Prof of Comm and Polisci @UMich studying how people get & use political information and social measurement. Competencies: data sci, DIY solar, election analytics, carpooling, #polcom, #polpsych, survey methods, AI literacy (views=own, overuses speech2text)https://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mvipaw646s2oAnd if you are not on campus, check out our #teachout on what democracy is, how it really works, and what it takes to keep it: https://www.coursera.org/learn/democracy-and-civic-engagement [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Sep 2026 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvipaw646s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mvip74hxzc2oWe are hosting #DemocracyWeek here at @umich.edu -- Hosting a series of amazing events all week across campus to highlight what Democracy means and why it matters: democracyweek.umich.edu https://democracyweek.umich.edu14 Sep 2026 18:06 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvip74hxzc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3msjlf6y3622oAre you sure its not just a very literal understanding of jaw dropping - you see the two times that you really do drop your jaw is when you have to open your mouth to eat and when you finally get to relax into a bed. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjlf6y3622ohttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3msj454vwrk2dThe big problem though is that weighted inferential statistics are no longer BLUE - there are reasonable approaches to figuring out how big and consistent the difference is after weighting, but I very rarely see them used. Running the weighted regression, however, is usually not appropriate. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3msj454vwrk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3msb2lpgtxk2lJust to be clear, this is what happens in a town that prides itself as being liberal when the DSA candidate is also the NIMBY candidate. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Aug 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3msb2lpgtxk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mq46hucgck2z“Weaponized his vehicle” sounds like the ICE version of “It’s coming right at us” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr0bBuI8HKM [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Jul 2026 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq46hucgck2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mpu5suh4pk2a1/ So as is my tradition, I was reading the Declaration of Independence today and I was thinking that instead of asking what it says about King George, it might be more interesting to think about what kind of country the founders were envisioning. A 🧵04 Jul 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpu5suh4pk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mpsvisfgh22vThere’s something quite fitting and ironic about celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday with a two day long power outage. An inspiring anniversary dashed by degraded infrastructure…04 Jul 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpsvisfgh22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mp7bisxi2k2wJust inadvertently discovered that a whole bunch of research on AI responses may be invalid. Apparently, even with memory off, ChatGPT is still giving contextual information, including the name of the user! It used my full name casually in conversation; which means that data is in the model.26 Jun 2026 15:35 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp7bisxi2k2whttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mp6wytjkdc2lOr maybe it’s his goal: Recall that “Third World” as a term was developed to refer to unaligned nations in the Cold War And Yugoslavia was the original “Third World” country Now, somehow, 2/3 of the official residents of the White House have Slovenian citizenship! [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jun 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp6wytjkdc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mokqbrn3yk2aYou almost wonder if this was the strategy on Iran all along… https://youtu.be/njMR9K5BKbA?feature=shared [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2026 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mokqbrn3yk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3modg3e7yx22eThe distinction between the right parading around masculinity and their desire to masculinize Michelle Obama seems out of left field and self conflicting until you understand the stereotypes at play… as @stewartcoles.bsky.social and I found in our paper. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Ftps0000256 [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jun 2026 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3modg3e7yx22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mmyuxm6jo22nHave to give AI some cred on this prediction: [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 May 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmyuxm6jo22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mmv6lh3vxs2xAnd the grift is so deep everywhere right now that this was more than halfway down the full news scroll on the New York Times homepage. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2026 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmv6lh3vxs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mmv3pobgh22xDefinitely telling that this character seems to be one of the more authentic folks that will be showing up… [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 May 2026 03:35 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmv3pobgh22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/joshpasek.com/post/3mmcflimb2s2nSo sad to lose Barney Frank, I particularly remember him talking about his role in Freedom Summer, & the risks that he and others entailed to help bring America closer to a true democracy. The story reminds us both why we don’t want to go back and that pursuing what is right is not always welcomed. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/freedomsummer-at50/20 May 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:pchvvbkhzfrusxpasqpshd2q/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcflimb2s2n