ice, and two people digging them out with shovels and a St Bernard rescue dog. Under the title, there is text reading: "Wednesday, September 10th / 11:30am - 1:30pm / Northwest Corner of Westwood & Le Conte Ave" followed by text reading "Thursday, September 11th / 5:30-7:30pm / Rolfe Courtyard." There are QR codes with each of those blocks of text. At the bottom of the poster, there is text reading "Save our science" and "suspending science suspends our future"
September 4, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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meganpiont.bsky.social
New "How to Report ICE" zines up today for free printable download!

California (by county/area)
Chicago
Colorado
DC Metro Area (DMV)
Massachusetts
North Carolina Triangle Area
NYC
Philly
Pittsburgh
Portland, OR
St. Louis Metro Area
Washington State

Please share!
drive.google.com/drive/folder...
Hand holding small black and white hand lettered zine titled "How to Report ICE and Help Keep Our Neighbors Safe" hand holding open zine. Pages read: "S Size of group, A Actions/Activity, L Location, U Uniforms/Clothes, T Time/Date, E Equipment
August 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
shugars.bsky.social
“The makers of AI aren’t damned by their failures, they’re damned by their goals. They want to build a genie to grant them wishes, and their wish is that nobody ever has to make art again.”

Only gets more 🔥 from there
anthonymoser.com Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · Aug 27
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
shugars.bsky.social
Writing about Twitter in the past tense 🪦
August 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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urihoresh.bsky.social
Please consider following Language and Society Scotland, a new network for scholars, practitioners, writers, activists and other stakeholders working on issues broadly related to the study of language and society in Scotland.

On Bluesky: @langsocscot.bsky.social‬
August 25, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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ddc-sdu.bsky.social
We are thrilled to announce that Josephine (“Jo”) Lukito will join the DDC as Professor in Digital Communication and DIAS Chair!
@jolukito.bsky.social is a leading expert in the fields of political communication & computational methods, & will join us starting Feb 1, 2026.
Velkommen til DCC Jo! 🤗🎉
August 21, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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brianckeegan.com
Giving money to the poor is once again proven to be a much more effective and much less expensive than whatever neoliberal bureaucracies continue to defend.
johnholbein1.bsky.social John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · Aug 21
BREAKING: A new experiment in Philly shows cash rental assistance slashed homelessness rates by 57–67%.
August 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357

Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
August 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Will is fantastic and you should hire him immediately
shugars.bsky.social Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social · Aug 14
Fascinating work from William Gee (on the job market!) looking at different social strategies (making lots of weak-tie friends v a few very strong friends) and their implications for polarizing. William is a student of @drchip97.bsky.social in communication at OSU #pacss2025 #polnet2025
August 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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sjjphd.bsky.social
Anyway, it was really pretty cool to win an NSF, esp. as a woman social scientist doing justice-centered work with other Black scholars. The window of that funding being quite literally months before being yanked away, when the planned work would
have take years, feels apropos of everything.
August 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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nriverosm.bsky.social
Feeling grateful for the opportunity to share about my ongoing project and connecting with the fantastic crew at PolNet-PaCSS 2025.

Special thanks to @shugars.bsky.social for capturing the moment!
shugars.bsky.social Sarah Shugars @shugars.bsky.social · Aug 14
Really love this work from @nriverosm.bsky.social (on the job market!) looking at political socialization and discussion networks in Colombia. Nicolás is at @harvardeducation.bsky.social and has strong mixed-methods skills relevant to political science + communication #polnet2025 #pacss2025
August 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
shugars.bsky.social
Wrapping things up with a keynote from the inimitable @brendannyhan.bsky.social

#pacss2025 #polnet2025
August 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM