Assistant Professor of Sociology, NYU. Core Faculty, CSMaP. Research Fellow Oxford Sociology. Computational social science, Methods, Conflict, Communication. Webpage: https://www.cjbarrie.com/https://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3muhpqdsdt223Pleased to have contributed to this Comment just out in Nature Human Behaviour! https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-026-02570-w01 Sep 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3muhpqdsdt223https://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mtvrdmnntc2pCurrently setting up human annotation loop for a large scale LLM eval and some of the outputs read like avant-garde poetry:25 Aug 2026 11:58 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvrdmnntc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mtjmnyu37c2nMy niece just sent me a video of an AI generated banjo song on Spotify being played from a phone to an iPad where an animated cat was listening to the song then repeating it back in a funny voice. Somebody filmed this and it has 527 thousand likes anyway I'm going to live in the woods now bye20 Aug 2026 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjmnyu37c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mt4edpjl5k2yMe too15 Aug 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4edpjl5k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3msxw4a7pfk2cJust an enormous cost to the US economy that is hard to communicate politically because intangible. But such utter lunacy. International scholars drawn to the US are part of what makes the sector great. It should continue [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxw4a7pfk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3msxkxxprzk2vWho wants to play a game of spot the absolute bloody legend13 Aug 2026 11:44 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxkxxprzk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3msn2ywlhec2jIf you tap the thumbs up, you get more citations FYI09 Aug 2026 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3msn2ywlhec2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3msicm2jdkc2jBest non fiction recommendations for my holibobs?07 Aug 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3msicm2jdkc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3msgwax63w22uNo they didn't; no they didn't06 Aug 2026 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgwax63w22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mrm6uxcvwc2hIs there any data behind this "Gen Z are workshy and immature" stuff or is this just vibes FM stuff again?27 Jul 2026 05:44 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrm6uxcvwc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mrkd5s2tkk2u"I've created a bluesky account for my solar panels" is about as bluesky as bluesky gets Hats off to you, @jamesomalley.co.uk [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jul 2026 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrkd5s2tkk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mrdab46vgk2yWe want to hire a new, more techy AI person in the lab. Think mechanistic interpretability, fine tuning, large-scale evals that kind of thing. If you're interested and have Qs, lmk! interfolio.com/181820 https://interfolio.com/18182023 Jul 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdab46vgk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mr7z5vo2y22tI have a new paper out in @sociologicalsci.bsky.social w/ the briliant @aybukeatalay.bsky.social and @aliaelkattan.com We show that what we pay attention to online is a lot more politically diverse than what public engagement signals would suggest... https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-33-864/22 Jul 2026 09:29 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7z5vo2y22thttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mr7vcmk4dk26OOO LOL XOXOXO22 Jul 2026 08:20 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr7vcmk4dk26https://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mr32zalpsc22Absolutely gutted for Argentina. They seem like a really lovely bunch of blokes too20 Jul 2026 10:19 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr32zalpsc22https://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mqxasjbuq22aThis is the real quiz18 Jul 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxasjbuq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mqp4hruhtc2jI'm actually something of a Who's Who myself15 Jul 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqp4hruhtc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mqlqldphyk23🙏 Come work with me 🙏 We're hiring a postdoc. to work on a v cool project using AI to better understand local-level social cohesion...14 Jul 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlqldphyk23https://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mqlqldphyk23🙏 Come work with me 🙏 We're hiring a postdoc. to work on a v cool project using AI to better understand local-level social cohesion...14 Jul 2026 08:02 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlqldphyk23https://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mq7elqdrs22kComte Tete-de-poubelle is actually my old man's preferred cheese [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2026 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7elqdrs22khttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mq54aprwlc2rDo I know anyone who works at YouGov?08 Jul 2026 12:21 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq54aprwlc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mq4n77xs3k2yTrying to explain to US colleagues why Nigel Farage is in a two-way election contest against a malevolent spaceman from the future with a bin on his head https://static.klipy.com/ii/2711dd8a75a85be822d136ec94899b3f/c2/30/HkJMWuKa.gif?hh=112&ww=200&mp4=2OCNqNAcb93M5s7MufS&webm=2GHSGxMMwLOZ08 Jul 2026 07:52 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4n77xs3k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mq2hcbiquk2sThis is why I left UK HE... Few realize how low the standards are even in some prestigious universities. Culture and morale are shot. This is not a way to manage a potentially vital source of growth [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2hcbiquk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mpyh4tbbl22cStarmer to FIFA Pres. is the banter timeline06 Jul 2026 15:53 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyh4tbbl22chttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mpygemlg6k2cIt's honestly a real shame because the USA was almost universally liked before this whole Balogun thing06 Jul 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpygemlg6k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mpnvil5s6k2aOh no02 Jul 2026 11:11 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnvil5s6k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/cbarrie.bsky.social/post/3mpisljz5ds24"We appreciate that you must be busy with other commitments, particularly in light of the disruptions caused by the novel coronavirus." says a review request I just got when I woke up and I had to check the date to make sure I wasn't in some horrible inception dream tunnel30 Jun 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:chmlnrppp2b4m5su5ejcl43p/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpisljz5ds24